Exile Queen is Beloved
Chapter 20 - Fragrant Incense

Qing Er snorted softly, then stood up and looked at Yuan Shi with an indifferent face. The woman folded her hands across her chest while standing beside the emperor, while Yuan Shi watched Qing Er beside him with a sad look.

The two kept silent without a sound, Qing Er also decided to shut up and not answer Yuan Shi's question beforehand. The raging sense still encompassed the recesses of his heart, the feeling of regret and guilt over the loss of self-control made him resentful towards himself. Qing Er turned her head towards Yuan Shi, still with her arms folded in front of her soaring chest as well as one leg she let slightly forward to support her body weight.

"Why did you get here so haughty and cold? How different from such an exciting person in the car." Yuan Shi turned his head towards Qing' Er then wrapped his hands around the woman's waist.

Su Mian knew, that the original owner of the body had never liked being near Yuan Shi. But the mission that requires him to do so makes his position go awry. On the one hand, he did not want to care about anyone's feelings and how they responded. Su Mian only wanted to complete all his missions quickly and precisely, so that he could return to the future immediately. However, ignoring the feelings of the owner of the body also torments him. However, all his actions are now contrary to the wishes of the owner of the body.

"Prepare, tonight there will be a welcoming party for us. Dress up charmingly and be the center of attention, you deserve it." Yuan Shi clapped his hands three times, then the Beiming servants brought along a number of the best gifts for Qing Er to wear at the party later tonight.

Qing Er simply stared at the few items flatly, then smiled subtly towards Yuan Shi. "Thank you for the attention of the emperor!"

"Then I will leave because there is still something I have to do again" Yuan Shi said.

"Alright," Qing 'Er replied with a nod. After Yuan Shi left Qing Er let out a long sigh then sat down on the bed. The maid Chun who understood the look on her employer's face came over and tried to comfort this woman.

"Your Majesty, the gifts the emperor gave were numerous and precious. Don't you want to try it?" ask Waiter Chun.

Qing Er shook her head lazily. "Other times, I don't feel well."

"What is your majesty sick? Then what about tonight's show?" ask Waiter Chun.

"Do you want me to force myself to come? I'm not going there, and the thing about the horse-drawn carriage did you hear something strange?" qing Er asked doubtfully.

"Uh--, that's certainly not His Majesty!" replied Waiter Chun lied. "Is there anything that bothers Her Majesty the Queen?" continued.

Qing Er shook her head then gestured for her servant to leave leaving her alone. Not long after, Nemo the system accompanied Qing Er sitting beside her. "Stop worrying about other people, your job is just to complete the mission and then we go back to the future."

"I know, but isn't it too evil to use this body for personal gain?" Qing Er snorted softly then leaned her body on the bedpost.

"Miss just focus on our mission for now, after achieving mission success and returning to the future however the original owner of the body will react it is already beyond our duty, he said, even if he leaves the palace and the emperor is no longer our right to interfere, the most important thing is that we return safely to the future." Nemo reassured Su Mian who was now staring at him.

Su Mian gently stroked the little creature then smiled. "You're right, let's finish our mission quickly!"

On the other hand, Wu Zetian was devising an evil plan to trap Qing Er. Moreover, Servant Chun had already told the emperor that Qing 'Er could not come to the welcoming event due to illness. Yuan Shi asked King Beiming to bring the best healer of the palace, so it happened that Prince Beiming was a medical expert who was the most trusted by the Beiming people so that the man would later check on the state of Qing 'Er.

Wu Zetian asked a mercenary to put a fragrant incense stick that could stimulate the body into Qing' Er's room. As Liu Qing fell asleep and rested, the fragrant incense was placed into the room at the most hidden part there.

The sleeping Qing Er had already prepared several bottles of hot water to make her temperature rise and she hid them under the thick blanket she was wearing. In order that when Yuan Shi came to see him, he actually looked like a sick person.

Sure enough, Yuan Shi did not return for long and met Qing Er to look at her situation, which was now lying on the bed. Yuan Shi sat beside Qing'Er then grabbed the woman's hand. "I've just left for a while already sick like this, rest comfortably. I have to attend a festive event made for us, the best healers will come check on you soon."

Yuan Shi's silent gaze gave off a gentle and comfortable aura, Qing Er opened her eyelids slightly and looked at Yuan Shi who was now about to kiss her forehead. Qing Er gulped her own saliva when she saw the man's neck, she closed her eyes firmly and tried not to move one bit.

After Yuan Shi left, Qing Er immediately changed her position to sit down and leaned onto the bed. "Ah it's so hot" he said, shaking his hand several times.

Not long after the sound of the door opened again, this time the one who came was the Prince of Beiming, Yun Shan by bringing along the medicinal herbs he had made earlier then approached towards Empress Qing' Er. The man sat in front of Liu Qing and looked at him then saluted. "Greetings Her Majesty the Queen, maybe you are experiencing motion sickness so that you fall ill suddenly like this. Can I check?"

Qing Er nodded, then Yun Shan placed his palm towards Qing Er's forehead which was still hot from the previous water bottle. " His Majesty has a fever" he said following Qing Er's charade.

As the best medicine expert in Beiming of course this little trick can not lie to him. Yun Shan was still patiently following Qing' Er's game because he wanted to know the purpose of all of this. Not long ago Yun Shan felt like he was inhaling something foreign from inside the room.

"Your Majesty, please close your breathing with this!" Yun Shan gave a piece of cloth towards Qing'Er frantically while walking in search of the scent that was bothering her.

Yun Shan walked towards the corner of the room, right behind the Beiming map bulkhead there was an incense stick that had been mixed with body-stimulating poison. The man who was immune to the poison then got rid of it immediately.