The empress saw Xing Ming talking to the emperor and became worried. The high priest had caused a lot of trouble in the late emperor's time and now, he was having private talks with Xing Ming.“High priest, I didn't see you in the court meeting. What are you doing here right now?" The empress asked." There is no need for you to be hostile, mother. The high priest was just talking to me.” Xing Ming said.“Remember what I told you, Your Majesty.” The high priest said leaving.The empress watched the high priest staring at him intensely until he left.“What was the high priest telling you?” The empress asked.“Why are you anxious? Are you afraid that he might spill your secrets?” Xing Ming asked.“Zhou Xing Ming. Don't think that because you have become the emperor, you can talk to me however you like. I won't allow you too.” The empress said sternly making Xing Ming afraid. He had always been afraid of his mother just as much as he loved her.“ Fine. He just told me that if I want some
Zhou Dong left Xing Ming and the empress to continue taking while the empress continued to get frustrated with her son. Xing Ming wasn't usually this stubborn. “Fine. I don't want you to faint here and then, I would be seen as an unfilial emperor. Mother, you know I don't want to fight with you, right? I just don't want to collect the seal now.” Xing Ming said switching his techniques to calm his mother. His mother was an empress. A very stubborn phoenix who they believed came from the heavens. For him, she was just a stubborn woman who would do anything to get her way. Arguing with her certainly wouldn't help. “His Majesty is right. Your health is mofe important, Queen Mother." The Empress Dowager's personal maid said supporting Xing Ming. “How I worry about my health now? Can't you see how stubborn he's behaving lately? He's not listening to a single thing I'm telling him.” The empress said . “Your Majesty, in my opinion, I think you should put Her Highness's worries to res
Just as Zhou Dong expected, Madam Shi's visit wasn't for anything good. It was now time for dinner and Madam Shi's eyes were almost about to kill the little boys as she was constantly staring at them. Wu Huan noticed it but he didn't care. Ever since he had suggested the adoption of another child in the manor, his days had become numbered.“ Are these the boys you adopted?" Madam Shi asked." Yes. This is Chen Wu Ying. And that is Wu Huan.” Madam Shi heard Zhou Dong say and stared at Wu Huan.It was just as she had heard about him. Wu Huan appeared to be a gentle, silent boy who could do no wrong. Unfortunately, she's knew better. The silent ones were the most devilish ones.“ Greetings grandmother." Chen Wu Ying said standing up to greet Shi Heng's mother.“Who is your grandmother? The only grandchildren I have are the ones that Shi Heng gives birth to.” Madam Shi said.“Mother in law.” Zhou Dong said trying to talk to Madam Shi.“Mother." Shi Heng said grabbing her mother's hand but
“You are now the prime minister. Of course they just attend your banquets from now on. But I don't understand. Why are you trying to set up the Emperor with Lord Kaifeng's daughter?” Shi Heng asked. “ Who said I wanted to set the Emperor with Lord Kaifeng's daughter? I am just holding a banquet for him. Why don't you go and check out what is supposed to be done in the kitchen?” Zhou Dong asked. Shi Heng nodded her head leaving Zhou Dong alone. Her relationship with her husband was getting worse by the moment. He didn't even seem to want to talk to her as much as before. “Shi Heng, what are you doing?” Madam Shi asked when she saw Shi Heng coming from Zhou Dong's room. “I have to go and check what needs to be done." Shi Heng said. " Everything has been done accordingly. You must not go missing. Stay in the crowd.” Madam Shi said. “Will this work? What if Zhou Dong has it investigated?” Shi Heng asked afraid as she looked at her mother. “All they will find is nothing. Don't worry
(Present)Wu Huan was practicing his shooting at the archery range. The more he practiced, the better he was becoming. Shooting once, twice, Wu Huan stopped walking to look at the score. It was good but still not good enough. Since morning, he had been practicing hard, hopefully, he would become better. A lot of years had passed and he has grown. Now, he was already 18 years. “You have been shooting arrows since dawn. Why don't you come and practice the saber with me?" Zhi Hao asked walking into the archery range. “You know that I can't even hold the saber. You are very strong so you can lift it up. I can't.” Wu Huan said as he removed the arrows he had shit before. “The weekly assessment is about to start. If I don't practice well, I will get punished and you will have to get punished with me. How about this? Let's practice together. You can shoot your arrows and I will yield my saber.” Zhi Hao said . Wu Huan agreed immediately and the both of them started sparing together. The b
The next morning, Wu Huan and his friends woke up to see the whole place had been cleaned. “Who do you think it's doing this.? Did any of you do this? Clean the place?” Zhi Hao asked looking at the younger ones. “I was the one that cleaned the place. Everywhere was so dirty that I couldn't sleep well. So I came in the middle of the night to clean everything. It was so dirty.” Yin Xue Yue said “ Then, have you seen anyone coming in the middle of the night while we have been sleeping?" Wu Huan asked. " Why are you asking? Do you think that people have been coming here while we are sleeping?" Yin Xue Yue asked suprised. " I am not so sure yet. But, everyone knows that this isn't the first time this is happening. See? The foods have been restocked again.” Wu Huan said. “So what if they have been restocked? Do you want to leave? We are all here because we have agreed to become a part of the emperor's group. We want to serve Zhou. Don't you want to serve Zhou?” Song Huo asked. “You a
Just as Yin Xue Yue was about to finally slash Nan Cheng, Nan Cheng fell to the ground unconscious. Everyone rushed into the arena including their master. Yin Xue Yue was suprised at the outcome and raised his hand up immediately.. “I didn't do anything. I didn't. Why did he faint?” Yin Xue Yue asked. “This match shouldn't have gone on for long. Take him to his tent. The rest of you should take the day off. Continue practicing though." Wu Huan heard their master say and all of them bowed their head. “Master seems to have a weak spot for Nan Cheng. Haven't the rest of you noticed it yet?" Shao Wen asked as they saw their master leaving to go to Nan Cheng's tent. “Nan Cheng is sick. If it were you, wouldn't you not have a weak spot for him too?" Zhi Hao asked. " Yin Xue Yue, what exactly did you do to Nan Cheng? We have always practiced together. No one has ever made Nan Cheng faint like today.” Song Huo said scolding Yin Xue Yue. “I really didn't do anything. I didn't even use my
Han Ying came out the door holding her head up high even if probably everyone knew that her husband was sleeping with the maid inside. Maybe everything would stop if she just placed her feet down and dealt with the maids. “Greetings Empress.” Han Ying heard Dai Chan say bowing down. . “Are you going to see His Majesty? I think that you shouldn't. Time has proven that no man can ever be faithful. You are no longer the only most favoured Consort.” Han Ying said. “Your Highness, I don't understand what you are talking about. His Majesty is a man. There has never been a time in history that an emperor didn't have consorts. So I am not going to care even if he continues to sleep around.” Han Ying heard Dai Chan say. “You are twisted. You and His Majesty. No wonder the both of deserve each other." Han Ying said watching as Dai Chan bowed her head before she left. After Han Ying had gone, Dai Chan went straight to the emperor's palace. When she had first married into the palace, she had
(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