Repairing the Past

Chapter 28

Chu Yao's swollen cheeks slowly deflated thanks to the cold water compress Xier had given her. The beautiful woman did not complain or cry.

His mentality is really tested. The pain from the slap was not comparable to the pain from the bone-melting poison that once ripped his soul.

"Ye Zuan really has a bad idea. It could be that he told me to provoke father just to test the accuracy of his conjecture." Chu Yao muttered annoyedly. He was determined to kick the man's shins if they met again.

Although silent listening, but Mo Yan's brain actually thought fast. He has had some speculation but he will not tell the girl. He needs to prove it in his own way.

"Are you also thinking as I currently think?" Chu Yao threw a glance towards Mo Yan who was standing right beside her.

He pulled the man's hand to sit with him. That sudden action of Chu Yao did not make Mo Yan piqued. As if he was used to it and actually liked the intimate treatment of the woman.

"I don't dare to get ahead of the conjecture without clear evidence" Mo Yan replied skeptically.

"But the conjecture that the lady is thinking about right now is more than enough to unravel the problems that the lady is facing."

Mo Yan's words had a point. Although this polemic did not yet have a final conclusion, there were at least a few points that Chu Yao could already grasp with strong confidence.

Yes, not only the Queen. It seems that the Emperor was also involved in the death of his mother first. But what is their relationship with their mother?

What did General Chu desperately cover from everyone?

"Mo Yan, I will give you a special task. I hope you're investigating it yourself."

Mo Yan leaned his body closer as Chu Yao whispered something to him.

"Examine dad's gestures. Report everything you know on a regular basis. Let A-Wei take care of me here. I need it to keep an eye on those consorts. I'm sure, the incident in the corridor must have reached the empress' ear."

"Alright, miss!"

"One more thing, go save yourself if you think the situation and conditions are not conducive!"

"I understand."

Mo Yan rushed away after he instructed something to A-Wei. The young man lowered his obedience sign head and Mo Yan disappeared in the blink of an eye.

After a while A-Wei had stood right behind Chu Yao. The guard didn't speak. He just waited for instructions. His stiffness had made Chu Yao aware that a bodyguard was indeed supposed to have a limit with his master.

Nothing like his relationship with Mo Yan.

Had he spoiled the handsome man so much that lately the distance between them hardly seemed like a servant and master.

But, compared to the objections, Chu Yao actually enjoyed it as well.

"Maybe my brain has been in trouble since returning to this life. " Chu Yao chuckle with a compress on her slightly bruised cheek.

A-Wei is static in position. He was no longer surprised by the nature of the woman. Ever since he pretended to be his master's junior, he had already seen how Chu Yao's nature and attitude toward others were even when he was on his own.

The woman only showed her true character to her master. Not to his parents or closest family. The eldest daughter of general Chu always put up a fortress against the people around her.

Although a little unusual but A-Wei did not dare to comment. As long as the master does not question the woman, he will never criticize her.

A few hours have passed..

The silhouette of the man that Chu Yao had been waiting for appeared right in front of him. The man sat quietly leaving a small creak in the bedroom window. As he flicked his flagship fan with a seductive smile, he chuckled at the annoyed face that was staring at him.

"Yao Yao, are you waiting for me? I feel so flattered." Ye Zuan showed off his laughter as if he knew that he would be back at the omelette by the beautiful woman.

"Just your way. Even though I said you asked me to wait for you here, no one in the world would believe. "

"Aiyooo don't be so fierce. Let's pour some water for me. I'm so thirsty. Are you not planning to reduce the guard at your residence? I find it very difficult to enter secretly here." Persuade Ye Zuan who instead sounded like a barrage of grievances in Chu Yao's ear.

"You're a joke, you might have told me to pour a glass of water. You entered my private room in a very disrespectful manner. What a dignified prince. "

Chu Yao insinuated Ye Zuan with her index finger pointing straight at the window. The eighth prince only giggled in response to that rude innuendo.

The charismatic young man glanced at A-Wei, "New man? The younger one? Yao Yao, are you having an affair? Although I am not Mo Yan's seatletist, but I am better than this snowman. I'm pretty good-looking. Why don't you just have an affair with me?"

Chu Yao's head began to pulsate. Chu Yao lazily replied, "He's junior Mo Yan. Called A-Wei. He's not my affair and I have to emphasize that I've never cheated on anyone!"

"Hehehee..."

"Once again you say silly things like that I'll kick you out of here as soon as I can."

Ye Zuan laughed again. That young man had always felt free when he was together with Chu Yao. Only that straightforward girl alone did not pretend in front of him, and that made him very comfortable.

"alright. Alright. I'm gonna stop joking. Let's talk more seriously." Ye Zuan said with a different look.

The flamboyant man glared at A-Wei. Chu Yao who understood immediately asked the bodyguard to stand guard outside. A-Wei did not argue, she bowed respectfully then walked out with the door tightly shut. Instantly the atmosphere of the room turned thick.

Ye Zuan looked fixedly at Chu Yao. The girl's slightly swollen cheeks had caught his attention. He took out a small pot from behind his sleeve.

