286 Soujin Past: The Unreasonable Emperor
Little Soujin didn't know anything as he kept on staying in the training room to practice. The training his father set for him was really arduous and he was tired of waving his wooden sword and all.
"I want to beat my father."
His father was a general and challenging that man was Little Soujin's dream. With that thought in his head, he preserved to finish his training. Right after finishing the training, he slipped into the storage room and got some sleep.
During that time, the emperor got the report from the Tian family that the Nanglong family is doing something behind his back. The loss of one of his important person has hit him hard and he would not allow anyone to block him from his path anymore.
"Wu, what do you think of that news?"
Strategist Wu frowned. From what he knew, the Nanglong family was a smart one, and they shouldn't have done something so stupid like going against the emperor. However, what worried him the most was the force behind the Nanglong family.
On his side was another person who was also a trusted person of emperor side. He looked towards them with boredom. "If the Nanglong family wanted to do something it's not impossible. The way they protect themselves all these years is just like that."
In the Ming Kingdom, the one who held the power was not the emperor, but the powerful families in the kingdom. If not like that, this kingdom would never be able to stand on their feet handling the four big kingdoms surrounding it.
Unlike the other kingdoms where the most powerful one was the emperor, the Ming Kingdom always let the other family had strong power. This tactic was the one that let Ming Kingdom have the upper hand compared with other kingdoms. However, all this time they have strong and good emperor which made them never tried to do anything funny. This time should be the same, but the one who moved first was the emperor.
Asking for complete control of their armies, belonging, and everything, the emperor had truly limited their movement. It made them feel displeased, but there were not much they could do as they patiently waiting.
However, the emperor didn't think that it was enough.
"It seems the Jun family is not enough as the example. Why not them too?" the emperor sneered.
Strategist Wu didn't think that it would be a good idea, but the other two didn't find any problem with the plan. They just agreed with the plan of the emperor since the Nanglong family was indeed really powerful.
One of them just didn't want to think about it while the other one, Lan Teng, only felt slightly happy since it meant the Lan family would have one less competitor. As a member of Lan family who stood on the frontline, he didn't really have good relationship with the other two big military families.
If not because of that, he would not secretly flame the emperor with bad news about the Jun Family continuously.
After all that said, the emperor ordered them to go towards the Nanglong family and found Nanglong Sei. He couldn't find fault with Nanglong Souka while Nanglong Soujin was just a kid. If he were to accuse a kid of treason, the entire people in the kingdom would surely think that he has already insane. The only one he could take was the adult man, Nanglong Sei.
Nanglong Sei didn't seem surprised when he saw the soldiers coming to his residence. He looked around and quickly went to the training room where he found Little Soujin was looking at him with confusion.
"Father, what is the ruckus about?" he asked.
"There are some people wanting to take me away," Nanglong Sei explained. "But, you have to be a good boy and stay inside here, okay?"
"But, if they are bad guys, can't you just beat them, father?"
"If things were that simple, everything would be easy," Nanglong Sei laughed bitterly. "Take care of your mother, alright? Promise me that you won't come out no matter what."
Little Soujin was looking towards his father with hesitation. He got the feeling that this would be the last time he could see his father. He didn't want to lose his father, but he knew that the current him couldn't do anything. No matter how unwilling he was, he couldn't.
"Okay father."
"Good boy," Nanglong Sei smiled towards the small boy before closing the door. He looked towards the soldiers who come to take him and chose to comply. There was no use fighting as he would only implicate his family.
However, it didn't mean there was no death. The other servants and people in the residence were massacred. Little Soujin could clearly smell the thick scent of blood, but he didn't come out from the small room. He had promised, and he would not come out from there until his mother came back.
From inside the room, there were a few holes he could use to see outside. The scene was not something he could forget. Little Soujin could feel that his cheeks were wet, and his palm hurt from him clenching his fist.
Yet, he ignored them all as he watched the people he knew gone. At that moment, a new determination was born. He would become strong, strong enough, so he could protect those around him.
The waiting continued for hours and Little Soujin sat inside the room calmly. Despite his heart was feeling chaos, he kept his calm and waited patiently. Unknowingly, he had cried countless times to vent his feeling and finally able to stay calm.
"Sei? Little Soujin?" when she returned, Qin Shie was greeted by the horrible scene of the household getting destroyed. She finally understood why the people had been looking at her with sympathy. The emperor was still unsatisfied with the Jun family and he decided to use her family.
Tears start to fall down her face as she looked around. She didn't care about the condition of this household, what she wanted to know was whether her son and husband were alive or not.
"Mother," Little Soujin heard her voice and came out from the hiding place. He looked around and ran towards his mother.
"Little Soujin," Qin Shie hugged Little Soujin as tears continued to fall. That dumb husband of hers was not careful enough in his planning….
What she feared the most had happened. She could only silently pray that her husband would return. Because if he did not return, Qin Shie looked towards her son, she knew he would never be the same anymore.
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