The Secret Princess – Fan Fiction by AC Chapter 82: Beguiled King
♥Author♥Angel♥Chua♥
Adapted from Princess Agents drama series and original novel by Xiao Xiang Dong’er – Chu Qiao Chuan Biography
Beguiled King (08.12.2021 edited)
Qinghai is cold and snow is thick, so is Great Summer.
The Great Summer Emperor reads the news and states: “Commercial warfare.”
Suddenly a finger is tapping the golden table as the divine Emperor thinks deeply about the situation.
After the disappearance of the Wei’s crown princess Xiao Ba, another problem surfaces.
Tai Wei interrupted and said: “Your Majesty, in other words, there is Trade War.”
The Great Summer Emperor may have heard it the first time but not for Yuwen Yue. For he has been exposed with western culture trade practices allowing him to grab the rebound of goods and services and deplete Great Summer’s black market sources.
Not to mention, the illegal trade of slave labor were slowed down causing a clamor among the Great Summer Empire’s aristocrats veins who are eager to know who is behind the stoppage of their usual activities.
The usual Wei and Yuwen Aristocrats activity of buying slaves have declined the manpower needed for elite households. Also, almost half of the storehouses in Wei hasn’t been replenished in time.
Thus, scarcity report was written by the Ministry of Agriculture enough to place the Emperor into the uncomfortable position of introspective thinking, said.
“This cannot go on or we will exhaust Xiaoqi armies supplies and the people of Wei into infighting.”
“Yes, your grace, aren’t you going summon the Eyes of God?” said Tai Wei.
“The Eyes of God has been passive since then, the Yuwen household must have known this in advance yet did not play its role to know the cause. Sometimes, I would like to believe that rumors in the marketplace than the reports I am reading in this table.”
Tai Wei bowed his head to the Emperor he said: “Your Highness, may I ask you something?”
“Ask.” The Emperor took the calligraphy brush and starts to write.
“Have you heard about the Black Sun Pirate and the White Robinhood?”
The Emperor continued to write and did not answer Tai Wei but gave a rhetoric look in his writings, raised one of his eyebrows, he finally said: “I heard about the rumors that the Black Sun Pirate escaped the blades of Yanbei. To be specific, he is from the esteemed but slain Ouyang family of the Northland Yanbei.”
Your Highness, you heard these sort of stories, do you believe this rumor without proven evidence? Tai Wei politely asks the Emperor but the Emperor continues to display a cold face.
After a while, the Wei Emperor asked Tai Wei: “And the White Robinhood, what do you know about him?”
Tai Wei does not want to tell senseless information to the Emperor but wants to answer His Highness said: “I heard he is like a ghost of the past who came back to steal all of the time that his enemies took from him.”
The Emperor stopped his writings and gave Tai Wei a formal face. But suddenly, the wrinkles in his eyes followed a burst of loud laughter in his mouth: “Ha…Ha…Ha…”
“Tai Wei how old are you? You still listen to bedtime stories?” The scene is relaxed but Tai Wei is anxious, for he did not expect the burst of laughter from the Emperor.
“Tell me his name,” said the Emperor.
Tai Wei is not comfortable becomes more anxious, he cannot say the name according to the palace protocols, the rumors came from the palace ministry of scullery.
The Emperor sensed that Tai Wei is thinking too much, said: “Come on, sometimes we have to be aware of these rumors. I want to know what is his name.”
Tai Wei cannot back out from this discussion he said: “It is forbidden to utter this name according to the decree of Your Highness.”
The Emperor shook his head from left to right, smiled so ugly, said: “Are you disobeying me or following an outdated decree?”
Spoken softly but the face of the Emperor is not happy. Tai Wei was left in confusion unable to say any response.
“Was it the late Yuwen heir?” The Emperor is still swaying his head from left to right and looked at him in dismay.
“Your Highness, when you say outdated decree, are you retracting the decree officially today? After all, it is but a rumor, you should not pay attention to it.” Tai Wei wanted to dismiss or even sway the matter to avoid more discussion.
“But why do I feel like I wanted to believe that the dead can rise from the grave?” Suddenly, the Emperor is feeling alive and wants to have more dialogues but Tai Wei wanted to avoid discussing the matter.
“Your Majesty, whatever you wanted to believe, do not forget that we need hard facts to support it. You cannot settle in this palace rumors especially if it involves the Yuwen nobles,” said Tai Wei.
“Hmmm…” The Great Summer Emperor thought for a while and said.
“The passiveness of the Yuwen household says a lot and can attest to this palace rumors that the ghost of the past is alive and he is collecting every Yuwen debt to regain back its lordship. In fact, it is the noblest thing to do and if this is true, he must have put the responsibility to redeem himself. Another fact, I have been dreaming about this part to come to reality and it looks like the heavens allowed it to happen at this time.”
