Fantasy: Empress Wife, Cute Kids Cause Havoc in Jiuzhou

"But that's not right."

Chu Chen suddenly furrowed his little brow and asked with confusion, "Sister, since she's already the Empress, she must be the Martial Emperor too, right? Can we really spank her?"

Chu Xin also paused, then waved her tiny, snow-white hand and said, "You're not actually going to spank the Empress, it's all pretend. We're just trying to make her angry enough to throw us into the Heavenly Prison, understand?"

"Not really hitting her."

Chu Chen blinked his big eyes, looking somewhat disappointed.

He had never had the chance to spank the Martial Emperor before and was really curious about how it would feel.

Following that, the brother and sister held a very serious and "detailed" discussion on their plan to "reasonably and convincingly" pretend to spank the Empress's bottom.

An hour later, Ye Hongxue returned to the estate and found Chu Xin and Chu Chen, saying, "Ai Chirou, Ai Kaorou, Her Majesty has instructed me to bring you to the Imperial Palace."

"Okay, let's go."

Chu Xin and Chu Chen, having devised what they believed to be a very comprehensive plan, confidently followed Ye Hongxue towards the Imperial Palace.

Ye Hongxue was a bit puzzled; these two little ones had seemed quite reluctant to go to the Imperial Palace earlier, so how had their attitude changed so completely in just half an hour? They seemed quite eager.

But she didn't overthink it; the thoughts of children were certainly beyond the grasp of a normal adult.

"Wow! So this is the Imperial Palace, it's so big, so beautiful."

Upon entering the Imperial Palace, Chu Xin and Chu Chen couldn't help but marvel, like two country folks who had never seen the world, venturing into a big city for the first time.

"If only we could live here in the Imperial Palace."

The siblings looked on with yearning; the place was just too beautiful, and much, much bigger than Big Stone Village.

Even the two-headed piglet perched on Chu Xin's shoulder twisted its little heads around, looking at everything with interest and muttering quietly, "Humans really know how to enjoy themselves. When I get back to Fire Boar Cave, I'll build a grand palace like this too. Oh, but I guess I can't go back."

Hearing this, Ye Hongxue rolled her eyes and said with a smile, "Besides the Empress, there are only five types of people who can live in the Imperial Palace."

"Which five types?"

Chu Xin asked, curious.

Ye Hongxue slowly said, "The first are naturally the imperial guards of the Palace, but they can only move around in the front area of the Palace, and you're too young to be guards. The second and third kinds are the palace maids and eunuchs, who are dedicated to serving Her Majesty and the princes and princesses. The fourth kind are the concubines, but since we now have an Empress, the harem is full of the former emperor's consorts. The fifth kind, no doubt, are the princes and princesses themselves. However, since our Empress is unmarried, obviously there are no princes or princesses yet."

"Aunt Ye, what's a eunuch?"

Chu Chen tilted his little head, looking puzzled and curious.

"Well!"

Ye Hongxue's cheeks flushed, uncertain of how to explain, and after a moment's silence, she said, "You'll understand when you grow up."

"Okay."

Chu Chen nodded, his round eyes still full of wonder and curiosity.

Ye Hongxue laughed and said, "The only way for you to live in the Palace is to become the children of Her Majesty."

Upon hearing this, Chu Xin shook her head and waved her hands, her voice childlike yet firm as she said, "That can't be, we have a daddy and mommy, we're not the children of the Empress."

"Right, we have a daddy and mommy."

Chu Chen nodded in agreement.

Ye Hongxue snickered, ruffling the siblings' little heads as she said, "Besides real parents, you can also have godparents. You could take the Empress as your godmother; after all, she doesn't have any children of her own. That way, you could be the prince and princess of the Empire, and then you could live in the Imperial Palace every day."

"Godfather? Godmother?"

Chu Chen blinked his big eyes and turned to look at Chu Xin, whispering, "Sister, do you know what a godfather and godmother are?"

"I don't know."

Chu Xin shook her head and muttered, "I only know nanny, nanny gives milk."

At this, she suddenly looked up at Ye Hongxue and asked, "Aunt Ye, does a godmother give milk?"

