Ani left the room and Yuki came into the room.
"My empress, please tell me what's wrong. I wanna know please—"
"You Silly fool, if I told you, there be no end of worries for you, besides there's no way I can avoid it now, someone's trying to cause my downfall. Now I know you might not understand but I need to go meet Hikaru." Cielo replied, "As quick as we can before SHE can get to him, worse case I might have to get Ani to kill a few hundred people or so, but that's something not to worry about there only like eh, 6% chance of that happening at best."
"Who's she? Is she someone you don't like?" Yuki Asked.
"She's Someone far more beyond annoying, always cause a war or two in her path. I don't want to deal with that, I'm still empress, I don't need to worry about women in your stupid harem and the also your damn minsters trying to find another woman under there control or the spy's, none of that stuff. Better yet I'll not leave I'll have Aki handle this for now since I heard that a princess of a west nation has come to visit." Cielo spoke, "Yeah she should be coming tomorrow at noon, so I'll have Sho make lunch and then let's see if she's really a princess, anyway I'm tired I'm going to sleep, night night."
Cielo fell asleep till late morning about 11:59, then walked to the garden.
"Greetings to the empress—-"
The "Princess" noticed that the empress was in "Elegant" clothes and totally ignored her and eating lunch with a small child.
"Princess that's the imperial nephew he's under the care of the empress, Mind you he's only a child." A servant muttered.
"Hmm? Eat, before all the food is gone." Cielo Spoke.
"Auntie, does she not know how to eat? She must be really stupid doesn't know how to sit on the ground or A better yet eating without the help of a servant, how useless, never let her marry into our family, I don't care how pretty she is." Chen replied.
"Chen Chen, that's too many words eat or no desert for three whole months," Cielo warned.
"Alright, Sorry Auntie," Chen mutters.
It seems the empress can be scary at most scolds never the less I can gain favor from his majesty if the empress grants me a title, but I don't know if he will.
"Oh, um am I supposed to give you a title, I mean your probably interested in my husband like the rest of these chicks so I grant you the title of a...princess consort since the other princess is my brothers playmate, but I warn you there's women aren't as kind as you think," Cielo replied.
Good, he's given me a title, now about a palace.
"Oh since your a consort you'll live in Shing palace next to Ani, now you must behave and know the rules but for now you can come and eat and don't eat if you like..but a, I should tell you that I'm expecting him to be here now—"
"His majesty, The emperor has arrived!" Shouted a servant.
"Yuki, I gave her a title, though she seems to be a little "slow" on things like she's never eaten with a monarch before. Also, the wedding will be in a few days. If you don't mind." Cielo Spoke.
"Alright, whatever you say, my empress—"
"Empress, we have news that..the consort has escaped the cold palace, she's heading to Ai-San town north of here, what would you like me to do?" He Asked.
"Kill her," Cielo whispered.
-Kay's explanation time, so there are two consort summers, the big sister who's escaping the cold palace, other one little sister she's a concubine's daughter, but came into the palace due to debt reasons. Kay understands back to the story.
"Yes, Empress." Hi replied.
"My empress, that was Hi right now, why did he leave?" Yuki Asked.
"It's nothing, nothing at all," Cielo replied.
It seems the empress runs the show from the shadows, basically, his majesty handles minsters, while the empress handles the inner palace and other things as well.
"Oh, I just remembered, since she had a new title, she has to meet all the side chicks you have," Cielo spoke.
"Auntie, that's mean!" Chen scolded.
"Mean, but accurate. I mean we could do it tomorrow but Nah let's do it today, and Aki summons them all to the meeting palace, you know that place." Cielo replied, "Oh and you follow me, don't want you wandering the wrong place."
Cielo walked to We're the place is, he arrived.
"His majesty, the empress has arrived!" Shouted a servant.
"Greetings to the empress." They all spoke.
"Rise, see here this a princess added to this harem her title as princess consort. She's about imperial concubine but below noble consort." Cielo explained "You will treat her well or something like that. If she causes you the trouble I'll a..you know off with her head kind of thing."
They froze, it seems the empress does not trust this girl what's so ever.
"Empress, that's rude you must have her whacked not head slicing that's only if she's offended, you, his majesty, her highness, Chen Chen, and your brother," Aki replied.
"But if she became a problem, I need to do that. Besides what does it matter as he'd ever favor her just cause she's a princess, he not as I'd ever would." Cielo replied.
"Empress your not supposed to say that kind of thing in front of everything." Aki replied, "Also would you like me to assign some servants for the princess consort."
"Yes, that sounds good anyway, everybody let's eat some snacks, so ah..serve the tea and snacks, the one's that Aki prepared." Cielo Spoke.
"Your majesty, I can except these snacks rather there—"
"Alight if you can except then don't eat for the next few days, have no snacks eaten at her palace till next week." Cielo replied "You should that's it is rude to turn down an offer from the empress. And I should ask what reason could there possibly be for this?"
"Ah...You see empress, I've never eaten such food so I don't know.." She spoke in a low tone "How to eat them."
"Eh? You don't know how to eat a cookie? It's easy you bite it and then chew it, not too hard." Cielo replied.
The empress seems quiet smarter then he looks.
"Empress, the consort has been killed per your order," Aki whispered in Cielo's ear.
"Good." Cielo replied, "I'll be leaving now, excuse me."
"His majesty, The empress is leaving now!" A servant shouted.
Later that evening near the princess consort palace...
"Did you hear the princess consort turned down the empress's snack? All for what cause she doesn't know how to eat it?" A maid whispered.
"I know, I heard they have plenty of cookies, maybe she never ate on cause she needed to stay in shape." Another maid whispered back.
"How dare you have the nerve to slack off! My lady will punish you all!" Shouted the head maid.
The head maid rushed back to the chamber.
"Ah! I can't believe I've ruined the empress's impression of me on the first day!" She shouted.
"My lady.." spoke the head maid.
"My lady." Aki called "The empress has asked of me to tell you there will be a banquet tonight, so please dress in these, The empress has picked these out her self. Do not disappoint the empress my lady or you'll know what will happens to you. Also goodbye then."