“Tai Wei send this letter to the Eyes of God, I must know if the Yuwen heir is truly alive.”
The Emperor stood up and walk towards the corridor outside the Throne room.
***
The dumping of foreign currency had affected largely the main grass dynasties that led to the depreciation of the Wei rich lords ability to run their business and economy inside Great Summer.
While Qinghai crown prince Ra Yue leading the series of retaliation and counter-retaliation to control the trade war between the Wei and Qinghai Empire, Yanbei remains untouched and unaffected.
The Liang State and Huai Song were the beneficiaries of their Yan benefactors, therefore, their economy still performs a stable state despite the measures of Qinghai controlling all the routes of the sea, competition with the foreign markets imposed tariffs and non-tariffs barriers to restrict the entry of goods from other countries straight to their own Qinghai markets.
In other words, no one may buy and sell these exports or imports of goods if they do not pass through Qinghai markets first.
Yanbei may have expanded their influence over Ximeng and took over Liang commerce through the secret chamber commerce called the Datong Way.
While the Wei Empire remained stagnant with their established black markets, they can almost dictate which of the grass dynasties will struggle with famine and lack.
But these black markets and illegal trades were later on raided by the Black Sun Pirate and introduced their ruffian presence by launching voyages to conquer the seas.
These pirates are very cruel and cunning, putting on baits that drove thousands of boats and ships and took over them to control the port-to-port trade.
Their boss called the White Robinhood once said.
Whoever controls the sea, controls the world’s wealth.
“Reporting to your Highness, the grass economy of Yanbei have a steady flow as Liang Empire and Huai Song State benefits from your bestowed gracious efforts,” said Meng Feng.
Yuwen Yue was at ease to hear the report, he nodded at the spy and waved his hands to dismiss her. Meng Feng did not go yet, said: Master I have to tell you this.
Yuwen Yue suddenly looked at her direction and gave him a cold look said: “What do you have to tell?”
“Xiaoqi spies may have been lurking around the local warehouses and found our workers and their children. I am sure their next steps would be to report to the Seventh Prince of Wei (Yuan Che).” Meng Feng still on her knees waiting for Yuwen Yue’s words.
Yuwen Yue was not surprised at all. In fact, he secretly hopes that his former Commander in Chief finds him in order. He also knows that it is just a matter of time and Xiaoqi’s supplies of food and shelter will be in scarcity. “There is so much to do,” he thought to himself.
Yuwen Yue said.
When the cat becomes hungry, will it look for a mouse and its cheese? When this happens, will you not protect the mouse and its cheese?”
Meng Feng answered Yuwen Yue.
“We will have to defend the parents and the children and the storehouses but certainly, we will be like ants biting a giant’s feet.”
“That is not your problem to think about.”
Yuwen Yue paused and relaxed his tense mood continued to say.
“But this is good. You have brought this into my attention. It is good to bite the giant’s feet for a short while. Whilst, waiting for the white rabbit balloons enforcements don’t you think?”
Meng Feng cannot hold it anymore she let the chuckling sound escape from her lips to the ears of Yuwen Yue, she cannot imagine what are these white rabbit balloons can do to save the ants biting in the giant’s feet.
Yuwen Yue gave her a cold face, he heard her chuckle so he said.
“I do not have to explain all of these things but trust that whoever is behind your back is not an ordinary but elite troops.”
**
The smell of fresh bearskin issued in the air as the King of the Black Hawk Cavalry strides his footsteps to enter Yanbei’s so-called War Room Council.
The Yan Generals has been noisy discussing the attacks and strategy to conquer the Yan Mingguan Pass. The War Room Council were busily looking at the Ximeng Map when suddenly Yan Xun violently crumpled the map and tears it piece by piece in front of them.
The War Room Council again gave the Yanbei King a blank stare.
One of the Yan General’s complained.
“This is blunt. This ancient map is handed down from our ancestors to our generation just to become a trash today? Help me understand.”
Yan Xun squinted his eyes did not bother to answer the question.
Like he committed a crime to the Yan Generals eyes, it looks like they wanted to ambush him tonight.
Now to complete the day, he did more worst than tearing the old ancient maps of Yan he said.
“A’Jing the lamp.”
Yan Xun opened his lips displaying a debonaire smile with a mocking eye in front of the Yan Generals suddenly picks up a map’s piece and starts to burn it in the lamp.
After it, Yan Xun made sure everyone’s eyes look at it, he drops the burning map piece into the ground.
The fire spread in the ground and burned all of the thousand years maps of Yanbei.
“Looks dramatic,” said Cao Meng Tong but he likes what Yan Xun did to the old map, although he cannot understand the logic or predict his next moves.
The other Yan generals can only stare in this horrible incident but cannot utter any words of disappointments, shrug off their shoulders and said slyly.
