Seven Unfortunate Lifetimes Chapter 28.2 (1/2)

Chapter 28 part 2

Seeing that I wasn’t speaking, the emperor chuckled again.

“Qinghui don’t be nervous. I love you as a brother, how can I bear to punish you?”

He slowly walked back to the desk, tilted his robes and sat down.

“Today I let Qinghui enter the palace just to tell you one thing.”

The emperor picked up the brush and took a new piece of paper. While writing, he said: “I don’t know if Wei country will send a decree declaring war. If that it’s so I’m afraid that Qinghui will need to go and battle against them. This war can only be won, it can’t be lost. Otherwise, you and I will only have one ending.”

He handed me the written paper. On top of it was just the word “death” written in red ink. My mouth twitched. This emperor, when he needs to be straightforward, he really is too straightforward. Before leaving the royal study, the emperor said faintly to me: “Qinghui, the war is just around the corner. Protect the military seal well.”

My heart tightened. I felt cold sweat sliding down. Military seal……where would I go find the military seal for you? Do you want me, this general, to go ask Chu Yi? Where did I put the military seal before? This is really not reliable!

Back at the general’s mansion, I didn’t bother with other things and went straight to Chu Kong’s room. This time he was eating porridge with a look of enjoyment.

The cold sweats sticking on my back made me feel cold. I grabbed the bowl from the maid and said: “I’ll do it.”

The maid looked at Chu Kong. Chu Kong said: “You can retreat.”

The moment the door shut, I sat on Chu Kong’s bed with a heavy look.

“Big bad news.”

This time Chu Kong learned to behave. He took the bowl form me. While sipping, he said: “You already said that before you entered the palace.”

I am anxious and shouted: “This time it’s really bad!”

I told Chu Kong everything that happened in the palace and then asked him: “You say, what does the emperor mean? And then there’s the military seal. I don’t know the former general, how will I know where he’ll put the military seal? By the time I need to go to battle; a general who can’t take out the military seal; I’m afraid that I haven’t even set foot on the battlefield, I’ll be beheaded by the emperor.”

Chu Kong continued to calmly drink porridge. He set the bowl aside, rubbed his mouth and said very calmly: “Well, you say, is the military seal this toy?”

He took a tiger shaped white jade out of his sleeves. There is a fine tiger inscription on it. I was shocked: “From where did you steal it?”

“From the moment we two begin this lifetime, it was always with me. I didn’t know what this thing was before, but from its appearance I tell that I can sell it for a high price. So I took it everywhere with me. I was thinking that after we went into seclusion in the mountain, I’ll p.a.w.n it. Well, I didn’t expect that this is indeed a treasure.”

I was completely confused.

“Wait, how come the general’s military seal is with you? What the emperor told me today, I can tell that the emperor and the princess obviously stood on the opposite side of each other. They’re enemies, ah.”

Chu Kong laughed: “I already know all the causes and consequences. Do you want to know? If you want to know then call me daye1 and let me hear you admit your mistake.”

“Daye, I was wrong,” I said. “Quick, tell me what happened.”

I excitedly stared at Chu Kong. Chu Kong gritted his teeth and for a long time, he couldn’t utter a word. The more I think about it, the more I felt that this arrogant boy is stranger as the days pa.s.s by.

Meeting his demand is not right.