The Secret Princess – Fan Fiction by AC Chapter 34: The Path of The World
♥Author♥Angel♥Chua♥
Adapted from Princess Agents drama series and original novel by Xiao Xiang Dong’er – Chu Qiao Chuan Biography
The Path of The World (05.28.2021 edited)
After Zhong Yu attached the little note in the pigeon’s feet, she freed the bird, and the bird flew far away from where she stood.
“May you reach the man in the Longji Mountains.” she hushed softly.
Yan Xun arrived at Hong Chuan city, and the people in the town was overjoyed to see their King-to-be.
Yan Xun wearing his battle gear in its dark purple silk, a silver finish inlaid with gold breastplate, his hair like an ink, majestic long red cape, his black boots with hues of gold, his fresh, fierce and handsome face, those sword brows, fiery eyes, gave the Hong Chuan people a strong and stable future to look forward to.
Long live Prince Yan Xun, Long live! Shouted by the people at the bustling streets full of cheers and joy.
Like in a parade, Yan Xun nodded and greeted them with a formal but not so sad face, after the ceremony of honors, he went straight to his newly built mansion.
This is a surprise to the people where the Yanbei Prince has not set its foot for a long time and now suddenly his presence on air the Hong Chuan people are preparing for their meet and greet later.
Yan Xun cannot brush off the people when he finally settled in his mansion, interested parties flocked together and asked the Prince envoy to give them a chance to meet the Prince and press some concerns.
A’Jing, go to He Xiao’s place, I must meet him immediately, it cannot be postponed.
Yes, Your Highness, I am going to their place.
Yan Xun feeling relieved another servant came and asked if there would be available time for the consultation of the interested parties from Hong Chuan nobles.
But Yan Xun gave a hand signal to pass and do not want to see any people except for He Xiao.
Zhong Yu came in and said: Your Highness, what’s the hesitation? The Hong Chuan people would like to meet the Prince and offer some gifts coming from the nobles.”
Yan Xun answered as if he did not hear any of it he said: “If A’Jing isn’t able to bring in He Xiao, you will be my last resort.”
Zhong Yu nodded and said: “Sure, consider it done your Highness.”
Unfortunately, He Xiao is making himself too hard to reach, he left earlier when he just dropped by at his ancestral house but moved quickly and went to Xiuli Mountain to meet Chu Qiao and Viper.
Another unfortunate event, He Xiao learned what happened to Ge Qi and his hope wavered again he said to himself: “I lost her again, I hope she can find her way back to Xiuli.”
He Xiao can only rely on Viper to get her back to where they agreed to meet. He stayed for a night at Xiuli Mountain then came down to the Meilin border pass to see his junior and senior officer armies.
He Xiao left Wu Danyu, on their headquarters camp to help Ge Qi.
Yan Xun’s face cannot be described when he heard the news from A’Jing. Yan Xun clenched his fist and looking furious he said to A’Jing: Get out and tell Zhong Yu to bring He Xiao!
A’Jing wanting to downplay his anger he gave Yan Xun the unopened letter He Xiao wrote while they were in Yan Palace and said: “The World, He Xiao reiterated that you must open the letter, maybe its an important letter that you must read.”
Yan Xun closed his eyes feeling so upset at the moment, he harshly took the letter from A’Jing’s hand, and A’Jing finally bid his goodbye to look for the feather girl.
Yan Xun cannot sleep at night, and he is just turning back and forth in his bed, he then stood and went to his window and looked at the new moon casting a beautiful shadow on the far wetlands of Hong Chuan, the night is deep and the cold wind blowing, it cuts like a knife to the skin.
Yan Xun does not know what this part of himself is, he is supposed to be preparing for his upcoming wedding, but here he is, chasing a Xiuli General and playing hard-to-get with him.
He thought, maybe he just has to read the letter He Xiao left?
Yan Xun went to his table where he put the letter and opened to read it.
Your Highness,
I do hope you do not suspect me and return your trust to Xiuli because I have a revelation but I cannot tell it yet to you. Waiting for the right time, and I will let you meet her.
He Xiao, Deputy General
Yan Xun thought, maybe he is getting re-married? After all He Xiao is right as single, he did not have any wife or kids at all after they killed his pregnant wife.
Yan Xun really thought the woman whom He Xiao took out of the Yan palace was intriguing him more than any of his battles. Ever since then, Yan Xun did not stop to look for him.