“This is the end of Yanbei.”
In his formal face, Yan Xun did not blink his eyes, took the lamp from A’Jings hands and raised it to let the Yan Generals see his handsome now antic face.
He gave an evil smile to everyone and muttered.
“Why do you have those kinds of faces over me? Did I made a crime to the ancestors?”
One of the oldest yet most sage Yan General came forward and said.
“We have been following this map for a thousand years. It led this Empire to its former glories, to its success and wealth, but your hands found a way to tear them like it is no value at all. Today it is just a piece of trash, but burning them? This now turns into ash.”
Yan Xun couldn’t hide the musing in his face, he clapped his hands, said.
“Bravo! I knew you would dare to do a speech like this. Isn’t that you are the oldest of this War Room Council. But you were not able to save any of the Yan grass cities or Yan blood except the one in front of you?”
After Yan Xun gave the oldest Yan General slaps of shame, everyone’s face becomes uglier as they swallow every word that comes out of Yan Xun’s mouth.
Tonight, they will have more blunts than it did yesterday, they whispered.
“We are fucked,” said the General Cao Meng Tong.
“What? You are the only one who is fucked here, do not mention or even think about me in it,” said one of the Yan General.
Cao Meng Tong looked at the Yan General and said, “does he know about Huan Huan?”
The Yan General pulled a dagger beside him and pointed to his side, said: “If this Datong secret goes out tonight, I will be the first one to cut your neck!”
As the War Room Council hold their breaths and control their tongues, Yan Xun confidently walks towards the old Yan General and whispers.
“Don’t you think its time for a new map that has no Datong in it?”
Yan Xun suddenly put his fingers in his mouth and whistled.
The youngster servants marched into the War Room Council and spread the carpet-like map. Before it was burned, the old Map was placed in the wooden table.
This time the new map was hanged in the wall of the War Room Council and behind its wall was hanging lamps to that even at night can be illuminated.
All eyes were glued to the new map and everyone was astonished because the brooks and mountains, rivers and valleys, command post and even the Nada Palace in the XuiXui mountains were copied as exactly as it is.
The materials used are genius, the artist who made this true to life map inlaid in the carpet-like fabric material is really amazing.
It is also as big as the entire wall of the War Room Council and everyone forgets about their regrets and heartaches of the old map.
“Come closer and feel the difference. This is not a cheap map”, said Yan Xun.
The Yan Generals came closer and tried to touch it, others smelled the fabric and said.
“This is no ordinary map, it has been dipped in n gold and silver metallic compounds.
While Cao Meng Tong said.
“I can smell fresh blood in it.”
“Now we can begin to form Yan strategies and attacks. Using this map will ensure our accurate locations, calculate distance travels, and here…”
Yan Xun is pointing a new location that looks like local warehouses with small huts added.
“This is new, same time an interesting one. I have just added in the map.”
A’Jing explain the terrain we must step on, said Yan Xun.
The handsome King threw himself in the main couch made of suede fabric and relax a bit.
We think but not entirely sure, the Xiaoqi camp seems to have built the large storehouses in this area.
A’Jing used his index finger and pointed out the exact location.
Next, we think in this strategic pass, these storehouses were built to reinforce the Xiaoqi camp.
Cao Meng Tong went curious asked.
“Why would they build such a storehouse that is hardly passable and hard to reach from everyone’s eyes and feet? And let me see, its close to the land of deadly scorpions and venomous snakes of Qinghai Empire.”
Swaying his head Cao Meng Tong cannot get the logic of such storehouse.
“You have good points.”
A’jing started to stir the interest of the Yan Generals.
Yan Xun is all ears but seems not minding at all.
Another one post an opinion said.
“Since General A’Jing said earlier, they think but not entirely sure, it means maybe this is a decoy storehouse meant to confuse or a trap location reserved for the killing event.”
Another Yan general spoke and said.
“I am thinking, a new troop presence was encamping this new location. Troops that we have never heard or known all about.”
Yan Xun suddenly got up and said.
“This is it! I knew Yan is never out of think tanks. How can we confirm your pool of thoughts?
“Send spies!”
A female voice rang the ears of the War Room Council.
It is rather an urgent directive and not a mere suggestion.
“Ah, the feather girl! Were you late?” said A’Jing.
Zhong Yu seems to have been observing the entire drama scene earlier and this bloody strategic discussion with the new Yanbei map and she is forsaking the idea that Yan Xun’s word is likely a joke when she heard the whisper: “Don’t you think its time for a new map that has no Datong in it?”
***
Every path of Yanbei leaders, generals, military troops and even its Yan citizen has been forced and pushed to take the path of loyalty test.
Recalling the forsaken Xuili army, the former renowned firefox dogs of Yan Schicheng stripped off to the last of their core and oath of loyalty to their own flag that forced to move out of Yanbei and settle into the not so nice and not so much friendly land.
