Madam Dai stood stunned as she saw Zhou Dong's bodyguard draw out his sword. Their confrontation seemed to be affecting the brothel as everyone gasped in shock. Even after threatening him with the king, Zhou Dong didn't seem to be anxious even a little bit.“Are you threatening me with His Majesty?” Madam Dai heard Zhou Dong ask.Seeing the commotion it was about to cause, Madam Dai decided to take a step back.“Your Highness, of course not. I dare not. I'm just trying to make you understand my position. I'm just really worried about Wu Huan." Madam Dai said." Don't worry. I have no intention of keeping Wu Huan from his parents if they come looking for him. If they do come, just send them to my manor. Anything else?” Zhou Dong asked.“No, Your Highness." Madam Dai said having no other choice.“Wu Huan, go upstairs and pack your things." Wu Huan heard his uncle say.Watching as Wu Huan ran upstairs, Madam Dai became even more anxious as she thought of Zhao Yao. Smiling at Zhou Dong, M
Dai Chan ran back downstairs immediately she saw Wu Huan leave the room. Zhou Dong followed but Dai Chan was faster catching Wu Huan as he was about to leave the brothel. “Wu Huan!" Dai Chan said holding Wu Huan firmly. “Are you sure that Zhao Yao is just a pet? Wu Huan looked very devastated from losing it. How about I help you to look for it?” Zhou Dong asked. “Your Highness, can you allow me to talk to Wu Huan for a minute?” Dai Chan asked takimg Wu Huan to the back. Releasing Wu Huan, Dai Chan's heart broke as she saw Wu Huan crying so much. Bending down, Dai Chan removed his hand cleaning his tears. “Wu Huan, I will help you find Zhao Yao. I promise." Dai Chan said but Wu Huan continued crying. “Wu Huan. If you continue like this, your uncle will start suspecting. Is that what you want? You have to be strong. I promise on my life that I will have Zhao Yao brought back to you. Okay?” Dai Chan said to Wu Huan wiping his tears away for the second time. Sobbing, Wu Huan nodded
“The two of you look like nice parents." The empress said approaching Zhou Dong. Zhou Dong's expression changed as he saw the empress. He and his wife had adoptedboth Chen Wu Ying and Wu Huan. He had no idea how the empress would take it. “Greetings Empress." Zhou Dong's wife said bowing immediately she saw the empress. “Grand Military Prince. I heard that you were injured. You didn't need to come. Can you cope?” The empress asked referring to his shoulder. “It's alright. This is an important ceremony being held every year. In the past, I was at the border so I couldn't attend. Now that I am here, I should not miss these things." Zhou Dong said. " These are?” The empress asked referring to both boys. Wu Huan stared at the empress seeing how beautiful she was. She was rumoured to be the most beautiful woman in the entire capital. “These are our children.” Zhou Dong said. “Children? The both of you just got married. How can you both have children?” The empress asked even though
The empress arrived seeing Zhou Dong's wife waiting for her as she instructed. Entering the room, the empress watched as Zhou Dong's wife bowed greeting her. “Forget the formalities. You are a prince's wife. Your status is just as high as mine.” The empress said taking her seat. “How can my status be the same as yours? You are the empress." Zhou Dong's wife said taking her seat too. The empress signaled her personal maid who came forward pouring tea for them. “Do you know why I called you into the palace today? It's because last time, I saw you at the ancestral temple with some boys. You said they are your sons.” The empress asked. “Yes, Your Highness." Zhou Dong's wife said. " How is that possible? Didn't the two of you just get married? This matter concerns the royal family's reputation along with that of your family. That's why I have no choice but to ask.” The empress said. “Your Highness, please don't overthink. Chen Wu Ying and Wu Huan are just boys we met on the street.
