248 Her Coldness as Hatred

“I didn’t tell anyone in the palace,” Yuze stated. “Only her family knew about the prophecy when I visited Xinshui after her birth,” Yuze asserted.

“Her father mentioned that someone from the palace was after Li Hua’s life,” Lóng Wei said. Yuze was perplexed to hear him. He never told anyone in the palace about Li Hua, then how did this person find out?

“Are you sure you never discussed this in the palace? A year ago, everything started. Li Hua’s father was in trouble because his daughter’s life was at stake. That’s why he decided to go for an arranged marriage for Li Hua. Had he known that the meeting with the Shui family was also a part of the plan, they would have been alive,” Lóng Wei stated and fisted his palms.

“What if Xu Guang Li told someone in the palace!?” Yuze jumped at a possibility.

“He cannot do that. He didn’t like that your prophecy included me. He never wanted Li Hua to marry me,” Lóng Wei said. “Also, why didn’t this person stop my marriage? Everyone easily agreed when I got married to Li Hua,” he murmured.

“No one in the palace knew Li Hua by face. Because Li Hua was hardly exposed to the outside world. She remained within those four walls of her residence. Prince Lóng Wei knows it better,” Yuze opined.

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“Shui Xiaoqing didn’t tell the name until the end. I think my threat did not work on him. The person whom he worked for, might have offered him something bigger,” he asserted.

Yuze caressed his beard and asked Lóng Wei to return to the palace. “You shouldn’t be angry at the present moment. Anger will block your mind, thus stopping you from thinking about all the possibilities,” Yuze suggested.

“Yuze, what if this enemy tried to harm Li Hua? What should I do?” Lóng Wei asked.

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“The Prince can always be on alert. Also, it is not easy to find someone more powerful than you. Stay calm and keep your eyes open. Another piece of advice I would like to give to the prince is that he must talk politely with his brothers. Just like he made his relationship good with Prince Mingquan, he must do the same with the others,” Yuze advised Lóng Wei.

Lóng Wei gazed at him for a few seconds before letting out a chuckle. Why would he do that? Xiaoming was still better, but he didn’t know when his mood would change. Currently, he was helping Lóng Wei, but he was uncertain about the future.

“Why did you return earlier than expected?” Lóng Wei asked, changing the topic of their conversation.

“I had to or else Li Hua would be severely punished and you would have lost your life,” Yuze stated.

“Was my condition serious?” Lóng Wei asked him.

“Of course. Ask your wife,” Yuze stated.

“Why didn’t you tell me all these years about Li Hua?” Lóng Wei inquired.

“Because it was meant to keep a secret. The prophecy I made for the prince was enough to give him hate. Also, destiny needed to work on its own. If I had told the prince everything beforehand, then his first encounter with Li Hua would not have been special,” he opined. Lóng Wei agreed with Yuze’s words and stood up.

Yuze also stood up when Lóng Wei walked up to him. He hugged him tightly, and it made Yuze smile. “I had a weird dream today. I saw her in my dream and she was again saying the same thing. My day got ruined because I saw her in the dream.” He could not hide it with Yuze.

“Sometimes dreams are an indication. You cannot deny the fact that she was your mother. She might not hate you, but you perceive her coldness as hatred towards you. You must first find out why your mother acted differently towards her son.” Yuze’s suggestion perplexed Lóng Wei. He pulled away and looked into his eyes for a while.

“She hated me from the bottom of her heart,” Lóng Wei said and stepped back. “I am going back. Thank you for listening to me. I feel light-hearted after talking to you,” he said with a smile and walked out of the hut.

“What does Heaven want for this child, even I am unable to understand,” Yuze said with a sigh.

Lóng Wei arrived at his manor and went to his chamber. He changed the robes first so that Li Hua would not find out that his wound had started bleeding.

After he put on the clean robe, he asked the maidservant about Li Hua.

“Her Highness isn’t in the manor. She didn’t tell me where she was headed to,” the maidservant answered. Lóng Wei dismissed her and wondered if someone called Li Hua.

“Brother Lóng Wei,” Mingquan, suddenly, came inside the room and looked at him with worry. Lóng Wei asked Mingquan if he was alright. He apologized to Mingquan for his mistake.

“Brother Lóng Wei doesn’t need to apologize. I was unable to save him from that deadly arrow shot, so the punishment was necessary for me,” he asserted.

“Does Brother Lóng Wei know about the Shui family?” Mingquan inquired.

Lóng Wei shook his head and asked, “What happened?”

“Last night, the Shui residence caught fire. It happened in the middle of the night. Everyone is dead in the Shui family. Feng Lao is here, so he is the lone survivor,” Mingquan said.

Lóng Wei could not believe his ears. He didn’t want things to happen this way. “What about Feng Lao’s wife?” Lóng Wei asked him.

“Unfortunately, she is dead too. What do you think is happening? Feng Lao is already devastated. I am not strong enough to tell him about this news,” Mingquan said while sounding low.

“Where is he?” Lóng Wei asked Mingquan.

“Since Shui Xiaoqing is termed as a traitor, he would not be given a burial ceremony. Upon the King’s orders, Shui Xiaoqing’s corpse is thrown into the open, far from the burial grounds. The hawks will feed on his body. Feng Lao had gone with the soldiers who took his father away,” Mingquan informed Lóng Wei.

“I should have been careful. I gave that water glass to Shui Xiaoqing,” Lóng Wei said.

“Li Hua is not the manor. If she returns, tell her about it. Also, tell her that I am with Feng Lao,” Lóng Wei stated.

Mingquan was astonished to hear him. “Sure. I will tell the sister-in-law,” Mingquan said. Lóng Wei thanked him and left to see Feng Lao.

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