Gifted Bride of the Sinned Prince

430 A LAND OF LAKES... [Bonus chapter]

Yuze smiled to see Lóng Wei and went inside the hut. He offered tea to Lóng Wei, who had settled on the chair around a round table. Lóng Wei picked up the tiny bowl in which Yuze had served him the tea and sipped it.

“How was the journey?” Yuze asked as he took the seat on the chair opposite Lóng Wei.

“It was good,” Lóng Wei plonked the tiny bowl on the table. “We solved the matter there. Wu Zihao wanted to rebel against the King, so made up a lie. Wen Yazhu killed him out of revenge and he requested me to cover it for him,” he affirmed.

“Wen Yazhu?” Yuze was puzzled to hear the name.

Lóng Wei briefed about him to Yuze and also told him he knew Qizhen. “Yuze never told me that Gao Bing was never loyal to the King,” Lóng Wei stated and knitted his brows together.

“I thought it wasn’t needed,” Yuze replied.

“Everyone knows the truth about me. What am I supposed to do? The truth I always hated is known to all the people related to Qizhen,” Lóng Wei said and a frustrated sigh escaped his mouth.

“Why did you hide the truth? Ye Yujin died because he attacked Li Hua, not because of the other reason. He killed Xiwan’s family, and that’s why Xiwan killed him. But why did Yuze not let the Queen’s real face come out?” Lóng Wei questioned him.

“To bring Qizhen out. It is the time when he should return. My one rumor has spread terror in each of them and that was necessary,” Yuze stated.

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“Hei Chengxi is the only known loyal of Qizhen alive today. His life is in danger too because of this,” Lóng Wei asserted.

“No. His Majesty will never kill Hei Chengxi,” Yuze confidently said.

“Father has given me the responsibility to find Qizhen. If a day comes when Qizhen is in front of him, then I may have to kill him,” Lóng Wei affirmed.

Yuze asked him the reason to do that.

“Because he is a coward,” Lóng Wei stated.

“It is not wrong to be a coward when you have to save someone whom you love more than your life,” Yuze opined.

Lóng Wei gazed at him and chuckled. “Was it even necessary to save that loved one? In the end, she also had to die,” he asserted and recalled the red scroll that he got from Wen Yazhu. He decided to leave and stepped up when he heard Yuze say.

“He wanted his son to live a life to the fullest,” Yuze pronounced. Lóng Wei’s brows furrowed and his fingers curled.

He chuckled again and told Yuze not to give him ridiculous reasons.

“Lóng Wei, no mother wants her child to be away from her. No mother wants her child to despise her. If your mother did that, then don’t you think there’s a reason hidden behind that which she could never reveal? Even with her death, she told you the half-truth. That’s why I want you to find answers for you to live a life of satisfaction,” Yuze affirmed.

“What if Qizhen is dead?” Lóng Wei asked.

“He’s not dead. He will die after seeing his son. Fulfill your destiny, Lóng Wei, and bring out the truth. You have met many who lost their families after your father was chased away by his younger brother. Most importantly, you will find the truth about why Li Hua’s family was murdered,” Yuze proclaimed.

Lóng Wei nodded his head and asked Yuze if Qizhen was his disciple.

“No.”

“Then?”

“A True King.”

Lóng Wei was puzzled to hear that. In his eyes, Qiu Qizhen was nothing but a coward, who let his brother harm him and his people.

He told Yuze that he would come to him after he found out about Qizhen.

“I will wait for that day, Prince Lóng Wei,” Yuze said with a smile.

Lóng Wei smiled a little and left the hut. He went deep into the forest while deeply contemplating. After a while, he halted in his steps and saw some huge rocks stacked in one place. He climbed above them and sat down. From there, he could see the outstretch of the capital.

He slid his hand into his inner pocket and took out the red scroll. He opened it and read the message in it, which no one could decipher.

“It is one of the poems she wrote and recited daily,” Lóng Wei murmured.

A LAND OF LAKES, EXQUISITE FLOWERS, AND PICTURESQUE HILLS.

“Qizhen lives at this place, where they both first met. She must have left the clue about this place. The place I never wanted to visit, sadly, I have to go there,” Lóng Wei said with a bit of annoyance in his voice.

“When you both loved each other so much, then you both must have fought till the very end. I cannot betray my father, who gave me everything. Even though I am your son, in my heart and my mind, my father is Qiu Zedong,” Lóng Wei mumbled as he closed the scroll.

He stayed there for a while. The clouds were scattered in the sky, so the sunlight was not intense. The wind flow at this part was good, so he didn’t feel hot.

“It is calm here. I should have brought Li Hua here. She would have loved it.” He decided to leave as Li Hua was alone in the palace. He yawned as he could not take a sleep in the carriage and his head started aching.

He got down from the stacks of rocks and hurriedly left for the palace.

As he crossed the palace ground, he encountered Kang Huijuan.

“Prince Lóng Wei!” Kang Huijuan astonishingly said and bowed at him.

Lóng Wei walked up to him and throw a punch at him. His jaw hurt badly because of the punch when Lóng Wei grabbed him by the collar of his outfit. “I think I did a mistake by keeping you alive,” Lóng Wei said while glaring at him.