I could do nothing but follow him to the stage. When we reached the stage, he helped me up and then, looking at the guests and his family, he proudly uttered as he glanced toward me, " This is the person I was talking to you all about. She is the person thanks to which this has been possible in the first place."
" Please stop complimenting me, Your Majesty!" I subconsciously muttered but it was all hopeless. What was I supposed to do now?
" This is Ms. Ying Yue and she's the imperial nanny of my son, Prince Li Wei, and also a friend of mine." The guests were stunned when the emperor addressed me as his " friend." Going even further, he uttered, " She's very important to me and this family. I care very deeply for her and would be lost if she wasn't by my side."
The emperor's last sentence confused not only the guests but also me. " What exactly did he mean by that phrase?" That was what was going through my mind at that moment.