Chapter 279: Wiping memories.
Junjie begged to disagree. Sure, Lady Chi did not partake in gossip but nosing around was her job as a spy. That is why he believed that she was aware of the secret and just chose to keep it in order to help him preserve his dignity.
"Everyone thinks that when you are an emperor, you live a lavish life and sleep on a golden bed. Nobody realizes how relatable you are." She said to him.
Junjie waved his hand upwards, "All hail the Emperor."
"All hail." Mei Mei raised her glass of wine as if she was making a toast.
Mei Mei left the table for a moment, rushed out and returned with two very large wine glasses. The kind that were meant for decoration, not drinking. Waning followed her with beer whose alcohol content was low and ready hangover cures for after they finished drinking themselves stupid.
She mixed the beers until the large glasses where half full and pushed one towards Junjie.
"I shouldn’t." he said. "Tomorrow I must give a speech and...."
"F that." She replied. "You are going to celebrate your escape from the wife from hell today. You will spend the night here in my house and wake up at noon tomorrow." She insisted that he drink. "You are the emperor, you make the rules. "Your problem is that you are always thinking of what the press will say. What the world will think. How others will be affected? You are always thinking of that instead of yourself. I think you should learn how to be selfish Junjie, not all the time but every once in a while."
He put down the skewer and took the glass with both hands, taking one large sip. As he placed it down carefully, he said, "These glasses are not meant to be drunk out of."
"Then why manufacture them?" She asked him.