Chapter 149 Joy in reunion and grief at separation in one day (2/2)

Zhao was not very sure about Bai Aoxue’s words, for his eyes blinked several times. But he still took the knife neatly.

Bai Aoxue’s words put the others in silence for a short while.

“Master, it’s time to leave now. It will be very hard to get out of here if the time for shift change is past.” The man in black reminded appropriately.

But Jun Yeyan didn’t say anything. He waited Bai Aoxue to make the final decision.

Bai Aoxue turned and asked Eunuch Zhao, who was holding Cangsheng’s body, “Eunuch Zhao, what are you going to do now?”

Eunuch Zhao smiled in grief, and his body stooped as before, which seemed never get straight.

“Cangsheng died at such a young age. I wanted to save him back then, but turned out to put him into danger. I was involved in the death of 41 lives of Helian family. The reason that I have carried so many sins and guilt to live in this world is that I wanted to protect Cangsheng. Now Cangsheng is dead, and there is no meaning for me to live in this world.” There was a relief in his sad words.

Bai Aoxue was just about to say something when Eunuch Zhao took out a knife from his sleeve and stabbed hardly into his own heart.

And it was too late for Bai Aoxue to stop him.

“Fifth Prince, Fifth Princess, please get out of here quickly, it will not be long before the Emperor comes and it will be very hard to get out of here then.” Eunuch Zhao said with difficulty.

“Why did you do this?” It was Jun Yeyan’s voice who hadn’t spoken all the time instead of Bai Aoxue. Jun Yeyan didn’t expect that Eunuch Zhao, the man that contributed his whole life to the palace, died in this way.

“I should go down to ask for forgiveness of Lord Helian. I will not get peace if I keep living in this world.” Eunuch Zhao opened his eyes widely, and poured out the words in his mind with his last breath.

Even though members of Helian family didn’t blame him, this old man still thought it was his fault. He was only a man appointed to read out the royal decree.

Bai Aoxue witnessed Eunuch Zhao die without any regret, her lips quivered, but she didn’t say anything.

She recalled once she was at the outside of a church on the Wall Street, listening to the people inside the church read the Bible with piety.

Back then, she couldn’t understand why people were born with sins?

She had always been thinking that those people’s lives are too easy and comfortable that they cannot find anything to do except believing god which doesn’t exist after all.

People are born with original sins and will committed sins during one’s life. Both of the two kinds of sins are indelible. She didn’t understand it, nor did she want to. Then she committed sins of all kinds, which were dirty in pure people’s opinion. She despised such belief even more.

Because god didn’t protect her from freezing to death in snowstorm, nor did god provide her with a meal when she was starving. All she needed was so simple, but god never favored her. So she depended on herself. Although what she did was against the will of god.

As long as she was alive, so what?

Now, seeing Eunuch Zhao and Cangsheng, she seemed to figure out something: be it original sins and sins committed during one’s life, what everyone, including the bravest savior, needed was just relief, or an excuse that let them be so disappointed at the world.

But they could get relief and the excuse from no one.

Sins originated from human mind and were put into practice.

“It’s time to go.” Bai Aoxue blinked her eyes and shook away the thoughts in her mind and then looked at Jun Yeyan.

She was already a sinner in god’s opinion since she was born. Let it be, because the people around her were all sinners.

The man in black led the way, followed by Jun Yeyan and Liushuang, and Zhao was at the end of the group. They left the dungeon quickly.

Before Zhao got out of the dungeon, he set fire on this gloomy place at Jun Yeyan’s command.

They got out of the palace in a hurry, while Jun Wuhen was on the way to the dungeon.

He didn’t expect that what waited him was another fire after seven years instead of the result of interrogation. And this time, he seemed to see a lady dancing in despair in the flame.

“Fire! Fire!”

“The dungeon is on fire!”

Jun Wuhen was in a panic. His feelings had been in an unsettled state since the moment Liu Manyun got poisoned.

He had just finished making arrangements of Liu Manyun’s funeral and he pretended that he was morning on Liu Manyun’s death. Jun Wuhen hastened to the dungeon and was ready to interrogate Cangsheng to figure out the person who instigated Cangsheng to poison him.

And out of his expectation, before he could get near to the dungeon, he saw thick smoke floating in the air of the palace. Jun Wuhen’s face was very gloomy.

There was shouting and crying from the palace maids and young eunuchs. Jun Wuhen burst into rage.

He grabbed a eunuch by his side and shouted angrily, “Here is my order to Meng Fei to carry out: enclose the palace, anyone is not allowed to enter and exit the palace from now on. Anyone who is suspicious will be taken into custody and interrogate. I will figure out who dares to set fire on the palace!”

Then he pushed away the eunuch and trotted towards the spot in fire.

“Ah!” There was a scream in the air of the palace. Jun Wuhen looked towards the direction from which the scream came, and it was the imperial study. Jun Wuhen frowned. One chaotic chapter eclipses another.