The Secret Princess – Fan Fiction by AC Chapter 27: Crack of dawn
♥Author♥Angel♥Chua♥
Adapted from Princess Agents drama series and original novel by Xiao Xiang Dong’er – Chu Qiao Chuan Biography
The Crack of dawn (edited 05.16.2021)
After the first longest night of Yuwen Yue’s life, the pauper prince suddenly woke up as the crown prince. Where everything is waiting to unfold his fate to meet the Qinghai King is waiting to be told.
The Qinghai King informed about the arrival of the crown prince with his Poe Yue Jian sword yesterday and suddenly the King became sober.
He asked about his servants what is going on with the crown prince palace and heard lively stories and as if his blood raised up and made new again. Excited and does not show but in the inside, his feelings of the old came alive.
The King did not have his usual party nightclub last night, instead, he ordered his servants to prepare his garments and everything gray suddenly became white.
Like a neat canvass to be painted, so is the King’s outlook were. He planned to summon the crown prince to come to him but the King cannot wait so he walked on the secret path to the old Yueshen’s palace with two of his palace guards.
At dawn, where everyone in the palace thinks the King was on his usual days, the King walked to the secret paths to meet his long-lost son.
The King on his near age of fifties (50s) still looks stunningly beautiful and handsome, on his long black robe with hood at his back of his head, his inner garment, he wears the most expensive Hanfu dress, the most expensive gold hairpin on top of his head, trailing the secret path together with his palace guards holding two torches walking towards the crown prince palace.
Only the King has the access and the last time he came was the last time he saw his son in his cradle with his mother Yueshen.
After a few minutes, the King finally arrived at the crown prince palace. He sat at the mini-throne room while the two palace guards stood by on the outside. The King closed his eyes as if meditating, reminiscing his old memories with Yueshen, he sighed and exhaled deeply.
Yuwen Yue on his usual meditation of Zen position suddenly opened his eyes, as if he sensed some kind of strong energy surrounding him. Zuo Zong, on the other hand, went on his routine spy check and his subject for the day is to discover who is the secret spy of Prince Ra Zheng.
Yuwen Yue did not go back to his meditation. Instead, he stood up and opened the long gold curtains and saw the golden sunrise. On top of the mountain clouds, the cityscape foggy mists covered the forests ground, townhomes, the great wall of China overlooking the Ximeng continent where the Qinghai palace earned its name and was called “The Palace in the Sky.”
Yuwen Yue now dressed in his Qinghai princely garments, gentle cold eyes, thin red lips, jade-like skin, and a god-looking face who would have thought, in the past that he had worked and had explored the streets and discover a living?
One of the two King’s personal guard knocked on his hall and said: “Your Highness, His Majesty came in secret, He is waiting at the Crown Prince mini-throne room. He would like to meet your highness.”
Suddenly Yuwen Yue’s heartbeat, although, cold went fast unable to move from his place. He stared at the door somewhere in between the feelings of afraid and not afraid to face his real father who is only a few steps away. Yuwen Yue hurriedly replied but in a calm voice: “I am coming out.”
Yuwen Yue took his Poe Yue Jian sword and look at himself at the big mirror, from a ruggedly handsome laborer to a Royal crown prince, no words can exactly describe complimenting his face.
He fixed his princely garment and came out very handsome, neat and on his White Hanfu dress, white deerskin boots, white damask cape with white fur collar made of white fox hair, silver crown hairpin on top of his head. He walked out of his room slowly and confidently.
“Your Majesty!” Yuwen Yue broke the silence in the air.
The Qinghai King on his closed eyes opened it and saw Yuwen Yue kneeling, his head bowed down and two of his arms holding the Poe Yue Jian sword in front of him.
The Qinghai King straighten his back, open wide his chest and swallowed on his throat, a cough like sound came out: “ahem, ahem” he looks at Yuwen Yue steadily without saying a word or moving. While Yuwen Yue is expressionless and waiting for the King’s words.
Finally, after a long pause, the King replied: “Come closer.”
Yuwen Yue stood up still not looking on the King’s face he went closer to the King.
The King said: “Hand me the Poe Yue Jian sword.”
