CH 122.2

Translator – Xiao He Lian

Chapter 122.2

After finally waiting for General Lin to leave, Wen Chi was about to question Shi Ye carefully but just as General Lin left, Liu De and Liu Shan came in, followed by Shi Ye’s other brothers confidants.

Seeing this, Wen Chi had no choice but to sit back on the couch.

It was not the first time for Wen Chi to hear Shi Ye talking with these confidants but it was the first time he felt that these confidants seemed to be hiding something. Wen Chi didn’t know if it was his illusion but it was as if these confidants were talking between the lines that he could not understand. 

Their conversation lasted for a long time, and Wen Chi felt drowsy while waiting. He wanted to take a nap but he fell asleep without realizing it.

After a long time, Wen Chi was woken up by Xiao Shuanzi.

Wen Chi opened his eyes in a daze and after seeing the face of Xiao Shuanzi clearly in front of him, he snapped awake and immediately sat up from the couch, the blanket covering him sliding down with his movements.

Xiao Shuanzi said: “Young Master Wen, it’s getting late and it’s cold here. If you sleep for a long time, you’ll catch a cold.”

Wen Chi didn’t seem to hear what Xiao Shuanzi was saying, so he asked, “Where’s Shi Ye?”

Xiao Shuanzi has long been used to Wen Chi calling His Highness the Crown Prince by his name so unscrupulously. He said in a soft voice: “Young Master Wen, have you forgotten? The family banquet hosted by Concubine Rong is tonight. His Highness saw that you hadn’t woken up, he had to go there first.”

Oh, right!

There was a family banquet ……

Wen Chi almost forgot about it.

But when he thought about wanting to wait until Shi Ye came back to get an answer, Wen Chi felt that his breath was stuck in his throat and he couldn’t swallow it down.

And he was a little uncomfortable, there was a bad feeling hovering in his heart like a cold rattlesnake. And as time went by, the bad feeling became more and more intense, even though he didn’t know exactly what the feeling was or where it came from.

Wen Chi returned to the chambers under Xiao Shuanzi’s persuasion, facing a table full of food, he had no appetite at all.

Not only the painting, but also the unusual attitudes of Liu De and Liu Shan and the others this afternoon had made him feel a deep sense of unease.

Why did General Lin come to Shi Ye suddenly?

There were also Liu De, Liu Shan and others, who were obviously hiding something from Wen Chi…

The more Wen Chi thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong. He began to recall the plot of the original novel. Ever since reality deviated from the plot setting of the original novel, he rarely thought back to those.

Although he doesn’t quite remember the details of the following plots, he still clearly remembers some major events that are about to happen—such as the emperor’s death within half a month after the family banquet.

On the day of the emperor’s death, there was chaos in the palace, with forces fighting to death for the throne.

In fact, Shi Ye’s succession to the throne was not smooth, his disability and cruelty have laid too many hidden dangers for him, and so many people are eyeing him to take away the throne that belonged to him.

However, Shi Ye was not the hero of the original novel, so the author did not describe the process of Shi Ye’s succession in detail but only told readers in a few words——Shi Ye was besieged by many people and almost lost his life, or but Shi Jin gave Shi Ye a hand and stood firmly on his side in the time of danger.

It is precisely because Shi Jin helped Shi Ye when he succeeded to the throne and later when Shi Yeen took revenge and intended to kill Shi Jin and Wen Liang, countless readers scolded him. In the end, Shi Ye was overthrown and died in a tragic way. But the readers in the comment area complained that the author made Shi Ye’s death too easy.

The family banquet is tonight, which means…the emperor will die within half a month and Shi Ye’s life may be in danger.

Although Shi Jin can save Shi Ye, Wen Chi is not sure that the current Shi Jin is still the Shi Jin in the original novel and with Concubine Rong as an unpredictable bomb, Wen Chi really does not dare to pin his hopes on Shi Jin.

Wen Chi was in a turmoil and had already forgotten about the painting. He must save Shi Ye’s life, even if he didn’t want the throne, at least he should live first.

Fortunately, he still has time, about half a month. He needs to recall the plot of the original novel more carefully.

After Wen Chi comforted himself, he gradually loosened his clenched hands, only to find that the palms of his hands were covered with sweat.

He wiped the sweat from his palms with a handkerchief, and was about to ask the little eunuch outside to prepare hot water for bathing. As soon as he got up, he saw Xiao Shuanzi rushing in from outside.

“Young Master Wen!” Xiao Shuanzi’s face turned pale and he shouted in a high-pitched voice, “Something big happened, Young Master Wen!”

Wen Chi was taken aback by Xiao Shuanzi’s flustered appearance and hurried to meet him: “What happened?”

“Emperor, His Majesty…” Xiao Shuanzi said in a trembling voice, “The Emperor has passed away…”

When Wen Chi heard these words, his mind exploded. 

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Not long ago, in the imperial garden.

Crowds of court ladies and eunuchs knelt on the ground tremblingly, tables and chairs were kicked over and the dishes prepared for the family banquet were scattered all over the place.

Concubine Rong sat in the highest position, surrounded by heavily armed guards, her expression was cold and her calm eyes looked straight ahead.

Right in front of her was Shi Ye who was guarded by Eunuch Zhu and others.

“Good for you, Shi Ye, you also have the blood of the Hua family in your body, yet you have done such a cruel thing, are you worthy of the Hua family?! Are you worthy of your dead mother?!” The Grand Princess was in front of Concubine Rong, her beautiful face was devastated and fierce as she pointed her sword at Shi Ye, “If I had known you were such an ambitious person, I would not have left you alive ten years ago!”

Shi Ye was not annoyed at being pointed at by the Grand princess with a sword. Instead, he smiled gently at her, but the smile at the corner of his mouth did not reach his eyes at all: “Grand princess, since you have become a member of the Hua family, what qualifies you to come to the family banquet tonight?”

“You…” The Grand princess choked on Shi Ye’s words. Her face turned green to pale, and finally she was covered by grief and anger, “Even if I got married, I am still a member of the royal family and I am not a ruthless person like you. I am not ruthless enough to kill the clan members of the same blood!”

Shi Ye said: “Grand Princess, words should be based on evidence.”

“The eyes of our Hua family are the evidence and the corpses of our dead fellow clan are the evidence. They all died at your hands. So many of our Hua family saw it with their own eyes. Could it be fake?!” The Grand princess couldn’t bear it and her eyes turned red.

She didn’t dare to recall the scene she saw when she returned the next day. There were so many corpses lying side by side in the open space and the blood all over the ground had already been dried by the cold wind and covered in white snow.

The image stung her eyes like needles.

She couldn’t imagine why Shi Ye had such a heart to kill those people, they were all from their Hua family!