Trick and Frame
A couple of days passed in peace.
Feng Wu nowadays is recuperation and did not go out. She sat in the chaise near the window and read a book. Xiao Li walk into the bedroom saw that Feng Wu was so engrossed in the book that she hears her footsteps.
" Young miss. Here the lotus honey tea." Xiao Li put it on the small side table.
" How was the investigate?" Feng Wu asks when she glances at the hot tea.
" I ask around and know that today second miss will go to the palace. She got invited by her aunt."
"Hmm." Feng Wu thought.
' It seems like Feng Wei Wei falls in love with the fourth prince already. In her previous life, Feng Wei Wei disfigures her face because of her jealousy when Feng Wei Wei told her that she seduce the fourth prince. But she never remembers when she met the fourth prince. It seems like she needs to investigate deeper. This time she, Feng Wu will destroy Feng Wei Wei love life. It seems like she needs to meet the fourth prince.'
Xiao Li saw Feng Wu look in a daze as her hand kept tracing the tea png then she saw the hot teacup fall.
" Young miss!" Xiao Li yells.
Feng Wu snaps out of her mind when the hot tea splashes her hand.
" Young miss! Are you okay?! OMG, your hand got burned! Let me go get the ointment cream."
Feng Wu looks at her hand that got burned by the hot tea and now it turning red. She feels like this is how her heartfelt now. She wants to burn everything with her.
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Yan Empire.
In the big palace, there are servants cleaning and bodyguards stand on each side of the palaces. The palaces are somewhat similar to Wang Empire but the colors and atmosphere are different. The dark gold palaces with dark black roofs give off an elegant aura but the atmosphere is gloomy with the dark cloud covering the empire.
In a Lotus palace, there stands a man in his 40's wearing a black Shenyi with a golden yellow dragon embroidered on each side of the long sleeve. He also has a large loose dark red outer coat. His hair is combe into a bun on top of his head wearing a gold coronet crown. He looks at the green jade on his hand, tracing the dragon that craves on even though it lost the other half.
He still remembers that his wife took the other half when they got ambushed and ran away. His wife is pregnant for two to three months but he can't protect her. Its been so many years, he tried to find her but there was no news at all. He could only pray every day for his wife and unborn child.
" Royal father." Said in a deep voice.
The Yan emperor snaps out of his mind and turns to look at the voice.
"Cheung." Emperor Yan sighs at his son's cold expression.
Ever since his wife, the empress Mu Luwei gone, his two sons blame him and would always have cold eyes and expressions on him. Emperor Yan looks at his youngest son, now he has grown up into a man. Even his age is young but when he wore a dark red Shenyi with his hair combed up, tied with a golden honeycomb-style coronet crown. His youngest has a sword eyebrow with a high bridge nose and red lips. His eyes are like his wife's eyes. Now he already gives off a dark aura even though his youngest son is now only 12 years old. After his wife's disappearance, his youngest start to act more mature than he thought. He follows his older son's attitude too. Every time, he would feel pain in his heart when he thought about how he couldn't protect his woman.
" It seems that we need to attack the Wang empire this time. They have some spies in our palaces." Yan Cheung said.
" Did you already interrogate the spy?"
" Yes. It seems like there is something going on in the Wang empire. So I think we should conquer some of their city."
" Okay, since you are the general so talk to your brother before you make the decision."
Yan Cheung salutes and turns to walk out.
" Cheung. Do you still blame me for your mother's disappearance?"
" Scoff... Why would I blame royal father when you can't even protect yourself." Yan Cheung walks out without looking back.
Eunuch Yi looks worried at emperor Yan.
" Your majesty, are you okay? Let me call for the doc---."
" No. I'm fine. I just want to rest now." Emperor Yan cut off eunuch Yi's sentence and sighs softly.
"Okay." Eunuch Yi salutes and walks out with the servants.
" Luwei, where are you? Do you know our sons have grown up now? I miss you so much." Emperor whispers softly as his tears fall down to the green jade pendant.
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Yan Cheung walks out of the Lotus Courtyard and pauses his step. He turns to look at the sign. He still remembers when his mother was pregnant, his mother want to give this courtyard to the unborn baby. He was really happy when he knew his mother was pregnant and even help to prepare this courtyard but in the end, his mother is gone with the unborn child. No one knows where they are or are they alive or dead. He could not bear to think about it.
Yan Cheung went toward the hall to the existing gate and saw the Noble lady and the princess.
" Hello, Second prince." Noble Lady and Yan ChangChang greet Yan Cheung.
Yan Cheung never gives a face to any of his father's concubines so he just walks past them without looking or nodding.
When Yan Cheung is gone, Princess ChangChang who wears a pink tryst Hanfu dress with a short coat on top stomps her feet as she glares angrily at the existing.
"It's okay. Why are you angry? There is nothing to worry about the second prince." Noble Lady who wears a white and green tryst Hanfu dress with a green slash consoles her 5 years old daughter.
Noble lady has her hair all gathered to tied to a bun on top of her head with hairpin of white flower and tassel on one side. Princess ChangChange has her hair rolled into two buns on each side of her head and tied with pink strings.
" Hmphs. Mother, I just don't like him. He is a bad person." Princess ChangChang said in a childish voice.
" Okay. Let go. Later on, mother will make some sweet for you okay."
" Okay." Princess ChangChang smiling.
Noble Lady thought of the second prince's expression and attitude, she didn't care much or scare but when she thought about the first prince she shudders because the first prince would always be politeness toward them but he is more ruthless than the second prince. She saw how he kill the enemies and some of the servants when crossing his bottom line.
She doesn't want anything as long her daughter gets married to a prince then she would be satisfied. She couldn't give birth to a son but she did adopt a son for her use.
They walk toward the Lotus Courtyard with maidservants following.
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Yan Cheung went out of the palace and went to his big brother, Yan Chen's palaces. The bodyguard salutes the second prince as he walks into the palaces.
" Where is my big brother?" Yan Cheung ask the guards.
" Respond to the second prince, the first prince is in his study room."
Yan Cheung walk to Yan Chen's study room and saw Yan Chen write something on the desk. Yan Chen wears a dark blue Shenyi with a cloud and dragon embroidered on the back and sleeves. His hair is combe into a bun on top of his head wearing a golden coronet crown. Yan Chen looks mature but his face still looks like the age of 14 to 15 years old. His face looks similar to emperor Yan more than Yan Cheung's face but he also has eyes similar to their empress mother.
Yan Cheung calls out.
"Brother."
" Hmm?" Yan Chen did not raise his head as he answer.
"I catch some spy from Wang empire in our palaces."
Yan Chen's hand paused as his pen brush drips black ink to the paper. He looks up to Yan Cheung.
" It seems like we need to visit the Wang empire."
" Big brother, what are you doing?"
" I was drawing." Yan Chen put down the brush and went to sit at the chair to drink tea.
Yan Cheun follows Yan Chen to sit and drink tea and eat the pastry cake. He glance at the drawing, it seem like it was a woman's face but the ink destroyed the facial so he could not see clearly.
" Did you go to see father? Why are you looking annoying?"
" Tsk. Do you know I saw Noble lady and her daughter on the way? It ruins my mood."
" Oh." Yan Chen raises his eyebrow looking at Yan Cheung.
" Your hot temper and emotion, you need to control more. You are a prince, not just a general." Yan Chen said in a deep voice.
Yan Cheung shudder when he heard his big brother's words.