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RECAP

It's a good thing that the emperor's guest is someone who knows better than to go talking about such things; also he was super good at acting invisible when necessary.

Tang Qin Shang was once again back to its usual calm atmosphere and its citizens went back to their daily lives.

Meanwhile back at the fairy tale phoenix palace Jiang was standing in the midst of its destruction, In anger Jiang raised his right foot and pressed down on Wang Wei groin area, Wang Wei screamed and trashed in pain but Jiang didn't stop, he acted like his ears had been blocked, Wang Wei's only savior was the arrival of Jiang's palace servants, Han Sheng as well as his pack of followers.

Jiang with a bit of nonchalance slowly removed his foot after seeing the shocked expressions on his servant's faces, they never thought Jiang will be the type to do something like this, something so cruel and vicious, what if Wang Wei lost function down there and never conceived a child with a woman or man, Jiang's actions was such an unnatural occurrence since they have always seen Jiang as someone that is tolerant and nice, even when they made a mistake he never lost his calm but seeing him they could clearly note that he was enraged and it didn't look like it was because of matters relating to the battle he had just had.

Jiang for the first time stared sternly at his servants and ordered "Drag this thing out of my sight, preferably out of the imperial palace"

Han Sheng as his senior eunuch pointed at about four strong male servants to do the job, before he went over to Jiang he saw as Wang Wei somehow used some woods around his to form something like an armor so that when they dragged him his skin won't suffer much, Jiang didn't want to deal with him anymore and so turned a blind eye to this.

"Are you okay esteem empress elect, should this humble servant request for the imperial physician" Han Sheng said as he looked worriedly as Jiang, he knew Jiang won the battle but it was still possible that he might have gotten some injuries that were hidden behind his robes.

"I am fine Han Sheng" Jiang finally smiled as he ruffled Han Sheng hair "But the fairy tale phoenix palace isn't fine at all" for a split second there Han Sheng could swear that he saw the just dissipated rage from Jiang's eyes appear once more and then he stared at Wang Wei been dragged like he wanted to get him back lying before him so that he could crush Wang Wei's skull.

"When you were fighting with that young master Wang Wei and we all left the fairy tale phoenix palace to watch outside, I heard some of the servant that where present when he arrived outside say that when young master Wang Wei found out that the fairytale palace was where you lived, he was pretty jealous and swore to destroy it, he said you didn't deserve such a grand treatment and should be made to live in the servants quarters" Han Sheng commented

"It seems like I let him off easy" Jiang stated, he didn't care that Wang Wei though lowly of him, he only cared about this destroyed building and finding out that Wang Wei actions were deliberate didn't make Jiang feel much better.

"He is lucky that he did this during the competition, if it was any other time he would have been charged with the crime of destroying the palace property" Han Sheng said

"He knew he won't be held accountable for this and that is why he blatantly uprooted almost everything wooden here and used it to attack me, he must have found it amusing, attacking me with what was once mine" Jiang said while looking at a certain direction, Han Sheng eyes followed his and a light blush graced his cheeks as he saw the person that approached them.

"Greeting honorable empress elect and congratulations on your win" Lu Han said immediately he arrived before Jiang, he also didn't forget to bow properly.

"Thanks Lu Han and you can relax" Jiang replied with a smile.

"Congratulations too esteemed empress elect, I should have told you that first " Han Sheng quickly said, he heard Jiang chuckling and felt embarrassed, he was curious as to what that Lu Han expression was so he decided to sneak a peek and he quickly regretted his decision since Lu Han was snickering at him, Han Sheng understood why he was in this situation because it was like he was claiming that Lu Han shouldn't have been the first to congratulate Jiang but himself, he behaved like there was a price to be won by saying it first, he felt so stupid for saying that.

"It doesn't matter who says it first, I appreciate you saying that nevertheless" Jiang finally got to saying and Han Sheng nodded in agreement with that, he didn't forget to glare at Lu Han who he believed was still laughing at him in his mind despite not showing it physically.