Yuwen Yue handed him the sword and went back to his distance from the throne seat.
The King said: “You may look at me.”
Yuwen Yue for the first time, took a glance from the King and his eyes widen when suddenly the King went down from his throne seat, hugged him and said: “My Son.”
Without saying a word, Yuwen Yue answered back that warmest hug from the King. Both felt relieved. It went for how long? Time did not count.
Suddenly Zuo Zong rushed inside the palace and saw the two guards outside the throne room and he became curious, he walked towards them and saw his Master brother and the King hugging each other.
The King tapped Yuwen Yue’s back as they both found each other’s presence, the King on his teary eyes had not been able to hide.
Yuwen Yue is still expressionless and calm as the sea face but his eyes, bloodshot red. Suddenly, he hugged his father again. The King let his son embraced him again and now, Yuwen Yue let go of his father.
The King took the Poe Yue Jian sword and officially commissioned it to his son by saying: “To my son this sword all my life, my heart seeks out a thing I cannot name. We age not by years but by stories. The pain you feel today will soon become your strength for tomorrow. May the bridges I burned, light the way and forgive a father in your heart.”
Yuwen Yue on his knees bowed his head down to his father, the King tapped his shoulders with Poe Yue Jian sword, and the swords moon grip handle shone, light crawled to its blades until it reached the tip.
His father shifted his hold of the sword and on a lateral position he handed it over to his son shining so brightly.
Yuwen Yue accepted it, suddenly stood by in the King’s presence, amazed on its unblinding light, his eyes were stuck on it. Then the inscription in the Poe Yue Jian sword came out of its blade-like someone is lasing it.
The King put on his hood and walked out of the throne room peacefully. Without saying a word, Yuwen Yue was left standing to look at the King’s back and felt contented.
Zuo saw all that happened and surprised to see the Qinghai King but did not really see his face. Two of the King’s palace guards joined him when they walked in the secret path and disappeared.
Zuo came to meet his master where Yuwen Yue just staring at the door of the throne room, he just stood there with no sense of time. He felt real, magical, and strange at the same time that he did not even notice Zuo looking at him.
“Master brother did you just…”
Whatever is it, the answer is yes, Yuwen Yue said.
The sun is already high and Yuwen Yue back to his usual business. Zuo is to report to his master, but he cannot put off one thing on his mind, his father.
“Master brother, can I say something about the Qinghai King?”
“What is it?” Yuwen Yue is slowly walking towards his office.
“Did you notice his face? Earlier when the sun came out it looks like he was fading away.”
“What do you mean? The King faded away when he walked out of the room,” said Yuwen Yue.
“I did not see his shadow, the King is like floating and getting invisible as soon as he walked out. Strange!” said Zuo while Yuwen Yue thought about it for a while.
“Did you just say he is like floating earlier?” Yuwen Yue got back on Zuo.
“Yes, I saw it when the rays of the sun pass through the King’s skin.”
Yuwen Yue in a calm and husky voice asked Zuo: “What is the position of the sundial?”
Zuo answered: “not so long, about the sixth hour from the North star when I came in.”
Yuwen Yue’s cold eyes brow wrinkled and remembered what his father said:
To my son this sword all my life, my heart seeks out a thing I cannot name. Yuwen Yue thinks his father was under a spell. And the Poe Yue Jian sword he thinks, it has something to do with it and he needs to find out.
“We age not by years but by stories. Does it mean, his father knows where his whereabouts, that he was the heir to the Eyes of God?” Yuwen Yue still guessing on this part.
The pain you feel today will soon become your strength for tomorrow. His father knows what he had been through from the frozen lake down to this day he came to the Qinghai empire.
May the bridges I burned, light the way and forgive a father in your heart. Yuwen Yue cannot decipher this part. But it is something about the most unforgivable act his father did to Xie household from the west.
The King under a spell when the King’s seal passed on to the underworld spies and burned the entire poor town of the Wei where the greatest blacksmiths and swords smiths are living.
This broke out the war between Wei and Qinghai empires. Yuwen Hao performed the “celestial warfare” to destroy Chu Jing Kingdom. Yuwen Yue isn’t surprised, because he grew up on these stories.
