The Emperor's Phoenix

Chapter 8 | Her Charisma

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Liu Ying Yue

"...Did you threaten my dear Zhang Wei so he would ascend a random commoner to empress, you despicable woman?! You have some nerve to take advantage of him!..."

Ah...I'm seriously going crazy...

Fixing a cool glare on the consort, Ying Yue swiftly walked up to the younger girl. Sensing a dark change in the older girl's aura, Ji Li immediately became silent and backed up with a suspicious glare.

Grabbing her chin to force her to look up to her empress, the older girl's features suddenly morphed into a charismatic smirk while she leaned in as if she was going to kiss the annoying consort.

"W-W-What are you doing?!" Ji Li stuttered, her face reddening at Ying Yue's proximity and phoenix-like eyes as the other two girls gasped at the unlikely scene before them.

"My, my...Such a horrible personality doesn't deserve such a pretty face..."

Unleashing more of her charisma, Ying Yue's smirk grew wider as she felt the girl's rapid pulse under her finger.

"U-Unhand me!..." Her voice faded into a pathetic whimper as her eyes glazed over.

There were two things Ying Yue fortunately managed to learn from her relatives in Sui--the arts of seduction and manipulation. She found seduction to be especially helpful, since it could be used in almost every situation to flood the receiver's senses. What she didn't expect was how effective it was in reducing Ji Li to a nervous wreck compared to her spoiled personality before.

It all has to do with confidence...

Ying Yue leaned in closer, brushing past the consort's parted lips to her ear.

"I see you still haven't taken my advice of making yourself of some other use to your dear emperor...It's quite a shame that you choose to lower yourself to a bitch in heat night after night..."

She had to admit that she was a bit harsh, but then again, she was done with the continuous crap thrown in her way. With one last calm smile, Ying Yue released the consort as the younger girl's legs collapsed under her from the release of tension.

After her temporarily dazed expression, Ji Li grit her teeth and impulsively released an unruly black mass from her hand towards Ying Yue's face, catching her slightly off-guard. It fortunately curved to the side at the last second, grazing against the empress's face to form a small cut.

Ah, that was close...

Ying Yue gave the consort a cold glare, looking down at her as if she was dirt. 

"...I have no more time to deal with this immaturity. If you dare to show your face to me again, I will certainly make sure you suffer dire consequences for disobeying the word of the nation's empress."

"Tch..."

The irritating consort looked away from Ying Yue and clenched her jaw as the other two girls went to her side after standing by idly. Taking her silence as resignation, Ying Yue went to leave the scene when a black cloak was placed over her shoulders.

Who-?

"...This afternoon certainly is a bit cool, isn't it?..."

The man's low voice was incredibly smooth and pleasant to the ear, and he exhibited an aura of dominance that couldn't help but slightly overwhelm her senses.

...Please don't tell me it's the womanizer.

Immediately fixing themselves in a row, the three girls faced the person standing behind Ying Yue and bowed.

"Us consorts greet our husband, Emperor Jin Zhang Wei."

The emperor placed a hand on her lower back with a low chuckle as she stiffened. "Looks like my new wife has already caused some trouble..."

...Ugh. Touching me with those perverted hands that did who-knows-what...

Ying Yue slightly looked over her shoulder with narrowed eyes. While she was rather tall, the top of her head barely managed to reach his shoulder. Emperor Jin's dark eyes stared at her intensely as he placed a hand on her cheek with the cut without warning.

Glancing up at him through her eyelashes, she was surprised at her husband's amused smirk on his damned handsome face compared to his cold expression during their wedding ceremony.

She placed her hand over his and pulled it away with a forced, calm smile at his further invasion of her personal space.

"A pleasure to finally have a conversation, my dear husband--although you don't exactly seem like someone to converse with your wives...I suppose I should get going now considering the amount of work there is yet to be completed-"

He grabbed her wrist and held her back with a suspiciously calm smirk as if he saw through her. There was a dark glint in his eyes as if he was a predator cornering his prey, and Ying Yue couldn't help but shudder.

...This bastard...He's dangerous...

"...How about we continue our conversation, my dear wife?..."

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And the emperor reappears...Might edit this later since it's kind of rushed but eh

-Y.P.