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
“So all we need to do is to silence all the witnesses. Why don't we prove that they are lying?” Wu Huan asked. “Because they are not. Marquis Lin did trick them but only because he is trying to help the citizens.” Song Huo said. “I want all of you to understand that there are somethings that may not seem right but we are doing it for the good of everyone. If Marquis Lin goes down, there is going to be food shortage this year. A lot of people, families are going to die. Do you want that?" Master Ye asked watching as the boys looked at each other. “ Have they agreed?" Xing Ming asked Master Ye when he was back at the palace. “Yes, Your Majesty." Master Ye said bowing his head. “You have to make sure that Marquis Lin isn't caught at all. There must be nothing that my uncle can use.” Xing Ming said. Wu Huan and his friends finally arrived at the capital seeing how beautiful it was. The capital was very lively full of people being busy on the streets. Zhi Hao immediately left going t
Wu Huan and Zhi Hao walked on the streets thinking of who to ask for information when they saw a restaurant. Restaurants were also the best place to ask. Unknown to Wu Huan, it was the same restaurant he had been to when he was younger. Entering inside, Wu Huan looked at the full restaurant and went in. This time was different. Both of them were dressed handsomely in fine clothes so immediately they entered, all of them rushed to meet them. “Young masters, welcome.” The waiters said rushing to meet them immediately. The young girls in the restaurant were already smitten by their looks making Zhi Hao smile as he entered. Zhi Hao wasn't as shy as he appeared but he wasn't a total player like Song Huo. “ We want to order some of your best foods.” Wu Huan said as the waiter took them to their seats. “Are their any food restrictions?" The waiter asked. " Yes. Shrimp. Or seafood. Just give us whatever meat you have.” Wu Huan said watching as the waiter left them alone. While they wait
Meanwhile, Xiang Jun and Shao Wen went around one by one entering inside the shops to look for information. The shops that were close to the nobles manors were their target since they would probably have more information about the nobles. Just the same way the rest of their friends had been happily accepted wherever they went, Xiang Jun and Shao Wen were the eye candy of everyone in the shop they entered. It was a cosmetic shop so there were a lot of girls there. “Greetings young masters. We have the perfect cosmetics for your wives. They would surely love it." The cosmetic shop owner said leading them inside. Shao Wen saw all the girls faces drop as they heard they were married making Shao Wen shake his head correcting the shop owner. If the girls thought they were married, this could stop them from getting closer which was what was they wanted. “We are not married. We just heard that there was a very great store in tbe capital so we decided to come see it. We are new here you see
Wu Huan agreed immediately to Nan Cheng's plan thinking it was better. The most important thing was saving Marquis Lin. The next day, Zhou Dong arrived early at the crime department. It was the day they were supposed to take Marquis Lin to stand trial. They already had the witnesses protected, so this time, they just had to get him to gbe the palace.“Let's move the witnesses and Marquis Lin seperately. Marquis Lin will take this route. We can move the witnesses in another direction. This road to the palace is very narrow which means it will be their obvious choice of hiding. Let's move the fake Marquis Lin in that direction." Zhou Dong said. " Why do we still a fake Marquis Lin when we are still going to move him in a fake direction?” The head of the crime department asked. “We have been holding the witnesses for a long time, have you received any attack? Or heard that they wanted to capture them? If they have not taken action for so long, it means that, the person they want is Mar
Master Ye ran away from the palace while holding Marquis Lin. The head of the crime department was hot on his tail but that didn't stop Master Ye. Arriving at the busy capital streets, Master Ye stopped thinking of what route to take. He could run through the crowd but that would not necessarily stop the head of the crime department. Looking at Marquis Lin, Master Ye grabbed at a hat to cover Marquis Lin's face and they continued running. The head of the crime department was a very skilled person which made everyone worried whenever he was involved. Meanwhile, Wu Huan and his team left the area heading to where Song Huo and the rest had gone to capture the witnesses. Arriving at the place, the two teams met halfway. “We saw your signal. Were we wrong?” Shao Wen asked when he saw Wu Huan. “Yes. The prime minister was one step ahead of us. Were you able to capture the witnesses?” Wu Huan asked. “Yes. I killed them.” Song Huo said. “You killed them?” Wu Huan asked suprised as he loo
Han Ying watched as Xing Ming turned around walking towards her with his hands clenched into a fist. He had never hurt her before so she wasn't afraid. It's just that she was always flustered whenever she saw him this way. “What does that have to do with you? If you want to see your brother, I suggest that you stay out of the fight between me and my uncle. Just be a good empress. The way you have always been." Xing Ming said staring at her sternly before leaving. Han Ying fell the ground as Xing Ming walked away. Holding her chest, Han Ying cried as loud as she could as she thought about her brother. It had been twelve years. For twelve years, she had not heard or seen her brother. How was he doing? Was Xing Ming touring him every day? “Your Highness.” Han Ying heard her maids say as they rushed to meet her. They probably thought she was the most worthless empress in history. “Leave me alone!" Han Ying shouted at her maids watching as they left her immediately. Standing up by her
(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