Sahara walked into the room and tried to keep her hands together in front of her. She bowed her head and wondered if she was doing alright. She had seen that the maids out there, that she was copying this from, and knew that she was most certainly not a maid, but this would have been better than the ‘non-caring’ look that she had beforehand. Honestly, if it kept her from getting into any kind of trouble, then hey, ‘let’s look like a maid for a while!’ is what she thought…

"Miss Rolland, we finally meet!" Sahara looked up at the...Ugly woman in front of her.

Sahara hated to be harsh on her own sex, but she really was ugly!

She sent some spiritual essences to her straight away and wanted to find out what was going on. She remembered that in the olden days, they didn't live as long as they did in modern day Earth, but this woman looked totally worn out and like death was already upon her. She had something over her head, totally hiding her...Hair...That wasn't even there anymore.

Ah, so she was bold, a bold Empress…

Actually, Sahara wasn't surprised that she had about five poisons inside of her. One of those could be the reason why that she has no hair…Two of those poisons seemed to have finished their deed and seemed to be sitting there taking up space, another two were being fought against, but it looked like those poisons had been fighting for ages and she was very slowly breaking down, then one more poison...It was weird...Sahara wasn’t even sure if it was a poison, but it didn't seem to be doing anything...

The Empress continued, "Now that you are here, we don't need to waste more time. We will not ask for approval for Miss Haves here to become a wife of my dear Matthew, I will grant it on your behalf!"

…Sahara widened her eyebrows to what the poison could be, she couldn't touch anyone!

Could she be one of those people that could spread something, something like a virus! What the hell! This person needs to be quarantined!

At the moment, it seemed to be ‘awakened’ or something, but in one area, it looked dormant. Perhaps something had made it move? Sahara was really quite interested!

The reason why she felt like it was a poison that was contagious, or basically a virus, was because of where it was. The poison seemed to have gone to the fingertips and to the throat of the Empress, which were the very easiest ways of transition! If the poison, or virus, had not been in those areas, Sahara would not have suspected it to be so easily transmitted to one person to another…

"Miss Haves, since we have finally been able to do as you requested..." The Empress smiled at Miss Haves and anticipated what was next.

Snapping out of her thoughts, as Sahara had seen that the Empress really did cover herself well, she saw another woman sitting there and put a piece of paper in between her and the Empress.

Curiously, Sahara sent her spiritual essence over and read it...

Oh! Ownership!? Holy crap! I want that! Monies!

Sahara found a greedy part of her wanting to steal one piece of paper...She had to try and calm herself down!

The Empress looked over it more than she herself did, and she saw her laugh, "Very good! Very good! I am very pleased to finally now call you my daughter in law!"

Uh? They summon her to hear that the girl is getting married? Awesome...But…Sahara was bored now...

As Sahara started to wonder if they were going to talk to her or not, she wondered if she should go, or should she stay? Did they want her to heal the Empress...

Blinking, Sahara finally realized that she hadn't paid much attention to what was going on!

"You want to be married in just two days, my dear?" The Empress asked dotingly at the other girl in front of her.

Sahara looked at the other woman, still bored, but paying attention now.

She looked, familiar...

"Yes, Your Majesty, I would like to enter the estate as soon as possible, and make sure that everything will be fine! I am still worried..."

Sahara saw her look at herself then, and she swears to god that she had met her before...

Ah! That glare! It's that girl that...That wanted my man!

"Then, we will let it be, oh..." The Empress not talking anymore, both the glaring girl and Sahara looked back at her. Then she stood up, walking towards Sahara...

Hell, she had some weird thing about her hey…

She wanted to put her hand out to Sahara and Sahara stepped away, nearly about to ask about what was going on!

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When she saw that Sahara stepped back, the Empress narrowed her eyes at her and stopped.

"This Queen expects you to pay attention to the real Princess in His Highness's estate. I will only acknowledge Miss Haves and will never think you are in any way worthy for my dear Matthew."

She...Was really talking to me! Did I kill her dog or something? What the hell was she talking about?

Sahara was...Really confused...

Hang on! Matthew, his estate, back the bloody truck up! That's my man! What the hell!

Again, Sahara went to speak, but the Empress spoke first, "We don't need to hear what you have to say, if you say a word, we will make it very hard for you to have any kind of future. Accept and approve of a marriage between Miss Haves and the Second Prince, as I assure you, it will be better for you."

Sahara blinked a few times, staring at the Empress in utter shock!

So, she wants me to approve a marriage…So that my man wasn’t mine anymore? Was she nuts!? Hell no!

"You have no way-out child, trust me when I say that you are best to not speak a word and leave. When you return back to my son's place, leave the Princess's quarters and stay elsewhere, because that place will be Miss Haves!"

Wow...

Sahara had read so many books hey...So many...

Yet, this was the bitch from fucking hell! Especially since she was right in front of her! This was real! This was…Not a book!

