LOVE OR DESTINY

102

"For Qu Pan Er's sake, Officer Qu willingly gave me his family's precious heirloom. I don't know what it is. But it was something that the Crown Prince was very keen on. I'm sure that should be done to fight for the throne. Now it's time to get the heirloom and use the Qu family to my advantage."

Alright. The Queen Mother eventually relented and released Pan Er. But the matter of Qing Yun's death, the Queen Mother ordered Eunuch Li to tell the Emperor to bury Qing Yun later.

She would be awarded posthumously as Princess of the Prince's Wife and she alone would appease the entire Anle Royal family. Lian Cheng smiled with satisfaction at hearing that.

Later that night, his servant Mr. Qu informs his employer that Pan Er has been released from custody. Mr. Qu was so relieved to hear that. All this thanks to the 8th Prince. Then it was time to hand over his Soul Suppressing Pearl.

Pan Er returned to the Crown Prince's residence and was only greeted by his personal servant. Pan Er wondered what really happened, why even the 8th Pangera begged forgiveness for him? Where is the Crown Prince?

"I'm not clear on the details. But I heard from the Qu residence that Mr. Qu used the family's treasured heirlooms to beg for mercy from the 8th Prince." Said the waiter.

Pan Er immediately panicked to realize what heirloom was meant and then rushed off to the 8th Prince's residence. Without them noticing, the two witches were stealing their hearing from a distance.

Mr. Qu brought 4 men to carry a heavy box containing the Soul Suppressing Pearl to Tan Er's room.

After the servants were told to leave, Mr. Qu opened the box. Inside was still a second box until Xiao Tan thought that the Soul Suppressing Pearl must be as big as a ball.

At once the pearl glowed red and opened itself, revealing a smaller box and shining a very bright purple light.

Lian Cheng and Xiao Tan were astonished to see the small purple glowing box. Mr. Qu then took out the jade box and placed it on the table. He tells them that this is a family heirloom that no outsider has ever shown.

They could only touch it through this heirloom box and only the blood of the Qu family could open the box. However, Master Qu did not know how to open the jade box.

In the past, during the reign of the first Emperor (His grandfather Lian Cheng), the ancestors of the Qu family gave this heirloom to him with the intention that the heirloom be kept secretly in the Palace.

Then when the first Emperor went wandering, this heirloom was returned to the Qu family and became a secret of the Qu family.

Xiao Tan moved closer, willing to touch him. But Mr. Qu immediately broke down to prevent it. In the jade box was the seal. "You can't touch him! Back off!"

"Why? Is this mine already?"

"It's not just you. Of all the family members, only I can touch this box. Don't you remember you ever trying to touch her when you were a kid? You're getting hurt bad. From then on, I guarded this box tightly to prevent the incident from recurring. Don't you remember?"