Chapter 12

When I did that, Princess Shengan slightly shrank a bit but stood still on the spot, let me take the flower bud that still on the side of her ear.

She looked at the cloth that was spread out on the stone table, also looked at the flower bud on the ground, didn't understand as she looked at me: "Your Majesty, this...."

"Although it is still mourning period, you also do not need to wear a flower bud, you are quite similar to it, you are still so young, while you also have limitless possibilities. The matters about your father, I felt guilty and ashamed, but that was also indeed the last resort by the time he threatened my life. I could only act that way.... you are my consideration, but I also cannot guarantee... the life of a civilian,I hope you treasure yourself more, do not put your life at risk."

I ended my words as I looked meaningfully at the cloth on the table, I sighed and said: "You go."

Shengan stood still on her spot, looked at me blankly, suddenly loosened her hand that caused the umbrella fell on the ground, splashed the water, she rushed up along with the blossomed flower on her ear, she leaned completely on my arms. She buried her head on my shoulder, there were tears dropped on me, although the weather was cold it seemed hot to me, also because her voice seemed desperate.

"Brother Qing, brother Qing...." She shouted out, crying so hard. "Brother Qing, why are you so kind to me, you clearly know that I will come to kill you!"

"Uh..." Miss, it is not that I want to be good to you, but Wu Min Jun wants me to pretend to act like that.

My hands were stiff as I finally placed it on the back of Princess Shengan as i gently patted her and did not know what other words I should say – Wu Min Jun only taught me to end it with the phrase "You go" and didn't know what the next development is, in fa,ct it was not within my control, only she cried so heartbroken for so long, the rain that poured slowly getting bigger feeling like beans hitting my face. From the beginning, I was feeling sympathy for the princess, but now it turned helpless. My heart was also vaguely started to hate Wu Min Jun.

How could he did not remind me, that there was a shelter around the corridor to stay from the wind and rain.

In the end, after Princess Shengan poured out too much, she slowly withdrew her body and opened her mouth, dumbly said: "Your Majesty, please forgive me, this lowly one had just offended you."

I stiffly said: "It's nothing..."

Who'd expected that Shengan suddenly knelt down. My line of sight went down at her figure as I saw a glimpse of her pair of white embroidered shoes have been dyed gray, her skirt was also got dirtied with mud and wet from the rain.

I was confused: "You, this..."

"Answering to the emperor, this lowly one pleads guilty to you!" She said it loudly, "This lowly one actually wanted to assassinate the emperor, really deserving a million deaths!"

I said: "Uh, it's nothing, you get up..."

Shengan shook her head, said: "This is not only the case, in fact, our clan also wants to assassinate the emperor tonight.... this time we sent you the poisonous needle that actually will not able to assassinate the emperor because it was too obvious. We intended to let the emperor think that will be the only attempt, to let the emperor relax in the evening and when that time comes, you will be met with another assassination..."

I was surprised, Shengan really shocked me, although no one taught me this, I knew what I should say, I said after clearing my throat: "I do not blame you. Get up."

The sound of the dripping water was gentle.

Shengan still cried: "I cannot rise, Your Majesty, actually I really have suspected that you are the one that killed my father. I am really an idiot. The imperial edict clearly stated that you are the emperor. What is the problem with father? You are not supposed to kill him like that, but you are the emperor ah... I am really an idiot. Why would i able to believe those people? To actually want to kill you.."

I went silent for a moment. Just when I was going to speak, suddenly there were a voice behind me, with a slight sad tone, said: "Jiejie, you are indeed silly."

"..."

If I am not mistaken, wasn't that voice mine? Wu Min Jun.... What did he called Shengan? Jiejie....?!

I turned my head and silently looked back only to see Wu Min Jun, he-or now she, looked at Shengan with sad eyes full of emotion, even the eyes had a slight trace of tears. Seeing him appear so suddenly, Shengan was surprised, wanting to say something when Wu Min Jun, who slowly came to her side, squatted next to her to help her picked the umbrella, said: "You jiejie, I am Princess Chang Yi, you surely know who i am."