Now it is time for the Datong Way, it has never been put or tasted the test to the path of loyalty until today.
If Qinghai planned the Moon Kingdom extinction, Yanbei started to arrange the funeral party to cremate the Datong Way.
Even if Wei successfully deployed the Blackguards mass destruction over the grass empire of Yan, there is a seed that has been set apart to take over the cold harsh lands of Yanbei.
This new seed is like a stubborn grass that grew in this vast graveyard slain empire. Under the protection of Wu Daoya and the non-governmental elite spies slash underworld spies Zhong Yu and Viper, Yanbie is likely to flourish in a new regime that takes over the future of its Yan citizens.
The secret chamber of commerce or the Datong Way was mainly composed by its loyal subjects like the Yanbei
Military Generals, filthy rich merchant traders of the elite business class men from Yan nobles, kept several secrets equivalent to the value of their blood.
Even if the Yan royal family has suffered contempt and annihilation from the Great Summer the Datong Way’s vision is about continuation without distraction.
The last history should cause the Datong Way to reflect and should not forget that Great Summer’s grass mower Blackguards of the Batuha State will one day trim and cut Yanbei’s tall grass.
The Yan royal family gained so much affection from its Yan people spreading its wings across Chang’an, the capital of Wei.
It is not above suspicion that one day shall rise to take over Wei state.
Even if all the Yan royal family swears and offers the last drop of blood just to prove their loyalty to Great Summer throne, in reality, they were never seen as a friend but always a potential rival that won’t think twice to strengthen their grip of the Great Summer throne.
Therefore, the mass destruction is in itself becomes a regular agenda and Yan citizens will not survive unless a seed from Datong Way shall guarantee a sprout in the future.
The Datong way understands this, the rise and fall, the losses.
For as long as the Datong Way shovels the trade and economy of every state underground, this ensures their vision can be achieved at any course of time.
***
A thumping sound was heard from a table full of crumpled snow papers.
The Master’s hand seems cannot finalize a response to the letter and prefers to wallow himself in darkness, cold, alone and fuming with beautiful hatred.
Yuwen Gao wanted to reply to the letter of the Emperor however, he cannot find the suitable words to explain the Eyes of God passiveness.
It is clear, he deceived the Emperor twice. First his fake death. Now the fake death of the Yuwen heir. How is he supposed to explain further?
He must cut his head or drink poison and maybe this would have made his life easier.
When the Emperor learned about this fake death, all he deserves was to be called a traitor to the Empire. However, it still remains in a shrouded mystery that the Emperor made the last call an hour before Yuwen Huai to cancel the execution of the Uncle of the Fourth branch Yuwen household.
Even if Yuwen Gao did not enter the public trial called the Shen Jin Gong Execution, Wei Guang reasoned out, the Shen Jin Gong is a sacred execution fit for the Royals, though the Yuwens are considered to be of noble class household, they do not meet certain criteria’s predetermined execution.
Yuwen Gao does not have relatives left in the Yuwen Fourth branch household.
The Eyes of God was also abandoned by its slaves and servants. After the canceled execution, Yuwen Huai was exiled to the farthest north while Yuwen Gao was imprisoned for half a year.
**
Two swift spies just finished looking at the terrain when they took off his extended telescopic device made of steel and wood, nodded to each other.
Suddenly a sharp wind came to follow their trail and revealed two arrows trailing their backs.
Time is in a hurry to seal their fate today and one of the spy’s back was shot and died on the spot.
The other spy looks calm did not mind the dead comrade and went to push a lever from his waist.
The spy seemed to have defied gravity, floated in the air, fast and smooth he is now trailing horizontal zip line course but pushed another lever from his waist.
He twirled and transferred on the other side then cut the first rope now trailing a vertical zip line from the other side of the mountain.
The execution is perfect and flawless.
Meng Feng arrived late in the spy’s location, saw a dead body.
The hunting today is shot on the spot but missed the other target.
She took off the arrows from the dead body and took the evidence and hid it in her backpack.
***
Meanwhile, the seventh prince received the spy report and twitches his palms.
He is possibly going to order the Xiaoqi army to raid the local warehouses found in the hidden valley of YanMing Guan Strategic pass and find out who they are.
Yuan Che’s infallible mind is likely to expect whether they are an adversary or potential ally.
He would like to think the second opinion to become at ease but must prepare for the first and loses the ease.
“Ah, this is going to be a mind wrecking situation if I stay here and do not scrutinize the latest development of any facilities mounted at my perimeters,”
Yuan Che finally approves the thought in his mind and pass an order to the Xiaoqi Generals.
Yuan Che calls for an emergency meeting and opens it like this.
