Gifted Bride of the Sinned Prince

Xiwan and Hei Chengxi glanced at Feng Lao at the way he spoke with Li Hua.

“I am not foolish anymore,” Li Hua told Feng Lao and then looked at Hei Chnegxi.

“I want Ye Yujin to follow me if the Queen makes her next move,” Li Hua stated. “If an assassin chases me and gets caught, he will accept death, then confess the truth. General Hei is well aware of this fact. However, if Ye Yujin somehow chases me, then it will be easier for us to prove the Queen is guilty. Prince Lóng Wei had warned her not to make any move that could backfire her. It is the time when she should be removed from that position,” Li Hua stated.

“That is going to be difficult. Ye Yujin will never follow the Princess Consort,” Hei Chengxi asserted.

“He will because I will make him,” Li Hua stated with a confident tone.

“It is risky,” Feng Lao said. “In my opinion, we should wait for Prince Lóng Wei to return. Let the Prince handle it,” he again advised Li Hua.

“We should not wait for the Prince,” Xiwan stated.

“I agree,” Hei Chengxi spoke up. “It is better to get rid of the enemy before he harms you.”

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“The Queen knows that I am the weakness of Prince Lóng Wei. If anything happens to me, he will never come to this palace. I do not want it to happen. Prince Lóng Wei has started to live his life after a long time. I must not become the reason for his unhappiness,” Li Hua asserted.

Feng Lao saw the deep love of Li Hua for Lóng Wei. He decided to follow what Li Hua wanted and told her that he would follow her too.

“I will be behind Ye Yujin. He is not someone, whom you can handle,” Xiwan told Feng Lao.

“Sure,” Feng Lao agreed with him.

“I will call you all when I get the second message from the Queen,” Li Hua asserted.

Hei Chengxi left the manor first while Xiwan left for the kitchen, holding the tray.

“Li Hua, do you think such a big risk shall be taken?” Feng Lao again asked her.

“I must. Feng Lao, we have to end the enemy before it attacks us. The Queen wants to kill Jin Yu as well. Her true face must get out,” Li Hua affirmed with a determined face.

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Ye Yujin met Hei Chengxi and they both bowed to each other. “I admire General Hei working for the King even when he is in his fifties. Shouldn’t he take the retirement?” Ye Yujin asked and looked around the barracks.

“I will take retirement soon, General Ye,” Hei Chengxi said.

“Or are you waiting for Qi Qizhen?” Ye Yujin asked him and arched his eyebrow. “His Majesty was kind to you. He spared your life, who was the closest person to Qi Qizhen. Hei Chengxi betrayed his childhood friend that day and became the General for the current king. I still doubt your loyalty,” Ye Yujin said with a dubious look.

Hei Chengxi didn’t like the way Ye Yujin mocked him. But what he could even do?

“I wonder why are you bringing the past after so many years? If His Majesty finds it, then he will not like it,” Hei Chengxi asserted.

Ye Yujin snickered at him and then left the barracks. Hei Chengxi turned and watched Ye Yujin leave the barracks. “It is not good that he has returned,” Hei Chengxi murmured.

He went to the inner barracks to one of the rooms, where new arms were brought. He had to take a look at them and check the quality. Although the quality was already tested, it was his duty to give a final check.

However, on his way, he found Xiwan, who had waved at him. Hei Chengxi found out that no one was around them.

Xiwan led him to a room and Hei Chengxi followed him. He closed the doors behind him and then stepped towards Xiwan.

“Does the Prince know about you?” Hei Chengxi didn’t waste any second asking the questions from him.

Xiwan nodded his head. “Yes. That’s why he kept me here. I was the one, who searched Li Hua for him after she disappeared the night her family was massacred,” he asserted with a smile.

“How do you know about the previous king? Who was your father?” Hei Chengxi asked him.

“Dong Yusheng,” Xiwan replied.

“The Prime Minister?” Hei Chengxi furrowed his brows together.

“Yes. It was a brutal death for him,” Xiwan stated while recalling the day when he found out that his father was no more. His mother made him run away from the house and he lost everything. He was merely six or seven at that time.

“How did you turn into a spy? How did you get trained?” Hei Chengxi asked.

“That is a secret, General Hei,” Xiwan replied. “I will tell you when the right time comes,” he added.

Hei Chengxi hummed and asked him why he had not told Lóng Wei the truth about the past.

“Because he would have kicked me away from his side. Prince Lóng Wei hates to know what happened in his past because of his late mother,” Xiwan proclaimed.

Hei Chengxi patted his shoulder and told him that he should leave before anyone could see him.

“I want to kill Ye Yujin. He is the one, who killed my father and then, launched an attack on my family. The day Princess Consort acts on her plan, I will be the one chasing down Ye Yujin,” Xiwan stated with a stern look.

Hei Chengxi nodded. “You are allowed to do that. However, his death will bring questions,” he asserted. “There is no surety that Ye Yujin will follow the Princess Consort. We have yet to see what the second trap that the Queen will lay for her,” he opined.

Xiwan hummed. He took his leave as his absence from the royal kitchen for a long time could be suspicious to some.