I woke up as the Villainous Empress
Chapter 37

37 Villainous Witch!!

The Royal Palace – Dragon Pavilion.

” Your Highness, Should I prepare a bath for you?” The maid attended to Zheng Liang as soon as he returned from the Main Hall of the palace after the Banquet and stepped into the Dragon Pavilion.

” Please do so.” Gu Lan, Zheng Liang’s guard who was walking behind him responded in his stead.

The maid nodded and curtsied to Zheng Liang before going back to prepare a bath for him.

Gu Lan followed Zheng Liang to his chamber and asked while helping him to remove his outer robe, ” Your Highness, why did you ask Master Jiang Tai to go and treat that wom- lady Yang Ning.” He swallowed his words and corrected himself upon seeing the warning glare of Zheng Liang.

” What’s wrong with it? She was sick and I simply asked the Imperial Physician to go and check on her.” Zheng Liang responded casually as he proceeded to remove the rings from his fingers and started lining them up on the wooden table by his bedside.

Gu Lan pursed his lips and murmured in a low voice, ” Master Jiang Tai is not just an Imperial Physician who is supposed to treat anyone.”

He was confused why Zheng Liang was suddenly showing so much concern towards a girl who has such a bad reputation in the Empire.

Since the moment they heard the news of the engagement between the two families, they haven’t heard a single positive thing about that girl.

.....

He was worried that Yang Ning would bring a bad fortune with her and would also ruin the reputation of Zheng Liang who is going to take over the throne in the future.

The marriage alliance should bring good influence for both the parties involved, however, to Zheng Liang, this marriage alliance does not seem beneficial at all.

After removing his outer robe and accessories, Zheng Liang sat on the bed and looked at Gu Lan and sighed to see him pouting like a stubborn child, ” What are you pouting for? Has she done anything wrong to you before?”

” Also, I am doing this because I am not sure about her yet.”

” Not sure about what? If you want to get married to her or not?” Gu Lan asked in confusion. Is he considering breaking off the engagement with that woman?

Zheng Liang glared at him before he shared his thoughts with him, ” From what I have seen, she does not look like the person that the rumors portray her to be. She....looks different.” He said while looking into the distance in a daze.

From the way he had seen her at the banquet, rather than a vicious and cunning woman, she appeared to be very different and clear-minded.

A bit funny if he were to describe her? Unlike the other ladies he has seen until now, she looked.... interesting.

Gu Lan blinked to see the warm expressions of Zheng Liang and muttered in a low voice, ” It’s not even a day since you met her and you’re already acting like this. Looks like she has already charmed you with her witchy tricks.”

” What did you say?” Zheng Liang glared at him, however, Gu Lan immediately shook his head and feigned innocence, ” Me? I..said nothing. Nothing! Your....your bath must be ready. You should hurry up and take a bath.”

” IS THE BATH READY YET?”After saying this, he dashed outside the chamber to ask about the bath, leaving Zheng Liang in the room alone.

More like running away from him.

Zheng Liang chuckled to see the childish side of his guard, who appears to be cold and fatal when facing the enemies but becomes soft like a marshmallow when no one is around.

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Yang Household.

” Woah!! Master Jiang Tai is a Master indeed. I feel so much better now.” Yang Ning sighed in relief as she plopped on her bed to go to sleep.

Master Jiang Tai who came to check on her not only diagnosed her but also gave her an acupuncture session to stimulate her nervous system.

He also gave her a few sachets of herbs to mix in warm water when taking a bath. She thought that it wouldn’t be as effective in soothing her headaches. But only after one time of taking a bath with the herbs she was feeling so much better and refreshed than before.

It not only made her feel refreshed but also made her skin glow as well.

” Hah! I wish I could take these herbs back with me as well. I will take a bath with them every week.” Yang Ning mumbled with her eyes closed while Xiaowei massaged her feet.

” My Lady, are you going somewhere?” Xiaowei asked curiously when she heard Yang Ning’s words.

Yang Ning, who was about to fall asleep, opened her eyes to look at Xiaowei who was sitting near her feet.

” Xiaowei, do you want to come with me as well? I will buy you delicious food if you come with me.” She bribed her but Xiaowei couldn’t help but smile at her in confusion.

” But....are you going somewhere? Of course, I will go with you. How can you go anywhere without me?” Xiaowei said.

Yang Ning shook her head and let out a heavy sigh before saying, ” I wish I could take you with me. However, it’s not a place for you to go. I don’t want you to get asthma because of pollution.”

While Yang Ning was speaking whatever was in her mind, Xiaowei couldn’t help but stare at her in amusement.

Because all of her words were going over her head. Left with no choice, she was doing her best to give her a relaxing foot massage.

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” My lady, can I ask you something?” Xiaowei asked hesitantly.

Yang Ning nodded. ” Go ahead.”

Xiaowei pursed her lips when Yang Ning allowed her to speak and looked around carefully before asking, ” About the Head Maid.....When did you replace out that the Head Maid has torn off the gemstones from the dress?”

” Because if I remember it clearly, the dress looked perfectly fine in the morning when we were about to leave for the banquet. Did the Head Maid do that?”

“Also, How did you know that the gemstones will be found in her room? You were with me all the time. When did you see her doing something like that?”

Yang Ning was lying comfortably on the bed with her eyes closed, her lips curled up in a satisfied smile upon hearing the questions of Xiaowei.

” You always say whatever is running in your mind, don’t you?” She chuckled before sitting up on the bed.

Xiaowei blinked her large and clear eyes and waited for Yang Ning’s response. She was so worried while standing outside the study room when the Guards came back after the search.

She was scared that they wouldn’t be able to replace anything in the room and her lady would be punished instead.

However, she was shocked when they found the gemstones. It was even more shocking to see that they were the same gemstones that were on Chang Ah’s dress.

How can that be possible?

Yang Ning looked at Xiaowei with a pleased smirk and said, ” Ah, well....I was sure the Guards will replace something in her room because....I was the one who placed that evidence in her room.” She grinned happily after saying it.

When Head Maid left her chamber after the argument, she was aware that she messed up a big time. Throwing the vase at her was equivalent to inviting her doom.

There is no way she will be able to get out of this situation without getting punished. So to deal with the cunning Head Maid, she used a slightly cunning idea to save her neck.

She ripped the gemstones from the dress that Chang Ah sent to her in the morning and while she followed Xiaowei to the study room, she sneakily went inside Xing Bao’s room and planted those gemstones in her room as evidence.

Since Chang Ah had summoned all the servants, probably to humiliate Yang Ning in front of everyone, it allowed her to complete her mission without being caught.

It was her who planted the evidence, but due to her provocation, Xing Bao revealed her true face in front of everyone, proving her claims to be right.

In the novel, her character is Villainous but her real self is more pathetic and miserable than the female lead.

So she decided to spice things up a bit and act like her character. Since she is already known to be vicious and cunning in the Empire, she decided to go with the flow and act just like a villainess.

If she has become a Villainess in a novel, she should act like one.

Xiaowei was speechless when she found out that it was Yang Ning’s doing and the Head Maid did not steal anything from her.

Her mouth parted in shock as she stared at Yang Ning in amazement, ” My lady.....I never knew that you can be so amazing!” She stared at her in a daze and was feeling emotional to see her finally standing up for herself.

Yang Ning chuckled to see the look of admiration in her eyes and winked at her, ” Don’t worry! From now on, this elder sister will protect you.” She said proudly while pointing at herself.

” Now if you’re done admiring, massage my shoulders as well.” She said and stretched her arm for Xiaowei to come and massage it.

“YES!!”

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