"It's not your fault. At least thanks to father's response like that you can have a strong guess, right?" Chu Yao took out the pot of ointment and applied it right on her swollen cheeks.

"Really... I'm starting to be sure... "

"Then?"

"Your mother's death was no coincidence." Ye Zuan paused for a moment.

His thoughts drifted back one night after he returned from the city of Nian. He overheard two people talking while looking for some clues about Meng's detention in the palace library.

At that time the atmosphere in the library was so quiet and dark. Ye Zuan who was settling down sorted out some books and parchment scrolls. From one shelf to another in turn.

Not long after the noise came from outside. Nimblely Ye Zuan jumped on top of the beam and hid behind it. Two people he knew went inside.

"You've seen, haven't you?! The empress' mother really puts me under pressure! Just because I failed to catch the intruder Alorra, mother scolded me brutally!" The crown prince's distinctive voice broke the silence. The intonation of his voice had expressed the anger he had felt before.

"Your highness, the empress just wants to secure a noble position." Entertain eunuch Han.

"For what mother fears. This position will not be taken by Ye Zuan let alone my other brother. No one will give him as much support as I do."

"really. But his highness needs to be wary of the eighth prince. He started to move silently. It would be extremely dangerous if he were to ally with general Chu. If the two men cooperate with the Emperor's support then your position will definitely not be safe!"

Ye Zuan did not budge. He further enhanced his hearing. The conversation between the crown prince and eunuch Han really was already in the future by him.

"General Chu is just an old general. He had no faction allied with him. All this time he was just busy fighting and guarding the border. I've never seen him talk about political affairs like any other official. "

"Your highness the crown prince was too dismissive. General Chu is the emperor's right-hand man behind the scenes. He had exerted a great deal of influence on the emperor's decisions at every meeting of the Empire..." Eunuch Han paused for a moment and took a breath.

"... Why did the empress insist on having her majesty arrest the intruder of Alorra? It will be a stepping stone to our two great plans. First, an invasion led directly by the crown prince. Second, it undermined the popularity of general Chu. If the noble one brings victory then it will directly have an impact on several aspects. Among them is the increasing support of the officials and at the same time lowering confidence in the credibility and integrity of general Chu all along."

Eunuch Han did not stop there. He again continued, "Your Majesty must have known that his highness the emperor had suddenly passed the decree of peace with Alorra. Also, the return of the Chu general and the troops would be welcomed directly by the emperor in the meeting hall. Did your highness the crown prince not suspect the hand of general Chu in the change of the noble plan of that emperor?"

"Only Chu's generals can suppress the emperor! Because his highness the emperor had owed the old man a great debt!" Obviously eunuch Han.

"I still don't understand why my father owes Chu's generals anything?" The crown prince asked as he turned to face the Han eunuch.

"Has the empress's majesty not told her the events of nine years ago?"

Eunuch Han's gaze sharpened instantly. His lips pursed as if he was holding back the words that came out. He seems to be choosing the right words to explain.

"It seems that the noble does not know in detail. If your majesty knows for sure your highness understands the current empress's unrest." Eunuch Han's voice saw the look on the crown prince's face full of question marks.

"Has mother, father's debt and Meng's concubine's death intertwined?"

"It's not just related. If the first daughter of general Chu manages to re-expose the event, let alone the position of crown prince, even the empress's life could be in danger!"

Not only the crown prince, Ye Zuan who had been listening since could not help his shock. They pause for a moment. Drowning in the rhythms of the mind.

"What is the cause of the mother to eliminate the woman?" Ask the crown prince full of probes.

Eunuch Han thought long before replying, "Because the woman has given birth to a child of the Emperor."

Ye Zuan ended his story. He told Chu Yao everything he had heard, but not at the end. He deliberately did not convey it before getting a direct explanation from the Emperor's father.

His feeling was somewhat complex when he looked at the face of the woman he was currently with.

If Chu Yao was not another mother's sister, then who else did Han's eunuch mean?

Ye Zuan and Chu Yao were silent to each other. They were busy thinking with their own thoughts. Ye Zuan who was currently standing beside the window just flicked his favorite fan while staring at the blackened sky.

As for Chu Yao, the woman remained seated by tapping her fingers on the table.

"Yao Yao, what's your next plan?" Ye Zuan asked without moving from his place.

Chu Yao took a deep breath, "Come.. "

To be honest Chu Yao still did not have any advanced plans. What to do despite knowing that his mother's death was intentional.

However, he still did not have any solid evidence. In fact, he did not have the support to demand justice because the person who was currently his enemy was the people of the Empire.

"Maybe I'm gonna ask you about that debt to dad." Chu Yao replied with various considerations.

Ye Zuan clenched the fan and smiled knot. He approached and gently stroked Chu Yao's hair. Ye Zuan's attitude that was like that actually made a huge question mark on Chu Yao's brain.

"Beware the crown prince and his men! They're after you right now."

"Also, have Mo Yan or A-Wei contact my two bodyguards if you need my help."

Add the charismatic man before completely disappearing in the dark of the night. Chu Yao simply stared at the gaping window with no one there.