MRE – Chapter 17

Chapter 17

After an exhausting day, Xiao Zhan woke up in their room with the emperor beside him sleeping; after a few minutes Lan Zhan woke up as well. It is evident that the empress cried before going to sleep, they left Wen Ning in the Burial Mound together with Wen Qing.

 

“Wei Ying, please take a rest, we will send a carriage tomorrow for the two of them,”

 

“Lan Zhan,” Xiao Zhan said with a lonely tone.

 

“Yes Wei Ying?”

 

“Do you believe when I said that I came from another world?” Xiao Zhan asked but Lan Zhan didn’t answer, and Xiao Zhan knew what it meant and added, “Don’t worry I don’t blame you, it’s an absurd story, isn’t it. But now I remember everything, everything of Wei Wuxian’s memories and how important for him to use Demonic cultivation.”

 

 

“No! I told you, you are forbidden to use that,” Lan Zhan said as he grips the empress’ wrist.

 

“Lan Wanji, I told you, it is necessary.”

 

“Then explain it to me why it is necessary?!”

 

“I can’t, if you cannot trust me this much, then forget our alliance,” Xiao Zhan said as he got up and hurriedly tried to leave the room, but Lan Zhan tried to reach him again.

 

“Please, Wei Ying, following a heretic path will harm your mind and body.”

 

“I know Lan Zhan, but, it is the only way this body can live.”

 

“What do you mean?”

 

Xiao Zhan just smiled back to Lan Zhan, he kept thinking that he shouldn’t be angry with him, it was not his fault. It was Wei Wuxian decision to save him in the cave and Wei Wuxian is madly in love with him to blame the emperor, even telling the truth that he was the reason why he already lost his golden core and can only use demonic cultivation to continue living and protect them.

 

He just leaned on Lan Zhan and kissed him in the forehead and said,” Please take a rest my emperor, we have a long day later on.” Lan Zhan wanted to follow him but clearly the aura of the empress shows that he wanted to have some time alone. However, he is getting worried, that is the smile that he hates the most, that fake and hurtful smile.

 

 

When the sun rose, Xiao Zhan asked for an audience for the Prime Minister.

 

“Oh, Your Highness, it’s been a long time since you visited me, what is the matter>” Wen Rouhan sarcastically asked.

 

 

“Greeting, Prime Minister, I’m sorry it took me so long to visit you, I hope you can forgive me,” Xiao Zhan said as he greeted the prime minister with his fake smile.

 

“So, what brings you here?”

 

“Well then, let me get straight to the point, did you kidnap my personal attendant, Wen Ning? He has been missing for the past few days,” Xiao Zhan asked while looking directly at the prime minister, while trying to control his anger, while the prime minister looks at Wen Zhuliu to affirm something.

 

 

“Well, I’ll be honest with you, lately, it seems that, you have been enjoying the emperor’s company and forget on reporting to us,” Wen Rouhan calmly but intimidatingly said.

 

“But I swear my loyalty to you, and he’s part of your clan!”

 

“Our Empress, that loyalty, how can we be sure that you only swear it to us? Treat it as a warning, you’ll see him in a few days.”

 

“See him in a few days? T-treat it as warning? Huh,” Xiao Zhan just scoffs at what he heard. It seems like Wen Rouhan still didn’t know what happened to the Qiongqi Way but asked Wen Chan to kidnap Wen Ning. Xiao Zhan just clenched his fist and gritted his teeth.

 

“I understand, thank you for your kindness, prime minister, now then, I will take my leave,” Xiao Zhan said as he abruptly stood up and left.

 

He can no longer take the frustration that he felt, he wanted to cry, scream and most of all kill the prime minister on the spot. He has been a patient person especially when he is working in an industry that needs to accommodate people. But right now, he has lost all his patience, he wanted to be alone and scream, ever since he used Chenqing, his emotions are in turmoil, this might be the reason why Wei Wuxian was trying to avoid using Chenqing as much as possible and why people fear him.

 

 

This might be also the reason why Lan Zhan wanted him to seclude and avoid using the demonic cultivation, it seems like whenever he used it, it also affects his emotions and becoming short tempered. This is bad, this can also trigger his heat, he thought. Before giving in to his heat, he already asks for his attendant to ready his suppressant, this is not the right time. He needs to kill those Wen and taste the wrath of the demonic cultivation that they are trying to attain.

 

“Zhuiliu! I saw him! Why he is still in the palace!” Wen Chao angrily asked as it seemed he saw a ghost.

 

“I’m afraid, I don’t know as well, young master, it also seems that your father thought that you only kidnap him,” Wen Zhuliu said.

 

“Investigate if that man is an impostor! That attendant shouldn’t be here in the palace!”

 

“Yes, young master.”

 

It’s been a few days, but Xiao Zhan has been trying to avoid the emperor, he didn’t directly ignore him but as possible he is not spending more time with him. Lan Zhan has been concerned about him for the past few days, it looks like he started giving him those fake smiles again and only smile brightly with his friends.

 

He doesn’t like this, not again, it feels like déjà vu and for the past few days, he has been having some strange dream, this might because of what the empress told him about being leaving in another world, in his dream, he also wears different clothing as well as the empress, where they eat together, laugh together since were children and even sleep together as they turn adult. He thought that it might be a sign of his upcoming rut, but it’s not the case, he has been having those dreams like it was part of him as well.

 

He wanted to talk to the empress, especially when he brought Wen Ning back to the palace like nothing happened. He heard during the meeting when he sarcastically told to the prime minister that like has been told that Wen Ning will be back in the palace. Lan Zhan knew what happened that night, so he asked the empress what he was planning and why his attendant looks like alive person than a fierce corpse.

 

“I cannot just abandon Wen Ning, and besides you have nothing to worry about I can control it and Wen Ning is different from fierce corpse, he still has his own spirit and consciousness,” Xiao Zhan explained.

 

 

“Wei Wuxian! I told you; it will affect your temperament!”

 

“Lan Wanji! I will repeat it again, this has nothing to do with you now, let’s just go with our own plans and motive and after that I will renounce as an empress, and you will have your happy ending with Xiao XIngchen.”

 

“No! You cannot do that!”

 

“Yes, I can, you never loved me. No, you never loved Wei Wuxian, I won’t hinder your plans, I already plan to execute the Wen clan on my own and you, do not give up the throne. Let’s just wish the best of lu—”

 

“I did love you, no, I love you, you always caught my attention when we are still a student, I—”

 

“Hahaha, no, emperor, I was just naughty that I caught your attention and always do the things that beyond your clan’s teaching, but saying I love to the person you hated is not right, or I can say that yes we did become friends for sometimes now, but please don’t say those words conveniently just because you were trying to stop me, that won’t do. Please say those words to the person you truly love, well then, have a good day, My Emperor.”

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AN: Thank you for the supporting this story, I have another story, but I am still thinking if I should upload it here hehe 🙂