Detective Ghost Empress

194 The truth

Liu Hui Ying looked at Ren Wei whose head was lowered she saw that he was not saying anything and raised her feet to press on his chest. ” I am telling you, I am not a patient woman. If you think that you can act dead and get out of this ordeal then you might as well tell me what colour coffin you want, that is if you can get one.”

Ren Wei stiffened, he wanted to delay this matter as much as he could but seeing that he could not, he breathed in a sharp breath and then opened his mouth before he started talking, “If we tell you the reason why we killed Zhai Chenguang, then will kill us at once?” He raised his head and looked at Liu Hui Ying, he did not dare to say anything without getting the guarantee that he and his master will be able to die without any pain and as swiftly as possible.

Liu Hui Ying raised her head and turned to look at Zhai Tianyu who nodded in response, seeing that the man has given his word. She turned to look at Ren Wei who was lying on the floor and promised, ” As long as you tell me the truth, I promise that I will not kill you.”

Seeing that Liu Hui Ying agreed, Ren Wei opened his mouth and started speaking, “It’s because of the late emperor.” His words caused Zhai Tianyu to stiffen, he was prepared for anything but not his father’s name to be mentioned, he looked at Ren Wei who was hatefully gritting his teeth as he looked at him.

” The previous Emperor wanted to use his power to take on the neighbouring country but the truth was that even though he was really powerful in the end he was not as strong as the leader of the army of the neighbouring country, the late Emperor knew this as well but his greed of becoming the most powerful Emperor of his age was too big for him to ignore the strength of the neighbouring country,” Ren Wei gritted his teeth as he clenched his fingers before he raised his eyes and glared at Zhai Tianyu with hatred.

When Zhai Heng and Yu Lingyun saw that he was glaring at Zhai Tianyu they moved in front of Zhai Tianyu protectively but the latter stopped them from standing in front of him. Instead, he met the hateful glare of Ren Wei head-on and waited for him to continue speaking, as he looked at Ren Wei and Wei De, he wanted to see what kind of hatred these two had for his father that they killed his aunt.

” Our father was the then strategist of this country, he fought many battles alongside the Emperor and won many battles of the late Emperor, when the late Emperor put forth his desire of winning over the neighbouring country, our father told him that it was impossible given our military strength but your father!” Ren Wei suddenly became too emotional as he looked at Zhai Tianyu with eyes that were burning with passion and hatred. ” Your father told him that he was being too cowardly and pushed our father to become the strategist of the military again telling him that if he failed then he will be killed along with our family.”

” Our family, you mean to say–” Zhai Tianyu suddenly realised the one thing that he has never taken care of, he turned to look at Wei De who smirked at him through the pain. ” He is my younger brother, your majesty...when our father saw that the late Emperor was not willing to listen to him, he knew that our family will be in danger sooner or later.”

” He could not hide me because I was already studying in the academy but my Wei’er was still young, our father faked his death and sent him to one of his friends to be raised, that way he was making sure that our family lineage will be able to continue even if something was to happen to him.”

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” That’s right,” Ren Wei bit his bottom lips as he looked into Zhai Tianyu’s eyes. He bit his lip until he tasted blood but even then he couldn’t ease the hatred that was burning in his heart. ” Your father knew that he wouldn’t be able to win but he still pushed forth with his crazy ideas. And when he lost he pushed every single bit of responsibility on our father!”

” You hear that! He was the one who did not listen to anything that our father had to say to him but when he failed he went and blamed everything on our father, saying that he did not do enough, that he did not think enough! That if he tried then the lives of those who died could have been saved like hell, they could have been saved!” Ren Wei shouted as he lost all control of his feelings. ” Your father was the one who was in the wrong but in the end, because he did not want to come out as someone who was not good enough he went ahead and pushed the bucket of the blame on our father.”

” You have no idea how painful was it for us to see our father being dragged on the streets like a criminal where he was thrown eggs and rotten tomatoes, with his face smeared with ink and being treated as if he was the enemy of the country!” Ren Wei’s eyes turned red as he thought about the day when his father was declared as the sinner of the country and was dragged through the streets where he was covered with trash and dirty water in the kitchen and outhouse.

It has been years ever since that happened but even now he could not forget that day, it was still in front of his eyes as if it just happened a few days ago. From a young boy he became an adult man but the sight...that horrifying sight, it was still in front of his eyes and every time he closed his eyes, he will relive that day.

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