One thing, he is not aware of the real story behind his father’s absence to the throne. Now, he has the responsibility to help his father, run his kingdom, find half of his band of brothers and find Xinger.
At first, he started this journey, after he found his obituary circulated in the town in a local newspaper. He read the tabloid and twitched his palms and the paper was crumpled. The news was very obnoxious and offensive to him, as the heir to the Eyes of God, the news is a pain on the neck, hard to swallow and seems the Yuwen family did not carefully consider his position.
Yuwen Yue also found Yue Qi’s obituary beside his, turned a sad heart for Yuwen Yue. He always thought Yue Qi, his Seventh Yue carried out more than he was asked to do.
At this point, an upset heart came to him for those enemies who killed Yue Qi. As if he has nothing to go back to Wei, is what these press release was saying.
Yuwen Yue with his strong heart made up his mind to regain back everything he lost. He is confident that when they see him alive there will be a turning tide of events and all these white lies stories will disappear.
He promised to start anew despite all this fake news, people will come back to him and nobles to trust him once again. He also vowed to change the course of time and the destiny of Xinger, if he meets her again.
He promised no more laid-back moment or to sacrifice his personal affairs for the sake of others.
Not so long ago, he also trekked the mountains of Hua, he self-confessed all his feelings about their bitter bloodbath battle with Yan Xun. To end his blood treaty with Yan Xun, Yuwen Yue cut off a piece of his clothes signifying he is making a clean break-up on their loyalty and threw it to the cold east winds.
Like what Prince Yuan Song did to Prince Yan Xun and Xinger by the time they were escaping Chang’An, Yuan Song cut a piece of his dark red damask cape, thrown to the ground and let it burn.
After Yuan Song’s clean break-up, the 13th Prince of Wei declared Yan Xun and Chu Qiao as an enemy of the State from that moment going forward. Yuan Song even asked Chu Qiao for one last time to come back to Wei but Chu Qiao firmly held her decision to become a rebel.
Although, this act affirms that any of their relationships in the past, has already ended, Prince Yuan Song being noble as he is, let Prince Yan Xun and Chu Qiao pass Chang’An to escape saying: “the next time we shall see each other, we will be enemies and will no longer owe you any debts of goodwill and friendship.”
The same thing happened to Yuwen Yue the only thing, he let it fly in the wind. He does not want to see Yan Shi Zi the way he sees him before. Looking back, Yuwen Yue is the only noble who protected Yan Xun in secret although he was not able to save the annihilation of his family Yuwen Yue’s Palm did not participate any acts against his best friend.
Yuwen Yue even violated the ethics and codes of being one of the Wei’s important official, an interim master of the Eyes of God and became a personal spy, a bodyguard who took the lives of everyone who went assassinate the Yanbei Prince and Xinger.
It was one of the most difficult time in Yuwen Yue’s life when he cannot let the nobles or the Emperor see that he took a position to stand for the Prince of Yanbei. The only disaster that can happen was if the Emperor finds it out.
The Emperor at some point felt Yuwen Yue is wavering his loyalty to the empire and may have abused his position, he ordered Yuwen Yue to be relieved of his duties from Green Hills courtyard.
He was deployed for a three-year term and became Xiaoqi Camp General, served the 7th Prince Yuan Che. His life was in danger most of the time, he is left almost fighting for himself and Yuan Che while Yan Xun was detained in Oriole courtyard at Chang’An.
Until the day they met at the frozen lake, Yan Xun forewarns Yuwen Yue that if they see each other in the battlefield, said to him: “there will no mercy at the middle of the battlefield”.
Yuwen Yue had a hard time understanding why Yan Xun had a change of heart towards him. Twice become colder than him.
But what Yuwen Yue will never understand and accept was the fact that Yan Shi Zi had to make Xinger fight in front of his aching heart and body then finally took his life. He would never forget how Xinger cried for him, suffering and defending him then eventually making her see, his end.
This is the part which Yuwen Yue had been preparing for his return to face Yan Xun and ask him: “Why? Did you really have to do it that way? You could have done it without Xinger, you and me in that field, just Me, alone, so you could finish your revenge and avenge Yan blood!”
