Chapter 109

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Yeah, life is really like a play. Was about to click ‘post’ but then my stomach hurts so much I had to go to the toilet first even though it’s already this late.

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Chapter 109 – Life is Like a Play

It was night time.

After taking a bath, Chu Xun went to the front palace. His outer clothes didn’t tie properly, half-revealing the golden inner clothes. Adding with that wet hair, if anyone came across an ugly person with such appearance, that person would be labelled as a pervert. While Chu Xun looked so nice, in such casual look, a mere thought of this would remind others of a lotus flower breaking the water surface[1], a feast for the eyes.

The scheming Emperor intentionally flaunt his own sexiness and ** in front of Mei Qian Deng. How could female warrior Mei’s mind be like normal people? She didn’t even bat an extra eye at all with a calm face. Chu Xun secretly felt angry with Mei Qian Deng but he still appeared steadfast on the surface.

“Come here, help zhen dry the hair.”

Mei Qian Deng obediently took a dry towel and came over to wipe.

Chu Xun sat in front of the bronze mirror. He peeked at Mei Qian Deng behind him. Female warrior Mei was single-minded as she did her work. Her hand movements were exceptionally careful. She thought if she accidentally broke a strand of the Emperor’s hair, eight out of ten he would be sad, would be angry and would make her pay.

“The water has dripped inside the clothes.” Chu Xun naturally pulled his inner clothes lower, revealing his sexy collarbones and the indistinct two pectoral muscles further down. He pointed at his collarbones and earnestly said, “Look at this, hurry up and wipe off the water for zhen.”

Mei Qian Deng, “……”

After the towel wiping, the scheming Emperor seemed to have forgotten to pull back his clothes.

During spring, the weather was gradually warming up, so the braziers around the room had already been removed. Mei Qian Deng kindly reminded, “Your Majesty, the nights right now are still cold. Be careful of catching a cold.”

Oh, she did realise he wore less.

Chu Xun straightened his neck, “Zhen is a young and vigorous young man. How can zhen catch a cold?” He opened his clothes at the waist in a huff, showing off his chest. These two years he had diligently trained nonstop. Towards his figure, he was very confident of it.

The incense burner was wafting with ambergris smell. It was said that medically ambergris had aiding manhood effect. Probably because of this that Chu Xun sulkily sat, his whole body was uncomfortable. He kept feeling a formless energy unable to be released, suppressed until his teeth were aching.

“Mei Qian Deng,” he seldom called female warrior Mei’s full name calmly.

Mei Qian Deng who initially stood slackly instantly straightened her body upon hearing Chu Xun’s call, being disciplined as she waited.

Chu Xun said, “Do you want to annul the engagement with Zhao family?”

“I want.”

“Zhen has a way that can fulfil your wish. Do you want zhen to help you?”

Mei Qian Deng frowned, “Will Your Majesty’s way make me jump from a fire pit to another fire pit[2]?

“Ha!” To cover the fact she got it right, Chu Xun loudly laughed, “Do you think zhen is someone who drop stones on people who has fallen into a well[3]?”

“Hmm……” Mei Qian Deng couldn’t be sure.

“Plus, is there other situation far worse than your current situation?”

Thinking back how Senior Official Song described Mei Qian Deng’s situation, female warrior Mei was silent. It was indeed the worst.

Chu Xun turned around. Seeing her conflicted due to the current situation, he felt a twinge of guilt. “If you keep wiping like this, you will have to wipe until zhen attend the morning court tomorrow.” He took away the towel in Mei Qian Deng’s hand and hastily wiped around. He then tossed around with strength, turning himself into a mini lion[4]. The messy hair coincidently concealed his handsome face. “Mei Qian Deng, will you blame zhen? If zhen didn’t insist of stopping you from leaving, Zhao Mo Ran would not be forced to ask for the marriage.”

Female warrior Mei had always been a kind young girl. “I never think of it like that. Your Majesty don’t have to worry too much.”

“Zhen want to……” help you annul the engagement!

“But if Your Majesty feels sorry, letting me leave the palace now is very good too. Hmm? What does Your Majesty try to say just now?”

Chu Xun’s handsome face was completely black, “Go, zhen want to retire for the night.”

Mei Qian Deng blinked. Your Majesty, you’re always like this changing mood so suddenly. There is no preparation against it at all. Chu Xun with that messy hair seemed like he had exploded. He angrily stood up and pushed Mei Qian Deng outside. While pushing, he mumbled, “Mei Qian Deng, just wait for the annulment. Zhen will make Zhao Mo Ran that guy can’t say no!”

