THE TROUBLEMAKERS

"Fu Wang!"

"Your Highness!"

They were all now busy supporting Zhu Su. Meanwhile, Zhu Su held his left hand and foot, his mind was full of annoyance, as well as worry.

"According to Physician Li's diagnosis, there is blood stagnation in the meridian of your left limbs. He has given you treatment, however, the reaction won't be fast," Hu Nayin explained.

"Oh, I see... but it means that I will be alright... Okay then, I will bear this pain." Zhu Su pushed himself on, now tried to rise from the bed.

Hu Nayin quickly held Zhu Su's arm. "Your Highness, you are still not in good health, don't push yourself, just have a rest..."

"I can't, Nayin. As a physician, you should know very well that this condition will get more severe if I only rest in bed without moving my body. If I want to recover my vigor, then I must move my body!" Ignoring Hu Nayin's advice, Zhu Su still pushed himself to go out.

Having no other choice, Hu Nayin helped Zhu Su walk out. She held her hands tightly to his body since she worried that Zhu Su would fall down if she was half-hearted in supporting him.

"How do I return here, Nayin?" Walking leisurely in the garden, Zhu Su asked Hu Nayin.

"That... The Emperor brought you here..."

"Ah, I get it... but, where is he right now?"

"The Emperor has returned to Yingtian. He said that there is an urgent problem he must quickly solve, so he must return without taking care of you."

Zhu Su stunned. He remembered the mysterious evil voice at the destructed Yellow River area who tried to disrupt their sibling relationship.

"Anyway... did the Emperor say something about me?"

Hu Nayin tried to remember. "Nothing special... he just told us to take good care of you, and after that, he went to Yingtian..." Finding that Zhu Su appeared to be worried, fear also began to creep Hu Nayin. "Something wrong happens, Your Highness?"

"That..." Zhu Su sighed, then told everything he experienced to Hu Nayin.

"My goodness, Your Highness! It's very dangerous! If the Emperor misunderstands it, he will get angry with you... and... and... perhaps the Politics of Xuefan can recur..." Hu Nayin screamed in horror.

"That is what I am worried. Besides, when I wake him up, as well as passing the arid desert together with him, the pain I must endure was so severe it made me careless and called him "Brother Di" while I was supposed to call him "His Majesty"... God knows what he thinks about me..."

Sadness clouded Zhu Su's features as he said so. Hu Nayin was so touched she immediately hugged him tightly.

"Nayin!..." Zhu Su was very surprised at Hu Nayin's sudden hug.

"Your Highness... please let go of your worries. I am only a woman, but I will do my very best to protect you. I won't let any bad person touch you, not in the slightest!"

Hu Nayin tightened her hug, as if she wanted to prove her sincerity. And her sincerity was so vivid it led Zhu Su to hug her back.

"Nayin... thank you very much... but, it is me who should protect you. It is indeed my duty - as a man - that I have to protect my family, so I can't be a coward like this," Zhu Su said gently. "But... such a great blessing for me to have you as my life partner. You are so nice, Nayin... you are the greatest godsend I have in my life. I should thank Heaven because of having you."

"Your Highness, it is me who must thank Heaven! Heaven is so kind to me by bringing me together with you! You are Fan Wang, but you are willing to accept me - this nonentity - to be Wang Fei... the one who must thank Heaven, is me!"

Zhu Su beamed. He tightened his hug for Hu Nayin. "Okay... Nayin... I won't get worried anymore... won't agonize anymore... anything can happen, even the worst one... but despite everything, I still have you, as the source of my strength... To keep living in this world resolutely!"

The autumn breeze blew gently. The flowers were swaying, waving to and fro, and so were the leaves. As if they were performing an enchanting dance. The time seemingly stopped here. Yet, Zhu Su hoped so much that the time could really stop at this time. Thence, no need for him to overthink about how he should face with his brother, or about the country or the government or other sh*t mortal realm's problems...

Oh Heaven, if only you allow the time to stop here, and nothing will change... forever... if only you allow it to happen...

***

From afar, lots of people watched Zhu Di carried the fainted Zhu Su towards Kaifeng Palace with great interests. They were no other than Rumilie, accompanied by lots of people totaling around fifties.

Rumilie cursed in anger.

"Teacher is right, anyway... the only-once-implemented Stratagem of Sowing Dissension is useless, that's why we have to repeat it so many times to get the result we want. Yongle Emperor still loves his brother!"

"Hahaha! It's you who never learn well, you idiot! If you can defeat the Ming Emperor and Prince at last, then it's all because you are lucky!" One of Rumilie's cronies pushed Rumilie's head roughly, mocked him.

The other replied, "However, we have managed to make an accurate calculation based on Teacher's Astrology Calendar stating that today the Yellow River will overflow and flood, accompanied by a large number of pitch-dark clouds and booming thunder. The Emperor will assume that it is all because Heaven is angry."

"Yeah... but at least Zhou Wang has been severely injured, it has given me much pleasure! What we've done is not useless, after all!" Rumilie smiled happily.

Apparently, it was Rumilie who had caused the flood. He was also the one who said the hate speech and slandered Zhu Su about his motivation in writing Pu Ji Fang. Nevertheless, to calculate accurately the time when the flood would occur was not an easy job. Rumilie must ask for help from his seniors and colleagues of the dark cult, he even must humble himself contemptuously, as well as promised them wealth and power if they succeeded in helping him. That was why they were willing to give help, including calculating the moment when the flood would occur and fiddling with the flood, so that the disaster Zhu Su and Zhu Di must deal was as destructive as they hoped.

But Rumilie had no regret for all this. Because he was truly determined to avenge his dead master - Xie Wang.