Chapter 78 - Why is it not swelling? (2/2)

”I know.” She rolls on her stomach. ”When will it be over?”

A hand strokes her head gently. By now, she's familiar with this feeling. ”Wu Yixing.”

Xiao Luo quietly walks out. Master is here. Lady will be fine.

”Qian'er.” He rubs her head and smiles slightly. ”Thank you for distracting the empress. I have gathered the evidence against her.”

She looks at him with curiosity. She knows the story now.

The empress replaced the previous empress who was Wu Yixing's mother.

Wu Yixing's mother was the most beautiful woman in the empire. The emperor was deeply in love with her. He often neglected the other women in his harem. The current empress devised a plan to destroy the previous empress.

Yu Chen's mother was the previous empress' close friend. She often visited the previous empress. Yu Chen was Wu Yixing's playmate. Nearly 2 decades ago, Yu Chen's mother was accused as a spy of the enemy country. The evidence was found at her home. She was executed and Yu Chen was exiled. The emperor was also suspicious of the previous empress. It broke that woman's heart. She drank the poison right in front of Yu Chen and died.

Back then, Wu Yixing was the crown prince. Later, the current empress' son became the crown prince. The emperor couldn't throw away Wu Yixing, but he didn't care for him either.

The current empress was still not content even after the empress died. She hated Wu Yixing and his mother. She wanted to make his life miserable. Wu Yixing did whatever he could to survive. He pretended to be a wasted prince who only drank and played with women in the flower houses while fighting the empress in the shadows.

Yoori has been curious about Wu Yixing, but she knows that he won't say a word to her about her past. Their relationship is not deep enough. She had to use her third ability on the last living previous empress' servant she met a while back. When Yoori learned of the story, she understood his obsession with poisons and antidotes.

That servant has no idea what she revealed to Yoori. Using her third ability has taken a toll on her already 'burned out' body. Now, her time-traveling ability won't return for a decade.

Perhaps, she doesn't want her time-traveling ability to return. She wants to know about this sly prince more.

Wu Yixing doesn't know that she knows. She will also pretend that she doesn't know anything. Everyone has the right to keep a secret.

”What evidence?” She asks him with a tired voice.

”I found the real spy.” Wu Yixing pulls her into his arm.

”Spy?” She feigns ignorance. ”Who is it?”