Bang——door closed.

Achoo——! Someone sneezed loudly inside.

Mei Qian Deng turned her body around and saw Sha Fu still tied outside at the corridor, its tail wagging wildly and its tongue stuck outside as it barked, “Woof, woof!”

The next day during the morning court.

The Emperor with exquisite acting skills took out that Yue Family’s Casting Record in front of all the officials, bringing back the case in which the whole Yue family from Lu Ming Mountain was massacred into the court.

“Come, all aiqing, zhen today will investigate the reason Yue family was massacred and killed by who.”

The officials kept silent. Most of them were confused. They didn’t understand why the Emperor put so much effort for this old case.

“Does the Ministry of Justice have a record of this case?”

The Minister of Justice couldn’t read the Emperor’s mind. He quivered and falteringly answered, “Replying to Your Majesty, Yue family’s case happened around seven or eight years ago. Because the method used was extremely abominable, this official has some impression about this case. That time we worked together with the Martial Arts Alliance Leader to investigate it. It was concluded as a revenge murder from jianghu with the murder has yet to be arrested so the case remained unsolved.”

Chu Xun ‘oh’ once. He raised his voice and called to those lower ranks at the back, “Is Zhao aiqing here?”

Those who surnamed Zhao raised their head but didn’t dare to voice out.

It was the Grand Chancellor who cleared it, “Your Majesty, are you referring to Zhao Mo Ran, Young Magistrate Zhao?”

“Where is he?”

The Minister of Rites behind him said, “Your Majesty, Young Magistrate Zhao had been transferred to another post at the Ministry of Rites as senior official yesterday. He’s in charge of collecting the items for the Great Spring Ceremony and already left the capital.”

The scheming Emperor pretended to realise, “Oh~”.

“Zhen at first planned to let Zhao aiqing recount this case. But, it’s fine. Zhen will say it personally instead.”

Chu Xun’s suppressed anger for a night dissipated a bit after hearing Zhao Mo Ran had left the capital to collect items. He omitted the details how he caught Qing Yi. He only revealed his subordinates surprisingly found this secret casting book from Yue family. With such single clue, they investigated until they found out a shocking past!

“Grand Chancellor, come here. Read it out to everyone the last section of the nameless sword’s origin.”

Mei gonggong these two days didn’t attend the court. It was the old eunuch, Xiao gonggong who act for her. Xiao gonggong was always smiling. When he passed the book to the Grand Chancellor, the Grand Chancellor felt uneasy. He greatly feared being tricked by the young Emperor. It was not just once he had suffered because of the young Emperor. He was far harder to handle than the late Emperor.

The Grand Chancellor recited carefully, his speech much slower, “With years of experience in casting swords, I believed a sword is a first-class excellent product when one go back to the basic. A simple and general one, can be made two with one and four with two. Everyone should be able to use it instead of being an exclusive one and only. Hence, went to cast swords in seclusion to pursue the method to promote swords among the common ones. Later on a particular day, my friend Prince Chen brought some Chun Yang Spring Water from Mei Zi River Islet at Jing Yang Mountain. Using this water to cool down the bronze sword and repeated forging, this nameless sword was created. Cutting through iron as if it were mud, it’s a supreme one among the swords.”

Finished reciting, the Grand Chancellor seemed to have caught the main point. This was still related to the Mei family, it looked like the Emperor had hardened his mind to protect that influential person from Mei family. Yet, the Grand Chancellor felt he didn’t catch anything. Using this thing and Yue family’s case, what story he could make?

“Done reciting?”

The Grand Chancellor returned the book to Xiao gonggong, “Your Majesty, done reciting.”

“Does Grand Chancellor have any to say?”

The great Grand Chancellor’s eyebrows twitched. This…… “Oh! This official has never thought, the Chun Yang Spring Water from Mei Zi River Islet has this sort of amazing effect! All these times, this official only heard drinking the Chun Yang Spring Water will guarantee one to have a son. That year……” Her Majesty Empress Dowager went there too, only then there is the future Emperor!

The dragon groaned, “Hmm?”

The smart Grand Chancellor bit his tongue and changed, “Sadly that year Mei Zi River Islet had been burned down completely. The Chun Yang Spring Water burned upon contacting the fire. That scene was very stunning. Now, it was as if frozen by ice, the rocks at the bed were covered in a layer of weird white frost that no one can touch it.”

