I woke up as the Villainous Empress
Chapter 117

117 Royal Wedding (I)

Dragon Pavilion – The Royal Palace.

It was time after dinner and the servants were already preparing to go to bed, meanwhile, Zheng Liang and Gu Lan were still awake in the study room and were discussing something related to work.

The punishment given to Zheng Liang by His Majesty ended long ago and he started working and handling the duties of the Crown Prince like usual. The investigation regarding the illegal activities that His Majesty started was still in process, however, they couldn’t replace any useful information or evidence as of now.

“Gu Lan, tomorrow is an important day. There will be so many prestigious guests who will be attending the royal wedding. We cannot take their safety lightly on a day where all the ministers, the royal family members, and His majesty will attend the wedding banquet.”

“Make sure to tighten the security and ask the guards to make frequent rounds around the palace to check the security of the palace. ” Zheng Liang instructed Gu Lan for the 10th time to give extra attention to security tomorrow.

“Do not make the mistake of ignoring my commands like the last time. Did you get it?” He asked sternly, reminding Gu Lan about the wild bear incident.

Gu Lan’s face turned crimson in humiliation when Zheng Liang mentioned that incident again.

It’s been some time since the wild bear incident happened. Even Yang Ning has forgiven him regarding this matter, however, Zheng Liang hasn’t let go of his mistake until now and keeps teasing him about it from time to time.

Gu Lan cleared his threat in embarrassment and nodded seriously before saying, “Yes. I will do my best to make sure everything is fine tomorrow.”

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Zheng Liang let out a low chuckle to see Gu Lan’s embarrassed expression. However, he didn’t tease him further and continued to discuss other things with him about the protection of everyone, especially for His Majesty’s safety for tomorrow’s event.

While Gu Lan and Zheng Liang were working in the study room without knowing how much time had passed, they heard a soft knock on the door.

“Come in.” Zheng Liang responded to the knock. He raised his head to look towards the door when it was pushed open and the maid who was in charge of the Dragon Pavilion entered the study room.

“What is it?” He asked, wondering why she came to disturb them during their meeting. Because all the servants at the dragon palace are aware that Zheng Liang doesn’t like it when someone bothers him while he is busy with his work.

The court lady, who was older than him in age and had faint wrinkles on her face, entered the study room and greeted him by lowering her head. She bows to him to show her respect and loyalty to him and said, “Your Highness, tomorrow is a big day for you. You need to wake up early in the morning to get ready to perform the rituals of the royal wedding.”

“On a night like today, you should go to bed early and have a proper rest.” She said and suggested him go to bed early rather than working until midnight and keep Gu Lan busy with work as well.

“Royal Guard Gu Lan, How can you keep His Highness engaged with work until now? He is going to become a married man from tomorrow onwards, you should be careful about such things in the future.” The maid nagged Gu Lan and scolded him for keeping Zheng Liang with him until now.

Just as Yu Ling is the head of court ladies of the royal palace and has taken care of Zheng Liang since he was young, the same way she has been by the side of Zheng Liang and has been mainly in charge of the dragon pavilion after Yu Ling.

Gu Lan was baffled in surprise when court lady Zhu scolded him for keeping His Highness awake until late at night. “Court Lady Zhu, I am innocent in this case. I am not keeping His Highness awake by engaging him in work.”

“It was His Highness who has been checking the security checklist for tomorrow with me for the 10th time.” He raised his hands in the air in his defense.

Zheng Liang frowned when Gu Lan put all the blame on him and pointed him out for his over-obsession with tomorrow’s event.

He raised his eyebrows upon hearing court lady Zhu’s words and it was when he realized that days have passed so soon and tomorrow is the day of the royal wedding.

Although he has been discussing the same thing with Gu Lan, he was talking about it as if he was discussing someone else’s wedding.

However, it was at this moment that he realized tomorrow is the day he is going to tie the knot with Yang Ning and they are going to enter into a pious relationship as husband and wife.

After he was freed from his punishment of being confined in his chamber for a week without speaking to anyone, he didn’t get the chance to meet Yang Ning again as Yu Ling didn’t allow her to step out of the Yang Household.

He wanted to meet her and thank her for coming to the palace the other day. Although he could not meet her in person that day, it relieved him upon hearing her familiar voice and comforted him.

However, he didn’t get the chance to meet her in person that day. Since the day of the royal wedding was approaching, Yu Ling didn’t want any more problems to arise, that’s why she obstructed Yang Ning from leaving the Yang Household.

In front of Yu Ling’s stern order, he, the Crown Prince of the Zheng Empire, couldn’t do anything but accept her decision.

He has put her in charge of matters related to Yang Ning after all. How can he go against her?

Now he thinks about it, tomorrow he will be seeing Yang Ning after a period of more than one month. Thinking about tomorrow’s royal wedding, he couldn’t help but feel anxious about it.

Will everything go well? He wondered.

However, along with anxiousness, he was feeling nervous as well. From tomorrow onwards, he is going to become a married man.

Was he always looking forward to this day? He wondered and couldn’t help but smile thinking about it.

“Your Highness?” Gu Lan called him for the second time when Zheng Liang didn’t respond to him for the first time.

“Ah? You were saying something?” Zheng Liang was startled when Gu Lan’s voice surprised him and woke him up from his trance.

Gu Lan pursed his lips as he controlled himself from chuckling at Zheng Liang’s surprised expression. He glanced at the court lady Zhu who was still standing at the door and cleared his throat before saying, ” Your Highness, Court Lady Zhu is right.”

” You should now stop all the work and go to bed. You need to wake up early in the morning to get ready to perform the rituals tomorrow. It’s your wedding after all.”

” You can leave all the work to me and take a rest. I will make sure to check everything carefully and will not disappoint you. You can trust me for that.” He said and assured him to not worry about the security for tomorrow’s event.

Zheng Liang looked at him with his squinted eyes and nodded before saying, ” Alright. Order the guards to patrol around the palace at night and keep everything in check.”

” Wake me up if something unusual happens.” He said.

Gu Lan nodded and assured him to make him free from worries, ” Nothing wrong will happen. I will take care of everything.”

“Your Highness should go to bed now. Tomorrow is a big day for you.” He said with a meaningful smile.

He still cannot believe that Zheng Liang is getting married tomorrow. Moreover, his bride is none other than the troublemaker Yang Ning.

At first, he had negative feelings against her and wasn’t in favor of this marriage. However, after observing her for some time, he realized that she isn’t the same person the rumors describe her to be.

Rather than a cold and vicious woman, she is a cheerful girl with no restraint on her mouth. However, it’s better than someone who is manipulative and scheming.

Moreover, seeing the way Zheng Liang has been acting after meeting her, he could see that he has changed. It was the side of Zheng Liang he had never seen before.

Looks like not canceling this marriage alliance with Yang Ning was a favorable decision for him.

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