The Flower Of War

Chapter 25: All My Wrong

Prince Xiao Ce who got a pleading gaze from Yiu finally moved his head a little while still loyal to his cold face.

Feeling the approval from his DaGe Yiu took a deep breath before starting to open his voice.

"Well, I'll tell you. At that time I had just returned from Zhang Wu Kingdom then the night I accidentally saw the Empress faint while talking to General Rong back then the state of the Empress was so weak that it required a complete rest for some time the next day, when going back to the dahlia pavilion General Rong came and then told if the Tian Lu Army would attack the palace was expected to arrive at dawn from the southeast"

Yiu lowered his head while taking a deeper breath than before.

"There I was confused because there was only me and the Empress with a small army left, finally I decided to evacuate the civilian population first after that asked General Rong to ask the adult male population to volunteer to fight with other soldiers. At that time I had no other choice because almost all the borders had been blocked by the Tian Lu Forces so it was very difficult to ask for outside help, I also assigned my trust steward to bring the Empress to escape to the Summer Palace-"

"I also asked the maidservants to make chili powder and heat up the water and oil to throw at the Tian Lu Army from above the gate while the healers were in charge of making potions that could deter someone died after extracting deadly poison from the poison division, and for poison to be applied to the swords of the soldiers to make it easier for them to defeat Tian Lu and make the antidote to be minimized on the soldiers so as not to be affected by the poison while trying to buy time as long as possible."

General Yao, General Xuan as well as the other royal guests stared in astonishment at Yiu.

"Well, you are very intelligent, Princess, I have only heard of such a tactic once and never even thought of it while at war.I am very impressed with you, Princess Ying."

General Xuan clapped his hands for a moment at the table with everyone sitting at the table except for Prince Xiao Ce who was still casually sipping warm tea in his cup as if indifferent to their chatter and also do not forget the cold face that is making peace for now.

General Rong wiped the corner of his mouth then immediately made a sound, his face looked like he had been harboring something puzzling for too long until finally decided to ask him directly.

"Daughter, I also want to ask. When you told me to gather a grown man to join the army, you assigned those who could not use weapons to throw a box towards the Tian Lu Troop and the moment they threw that thing came the sound of a loud enough explosion actually what was that thing? Why did I just see it?"

Yiu, "Ah that mmm ... it was an iron box that contained a special powder and a trigger rope that if the trigger rope was pulled or got a strong enough shock then the box would explode by itself in some way time lag."

"What's the name of that thing? Who's creator? Is there any powder that can explode? Is that magic powder, Princess?"

Prince Wu Xiao also took a turn like the others because he also saw for himself how the powder-filled box worked.

"For the name I haven't thought about it. What is clear is that the powder is made from several chemical herbs and after doing some research and experiments finally created a powder that has enough explosive power to reach up to a radius of 1 li (500 feet or half a mile)."

Yiu started to show his smile, he enjoyed the conversation between them even more and forgot his fear of Prince Xiao Ce.

"Princess Ying is indeed a Genius, besides being adept at swordsmanship she is also good at scheming and creating extraordinary items ... it seemed like Emperor Wang in the past had made such an extraordinary devotion that in his current life was blessed the heavens with the presence of an intelligent Princess like this extremely talented Princess Ying."

General Yao praised Princess Ying to the point of making Yiu blush in embarrassment behind the serene look on her face.

"Yes you are right, General, Princess Ying is indeed like the Goddess of the Nine Heavens*."

*The Nine Heavens Goddess (feng shui), goddess of war, goddess of fertility, and goddess of longevity.

"I agree, Princess Ying is indeed a droplet from the Nine Heavens Goddess."

"I agree with you too, Prince."

Prince Huang's voice in reply to the agreed words of the four generals who gathered that night and the whole room that began to put each other down.

"You're too much." Yiu smiled as she lowered her head.

"No, you do deserve that title, Your Excellency the Goddess of the Nine Heavens," said Prince Wu Xiao bowed briefly after returning to drink the wine in his cup.

They went through the night with casual chats and did not forget to spend a jug of wine for themselves until late at night as a result they fell one by one.

Yiu who could not drink too much wine immediately left the royal hall and chose to wander alone down the palace corridor towards the garden in the west of the kingdom which was his favorite place to enjoy the stars.

Yiu stepped towards the towering apple tree among the other trees.

After making sure the surroundings were safe Yiu immediately raised and rolled up his hanfu and prepared to climb up the not-so-high apple tree.

Yiu climbed a tree until he reached a tree branch that was felt strong to withstand the weight of his body.

His right hand reached for the branch and his left hand was still hugging the tree trunk while his right leg was painstakingly reaching for the tree branch so that Yiu could immediately sit there.

However, a face suddenly emerged from the darkness between the tree leaves with a smile expression that even looked terrible, Yiu spontaneously jumped in shock and unconsciously released his embrace on the tree trunk.

Luckily his right hand was still holding on to the branch, Yiu tried to neutralize his heartbeat. The manic slowly glanced back at that face which had already blown his laughter.

"Wu Xiao's? Fuck you!" Yiu cursed in the middle of the event hanging.

"Ahahaha look at your face right now, Ying. Ahahahaha," Prince Wu Xiao's laughter still exploded along with his measured hand to help Yiu ascend.

"Hold my shoulder fast! Or do you just want to fall? It's up to you anyway" said Prince Wu Xiao, holding Yiu's left hand.

Yiu had no other choice so he immediately hugged Wu Xiao's neck but as a result of Wu Xiao's body leaning too forward so that the two fell together with a loud 'thud' sound.

The two fell together with the position of embracing each other and Wu Xiao's body hit the ground first with Yiu on top of it. The two were silent in positions staring at each other and hugging for a while before Wu Xiao finally made a sound first.

