The Flower Of War
Chapter 18: The Beginning of Evidence
Yiu immediately got ready as quickly as he could, he did not care if now the clothes prepared by Chichi were female hanfu. What is on his mind now is the fate of his Kingdom, reportedly the attack there is quite large and located quite far from the central region of the kingdom.
He was afraid that the Emperor could not handle this on his own without the help of his two princes who were the mainstay weapons of the kingdom.
And at least he can also protect the empress in case something unexpected happens.
In *2 to, he was ready with all his personal affairs and stepped out to meet Crown Prince Xiao Ce and Prince Huang who were discussing with Emperor Wu Zhang.
* 2 to, into Traditional Chinese time calculations have been defined as 1/96 day so that 1ke equals 15 minutes or a quarter hour. So 2 to \= 30 minutes
Yiu bowed his regards to the Emperor and his two brothers.
"Princess Ying due to the situation at Qiu Wang Palace is being uncertain and we received a direct letter from Emperor Wang if we should get there as soon as possible with reinforcements from Zhang Kingdom" Crown Prince Xiao Ce looked at Yiu with a stern look like he did not accept any rejection from Yiu.
"How about me, Prince? If the prince deigns I can also join the fight against the enemy who wants to seize the territory of Qiu Wang Kingdom with pleasure" Yiu tried to offer assistance to Crown Prince Xiao Gie.
Yiu's words invited sharp gazes from her two brothers.
"Is there something wrong with my words? The Emperor and the Prince must have known how my ability to fight at least I can participate in this struggle" Yiu said with an innocent innocent expression.
"No princess Ying, you're a princess you should be protected even if you can fight even if you're not experienced in a real fight" now it's Prince Huang's turn to say as he stared intensely at Yiu.
Not experienced? Huh hello?! I am the commander of the war forces how can I be inexperienced!.
Yiu cursed inwardly the words of his two brothers who were belittling him, but after all they were actually only worried about Yiu.
"Princess Ying, you better obey the words of Prince Xiao Gie and Prince Hwang. It's for your own good" Emperor Wu Zhang said with dignity that made Yiu lower his head.
Emperor Wu Zhang had learned of Yiu's true identity this morning after Prince Xiao Ce came to his study to ask for help from troops in an attack on the territory of the Qiu Wang kingdom.
"We don't have much time, Princess Ying you will return to Qiu Wang Palace with General Ru Fen and his troops while we will follow Emperor Wang with reinforcements from Zhang Kingdom"
After saying the Crown Prince and the Emperor went towards the crowd of soldiers who lined up neatly waiting for his master's order.
"Take care of yourself Ying, I know you're not weak for it stay in the palace and take care of Mother as we go" Prince Huang smiled but his smile was forced.
He gently stroked the top of Yiu's head and went after Crown Prince Xiao Ce and Emperor Wu Zhang.
Yiu was pensive for a while and his daydream came to a halt as a voice forcefully withdrew his consciousness.
"Princess it's time for you to return, your carriage and the Zhang Kingdom's army are ready" Chichi tried to say as smooth as possible so as not to offend his master.
"We're back now!" yiu said coldly, Yiu's icy words managed to make Chichi shudder in horror.
Yiu stepped towards a sizable and luxurious horse carriage, next to which stood a gallant young man waiting for Yiu to arrive with his troops.
"Please enter the princess" the young man lowered his head as he opened the carriage door for Yiu.
The carriage finally drove at a normal speed leaving the Zhang Palace region.
On a long, boring trip Yiu could only look out the window blankly. His mind wandered everywhere thinking about the situation his Kingdom was facing.
Yiu was confident that this battle would be won by Emperor Wang and his two brothers.
Now all he had to do was help the security of the Palace and protect his mother.
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*5 Dian later ...
*1 Dian can be interpreted one hour.
Yiu and his entourage had arrived at the gate of Qiu Wang Palace.
Security at the palace was very tight with the troops of General Ru Fen who had to be checked first because they were in the front row of the Princess' entourage before they found out that it was Yiu's entourage.
After the train stopped, Yiu came down and found herself greeted by the Empress who was Ying's mother.
Yiu walked slowly and bowed his gaze closer to his mother.
"Ying saluted the Empress may you live another 1000 years."
"How are you, Princess Ying are you happy to be there?"
