Chapter 143: Heart of the Kingdom
"You are cruel father!", Xing said after she stopped tickling him making AoTian confused. What did I do again?
But then Xing knew matters of the heart are always complicated. True, if her father agreed to take in Ran Weici, her fate this lifetime would have been better but will they have had a happy life? Will father accept her and will she find real happiness? It’s all unknown and now it is useless to think about it as it is all over.
"Father", Xing placed AoTian’s hand on her head, "Promise me you’ll stay home tonight".
"Why?", he asked. Why is this girl acting weird again?
Xing knew the Gods will be able to protect them only if they are outside the palace. So she has to make sure her father and brother stay in their Manor tonight when there are plans to burn the city.
" Father, Write me a letter. I want a letter for five pages telling me why and how much you love me! That’s going to be my birthday present. My first birthday present from you", she used her charming cute smile that made AoTian think that how lucky his wife must have been to see this smile everyday and how much of her life he had missed in the past eighteen years. And all she wants for her birthday is a letter? How cute is my daughter!
"Fine", he patted her head, "If that’s all you want, father will write you a letter today", he left forgetting why he came to meet her now. All he could think was that even though her looks have changed and she is wearing more jewellery now, she is still that girl who’d run around in their Manor with her soft silk robes and braided hair, who’d act cute with him to get what she wants... His adorable daughter!
Xing took a nap in the after noon as she felt tired and she could not wake up even when it became evening. But she forced herself up and drank some tea from Hu Mei and tried to figure out why she might be tired. That’s when she remembered that she drank something strange from Eunuch Xin’s place and chided herself for being stupid.
She found some Poison antidotes from her medicine collection and ate a wide range one as a temporary solution and decided to go to the mountains and get a proper antidote.
Just as she was about to leave, Lin Mubai came and reported that the entire Ran family was eliminated by a group of people who used the Emperor’s name with white armour having moon symbol and then those people were killed by another group of people who wore black armour and had the symbol of sun on their armour plates.
Xing smiled realising her plans were a success and by now Eunuch Xin would be fuming as his people are dead and would try to talk to her any time soon. Her uncle and his people had killed the traitors used by Eunuch Xin who had killed all the previous Emperor’s children and many loyal supporters of the throne.
Xing had already advised Lord Zhong through her uncle to protect the underground tunnels. Xing knew in this winter the only way to burn would be by using accelerants in these tunnels.