She tried to touch Sahara again, but Sahara stepped further away, making her narrow her eyes once again, showing a tiny bit of confusion. The Empress’s confusion was honest, she didn’t think that the girl in front of her would know about her touch poison, yet, if she didn’t, why did she keep walking away from her?

She had kept this poison dormant for at least a decade and everyone had seemed to forget that she had it in the first place.

One of their plans did include the ‘Oh, by accident she touched me and now she’s poisoned’, yet…It seemed to be a little harder than what she had thought it would be…

Having awoken the poison recently, by taking the appropriate measures to do so, the Empress felt slightly weaker than normal and desperately wanted to make this worth her time and effort!

Already…This miss was making her very angry!

Then again, the Empress spoke once more, "You have no power Miss Rolland, do you see it now? Who is behind you? Nobody...And, here, Miss Haves has me, this Queen, she has her powerful family and I'm sure in no time at all, she will receive the love of the Second Prince. I think it will be best if you step down from the Princess position...You don't belong there…Do you really think that I would accept you as the next Green Haven’s Empress? Pfft, even if the rumors that you can heal are true, even if you are the Right Minister’s child, you are still nothing to me. I will tell you now, this power that I have, will not go in your direction! You will never be the Empress of Green Haven!"

What...Empress?

Sahara was put into a stunned silence, but even though she didn’t care much for the position of ‘Empress’, Sahara was getting angrier as the time went on…

Do they think that I have no self-confidence? Does this bitch know what I did to that other Prince? The Golden eyed man? My own brother, for fuck sakes! I have power to whip royalty and chop of his dick! Literally! What other bloody power are they talking about!? Oh! Empress power...Right then...

Sahara teleported out of there, leaving both the Empress and Miss Haves shocked and unable to move...

But, before they could get over their shock and start to celebrate their victory, Sahara had suddenly come back...With friends…

To Sahara’s right, was Matthew, his power was the ‘Golden Heir kid’, ranked seven in cultivation base and the Second Prince of Green Haven…He seemed unfazed to teleporting, but curious as to what was going on. And, to Sahara’s left, was...The Emperor of Green Haven, the one who calls Sahara by name and was directly healed by none other than herself.

"What is this! I did not give permission for you to teleport me!" The emperor yelled.

Sahara put out a white pill, offering it to him, and said, "I was ordered to come here, and these are the first words I've spoken since entering the room, quite some time ago...They seem to be playing some sort of an act that was interesting, and I thought they could play it in front of you too. Oh, and no...I don't give approval, but please, play your act...It was funny."

Yep, Empress power, versus the Golden kid and the emperor...Oh and her own...Let's see who will win uh!?

Ding ding ding!

The emperor didn't hear everything, happily taking the pill, then looking serious again after putting it away. He was officially bought...Well, since he had ranked up to be a fifth ranked cultivator, mostly because of one of these white pills, he was all too happy to receive another one!

"What play? Show this King." The emperor gladly took the highest seat, making the Empress have to go lower in her own chambers. Sahara watched her just in case, as she was worried that she was going to touch somebody…

Not only that, but Sahara was suddenly looking around a little more now, already forgetting about acting the maid.

Sahara saw how the Empress had to move from the seat and it reminded Sahara of the drama’s that she used to watch and wanted to point and laugh at her.

"Ah! Your Majesty, we were not playing an act at all. We are unsure on what the Rolland Young Miss is talking about. We asked her for approval, for Miss Haves to marry the Second Prince, and so we were finalizing the arrangements."

Matthew held Sahara’s hand tighter, making Sahara realize that he had taken it in his. Honestly, she was still in shock on the play that they did and couldn't believe people acted like this outside of books as well.

Sahara knew that she was sorta hiding from the world in her past life, but she never got into a situation like this. And well, in this life, she grew up in this life away from people, and then left with the poison, so this was quite...New, still.

Sahara sighed. she was glad that she kept Matthew and the Emperor in mind, when she had walked in here…

"Your Highness, I will be the very best wife for you." Miss Haves said, reminding everyone that it seemed like this 'play' seemed to go beyond asking for approval.

"Your Majesty." The Empress started, "I had looked upon the birth dates of both the Second Prince and Miss Rolland and had seen that they do not match. I felt it wise to ask for Miss Haves to be included and become a consort of our dear Matthew."

The emperor felt a pang in his heart, upon her words and looked at the frustrated Matthew. He wondered what will make him talk. He had no objection to both ladies marrying him, so would he fight to keep Sahara as his one and only?

Stubbornly thinking of wanting to make things hard for Matthew, the Emperor continued to be quiet. He had still not made up his mind on what to do about this son, that wasn’t really his son…

Seeing that nothing else was said, the Empress felt a lot more enthusiasm, "Your Majesty, not only is it unlucky and that they do not match...We have come to find that there was someone that has admitted to having an illicit affair with the Rolland Young Miss and had wanted to keep it a secret, as her reputation would be ruined if it became known..."

A secret? Really? Are you kidding me!? And who the hell is the guy that I’ve apparently slept with? Must have been plucked out of the ugly woman’s ass! Empress power ftw!