Chapter 205

205 A KEY TO OPEN THE DOOR

Zhu Ge looked a little taken aback when Bai Chen suddenly brought up his mother, and the Prince even implied that Zhu Ge had just said that his mother was too stupid.

“So, it was your mother who told you that Bai Renshu wasn’t a bad person?” The man wearing the red hanfu immediately questioned the young Prince right after he regained his composure after he was surprised by the Prince’s question.

Nodding his head, Bai Chen replied, “Yes. I just remembered how my mother kept telling me that Bai Renshu wasn’t actually a bad person, and my mother even told me that when she was about to die. Maybe you thought that I was too naive, but I can’t ignore what my mother told me.”

Of course, it was only Bai Chen’s lie because he didn’t even remember anything about Tang Yanmei. He wasn’t one to experience how Tang Yanmei kept telling Bai Chen that Bai Renshu wasn’t a bad person, and he could only rely on some fragments of memories that had appeared in his mind three days ago.

It was indeed just a shard of memories, but it was like a key to unlock the truth about Bai Renshu that had been locked behind a door for so many years, and that was why he couldn’t put the key aside if he wanted to know the truth about the people in this world who were related to the real Bai Chen.

The two of them were still standing in front of each other after they left Bai Chen’s palace, and Bai Chen could also see how the taller man seemed to be contemplating what he had just said.

Fortunately, it didn’t take long for Zhu Ge to take a deep breath before saying, “Alright. It’s fine if you want to believe in Bai Renshu for now, but someone will tell you more about your mother’s death, and maybe you will be able to gather more information about Bai Renshu from that person.”

“Someone will tell me more about my mother’s death? Are you talking about Prince Wu Jinhai?” Bai Chen asked the taller man, and he could see how the man gave a nonverbal answer by nodding his head.

Bai Chen clenched the pot containing Bai Renshu’s ashes when Zhu Ge suddenly spoke of Wu Jinhai, and he just remembered that Wu Jinhai briefly mentioned Tang Yanmei when they were in the Forbidden Forest for the Beast Hunting Festival a week ago.

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Back then, Bai Chen also wanted to get more information from the masked man about Tang Yanmei, but the sudden incident that happened in the forest didn’t give him a chance, and that was why he planned to ask the man when they could meet again.

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Today he was going to meet Wu Jinhai, and he assumed that he would finally get a chance to question the man further.

“Alright, I’ll listen to Wu Jinhai’s story about my mother if he knows anything about her,” Bai Chen decided as he started walking in the direction of Mount Heping which was now more visible after he left his palace.

Mount Heping was the natural border between Dong Lang and Wu Li, and the nearby river from Dong Lang streamed from the top of the mountain, and that was why he had to bring Bai Renshu’s ashes to that river today.

However, he was taken aback when someone suddenly took the jar containing Bai Renshu’s ashes from his hand, and he immediately turned his head to the side before he stopped walking once more.

He could then see how the jar had moved into Zhu Ge’s hand now, and he looked at the taller man in surprise. “Why did you take the jar away from me? Give it back to me now!” Bai Chen ordered Zhu Ge while extending his right hand to accept the jar, but Zhu Ge just shook his head vigorously to show that he didn’t have any intention of returning the jar to him.

“I’ll bring this jar for you,” said the man wearing the red hanfu.

Hearing the answer from the taller man, Bai Chen looked confused, but he tried not to frown because Zhu Ge never liked it when he produced a few wrinkles on his forehead.

“Why do you want to bring Bai Renshu’s ashes? You don’t like him, right? Now just return it to me. I’m afraid you’ll accidentally drop it and cause it to scatter on the ground because you don’t like him,” Bai Chen continued to order Zhu Ge as his hand was still outstretched towards the man.

But, Zhu Ge only chuckled after hearing those words. “So, you think I will accidentally drop this jar just because I don’t like Bai Renshu, ah? I’m not that bad, ChenChen. If you insist that you will trust Bai Renshu, then I will try to respect the man’s ashes. After all, the man is dead, so he won’t be able to hurt you.”

Previously, Bai Chen had deliberately emphasized the word “accidentally” because he meant to criticize Zhu Ge, but the man also put the same emphasis on the word as he shamelessly accepted Bai Chen’s attack.

Zhu Ge was indeed shameless, but Bai Chen was no longer surprised by that, and that was why he decided to continue his steps without continuing his stubbornness.

The man in red smiled at him, but then he followed the Prince to walk in a direction. However, before they could walk to reach the border between Dong Lang and Wu Li, they had to walk past the Rongyao Imperial Palace, and when they finally arrived near the palace gate, they were forced to stop their movement when they saw a strange sight in front of the gate.

“Are they... people from the Black Werewolf Clan? Ma Qiao is telling the truth that those people from the clan are plotting chaos?” Bai Chen muttered as his blue eyes widened at the black-clothed people standing in front of the gate of the Rongyao Imperial Palace.