Wen Xu was dumbfounded when she heard Ji Cheng's words. She wasn't expecting this from him.

  She is his mother. She has given birth to him after struggling so much and in the end, she got this? Her face went pale as she stared at Ji Cheng with speechlessness.

  " Ji Cheng, are you really going to support this bitch? Do you know the consequences of treating me this way?"

  " Do you think that you can shut everyone just because you suspended Minister Yu Shao? Do you think after you send me to the backyard chamber, no one will go against you?"

  Wen Xu's eyes were red from crying and the burning anger within her.

  " I will deal with everyone. You don't have to worry about that."

  Ji Cheng pursed his lips and said, " This is all for your own good. You have done so many wrong deeds and if I don't punish you, then what kind of Emperor I am? How can people believe in me, when I can't even give justice to my wife?"

  Wen Xu gritted her teeth and her expressions turned pale.

  " Also, about your position being empty for these three months, you don't have to worry about that. Grandmother Shuren is coming to visit us in a few days. I can ask her to stay here and ask her to help to manage your position. After all, other than you, she is the best candidate to fulfill the royal duties."

  Wen Xu's face turned pale when she heard Ji Cheng's words. Ji Shuren is the Old Emperor's sister. She is the daughter of a concubine, however, the Old Emperor has treated her like his own sister.

  So she has always been treated as the princess of the Ji Dynasty. After that, she was married into the Yao family who is one of their neighboring dynasties.

  The last time she came to Ji Palace was when the Old Emperor had died.

  Zhao Ming tried to think about the Grandmother Shuren, Ji Cheng is talking about. She has heard about this name before but she doesn't remember much about her much because they never have interacted much before.

  But seeing the pale complexion of Wen Xu, she was sure that this grandmother is not an easy person. Because only her name has scared Wen Xu to this extent.

  " Why……why is she coming here? And how can you give her my position? It's my position, you can't give it to her."

  "Mother, I have made my decision. We can't just leave the work of your position. Consort Jia shi has taken Consort Xiao Li's place, we need someone to look after the work of your position as well. Also, if Grandmother Shuren comes here, she will be a great help to Zhao Ming."

  Wen Xu was frustrated seeing that he was not listening to her at all. She wanted to scratch Zhao Ming's face until it bleeds.

  Zhao Ming raised her brows and before Wen Xu could say anything further, she said, " Feng Ju, what are you doing standing here? Go and get on with your work. Mother needs to shift there by this evening." She shouted while looking at Feng Ju.

  She felt annoyed and wasn't in the mood to hear Wen Xu's further words.

  "-_-"

  Feng Ju was speechless when Zhao Ming scolded him. He has been shouted at for nothing.

  Wen Xu glared at Zhao Ming understanding her meaning. But Ji Cheng sighed and said, " Mother, please leave. I am tired. I need to rest. "

  In the end, Wen Xu left the room in anger and disappointment. She was not only disappointed but frustrated to the point that her body felt like it was burning from inside.

  When Wen Xu left, Zhao Ming turned to Ji Cheng and asked, " How come you came back so early? Didn't you say that you will come back in the afternoon? "

  Ji Cheng was staring at the handprint on her cheek which was fading away but the pain in his heart he felt was still there.

  He stretched his hand and caressed her cheek with his thumb lightly.

  She smiled and raised her brows as if asking for an answer. He sighed and said, " I was indeed supposed to come by afternoon. But suddenly I heard Lu shi's voice outside the courtroom. She was arguing with Feng Ju and when I called him, I found out that Empress Dowager has come to meet you alone at the chamber and that too she seems to be quite angry."

  " And that's how I came back early." He pursed his lips. Though he felt he wasn't early at all. If he had come a minute early, then she wouldn't have been slapped like this.

  However, he didn't do anything after he came back, other than standing beside her.

  She has managed everything so well. He felt a little relieved seeing that she is not a forgiving person like before.

  If this had happened in the past, then she would have ignored this incident and even got influenced by Wen Xu's emotional drama.

  After all, he knows his mother better than anyone else. She has always used Zhao Ming's kind and polite nature against her.

  Zhao Ming nodded and looked towards the door. She saw Lu shi sneaking around who was hiding behind the door.

  Lu shi got startled and ran back when she saw that Zhao Ming was looking at her.

  Zhao Ming chuckled and her lips curled up in a smile. Lu shi nags her a lot for everything but she is the one who cares about her a lot.

  ' This girl.'

  " Come here."

  He made her sit on the bed and left to bring something. When he came back he was carrying a small glass bottle.

  Zhao Ming stared at the bottle in his hand which had some red colored powder in it.

  She frowned in confusion when she heard him say, " It's a medicine for swelling. Your face has swelled up from the slap earlier."

  "-_-"

  She pursed her lips, " Ermm……you don't need to worry about it much. It was just a slap, why are you making it like she has stabbed me with a knife or something? " she chuckled as she stared at the medicine.

  She felt that the medicine for a slap is too much. For swelling, she can simply use an ice pack.

  Wait, there is no ice here.

  She remembered that this world doesn't have anything to make ice. She suddenly felt a little depressed because she remembered her iced latte.

  It would be lovely if she could drink that in this hot weather.

  Sigh. Now she realized the value of technology that she had in her times. But it's too late to know it's value.

  "-_-"

  Ji Cheng stared at her in confusion seeing that she suddenly started thinking about something else.

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