165 A DANGEROUS PERSON
Bai Chen knew that, sooner or later, the Emperor would hold a eting to discuss the incident that happened in the Forbidden Forest. The incident forced him to cancel the Beast Hunting Festival, and more importantly, it also killed the daughter of the Black Werewolf Clan.
Yesterday, before they agreed to leave the Forbidden Forest together, Shao Yaoting asked the Emperor what he was going to do regarding the bloody incident in the forest.
The Black Werewolf Clan’s leader looked so angry after losing his daughter, that he even indirectly accused the Emperor of Dong Lang of orchestrating the events in the forest that ended up killing his daughter.
Emperor Bai Guowei looked furious at the man’s accusation, but since there were a lot of people around them at the ti, the Emperor could only contain his anger before saying that he would continue the investigation once they left the forest.
Perhaps the Emperor wanted them to rest in peace yesterday before they could start today’s investigation, and that was why Bai Chen heard nothing from the Emperor yesterday.
Bai Chen was able to sleep soundly in his pavilion yesterday, but he knew that the peace was only temporary.
“Why did the Emperor invite , Ma Qiao? I’m just an insignificant person in Dong Lang, and I know that the matter related to the incident is no small matter. I didn’t expect the Emperor to invite as well,” Bai Chen replied as he finally turned his head to Ma Qiao and looked at the old servant with a frown on his forehead.
“Aiyah! Did you think I would know the Emperor’s reasoning, Your Highness? You should ask the Emperor, not , Your Highness!” Ma Qiao answered the question while pouting in annoyance, and Bai Chen knew that the old man was not wrong.
Perhaps he had told his servant that he was just an insignificant person in Dong Lang, but he knew that Ma Qiao was even more of an insignificant person in the empire. How could Ma Qiao find out the Emperor’s reasoning?
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“But if you really want to know my opinion on that, then I can tell you that, Your Highness.”
Bai Chen almost laughed when he heard his servant suddenly change his mind and would voice his opinion even if he was also an unimportant person.
“Okay. There’s no harm in listening to your opinion, so perhaps you can tell about it, Ma Qiao,” replied the young Prince.
Ma Qiao grinned upon hearing the answer, and he excitedly began to voice his opinion, “I think the Emperor invited you because you were Young Lady Shao’s fiancé before the young lady died in the forest, Your Highness. I heard that the eting will mostly talk about that, so it wouldn’t be strange for the Emperor to invite you too.”
Bai Chen had previously tried to hold back his smile when he saw Ma Qiao’s antics, but after hearing the servant voice his opinion, the young Prince’s face beca flat once again.
Even Ma Qiao knew that Shao ihui had died in the Forbidden Forest, so he assud that the entire empire had probably heard of the news as well.
The entire empire surely knew the tension between the two strongest clans in Dong Lang, and they were probably busy gossiping about what would happen in the empire in the future.
Bai Chen rembered how the Emperor had told him that the reason behind his marriage with Shao ihui was to maintain peace in the empire, but now that Shao ihui had died, there would be no marriage between the two clans, and it was predictable that the empire wouldn’t remain peaceful in the future.
“It is a pity that Young Lady Shao died in the forest, but you don’t have to bla yourself as it was not your fault, Your Highness,” Ma Qiao suddenly tried to comfort the young Prince, perhaps thinking that the Prince felt guilty.
Bai Chen did feel guilty that he couldn’t save Shao ihui, but he had passed that phase yesterday when he was still in the forest. He even felt annoyed with Wu Jinhai because the man refused to help Bai Renshu and Shao ihui, but he knew that feeling guilty wouldn’t change anything, so he stopped feeling guilty yesterday.
Oh, Wu Jinhai. Bai Chen suddenly thought of that man again, and he also rembered that he had always been with the masked man when he was still in the Forbidden Forest.
Suddenly feeling interested in his heart, the brown-haired Prince asked the old servant again, “Do you know who will be coming to the eting, Ma Qiao?”
Bai Chen had a hint of hope in his heart, and he patiently waited for his servant’s answer while his servant furrowed his brows as if trying to find the right answer.
“I think... so important people related to the Beast Hunting Event will co to the eting, Your Highness,” the old servant finally replied. “I believe the head of the Black Werewolf Clan will co, and the Emperor of Wu Li will definitely co too since the event is also related to the human empire. And our Crown Prince will attend the eting as well.”
Ma Qiao didn’t ntion the na he wanted to hear the most, so Bai Chen imdiately showed an expression full of disappointnt as he replied, “Prince Wu Jinhai wasn’t invited to the eting?”
Bai Chen tried to be subtle, but he ended up ntioning the na in front of his servant, and he could see how his servant looked surprised after hearing that na.
“Why are you suddenly asking about Prince Wu Jinhai, Your Highness?”
That question from Ma Qiao was unexpected for Bai Chen as it was the first ti he had ntioned the Prince’s na in front of his servant. Yesterday when he had a secret talk with Ma Qiao about the sword he got from Wu Jinhai, Bai Chen didn’t even ntion Wu Jinhai as he tried to hide the fact that the sword was from the man.
But today they didn’t talk about the sword, so Bai Chen assud that it would be fine even if he asked the old man about the masked man.
“I t Prince Wu Jinhai in the Forbidden Forest, and I think it can be said that he is related to the Beast Hunting Event as well. He is the eldest Prince of Wu Li, and Emperor Wu Shun even ntioned him when he gave a speech before the Beast Hunting Event began. I just assud that Prince Wu Jinhai had an important part in the Beast Hunting Event.”
Bai Chen kept ntioning Wu Jinhai in front of Ma Qiao, but instead of revealing the truth about what happened between him and the masked man, he only spoke about his general point of view about the man.
Hearing his lengthy explanation, Ma Qiao blinked his eyes in confusion, but then the old servant furrowed his brows as he suddenly had a displeased expression on his face. “You t Prince Wu Jinhai in the Forbidden Forest, Your Highness?” The servant finally asked a question. “Did he hurt you when the two of you t in the forest? Or, did he say sothing that hurt your heart, Your Highness?”
The response from Ma Qiao was quite strange to Bai Chen, and a frown imdiately appeared on the young man’s forehead as he asked back, “Why did you think Wu Jinhai would hurt when I t him in the forest, Ma Qiao?”
Even Ma Qiao said sothing confusing when they were talking about Wu Jinhai, and Bai Chen felt even more curious about the young man. And the answer he got from his old servant only made him even more curious about the man called Wu Jinhai.
“I heard that Prince Wu Jinhai is a dangerous person, Your Highness. You should stay away from him.”
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