“How many of you will think that we have an enemy closer to us than we know?”
General Xue answered.
“Your Highness, based on the spy report, I think they are not new enemies but possibly not a new friend as well. I have seen the maps where the local warehouses were mounted. We all know the hidden valley is impassable, almost impenetrable.”
One of the Xiaoqi generals nudge, said.
“If it never existed before and now exists, we can call it a ghost town.
Yuan Che look at the General in confusion and the other generals and General Xue looks so lost with themselves too.
The general continued his half meant joke and said.
“For only ghosts can enter that area. It is highly airtight, hermetic in nature unless our friend or foe has an airborne unit who can breach its skies, then they are still considered flesh and blood.”
General Xue thinks he is genius said.
“I am buying this even if its an expensive thought.”
General Xue nailed Yuan Che’s suspicion veins when all of them heard.
“Pass the decree to Cipher 1, Xiaoqi shall attack the next day, at dawn!”
Everyone knows what a Cipher 1 code is all about.
It contains the Seventh Prince jade pass to be surrendered to the Great Summer Emperor and does not need to approve it.
This also means that crown prince Yuan Song will be forced to oversee the Xiaoqi camp while Yuan Che does its grinding in securing the frontier.
Yuan Che wants to see this hidden valley himself even if it’s highly considered as a suicide mission.
The casualties were already expected but not projected to happen as high-security measures are to be performed to protect the Commander in Chief who volunteered for himself.
It is a no turning back event.
***
The Great Summer Emperor wants to laugh and cry as well after he received the Cipher 1 code.
It cannot be questioned, the authority is firm and resolute as he reads the seal of the Seventh Prince. The emperor knows his son may have a heavy reason upon his decision to surrender his jade pass.
For it guarantees no safe return but it is kept within the measure of maximum security to ensure the safe return of the Seventh Prince.
The Thirteenth Prince received the decree from his father, it is earnest and must for him to take over Xiaoqi camp as he touches the seal of the Seventh Prince.
Yuan Song who is fighting lots of imbalances in his royal house after the crown princess disappearance is forced to take on the warrior garment and leave the crown prince palace
After the disappearance of Xiao Ba, Yuan Song wants to declare she is dead. The people of Wei, whether noble or slaves did not like the idea because her real body was not found.
The Yingge Hospital of the Yuwen Household performed post mortem of the body found at the crime scene and handed over the result to Wei’s Justice Council.
After a series of debate in Yuwen Huia’s justice council meeting with the Wei valve circle, Yingge Hospital sent a press release the next day.
It shocked everyone else in Great Summer.
Princess Chun’er did not believe as well that Xiao Ba is dead but abducted. She thinks it is an inside job and someone from Great Summer Palace is the main perpetrator.
“I know you hate Xiao Ba little brother. Did you do this to her?” Princess Chun’er was curious to know her brother’s reaction.
Yuan Song was surprised with her sister’s remarks said.
“Big sister, I thought we knew each other since birth? Even if I have a bad heart towards her, I won’t ever do such vile thing. I am a noble by blood and at heart. Though I can choose to fight whether the right or wrong way, only a savage beast can do such a thing and I am not a savage. Remember my place, I am the Crown prince of Wei, the Great Summer of this Empire.”
Princes Chun’er became serious as the simple curiosity turned into a matter of the empire talks, said.
“Then if you are to put to death any of your close royal family how will you perform it? Shen Jin Gong?”
“No.” Yuan Song cleared his throat just to make sure Princess Chun’er hears this clear he continued.
“I will go for silent lethal killing. And everything can be arranged in the wind for the sake of the peace of the land.”
Princess Chun’er considered this answer very seriously and thinks her brother is not the same man before.
When the crown prince Yuan Song about to depart from Great Summer Palace, Yuwen Huai came with his men for the send-off ceremony.
Princess Chun’er came in between while Yuwen Huai bows and greets, “Your Highness, it is a good day to see you again.”
“My pleasure,” said Chun’er and she walks past Yuwen Huai to put on Yuan Song’s damask cape.
“Little brother, please do not be stupid Prince.” Chun’er smiles and taps his shoulder.
“And please do not become a dull princess. Can I expect that Great Summer is still Great Summer when I come back?” Yuan Song slightly hugged his sister and looked at Yuwen Huai.
Yuwen Huai handed a book to Yuan Song and said: “Your Highness, your protocol guide is found in this book. If the crown prince follows it according to the laws and tradition, it will lead your mission to political success.”
For the military success, who can I expect to guide me?
“I, Your Highness.” General Bali was approaching to join the Seventh Prince envoy. The Duke of the Batuha family has never been this looking fearsome and handsome even if the gray hair is already showing in its hairline.
Yuan Song smiles and said: “I never expect that you are still this active in service General. General Bali bowed in front of the crown prince and waits for his command.
