zChapter 1107 - Able to Do Anything (2/2)
Xuan Tianming denied it immediately: “It won’t! If the Gu Shu ruler does not have the ability to settle this cleanly, he would not be able to ascend the throne of Gu Shu. That clan probably does not have a chance of surviving and naturally does not have the ability to come to Da Shun to cause trouble.”
As the pair were thinking, at this moment, they saw an imperial carriage approach hurriedly, Feng Yuheng recognised it immediately: “It is Seventh Brother’s imperial carriage.”
Xuan Tianming and Feng Yuheng approached. That imperial carriage also stopped in front of them, then when the curtain was pulled open, a page boy appeared from within, approaching the pair and bowing, saying: “Can Prince and Princess dismount and come here for a chat?”
The people from Chun Palace would never act mysterious without reason, for them to be this careful today, something major must have happened. Xuan Tianming and Feng Yuheng dismounted. That page boy moved next to their ears and talked like this, stunning the pair. Feng Yuheng immediately approached the horse carriage and pulled open the curtain, seeing Li Kun lying down inside and the imperial physician treating him.
She let the carriage curtain fall and nodded at Xuan Tianming. The pair did not say anything more and personally accompanied the horse carriage back to Chun Palace. After that, with Feng Yuheng personally providing treatment, Li Kun regained consciousness quickly.
Li Kun woke up and many things became much clearer. Therefore, Xuan Tianming and Feng Yuheng knew that the new Emperor of Zong Sui wanted to break away from Da Shun’s control, and also knew that the largest foreign power who supported the new Emperor onto the throne came from Duanmu Anguo whom they had failed to find, also knowing that there were people from Zong Sui chasing Li Kun and entering Da Shun.
However, with regards to the Eighth Prince’s disappearance, Li Kun did not know anything. He did provide a very good clue though: “My blood-related sister is the most skilled in disguise and knows how to make a type of human skin mask. The resemblance is close enough to be taken as the real thing. She is working together with the new Emperor now and has caused much harm to me, her blood-related older brother. If she also followed the pursuers all the way here, then one of the people who entered the palace must be her.” After saying this, he also looked at Feng Yuheng, saying: “In the earlier years, she had disguised as you before, doing it again is just repeating the same move.”
Feng Yuheng had already thought about the matter of Yu Qianyin participating, but she did not understand, why did the other party plan to do taking an almost dead Eighth Prince? Could it be that they are going to create a fake prince to cause trouble?
The more she thought, the more she felt it was possible and felt some irritation. That damned Xuan Tianmo, if she knew this would happen, she would have killed him directly. She had wanted him to suffer more but did not expect that this would give an opportunity for Zong Sui to make use of.
Li Kun raised his request to the pair once more: “I hope that Your Highness the Ninth Prince and Princess Yu can support me to regain the throne, I have the imperial edict of the previous Emperor with me and I feel compelled to take the position. With me at the throne, I will not make Da Shun an enemy, Zong Sui will forever be a subordinate nation to Da Shun and there will be no betrayal.”
His words were heartfelt, but it was not that easy to help a new Emperor ascend the throne. Xuan Tianming did not agree immediately, only saying that he would consider it and instructed him to recuperate and wait in Chun Palace and that an answer would be given to him a few days later.
The capital was peaceful on the surface, in reality, there were groups and groups of people searching in secret, looking for the Eighth Prince, also looking for those Zong Sui people who infiltrated into Da Shun, taking half a day and one night.
They were searching for people in the capital, and there was also a search going on in the hunting grounds. On the same day, the Fifth Prince discovered that Xiao Bao had disappeared. As his back was turned, that child had run off to an unknown place. After this happened, he asked around and a servant taking care of the horse carriages said that there was a child who wanted to return to the capital. Calling himself the younger brother to Feng family’s young miss, he said his older sister left first and had him catch up to her from behind.
Xuan Tianyan was so angry that smoke almost came out of his ears, it was a child, and they let him go because he said he wanted to go, was the driver an idiot? He clenched his fists, if not for the fact it was an emergency, he really wanted to teach these servants a lesson. But in the end, he could not afford the delay, pulling out his own horse, he hurried back to the capital together with one guard but saw signs of a fight on the way back.
Xuan Tianyan’s heart chilled. At this moment, he was not only worried about Xiao Bao, he was also worried about Feng Fendai. He did not know what happened on this route and did not know if Fendai and Xiao Bao were safe. He hated that he could not grow wings and fly back to the capital, helplessly, this journey was not short, when he entered the capital, it was almost the Zi hour.
(Translator’s note: Zi hour is 11pm to 1am in GMT+8)
The status of a prince was special and he could naturally enter the city gates. Once Xuan Tianyan returned to the capital, he immediately noticed that the atmosphere of the capital was not right, the abnormalities which were not easy for the normal citizens to sense could not escape his sights. In the middle of the night, why were there a few times more patrol officers than usual on the streets? In addition, the hidden guards who were prowling in the night, which faction did they come from?