The Empress's Revenge
#115
Liu Yan's shout made the female servant limp into the room leaving the broom she had just held, she immediately opened the room door with large strides walking in while closing the door back. He also opened the window so that the air of the room so stained by the scent of romance back clean.
Liu Yan was still leaning on the head of the bed, he stared dislikefully at the incoming servant. At least his servants in the house are younger and more powerful. However, Liu Yan had to be patient in this case he was unwilling to look for trouble and only hated Liu Zixia inwardly.
"Prepare the bath water! I want to see His Majesty," Liu Yan ordered in a tone full of arrogance.
The old servant frowned in confusion, he turned to look towards Liu Yan with many wrinkles on his forehead. Liu Yan on the other hand did not see that attitude, to him right now he was one of the Emperor's concubines.
"When will His Majesty take us to the palace? There's no way he'll linger in this little village, right?" asked Liu Yan arrogantly.
Liu Yan scanned the place with a look of uneasiness, he just remembered that the distance from the royal palace and his village took days if using a horse carriage. Liu Yan inwardly cursed Liu Zixia who was unwilling to give her a proper place.
"Sorry Consort Yan but you may be mistaken for something, you are not the wife of someone with a high position. You're just an unranked concubine from the Du family," the maid explained in a derogatory tone.
The servant smiled mockingly at Liu Yan who was still acting proud. Not waiting for Liu Yan's reply, the maid walked outside preparing ordinary bath water for Liu Yan who was clearly of low status and was about the same as her.
Liu Yan was given a maid just because she was still a virgin when meeting their master, if Liu Yan did not then she would definitely die after being touched. Liu Yan frowned when he heard the servant's explanation but he tried to pretend not to hear.
'Huh .. A lowly servant like you knows. Liu Zixia must not have told the maid that I was the Emperor's concubine, yes, she must have been afraid that I would steal hers' attention.' Liu Yan tried to strengthen himself.
In another corner Liu Zixia was holding back the laughter that was about to come out of her lips. Liu Yan's arrogance was almost the same as that of Ruan Zu which made Liu Zixia disgusted and eager to finish off the current Liu Yan.
Liu Yan aided in the bath, after finishing the bath Liu Yan opened the closet only to find a few sets of simple clothes with a rough base unlike the one he used when at the Liu residence. Liu Yan inspected all of those clothes only to find that they were completely unfit for an Emperor Consort like her.
"What's the clothes in here? This is the clothes that the lowest servant in my residence used," Liu Yan shouted in disbelief. "Where's the dowry I brought from home? Mom and Dad must've prepared some clothes for me, I just wanted to wear that." Liu Yan closed the small closet angrily.
"You're just a lowly concubine with no status, it's good that Madam Du gave you some clothes with slightly better quality than the other concubines, it's also lucky you're a virgin otherwise Third Lord Du would be reluctant to give you a servant." Fed up with Lin Yan's arrogance the servant finally spoke.
"You asked about your family dowry, right? Their dowry was just a few pieces of silver, no clothes or anything else your family had given you. Confessing to me as the Emperor's concubine, you want to die then die alone don't take us too because of your stupidity." Finished talking the waiter finally chose to go outside of the room.
"I am indeed Emperor Yuhuan's concubine, My mother told me all that. My brother is Empress Yuhuan at the moment," Liu Yan said reluctantly admitting his mistake. "Where is Liu Zixia? He must not have told you all that."
Liu Yan shouted making a ruckus, annoyed that no answer from outside Liu Yan finally walked towards the courtyard. How surprised Liu Yan was when he saw the place he lived in was uglier than where Liu Zixia used to live. Liu Yan frowned in disdain at the sight of this state, he searched around the small courtyard for the existence of the servant earlier but he did not manage to find anything. Liu Yan felt even more furious when he saw that the garden was truly unfit for humans to live in.
As Liu Yan shouted making a ruckus with his frightening face some people entered with quick steps. Liu Yan looked towards the footsteps that had come hoping that the Emperor would meet him.
It was a shock for Liu Yan to see the servant coming with some people he did not recognize. One of them was a middle-aged woman with luxurious clothes as well as excessive grooming.
"Why are you making such a fuss in this Du residence? If you don't like it we can sell you to be a slave" the middle-aged woman sneered.