Gifted Bride of the Sinned Prince

“Please don’t mind the words of my younger brother. Since Governor Shui Xiaoqing and his son didn’t arrive on time, he didn’t like it,” Mingquan humbly said and asked Lóng Wei to take his seat. Fu Kai felt a little relieved after reaching the guest hall.

“Forgive me, Your Highness. The matter was urgent. Please forgive us for making you wait,” Shui Xiaoqing apologized to Lóng Wei whose eyes were glued to Feng Lao.

“I will order the tea for the Princes and the Commander,” Xiaoqing said and looked at the servant. He gestured to her, who left to bring the tea.

“I heard that Shui Feng Lao will soon be a father,” Lóng Wei asserted. Everyone looked at him in bewilderment.

“Yes, Your Highness. My son will be a father soon,” Xiaoqing, with a broad smile on his lips, looked at Shui Feng Lao. He looked back again at Lóng Wei.

“Your Highness, I heard about your marriage. I would like to congratulate you and from my side, I want to present this small gift to you and your wife,” Xiaoqing said and looked at Fu Kai.

“I don’t accept gifts from anyone except the ones who are close to me,” Lóng Wei stated. Shui Feng Lao didn’t like the behavior of Lóng Wei. However, he could not say anything to him because he was the Prince.

Xiaoqing felt terrible to hear Lóng Wei’s words. He understood why everyone disliked the presence of Lóng Wei. He was not only insolent in behavior, but also didn’t respect the elders.

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“Yesterday, I asked the Fourth Prince. However, he didn’t tell me about your resting place. I think both the princes and the commander shall come to this residence. We will make great arrangements for you all. The Sixth Prince can bring his wife too,” Xiaoqing suggested to them.

“We are at a much better place than this one,” Lóng Wei said before Mingquan could speak. “In terms of security, our place is much better,” he asserted.

“Does the Sixth Prince mean that the Shui Residence is not safe?” Shui Feng Lao spoke finally. Lóng Wei met his gaze and nodded at him.

“Earlier the chief servant of this house told me that Xinshui has bandits too. Who knows, bandits attack us princes and kill us the same way as the Xu Family was killed,” Lóng Wei pronounced, glaring into the eyes of Shui Feng Lao.

Shui Xiaoqing looked at Fu Kai, who was terrified. He didn’t know Lóng Wei would bring out such a thing in front of his master.

Mingquan smiled a little. He could not believe that Lóng Wei found useful information from Fu Kai so quickly. Huang Xi was also surprised to hear Lóng Wei. In the short span of time, he would find out things that usually needed time.

“What happened?” Lóng Wei asked them as he saw the color on their faces fly away.

“Your Highness, the Xu Family died because of a well-planned assassination, I believe,” Huang Xi decided to stretch that topic. “The Xu Family’s eldest son was one of the legendary swordsmen in the Kingdom,” he asserted.

“So, Commander Huang Xi thinks that someone was behind those innocent deaths. Who could it be? Who could be so jealous of them? Was it for power?” Lóng Wei continued to stare at Shui Feng Lao.

The servant arrived with two tea servers and bowed. They started to serve tea to each of them.

“Your Highness, the head of the Xu Family, was not a high-ranking official. So, I don’t think that it was related to power,” Shui Feng Lao answered. “Also, why did His Highness bring such a thing in his first meeting with us?” He asked.

Lóng Wei was studying him well. ‘What Li Hua finds in him which I am unable to find out? He answered so casually about Xu Guang Li as if he never mattered to him. He fooled not only Li Hua but everyone in the Xu Family.’ Lóng Wei thought in his mind.

“Why are you getting furious over this? Don’t you know I get curious over such matters?” Lóng Wei didn’t use any honorifics with him either. “Also, my curiosity increased more when I heard people of Xinshui Town gossiping that the Xu Family was close to the Shui Family,” he added.

“Indeed, we were close. Late Xu Guang Li was my dear friend. However, that night was dreadful. No one knew that such a thing would happen to the Xu Family. Had I known, then I would have protected my friend and everyone in that family till my last breath,” Shui Xiaoqing proclaimed.

Lóng Wei clenched his fist and the teacup in his hand broke. The hot tea fell in his hand and clothes and his hand got cut.

“Brother Lóng Wei,” Mingquan got worried and stood up.

“I am fine, Fourth Brother,” Lóng Wei replied. He sounded low and he looked at his hand. “I think the tea was too hot. That’s why the teacup broke,” he said and looked at the blood in his hand. Everything Shui Xiaoqing said about that day was a lie.

‘I don’t think that I can bring my Li Hua here. Shall I return with her and keep her in the dark?’ Lóng Wei thought.

“Your Highness, please come with me. Your hand is bleeding,” Feng Lao suddenly stood in front of Lóng Wei, who lifted his eyelids to peer into his eyes.

“Brother Lóng Wei, please go with Shui Feng Lao. Get your wound treated,” Mingquan suggested to him. Lóng Wei stood up and left the hall.

“Please don’t mind the words of the youngest prince,” Mingquan told Feng Lao, who went behind Lóng Wei.

“The Sixth Prince should follow me this way,” Feng Lao said and outstretched his left arm. Lóng Wei followed him, but then he halted at his place.

“I don’t allow others to touch me except my wife,” Lóng Wei pronounced. Feng Lao, who was meters ahead of him, turned and tilted his head in amusement.

“The wound in His Highness’s hand may get infected. I don’t want His Majesty to get angry at my father for letting the Sixth Prince get hurt,” Feng Lao asserted.

“Don’t worry. I won’t tell such a petty matter to my father,” Lóng Wei affirmed and went towards him. He again stopped just a few inches before him.

“I just hope that I won’t find anything terrible that may force me to do something which I don’t want to,” Lóng Wei stated and turned to leave the residence right away. Because if he would stay for another second, then that would be the last day of Feng Lao on earth.

“Your Highness,” Feng Lao stopped him, “it is good to make trouble for people. However, if you create any trouble for the Shui Family, then I may forget that you are the Sixth Prince.”

Lóng Wei turned back to face Feng Lao. “Don’t challenge me, Feng Lao. Do you think that I will be scared of you?” He arched his brow.

Feng Lao chuckled. “His Highness fears His Majesty. The King would not like to find that his son tried to threaten the noblemen in Xinshui,” he stated with a stern tone.

Lóng Wei punched him hard and he fell to the wooden floor. Before Feng Lao could stand up, he pushed him with his leg and put his foot in the middle of his chest. “Shall I bury you alive here? Say one more word and I will do that too,” Lóng Wei provoked him.