'"Oh my precious waist .. aaaa my ribs are broken ah your cool my bones are broken! You have to replace my broken ribs with your ribs ah it hurts so much."

AN: the idiom knows itself yes.

Yiu who heard the crazy ramblings of the mad man before him immediately stepped away from above his body after it checked if there was a broken bone.

Knowing nothing was broken at all, Yiu immediately snapped at the head of Wu Xiao who was still shaking in pain on the ground.

"No need to make a show, let me take you to see the healer" Yiu said as he pulled Wu Xiao's elephant body and wiped it.

"Why are you suddenly in a tree? You surprise me!"

Prince Wu Xiao chuckled, "I've been in that tree. At first I wanted to greet you but you were surprised and made us fall."

Yiu sighed, "You seem to be very free in this palace. Are you the owner of this palace?"

Wu Xiao replied casually, "I was here many times before you were born playing with your two brothers, so you know for yourself the continuation."

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Next day. One by one the allies returned to their respective Kingdoms.

Yiu who had just escorted them home with the two princes returned to his pavilion to rest for a while.

A smooth, flat voice made Yiu stop his quick steps abruptly.

He was well acquainted with that special cold voice, his heart was racing and fear slowly spread throughout his body.

Yiu exhaled a rough breath trying to act calm and then flipped his body towards the direction of the sound.

"Follow me a minute. You too, Huang."

Prince Huang, who had been standing at his place, turned towards Prince Xiao Ce and turned towards Yiu, whose face had begun to pale before nodding and following Prince Xiao Ce.

They finally arrived at the park with a round table and five-piece chairs in the middle of the white, pink, and purple Peony flower garden that spread widely.

Yiu sat between Prince Huang and Prince Xiao Ce. Yiu guessed that Prince Xiao Ce would scold him or punish him for breaking his promise not to use the sword anymore.

Although his face was as calm as water as if he was not afraid of anything but cold sweat pouring down his body.

It feels strange, though, while working in the Army he never once feared anyone nor death until this but why when he saw the cold face of Prince Xiao Ce his courage suddenly turned into a very intense fear.

Is it so scary for Princess Ying Prince Xiao Ce?

Still loyal to his cold voice, Prince Xiao Ce spoke as he glanced at his two younger siblings, "I want to discuss some things with you guys."

"The existence of Father and Mother is not possible to lead the Kingdom for the next few months so that I will temporarily take care of the affairs of the kingdom."

"Is DaGe going to take care of this alone? I can help DaGe if need be," said Prince Huang who made Prince Xiao Ce's forehead wrinkle.

Quiet for a while, Prince Xiao Ce finally opened his mouth, "I can take care of the affairs of the Kingdom myself, I'm used to it but you can still help me. I'm planning on putting you in a watchtower with General Rong .. You can keep an eye on security throughout the Kingdom at Nanjing Supervision Hall."

"Alright DaGe I accept it but what about meimei?"

Yiu who had breathed a sigh of relief from not getting a tantrum from Prince Xiao Ce was again surprised by Prince Huang's words.

"For A-Ying, he'll take care of the palace's harem affairs for a while."

Again Yiu breathed a sigh of relief.

"Well DaGe, is there anything else to talk about?"

"No," said Prince Xiao Ce flatly.

"Alright then I'll be ready to go to Nanjing."

Prince Huang stood up and bowed respectfully to Prince Xiao Ce. Yiu who saw Prince Huang about to leave also immediately stood up and saluted with Prince Huang.

"Wait ...."

As it was about to turn around, suddenly Prince Xiao Ce's voice made them flip over again.

"What's Ge?" ask Prince Huang.

Regardless of what Prince Huang said, Prince Xiao Ce stared intently at Yiu who had been frozen like a statue since when.

"For Princess Ying .. You already know what your mistake was?"

"A ... I .. know," Yiu bowed his head.

"Huang you can go" said Prince Xiao Ce.

"No ge, at that time the situation was very precarious and urgent. A-Ying had no other choice then, after all it was all my fault I should have come faster so A-Ying didn't need to fight with the enemy. Forgive him, Ge," persuaded Prince Huang.

Gaining that, Yiu regained his courage to raise his head then nodded approvingly to Prince Huang.

Prince Xiao Ce lowered his head, "You are not wrong .. I am wrong for not being able to protect you both and it is my fault for not being able to protect my father."

Yiu and Prince Huang stared in disbelief at Prince Xiao Ce.

"I was wrong .. because I you two got hurt and A-Ying had to face such a situation alone ..all my fault forgive me," Prince Xiao Ce said hoarsely.

Yiu, "No DaGe, no one is at fault in this matter so let's assume this is all just the wind then and let's rebuild QiuWang together."

Yiu smiled sweetly, he thought he would be punished but who would have thought if what happened was unexpected.

Prince Xiao Ce looked at his two younger siblings and smiled slightly.

"Thank you."

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One week later ...

Yiu was walking around the palace to carry out his daily duties as a harem supervisor, which was to keep the state of the palace under control.

As he walked he kept thinking about Prince Huang who was in Nanjing for the next 3 months. He feels lonely because there is nothing else he can joke with besides Chichi.

Usually if he was bored he would disguise himself as a soldier and take the archery class of Prince Huang.

Yui smiled as an idea came to her mind, "Why don't I follow Huang Ge to Nanjing alone? Ah but surely Xiao Ge won't let me go .. ahh I'll go quietly, after all it will only take half a day to get there on horseback."

"But what if Huang Ge gets angry later? Ahh bodo time I can reason anything," racau Yiu.

You're smart, too, Yiu. So let's run the plan.

TB

Most chapters than before hoho.2100 huft..

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