"Esteemed empress elect the emperor will like to talk to you"

"Is he back?" Jiang answered a little too quickly and even sounded a bit excited

Jiang heard that very special mesmerizing voice, letting out a very captivating laughter, he looked around but couldn't see the owner of the voice, not until he heard the words "Hello cherry pie, it seems like my precious eye candy really missed Zhen a lot, my empress elect, Zhen misses you too, more than you can imagine" Jiang jaws slacked, he felt like he was just hit by a fire ball that he didn't see coming.

Jiang felt like every time he speaks with the emperor his world views changes, he really doesn't know how to handle him anymore.

Jiang looked intently at the glowing round artifact that Lu Han was now carrying within his palms, it was certainly a communication device, Jiang have never heard of such a device before and was only able to know its functions since it was from this same device that the emperor's voice was coming out from.

"Sweetie, Baby Boo, come back to me please" the emperor's slurry voiced pierced into Jiang's eardrums, making his frozen body shuddered back to life, he was indeed lost in thoughts previously but there was no way at this moment that the emperor will let him concentrate on anything other than his voice especially since his time was short and for a long time the emperor have craved for Jiang's undivided attention and to be with him even if it was only in this way.

Jiang blushed once he heard the names he was been addressed by, however, this time around Jiang didn't want to be outdone by the emperor in whatever the emperor was playing at so Jiang said almost teasingly "Heart Throb" Jiang said in a voice that he tried to make sound just as seductive as the emperor's and this seemed to work since for a time being the other end of the communication device was absolutely silent.

Jiang didn't take note of the totally red faced Han Sheng nor Lu Han whose hands had started trembling as if the device in his hands was a mountain that was too heavy for him to keep within his palm, Instead Jiang's full attention, as the emperor will most definitely like it, was on poking fun at the man or boy at the other end of this device.

Seeing as how his previous attempts to play the emperor at his own game had worked, Jiang's courage skyrocketed so he continued speaking "Mr Hot Stuff, who misses you? I certainly do not".

"Oh heavens, my Kitten is all grown up, Zhen is so proud" Jiang rolled his eyes, he could just imagine the emperor placing his hands on his heart while saying that,like he was a proud mother whose child had just scored first place at an academic exam, such thoughts almost made Jiang laugh.

In a voice that appeared to sound as if he was deadly sadden and about to cry, the emperor said "My Sunshine, Zhen's very own Precious Sugar Buns, are you certain you don't miss your Hot Stuff?"

After listening to the emperor words Jiang face palmed himself and then he realized he was just been stupid earlier, how could he ever think that he could win this teasing game or whatever this was that he was doing with the shameless emperor.

Jiang didn't even know where his earlier bravery came from that he believed he could fight the emperor for his shameless crown and win, he must have been dreaming "Who are you calling all those weird names? And who is your Sugar Bun?" Jiang complained , he tried hard to force away the silly small smile that was creeping onto his lips but thinking of what he had just done as well as all those names that the emperor just called him made his will power to diminish and the smile couldn't stop growing bigger and bigger as time went by.

"Common Love, only you can be my Sugar Buns" Han Sheng and Lu Han wished they could disappear, seriously who can stand watching their masters flirt so openly like this, Jiang might try to deny doing this if it was mentioned but that was exactly what he and the emperor where presently doing.

Jiang acted like he was annoyed but both Han Sheng and Lu Han weren't idiots, even their presence was completely forgotten by Jiang while he spoke with the emperor.

"Stop saying rubbish and just tell me why you want to talk with me?" Han Sheng's eyes bulged, he feared for his empress elect's head, after all no matter how the emperor favored Jiang now, it shouldn't be to the point of letting Jiang talk so disrespectfully to him right?

Han Sheng's fears were vanquished when he heard the light chuckle coming out of the communication device "Baby don't be mad, Fine I will get straight to the point, so can you stop glaring now"

"You are not even here so what makes you think I am glaring"

"I just know you are"

"You...ah... " Jiang was speechless for a while before practically grinding out the words "Why are you so impossible to deal with?" it was a rhetorical question so it wasn't like he was expecting an answer but he just had to get it off his chest, however, his reaction to the emperor's taunts kind of served as a prove to the emperor's accusation.

