Mei Yuan watched as the eunuchs carried Changling away, gaining the other servants attention, leading them to help carry Changling. Mei Yuan was about to run after them but saw that Qinghe did not move, looking at him she asked, "Aren't you coming with?"
Qinghe raised a brow, "Will your father be there?"
Mei Yuan looked behind them and saw that her father was coming over now dressed in other robes. Looking back at Qinghe she smiled helplessly, "But Oraboni will want you there."
Qinghe chuckled and followed Mei Yuan at a steady pace. Hwangje, Dong Woo, Youxian and the others all arrived after them but were not allowed into the room they put Changling in. Mei Yuan and Qinghe were also not allowed in but that did not stop them from entering.
The physician looked at Changling with terror in his eyes, he was so young and yet he had so many wounds on his body. Qinghe looked at the physician in disinterest but knew that he would report this matter to Hwangje.
Dressing Changling's wounds and feeding him pain reliever, the physician sighed in relief, he looked at Qinghe and asked, "How long has it been since he received this wound?"
Qinghe shrugged and did not answer, making the physician frown and Mei Yuan sweat.
She tugged on his sleeve but she was ignored.
The physician examined Changling for over twenty minutes then said, "He needs rest, lots of it. Wangja is welcome to stay here for the time being until he is better, I will prescribe medication for him and once he wakes up he needs to have a herbal soup that I will ask the kitchen to make."
Qinghe nodded and sat down on the chair beside the bed.
The physician went out to report, "Mr Kim, how is my son?" Wu Yong Hwangje asked.
The physician looked at Hwangje and bowed, "Answering to his majesty, I have taken care of the wound, Wangja needs rest and should not be disturbed until he can walk again."
Wu Yong's brows knitted, "What do you mean by that?"
The physician shook his head, "With that type of wound I am surprised he is walking, a normal human would be bed ridden but Wangja he… Your Majesty, if I may, that Qinghe fellow, I asked him how Wangja received the wound he did not answer and when Wangja received that wound but he still would not tell me. It is also not visible enough to see from afar but if you look closely at Wangja's body, you can see similar wounds that have healed before."
"Similar wounds?" Wu Yong looked at him confused and so did Dong Woo.
Wu Yong turned to look at Youxian and asked, "Is it true?"
Everyone's eyes turned to Youxian as he was put on the spot.
Hiding his embarrassment with a cough he nodded, "Yes, I've seen those wounds too," thinking for a moment he answered, "If I recall correctly, I asked Rucheng how he got those wounds. She told me that growing up, Changling Wangja would always return home bleeding but would not fill me in on how and who caused them."
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Wu Yong, Dong Woo, Youxian and Qiang Wu entered the room.
They saw Mei Yuan wring out a cloth and apply it to Changling's forehead who was breathing heavily. They looked over at the visitors and Qinghe's face turned sour. He was not used to being around the royals for so long, worse now that he would marry into their family – not to mention that his father-in-law looked at him with hatred.
Qinghe stood up and bowed followed by Mei Yuan.
Wu Yong ignored Qinghe and walked up to Changling's side.
He caressed Changling's cheek then looked down at his chest that was moving up and down, reminded of the wound under the sheets he looked at Qinghe and sternly asked, "What happened to my son?"
Qinghe stared at Wu Yong stunned, how dare this man claim that Changling was his son?
Mentally shaking his thoughts away he answered with a bow, "Answering to your majesty, it is all your fault for taking Youxian away."
"What?" Wu Yong asked confused.
He looked at Youxian and saw that his godson was looking at Qinghe in shock.
Wu Yong heard Mei Yuan say, "I will go make tea."
She bowed and walked away.
After watching her walk out of the room and collecting his thoughts, he looked at Qinghe, "Explain yourself," he ordered.
"Your majesty, did you not order that Youxian be taken away forcefully and Changling to attend the hearing?" Qinghe asked, equally confused.
Wu Yong glared at his bold words, "I did, but what does that have to do with Changling being in this state."
Respectfully, Qinghe answered, "Your majesty, it was these actions of yours that made my brother see red. If you had just ordered Changling to attend the hearing he would have but you took Youxian away from him. Changling could have killed those that you sent for Youxian and killed Youxian along with them but he did not because he did not want to hurt Commander Hwan."
"So you are saying it is because I left?" Youxian asked before Wu Yong could.
Qinghe raised a brow and looked at Youxian, he smirked and said, "I am sure my brother asked you not to leave but you still did, you could have taken your time to get to know him but instead you chose to leave his side. You should already know the reason why he treated you in that manner but yet you chose to leave."
Youxian narrowed his eyes and clenched his fists at his side, "Who would stay with someone who does those things. I left because I did not like it yet here you are saying I should have stayed? Stop spouting nonsense."
Qinghe tsked and shook his head, "I am merely stating the obvious. Commander Hwan, please recall why Changling and I are here in the first place. If Mei Yuan Gongjunim did not deceive me, I would not have been accused of having an affair with her and sentenced to imprisonment. It was because of this that Changling chose to live here and be this kingdom's prisoner. My mother knew that Changling would misbehave and so when Mr Hwan told her about you, she told Changling to keep himself busy with you instead of going after those who hurt her," sighing he sat down and crossed his arms and legs; continuing he said, "To you, it may have seemed as if you were being molested, hence you were but in actual fact you were saving everyone in the palace from dying at my brothers hands."
Looking at Wu Yong he added, "I am sure you think he is crazy but he might actually like you."
Turning back to look at Youxian he said, "Even if he likes you let me warn you, you do not deserve my brother, no one I have met so far deserves him. You are just one of the lucky ones and hopefully he throws you away after he toys with you enough."
Smiling he added, "And another thing, when he finally regains consciousness and you are not by his side, he might just toy with you like a cat does with a mouse. No matter where you run to, he will find you."
Looking at Wu Yong he said, "So that is what happened, I am sure you know Changling does not like you and he is only calm now because of Youxian. I am certain your life means more to you than throwing it away for a cut-sleeve to take it."
Dong Woo's eyes hardened, "Watch how you speak!"
Qinghe chuckled, "You offered your son up to a beast, you should be glad that he is saving the kingdom from being taken over by my brother since Changling has no interest in the throne your sit on."
The doors slammed open and in walked the twins, one dressed in a light blue tunic and the other in a light green tunic, their eyes landed on their brother who was laying on the bed and they both squealed, Qian Luse ran over to Changling's side and pushed Dong Woo out of the way who bumped into Wu Yong.
She jumped on to the bed and cried, "Ah!!! My Oraboni, you are too young to die."
"Hey!" Qinghe called her.
Qian Lan walked over to Qinghe's side and kissed him on the cheek, hugging him she said, "We got the news and arrived as soon as we could, what happened?"
Hugging his sister to his side he answered, "Your Oraboni was pissed that his wife ran away and went to relieve his anger."
Qian Luse instantly stopped crying and glared at Youxian, Qian Lan also turned her attention to Youxian and shook her head saying, "Can you see what you caused? You should have just stayed put, who knows what he will be like when he wakes up!"