Forgotten Legend of the Bloodied Flower

Bang!

The soldiers under Great General Nan rushed into the palace, killing the guards there and rushed inside. However, the sight that greeted them was not the sight of Prince Yang Lu leading Hai Family.

Instead, it was Prince Yang Lu who stood in front of them without even any weapon with so many officials behind him. They all showed no sign of fighting.

"Whoa…" Nan Luo's eyes widened.

"Anyone can explain what happened here?" Old Master Nan saw Nan Hua stood with her silver mask, so he knew that she was not against them. However, he had to know what had happened here.

One of the officials stepped forward to explain everything. Of course, he omitted some of them and only stated that Prince Yang Lu fought bravely while in fact the prince was threatened. In addition, he also said that Prince Yang Lu never had any intention and it was all because of Hai Family fault.

The soldiers were all stunned when they heard the story. As some of them cleaned up the mess Old Master Nan and a few soldiers were busy listening to what these people said about the story.

"Hai Family is ambitious." Old Master Nan nodded in agreement. He glanced at Prince Yang Lu. "Hai Family blood runs in your body, Your Highness. Don't you have the same perception as them?"

Prince Yang Lu knew that it would be very hard to convince others about his innocence. However, he didn't want to run.

"I admit that my mother was from Hai Family and longs for power. However, I swear to the Heaven that I didn't lie. If I lie, may I be struck by lightning," Prince Yang Lu said seriously.

In this era, swearing on one's life was the sign that they would be saying the truth. It was because they all believed that if they dared to swear on their life, it meant that they would be saying the truth.

Old Master Nan nodded. "It's still the truth that you're part of Hai Family. I'll give the report to His Majesty."

"Thank you, Great General Nan."

"Clean up this place."

The officials were all questioned one by one and their answers were more or less the same. They were all threatened by the Hai Family with their family members whom they brought to Kuai City. Even though they didn't want to, the Hai Family would not let them off unless they agreed to what they said.

The children all rested and didn't participate in the aftermath.

All except for Nan Hua.

"You can rest first, Nan." Old Master Nan glanced at his granddaughter, who was following him to interrogate the officials. It was almost done, so she could actually go back and have some rest.

Nan Hua shook her head. "There's no need for that, General."

Old Master Nan felt like rubbing his forehead. Right now, Nan Hua was indeed using the identity as the shadow guard that was protecting Nan Luo. It was also because of this identity that it was harder for Old Master Nan to treat Nan Hua like how he usually treat her.

"Come with me to the study room."

Nan Hua followed Old Master Nan to the designated room. In fact, it was just one of the empty room that was prepared for them to stay for the time being but Old Master Nan made it into their study room. There were countless bamboo sticks laid on top of the table.

It seemed that there were a lot of reports that needed to be sorted.

"You may speak freely." Old Master Nan looked at his granddaughter and sighed. "Are they saying the truth?"

"More or less yes."

"What did you see?"

"His Highness being threatened." Nan Hua looked back at Old Master Nan. Her dark obsidian eyes were reflecting the sight in front of her.

Old Master Nan sighed. It seemed that the officials were all still trying to preserve the dignity of the Imperial Family members by not leaking this out. However, it was also tricky because he knew that while the public opinion wouldn't be biased towards Prince Yang Lu, they could also picture him as someone righteous.

The problem was that there wouldn't be many people who would trust it.

Especially the Emperor.

To be able to sit in that seat meant that he had extraordinary capabilities. However, he was also someone who would not tolerate it if there was anyone who dared to scheme against him to take the throne.

Even now, the Capital City was filled with the smell of blood because of his battle with the Prime Minister.

It was so tiring.

"I see. You have done well." Old Master Nan was silent for a moment. "Take some rest. I would like to ask you more later with the brats."

"Yes."

With that, Nan Hua finally went and have some rest.

In truth, Old Master Nan only sought the children the next day because he was too busy reporting the matter and cleaned up the mess. The children were looking at how he did it because they would surely be told to do the same in the future.

Nan Hua also resumed her identity back and no longer stayed as Nan.

While Ku had long disappeared once more.

'They managed to run away in time.' Nan Hua looked at the bamboo stick in her hand. It was the report from Dark Moon Organization that she managed to get since Ku delivered it by acting as the maid here. Before Old Master Nan even arrived here, they had long departed from the scene.

However, it was impossible to completely erase the trace.

There would be someone who would notice the truth of what happened in that place. Though, they might not connect it with Dark Moon Organization directly.

Nan Hua looked at the bamboo stick for a while before tossing it to the fireplace. It would be winter soon, which meant that she would also turn 13 in a few more days. The snow will erase more traces that she had left behind.

It was not that bad.