Jiang kept wondering how the almighty emperor of Tang Qin Shang can be so extremely childish, even Han Sheng and Lu Han couldn't believe this, although the truth is that at that time Jiang was indeed glaring but it's not like the emperor could see it, the emperor's perception is really awesome, Jiang thought.

"I won't be petty and argue with you about the statement you just made but that doesn't mean I agree with you" the emperor's voice was heard from the communication device again and Jiang just shook his head from left to right with a singular thought in 'Isn't this a subtle way of arguing or at least disputing his words' it seems the emperor just wanted to have the last laugh regarding this matter and Jiang was going to let him win because he knew they won't be discussing anything serious if he kept going at it with the emperor.

Silence finally rained and when the emperor found out that Jiang wasn't willing to say more he decided to speak again "The reason why I wanted to speak to you directly is because I wanted to tell you personally to move to the western wing in Zhen's Huang Palace"

"What" Jiang shocked screamed echoed inside the ears of the two people present with him, it was so loud that Han Sheng felt a bit of discomfort.

"You heard me, while the fairytale palace is been reconstructed, you will have a certain area of my Huang palace all to yourself, you can take your servants with you as well or use the ones at my Huang palace"

"But that isn't right; I shouldn't be staying at your majesty's dwelling place especially since it's against customs, we are not marry yet"

"What at you saying Sugar Sugar, have you forgotten what happen a while back, haven't we done things that married couples usually..." midsentence the emperor was cut off.

"Seal your lips your majesty before I do it for you" Jiang shrieked voice successfully shut up the emperor from speaking further, he glared at the communication device as if he was doing so to the emperor himself, he didn't know where all this his boldness have come from but when dealing with the emperor sometimes he gets so comfortable to the point that he forgets he shouldn't be speaking with him in that way.

Although Jiang's words successfully stopped the emperor from completely his statement it didn't stop him from laughing at Jiang to his heart content, Jiang was so embarrassed and was blushing furiously, he looked at Han Sheng and Lu Han to see if they had any reactions to what the emperor had said, if they were able to guess what he was insinuating but the only reaction they had was to stare at him with confused eyes, it was like they had thought he had gone momentarily crazy, Jiang felt something felt off.

When the emperor was done laughing he said "What are you been so scared of, there is no way I will let outsiders know about our intimate affairs, those words I just said was heard by only you as well as what I am saying now, anyway my point then is as long as I am concerned that night was our wedding night it's just that the official wedding haven't been done yet so since we are already married you can definitely move into my Huang palace"

"Stop twisting the truth for your own benefit"

"See it however you like but you are moving to Huang palace, Lu Han, assist my love in moving, and since that's settled Zhen will have to take his leave"

"Wait, when are you coming back?" Jiang's brows furrowed as his mind registered how quickly he had spoken and the words that were said, he dejectedly smacked his forehead as he waited for the emperor's response, it's not like he could rewind time so he might as well wait for the inevitable.

"So you do miss me that much, I knew you were head over heels in love with me, after all, Zhen takes your breath away, I am your light in your darkest hour, your match made in heaven and the very reason you exist" the emperor smugly stated each word like he was acting in a kind of play were one had to sing praises of themselves, it irritated Jiang to no end.

"Oh please" Jiang rolled his eyes, not that the emperor could see him, he had done so a number of times on this day all due to the emperor's endless teasing and Jiang was just glad that his eyes hadn't lost all its proper functioning because of this action of his.

Jiang response didn't bother the emperor, nevertheless, he got serious "I will be back in two weeks time, precisely two days before my birthday, so until then my esteemed empress elect, don't miss me too much to the extent that it causes you a severe heart attack, see you soon love" and with that emperor Qin Jie Huang finally cut off all communication between Jiang and himself.

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