Husband, Be A Gentleman

Chapter 50

Chapter Fifty

At the end of autumn.

'You bastard child!' the empress cursed and sobbed.

'Imperial mother, this time I'm leaving the imperial city forever,' Pei Lam said. 'Imperial mother, take good care of your health.'

'No!' the empress said. 'You'll come back. Wait until your imperial father calms down and sees Pei Lam's false heart and you'll be called back.'

The empress didn't want to accept all her years of scheming would fail. She only had one son, how could she accept being separated from her son?

'Imperial mother, status, power and money will turn to smoke,' Pei Lam said. 'Your heart doesn't need to waste energy about smoke.'

Pei Lam knelt in front of his mother, hit his forehead on the floor and left his mother's chamber.

Pei Lam's words prompted the empress to remember a year ago the grandmaster she met told her the same fortune that everything will turn to smoke and it was better to let go of swords to free the heart.

Pei Lam's father had refused to see him since that day he stabbed himself. He didn't know if his father would be willing to see him before he left the palace.

Pei Lam stood in front of his father's chamber and looked at the fallen flower petals. He knew his father was too angry to see him but he was amused at his childish father.

Wang Fu Mu was frightened how Pei Lam could smile in Pei Lam's situation. 'Crown prince.'

Pei Lam turned around and he saw Wang Fu Mu who served his father for more than twenty years. Wang Fu Mu was a little eunuch at the age of ten and later became his father's advisor. He knew Wang Fu Mu was someone who was capable otherwise Wang Fu Mu wouldn't be the closest person to his father.

Wang Fu Mu was even more frightened after Pei Lam bowed to him. 'Crown prince, what are you doing? Your servant doesn't dare to receive.'

'You have a fast mouth,' Pei Lam said.

Wang Fu Mu thought Pei Lam was possessed by a demon. 'Crown prince, the emperor doesn't want to see you. It's better if crown prince visit another day that isn't cold like today.'

'I don't know if I can see my imperial father when he isn't angry anymore,' Pei Lam said.

Earlier Wang Fu Mu informed the emperor that Pei Lam wanted to see the emperor and thought it was pitiful to see how disappointed the emperor was in Pei Lam. He thought perhaps after the emperor calms down and couldn't tolerate Pei Zhang anymore then the emperor would summon Pei Lam to return to the palace.

Pei Lam knew Wang Fu Mu was a fox who would survive many more years in the palace. He bowed to Wang Fu Mu to force Wang Fu Mu to do him a favor and pass on his warning to his father.

Wang Fu Mu bowed his head lower than Pei Lam's bowed head.

'Wang Fu Mu, if my imperial father doesn't want to see me then I'll trouble you to pass my warning to my imperial father,' Pei Lam said. 'I trust you'll pass on my warning to my imperial father.'

'Your servant will listen to crown prince's words carefully,' Wang Fu Mu said.

'Warn my imperial father to be careful of ninth brother,' Pei Lam said.

'Crown prince, what does that mean?' Wang Fu Mu asked.

'Ninth brother was involved in the harvest festival incident,' Pei Lam said.

'Your servant understands,' Wang Fu Mu said.

Pei Lam knelt in front of his father's chamber, hit his forehead on the ground and left the palace.