General Bali, you will have a lot of work to do and teach this novice military commander in chief said Chun’er.
“I have political, military but who will be my counsel about the economy?” jokingly said by Yuan Song.
Yuwen Huai laughed and said: “Your Highness, you will be taught along the way when you meet the Black Sun Pirate and the White Robinhood.”
After Yuwen Huai makes it all legal and binding, Yuan Song’s royal envoy performed the necessary military protocols for the send-off ceremony. Separation and formation of troops were neatly arranged from crown prince royal guards while the military envoy of Yuan Che accepted the chain of command from Yuan Song as the new Commander in Chief of Xiaoqi camp for an indefinite time.
The send-off ceremony lasted for a while but not long.
Not so long, Yuan Song and the Great Summer of the Seventh Prince started to whip their horses and dust shows in the grounds of the Great Summer Palace where the Great Summer Emperor is far fetched, watching from the outside throne seat.
“Your Majesty, do you have anything to say?” Ask by Tai Wei sensing the Emperor’s staring eyes, he is like looking at his most beloved son pitifully.
“No. I have nothing to say. I just realized he is a grown-up man now, where he used to play the Great Summer Palace ground when he was still a child. Now he is like a piece of meat ready to be devoured by the world. I hope I have prepared him more than what the enemy can do to him. I hope I have given him enough wisdom he can use to win this battle.”
Tai Wei turned the serious conversation into not so serious one replied shortly.
“Indeed, your Majesty, the Crown Prince has now reached one’s prime life.
The Great Summer Emperor responded.
“There is one thing I have not told him, and that is, He is literally alone in this world. No one will come to rescue him except himself. And whoever sits in this Throne is always like an animal ready to be slaughtered.”
Tai Wei sensed the Great Summer Emperor’s father’s heart said.
“Do you want me to turn off the Scribes in writing this?”
“No, let it be written in the official log. I want my son to see the real eyes of this world.”
Said the Emperor and he stood up to walk towards the Chisui lake.
Chun’er saw her father with a sad walk.
They have not talked since the day his father pardoned her sins but Chun’er does not want to force his father to talk to her. Instead, she said.
“I will wait patiently for the day you can call me again as your daughter.”
Sounds of mighty horse hooves heard.
The dust and grass dews were carved in the ground as their footprints run on it.
***
Two figures dressed their military uniform in kowtow position. The deputy is behind the back ready to defend or attack. How can the Beauty Emperor refuse the Civet cat’s request?
This morning, military communication was passed to Liang’s Military forces.
It is tagged as Urgent.
Xiao Ce has to read it within four hours and if the communication won’t reach the Emperor in due time, a rampant danger is looming to the Empire’s security.
“Your Majesty, it is time.”
Chu Qiao of the Beauty Army
“You finally came with those lovely winter boots,” Xiao Ce wanted to buy more time, for he knows Qiao Qiao is asking something that would eternally break his heart.
Chu Qiao remained in her kowtow position and said.
“Your Majesty, we have served you for long and have followed all of your commands. This event is not new to you as we have been preparing for it along. May the heavens respond to you in a thousand rainfall, may he bless your courtyards with beautiful days ahead and your fields promise you a bountiful harvest. In my deep respect and honor to you, please accept this humble gift.”
One of his servants took of the beautiful silk fabric and revealed a birdcage full of beautiful alive amber phantom butterflies. Xiao Ce held its breath as he sees these beautiful butterflies, he said.
“The only butterfly who lives in deep rainforests, its crepuscularity makes it unseen in the sunlight. I should be transparent and so the world can see the other side?”
Xiao Ce knew this bittersweet time is not far from the future. Even though he rehearsed so many times on how to react and not to show a gloomy face, he always fails to put on his masks.
Speaking in terms of his heart, this means, he will have to finally unveil the curtains of destiny and show the world how he cared for the Beauty Army and its Beauty General.
He intended to keep them to this Liang’s lost paradise, sunny rainforests, and under the fading moonlight.
Aside from giving the Beauty Army a wonderful homeland, what about the beauty’s heart?
What can he offer to make the beauty’s heart well?
Chu Qiao did not respond. She lets Xiao Ce decides if he will allow the Beauty Army to go out of Liang’s Border and become independent on their own.
Some of the Beauty Armies men have already married Liang’s finest women. Chu Qiao gave them a chance to choose whether to settle with their families in Liang or take them on their journey to find their promised land and become free citizens. Some of the beauty armies opted to stay and the others have taken their families along.
It is bittersweet and same time refreshing as these families and relatives bid their goodbyes.
***
This is the first deployment, we will test the winds and capture the grand entrance to shock the enemy.
They knew our location is hardly passable and it can only be reached by a pair of wings.
