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Chapter 5 - 17th prince's treasure trove

On this lively and beautiful day, everyone in the imperial palace was singing a happy tune. Most were joyfully celebrating about their new empress while some were idling around about the perfect weather. Down in some hall and in a quiet resting quarter, 17th prince has been anticipating about completing his upside-down pyramid. He gently set a teacup up. Only one more to go and his masterpiece would be finish. 17th prince celebrated with some jumping and clapping but he bumped into the table. Seeing the table moved he panicked and stopped all movements, afraid of tipping over his teacup pyramid. He had spent many days and carefully put his pricey and rare teacups in a fashionable order. He proudly looks at it in an awe-inspiring grin. At last, he picked up the last teacup and was ready to go. 17th prince felt like he had placed the missing piece to an uncompleted treasure map. It filled up the gap in his heart that had long been hollowed. Unexpectedly, before he can set the last piece on, his walls started closing in. The palace's ceilings that were high above almost touching the heavens is now quickly shrinking down to earth. All the furniture's including his antiques trembles as they scatter throughout the room. Everything in the room starts to move around. To his horror, it made Hu Deming shout in panic as he tries to hold the table down. Before Seventeenth Prince can pin down the table, a very loud voice echoes through the entire palace's corridors. He covers his ears to stop the horrible sound. In one hand he still held the special teacup. The deafening roar thunder throughout the palace and shatter every single piece of his treasured collection. Including his highly prized teacup pyramid. All that was left is that tiny little teacup in his hand.

"My...my...my treasures!"

After hearing their master's cry, some eunuch rushes in for his aid.

"Your highness!"

"My babies! What happened to my babies! What did you do to my babies?!" Hu Deming, the 17th prince grabs onto the collar of one of the eunuchs. The eunuch had served his highness for so many years but had never seen the calm and collective prince like this. Blood will be spilt today. The small eunuch tries to pry off his Lord's with his trembling hand.

"Your highness today is brother emperor's wedding. I think something might have happened outside.

"Who dares to ruin this prince's heart? I shall see who has the guts to do so?"

Interrupted his speech, a eunuch came in shouting "Your highness! The empress dowager has requested your presence. Something has happened at royal brother's wedding!"

Ying Momo was awakened by her grandfather's call. There is no way that she'll forget that call. Her grandfather rarely gets angry but when he does, that was the tone he uses with her.