After hearing what the empress said, the emperor sighed turning his face away. The empress was worried and he knew it. This time. Just this time, he was going to be understanding. Watching as the empress continued to pace around, the emperor waited for the maid inside to come out and tell him that his son was okay.“Your Majesty, please return back home. Of the crown prince wakes up, you will be the first one to know.” The maid said watching as the emperor shook his head disagreeing.“Forget it. I will take care of Xing Ming myself. Go and tell the empress to go back to her palace.” The emperor said not daring to go tell the empress himself as he whispered befoee entering inside.The maid passed the emperor heading to the empress to deliver the message. By the time the empress found out about the emperor's order, it was already late since the emperor was no longer there.Nodding her head, the empress turned around leaving the palace which angered her personal maid.“Your Highness, don
“Not to be trusted? Your Majesty. You are just trying to take advantage of the crown prince's love for you. Never! I will never allow crown prince to step down from his position.” The high priest said. “High priest, I am willing to do so. No one is forcing me." Xing Ming said making his mother gssp in shock. “Did you hear him? He said he is willing. This matter shouldn't concern you again." The emperor said. " Fine. You said you are willing, right? If the crown prince steps down then another will take his place. Let him be crown prince.” The high priest said pointing to Wu Huan. Wu Huan hid himself immediately praying that he had not drawn attention to himself. “You must have gone mad. I don't know who that boy is but he is not royalty." The emperor said . " He is.” The high priest said as hus gaze never left Wu Huan even though Wu Huan was hididng. “High priest, he isn't royalty. The grand military prince adopted him and brought him into his manor. But that doesn't make him a
The empress jerked back as she saw the way Zhou Dong shouted at his bodyguard. It seemed like Zhou Dong really cared about the boy. Few seconds later, the doors opened and the empress watched as Zhou Dong's bodyguard came out walking pass her in a hurry. After he had left, the empress went in and saw as Zhou Dong kicked the table making it hit the wall and the cups and jars hitting the ground. “Your Highness.” The empress's personal maid said protecting the empress as the pieces flew about. Zhou Dong heard the personal maid's voice and turned seeing the empress so scared. Rushing to her immediately, Zhou Dong checked her body as he apologized. “I didn't know you were there. Are you hurt?” Zhou Dong said watching as the empress shook her head. “Are you okay?" The empress asked her maid watching as the maid also shook her head. After he had confirmed that the bith of them were okay, Zhou Dong led the empress to sit. “You should have allowed them to announce your presence? I kn
Zhou Dong stood up this time getting angry on behalf of his brother. The high priest stared directly at Zhou Dong as if they were about to confront each other. The empress saw what was happy and quickly came to stand in between them. “Enough. This is the emperor's funeral. Even if he was no longer the son of heaven in his later days, he was still the son of heaven before. Let's just keep silent.” The empress said. Without saying a single word, the high priest left the place not even bothering to pay his respect to the emperor. This caused everyone to be surprised. At the same time, it was bad since the burial of the emperor needed to be done by the high priest. The empress left running after the high priest to talk to him but she didn't see him. Coming back, the empress noticed that Zhou Dong was still holding Wu Huan. Having no other choice, the burial of the late emperor went on like that. For two weeks, the royal family marched round the capital with the emperor's body in a coff
(Two years later)Wu Huan walked across the palace with his entourage following him as he entered into the court room. All the ministers stood up and immediately greeted him before he took his seat. This was his life now. After dealing with all the matters of state for the day, Wu Huan went to visit someone. Opening the door, Wu Huan was suprised as he saw greeted with someone running to meet him. “Your Majesty." Wu Huan heard his wife say and nodded his head at her too. “Royal father." Wu Huan heard Huanxing say and smiled. Day by day, Huanxing resembled the woman he had loved to the ending. The fact that he wasn't at her side at her last ending was forever a big regret to him. Nevertheless, she left him a perfect gift. Her son. Wu Huan didn't mind who was Huanxing's father. To him, he was his son and he would take care of him as long as he was alive. Few months later, Wu Huan left the palace and arrived last on the mountains. All the other members of Liming were already there wi
Hearing Nan Cheng talk, Han Ying became even more nervous. The more Nan Cheng talked, the more he was revealing too many things. Things that she didn't want the world to know. Signaling a guard with her hand behind her back, Han Ying collected his sword. Tightening her hand around the sword, Han Ying threw the sword aiming for Nan Cheng. The rest members of Liming gasped in shock as they saw me that Nan Cheng was about to be killed. Luckily, Nan Cheng has seen it coming and jumped up into the air to avoid the sword. Even when she saw that she had failed, Han Ying didn't stop. “Kill him. Make sure you kill him!" Han Ying said exposing herself while Han Ling remained calm. The royal guards that she had come with, immediately brought out their arrows showing their true intentions. Wu Huan saw the arrows being fired at Nan Cheng and immediately went to block it for him. The two of them blocked all the arrows watching it fall to the ground. But the more they blocked the arrows fired at
