The Story Behind the Jade Pendant
Hunting and assassination plans

"Xiao Yan, wait for me. wait" Ling Mei shouted hurriedly.

"what's the matter Ling Mei? why did you come so hastily?"

"i just got word from Rong Ji, he said if you're going to go to the Long Kingdom territory with your mother, is that true?"

"that's how it is, from today we will go there"

"why go so fast? then when are you guys gonna be back here?"

"i don't know when we'll be back yet, but don't worry we'll be back here"

"if you don't know when you're coming back, then what am I?"

"Ling Mei, my goal in going with Madame Wei over there is to get the second part of the jade pendant and it might be dangerous if you come along. I suggested to you, you better stay here and wait until we get back, you understand"

"but.."

"it's not there but, but, it's for the good of us together and one more thing, please don't tell the prince if I go to the territory of the Long kingdom, okay"

"Hem okay, I'll work on it"

"good then, I have to leave first, take good care of yourself and see you again" Xiao Yan said as he entered the carriage

"alright I'll wait for you guys to come back here" Ling Mei shouted"

today was the day that the Xiao kingdom would conduct a hunting event together and today was also the day that Xiao Yan and his family went to Long kingdom. Xiao Yan did not tell the prince that, he was afraid that it would make the prince think, so he preferred to leave secretly.

now they had all gathered in the forest of the Xiao kingdom, many officials and ministers of the kingdom who had joined their children to take part in this hunting competition. the winner was determined by the number and size of the hunted animals.seen near the first row were three princes from the Xiao kingdom and in the rear row there were the sons of officials and royal ministers.

the hunting competition will start after the sound of the drums.they are all getting ready before the event starts.The second prince showed a sharp smile towards the third prince, who is now getting ready, the third prince, who realized that smile was a mockery, paid no heed to it.

"Dums.. Dum.. Dum" the drum has been rang out loud.

the participants rushed with their own horses.some were in groups and some were alone.The first prince initially went with the third prince, but when he arrived at the intersection they chose to separate. before parting the first prince had time to give a gesture to the third prince.

the third prince received the gesture and they began to carry out his plan.The second prince saw the third prince who was alone, finally intending to lure him into the trap.he continued to follow the third prince, who was alone, whenever there is a hunted animal must always be taken by the second prince, he hopes this plan will make the third prince go to the place he has prepared.

sure enough, in accordance with the second prince's guess, finally the third prince went to the territory of the assassins. close in the forest there are about 6 reliable assassins and they are placed in a position good enough that it is possible for some laymen to be unaware of their existence.

when the third prince had entered the forest, the assassins were ready in their respective positions.when entering the forest the third prince began to realize that the place he entered was very strange, very strange, the place is too quiet and also not seen a single animal that can be hunted.

looking at the suspicious third prince, the assassins, immediately released a prey for him. They released a forest rabbit towards the third prince.The third prince who saw him preparing with his arrow, they released a forest rabbit, then he started to target his prey.

"jrettt" the sound of arrows hitting the target

but it wasn't the third prince's arrow, it was Li Shang the mayor's son. The third prince didn't know why he was here. upon realizing that something was wrong the assassins immediately made the decision to directly kill the third prince and Li Shang at that place before anyone came.

while the second prince now went to follow the first prince as planned, he this time would put the first prince as a suspect in this case, this time he would guide the first prince to the location of the assassination not to forget he also ordered some subordinates to prepare to bring some witnesses.

they deliberately brought some witnesses to the scene, he said, when the witnesses are there they will see if the first prince has committed murder of his sister and coupled with a killer who will later pretend to be the first prince's man and that's when all those mistakes will be directed to the first prince.

but the first prince himself had also known that the second prince was now trapping him into a trap, as a result he also invited some of the minister's children to follow him, now that the second prince's chances of falsely accusing the first prince were less, he did not expect the first prince to be so clever.

then the third prince and Li Shang were now being surrounded by a group of assassins.The assassins immediately attacked and a fierce fight broke out between them. fortunately there was Li Shang who had come to help if there was no way the third prince would have sustained heavy injuries despite having already managed to defeat them.

they fought using swords, then from another position there was already a team of archers from the first prince, they headed to where the third prince was now. The team was deliberately sent the first prince, when he realized that the second prince had suspicious behavior.