Instead of asking his two brothers he asked about the party?!.
"I'm so glad your mother thank you for giving me permission to attend the party" Yiu smiled but still lowered her gaze.
"Yes please Princess Ying but before that we should enter first" the Empress smiled faintly as if understanding the direction of Yiu's conversation. Just as he was about to turn towards the entrance of the palace a voice made the Empress and Yiu turn their bodies.
"Hamba salutes Empress Fu Yao and Princess Ying that you may live for another 1,000 years"
It turned out that the voice came from General Ru Fen who had been wrapped behind the previous Empress.
"Ahh I almost forgot you General, thank you for escorting Princess Ying to the palace, also express my gratitude to Emperor Zhang for his help, and as your service I will give you a gift."
"Thank you for Your Majesty's kindness, I ask for permission to return to Zhang's Kingdom" said General Ru Fen, who was taken in by the Empress and took a few steps back before turning towards her troops.
Now the Empress and Yiu were in the gazebo of the palace garden to talk with no one near them.
The gezebo is made of wood for short fences and pole posts. The gezebo has a hexagon roof that curves upwards, each roof border that forms a triangle is given a stacked round profile and the top is decorated with a crown.
"Mother how is the situation in the Zin Shu region is there any development?" Yiu started to open a voice between the silences.
"The Emperor and the Princes are trying to cope with the attack from the Tian Lu kingdom, they wanted to forcibly seize the territory because indeed Zin Shu was a very strategic village and the produce of the earth was so tempting to other kingdoms."
"They can definitely repulse Tian Lu's forces and go home bringing a true victory as almost the entire mightiest army of the kingdom is deployed to repulse them" the Empress smiled then stroked Yiu's cheeks at a glance.
"All we need to do now is tighten the guard in the Capital territory and wait for their return" Yiu nodded in agreement with the Empress's words.
"You better take a break now, you must be tired after a long, tiring journey" the Empress replied with a wry smile on Yiu's face.
Yiu stood up and immediately retreated to return to the Dahlia pavilion that he had long since left listlessly.
Upon arriving in her room, Yiu immediately cleansed herself with a warm bath before going to dreamland.
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The day is getting night, the rays of the sun have exchanged roles with the moon.
Yiu wakes up when Chichi wakes him up for dinner in the Palace Dining Room with the Empress.
Yiu immediately prepared by wearing a simple hanfu but still impressed luxurious, he stepped foot into the palace dining room.
Only the clanking of the clashing spoons voiced in the palace dining hall, suddenly a eunuch came to the Empress.
Knowing that the empress was eating her dinner, the eunuch whispered something to the Empress's servant who was nearby.
The servant nodded and immediately knelt by the Empress while saying something that Yiu could not hear.
Yiu frowned when she saw Empress Fu Yao put down her cutlery and immediately went out of the room without turning her face towards Yiu in the slightest.
Yiu knew if something was going on and he should know about it, Yiu quickly put down his cutlery and walked out of the room while saying to the maids around him.
"I'm done, I want to go back to my pavilion" Yiu said so coldly that the servants could only duck and start cleaning the dining table.
After feeling safe from the reach of his servants, Yiu got to know the precipitate to the Palace Hall to steal the hearing between Empress Fu Yao and the Eunuch.
He hid and peeked out from behind the prince's special seat and saw that the Empress was currently talking to a General instead of a eunuch.
Yiu sharpened his hearing but it turned out that the distance between the Empress and the General was quite far from where he was hiding now.
All he could deduce was that the general seemed to be nervous while talking to the Empress.
He knelt at the empress' feet and his head bowed deeply, not daring to look at the Empress.
And also the face of the Empress who was originally calm and almost expressionless now slowly turned into a face of fear and shock.
Over time the Empress' body retreated a few steps with a face like a person who was very surprised and pale.
"Empress!" Yiu shouted and ran as fast as possible to catch the body of the Empress who had been suffocated to the back regardless of her hiding.
The general who heard someone's cry immediately raised his head and was surprised to see the fainted Empress dyed Yiu.
"Why the Empress could faint what you told her huh! Quickly summon Physician Ming I will bring the empress to the Lotus pavilion! Hurry along!" Yiu shouted and immediately carried his mother's body towards the Lotus Pavilion.
Must have happened something bad I must immediately find out and act immediately!.
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