"Milk? What milk?"

Ye Hongxue was momentarily stunned, not quite processing what had just been said.

Chu Xin took a sip from her milk bottle, then explained with a serious face, "It's this kind of milk we're drinking. We have a wet nurse, and her milk is what we drink. Does foster mother have any milk? Is it tasty?"

Ye Hongxue finally grasped what was being said, stumbled, and nearly fell to the ground.

"The Empress has no children, so where would the milk come from? No, no, no, damn it, how could I possibly discuss the Empress's privacy like this?"

Ye Hongxue's face turned bright red, then pale, in quick succession. She turned to look back at Chu Xin and Chu Chen, her heart full of speechlessness.

How could the minds of these two rascals always be so uniquely odd, always impossible to follow?

Moreover, if discussing the Empress's privacy was discovered by the Empress, it could be a capital offense.

"Ai Chirou, Ai Kaorou, don't talk about these things in front of the Empress. Not in front of anyone, remember that?" Ye Hongxue warned very seriously.

"We know."

Chu Xin and Chu Chen nodded in unison, though in their hearts they were quietly pondering. Seeing Auntie Ye's reaction, the foster mother definitely didn't have milk. Wet nurses are better.

"And another thing,"

Ye Hongxue thought for a moment and felt she needed to remind them again, speaking very seriously, "After meeting the Empress, you must pay respects and speak with reverence. You must not be disrespectful to the Empress, or if the Empress gets angry, the consequences will be severe."

"How severe?" Chu Xin asked eagerly.

"Will we be locked in the Heavenly Prison?" Chu Chen was more straightforward.

Locked in the Heavenly Prison?

Ye Hongxue looked at the two rascals, not understanding why they would ask such a question. After thinking it over, the Empress wanted to win over the powers behind these two rascals, and generally, ordinary disrespect or defiance wouldn't result in being locked in the Heavenly Prison.

However, to scare the two rascals, she nodded very firmly and said, "Yes, and it's the kind you never come out of."

"That's great."

Chu Chen clapped his hands with a thud. So it's this easy to get into the Heavenly Prison? If he had known, he wouldn't have had to discuss it with his sister for so long.

"What?"

Ye Hongxue was stunned for a moment.

Chu Xin hurried to make amends, "My brother is just too nervous. He meant to say it's too scary, he misspoke." Your adventure continues at My Virtual Library Empire

"Yes, yes, yes, I misspoke. It's too scary. Just by being disrespectful to the Empress, we could be locked up in the Heavenly Prison forever. It's too scary." Chu Chen nodded emphatically, his face showing a scared expression.

"If you don't want to be sent to the Heavenly Prison, remember my words," Ye Hongxue advised again.

"Auntie Ye, we'll remember."

Chu Xin and Chu Chen nodded repeatedly.

"Let's go, the Empress is waiting in the Imperial Study Room."

Ye Hongxue didn't want to discuss anything about the Empress with the two rascals anymore. They would dare to say anything, and she worried that they might inadvertently draw her into saying something she shouldn't, provoking the Empress's anger, leading to beheading, or worse, the extermination of her entire family. That would be a tragedy.

Now, all she wanted was to quickly take these two rascals to the Imperial Study Room and hand them over to the Empress. Once her task was complete, whatever the two rascals said afterward would have nothing to do with her.

Chu Xin and Chu Chen also fell silent, but they continued to turn their little heads, looking around everywhere, occasionally letting out heartfelt exclamations.

"Your Majesty."

Soon, the group arrived outside the Imperial Study Room. Ye Hongxue bowed respectfully and said, "Ai Chirou and Ai Kaorou have been brought here."

"Come in."

A moment later, the authoritative voice of a woman sounded.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Ye Hongxue rose after paying her respects, turned to look at Chu Xin and Chu Chen, and whispered a reminder again, "When you see the Empress, you must pay your respects, speak respectfully, and don't be as rash as before, understood?"

"We remember."

Chu Xin and Chu Chen spoke in unison, then looked at each other and nodded in agreement with a good understanding.