460 Giving Away the Palace (2/2)

”You want me to do it now?” the King of the Stone Kingdom asked anxiously.

Gu Shenwei nodded again.

The King of the Stone Kingdom forced himself up and slowly walked down the steps. He looked back at the Dragon King a few times out of fear that he would take this advantage to sit in his place.

The King of the Stone Kingdom resolutely left the hall to seek reconciliation with his sister.

Gu Shenwei remained in front of the throne, as if he was really taking interest in the wooden chair. But he did not touch anything; instead, he snapped, ”Come out!”

The old eunuch came out from behind the pillar and walked beside the stairs. The others had left with the King of the Stone Kingdom, only he remained.

”Please tell me your demands, Dragon King.”

He was a servant who knew how to please his master. Therefore, he would naturally bear grudges when he felt unappreciated.

”Tell me the truth,” Gu Shenwei ordered, still staring at the throne. Like his father Gu Lun, he hated eunuchs and thought that they were all treacherous.

”Yes, Dragon King.” The old eunuch knelt on the ground. ”I shouldn't say this, but only you can protect Xiaoyao Lake...”

The old eunuch spent a lot of time explaining why he had betrayed his master, how he considered not only the King of the Stone Kingdom, but also the Dragon King and the people of the Stone Kingdom. Finally, he disclosed his secret in one sentence: ”A court maid is pregnant with the child of the King of the Stone Kingdom.”

Not receiving any response, the old eunuch added, ”She'll be giving birth in less than one month. If it's a boy, she'll have the Crown Prince of the Stone Kingdom.”

So many countries paid attention to the Princess because the King of the Stone Kingdom did not have a son. And if the Princess could give birth to a boy, that boy would be the eligible Crown Prince.

However, the King of the Stone Kingdom had managed to impregnate a woman and keep it secret. He must have feared that the Dragon King would sabotage him.

But the Dragon King was still silent, thus the old eunuch pushed him. ”It's not too late to do it. There are even few people in the palace that know about this.”

”Out.”

The Dragon King's tone was cold and the old eunuch started to sweat before staggering out of the main hall. Standing in the howling wind, the latter suddenly had a realization. ”How stupid! How could I urge him? He must already have his own plan. Why would he discuss it with someone like me?

”Or perhaps, he'll murder me too!” The old eunuch was scared and ran back home. During the next few days, he did not attend the court meetings, claiming that he was ill.

Now only one remained. Gu Shenwei rummaged under the throne, and soon found a roll of carefully wrapped papers.

Although the Princess might have been good at plotting, she lacked experience. She had deliberately complained about her brother, faltered, and looked sad. She tried to distract the Dragon King away from her brother's territory. But the flaw in her expression betrayed her.

Moreover, under the throne was indeed a great place to hide things. In the palace, no one except for the King of the Stone Kingdom dared to meddle with it. Gu Shenwei and Maid Lotus used to hide the ”Sumeru Mustard Mantra” there as well.

No one saw Maid Lotus come in, but here she was, walking out from behind another pillar. She murmured, ”The Princess will be a good Queen.”

”Just like the Queen of the Hui Kingdom, the Princess might be a fledgling now, but she'll become increasingly arrogant and yearn for power more than the Queen of the Hui Kingdom did.

”She really will be a good Queen.”

But Gu Shenwei would not discuss that with Maid Lotus now. He asked her, ”Can you imitate the Queen's handwriting?”

”I guess I can. Given more time, I'll do better.”

”There aren't too many words.”

Gu Shenwei carefully untied the roll of paper. He glanced through it quickly, and then turned to the last few pages to read.

”Is this really the ninth chapter?”

”Looks like it.” According to his own practicing experience, Gu Shenwei was positive that it was the ninth chapter of the Wayless Book, the chapter that even the Supreme King did not possess.

Maid Lotus fetched pens and papers. She lay the white paper on the ground and knelt down, sitting on her feet, ready to imitate the Princess's handwriting.

Gu Shenwei picked up a sheet and lay it in front of Maid Lotus to transcribe on.

There were only 500 or 600 words. The Princess wrote neatly, which made it easy for Maid Lotus to imitate her. She only needed to pay attention to the details.

Maid Lotus copied the entire sheet but altered a few dozen words respectively in seven places, thus, the meaning was completely changed.

Gu Shenwei was tampering with this Divine Kung Fu's ninth chapter, just like what Maid Lotus had done to him.

Neither of them revealed that they remembered the past. They both were easily able to cover up that history now.