But Yuwen Yue is that kind of friend who would just outburst in words, vehemently pour out bitter speech. However, Yuwen Yue is a friend who sacrificed himself for the sake of his friend, but his friend took it all against him and killed him in the frozen lake. Yuwen Yue thought he paid whatever he owes but if Xinger was dead, Yuwen Yue will probably never forgive Yan Xun for the rest of his life. Yuwen Yue will hunt him down until he pays forward whatever he owed to Xinger.
The master of cold heart stays cold and now that his father gave him the authority, but he does not know how to run it yet. It is his duty and priority to put this Qinghai kingdom back to order and save the condition of his father. He wished those were easy words said, but only metaphors spoken by his father.
Yuwen Yue picked some and understood some in an instant but some needs time and energy to search for the truth. He hopes that while he’s entangled in Qinghai family affairs, he would still be free finding Xinger.
He must and will not hesitate any chance to take any roads to find his Xinger.
On his first day, Zuo officially reported to Yuwen Yue as the crown prince person. Due to Qinghai’s palace protocol, Zuo needs to address Yuwen Yue not as Master brother but as Crown Prince of Qinghai as taught by the palace Eunuchs it must be observed.
Yuwen Yue, on the other hand, does not have any problems in following such protocols.
He is accustomed in Wei. However, the difference lies in, who is giving the order now and who is following it.
Yuwen Yue’s position was like a promotion he had never asked. Instead of him following orders from the Royals, he is now in control and the one ordering around. It was never his wish, but it is what a destiny set since he was born.
Zuo bowed his head to Yuwen Yue after he gave his first-morning report. Yuwen Yue gave a cold glance but Zuo a playful personal guard gave him a flirty smile and said: “Crown prince, Zuo is just around the corner if you need anything,”
Zuo dismissed himself, did not wait for Yuwen Yue’s commands.
Yuwen Yue inhaled and sighed, he went back to his writings and smiled a bit. It is a smile meant for Zuo’s change of attitude while he again remembered the seventh Yue.
Yuwen Yue thought their only difference Yue Qi was very good at the sword, matured and thinks of others first before himself while Zuo Zong is a playful Shaolin Kungfu master, who thinks first of himself before he can help others.
Zuo believes: “if you don’t help yourself first, how can you be a help to others?”
This is what Yuwen Yue has been learning from this little guy as when he discovered his real self who gave unwavering loyalty to Yan Xun. In turn, Yan Xun did not appreciate it back not even a grain of mercy was granted.
Yuwen Yue thought: “if I cannot help myself now or my family, what makes me think I can help others. And Xinger, to Xinger… what can I offer for her to give up Yan Xun?”
This is one thing he hasn’t been able to do yet as compared to Yan Xun a noble Prince of Yanbei versus himself, just an heir to the eyes of God, Yuwen Yue becomes a common noble in the face of the royal Prince of Yanbei? Yuwen Yue’s ego is beating his confidence.
However, destiny flipped the course of time. Without struggle, he woke up as a crown prince, without searching, he found an empire of his own, without asking men, he was set up as the leader of the band of brothers.
His ego no longer interferes between the other Princes. He thinks he has better chances for Xinger now, he can offer and give twice as much of the grasslands of Yanbei in exchange for the Qinghai’s magnificent snow-capped mountains and mirror of the lake ‘n sky.
He hopes that in coldness, Xinger would find warmth and finds her way to the Qinghai’s throne and meets him. He hopes to share the Qinghai Empire with Xinger someday.
Yuwen Yue still writing when the old eunuch knocked, said: Your Highness, I came to announce the King’s decree for the first time in twenty-nine years, the Kings pass to the crown prince to take over the throne from the Queen and the Queen will hand over the throne to your highness within thirty days under the Sun and onto the seventh day of the Moon.
Yuwen Yue gave a hand signal to Zuo and the door of Yuwen Yue’s office was opened.
Yuwen Yue asked: “Where are the Analects and the records of the Qinghai empire?”
The old Eunuch said: “I was expecting you would ask for it, here it is your highness, I brought the three sacred books for you to read.
