Masquerade in Bridal Attire and Marry the Prince

179. Every Romantic Minute Was Priceless

Translator: Sagocream

How could Du Chuxuan let Yuxing Tianrui go? Not only did he want to turn around, but he also pushed Yuxing Tianrui back into his embrace. “It’s said that every romantic minute is priceless, then how long have you wasted our romantic time? Your Crown Princesses are coming to East Palace. Are you going to only cherish the newcomers and abandon your old lover?”

Yuxing Tianrui coughed a few times until he got back his breath. Hearing these words, he reached out and punched Du Chuxuan. As there was water between them, the punch did not hurt anyone.

“If you are unhappy, then I will go to beg my father. He cannot wait to deprive all the backers from East Palace.” Yuxing Tianrui said. Du Chuxuan knew Yuxing Tianrui said this to confort him; he would not really do that. He knew Yuxing Tianrui felt a little aggrieved when he said Yuxing Tianrui would abandon him for the coming concubines.

“Hey, then what do you want me to do?” As Du Chuxuan said this, he hugged his lover and swam towards the place near the center of the spring. The water there was even warmer and more comfortable. “I was just teasing you. Don’t be so serious, Your Highness!”

As soon as he swam to the centre, Du Chuxuan turned his body and held Yuxing Tianrui in his arms. “I’ve seen it on a booklet which said that making out in the springs is the most comfortable. Let’s do it once.”

The steamed circled around. As this was the spring of East Palace, even Yuxing Tianrui’s hidden guards could not get close. Therefore, this place was the most peaceful and secret one. Occasionally, one or two birds flew over, which made the place quite interesting. Yuxing Tianrui’s face turned red from the steam, which made him even more charming.

Every romantic minute was priceless. This was not only a saying, but a truth. In the East Palace two men were entwining with each other, while on the Emperor’s side, the atmosphere was suffocating.

Apart from the Empress sitting beside the Emperor, the rest of the people all fell to the ground. The leader of them was trembling. This time, none of them had thought that it could be so serious. How could they have imagined that Manlou would act so rashly? Even at the most tense time, they actually dared to do the case.

There was a reason why the people in Sect Luo and Yuxing Tianrui knew it slower than the others. Logically speaking, Manlou had always been a Jianghu gang, so they should not be known by the Emperor. However, Manlou unexpectedly robbed the food that the Emperor sent to the south on the official road yesterday.

This behavior meant that Manlou was very arrogant, and he did not hesitate to kill most of the soldiers who were protecting the food. He left a guy with the highest rank and ordered him to come back to tell the Emperor what had happened. This was a blatant demonstration, which was equal to a slap on the Emperor’s face.

“Could it be someone else who did it?” The Empress couldn’t help but ask, “After all, everyone is fully aware that Your Majesty is going to punish Manlou now. Perhaps a foe of Manlou did it intentionally. He wanted Manlou to be punished as soon as possible.”

When the official heard the Empress say this, he suddenly remembered something. He was so nervous that he had almost forgotten the most important thing. He trembled and took out a token from his coat, handed it to Eunuch Desheng, and then to the Emperor. “Your Majesty, this is left by the people in Manlou’s clan. They say they can prove their identity with it.”

The Emperor gently pinched the token in his hand. It was just a token made by fine rosewood. There wasn’t anything strange with it. But when the Emperor turned it over, a small thorn on the token pierced the Emperor’s finger and blood flowed out.

The Empress and Eunuch Desheng were shocked when they saw it. They immediately ordered people to call for imperial physicians. The next moment, the Emperor looked at the token in his hand and found a crack in the middle. He gently twisted the token and it separated from the middle. It looked as if it was a simple mechanism.

There was space in the middle but it could only hold a note. The Emperor frowned and took out the note with his uninjured left hand. He saw a few words written on it, “My dear son! Keep your throne properly! I will take it soon!”

These words were really shocking! There was also a unique stamp representing Manlou at the end of the note. It was very obvious that this was done by Manlou’s people.

The Empress looked at the Emperor’s uncertain expression. She knew the Emperor was really worried about this matter. According to their original plan, after one or two years when their son got everything ready, they could start to sabotage Yuxing Tianrui’s reputation in Shenglan country.

When everything was settled, their son will be able to inherit the throne. But who would have thought that there would be a Manlou on the way and made everything complicated? The Empress had to wonder if Manlou had anything to do with Yuxing Tianrui.

However, she naturally did not dare to mention it to the Emperor. Yuxing Tianrui was taught by the Emperor himself. His every movement was under the Emperor’s surveillance. Even if Yuxing Tianrui wanted to use the force from jianghu, he had already have Sect Luo. He didn’t need to be with Manlou at all. If the Empress mentioned Yuxing Tianrui at the moment, she would make herself really awkward.

“This Manlou is going to far,” the Emperor snorted and casually took a handkerchief from Eunuch Desheng’s hands. He carelessly wrapped it on the wound, “All of you, get out of here. I’ll deal with you when I have time! Desheng! Take Yuxing Tianrui to the Imperial Study, and call Yuxing Wei to come over too.”

After that, the Emperor took the note and the token in his hand and turned to leave the Empress’s palace. He rushed towards the Imperial Study. This was a serious issue. The people in Manlou had already cast greedy eyes on his throne. If he didn’t take it seriously, his throne might be snatched by others!

When Yuxing Tianrui received the news, he immediately rushed to Imperial Study. It was also when he was on the road that he heard Ada tell him what had happened, “The people of Manlou are taking actions?”

What did Manlou want to do? But no matter what, the route of food delivery had always been very secluded. Sometimes, in order to ensure that the route of food delivery would not be discovered by some gangsters, the soldiers would change the route from time to time. But this time, Manlou was so ruthless as he killed nealy all the soldiers, which only made others be more careful with him!

“You two are here.” At this time, the Emperor’s anger gradually dissipated, but as usual, he sat in the dragon seat and was reading the memorials sent by the ministers.

“Desheng, tell them the whole story!”

Eunuch Desheng recieved the order and explained everything in a concise manner.