Semua Bab Lotus Flower: Bab 61 - Bab 70

"Your tea, Your Highness.""General."Qin Su gestured for them destructing them from their stooper. The two nodded at her and reached for it to take a sip. The tea tasted so good. It made them feel as if they were on cloud nine.Behind the screen, Feng Shao was just finishing his first song when he heard Qin Su exiting. He heard the Prince and the General converse in a quietened manner, complimenting him on his skills. There was a time when he almost ruined his tune when he heard his deep voice from inside.How many years have gone by now?More than five years.He hadn't seen him for this long and now when they were this close the hate he was containing in his heart surged up as if it wanted to spill on the other like an acid corroding him into nothing. He still needed to wait. He remembered that right now he wasn't Feng Shao but just Zhang Si who worked in the tea house. But not for too long."Xian. Ah, I forgot to ask on the way. What happened with you and Imperial Brother recently.

Once the Prince had left the room, Feng Shao felt that the air had become a little warmer. Lui Xian on the other hand thought on what they could do tomorrow morning. "Tomorrow I will come with someone to get your measurements. Where should I find you?" He asked watching the veiled person in front of him fidget upon his gaze. Lui Xian eyes couldn't leave Feng Shao's pale hands. He felt that they looked familiar. Although they were now more whiter and more thinner, he couldn't have mistaken."Hmm... we will meet here." Feng Shao whispered now staring at his hands as well. He couldn't let him near his house. He just couldn't. Knowing how familiar he is with his things, his medical tools and so on. It was safer to lead him to the tea house.Lui Xian didn't try to dig deeper. He only nodded and reached for the tea pot to pour himself a cup of tea. He took a sip quietly reminiscing on the taste he had last time. The room was filled with silence.They stayed like that for a little while bef

Several days passed. Lui Xian spent almost all his time at the tea house. Feng Shao improved more in his perfomance. Only a day was left for him to enter the palace. His outfit had been made, and a make up artist had been hired, only he knew he wouldn't let her see his face.On this day, Lui Xian arrived very late. He wore a black robe and tied his hair in a pony. Leaving some strands falling on the sides of his face. His sword was at his waist it's hilt clutched in his hand. This was the first time Feng Shao was seeing Lui Xian dressed as he was. When he looked at his black boots which were dusty and dirtied with dry grass, it made him think otherwise. Feng Shao knew that Lui Xian wasn't a Saint. He knew he could kill without blinking an eye. Although he had never witnessed him do such thing. He just knew. As always Lui Xian greeted him and sat on his usual spot ignoring the glances the other was giving him."How was your practice? You know you will be entering the palace tomorrow

Feng Shao looked at everyone through his veil. He felt nervous but also excited. He was thrilled to meet him again. They had met once but it felt like he had been his enemy all his life. He is the only person who made him thirst for blood on the entire earth. Only him no one else. Feng Shao thought he hated Lui Xian. But his hate was nothing close to what he felt for the man he was painstakingly playing this song for. He had taken everything thing from him. His family, not only his blood relatives but also those he had made later on in life. He had snatched his home. Took away his friends. He stole his happiness. And the only person he ever loved. But now he would die than admit it in front of him. At the moment what he saw was the red colour and a blurry figure that urged him to attack.He tried his best not to go insane. Fought with himself to keep his emotions at bay. He held his zither on his lap and started playing. Everyone could hear the agony and anguish that was put across fr

Wu Luan didn't understand anything. He had done too many things to count. He was like any other ruler. Always living with a pile of garbage. After all he had taken after his father. Who fed on his people's distress. He burnt down lots of villages to gain power. He took away all their beautiful daughters as his own. Sometimes he sent the sons to slavery. He destroyed unfaithful servants for instance all the courtiers who didn't agree with his decisions.Wu Luan even remembers one event in his childhood that made his father destroy one family. He had been given the honour to light up the house on fire. The family name had been the Feng. The Grand Minister Feng had defied the Emperor during the court proceedings. So the Emperor wanted to set an example for the other ministers. He deemed the whole family as traitors, who committed unjustifiable treason and wanted to burn them alive. However, when he thought of the consequences that would come after if one of them escaped, he hired an assas