"Wait! You can't open the door! You'll get hurt!" said the Chu Emperor and ran after Kenzhi but it was too late.
Kenzhi opened the door and nothing happened. Kenzhi turned around to look at the Chu Emperor giving him a look of confusion. He walked in when he notice Lin Yu Yan was in the room.
"Eh?" The Emperor was confused as he walked in knowing Kenzhi was fine. "Only the people related to Lady Lin could open the door?"
"What?" said Lin Yu Yan. 'No wonder I was the only one allowed in. But wait… Kenzhi could open the door too?'
Han Bingwen entered the room as well since now he had the chance. He notices the paleness to Lin Yu Yan's face but a voice interrupted his thoughts.
"Sister Yu Yan, Uncle Rong and them left to camp first," Kenzhi said to Lin Yu Yan.
"Tong Ki-Tong…?" said the woman sitting up in bed. She was in shock. There was a boy in front of her that looks so much like her husband and she couldn't help but say his name. But it didn't make sense, her husband is far away somewhere with her son.
"Kenzhi…?" she said cautiously.
"How do you know my name…?" Kenzhi looked and turned to her in surprise. To hear his father and his name come out of this woman's mouth confused him because he has only told Lin Yu Yan and the crew about it.
"Wait, you shouldn't be here… you have to be with your father…" she whispered at the same time but eyes widened in fright. One of the two jade beads on her necklace slightly glowed.
"But your father is still alive… how can you be here?!" she said to herself as she tried to think of all the possibilities that could have happened.
"Aunt Zhi Zhen, what are you talking about?" said Lin Yu Yan. She looked at her and then looked at Kenzhi. Based on her words, she knew how Kenzhi is related to her. Lin Yu Yan was a little surprised to see one of the jade beads glow and got curious about what that is.
"What…?" said The Chu Emperor noticing it too. "Jade beads…?"
"He's your son?" asked Lin Yu Yan.
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"Huh?" Kenzhi thought she was spouting nonsense but the look the lady on the bed gave him was a look he always wanted from a mother. There is a connection between your parents that is hard to be broken. "My mother..?"
"I thought I would never see you again…" Lin Zhi Zhen said with tears streaming down her face. She got up from the bed with weak legs but was still able to walk over and hug her son. He hugged him tightly, relieved it wasn't a hallucination.
"Father told me you have died…" he said. "You're my mother…?"
Because of the scene before, he was already emotional. The fresh smell and warm touch he felt was something he never felt before but never knew he wanted until it happened. He hugged her back and clenched his hands on her clothes.
"I told him to say that… Because I was the cause of the danger you are in…But this doesn't make sense… your father should be taking care of you somewhere hidden? You see this… these are jade beads. These let me know if you and your father are alive. When they break, that means… and when it glows..." she said. "It's proof that you are my son."
Because of the explanation she had before Kenzhi entered, Lin Zhi Zhen nodded her head for confirmation.
"Then you also know....?" asked Lin Yu Yan.
Lin Zhi Zhen just nods.
"Hold on… What?" said the Chu Emperor. "She's not your daughter and the boy here is your son? And the war against the demon clan happening years ago… What does that have to do with anything?"
"Hey, calm down. I'll explain it to you later," Lin Yu Yan said it in English. The Chu Emperor was surprised. He didn't think someone would know that language.
"You..." he said in English. "You're…"
"Yes, I have reincarnated…. No, transmigrated," Lin Yu Yan said.
"Wha… What's going on?" said Lin Zhi Zhen.
"It's something you don't need to know," said Lin Yu Yan.
She was quite surprised to hear them speak, let alone understand this strange language. Han Bingwen felt left out but he knew it must be very important and dangerous information if she had to speak in a different language.
He understands that much about her, knowing her for a few months already, but it still makes him worry because she attracts danger wherever she goes.
Then Lin Zhi Zhen coughs out blood from the overuse of her strength on her clothes.
"Aunt!" said Lin Yu Yan.
"Lady Lin!" said the Chu Emperor. He knew she was weak and all the doctors he called from all over couldn't diagnose her.
"It's okay," Lin Zhi Zhen said, breathing heavily. "It's bound to happen soon…I still have a few years left..."
"What do you mean…?" asked Kenzhi. He was calm but panicking on the inside.
"I can save you, Aunt Zhi Zhen," said Lin Yu Yan. She held her aunt's hand and looked at her in the eye. "I have a friend who can save you. Please come with me."
"It's fine… I think I'll be fine," said Lin Zhi Zhen.
"No. We will heal you. You need to be the mother you always wanted to be, right? I'm not the only one who wants you alive," said Lin Zhi Zhen.
Lin Zhi Zhen looked over at her son who is surprisingly holding on her sleeve tightly and remembering the words her husband said to her once.
"You're right… I'll go then," she said after making up her mind.
She hasn't walked in a while so when she stood up, she fell right away. Lin Yu Yan offered to help but Lin Zhi Zhen refused.
"No, I can do it. I want to hold my child as we walk over to the place," she said.
Lin Zhi Zhen got herself up and stood strong. Before she picked up Kenzhi, Lin Yu Yan whispered quietly in her ear, "Please don't let anyone know what we talked about. Not even my brother."
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Xie Rong and the others reached the base. He was surprised at the amount of people in the area. It seems the slaves they freed are helping the medical sect. take care of the injured people.
"Let's go to my room," said Xie Rong. The others followed him to his room. He placed his wife on the bed and Meiying and Hua Maoli placed the twins on the other bed.
With Hua Maoli's help, Meiying and Xie Rong were able to check and heal their wounds. Meiying sat by Zhao Xiu Mei's side, watching her breathe in a rhythm as she sleeps to recover. Xie Rong sat by his sons and pat their heads and held their hands.
Hua Maoli sighs in relief and stood a few feet away from them knowing he got the job done.
Meiying left to help with the Third Prince and his sister with the help of the Medical Sect. but came back.
A few moments later, Meiying and Xie Rong fell asleep. Hua Maoli didn't know what to do next and stood in the room awkwardly.
"What are you doing here?" asked Chu Yang. She was walking around, checking to see if any more patients need treating and notice Hua Maoli in Xie Rong's room.
"I was helping out these two," he said. "It seems there are more people that need treating…"
Hua Maoli was going to wake them up but Chu Yang stopped him.
"Don't… They stayed up all night to do work for our master… Let them sleep… especially now that they are finally at peace," Chu Yang said.
Meiying stayed up all night perfecting an antidote, to reverse the drug on those who have been affected, including the Sea Kings. Xie Rong spend all night making the excessive amount of sleeping gas for the Sea Kings.
It was the first time Hua Maoli talked to the general of the Chu Empire and was a little taken back. Those words are exactly what he wants to hear from a captain and the reason why his emperor respected his sister even knowing the pain she made in him.
His respect for the man that saved him was one thing but the emotions he couldn't help feel after hearing his story were a given. After all the pain the previous emperor and the general did to Chu Hoi-mo, He couldn't help but hate her. But after hearing her story, the journey she had to go to come back, and the pain she went through as well, just made him respect his Emperor and his sister even more than he had to.
"I see…" he said as they start walking away. "Why… Why are you guys doing so much for someone like her?"
Chu Yang turned to look at him, very offended but she stopped herself from getting mad and listened to what he had to say.
"I mean… she PLANNED this to happen. She KNEW it was going to happen but she didn't tell us. She didn't let the emperor of the Chu Empire know something this big was going to happen. She caused so much chaos. Look at the citizens. So many have been injured."