The Vampire Empress: Blood Queen & Her Kings

Jiang Ying Yue was pulled out of her dreamless sleep when she heard the commotion outside her courtyard.

As she slowly regained her senses and realized that she was sleeping in the warm embrace of Wu Xie, a small smile bloomed on her lips.

"You should leave now." She whispered next to his ear, making his eyes fluttered open as he gazed at her with his dreamy eyes that seemed way more warmer and approachable than ever before.

After a few seconds, he did nod his head in understanding as he too realized that her maids were going insane outside her courtyard because they couldn't enter due to the ward he had placed around the area.

She watched as his silhouette disappeared from her room, leaving her alone in her bedroom. As soon as he left, the ward also went down, making way for the Li sisters to finally enter the room.

"My lady, my lady, are you alright? Is everything alright here? Did something happened?" The panic was clear in Li Qi's voice as she was the first one to enter the bed-chamber, followed by her sister who looked just as worried as Li Qi.

"Li Qi, Li Wu, what happened? Why are you guys looking so panicked?" Jiang Ying Yue asked while feigning innocence..

"My lady, we have been trying to enter your courtyard for so long but due to some reason we were being pushed back every time we tried to step inside. It made us worry about you. We thought something bad had happened." Li Wu was immediately there beside her as she crouched down next to her bed and started brushing Ying Yue's hair with fingers.

Seeing the worry and immense love that these two girls held for her, Jiang Ying Yue felt her heart warming up as she gave both of them a soft smile. 

"Aren't we getting late for our training class? Let's go before that girl becomes angry and make us work even more." She hurriedly tried to divert their attention towards Min Gu and their morning practice that they still had to attend.

The Li sisters hurriedly helped their lady getting dressed before they all headed to the back garden where Min Gu was already waiting for them.

"You all are three minutes late." That was the first thing she said as soon as Jiang Ying Yue and the Li sisters appeared in front of her.

"It's just three minutes and also the first time when we got late. Can't you just let it slide this time?" Li Wu asked as she stared at the bunny girl who didn't have a single ounce of cuteness and warmth like a bunny.

"Don't even dream about it. Let's start now." Min Gu threw over her shoulder as she headed towards the other side of the cleared area to observe their practice.

Li Wu and Li Qi groaned together while Jiang Ying Yue was almost tempted to roll her eyes. Not like she really hated exercising but Min Gu's acting throughout the practice classes always tempted her to just give up.

Besides, the irony was the situation was just too much for her to take on. Back in the supernatural world, she was the one who trained him from basics, not only in physical combat but also in magical powers. And now here she was, learning the same things from the very person who was never able to defeat her in a fight through the eight hundred years that the two of them spent together. She hated her current state, she was not only powerless but also pathetic. 

She needed to find a way to get her powers back as soon as possible. She herself couldn't stand her current self. Then how could she expect her mates to treat her fairly when she was nothing more than a pushover? Did she even have the right to complain?

*****

The next few days, Jiang Ying Yue spent her time preparing some sketches for the special order that she received from the Fang family.

From what Gu Chen had found out about that family, she learned that Madam Fang was actually working under the special orders of the Prime Minister manor. Looked like the higher-ups had also heard the praises of her newly opened shop and it was making them anxious. 

The order that she had received from Madam Fang was more like a test rather than a trap to create trouble for her. But there was no doubt that if she ended up designing an extraordinary dress, it would bring more than just unwanted attention to her and her shop. Once decided, she won't be able to return back to her simple life of no worries about the Prime Minister and his minions.

Her hands stopped working as soon as the thought of the countless problems emerging in the future, entered her brain. Neither she nor her shop was in a state to fight against the Prime Minister but that also didn't mean that she was going to back down just because she was currently powerless against her competitors. 

"Are you really going to design a wedding dress for them?" Silver asked as he entered the office area that she had set up in the far corner of her cosmetic hall.

A sigh left her lips as Jiang Ying Yue looked up to face her mate. "Why am I being so helpless? Was I too proud of my power and wealth in my previous life? Is that why I'm suffering like this right now? All this is making me go insane. I don't want any problems for now but backing down from this order means that we don't have the ability, it's going to ruin the reputation of our store." 

Silver remained silent as he checked the designs that she was preparing. They all seemed beautiful and each of them was different from the other, a touch of modern fashion but still carrying the elegance and culture of ancient times. 

"You are always good in such types of situations. You always know what's the right thing to do. I'm sure you will find out a perfect solution as long as you will give this some more thought." He finally spoke after a couple of minutes as he looked at her with faith in his beautiful emerald eyes.

Jiang Ying Yue almost chuckled hearing his words. He was trying to cheer her up because he failed to find any kind of solution for the problem.

"Why did you even opened this clothes shop? You could have just gone with the idea of makeup. I'm sure you won't be facing such a situation if you would have thought twice before pairing up with that young master from the General manor." Silver took his time to complain as he returned the designs to her before moving towards the little bonsai that was sitting near the window.

He rested his fingers against the trunk of the little tree, making a light green glow cover the bonsai. It was like a true miracle as new leaves sprouted along with a couple of little red flowers.

"I didn't know that there are going to be flowers." Jiang Ying Yue murmured as she stared at the bonsai that was looking even more beautiful and eye-catching than before.

"There were no flowers." Silver replied as he retracted his hand and stepped back from the little tree.

"Huh?" Jiang Ying Yue was surprised to hear his words. Did he really mean that? The tree didn't suppose to have flowers?

"I think every tree deserves to have flowers. So I gifted it with ones." He told her before turning around to look at her. The expression on his face made her smile as she tried to not stand up from her seat to go and engulf that man in her arms. 

Back in the supernatural world, he was known to be her right-hand man who was just as cold-hearted and dark-minded as her. While she never had any problems with the rumors about herself, she knew that those people failed to see the real Silver.

She won't deny that his heart was really ice cold. He won't even blink before killing anyone as long as it meant that he could protect her. But there was another side of him, a tender and sweet side that only she had the privilege of seeing. The man was just as soft as he appeared to be hard. He was containing just as much light inside himself as much as the darkness that he was showing on the outside. 

"I did think twice before joining hands with Gu Chen. Right now it seemed like General Manor is on the verge of disappearing but once General Gu and his second son will return, everything will change. General Gu is the In-charge of the military and he's also in the team of the Princes. Keeping close connections with the General family will be our best weapon against the Prime Minister and the... Empress Dowager."