The Story Behind the Jade Pendant
Long Empire part 5

the third prince's wounds have now healed and he has now been allowed to return to his residence. before returning he also intended to stop by Li Shang's place and ask about the things that happened at the hunting ground.

unfortunately at that time, Li Shang was not in his residence, he finally decided to leave from there.he finally chose to go to Xiao Yan's place and go to see him. he hoped that after letting Xiao Yan calm down, he could get an apology from her.

when he arrived, the door of the Wei family residence was closed, as if no one was there.he decided to look inside, but unfortunately the door was locked, he also chose to jump the walls of Xiao Yan's house.

he managed to get inside, when he checked that there was no one in the house.it was all empty and there was no one, now he began to be confused and feel guilty to Xiao Yan. he left the house and went to Ling Mei.

arriving at Ling Mei's residence, his house people said, if Ling Mei went to follow the Wei family to review the business.The prince asked them, do they know where the place is? they replied, they did not know the place, they only had time to hear if Ling Mei mentioned they were going to the Long kingdom territory.

the third prince who heard that, now began to worry that he was afraid, if something bad would happen to Xiao Yan. afterwards he went again to Li Shang's residence to ask about it. fortunately Li Shang had returned to his residence.heard if there was a third prince in front of his house he went and welcomed the prince.

they went in and talked together near the park.

" Li Shang, tell me the truth why do you know that I'm in danger, that time at the hunting ground?"

"sorry prince, but I can't tell you this, I promised I wouldn't divulge this secret"

"what secret? was the first prince to order you?"

"no prince, you're wrong"

"who told you about it?"

"i didn't actually know about your plan and I didn't mean to interfere either, but since I'm doing this for someone's sake, so I can't resist"

"let's just say, who is that guy? could it be that you meant that there was Xiao Yan?"

"fine prince, I am indeed not very good at keeping all this from you, I will tell you, if it is Xiao Yan who told me to follow and protect you from behind"

"actually on that day before the hunt began, Xiao Yan had come here to talk to me about it. I initially refused, but he kept begging me, he was afraid something would happen to you and I ended up helping him"

"then what about Xiao Yan, do you know where he is right now?"

"didn't Xiao Yan tell you this?"

"i don't know anything, all this time I was detained and not allowed to go anywhere when I was injured and when I was healed, I just realized that Xiao Yan has not come to visit me for a long time.I understand that he is angry, but I did not expect that he would just leave, without telling me this"

"sorry prince, actually Xiao Yan did not say his purpose to me either, he just said, Xiao Yan said, if he's going to go follow Lady Wei to the Long Kingdom area to review his business and that's all I can tell you"

"Well, as long as he knows where he's going, I'll look for him wherever he is"

"sorry prince, if I look further it turns out that you really like Xiao Yan huh"

"don't just talk, I'm just worried about her, you know if she's a very careless person, what if she's causing trouble in Long's kingdom, who's gonna help her if it's not me?"

"hehe sorry prince, I was just joking, so don't put it in my heart and in my opinion, the prince should not need to talk about Xiao Yan, the prince knows himself, he said, if she goes along with her family, so she'll be safe there"

"it's just that, even though there are people protecting her, but still she's always making people worry"

"hehe.. Yes, prince, I already know what you mean, so now you intend to catch up with them, right?"

"yes, of course, why?"

"prince, I advise you that if you want to catch up with them you should leave by boat only, if you go by horse-drawn carriage it will take a long time, afraid if you go too late on the way Xiao Yan hunted down by a handsome man from Long kingdom" Li Shang said while mocking

"what do you mean? are you underestimating me?" just so you know yes, Xiao Yan is not that kind of person, he will not allow any stranger to approach him"

"how did the prince know? Hem if you look around it turns out the prince is quite attentive also on his yes"

"already, I've had enough to talk to you, then I go first and thank you for the information"

"prince wait, do you want to leave now?"