Their paratrooper will surely come and put an ambush to make the raid successful. I am estimating 30 percent damage from these local warehouses but Meng Feng, you make sure to hold the 360-degree auto crossbows around our perimeters.
The Seventh Prince cavalry has the art of war called, “capture the prey either by stealth and strategy rather than speed and strength.”
Yuwen Yue giving a bit of brief advice on how the enemy works and how to protect the freedom community for the ambush raid scenario.
Yue Lui nodded, said.
“Master, you taught me to lie and conceal and wait for the surprise attack.”
Yuwen Yue nodded, said:.
“This is exactly our advantage and you know how to man this.”
“Master, why do you know him so well?” Meng Feng inquired.
“Because I used to be his comrade of arms. I have fought side by side with him in the past. He is highly skilled and almost impossible to kill. When at war he fights with ease and grace and flawlessly executes Sun Tzu’s art of war,” in a cold voice said Yuwen Yue.
Yue Lui said.
“Master, if we cannot beat him, what do we do?”
“You’ll see, by then, I am already in the air,” said by Yuwen Yue.
Meng Feng and Yue Lui nodded. They silently prepared their weapons in advance plotting traps and lures in the freedom community.
The people are also given advice to stay low underground and protect the children no matter.
***
Flashback and flashbacks of the moment came to paint the picture of this fateful day.
Yuwen Yue was right, Xiaoqi’s paratroopers suddenly appeared in the skies and landed to inflict damage and fear.
The quietness of the hidden valley is deafening, and no weapons or people were seen working in the ground.
Looks like General Xue has to believe this is a well-maintained ghost town!
General Xue said, “I am afraid we have brought more military science than our enemies has. It will be an overkill. I can smell the victory at the end of the day.”
Yuan Che started to arrange for a certain outcome.
Hidden from everyone’s eyes, Meng Feng’s eyes are counting silently but she whispered: “25 percent.”
After 5 excruciating minutes, she hushed her voice: “26 percent.”
It is closing to 30% expected damage and nobody appears in the skies, not even a sway of big winds.
Exhausting the 360-degrees auto-crossbow. Meng Feng is frequently looking above her as if she is waiting for the gods to come and intervene. After the auto-crossbows are out of fire, Yue Lui is in lie and conceal tactics for a surprise attack. She wants to complain now and wants to regret for these white rabbit balloons have not appeared in the black smoke skies.
After the man-made auto crossbows, Yue Lui will fire. This is Yuwen’s unbeatable strategy and secret style of capturing the target and Yue Lui mastered this art.
Surely it will use human effort to fight the elite troops.
You can say, this is a little bit off tangent because he will fight the very empire he used to serve and secure the information of its land that made this tall grass empire stand out.
Yue Lui counting his breath, panting his lungs in and out he said to himself.
“I never thought I will fight the very empire who raised me and thought me how to use this warfare.”
There are seven local warehouses mounted in the hidden valley but what Yuan Che does know, another three were buried underground, a total of ten.
Yuan Che thinks it is no match and laughs at the auto crossbows which is easy to dismantle.
“Whoever created the cold defensive weapons in this place is really really genius!” The statement is rather sarcastic and means the opposite Yuan Che smirks.
Then Yuan Che finds something continues to laugh then said annoyingly.
“This is a child’s play, I thought there is something grand happening around here. The mouse is afraid of the cat, abandoned its cheese!”
This is Yuan Che and Yuwen Yue’s terms whenever they go for a war. They simply call each other the cat and the mouse. The Tom and Jerry roller coaster ride.
For Yuan Che, is the cat itself and Yuwen Yue is the mouse who always has its cheese. In military terms, the mouse is in charge of the logistics operations and all of its supplies relies on it.
While the big cat decides whether to let the mouse give up its cheese to supply its operations and re-arms their weaponry.
But now the cat cannot figure out what the mouse has been doing today.
Meng Feng finally declares the exact figure she hushed.
“Thirty!” Meng Feng pushed a button and boom!
It was all too late to react when the ground had many holes that produced a cloud of smoke coming from the ground. Yuan Che and the rest of the Xiaoqi generals were found to be dizzy but know how to counteract, they covered their mouth with state of the art gas fumes mask, everybody is alert.
Yue Lui, on the other hand, had to make sure the elite troop is at ease before he starts the earth-shattering offensive attack.
Dressed in an all black ninja suit, it is definitely an old fashion, riding in all black horse and performs the ghost shock warfare.
He looks like a ghost in totality that everyone will have to think and regret their proud attitude.
Before everyone can react, all of their metal helmets, metal arm guards and breastplates, including their metal leg and feet protection had been sucked.
And several swords has been seen sucked except for Yuan Che’s sword.
Yuan Che was forced like a naked warrior fighting for the ghost shock warrior.
Yuan Che now figured out, he is definitely one of the Yue guards. For there is no one in the Great Summer Empire who can perform this attack well.
