Chapter 197: Schemes on a bigger playing field.
Mei Mei sat down and pulled Jingzhe down with her. "Not completely. He used my family’s connections to become wealthy. All of the Mo’s benefited from us in one way or another. Had my parents not seen through him, he would have climbed so much higher than he did."
Jingzhe unwrapped a candy while she was talking and placed it at her lips.
She accepted it and still continued to talk. "Let me tell you some of schemes that I have escaped thanks to the chess games my grand father made sure I learned because I learned to observe.
Prince Long Bo wanted me to marry his son Long Qiu. He knew that if he got me, he would have the support of the Jun and Chi family and it would ease his goal to be the next emperor after his brother.
So, when I was fifteen he sent Long Qiu, under a false name to attend the elite class on technology which I was taking. Because Long Qiu has always been sickly, he is not usually seen in public so his face was unfamiliar to everyone.
But, my family opens a file for every child born to the royal family immediately after birth. With technology, we create what that child will look like at different ages. I recognized Long Qiu immediately.
They arranged many "accidental" meetings, Long Qiu even adopted a soft persona, acting adorable, helpless and sweet. Every time I met him, he was being bullied and he would cry out ’sister, save me.’ I never did of course, I am no fool, how can ordinary people bully a member of the royal family? Aren’t they afraid of his royal agents?
Because that plan was not working, they came up with a different one and my bodyguard overheard the planning process. It was to have me kidnapped with Long Qiu, put us in bed together and some indecent pictures of us would be taken. They even said maybe they would put guns to our heads and force us to be intimate. They would film it and send it to my parents. Not only would my family have to pay money but they would be forced to betroth me to Long Qiu.
Mingzhe and I kidnapped Long Qiu, we threw a sack over his head and beat him up. Then we put him on the bed with one of the goons that was supposed to kidnap me. We took pictures and sent them to Prince Long Bo. Long Qiu left the empire after that and he never returned."
"Woah!" Jingzhe shook his head. "You were fifteen! How does someone plan something like this for a fifteen year old girl?"
"Welcome to my world." She shrugged. "Like I said, grandpa said the game of chess started on the day I was born and he was right.
When I was thirteen, I was part of the group which went on an official royal visit to Dubai. I was supposed to deliver a set of ruby jewels to the queen on behalf of the royal family and my great grandfather. Someone from the Zhu family secretly tried to change the jewels when we were in the hotel.