“What? What did you say? Wu Huan is holding Duke Chengzhou hostage for his deed?” Han Ying asked as she stood up. Staring at her toys, Han Ling heard everything yet she didn't say anything and continued to play with her toys as if she wasn't concerned. “Has he gone mad? Let's go immediately." Han Ying said about to leave but stopped when she realized that her daughter was not with her. Turning back, Han Ying signaled her daughter to get in line and Han Ling stood up obeying immediately. Few minutes later, they all arrived at Duke Chengzhou's manor where Wu Huan was still holding Duke Chengzhou hostage. He had alreadygotten the deed and was coming out of the manor when Han Ying's carriage stopped iln front. Holding her maid's hand, Han Ying came down and Han Ling followed. “Wu Huan." Wu Huan heard his name and stopped watching as the royal guards that had followed Han Ying rounded him. “Wu Huan. Stop this madness immediately and drop the deed. You have finally exposed yourself in
Few seconds later, Wu Huan was rushing out of the house in order to go and find who had been behind everything from the beginning. This unknown person was finally ready to show his face which meant that Han Ling's suspicions had been correct. Anger blinded his eyes and all he wanted to do was to destroy that person. But just as angry as he was, he was also afraid. “Wu Huan." Wu Huan heard his name only after he had felt something grab him. Lifting his head up, Wu Huan turned and saw Zhi Hao. He had already forgotten about Zhi Hao who had followed him. Unlike Wu Huan who was blinded with rage, Zhi Hao was not. Therefore, Zhi Hao could see that it was a huge set up. “Where are you going? Don't you know that it's a trap?" Zhi Hao asked. " Trap or not, do you expect me to leave my sister and allow her to get killed?” Wu Huan asked. Hearing what Wu Huan said, Zhi Hao sighed knowing that there was actually no way that he could stop Wu Huan. Later that evening, Zhi Hao sent a message
“ Who am I?" Han Ling asked as she laughed walking across the room. Wu Huan and Zhi Hao who had been watching her stood suprised as they watched Han Ling move to the window. Just then, the doors opened and the guards came in leading Duke Fenghao. After leading him inside, they left leaving him alone with Wu Huan and Zhi Hao. Glancing at the room, Duke Fenghao already knew something was wrong. “Your Majesty, what is happening here? Do you mind telling me?” Duke Fenghao asked as he looked around the room. “Duke Fenghao, Wu Huan is saying that someone kidnapped Princess Zhao Yao. Did you do it? I believe that you might be the one since you have a grudge against his family for stealing your family's deed.” Han Ling said. “Your Majesty, that's impossible. I would never do such a thing. At all. Even though it is true that he did steal our family's deed, I have no reason to kidnap his sister.” Duke Fenghao said. “But it won't be the first time you have done that. As I have heard, the pr
Han Ling walked from her royal chair where she was supposed to be and walked to the window gazing through it. “In this palace, there are a lot of things that cannot be said. I only hope on others till I can gain my own power. There are a lot of things happening but I can't do anyone about it. Please help me.” Wu Huan heard Han Ling say. After remembering what Han Ling said, Wu Huan left the palace gate about to enter his carriage when he saw Zhao Yao hiding by a corner. Glancing around confused, Wu Huan stepped away from his carriage walking to where Zhao Yao was. “ What are you doing here? Hiding like that.” Wu Huan asked Zhao Yao. Few seconds later, Wu Huan and Zhao Yao stood in an alley talking. Wu Huan had dragged her hand immediately he saw that she had been holding a bag. “Where are you going?” Wu Huan asked Zhao Yao even though he he already knew the answer. Zhao Yao was leaving so suddenly. It could only he because she had heard something about Song Huo. At this moment,
Shao Wen's eyes widened as he heard what Zhao Yao had said. Hearing that it was about the gate of heaven, Shao Wen drew closer near to Zhao Yao and glanced around to make sure no one was around. “Gate of heaven? Did you just say the gate of heaven? How is that possible? You don't think that Brother Song has something to do with this, do you? I can sincerely vouch for him. He would never do such a thing.” Shao Wen said immediately trying to convince Zhao Yao. Shaking her head, Zhao Yao sipped her tea before glancing at her cup as she dropped it down. She already knew that Song Huo wasn't behind it. “I know that he isn't the one behind it. You don't need to convince me otherwise.” Zhao Yao said. “Are you really not going to return back to Chu with me?” Shao Wen asked. Zhao Yao looked at Shao Wen and sighed not knowing if she was doing the right thing. At this moment, she knew it was better to reason with her head rather than her heart yet, she couldn't find herself doing it at al
Glancing up at the ceiling, Han Ying took a deep breath before putting her head down. Lately, she was losing a lot to Zhi Hao and she didn't like it at all. Not wanting to comprise, Han Ying opened her mouth to speak but looked at her personal maid and saw her signal her to not do it. This was more than them just accepting whatever Zhi Hao said, her pride was slowly diminishing. Deciding to heed to her personal maid's warning, Han Ying looked at Han Ling and nodded her head. “Thank you, mother." Han Ying heard Han Ling say as her daughter jumped into her arms hugging her. “Thank you, Queen Mother." Zhi Hao said bowing his head as he smiled. Leaving the palace, Zhi Hao smiled as a part of his plan had worked. He was one step away from revealing the truth. Few days later, Zhi Hao set the trap he wanted in the palace without anyone knowing. Meanwhile, Han Ying was getting anxious by the minute every single day. Zhi Hao had told them that he was going to set a trap but he had not told
Few minutes later, Song Huo woke up with blurry vision as he opened his eyes for the first time. Glancing around, Song Huo looked and saw that he wws still in the same room as his unconscious father. Seeing his father in a coffin, Song Huo immediately got the idea of had really happened. Although their royal family had learned the magic that could be used to preserve a person in between the gate of life and death, there was a price to be paid for it. Sitting up, Song Huo looked to trying to avoid Nan Cheng's gaze as he knew his younger brother very well“There is no need for you to continue staring at me. I know very well what I am doing." Song Huo said" What you are doing? I don't think you know at all. The price of you performing such magic, you must know yourself.” Nan Cheng said making Song Huo stand up immediately. “Enough. You don't need to continue telling me about such trival matters. I will handle myself. Just make sure that you help me perseve my father's body.” Song Huo