The Story Behind the Jade Pendant
the story of the jade pendant

"but whatever the power, the maker did not know where the house of the lovers who had ordered the jade.The only clue he had was a money bag with a dragon embroidery. he had guessed that the couple must have come from an imperial city"

"he was desperate to get there, within a few days, he finally arrived at the imperial city, but what to do next. in the end he chose to rest first in a diner near the roadside"

"he ordered a pot of tea and food, for him to eat there, he overheard some people there gossiping about a married couple who died together after a rebellion at the palace"

"the woman died by stabbing herself, she could not accept that the only person she loved had to leave her, just like that, so the woman also ended her life and chose to follow in the footsteps of her husband to the afterlife"

"heard the story, making the pendant maker feel sorry for the couple, he had time to think how the lovers who were ordering the jade pendant at that time"

"he wondered who the married couple who died with it, then he asked the people who gossiped there. they told her that the couple was a prince and also the princess of the imperial family"

"the husband is a royal prince and the wife is also a royal princess but they come from a different kingdom. After marriage the wife leaves her kingdom and prefers to follow the husband"

"the couple was vilified by people who hated him and made false accusations against the couple, the couple died tragically. the husband who was killed for alleged rebellion and his wife committed suicide because he was left behind"

"then the people there told the maker if he was curious as to what kind of person they said, then try to come to the center of the imperial city there is a patch on the face of the married couple. the painting was affixed there so that everyone would know if the couple were rebels.

"heard that the maker immediately rushed there, because after hearing the stories from the people made him feel anxious and had a bad feeling for the couple who had ordered the jade pendant"

"he left in a hurry, when he arrived there were many people who swarmed the painting.he tried to find a gap so that he could see the painting, he said, after desperately he crowded with many people, finally he was able to get to the front and see the painting"

"which is true it turns out that the painting is indeed a painting of a couple who once came to his place to make a jade pendant. he drooped limp, he drowned, he could not believe why the lovers who thought good were getting such cruel slander"

"he did not know what to do with this jade pendant, but he had received a lot of gold as payment. Now the owner is gone and he did not know who to hand this to"

"he took the courage to visit the palace and fortunately he had a friend who worked as a eunuch in the palace. When he arrived at the palace he told his friend to deliver him to the owner of this jade pendant"

"initially the eunuch refused because now the palace was in mourning, but the maker still forced to deliver the pendant, he was desperate to risk his life just to deliver the pendant. seeing his persistence made the eunuch finally melt and Kasim also drove him to the place where the married couple was located"

"at first he hesitated, but because he had arrived at the entrance he could only stand still in place and mourn the bodies of the lovers. Kasim conveys the maker's intention to the husband's younger brother, and his younger brother approaches the maker"

"he was frightened, standing up trembling, but when the sister of the woman's husband asked him he immediately answered politely and after knowing that the jade pendant was an order from his sister, he said, the younger brother received it, and he gave the maker a bag of gold"

"the maker refused, because he had received it before from the couple, he said to his brother who was also the prince, if the task is done and now he must return to his place"

"the prince's sister let her go, then she opened the jade pendant's package.after it opened it emanated a gentle light and made anyone who saw intend to have her, it was, but because it belongs to his brother and his sister's wife he also intends to keep her near his brother's body"

"when he put the pendant to his brother's place, the pendant was split into two, he only realized that the jade pendant had two ropes and two jade stones that were fused together. seeing the incident made him feel moved by the love story of the brother to his wife.he finally put one side of the jade pendant to his brother and another he wanted to put for his sister's wife"

"but one side of the jade pendant was taken directly by the older sister of the female side or the wife of her older sister, he seized it and afterwards he said that he would take his sister's body away to be buried in his kingdom, but the prince's younger brother refused, because the refusal put the two men at odds. the sister of the woman did not accept what happened with her sister and she declared war against the man if he still did not want to give up the body of his sister"

"finally, the man released the body of the princess to return to his kingdom. Since the incident made the royal prince with the dead princess's royal party never get along, he said, they continued to compete but did not declare war"

"and so is the story of the jade pendant" said the grandmother

"then do you know which kingdom this story is referring to?" asked Xiao Yan

"no one knows the name of the kingdom, the maker only told about it but never mentioned or alluded to the royal name of the married couple" said the grandmother

"then do you know where the jade maker is?" ask the prince

"he once opened a shop here but because he was old he finally chose to spend his time in his hometown" said the grandmother

"do you know where the maker's hometown is?" asked Xiao Yan

"if I don't remember wrong he said he was going back to the village located in Chen County"

"do you know what the maker's name is?" asked Xiao Yan

"the name is Lian Feng and the location of Chen district itself is on the border between Xiao kingdom and Long kingdom" said the grandmother

"grandmother thank you for the information, sorry we have inconvenienced grandma to tell the story.This is a little gift for grandma hope grandma does not refuse it" said the prince while giving a bag of money

"thank you son, but grandma can't take it" said the grandmother

"no matter what Grandma, accept that and grandma can use it when grandma needs to think of it as our gratitude to you, because our grandmother so found a clue about the jade pendant" said the prince

"Hem good, then thank you" said the grandmother

"yes grandma together, then we say yes grandma and grandma do not forget to take care of health" said Xiao Yan

after finding a clue they immediately went back to the inn to meet the others, arriving at the inn Xiao Yan and the prince told them the information they got from the grandmother.

after hearing the story and explanation from the prince, they decided to go look for the jade maker to Chen county. The journey times would be longer than before, then they started to prepare everything they needed.

then from the group Ye Jing also got the information that there were some suspicious looking people around here. at first they thought they would be caught by that person but they immediately mingled with the people who were there, so they were safe.

