Duke Fenghao signaled Han Ling to stand up watching as she immediately went back to her books to read. Things had happened so fast yet Han Ling was growing up to be a fine ruler. Taking a seat beside her, Duke Fenghao thought of many ways to break things down to Han Ling. She was still a little girl and he needed to make her realize that things were wrong before Zhi Hao showed up. “Han Ling, don't you miss your mother at all? She has been at the border for a long time and you don't look as if you miss her." Duke Fenghao said. " Mother always sends me a letter every three days telling me how she is doing at the boarder.” Han Ling said. “Even then, don't you think you should go and see her personally? You know there are some things that aren't told to you in order to keep you safe. But you are now the ruler of Zhou. You have to be filial in order to be remebered as one of the best rulers of Zhou. If you remember, all the emperors of the past always gave their mothers the respect that
Back at the boarder, Duke Kaifeng came out to meet the head of the crime department. Immediately the head of the crime department saw Duke Kaifeng, he bowed his head greeting Duke Kaifeng. “I am here to take the Empress Dowager back to the capital. Her Majesty has issued a decree for me to bring her home." The head of the crime department said. “Ling'er did?" Duke Kaifeng asked suprised. " Her Majesty did. If it's not too much, I hope that the Empress Dowager would be able to leave with me now. In order to avoid future problems.” The head of the crime department said. “And how am I supposed to trust you? That you won't be the one to harm my daughter yourself. You and your father gave showed that your loyalty is to my son. My son isn't going to exactly be happy that Han Ling has asked for her mother. So how can I trust you?” Duke Kaifeng asked. “My father was the one that convinced Her Majesty to issue the decree. Although we are indeed loyal to your son however, we would never al
Zhao Yao arrived at the palace early in the morning and had already changed her clothes. It was the perfect time when maids from outside entered the palace. Taking a spot in the line with her maid, Zhao Yao crossed her two middle fingers while looking around to make sure no one at all was around watching her. The line moved slowly as the guards searched through the things the servants brought into the palace thus making time fly even faster. Glancing at her maid, Zhao Yao signaled her mkad watching as her maid nodded her head before heading to the front to talk to one of the soliders. This had been what she wanted to avoid in the first place but since she had no choice, she had to make her maid bribe one of the guards. As long as none of the spies working for Song Huo and Dai Chan, Zhao Yao knew she could be safe. Watching as her maid gave the guard a square of gold, Zhao Yao sighed in relief as her maid signaled her to come to meet her. This was how she was able to finally pass by.
Wu Huan came out of the house while going to look for Yin Xue Yue. He had received information from Shao Wen that someone spotted Yin Xue Yue in a restaurant in Chu. Reaching the restaurant, Wu Huan realized the door of the restaurant had been closed and there was someone standing outside the door. Wu Huan saw the place and immediately became suspicious. “Excuse me. I thought this place was a restaurant. Isn't it a restaurant?" Wu Huan asked pretending to be lost. 'Sorry. The restaurant is currently closed right now. You can go to the one across over there.” Wu Huan heard the man say. Wu Huan looked over at the place where the man was pointing at and saw that the place was open. Not only was it open but there were people coming in and out of it. Nodding his head at the man standing in front of the door, Wu Huan smiled heading to where the man had directed him to. Entering inside, Wu Huan went straight to one of the restaurant attendants and bent down whispering something in his ear
Song Huo glanced at Wu Huan knowing that he didn't need to answer that. Shao Wen had told him everything yesterday yet he didn't want to implicate Shao Wen. “I don't need to ask. I never told you that you couldn't come to visit Chu if you wanted. Your junior sister is my Empress. You have every right to come and see your sister if you want to. However I have to tell you now that your sister isn't in Chu. She went to pray at the temple a d won't be back for a long time.” Song Huo said. “Why?" Wu Huan asked. ." Zhao Yao is just performing her duty as the Empress of Chu. She went to pray for the welfare of Huanxing. Huanxing is Sister Dai's son. You must have met them considering how much you drank.” Song Huo said making Wu Huan's eyes go wide. “What exactly did I say yesterday?” Wu Huan asked as he covered his mouth with one hand while looking at Song Huo. “You still have not fixed your bad habit of telling the truth when you are drunk. You already know you should not be drinking w
While Zhao Yao and the head of the crime department talked inside, Dai Chan stood outside gazing into the lotus pond in front of her. Dai Chan's personal maid immediately knew what her mistress was thinking. Her mistress had raised Zhao Yao and taken care of her as if Zhao Yao had been her own child. Because of Zhao Yao, Dai Chan had even knelt down to beg the late Empress Dowager who had always been mean to her. Yet, Zhao Yao was behaving stubbornly and didn't hesitate to always be rude to her mistress whenever she saw her. “Your Highness, what are you thinking?” Dai Chan's personal maid asked feeling sad for her mistress who had only had good intentions for Zhao Yao since the day she found her. “What do you think they are talking about? Her heart is constantly worried and I don't know what to do at all." Dai Chan said sighing. " Your Highness, please let your heart be at ease. Even though the relationship between you and Zhao Yao are not on good terms right now, you should have f
Meanwhile, the head of the crime department rode around looking for a place to stay. He had already promised Zhao Yao that he would stay by her side in order to protect her. However, he couldn't stay at the temple because it was a temple meant for only the royal family. After riding his horse around for a few minutes looking while looking for an inn to stay, the head of the crime department stopped in the middle of the woods and brought out his wooden bottle to drink some water. It was then that he realized. The middle of the woods has always been a perfect place for one to cultivate. This was because it was always extremely quiet and calm. Unless an assassin was very silent and skilled, it was very easy to be able to spot them. Stopping in the middle of the woods, the head of the crime department closed his eyes. His eyes were useless to him anyway since it was night already. Closing his eyes, the head of the crime department used his ears instead. Dai Chan's personal maid stopped
Dai Chan's personal maid saw the sword coming and tried to dodging it however, it had been a ploy the head of the crime department had made in order to distract her while he threw a set of pins at her. Dai Chan's personal maid saw the pins on time and dodged most of them but still, one of them hit her piercing through her skin and making her yell in pain. “Do you think it's that easy for you to actually defeat me?" The head of the crime department asked as he went forward to Dai Chan's personal maid to try and remove her mask. He needed to know if she was truly someone he had seen by Zhi Hao's side. Even though Zhi Hao had become even more powerful since he had become the prime minister, the head of the crime department was sure he knew everyone that passed the training to become a solider or was recruited to stay by Zhi Hao's side. While she watched him come closer, Dai Chan's personal maid slowly reached down to pick the sword that Zhi Hao had thrown at her before. When Zhi Hao w