Wang Yong was angry, three hours had passed and Zhi Ming has still not shown up to his own coronation.

"King Wang Yong, is this what we are to expect from Zhi Ming? Who even comes late to their own coronation anyways" Wei young said mocking Zhi Ming.

Wang Yong sighed in anger, he stood up but Murong li held him back.

"Remember your condition....I will go seek for him"

If it were any other day Wang Yong would have gone against the idea of Murong li going to his son's room but now that he knows about their relationship, he seems quite pleased to know that even the 'demon' cared for his son.

"Very well then"

Wei young watched Murong li walk out of the hall, her eyebrows furrowed.

"What if Murong li realizes we are the ones that kidnapped Zhi Ming?" Liu Wei asked. Wei young scoffed.

"You are from Jingnan, the most peaceful sect out of all of us here, who would even suspect you" she said.

A slignt pain ached in Liu Wei's heart, his sect is commonly known as the mediators but now....he has tainted the image his father had built for this sect.

"I have failed my father" he whispers to himself.

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Murong li made his way inside Zhi Ming's room and it was empty, he frowned.

"Zhi Ming? Are you in here?" He looked around, he saw a silver crown pin on the floor and his frown deepened, did the prince have cold feet and decide to run off?

He stood up and kept looking around, there was a desk in the corner of the room and on top of it was Zhi Ming's sowrd, the blade closed off into it's black sheath.

"No royal can be seen without their sword without reason....something happened here"

Something ran behind him and he quickly turned around, his pulled out his white flute and a small blade popped out from the flute's end.

"Who is there?" He asked. Soft footsteps came from behind him and he swung his flute, the person dropped to his knees and rolled out of the room and ran away.

Murong li quickly ran to the hall. Wang Yong almost fainted seeing the Prince enter the hall running towards him.

"Someone was in Zhi Ming's room, i think he was kidnapped"

A collective of gasps filled up the hall, Wang Yong's heart skipped a beat making him cough up blood.

"King Wang Yong.....are you alright?" Murong li asked. The king tightly gripped him on the shoulders.

"Find.....my son.....I beg you"

Murong li could see the pain in Wang Yong's eyes, it was the pain of fear and loss.

"Mn....i will bring him back"

Wang Yong nodded, some people in the hall started to whispered to each other, why was the king of Yang Wu so close to the demon prince.

Murong li stood up and left the hall with his general behind him.

"Murong li, what happened?" General Qing asked once they were near the carriage.

"It seems Wei young and Liu Wei found a weakness about me" he said, General Qing frowned.

"They think Zhi Ming is your weakness?...that's unbelievable....unless" he looked at the prince.

"Unless they found out that him and I......are in love"

General Qing smiled, so the two had finally realized their feelings for one another.

"I see....where shall we start our search"
Murong li paused.

"You are going back home, i will search for Zhi Ming myself"

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Something cold was poured on him making him gasp in shock.

"Were you sleeping? Too bad" Wei young said in a mocking tone.

After Murong li left to search for Zhi Ming, Wang Yong called off the ceremony since the Prince was missing.

Zhi Ming coughed up some of the water that was poured over him, he saw Wei young and Liu Wei standing before him and he laughed in a humourless manner.

"So you two...what do you want with me?"

Liu Wei stepped forward, his blue eyes starring right into Zhi Ming's soul.

"We are not here for you, we want Murong li"

"Then why kidnap me? He was at my coronation you know"

Wei young scoffed.

"Of course he was there, we know what you two have going on....disgusting"

Liu Wei's eye twitched slighty hearing that and Zhi Ming saw it.

"Hahaha, Liu Wei....are you....one of us?"

Liu Wei gasped and looked away, his face bright red.

"I will not engaged in something so unnatural"

Zhi Ming nodded chuckling. It seems Liu Wei is still in denial.

"Stop your foolery and listen to what we are saying!" Wei young said in anger.

"What is it you want actually Wei young? me or Murong li?"

Wei young gasped, her hand clenched into a fist.

"You....no, i will not have you get to me, we kidnapped you because we want Murong li to die"

Zhi Ming's heart skipped a beat after hearing that, hopefully Murong li comes with a guard for protection when he comes for him.

"Why though? All because he retaliated after you pushed him?" He said remembering the unnecessary wars that Yaoguang had to start.

Wei young was baffled, Zhi Ming is even protecting him?

"We started it? We don't even know him!"

Liu Wei tensed at that as he remembered what he and Wei young did to Murong li five years ago.

"Uh...Wei young, let's have a talk outside"

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Murong li was still at Yang Wu palace. He was trying to figure out where Wei young and Liu Wei took Zhi Ming.

"It must be....somewhere no one would even suspect"

He smirked.

"Jingnan"

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"Remember training at Jingnan and you always tormented this beautiful man?"

"......yes....what about him?"

"It's Murong li....and he told me he's coming for revenge"

Smack.

"Why are you telling me this now? Do you know what we could've done if i knew it was him the whole time!"

She roared in anger but deep inside she was afraid, afraid of what Murong li could do to her like he did to those rabbits....the visions of their chopped off heads flashing in her mind.

"Does.....does he have his sword back?"

Liu Wei massaged his stinging cheek, he sighed.

"No"

She sighed in relief but it was just a temporary feeling because....

"He has a new one"

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General Qing was at Yaoguang palace, his men all in formation if anyone tried to attack the palace.

He sighed as he sat down on the prime minister's chair, a guard came to him and bowed.

"General we have someone from Yang Wu"

"Oh? Let him in"

The guard left and seconds later the door opened and a man came inside, the gold armor he was wearing gleaming in the candlelit room. General Qing gasped as he saw this person.

"Wang lei?"

"Hello Qing jing"