Chapter 18: Critical

*At Volcano Valley*

"See what did I tell you, are plan so far was successful hahaha!" "As goody goody Xioasha is, she couldn't get out of this." Yuan

Beihe toasts to a drink. "Here, in our success." "Mm." Weiyoung agrees. "Now it'll be easier to kill her and find an excuse." "Now no one will stand in the way of me and Xiao'yuer." "Xioasha it's seems that you haven't won this round."

*At Feng Palace*

"Young master, word went around that last night at the party, princess Xioasha killed Touba Jun's sister, Li Changru." A servant says. "What?" Xiao'yuer starts to grow anxious. "Do you know where she's at now?"

"Yes, I've heard Touba Jun is keeping her Imprisoned." Without further discussion Xioa'yuer took off. "Young master wait!"

"It's impossible, Xioasha wouldn't do such a thing, no it wasn't her something is wrong."

"Touba Jun! Touba Jun!" Xiao'yuer yells at the front gate of his manor. "Come out!" Time went by a few minutes to say and Touba Jun

still hasn't come out. "Break in." Xioa'yuer ordered a few guards and Zhang Liang his personal guard. "Yes." Not even a minute wasted the front gate was torn open and guards formed an army marching in. "Touba Jun" Xioa'yuer calls for the third time, but this time he answers. "If you here for Xioasha which you are I refuse to let her go."

Touba Jun's appearance changed dramatically. He looks so different when he's angry more less of a human and more like a wolf. His clothes still are royalty but ragged and his face paler than white sand. "Look at you, so devastated." Xioa'yuer says. "Well, if it wasn't for your fiancé murdering my sister this would have never happened." "Why would Xioasha ever murder you sister? How?"

Touba Jun looks at Xioa'yuer in disbelief and sadness. "You think I don't believe Xioasha?"

Touba Jun says. "If you did she wouldn't be lock up in your prison right now!" "What evidence do she have to prove she's innocent!!" Touba Jun yells back. "The hairpin that was mercilessly stabbed in my sister is her's Xioa'yuer."

"My Young master is just asking you to investigate this matter a little bit more, your highness." Zhang Liang pleads to Touba Jun.

"Fine, do as you wish if you find evidence that she's innocent tell me." "Sure." With that being said Xioa'yuer leaves.

*Wolf Clan Prison*

"Young lady, you've been getting weaker, please eat something." Misa brings a bowl of soup to Xioasha's mouth. "You eat." Xiaosha pushes the bowl of soup to Misa. "But-" Misa continues but was once again stopped. "I'm fine you don't have to worry about me." Xiaosha's voice was low but filled with gentleness at the same time. Xiaosha knew she couldn't hide the pain from Misa but she still tried. "I don't understand My lady, this makes no sense how would you kill miss Changru?" *sigh* "Your right the whole thing happened in one blink, what's scarier is that there were no flaws in their plan."

"My lady, do you think miss Changru's fiancée

had something to do with this." When Misa mentioned him Xiaosha rolls her eyes. "That sick bastard tried to molest me." "What!!?" In a hurry Misa checks all over her body for any wounds. "I'm fine Misa, at that time thats when i heard the scream from the maid." "Maid?" misa asks. "At that moment I wasn't really thinking about that maid but now something feels off about her." Misa scoots closer to Xioasha to listen more intensely. "Touba Jun told me that the upstairs was restricted and nobody was allowed up there." Misa gasps in realization.

"That's right! I had to use the bathroom so I tried to go upstairs but the guard blocked the way, but I was able to see a little bit past him and I saw that maid!"

"But maybe she allowed the maid past to clean some rooms?" Xiaosha shakes her head. "Could be but the party just started why would the maid be cleaning already?" The jail doors opened and the guards moved aside. It startled Misa so Xioasha pushed her to the back of the room. Touba Jun came at Xioasha with force. "How dare you kill my sister I will make you confess!" Ice Resorts are much more skilled in martial arts then some of the Clans. With a quick move Xioasha was able to dislocate Touba Jun's wrist and pin his legs down, limiting his movements. But some how one of his hands got free and grabbed a silver needle from his pocket and cut Xioasha's side with it. Causing her to stumble back. "My lady!" Misa catches Xioasha before she falls. The guards came rushing in grabbing Xioasha. "Take her and give her fifty floggings!" "No!" Misa blocked Xioasha and tried to push the guards off of her but couldn't. "My lady!"

*Feng Palace*

*sigh* "Why did she go to that party in the first place?" Xioa'yuer stressfully searched through 10 scrolls and papers about all the suspected guests that talked to Li Changru at that time. "Young master." Xhang Liang greets Xioa'yuer. "What's is it?" "There's news that Touba Jun injured lady Xioasha and punished her with fifty floggings, and it will be in public at Central Hall." "What!"

*Ice Resorts*

"They've taken things too far, they have no right to capture the princess.!" The citizens of Ice Resorts rioted all evening, while Aunt Xinlan worries about Xioasha. After all she is Xioasha's aunt, but only one person can get

Xioasha out of this situation and Aunt knew who that was.

*Feng Palace*

"Dong Hua." Xioa'yuer shows a confused expression at Aunt Xinlan. "Dong Hua is Xiaosha's brother." She continues. "Even though she doesn't remember him, he will do anything to help her. "Her memories of him are a little vague . But she will remember. Because he was born way before her. He had to go away.

"This causes fights between my sister and her husband, later that year he proposed a marriage for Dong Hua and he moved to the

Western Sea Clan, that was the same day he would come back home. "When he heard Xioasha was born he went to go see her but then the fire started. Then when I took Xioasha away he met up with us, and offered us to stay at Western Sea." "Those days were so fun for Xioasha." Xioa'yuer was focused inside of Aunt Xinlan's story he didn't have a choice now whether to believe it or not. "Well we don't have much time where can we find him now?" "Will he really help?"

"We don't have to do anything." "What?" Xiao'yuer leans in. "How come?" "Because.

He already knows."