Forgotten Legend of the Bloodied Flower

However, they didn't dare to say that out loud. No matter what, Princess Hu was still part of the Imperial Family and Imperial Family honor was not to be tarnished in the slightest bit.

No one wanted to bet with their lives.

Slowly, the manservant pushed Shangguan Yu towards Princess Hu's Quarter. The quarter itself was relatively large and had a lot of servants maintaining it. Even though Shangguan Yu was basically locking his wife in this place, it was still large around for her to toss around if she wanted to.

"Your Highness, Prince Yu is here."

The maidservants went inside to call Princess Hu.

Princess Hu's body trembled a bit as she gnashed her teeth. Having to stay in this residence for so long, she was so angry that she couldn't do anything but to toss around. From her wealth to her people, Shangguan Yu took everything away from her.

When Great General Nan came to their door early in the morning, she knew that she would be finished.

Tu Family was finished.

They had been scheming from the back and never felt afraid of Great General Nan because they felt that he wouldn't care to do anything. But now, they realized that they were wrong. It was not that he couldn't do anything, but he was waiting for the right time to completely clean them up.

They were powerless.

And Princess Hu knew that Great General Nan would never make a move unless he could guarantee that he would not be implicated.

She was not completely stupid.

Thus, she knew that Tu Family was over.

She had been preparing herself to die when Great General Nan came, but Shangguan Yu stopped them by the door, not allowing them to enter the residence and find her. Even though she lost her wealth and power, they were already taken away by Shangguan Yu.

What she had was nothing more than her body and life.

Thus, when she heard that they left, she was dumbfounded.

Great General Nan left just like that?

She thought that Great General Nan would definitely try to barge inside and clean her up, but they didn't do that.

Instead, they gave Shangguan Yu face and accepted his offer.

Who is Shangguan Yu?

Nothing more than a crippled child in Shangguan Family who has always been looked down upon by other people. But now Great General Nan gave him face and allowed her to live.

She felt confused.

Princess Hu stayed inside her quarter in silence and knew that Shangguan Yu would never do this for her. He only kept her because she was still useful for him and that was why he would allow her to live.

She still hated him.

She hated him very much.

"Your Highness?" the maidservant called again carefully. Not a single one of them didn't know the cold relationship of the princess and prince. Thus, they had to be careful when they were interacting with either one of them.

Neither can be offended.

"Attend me," Princess Hu spat out.

It didn't take long for Princess Hu to finish dressing up. She walked out and saw Shangguan Yu was already sitting in front of a table full of delicacy. Even though Princess Hu was now living in Shangguan Family's Residence, her meal was still similar to that of her meal when she was in the palace.

There was not much difference.

The servants were still respectful of her. Aside from her not being able to get out of here and contacted her friends, families, or others, she was actually not treated badly.

But Princess Hu still felt resentment from deep within her heart.

After all, how could a proud princess like her be willing to be put into house arrest like this? Even her own brother had never truly restricted her when he was the one in power.

But after listening to what happened before, Princess Hu felt somewhat complicated.

Still, she hardened her heart.

In the face of a person like Shangguan Yu, there was no point in thinking that he was kind of whatsoever. He was and will always be a b*stard in her eyes.

No matter how gentleman he looked like, she had seen his cruelty that was deep seated in his bones. And staying here all these times, how could she not notice how orderly the servants were?

It was as if they were afraid of something.

Afraid of offending their Master.

Princess Hu felt that the more she knew Shangguan Yu, the more she felt that he was a hidden tiger. It was just that previously, he covered up his trace and never showed any of them, not even the claw or teeth.

This made others think of him as a harmless person.

Shangguan Yu looked at his wife and smiled. "Come and eat. It has been a long day."

"Indeed, it has." Princess Hu looked at her husband and her fingers clasped into a fist. She could never like him and hoped that she could stay away from him. But what could she do when she was trapped in this place?

She could only endure.

"I have asked them to prepare your favorite meal." Shangguan Yu was calm and composed as if he was not facing someone who wanted to murder him with her looks. "Do taste them."

"I know."

Princess Hu took a deep breath.

She will figure out a way out… someday.

…

After dealing with Princess Hu, Shangguan Yu would return to his own quarter. Honestly, he had no interest to stay with that princess if it was not necessary. And aside from spending the first day with her, Shangguan Yu stay in his own quarter.

There was no one who was watching them either. The Emperor would not care about whether he was staying with that princess or not.

After all, he was not completely fond of her and everything else.

What interest him more was the massive movement that Old Master Nan and the others had caused in the Capital City recently. The information that he wanted to obtain had come to him and the result was quite unexpected.

But he had already submitted the relevant evidences and sent that person to the prison.

"So, Shangguan Mi's father is a person of Zhang Xu Kingdom, huh?" Shangguan Yu looked at the bamboo scroll in front of him coldly. It seemed that when there was a chance, he had to pay them back the pain that these people from Zhang Xu Kingdom had caused him.

Too bad that Shangguan Family was mainly responsible for the border between Fei Yang Kingdom and Shi Long Kingdom or he could definitely ask them for some help.

Oh well, it just meant that he had to figure out another way. It was not completely impossible for him to do that.

But with the information he had handed out to the Emperor and other higher ups, his position had been strengthened further in the palace. In fact, Prime Minister Xian had told him that he would be promoted once they settled the matter.

His annoying and cruel 'half sister' was proven to be useful at times too.

Shangguan Yu played with a fan in his hand.

He didn't think that his future path would be smooth just because of his new position, but he was ready to fight and start to build his own influence. At the very least, he was going to achieve the dream that was once cut off because of those b*stard from Zhang Xu Kingdom.

He's still young.

There were still many years ahead of him, so Shangguan Yu wanted to make sure that he could do everything perfectly.

And with higher position, there will be more things that he could influence. Right now, the power of politics was somewhat directed towards military, so Shangguan Yu could also use his knowledge to start making solid foundation.

In the future, he will make sure that things would go in accordance to what he wanted.

But for now, he was still a small seedling trying to make his root.

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<Palace>

As what Shangguan Yu had thought, the information regarding the spies and his hidden movements during the time Old Master Nan caused chaos didn't go undetected.

Prime Minister Lan looked at the report in front of him and felt headache. He had thought that this young man named Shangguan Yu was not an ordinary person and even somewhat troublesome.

But what he obtained chilled him even more.

"Your Majesty, do you really want to use him in the court?" Prime Minister Lan asked carefully. Shangguan Yu was a doubled edged sword.

If he was used well, he could benefit them.

But if he was not used well, he would only harm them.

Emperor Yang Zhou looked at the report calmly. He knew very well that the people around him were all special in their own way.

They had their way of doing things and also their own ambitions.

And this Shangguan Yu's ambition… was really big.