YM778.TV Chapter 203
However, so much had happened in the past month, and now he could tell that his usual white hanfu with a hint of blue pattern on it was his favorite. For the past three days, he couldn’t even wear clothes with blue patterns because he had to continue mourning Bai Renshu’s death, but after three days had passed, he could now stop wearing the dull white hanfu that didn’t even have any pattern on it.
At a glance, the palace in Dong Lang Empire had returned to normal again after Bai Renshu’s death, but perhaps not everything was back to normal. For example, the Emperor had become more reserved since Bai Renshu died, and he didn’t even start holding court meetings even after three days had passed.
The Zuigao Hall remained silent as no one entered it without an invitation from Bai Guowei, and even the investigation into the incident that occurred in the Forbidden Forest had to be stopped for now.
The real culprit behind the incident that caused the tragedy in the Dong Lang Empire had yet to be found, but it looked like the Emperor still hadn’t been able to move on from his son’s death.
At a glance, everything in Dong Lang had returned to normal, but that was not true because the atmosphere in the empire was still gloomy and dark. Even the people who knew that their Crown Prince had committed suicide in the Zuigao Hall also couldn’t stop talking about the incident, and it only added to the sad atmosphere in the empire.
Three days passed, and Bai Chen realized that he still had responsibilities he had to do after the mourning period ended. With a porcelain jar containing Bai Renshu’s ashes in his right hand, Bai Chen exited his pavilion, and he was immediately greeted by the sight of Zhu Ge and Ma Qiao standing right in front of the pavilion.
The two people’s gazes immediately fell on the object in Bai Chen’s hand, and both of them looked puzzled when they saw it.
“What is it, Your Highness? You told me that you were leaving the palace today, but you didn’t tell me where you were going,” Ma Qiao politely asked the young Prince as his eyes once again fell on the Prince.
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Bai Chen also glanced at the pot in his hand for a moment, but then he turned his gaze to Ma Qiao while replying, “It’s the Crown Prince’s ashes. I have to scatter them into the river today as it is the Crown Prince’s last wish.”
Bai Chen could see how the old servant widened his eyes in surprise, but it wasn’t the man who was surprised by what he had just said as Zhu Ge also had the same expression on his face.
The Werewolf Prince assumed that it was only natural for the two of them to look surprised since he had indeed not told anything about Bai Renshu’s ashes. In the past three days, he had spent his time inside Jing Pavilion, and that was why he had no time to tell them about how Bai Renshu wanted him to be the one to scatter his ashes into the river.
Bai Chen only agreed with Zhu Ge that he would be leaving the palace today, but he didn’t tell the man anything he needed to do for the day apart from their agreement three days ago.
“Crown Prince Bai Renshu wanted you to scatter his ashes into the river, Your Highness? But how did you know about his wish? And why would the Crown Prince want you to do that? Didn’t the Crown Prince hate you when he was still alive, Your Highness?”
Ma Qiao continued to question the young Prince, and even if Bai Chen could answer the first two questions, he knew that the third and fourth questions would not get an answer because the person who could give the answer had died four days ago.
Why did Bai Renshu ask Bai Chen to scatter his ashes into the river? Only Bai Renshu could answer that question.
Didn’t Bai Renshu hate Bai Chen when he was alive? It was also only Bai Renshu who could come up with an answer.
Only Bai Renshu could answer those questions, but that man was no longer in the world, and that was why Bai Chen chose to remain silent instead of answering Ma Qiao’s questions.
“I think we should go now,” Zhu Ge suddenly broke the silence with his deep voice, and Ma Qiao even glared at him because he dared to say that when Bai Chen had not given him an answer to his questions.
However, Ma Qiao seemed to understand that this was not the right time to argue with Zhu Ge, and that was why he turned to Bai Chen again before asking, “Do you really want to leave the palace today, Your Highness? The Rongyao Imperial Palace is not in a good situation now, and I think you should reconsider your plans to leave the palace today.”
Bai Chen looked at Ma Qiao again, and he showed a surprised expression upon hearing the servant’s words. “What do you mean?” He asked the old man. “What happened in the Rongyao Imperial Palace?”
It was only today that activity in the Imperial Palace began to return to normal, and that was why Bai Chen knew nothing about what was happening in the palace.
“Something happened at the Rongyao Imperial Palace, Your Highness,” the old servant replied. “The head of Black Werewolf Clan started kneeling in front of the Rongyao Imperial Palace this morning, and he asked the Emperor to admit that it was indeed the Emperor who caused the incident in the Forbidden Forest. If the Emperor still wanted to hide, then the Black Werewolf Clan would start chaos in Dong Lang.”