knowing it made the prince feel unhappy about it, then he also told them that the person they saw was probably the person of the second prince. then the prince invited them to discuss the trip to Chen district.

in this discussion they all agreed to travel at midnight, and they left on foot to the city gates, preferring to walk instead of using a horse-drawn carriage, because by the time they pass through the city will make the subordinates of the second prince suspicious and know of their existence.

they avoided it as much as they could, and when they reached the city gate, they had to walk a little to get to where the prince's guard and the chariot were, then if it feels safe they will continue the journey directly to Chen district.

the next night they began to carry out the plan they had prepared they went from the inn through the back door.they walked carefully so as not to make the second prince's subordinates suspicious. they walked while carrying a carriage filled with straw.

aside from the straw, the stroller also contained some people in it, namely the two elder cousins Xiao Yan, while Ling Mei had left first with the prince's bodyguards and was in charge of waiting for them there. they will be stranded when walking in the middle of the night because it will be difficult to see or check because of the limitations of light.

they made use of this to get away from the city and Xiao Yan and the prince also disguised themselves as city dwellers they wore shabby clothes and wore a hood to cover his face, but when passing through the city gate there was an examination and there was also a subordinate of the second prince.

when the examination took place those under the haystack did not move, so as not to be caught.when examined and asked what they were carrying it made Xiao Yan become nervous, she said, but the prince immediately told him to calm down and do not worry, after that the prince replied if they only brought straw and straw will be brought to the farm to feed the cows there.

the doorman checked the straw, as nothing was suspicious, they were left to pass through the city gates.

while passing through the city gate one of the second prince's subordinates noticed there was some straw falling to the ground as they moved to leave the city. then he suspected that there was someone in the haystack because the straw content looked very dense, he told one of them to secretly follow him.

after successfully passing through the city gate they were finally able to breathe a sigh of relief, then Xiao Yan immediately told his friend to immediately come out of the hiding place. but they were unaware that one of the second prince's subordinates was following them.

they finally reached the place where the third prince's carriage was, then they immediately set off.the moment they had passed through the city of A'jue asked them why they suddenly wanted to leave the city. they did not tell A'jue about their plan and all A'jue knew was that they had come here just to attend the seminar, so Xiao Yan explained to her the real events and also about their identity.

"A'jue I'm sorry we didn't actually mean to lie to you, we did this for the good of all of us, we didn't want to involve you at first but because Ms. Wei insisted so we had to accept you"

"A'jue the real purpose we came here is to find the jade pendant as in the picture" Xiao Yan said

"then why are you looking for that thing and what about the seminar?" ask A'jue

"sorry A'jue, the seminar was actually not there and we used the reason for the seminar to go and if we did not then we would not be able to go to this place" said Xiao Yan

"why do you have the heart to lie to your mistress, you know for yourself that this journey will be dangerous if you do that" said A'jue

"we know that, A'jue heard you've been by Wei's mistress' side for years, you must know the true nature of Ms. Wei. if he finds out we're on a trip looking for this thing, then will we be able to get to this place?"

"yes I know that, then why are you looking for that jade pendant? what is your real purpose? a'jue

"A'jue is actually we are not all people who are from this world and I am not Miss Wei either, my real name is Xiao Yan, our purpose in finding that thing is so that we can return to our previous world.sorry A'jue I know you won't understand with all this, it's too complicated and difficult for you to understand"

"A'jue now you know we're not your lady and your master, and now I don't know what else to say. I also don't know why this could happen to us. the only way to restore all of this is to get the jade pendant back" Xiao Yan said

A'jue only fell silent and after that he left them, they could only let A'jue go because they did not want to involve A'jue too far. Besides that the prince's bodyguard also knew about it, but he still pledged allegiance to the prince even though now the person he served was not the original prince.

the second prince's subordinate has now returned to the second prince's place, then he informs him of the information he has obtained there. he said that if some suspicious people went out of the city in the middle of the night and some of them left the city on foot and then after passing through the city gates they continued to go by horse carriage and the carriage was the third prince's carriage.

hearing that the second prince felt that this was a good opportunity to finish off the third prince and his friends, since now that they were not in the imperial city then it was very easy for him to carry out his plans. he also told his subordinates to immediately finish off the third prince and his friends.

back where Xiao Yan and his friends were now they felt guilty towards A'jue because A'jue had just left without a word. but they also could not force him to stay with them because one day he would also be suspicious of them.

meanwhile the second prince's bodyguards and other subordinates brought horses very quickly to chase after them. fortunately they continued on without stopping in the slightest so that the distance between them and the assassins was still quite far.

the morning came and they decided to take a short break near the hills while feeding their horses, unaware that two subordinates of the second prince were watching them. they also rested there quietly.

as they rested, the prince along with his bodyguards went to check how far the road they had to go to get to his next town. while walking for a while the prince accidentally saw two suspicious people watching his friends.

he and his bodyguards quietly ambushed them.The prince managed to ambush them, but they immediately attacked the prince and his guards.Fierce resistance, sounding all the way to Xiao Yan and the others. hearing the noise made them rush to the source of the sound.

when they arrived, Rong Ji and Ye Jing immediately helped the prince and his bodyguards to capture the two men, they were finally paralyzed. After successfully paralyzing the two men, the prince and the others immediately interrogated the man, but the two men did not answer the question of the prince and these two men preferred to swallow the poison they had hidden in their mouths.

Failing to get information makes them feel anxious about the incident just now, but there is a suspicion if the two people are the second prince's messenger. the man was sent to watch over them and just in case they chose to immediately continue their journey to the next city.

unexpectedly the second prince's men were close to the place where they stopped resting, then when they passed through the place they saw both of his comrades die there, not accepting with that they all rushed to work on the prince and the others.