RHE - Side Story Chapter 4: Danger!

Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr

The carriage rolled past red palace walls, bringing Li Taiyi back to Jade Dragon Palace.

But Li Taiyi had just stepped into Jade Dragon Palace when a familiar figure dressed in luxurious clothes came up to welcome him.

"Xuan'er, didn't I tell you not to go to the military examination? Why don't you listen!?"

This noble woman worriedly looked him over to see if he had any injuries. Although she wore clothes that were simple in design and had a few wrinkles around her eyes, none of this concealed her breathtaking beauty, and with that graceful and noble aura that she radiated, she appeared all the more dignified and solemn.

This was none other than Li Taiyi's mother, Virtuous Empress Dou.

"Mother, why are you here?" Li Taiyi exclaimed in shock. But as his gaze passed over the sandalwood table that depicted five dragons playing in the water, he immediately understood.

There was a tray of white jade on the table, a bowl of pitch-black medicinal fluid that was now completely cold, a small dish of candied plums, and a tea pot that had been completely emptied.

It was clear that Virtuous Empress Dou, upon realizing that he wasn't here, had been waiting here for some time.

"If I hadn't come personally to deliver your medicine, I would have had no idea that you had taken part in the military examination!" Virtuous Empress Dou grumbled in response to Li Taiyi's question, her face turning cold.

"Mother, you're not well. Please sit."

Li Taiyi saw that Virtuous Empress Dou's face was pale from worry, and his heart ached as he helped her sit down.

"I cannot defy Imperial Father's orders, and am I not better now?"

Virtuous Empress Dou was the first person in this world that Li Taiyi had seen, and besides Qing Luo, she was the only person to have worried about him and treated him well.

Although 'he' had made many mistakes in the past, and he had known nothing about this world upon his arrival and was unwilling to accept it, Virtuous Empress Dou had patiently and compassionately guided him.

Moreover,

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Translator Notes

How will Li Taiyi deal with his first political challenge?

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Records of the Human Emperor Side Story Chapter 4: Danger!

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