Yan Xun again thought: “maybe He Xiao is proposing to the woman I carried before when I found them at the frozen lake, and it is something that will happen soon.
If this is true, then I should find time to meet the girl and then snatch her for once, to see her one last time before he marries He Xiao?”
A thought in the Prince’s mind is playing at the bottom of his heart he said: “Maybe just for this last time before I finally let go, to find some answers in my heart, I must meet the woman even if it means I will have to snatch her from He Xiao.”
Yan Xun has gone twice crazier when he read the letter, he has never felt this intense feeling, but he recalls there is only one girl who made his heart this same old feeling before and that is A’Chu.
Though Yan Xun did not verbalize his feelings to A’Chu his actions speak much louder than words, their relationship was apparently more than friends but not official lovers.
They cared and understood for each other like no one else does, and Yan Xun planned A’Chu to become his wife and the establish her as the Queen of Yanbei after he regains back the Yanbei throne and sit as their King and it shall be done by his own means.
Yan Xun carved a jade pendant, a gift supposedly on their first-night honeymoon but it is a long way to go, as the state of Yanbei at that time was still in chaos and he is living in the military camp most of the time together with Chu Qiao as his General strategist and his person.
However, all of these plans were shattered after the frozen lake tragedy, once again Yan Xun self-inflicted his pain of seeing Chu Qiao on the lake.
The condition is set beforehand.
There is no mercy in the middle of the battlefield, not even to Chu Qiao but Yan Xun spared her life and to his surprise, Chu Qiao did not also give any value to it.
She turned her back to him to save Yuwen Yue. It is one thing that Yan Xun will never understand, and it is one thing that Chu Qiao will never forgive.
Yan Xun closed his eyes, playing the scenario in his mind.
He smiled all by himself as if it is already happening at the moment.
He planned it all in his mind including how he would make the girl fall in love with him and then drop her to make her come to him he finally said: “I must make a move if I wait for He Xiao, it’s going to be like a cat catching his mouse.”
Yan Xun reminiscing the times he carried the woman in his arms from the frozen lake, he opened his eyes and stared at the ceiling of his mansion, and like a young man in love, his mouth is halfway opened and forming a natural half letter “o” and there he is just lying there with no sense of time, the woman, a beautiful intruder preoccupied his mind every waking hour.
It is still dark but the horizon is about to give up its light and some of the rooster’s crows and morning birds started to sing that issues the breaking of dawn, so is the prince started to drift.
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(A week has passed, Chu Qiao and Viper went to Xiuli Mountain)
“Waaahhh,” shouted by A’jing!
“What?”
Yan Xun casually woke up no reaction to A’Jing surprise shout, he said: “Why are you waking up everybody and looking at me like I’ve been to hell?”
And Yan Xun stood from his bed to get his purple robe and heading his way out when A’Jing told him: “The World, what happened to you? Did someone punch you last night? Look at you!”
Yan Xun slightly tilted his head to look into a man-size mirror with corner designs of wooden carved vines painted in rose gold and silver he said: Oh those dark circles?
A’Jing replied: Do you want me to call a doctor?
Yan Xun laughed and said, seriously no doctor can cure me, only He Xiao.
A’Jing seriously looked at Yan Xun and his brows wrinkled, he half-squinted and said to Yan Xun: “No, you can’t be!”
Yan Xun raised his brows and looked at A’Jing and said: “What do you mean?”
A’Jing replied and started to speak slowly like he is going to tell a very long story. While Yan Xun is putting his robes and bedroom slippers.
A’Jing swallows his throat then said: “I know you have not seen He Xiao for a while, and he is quite handsome lately.
He has brightness in his eyes, single and gorgeous but seriously, if I tell this, I hope the World won’t be offended and does not chop my neck later? I have been with you for years, and I never suspected that you are, you… maybe”
Yan Xun looked at him straight and said with an annoying tone in his voice: “I am waiting, what do you mean?”
A’Jing turned his back, and Yan Xun grabbed his shoulders and turned him again to face him A’Jing said: “Nyaha!! Ugly face! and A’Jing put his two hands to cover his eyes and avoid eye contact with Yan Xun
Yan Xun laughed and on his curious eyes said: “ha..ha..ha..Come on tell me, what do you mean?”
A’Jing feeling embarrassed and shy he stretched his neck a little to come close to Yan Xun’s ears and whispered: “Don’t tell me you fancy He Xiao?”
