Gifted Bride of the Sinned Prince

“Rainy season is coming,” she heard Lóng Wei’s voice and tilted her head to her left. “I promised to take you out. I will fulfill that soon,” he said and gazed at her.

Li Hua closed the distance between them and hugged him. Her side face rested on the middle of his chest. “I will never leave His Highness,” she whispered. His hand wrapped around her shoulder and he smiled a little.

No exchange of words happened. Only the bodily warmth was shared. Lóng Wei loved being in Li Hua’s arms. That happiness he got every day after finding that there was his wife, who wanted to be with him in any situation.

“Why did the Prince send me away?” Li Hua questioned him.

“You turned emotional,” Lóng Wei asserted. Li Hua lifted her head and looked into his eyes with a pouty face.

“Did she get the death penalty?” Li Hua inquired.

“No. She is imprisoned for her entire life. Her powers are snatched. The inner palace power is with Noble Consort Xiuying now,” Lóng Wei briefed her.

“Oh. She should have died though.” Li Hua still wanted Zhu Liling to be dead.

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“If she had been dead, then Noble Consort Xiuying would have acquired the throne. Do you know what she had done first? Dethrone Crown Prince Xiaoming and give the crown to Qiu Mu, which I could never let happen. When the right time comes, the Queen will definitely get her punishment. Let’s wait till then,” Lóng Wei explained to her.

Li Hua realized that Lóng Wei was careful with every aspect of the palace. Xiaoming was still better than Qiu Mu, and it would have brought turmoil in the palace if Xiaoming had stepped down from the throne.

Lóng Wei stroked Li Hua’s hair ever so gently and told her that he wanted to take a rest. Li Hua pulled away and held his hand. She took him to the bedchamber. She pulled the curtains on the window while Lóng Wei took off the overcoat. He removed his shoes and got on the bed.

Li Hua used a few incense sticks and burned them on the incense burner. She closed the lid above that and saw Lóng Wei was waiting for her to come. “Your Highness, do you want me to give you a gentle head massage?” She asked.

“No. Just lie next to me. I want to cuddle you,” Lóng Wei stated. Li Hua nodded and removed the hair accessories. She put them on the dressing table and went to the bed. Lóng Wei moved back on the bed and Li Hua lay next to him.

Lóng Wei pulled the blanket up and put his arm above her waist. He rested his hand on her back and drew her close.

“Li Hua, I want to tell you something important,” Lóng Wei stated.

“Hmm?”

“I think that the King knows about my truth. He has given me the work to find out about Qizhen,” Lóng Wei asserted.

Li Hua was shocked to learn the truth.

“But if His Majesty has known all this, then why is he quiet?” Li Hua questioned him.

“It is just my assumption, Li Hua. I am not sure. Father told me that he wants to ask Qizhen about his wife and child. I am confused thinking why Father has this urge to know about the past,” Lóng Wei stated.

“Maybe this was the question that His Majesty asked your mother when she was alive,” Li Hua opined. “But she never told him,” she asserted.

“She would have told me this before her death. She only said that no one knows about my truth except her. I know she lied because there are a few, who already know about it. But then, Qizhen is the one, who told them all this, not her,” Lóng Wei proclaimed.

“Then what will His Highness do?” Li Hua asked.

“I have not thought yet,” Lóng Wei replied. He could not tell Li Hua that he had made up his mind to kill Qizhen. Another sin he was ready to commit. But because they messed up with his life, he did not care about it.

Li Hua felt that Lóng Wei was again in stress. She asked him not to think too much at the moment. “What if the previous king is no more? Forgive me for saying such a harsh thing, but he-”

“He is alive, Li Hua,” Lóng Wei clarified to her.

Li Hua was stunned to find that Lóng Wei seemed confident while declaring such a statement.

“How does His Highness know?” Li Hua asked.

“The scroll that I handed you earlier was from my father. My mother gave it to him and he carried it all the way to Qijiang with him. Wen Yazhu saved his life after he was defeated by his own younger brother. Wen Yazhu told me that he searched for the answer through that scroll, but he never found out,” Lóng Wei narrated in brief to Li Hua.

“Then, does His Highness know about the place where the previous king lives?” She curiously asked.

Lóng Wei nodded his head. “However, I have to make sure that I am guessing the right place,” he asserted. “She always recited the same poem that she had written for Qizhen. I heard her when I was a kid. Will you accompany me to the place where all this began?” Lóng Wei asked her.

“Of Course, Prince Lóng Wei.” Li Hua readily accepted his request. “I will love to see the place where your father’s and mother’s love story started. We will uplift the curtain from the truth, which was hidden not only to us, but the entire world,” she enthusiastically said.

Lóng Wei half-heartedly agreed with her because, in his mind, his motive was only one thing- Choosing his happiness over the others.