Shengan's face was colder and turned into her original arrogant expression: "Humph! What? Do you want to laugh at me?"

Wu Min Jun shook his head: "No, no, not like that..."

Why was it when Wu Min Jun said something like that, I really wanted to vomit?

Wu Min Jun then slowly looked at me, said: "Chenqie greets the emperor."

"Uh, Oh ..."

Wu Min Jun nodded his head, and also looked at Princess Shengan: "You jiejie, the time i have known the emperor is about ten days, how can there be love between us? Although I always stay beside the emperor's side, I often feel that His Majesty is very sad. I know that the emperor's heart has another person, I also know who that person is..."

**(Jiejie means older sister)**

Wu Min Jun stopped his words, looked at Shengan without any deep meaning. Shengan was unable to believe her words, as she looked at me, she bit her lips and looked down.

I am tired... In the end, what was Wu Min Jun's intention? Letting me act on the spot, to make me vomit? Or to crush my chest with a big stone?

"But for the sake of the people of the two kingdoms and the commoners and the country itself, we need to be together. Compared to the good of the kingdom, what is a private affair? I know that the emperor has sacrificed a lot, I am also the same..." Wu Min Jun took a very deep breath, to not let the tears fell...

He continued: "Moreover, for the matter to reach to this point, I know that you two have a long friendship each other, but You jiejie, have you ever thought, now that you have told the emperor all of your clan's plan, the emperor will inevitably put in place a countermeasure. Your clan will certainly know that you are the one that spilled the plan to the emperor. At that time, you as the traitor to the family, I am afraid.... they will not be soft hearted with you. After all, they are the ones that let you come to the forefront, they also know that if you are not there in the emperor's heart, you will die!"

Wu Min Jun didn't only skillfully analyze the situation, but also scrutinized the relationship between Princess Shengan and her clan, it was very shameless. Wu Min Jun leisurely looked at me and I immediately knew his meaning: "Doesn't matter, doesn't matter. I will not take any prevention."

"How can you do that!" Princess Sheng An screamed. "Brother Qing, you must prevent it! I... I do not matter, I have no intention to go with them. My father is dead. Actually, there is a property that was not confiscated, I know where it is, but they do not know and only they keep asking me. They also lied to me to make me come to assassinate you. I can go back to that property, going alone to the Nan Wen Country. I have been a princess for so long, I thought I knew everything, in the end i knew nothing. I... I have lived an oblivious life that I've become muddleheaded."

Under constant hints from Wu Min Jun, I squatted down and hesitantly replied to Sheng An: "You-er, that being said, you have been wronged."

"I haven't been wronged!" Princess Sheng An raised her voice as her eyes looked at me tenderly. "Your Majesty, You-er is willing!"

She finished her words as she sighed: "Unfortunately, now I could never be together with Your Majesty."

In fact, what she said was more or less contained a hidden meaning. If I really liked her, how could I not think a solution? But I pretended to be confused, but calmly said: "If we are destined, in the afterlife..."

Wu Min Jun clasped my hand and laughed: "Do not say afterlife. In the near future, you may also have the opportunity."

Sheng An looked at me, nodded her head, said: "I hope..."

Her eyes were so melancholic and full of sadness, also concealed the expectations towards the unknown future. I couldn't bear to see those eyes, I only gave her a smile, then didn't look at her anymore.

Wu Min Jun interrupted: "How about this, You jiejie? You go to the nearby study room, write something to give to the emperor. Hm, then let the emperor keep it as a keepsake."

I didn't know what kind of intention Wu Min Jun had, I could only say: "Do not force You-er."

Later, Princess Sheng An wrote three characters: Yuan Jun An.

In the end, she also put down her signature, Feng You.

Not long after that, Sheng An left the palace. She rode in a simple carriage out of the palace. During that process, she had been staring at me through the curtain. I really didn't know what to do.

Sheng An was gone. The rain was gradually getting lighter but still refused to stop, although the drizzling rain was dazzling, none of it surpassed the look of Sheng an' with that flower bud on her ear that day.

Everything stayed the same, apart from the umbrella that fell on the ground and the discarded flower bud that had fallen into the mud.