Yan Xun raised his hand and hit A’Jing’s nape and said: “Ey! I am not a pervert!” on his cold and no emotion voice.
“Aw…Aw, that hurts!”
A’Jing gave a peace hand signal to Yan Xun then smiled at him like a boy who wants to play with his Prince he said: “I am just making sure you’re not!” and A’Jing scratched his head and making some funny faces with Yan Xun.”
Yan Xun smirked and about to hit him again when A’Jing smiled and said: “Enough, I know you are not.”
“At least that’s clear with you,” Yan Xun went outside his room and A’Jing following his back he asked: “Any news from Zhong Yu yet?”
“No, its been a week since she left, I wonder why she is not back yet, maybe..?”
Yan Xun stopped him and said: “Don’t mention it because she can’t fail me.”
A’Jing soon quiet they walked along the corridors and Yan Xun on his purple morning robe so fresh and handsome except for his eye bugs he came to see the falling of the leaves in the garden inside the Hong Chuan Yan Mansion.
Yan Xun wanting to speak but then no words come out, he swallowed and then talk again he finally said to A’Jing: When I was a swallow (Yan Xun’s codename) back then in Wei state inside the City of Changan where A’Chu…”
A’Jing on his back he interrupted his moment and said: “The World, it’ll be two years and you have not forgotten General Chu.”
“What if…” Yan Xun paused and A’Jing waiting for the next words, Yan Xun hesitated he turned around he said: “Have you prepared all the stuff I asked you to shop for?”
“Yes your Highness, is there anything more you want to add?”
“If you were able to buy it all, then I have nothing to add.”
“I am curious, what are you planning to do for the next seven days? The provision seems to be calculated for a seven days journey or whatsoever. Can I ask the World to be honest what is this all about?”
Yan Xun is quiet and his eyes back to the falling leaves and still thinking if the Prince will share what that forbidden desire in his heart is.
“It is confidential but what if I tell you..” and…
Yan Xun paused again and smiles still looking at the falling leaves, the cold wind softly blowing his face, even if his eyes bugs have been protruding his young face added more masculinity.
His beard grew a bit around his jaw looking so gorgeous. Like an experienced Prince with alluring charm, in his lips, seduction hides especially if he smiles.
In fact, Yan Xun has never been so sunny not after that encounter in the frozen lake with He Xiao, the whipping girl and the woman who has the indigo scarf. Everyone around him felt his lightness and not so suspicious and unpredictable attitude towards his inferiors.
A’Jing replied: “As long as the World won’t regret it, then whatever you are planning ahead since you are getting married in a few months time, you ought to do all the things you wanted to do while you are still not tying the knot with the beautiful Liang Princess.
And do not ever think twice, take this as the only moment of your life to become whole and happy since you have sacrificed a lot for the sake of the Yanbei citizens.”
Yan Xun felt like a parent blessed him through A’Jing’s voice, he turned around his back and hold A’Jing’s shoulder and said: “So please while I am away, stay alive and do not do anything stupid.”
And Yan Xun just like that sunny smile when the Prince was still young he threw that smile showing his perfect white teeth, a heavenly sparkle on his eyes, it’s been a long while since the last time he has seen the Prince in his sunny mood.
A’Jing was a bit teary-eyed, and on his childlike voice he said to Yan Xun: “Why do I feel like you are going to have honeymoon first then get married in a few months, tell me!”
Yan Xun laughed so loud and said: “Don’t worry, I will seal this off to produce a good Yan breed of royals. Remember, I am not easy-to-get. This handsome face is priceless.”
A’Jing stopped his crying moment and looked at Yan Xun in his sad eyes still feels separation anxiety from his Prince.
“Just be back home and make sure when you do, you are all ready to move on, and come back healthy and your head still tied to your neck!”
Yan Xun feeling a little bit sad to leave his servant yet more of his brother, chef, comrade, eunuch, general, everything names it, its A’Jing for every Yan Xun moves, he is always there, but this time he is leaving for a short while to find himself.
“That’s a lot of requirement, are you the one leaving or me?” The Prince on his happy tone of voice, he smiled at him then A’Jing was dismissed to prepare some of his men to accompany him on his journey.
Yan Xun back to his room, he looked at the metal masquerade masks, he will choose one for him and one for another woman. He mainly wanted the purple metal masks and reserved the gold metal mask.
