The Vampire Empress: Blood Queen & Her Kings

After setting up the deal with Empress Dowager, Jiang Ying Yue returned to the cold palace to grab some sleep. Even though she fell asleep past two o'clock in the morning, she still woke up quite early as she had one more important matter to sort out before the big show that she had planned for the day.

After washing up quickly, she got ready in a beautiful violet-colored dress accompanied by light jewelry, simple makeup, and a simple white veil that covered the lower half of her face. Once she was ready, she left her bed-chamber and headed out of the courtyard.

"My lady, why are you up so early? Are you having trouble sleeping?" Li Qi asked with worry taking over her expressions when she noticed a fully dressed Jiang Ying Yue walking out of the fifth courtyard.

It was barely six in the morning and they still have to go through their morning physical exercise routine. However, looking at the fully dressed Jiang Ying Yue, it was clear that she had no plans of joining the morning class. It only meant that Li Qi and Li Wu would have to suffer alone at the hands of Min Gu.

"No need to worry. I have to do some last-minute work on the wedding gown of Miss Feng. That's why I'm heading out early. You and Li Wu can come later at the usual time." Jiang Ying Yue informed the girl while dismissing her worry.

"But what about your breakfast?" Li Qi asked as she recalled that they hadn't prepared anything for the breakfast yet as it was still too early. Thinking for a solution she added, "How about you wait in the pavilion for a few minutes and I'll quickly fix something simple for you?"

Jiang Ying Yue smiled softly as she gave the girl a soft pat on her shoulder. "It's alright. I'll eat once the restaurants will open up later. You and Li Wu can have your breakfast with Min Gu today. Once I'll take care of this wedding dress case, the four of us will eat dinner together. Alright?"

Li Qi became happy instantly as she nodded her head in response to her lady's promise. It had been weeks since she and her sister got to eat a proper meal with their lady since she, Jiang Ying Yue, was always in a hurry whether it was morning or evening. That's why the idea of eating a meal together brought a huge smile to her face.

After discussing a few more things with the girl, Jiang Ying Yue headed towards the back garden of the fifth courtyard where the secret passage to the underground tunnel was hidden.

It took her less than ten minutes to cross the tunnel and soon she was standing in the side garden of Star Lake Manor. Once there, she headed towards the little pavilion standing nearby, and using the secret teleportation array built in the pavilion, she teleported straight to the secret manor of the third prince where little Jun had been staying.

It was time for her to fulfill the promise that she made with Manager Jun. In the past months, that man had shown his hard work and loyalty through his work and he did his best to be the best manager. Since he did what he promised, she had to keep her words and give him what he wanted.

She headed towards the courtyard where the little boy had been staying and found her way to his bed-chamber. Because of all the care and treatment that he had been receiving throughout the past months, his health had already improved a lot.

His physical condition was almost back to normal and the poison had been pulled out from most of his body. Unfortunately, he was still in a coma because the poison hadn't fully left his body.

At this point, all that Jiang Ying Yue needed to do was to make him drink a few drops of her blood and he would be back to normal. A vampire's blood could bring people back to life, let alone curing something as simple as poison.

As soon as her blood was inside his body, it started showing its magic. Even though her blood held only ten percent of her vampiric traits, it was still enough to cure the boy.

Jiang Ying Yue stood there watching the boy in silence as she monitored his breathing and heart rate. Just like she was expecting, the changes appeared almost immediately. And it started with him moving his fingers and eyelids just the tiniest bit.

"My lady... Is... Is he..." The maid who had been looking after Little Jun all this while was also there with Jiang Ying Yue at the moment as she had arrived with the usual morning decotation that she used to feed the boy. She was surprised to see Lady Yue there but the biggest shock appeared when she noticed the movements of the little boy.

Jiang Ying Yue didn't respond immediately as she was more focused on the boy. His breathing was becoming hazard with every passing second and his heart rate was also picking up. It didn't take even half a minute before his body shook and he took a deep breath before his body relaxed all of a sudden.

After making sure that the boy's condition was stable now, she turned her attention towards the maid who had been standing there with a dumbfounded expression on her face as she stared at the boy.

"Stay here and look after him. He won't be waking up before dusk. By then I'll return to take him away with me." She told the maid who hurriedly nodded her head in understanding.

Giving a few more instructions to her, Jiang Ying Yue finally took her leave and stepped out of the bed-chamber before heading out of the little courtyard.

Her plan was to immediately head towards the shop even though it was still half past six in the morning, but her plan was sabotaged when she bumped into Qing Shan while heading towards the in-built teleportation array in the manor. 

"Here you are." He stated as he wrapped his fingers around her and pulled her away from the pavilion.

Jiang Ying Yue was taken aback by his sudden move and as she turned to focus her attention on him, she found he was looking at her with squinted eyes as if suspecting her about something.

"What?" She asked while raising her eyebrows in question.

"Where did you disappear last night? I heard that you ended your cultivation practice early." He didn't waste any more time and immediately stated the matter that had been bothering him. Ever since the previous night, he had been a feeling that the girl was up to something.

Jiang Ying Yue let out a small sigh as she pulled her hand free from his hold and wrapped it over her chest before asking, "Am I not allowed to sleep anymore? Do you seriously want me to practice all night and forget about sleeping at all?"

"This is not what I mean. Besides, you won't need any sleep if you will actually cultivate properly. Cultivating spiritual qi is more healing than sleeping." Qing Shan was quick to defend himself as he found the girl attacking him.

"No thanks. I would rather sleep than spend the night hours cultivating. Besides, I'm not aiming to be an Immortal Cultivator. I just want enough spiritual qi to balance my real powers." Jiang Ying Yue stated as she looked at her hands as if looking at the vampiric powers running through her body.

Qing Shan didn't say anything for a few moments but then he turned his attention towards the side courtyard where Little Jun was currently resting. "Why did you come here so early? Is something wrong with that boy?" He asked while returning his attention to her.

"He's perfectly fine. I just woke up early and wanted to make some new arrangements in the dresses that I've been working on recently. I just decided to stop by to check on him. I was heading to the market when you stopped me." She replied with a little shrug of her shoulders. Though she didn't tell him the entire truth, she didn't lie either.

Qing Shan was silent as he kept looking at her. Just when Jiang Ying Yue thought that he was done talking with her, the man surprised her all over again when he suddenly wrapped his arms around her and pulled her in a hug.

"What's wrong?" She finally found herself asking when she got hold of her voice as her mind slowly came out of the shock.

"I'm tired of fighting with you. It doesn't make me feel good at all whenever we ended up fighting over something. I don't want things to become bitter between us." He replied as he rested his face against the crook of her neck.

Jiang Ying Yue was surprised to hear the vulnerability in his voice and suddenly, she started feeling bad because she knew that within the next few hours, they would be fighting all over again.