Chu Xun was still satisfied with the Grand Chancellor’s words. He did went sideway but the points were mentioned. Chu Xun then added, “Swords casted with the Chun Yang Spring Water added in the process will be multiple times harder and sharper. It’s a pity this sword has yet to appear in public when Yue family was completely killed. Minister of Justice, do you think there is a connection between the two and if there is any suspicious one?”

Seriously, this suggestion of the Emperor was blatantly clear. This whole case involved three parties, one was the Yue family which got annihilated so they were naturally not the killer. The second one was Mei family from Mei Zi River Islet which got a reverse edict from the Emperor a few years ago. If they were the killer then it would be slapping the Emperor’s face.

The Minister of Justice only followed Chu Xun’s intention as he solemnly replied, “If we’re looking from this record in the book alone, Prince Chen is the most suspicious one……”

“Oh, then summon Prince Chen to here. We’ll hold a tribunal at here.”

……

Prince Chen was escorted by armed guards inside. His face was pasted with a crazy smile. The officials hadn’t seen this Prince for a long time ever since the late Emperor decreed to be imprisoned inside the Cold Palace forever. He had gotten thinner. He looked like even if he was the one who threw and broke the pot yet no one could do anything against him.

Some said the late Emperor didn’t do it out of mercy. Not killing was not a favour. Death was just a moment of breathing one’s last while living was a longer period of torture.

“This place is very bustling. Is Xun er trying to embarrass Imperial Uncle in front of so many people? This Prince is not afraid though.” Prince Chen should be already crazy right? Many of them guessed so.

Chu Xun let the Minister of Justice recounted the brutal case of Yue family from Lu Ming Mountain and the nameless sword section in the Yue Family’s Casting Record before asking Prince Chen if he had anything to say.

Prince Chen chuckled and lightly said, “Oh, Yue family. They’re killed by this Prince. This Prince let Yue family and Mei family cooperate to cast the sword. One part will be sold off to the smaller countries for food, one part will be divided to this Prince’s army to be used during revolt. What a pity, most jianghu people don’t understand the favour. Those two families are unwilling to help this Prince. Things that this Prince can’t get, no one can think of getting them. This Prince sent assassins to kill the whole Yue family. As for Mei family……Old Master Mei has quite an ability to trick this Prince instead. You all saw it too.”

Chu Xun smirked, “Imperial Uncle is quite honest now. Why didn’t you say this matter earlier?”

The whole Chu family members were superb actors. Prince Chen laughed at the sky and started to go insane, “Why should this Prince tell you all? Heh, so what if this Prince tell you? Can you kill this Prince?” He pointed at the Minister of Justice, then the Grand Chancellor. “Or you will kill instead?” The officials lowered their head in succession, they didn’t dare to meet Prince Chen’s eyes. They only heard Prince Chen boastfully laughed, “All of you can’t kill this Prince! The late Emperor prohibited all of you from killing this Prince, hahahaha!”

Chu Xun waved his hand, signalling the imperial guards to take away Prince Chen.

He had a face with bitter hatred.

“Minister of Justice, can this case considered close?”

The Minister of Justice answered with a yes.

“Prince Chen’s actions were too evil. Due to the late Emperor’s decree, he will not be punished by death. By living, it is harder to escape the blame. He will have to copy scriptures forever for the innocent lives. Although the Yue family from Lu Ming Mountain skills had been lost, their spirit will live on. Thankfully, their patriarch’s youngest son escaped alive. He was adopted by the Grand Princess. From now on, he will be conferred the Loyal and Radiant Sword Marquis Yue and inherit the Grand Princess’ land; Mei family has countless meritorious deeds for the jianghu and imperial court. They will be conferred as Duke of the Nation and inherit the one mansion at Qi Yang City without receiving salary from the imperial court; furthermore, five years ago Mei Qian Deng had done good deed protecting Sword Marquis Yue and will be awarded a nine dragon golden medal.”

……it was soundless.

“Do all aiqing have other idea?”

You’re the Emperor, what you say is the ultimate one. “Long live Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty.”

[1] A Chinese idiom, depicting a beautiful woman.

[2] A Chinese idiom. Jumping into a fire pit means falling into a terrible situation. Jumping from one to another fire pit means escaping a terrible problem only to encounter another one.

[3] Another idiom. Means, to hit someone when he’s down.

[4] Basically, messy hair.

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