Gifted Bride of the Sinned Prince

552 The First Justice

Xiaoming shared everything with Jin Yu except what Lóng Wei had requested him not to. “Father never wanted them to marry. Father is two-faced, Jin Yu. How could he order to kill of the two families? When Li Hua told me about that horrific night, I could feel that pain. She saw so many people dying in front of her. Feng Lao also lost his entire family. And this didn’t happen to only their families, but hundreds of families,” Xiaoming stated.

Jin Yu knitted her brows together and asked Xiaoming how would he help the two of them. “The King may kill Li Hua too if he finds that she knows the truth. What about Xu Zifan? I am unable to comprehend all these things,” She said with an upset look.

“I know. That is why I will protect them, Jin Yu. The crime that my father has committed, I will punish him for it. He doesn’t deserve to be the King. He took so many lives just to be on that throne. All these years, we were forced to believe that Uncle Qizhen destroyed the kingdom. However, it was the treason that my father committed that time,” Xiaoming affirmed and frowned.

Jin Yu placed her hand on Xiaoming’s shoulder and patted it.

“Xiaoming, I will be happy if you give justice to all such people and families,” Jin Yu asserted.

“I always thought my father is powerful. I looked up to him because I was destined to take the throne after him. However, after I knew all such incidents, I am shaken inside out. How did he fall asleep every night? How did he keep up with that facade?” Xiaoming annoyingly complained. He pinched the brows between his skin.

His head was aching more with the truth about Lóng Wei. He and his mother suffered the most because of all this. Lóng Wei only got hate from the people around him. Even his mother didn’t love him. Xiaoming knew that there was a dark secret hidden behind that too. No mother would stay away from her child or despise him. But Lóng Wei’s mother did that.

The only plausible reason he could think of was his father had done something. Now, he didn’t have any ounce of faith left in his father.

“Is there anything more that trouble you?” Jin Yu inquired.

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Xiaoming lowered his hand and shook his head. “Nothing, Jin Yu,” Xiaoming lied to her.

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Li Hua asked Lóng Wei where they were heading as she peeked out of the window. They were out of the city gates after the inspector stopped their carriage for a brief moment as he didn’t know Prince Lóng Wei and Li Hua were inside.

“We are heading to Xianshan village,” Lóng Wei asserted.

Li Hua immediately turned to look at him. “Xianshan?”

“Yes,” Lóng Wei replied.

“Did the King head there as well?” Li Hua questioned.

“Yes,” Lóng Wei answered.

“Why did His Highness send the King there?” She asked with a bewildered look.

“To make him meet Qizhen,” Lóng Wei replied.

“How could Prince Lóng Wei do that? He knows that the King is madly after his father,” Li Hua got a bit angry.

“That is my trap,” Lóng Wei replied and rested his palm above Li Hua’s head. “I told you that I would end it today. The King forced me to do it,” He asserted.

“His Highness never let me accompany him where fights were involved? Why today?” Li Hua was curious to know.

“I promised you that I would catch the culprit for you. You should be the first person to see him on his knees,” Lóng Wei stated and smiled.

Li Hua was touched by his statement. She vividly remembered their promise.

“If you want, you can kill him too,” Lóng Wei said.

Li Hua tilted her head and looked into his eyes. She shook her head and said, “As much as it was my revenge, it was His Highness’s revenge too. More than mine, it is his revenge,” Li Hua asserted.

“I won’t kill him that easily,” Lóng Wei said and chuckled.

“Then, what will you do?” Li Hua asked.

“You will find in a while,” Lóng Wei said.

Li Hua didn’t question him anymore and held his hand. She caressed it and said, “The first justice your mother deserves. You must ask him why he did that?”

Lóng Wei turned silent and looked away. Li Hua rested her head on his shoulder.

An hour and thirty minutes later, they reached Xianshan village. They stepped out of the carriage and Li Hua saw so many soldiers around.

Lóng Wei held her hand and took her along with him. Huang Xi came to them and bowed to them.

“Where is Qiu Zedong?” Lóng Wei asked.

“This way, Your Highness,” Huang Xi said. The people could not be seen as the entire village was put on curfew. The villagers were not allowed to come out of their houses.

Li Hua and Lóng Wei followed Huang Xi. They soon reached a house where Hei Chengxi and others highly trained soldiers were present.

Lóng Wei halted before Hei Chengxi and asked him if he killed the spies.

“We aren’t supposed to kill them,” Hei Chengxi asserted.

“Kill them,” Lóng Wei said.

“But–”

“Give me the sword as I will do it,” Lóng Wei asserted and extended his hand.

Li Hua wanted to stop Lóng Wei, but she knew he would not stop.

“They have families too,” Hei Chengxi tried to convince Lóng Wei.

“Their families must know their family heads finally got the punishment for the wrong they did,” Lóng Wei asserted.

“Don’t stand like a stone idol. I don’t want an ounce of mistake here. The spies cannot be trusted. If Lin Shicheng can betray his own master, then he can betray us too. The same goes for the other spies!” Lóng Wei pronounced. Huang Xi looked at his father, who was still hesitant.

Lóng Wei snickered and let go of Li Hua’s hand. He walked up to Hei Chengxi and took the sword from him.

As Lóng Wei stepped up, he heard a familiar voice.

“Stop, Lóng Wei,” Qizhen’s voice reverberated in the front yard of the house.

Li Hua turned and saw Qiu Qizhen. Behind him, Feng Lao was present along with two middle-aged men.