WAR PRISONER

War Prisoner Chapter 53

Author: 梨花烟雨(Li Hua Yan Yu) /Lê Hoa Yên Vũ

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War Prisoner Chapter 53

With a belly full of hopeful expectations and counting his chickens before they are hatched, Yu Cang set off to deal with his bête noir once and for all. But before he was even half-a-mile into his journey, he heard the thundering of horses' hooves behind him, when he turn back for a look, he saw that the Crown Prince Wanyan Shuo and his personal bodyguard Xiao Yan had caught up to him. Shocked and dismayed, he hurried to dismount from his horse to formally greet Wanyan Shuo, before saying: "The body of the Crown Prince is more valuable than ten-thousand taels of gold, I wonder what is the important matter that has caused you to come here personally?"

Wanyan Shuo gave a "humph" and said: "My heart is troubled over my Mother Empress and I want to go with you to chase after him. General Yu please rise, it is important that we find Mother Empress as soon as possible."

In his heart, Yu Cang thought: If you are to go with me, won't my plan be ruined? Therefore he hurried to raise his objections: "The Crown Prince must not do that. You must be mindful of your exalted status, it is not appropriate for you to take risks casually. If that treacherous subject should..."

Before he could finish that line, he was impatiently interrupted by Wanyan Xu who said: "Stop spouting nonsense. My Imperial Father has not even deposed the Empress yet, but you dare to refer to him as a treacherous subject. You are guilty of the crime of showing great disrespect, aren't you afraid of the consequences? If you defer to my wishes today, I shall not pursue this further. But if not, then be prepared for me to lodge a complaint against you in front of my Imperial Father, and you can be sure that I will embellish the tale to present you in the worst possible light. As you well know, I'm not a very reasonable person." With that said, he gave a sinister laugh, and spurring his horse on, he passed by Yu Cang.

Of course, Yu Cang knew full well just how formidable this little demon king could be and he did not dare to obstruct him any further. He could only suffer in silence as he proceeded to "search" for Su Yi in Wanyan Shuo's company. His heart was filled with hate, but he could only grind his teeth helplessly. It would seem like his scheme was going to fail, all because of a hiccup when it was time for the final push. The only silver lining he could see was that if he executed his plans well, when the time came, it would be Wanyan Xu who would be demanding that Su Yi be put to death.

Speaking of Su Yi, he did not know how much time had passed after he had been knocked senseless by the airborne drug before he began to gradually stir himself and regain consciousness. His eyes registered that he was in a large hall and a group of people were peering at him intently. He could not tell who they were affiliated with, since they were all dressed differently. When they saw that he was awake, their eyes filled with ridicule and one of them said in a malicious voice: "Empress Consort, my humble self was ordered by General Yu to make a request of the Empress Consort on his behalf. He requests that the Empress Consort put on a performance with us. General Yu said that for the sake of the lives of your compatriots, the Empress Consort will definitely be willing to comply with this request."

Su Yi gave a protracted sigh, understanding in his heart that Zi Yan and Yu Cang had finally launched their operation to remove him. In his heart he thought: could it be possible that this was the fated course of his life? In becoming the Empress of Jin Liao, he had earned the rebuke of the intelligentsia that were loyal to the Great Qi. Now he had been entrapped, and he was going to be forced to say that he had betrayed Wanyan Xu. The common people of Great Qi, who supported Wanyan Xu's rule by large, would undoubtedly also rebuke him for this. Was it that from the moment he was taken captive, he had been doomed to this fate, the fate of becoming an object of scorn and derision of everybody under Heaven?