The Generals have never been exposed to this strategy for they own this strategy.
It has never been used to them until today. Now they were afraid and their half-naked bodies with no swords in their hands or even daggers from their feet after the sucking of ghost shock magnet collected it on air.
They were all attached to Yue Lui’s body and horse.
It is difficult to comprehend.
The goal is to shock the enemy by exposing their own nakedness and foolishness.
Now their weapons become useless for it was transferred to another body!
Yuan Che shouted: “Everyone hold and stand still, do not try to move. It was never written in the book of Sun Tzu’s art of war. Generals, introducing to you the Great Summer’s Eye of God ghost shock warfare!”
The Generals murmured.
“What?”
“This is the Eyes of God warfare?”
“A shock wave of what?”
“Dumb!”
“Its called the Ghost shock warfare!”
“It has never been written but this is our very own strategy.”
“What shall we do now?”
“We are so fucked!”
Yue Lui’s eyes closed, breaths in and out as the armors attached to him and to the horse is becoming heavy.
In a matter of minutes, all of these armors will fall on the ground and he will execute the last part of this killing spree.
Yuan Che says, “To kill but not to kill! Everyone be ready to taste our very own defeat!”
The Ghost shock warfare, whenever it is deployed, was never set up to fail. It always wins any battle no matter what type of enemy, as long it is made up of flesh and blood and the weapons are all made of any kind of metal.
The enemy is forced to spell defeat.
All weapons down heard, Yuan Che’s pumping more blood in his chest, still cannot predict the outcome.
One of the generals did not heed to Yuan Che’s warning did not believe what he is seeing at this moment, he stepped forward to grab a sword on the ground and Yue Lui briefly showed his hands and the general was struck with lighting-like light, a dead body died on the spot.
Yuan Che became angrier not to the aggressor but to the Xiaoqi generals said: “Obey orders or I will cut your head!”
Meng Feng was watching all of this happening cannot comprehend what kind of warfare this is. It is much advanced than their time, some sort of technology at hand courtesy of the Eyes of God.
Yue Lui is unmoved, waits for its prey to become defensive.
The Generals complained.
“Your Highness, explain to us what is happening? This is not the outcome you planned along!”
Yuan Che knows how this works well, opens his mouth but cannot say any words. He breathes in and out to explain the moment, said.
“The ground you are standing and everything around you is deadly. There is swirling electricity and every time you move defensively, the ghost shock warrior passes it through its body when he activates it, it will electrify your body and explode your heart.”
One of the generals shouted.
“Then, the ghost shock warrior dies as well for it passes to its body before its victim does!”
Yuan Che rolled his eyes impatiently replied.
“The Eyes of God trained this ghost shock warrior very well. His body has been used to its electric shock waves and therefore can handle the amount of pain!”
The generals figured out.
“It must be meditation, the Ghost shock warrior is in a hypnotic state.”
“Your Highness is right!”
“Do not move or every time he senses vibrations in the air, his mind and body will not hesitate to endure the pain to kill the target.”
Yuan Che must form a defensive attack but fails this time, he must admit he is caught in a surprise.
One of the junior spy is running towards Yuan Che, suddenly stopped and saw the ground holes, in shocked he said: Your Highness, these are empty local warehouses, nothing inside.
Yuan Che in dismay said.
“I am tricked by the mouse!”
He looked into the skies and shouted.
“Where are you? Show yourself!”
The Xiaoqi troops cannot believe Yuan Che is crying in despair, they have never seen him surrender to heavens like what happened today.
Suddenly, the white rabbit balloon appeared in its black smoke skies.
So huge that it covered almost half of the freedom community perimeters.
The generals in awe ask themselves.
“How did they hide this rabbit monster balloon in view?”
The white rabbit balloon displayed its archers first ready to kill anything that moves in the ground.
Another one sways the pirate flagship while the four corners started to drop thick twine ropes.
“Oh skulls and bones! The Pirates! ” said, General Xue. Yuan Che still looking to the skies.
To distract the Seventh Prince and the rest of the Generals, Meng Feng shot an arrow to a nearby tree. Many eyes followed the trail.
One of the junior spies said, “The White Robinhood is going below and the Black Sun Pirate is above. Where do we run?”
Mo’Er climb down from the monster rabbit balloon, together with three more pirates to park the hot air rabbit balloon. Soon every eye saw a godlike figure sitting in the monster rabbit balloon dressed in white Hanfu looking calm and fresh meet everyone’s eyes.
One of the generals managed to say a joke.
“Your Highness, you said it is a mouse, why I am seeing a monster rabbit in a godlike figure today?”
Yuan Che did not take away his eyes but uttered.
“The mouse sank in the frozen lake many years ago transformed to the rabbit of today.”
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