The archer team immediately rushed to help the third prince and also Li Shang. The assassins did not expect that they had now also entered into the third prince's trap.they were now looking for a way to escape, their escape ended in vain because the murderers had been hit by many arrows.

Li Shang realized something was wrong with the killer and opened the killer's mouth and made him vomit the poison after successfully incapacitating the killer, now the third prince, wanted the murderer to tell the truth to the emperor and the witnesses, if he was the murderer of the second prince.

the killer seemed to be trembling and frightened, he was still determined to commit suicide, but his plan was stopped by the prince. the prince put in a medicine for her and it would make the killer's entire body weak and helpless.

the killer finally had no choice, now he is threatened if the second prince knows, he failed then his family will be destroyed by the second prince. not wanting that to happen then he cried regretting his actions and begged the prince to be released.The third prince already knew, why he did not want to reveal the truth, and asked the prince to be released, that was because the assassin was threatened by the second prince.

the third prince realized that then he told his bodyguard to bring one of the children of the killer.he had planned from the beginning and he also knew the identity of the killers. the killer saw his son who survived the second prince's hand, he now cried more to see the incident, then he changed his mind because the third prince had saved his family so he was willing to reveal the truth for him.

finally, the third prince got a witness and strong evidence to bring down the second prince, and then because there was not much time he took a sword from the killer and he deliberately stabbed himself, he deliberately, Li Shang was surprised to see the incident, he did not expect that the third prince planned like that.

the third prince injured himself quite cruelly, now he was suffering from pain due to his artificial injuries, then he told Li Shang to immediately shout to call the first prince and the others to the scene, he also had Li Shang tell him what he had told him.

"please help.please have a killer.People please save the third prince" Li Shang shouted out loudly.

the first prince heard the voice, then he invited some people to go see.The second prince was immediately surprised by the origin of the voice, and it was not part of his plan. he followed the first prince and saw what happened.

"what is this, why could the third prince be so badly injured, what happened?" ask the first prince

"the first prince, when I got here the third prince was already injured because of those assassins and I also had time to fight some assassins with the prince" Li Shang said

"quickly bring the third prince back to be treated immediately, then whether it's the killer that you managed to disable it"

"yes prince, we deliberately left him alone so that he could give witnesses and evidence to the noble one"

"nice, the bodyguards bring him back and take good care of him, don't let him get killed before telling the truth to your majesty"

"good prince"

"what happened, why could the third sister be so badly injured?" said the second prince while pretending not to know anything

"the third brother was attacked by assassins and now, they're being brought back to camp"

"how can there be assassins isn't this place heavily guarded by security forces?"

"well, I don't know why it happened either, maybe we'll find out after the killer told the emperor's father"

"why not just kill the killer, what if he later he looks for a chance to act and he takes revenge? it'll be dangerous for us later"

"Hem why is second sister in such a hurry to finish off the murderer? does second sister know what the killer's planning?"

"how could it be, I have nothing to do with the killer, you know for myself if I've been following you guys around" he said nervously

"alright then, let's go back and report to the emperor's father about what happened and let the emperor investigate the case"

...They left the hunting ground, while the second prince was still pondering...

"fuck, how did this happen, all my plans failed and now I have to what? if the emperor knows the truth, then I'll be removed from the heir to the throne"

"it's all because of that bastard's third prince, because he's all my plans just failed"

"i'd better think of another way to avoid that accusation later"

...The second prince rushed after them...

soon they had returned from the hunting ground, and the first prince went to the emperor and told him what had happened.The emperor was surprised to hear what the first prince had told him, then the emperor went to see the condition of the third prince.

the third prince suffered a stab wound deep enough to render him unconscious after the incident. the emperor who saw that became angry and he now told the first prince to go gather all the people involved in the hunt this time.