Transmigrating from a zombie world to become the mecha kings wife-Chapter 382: A spoiled emperor

In the capital city of the empire, ministers were boiling hot in the midst of a debate about the unauthorized access to star net which had been granted to the Xenoans by Scarlet. Their information was false and they were reacting rashly but a bigger question was at hand; should other allied empires be granted access to each other’s networks? What would the parameters be and how dangerous would it be to do such an unknown thing?

The emperor had abandoned the house of the ministers because the debate would not end and a few of his normally wise ministers were almost coming to blows as they expressed opposing opinions.

He would only return when sanity was once more restored to the house.

In the palace, he tossed out another petition by minister Godiver that requested Scarlet be invited to the capital to face and explain her actions before the house.

On the screen, Scarlet was concluding her broadcast about pumpkins. The emperor sighed because he barely got to watch the broadcast thanks to this foreign invasion into our privacy debate. He anticipated that this topic would be an issue in the news on this night.

He sighed and switched off his tablet and briefly muted his terminal. Then, he closed his eyes and smelled the pumpkin pie on Scarlet’s table using his sensor.

"Aaaah." He let out a long loud breath. When would Markey be sending over pumpkins? And that watermelon, he was feeling particularly parched on this day and it was what he needed.

"Your highness." A voice called.

It was his closest aide, and royal secretary. "The empress is here to see you and you have received an emailnfrom Lady Scarlet."

"Have the robot butler read it." He answered.

The empress sat down beside him while the robot butler in Scarlet’s voice, read the emails.

The emperor snorted when he heard the "Your loyal governor, Scarlet Wu."

"She has given me a big headache and yet she calls herself my loyal governor. I thought you said that she was smart, so why would she cause such a big disturbance with the Xenoans. We are still trying to fix her sister’s issue and now we must add her to the pile. Aah, I am tired, I am so tired." The emperor complained and laid his down on the shoulder of the empress.

The empress quickly raised her hand and patted his head slowly. "Hmm, it will be fine. She did not grant the Xenoans access to star net, Godiver received inappropriate information from his little spy and jumped on it a little too quickly. He simply wants to get her in front of the house of ministers so that they can squeeze her for some benefits. I will not let it happen, we are family after all and anything that affects the Blue star affects us as well. The Godiver’s are set a new flying car model in the upcoming week, perhaps we should give them something to do."

The emperor’s mouth curved upwards and he smiled. Yes, if Godiver was busy the rest of the ministers on his side would scatter quickly. They were the loudest and most obnoxious in the house after all and some quiet would be restored with them gone.

"Should we push up audits of businesses owned by noble families starting with ministers and other officials?" He asked his empress.

No one had a better mind than his wife, she was the most brilliant woman in the empire and she always knew just what to do.

The empress chuckled with her hand over her mouth as if she was still a shy young woman in the throes of courtship.

"Your highness, you are so wise and clever. I would not have thought about doing such a thing. The empire is truly in the best hands with you at the helm." She said coquettishly.

The emperor of course felt proud and he gave himself an imaginary high five.

The enpress went on to say, "So, let’s begin with the strongest noble house and only give them a one day warning. It is bound to set the rest of them panicking since they are yet to hide away the taxes they embezzled during winter. I will also hold a press conference tonight and recall every honor that I have awarded to Reya Marley. I will also reveal that the Titus series is ours with backdated contracts showing that Carolyn sold them to me when I was on the Blue star."

The emperor’s mind started spinning again. Oh no, I left the house of ministers for peace and quiet only for the empress to begin a talking session of her own.

He sighed and rubbed his forehead.

She knew that this usually meant he was exhausted and she stopped talking. Everything else could wait, she should pamper him first.

"Mmm, King, eat this first." She opened a bottle of mints that Scarlet had sent to her. "It’s good for relaxation and I love the smell of my breath after sucking on one. Scarlet said that it’s made from a mint plant."

Not one to turn down something sweet, the emperor opened his mouth and she fed him by hand.

"She has also sent a delivery of pumpkins especially for us. She sent full ones as well, in the entire empire only we get access to full pumpkins. The others will be getting slices and measured portions. I will make some pumpkin soup for you just like the one in her broadcast."

The emperor nodded with a much more relaxed smile on his face than he had on earlier.

"Do you want me to feed you some chocolate as well and rub your belly?" She asked him.

He smiled and turned to his aide. "Leave us." He commanded.

He was in the mood to be hugged, hand fed, kissed and spoiled by his wife. Nobody needed to see him in such a vulnerable state except for him.

"Lock the doors." He said. They automatically closed and he then turned his full attention to the empress.

Scarlet had pulled off another three hour long broadcast with Fey, teaching the people about pumpkins. She was exhausted and just about ready for bed.

"Coral," she called.

The maid who was not so far came running. "Yes lady governor." She shouted.

"Go and tell Lady Cecily to please keep Justin for the night. I am exhausted, I can barely keep my eyes open." She had been working all day.

There would be no soul reaping tonight unless it was an emerging.

Coming up to her, Getrude asked, "Will you be taking a bath tonight Lady governor?"

"I have to, all this cooking, paperwork and walking around the farm under the hot sun led to some sweating." She answered tiredly.

"Please, permit me to help you." Gertrude said politely.

Scarlet folded her eyebrows and said in surprise, "You want to give me a bath!"

"Yes my lady, it should be my duty but you have forbidden it. If you are uncomfortable with me, a robot butler can assist you." Gertrude answered.

On one hand, Scarlet was genuinely tired, but on the other...

"Just do it, even your mother does it and so do other lady noble ladies. You make it awkward. Mind you I am only allowing you to sleep for two hours and then we cultivate. You must level up before the sun comes up." She heard Severus’s voice say this in her mind.

"Sure Gertrude, please do help me." She could imagine the long night ahead of her and she decided to do what eased her life.