Yan Xun also checked on some of the provisions and other necessities for his intimate journey and thinks A’Jing packed all the things he needs and he is all set. Yan Xun pulled the string of bell, and his servants came in to lead him to his prepared warm bath pool.
The pool was made of large wood square shape with wood tiles as the steamy foam is hovering around making the bath like a sacred ritual.
The servants put on their blindfold and the Prince confident that no one is looking around he turned his back, raised his hands towards his waist and took off his robes gently.
The Prince robes beautifully draped as it drops from his body, revealing some scars and wounds all over his body, an unforgotten token, surviving from a hundred battles.
Finally, he touched that left part of his shoulder where his old deep wound scar and he closed his eyes. Yan Xun put his one foot and then another one, both soaked in the warm water.
On his private moments like this, even though the prince survived the pain, but not the bitterness it left him and one of the venoms that lingers like a poison of his thoughts, remembering the childhood friend, his best friend Yuwen Yue who took the lowest moment of his life. It tormented him and put him to death even if he is still alive.
There is no such pain other than this. Someone who looked up to the best friend and yet the best friend witnessing all of these events unfold is staring at the deaths of the Yan royal family.
As cold as Yuwen Yue is, Yan Xun knows his danger side, an emotionless aristocrat who is not easy to give up his entitlements. Yan Xun took everything in a different perspective and the darl light started to grow in bitter depts of his heart.
From that moment on, Yan Xun had a total change of heart.
If only the prince was able to escape the first attempt he did together with Xing’er and Yuwen Yue was able to counter it from the shot of his servant’s being arrows, then, would the history have written a different fate?
Would his entire family be still alive today?
Yan Xun who is sitting with one of his foot lying flat on the wooden pool and one foot on the bend rested his arms in it. Hanging in there, he tilted his head and realizes he does not seek answers to the questions. He seeks justice through the sweet arms of revenge.
The earth may have already sealed its fate.
It became a permanent event for the untimely deaths of his family. The noble blood of Yan will never be at rest until the last blood of the collects all due to retribution.
Yan Xun getting drunk in these moments of thoughts. It overshadowed the good in his heart. It protects him from being susceptible and an easy mark for those eyes of people who plots evil behind his back.
Who would have known better than a man who saw it all what the world can give and even tasted the most indescribable pain from the untimely deaths of his family? One cannot blame what he became today.
As the foam is still thick and hovers around, Yan Xun shifted his thoughts again to the woman he cannot forget in every waking hour of his life.
As the day gets by, his desire grows like a flower ready to bloom but to whom? He does not have any idea who is the woman, where did she come from. He once again compared that woman like A’Chu and why, it has to happen twice in his lifetime, most of the same qualities of a woman.
Why can’t he just settle to who is available and who will lead him to the greater good and who will establish him as ruler and King? Why does he have to live and silently compete from another man’s woman?
Yan Xun patiently waited and on his own sweet ways showed A’Chu he will pass her standards and even overqualified for her when she was still Xinger, a maidservant slave at Yuwen Yue’s Green Hills courtyard.
He did not also complain why A’Chu has to become Yuwen Yue’s bed chambermaid but even supported her to win, on his hard head and heart continued to come to Yuwen Yue’s courtyard and show to A’Chu he is really hoping they would become a pair.
A’Chu is the only girl for him, in his young heart at those moments, were the most beautiful days of his life. After the frozen lake tragedy and she is gone, Yan Xun thinks he is as good as dead.
Yan Xun never know this part of himself where all wisdom comes after everything settles and becomes permanent but how can he return back in time and will time allow him to correct everything else?
What if…what if… what if… was all his heart can utter.
Yan Xun scooped the water from his palm then let it drip from his fingers and the tiny drops of water like a loud noise on a tranquil royal bath pool.
After few more hours of bathing, the Prince came out of the pool and took his robes from the wooden tile floor, at the clap of his hands all of his servants waiting outside took off their blindfold and followed Yan Xun’s back.
Yan Xun back to his room, servants are waiting for him to help him dress and put on his battle gear princely garments. After a few hours, Yan Xun is looking divine from head to foot.
The hands look sturdy, the young man’s face is gentle and formal, went out.
Outside were another group of servants came close and put on his metal mask and another one fitting in his black hood at his back, and total look of black hood Prince.
Then A’Jing came close as well to kneel and handover the sword and Yan Xun took it and climbed to his horse. On his formal face he bid his farewell to everyone and at his back were five men following him behind and two extra horses with saddlebags full of provisions.
