Suddenly, in the midst of Hu Nayin's screams came the voice he yearned for so much. The baby sobs.
"Your Highness! Your Highness!"
Qing opened the door. She stepped forward.
Zhu Su soon approached her. "How is it? Is Wang Fei well?"
"The birthing is success, Your Highness." Qing smiled. "Congratulation. You have got one more boy."
"Ah... Thank you very much, Heaven..." Zhu Su felt weak at his knees of a sudden. "Can I see them?"
"Of course. Please, Your Highness."
Zhu Su immediately approached Hu Nayin, as well as the baby. Hu Nayin's face was pale and haggard as a result of pushing so hard. However, her face was filled with a blush of happiness. Even, tears were streaming down her cheeks.
"Your Highness..." Hu Nayin said softly. "Qing said, I've given you a boy..."
Zhu Su grabbed Hu Nayin's hands, squeezing them gently. "You did it, my dear Nayin. Congratulations." He stared at Hu Nayin with sparkling eyes. "And thank you very much... because you can give birth in good health, so you can still accompany my life..."
"I am a strong woman, Your Highness." Hu Nayin smiled. "For you, I will be as strong as a rock."
Zhu Su smiled happily. He squeezed Hu Nayin's hands one more time, then stood up. "I want to see our baby."
A court lady brought the baby with care.
"Wow... he has an incredible face. He does not look like me, nor like you either. He is a mixture of both of us." Zhu Su said cheerfully. Laughing, he started to carry the baby.
"He is so gallant and handsome! Your Highness, what name would you like to give him?"
"Hmmm," Zhu Su thought for a while. "Before Fu Huang has given instruction that I have to use the character "You" as the middle character for my sons, and that the last character must have the element of fire. Zhu You... the third character must have the element of fire, then what character is suitable for him... hmmm... Jue?" In a flash, a character that sounded handsome and gallant passed his mind. Zhu Su felt a flush of happiness. "That's right! "Jue"! Sounds very dashing! Yes, Zhu Youjue! Amazing!"
Zhu Su was laughing in delight with Zhu Youjue in his arms. Still lying weakly on the bed, Hu Nayin watched happily the two men she loved so dearly.
***
Meanwhile, in the dungeon.
The dungeon in Kaifeng Palace was an extremely terrible place. Once you entered it, you would not see the sunshine. The atmosphere was more creepy than the prolonged winter. Without sunshine penetrating inside, the dungeon was totally pitch-black and it made all prisoners fall into the depths of despair. But every prison in Ming must be arranged in that way. Prisons were set up to be such a terrifying place, so that no one would dare to break the laws of the country - and besides, to ensure that the rulers still retained the absolute power which the entire country had to obey.
It was the same inhumane with the dungeon occupied by the arrested Bai Lian Jiao members. Lack of light, almost pitch black. Luckily there was a little light and it helped those with good sight saw the situation inside the dungeon. Except for Deng Linping who had been recruited as a member of the Team of Wellbeing as well as Mrs. Deng, the others were detained in prison. Together with Wang Yue, Lin Chan, and all members of the Center of Bai Lian Jiao in Kaifeng.
"Brother Yue!" Ma Ya quickly approached Wang Yue, who was lying limp due to severe pain from the whip. "Are you okay?!"
Wang Yue looked up. "Ma Ya... Bao Mei..." It was quite difficult for him to say. "You... are also imprisoned here?..."
"Yes, Brother..." Ma Ya said languidly. She then sat next to Wang Yue. "You are all injured so badly? Is this because..."
"We are all flogged, Ma Ya," Lin Chan said. "I don't know how many times... maybe hundreds of times..."
"It is Zhou Wang who did this?"
Lin Chan nodded.
Wei Han grumbled. He slammed his body roughly onto the ground. "Even now, the people we help have betrayed us. We've got this all because of helping Wu Qi and Hu Nayin, but both of them are ungrateful, even imprisone us here!"
Xu Gechang also cursed. "It's the same with Deng Linping and Mrs. Deng, they only focus on saving their own lives, and totally don't care with us! When we were still together in Bai Lian Jiao, their oaths of allegiance were so amazing, they swore that they would always be loyal under any circumstances. Aaaahhh... fate, fate! People said, don't be too kind towards people, it is you who will incur losses because the people you help will betray you!"
"Eh, anyway... why do you get imprisoned?" One of Bai Lian Jiao's senior members asked.
Xu Gechang told them about their experience.
The senior member said, "Perhaps, the reason why you are imprisoned while Mrs. Deng and Deng Linping are not, is because they didn't attack Zhou Wang. Whereas you have tried to attack him, even threatened to kill him. He immediately categorizes your action as treason..."
"After all, we are too consumed by the desire for revenge. The enemy was in sight, alone and without protection, wasn't it a good opportunity to avenge us?"
"That's the problem. You're not smart at reading the situation."
"Maybe, it's all because of me," Bao Mei lowered her head. "I didn't immediately take the opportunity to kill him. Still wasting time by testing him this and that."
"Not really. Even if you killed him right at that moment, the result was still the same. While you were dueling, Zhou Fan Wang Guo royal army on a massive scale had arrived. The time span would be the same."
Wei Han sighed. "No wonder Grandmaster always advises us to train our minds more often. It's all because of lack of practice. We should have studied with all of you who are far more senior in mind cultivation."
"According to my opinion, everything is a matter of fate," Wang Yue commented. "You say, we are far more senior in mind cultivation, but we are still imprisoned right now... oouuuchhh!..." The hurt caused by the whip reappeared, he moaned in pain.
"Brother! Are you alright?!"
"I agree with Brother Yue. You are not flogged, while we were flogged brutally that some of us even almost die. At least there is still something for you to be grateful for."
"Well... that's right. This is all a matter of fate." Xu Gechang looked up, staring at the dirty palace ceiling. "It's been our fate to meet Wu Qi and Hu Nayin, to get involved in their troubles, and that we must end up this way!"
"Aaauuuwww!"