Yuwen Yue looked at the old Eunuch and the old Eunuch bowed to him and handed him the three books.
Yuwen Yue on his cold stare asked the Eunuch: What do you mean by: “The Queen will hand over the throne to your highness within thirty days under the Sun and onto the seventh day of the Moon.”
“It is the seal of the Qinghai King your highness, the Sun is the King and the moon is the son.”
“What about the seventh Moon?”
“The lesser light Chu Jing kingdom, the secret princess was promised for the seventh moon of Qinghai who will become its greater light.”
“I heard they were brothers how would such union become good?”
“Your Highness, both kingdoms are not relatives by blood but by ancient covenant, so they were called brothers of heaven and underworld, brothers of light and darkness.”
“How am I supposed to handle the Sun and the Moon at the same time? This is hard work.” Yuwen Yue pick the blue book first.
“With Poe Yue Jian sword, it is possible, even to unite the brutal far eastern tribes. Your Highness, this is the King’s decree, do you accept?”
“I accept,” said Yuwen Yue and the Eunuch bowed to him and left his presence.
Zuo came to Yuwen Yue and teased him: “I am afraid you would not be able to say no to the decree, beginning today, the crown prince and the secret princess from the moon kingdom, the leader of the underworld spies?”
Yuwen Yue narrowed his eyes and stood up, he went outside the palace and Zuo was on his back waiting for his master’s words.
Yuwen Yue on a long pause, looking at the beautiful Qinghai lake, such a breathtaking view and said: “The turn of events is quick, I never thought it would be sooner than expected.”
Zuo asked: “Take your time master and I am interested also to meet your secret princess.”
Yuwen Yue replied: “I don’t have any interest with the secret princess.”
“Why? Do you prefer anyone other than what was promised to you your Highness?” said Zuo
Yuwen Yue did not say any words and left Zuo hanging with his question. It seems Zuo is digging the cenotaph in his heart. His heart belongs to no one except to one, Xinger. And the Yuwen parrot suddenly came and tweeted: “Xinger, Xinger, Xinger” and Zuo came close to the bird and mimicked it and said: Xinger? who is Xinger?”
Yuwen Yue did not bother to answer and he took his bird inside the palace then put it in the bird stand. The skies are clear, Yuwen Yue’s entire day spent reading the three sacred books and his only interruption, this bird always tweeting Xinger’s name that became a piece of music to his ears.
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Oooh I am excited on his meeting his son after all these years…I don’t know how to feel about this king…is he a weakling to be controlled by the Queen and simply did not care about his people? We shall see. Keep up the great work!!
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Qinghai king is under spell this will now answer why he is absent all this years and can only come out at night, everything will be magical as we enter to the moon kingdom
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Yes! Me too Pacific, am excited as well But I think he is a strong King too, it’s just that he lost interest running his kingdom because his beloved Yueshen and Son was nowhere to find…maybe in his mind they’re dead already after so many years, that no trace they’re whereabouts..hope they’ll get along together..
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Yes very true, and he was put under a spell a curse because of it from the Qinghai Queen, more to come
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Short first meeting of father and son and yet full of love towards each other…
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yep Qinghai father short display of emotion but is limited due to the curse of spell casted upon him by the Qinghai queen. He disaapears by day but comes visible at night.
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Hope YWY knows how to remove the curse or someone he knew can…
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It seems like he can forgive anything but cannot give anyone or anything that hurts his Xinger!! The depth of his love for her is endless!!
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hello Pacific
, Yuwen Yue is known to be a cold master but everything melts when it comes to his Xinger. The Poe Yue Jian sword used by Xinger to defend him at the frozen lake
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OMG! XE and YWY are really destined for each other! If he learn that the Secret Princess is Xing’er he will get a big Shock and surprise of his life hahaha! Thank you for this wonderful chapter Miss Angel..
Merry Christmas! 
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Hi Jarwine thanks a lot of things still coming for both
Merry Christmas
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it’s wonderful, I look forward YWY and Xinger to meeting again
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Тhanks, Angel Chua for the nice continuation of this exciting story .Merry Christmas
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Your welcome Svetlana Nedkova Merry Christmas to you
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