Autumn trees parading their full colors from brown, red to yellow, the wind brushing the ground and issues the scent of woody fragrance all around, the leaves swaying in the air that leads the World’s path to meet his heart’s desire and bask in its sweet moments of stolen time.
♥♥♥
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..shocks?!!!!…really prince yan xun…hahaha..ur just reading the letter now??!!.
…..i am wonderin what would be his attitude after she reads he xiao letter…hahaha..
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.once again..tnx ms.ac!!
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YX is very impatient and kinda seems out of control like no one can speak any sense to him- Ajing seems afraid to make him angry. Too much of a tyrant!! I’m curious about the letter too!!
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Thanks Pacific, at Yan palace he is pleasant but entering Hong Chuan, Yan Xun had to display this harsh attitude, dark and fierce because he is inside the homebase city where most of the Xiuli army families came from. Readers have to reminded why he is like this..the Xiuli army was the reason why thousands of Beisuo and Hong Chuan citizens died that led to the annihilation of his family too. Yan Xun knows the stats of how many and he planted it in his heart…that made him of what he is today.. so tyrant and unwelcoming he is…I will bring out more stories from PA drama series how did Prince Xiang converted the Xiuli army to join Qiaoqi cavalry. And the letter? we’ll see
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Serves him right, it’s time for him to chase HX even for a short time and learn to wait sometimes…Xiuli army regretted what they did before and showed their loyalty but he kept on ignoring them and still making them suffer for the past tragedy…
Now am curious to know what is written in that letter
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The letter will increase Yan Xun’s curiosity, He Xiao asked him not to suspect him but in turn Yan Xun doubled his suspicions on him but on a different thought that the woman whom Yan Xun is interested was his woman. Yan Xun cannot get hold on him and therefore his thoughts remains in those premise, became too suspicious of his loyal subjects. Zhong Yu won’t reveal to Yan Xun as well. And a betrayer army trying to regain him back? They can only expect this kind of leadership with him… but who can blame Xiuli? Better this way, than to camp on their enemies ground which they endanger their lives for every move they do and not even protected as well. So Xiuli has to stick to Yan Xun, even if it means until their bones dry out, at least..they are allowed to live in Yanbei and stay with their native land. if not for Chu Qiao. Xiuli have gone to ashes..so Xiuli’s one pillar of strength is Chu Qiao without her, Yan Xun may have found lots of reasons to dispose them and get his revenge. Xiuli committed unpardonable crime and that is treason to their land, and yet here is Yan Xun who overlooked them for long time making them live by their means is sort of mercy, a cold ground yet beautiful goodness from the Yanbei Prince.
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But Xiuli army didn’t want that tragedy to happen specially their are at stake too. Not unless they become greedy of power that’s why they let Wei people to pass the gate that cause the yanbian to death including their love ones…
YX become crazy, ready to snatch the woman he thought HX’s soon to be wife lol!
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Yes you are so right, according to the drama, Lui Ziye the original Xiuli General committed suicide and that left the Xiuli vulnerable to Wei’s control through Commander Xue Zhelig. It didn’t however tell the details how but I will review those parts again and share it here. Definitely there is only one word we can describe here why Xiuli seemed like they betrayed Yanbei, its because the Qiaoqi army tricked Xiuli, so far that is the only info the Drama explained but as for the details, will review again.
Yep, he has that instinct but he has to confirm from He Xiao and He Xiao is playing hard to get
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All his quiet thoughts I wish would lead to some good revelations of how wrong he is about YY! I believe deep down in his heart he knows YY did everything he could but was tied down by obligation and responsibilities to his families and servants and everyone under his command! The Emperor wouldve killed them all. I think YX knows all this about YY but he doesn’t want to accept it because of his feelings for A’Chu….I think jealousy is making him hate his best friend and never forgiving him.
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This is true, this is what Yuwen Yue has been preparing all along, the meeting of his so called bestfriend, and by that time if it happens, he is no longer a vessel that receives orders from the royals but they will Yuwen Yue who will have an equal footing to the Prince of Yanbei, Prince of Wei and Prince of Liang. He won’t even compete to them, he will be the coldest of his heart ever not even when he sees Chu Qiao… it’ll be full roller coaster emotions as our heroine finally meets and discover her past with these world of the Princes and Xiao Ce won’t let them win as well. Stay tune and thank you for dropping by
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