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[May 27] [Saiunkoku Monogatari] Gamble
Title: Gamble
Day/Theme: May 28: One does not say must to princes.
Series: Saiunkoku Monogatari
Characters: Shou Taishi, Shuurei, Ryuuki
Rating: G
Notes: This is set during the first couple of episodes in the series, or during the first novel.
Shou Taishi never realized just how well his plan would work.
To be honest, he thought it would fail miserably. But it was a chance he had to take. It would either work or it wouldn't work. During her first few days in the palace, Shou knew that Kou Shuurei would more than live up to her end of the deal. She took her time bringing much of the palace under her spell with her genuine warmth and humility. It made him wish longingly that Shuurei would be the kingdom's permanent empress.
No, if this was to fail, it would be the emperor's fault himself. Shou nearly lost his temper when he discovered that the emper was passing himself off as Ran Shuuei. Shou was even more amazed to find out that Shuurei was going along with it.
"Don't worry," she told him as she offered him a box of sesame buns that she made. "I have a plan."
As Shuurei walked off to engage in her own planning, Shou realized for the first time that his idea would actually work.
If he or any of the other advisors had gone to the emperor and begged him to take an interest in politics, there was a good chance they would lose their positions and most likely their family honor. None of them knew the emperor that well, but there was the unfortunate precedence of the other brothers in which to go by.
But, Shou realized, it went deeper than that. Despite their urgings for the emperor to turn his attention to his political responsibilities, they couldn't force him to do so. They couldn't take away his male companions and the other activities that he was involved with. After all, they were instructed as young men, one does not say "must" to princes.
Even though she was educated, Shuurei did not have that sort of formal training. She wasn't held back by decades of rigid learning and serving under doubtful ruler after doubtful ruler. She would take the unorthodox route to get the emperor into shape and for that, Shou both admired and feared her a bit.
Day/Theme: May 28: One does not say must to princes.
Series: Saiunkoku Monogatari
Characters: Shou Taishi, Shuurei, Ryuuki
Rating: G
Notes: This is set during the first couple of episodes in the series, or during the first novel.
Shou Taishi never realized just how well his plan would work.
To be honest, he thought it would fail miserably. But it was a chance he had to take. It would either work or it wouldn't work. During her first few days in the palace, Shou knew that Kou Shuurei would more than live up to her end of the deal. She took her time bringing much of the palace under her spell with her genuine warmth and humility. It made him wish longingly that Shuurei would be the kingdom's permanent empress.
No, if this was to fail, it would be the emperor's fault himself. Shou nearly lost his temper when he discovered that the emper was passing himself off as Ran Shuuei. Shou was even more amazed to find out that Shuurei was going along with it.
"Don't worry," she told him as she offered him a box of sesame buns that she made. "I have a plan."
As Shuurei walked off to engage in her own planning, Shou realized for the first time that his idea would actually work.
If he or any of the other advisors had gone to the emperor and begged him to take an interest in politics, there was a good chance they would lose their positions and most likely their family honor. None of them knew the emperor that well, but there was the unfortunate precedence of the other brothers in which to go by.
But, Shou realized, it went deeper than that. Despite their urgings for the emperor to turn his attention to his political responsibilities, they couldn't force him to do so. They couldn't take away his male companions and the other activities that he was involved with. After all, they were instructed as young men, one does not say "must" to princes.
Even though she was educated, Shuurei did not have that sort of formal training. She wasn't held back by decades of rigid learning and serving under doubtful ruler after doubtful ruler. She would take the unorthodox route to get the emperor into shape and for that, Shou both admired and feared her a bit.