"going now or when? it's got nothing to do with you and I won't take you" either"

"that evil prince once, when I haven't said anything to you, but if that's your wish then do it. bring Xiao Yan back safely, but if you can't do it, then do it, just tell me I'll come to pick you up later"

"haha the prince could have, alright then be careful"

the third prince left and returned to his residence, he told his guards to prepare everything they needed to go to Long kingdom. the first prince, knowing that the third prince was leaving, sent a message to him if he should be careful there.

after all the equipment was ready, the prince went to the port at midnight.he and his guards went to Long kingdom to catch up with Xiao Yan.

while in the Long kingdom, ever since Xiao Yan and the others came there they had always spent time together with his grandfather, he said, one day they play a game and the emperor's grandfather tells them if they can defeat him, he will give them whatever they want.

after Xiao Yan and the others heard about it, it certainly made them excited to win the game.then the grandfather told them what kind of game they would play.

his game was about the connection of splicing poetry.Hearing that, made Xiao Yan feel impossible to win against his already expert grandfather.but all of that did not end just like that, he said, because they had Ye Jing the expert in everything and they gave the task to him.

Ye Jing also felt challenged he was intending to try her. The first verse was indeed a bit complicated, though, but after being examined it turned out that he could connect it and it turned out that the poem played by the grandfather was a classic verse and Ye Jing himself was happy with the verse.

several rounds have succeeded Ye Jing finished well and now lives one last game.The last verse turns out to be more complicated, but, he did not expect if the grandfather would wear a poem that he had never before with.

he finally chose to just give up, now extinct already hope Xiao Yan to get it, but because the grandfather was amazed to see the ability of Ye Jing, but because of the grandfather who was amazed to see the ability of Ye Jing, he also gave Ye Jing the opportunity to say the one wish she wanted most.

in Xiao Yan's heart yelled at the jade pendant, he thought about how Ye Jing could understand their wishes.he pelted Ye Jing with a small stone, Ye Jing turned his head and looked back.had not had time to say anything, he had already shrugged his thumb at them.

they thought this would go smoothly, then when the emperor asked him, he said if he wanted to see the treasure room of Long kingdom. Xiao Yan who heard that felt that if Ye Jing could not be expected anymore, now they felt disappointed with her.

the grandfather who knew his granddaughter's wish also granted her request.they were allowed to enter the Long royal treasure room, whenever they wanted. Ye Jing was happy with that, but not with those standing behind her.

after that they returned to rest, but instead of resting they instead gathered at Ye Jing's place and they scolded her all out, Ye Jing tried to explain to them.

"why didn't you just say you wanted the jade pendant?"

"it's not like I know to say that, you know if I say that I want a jade pendant, it's a flashy thing and Grandpa will be suspicious of us if I say that"

"you know for yourself that the jade pendant is a precious object left by the princess of Long kingdom, how can I say if I want the most precious thing for them, how can I say, do you want us all to die in this place?"

"once I thought that you said it had a point, the jade pendant was a precious object, where perhaps grandfather would let it be owned by someone else"

"now you understand, why didn't I say that?"

"yes, then why are you saying, if you want to see the treasure room of Long kingdom?"

"i just want to make sure, if the jade pendant is there"

"it's a good idea, I hope it's there"

"when are we going to see the treasure room?"

"as soon as tomorrow morning, you gather here for tomorrow morning and after all has been gathered we will go see together"

"Hem okay then"

the next morning, they gathered and went to see the treasure room.at first they would be accompanied by his grandfather but because there was a sudden meeting, the grandfather told them to go with the palace eunuch. the treasure room turned out to be in the basement, they thought if the royal treasure room might be a large building that contained precious treasures in the form of gold or jewels.

but after looking around it turned out to be much different from what they had imagined before.they entered through one secret door and the door was connected to an underground tunnel. if they enter alone without guidance from Kasim or his grandfather, maybe they could have been hit by a trap or trap set there.

The eunuch who accompanied them was his grandfather's confidant and the eunuch would have known the safe way so that they could pass through the traps and traps there. They did not expect that the tunnel would be very deep, they don't even know how long they've been in there.

after a while, there was already seen an entrance with a special code that can only be broken by the royal family alone. because Kasim is a confidant of the emperor of course he knew, how to break the code.

it didn't take long for the door to open, and they entered the place together. seeing so many treasures present in the room made them think how rich this Long kingdom was, to so many treasures.

the Eunuch explained that the treasure was a hereditary treasure of several generations of Long kingdom successors and there were also treasure offerings from other kingdoms. they looked around and split the task of finding the jade pendant.

after looking around, it turned out that they did not find what they wanted. The eunuch who saw that they were confused looking for something, then he asked them what they were looking for. initially they hesitated to answer, but after thinking about it they finally said, saying, if the thing they were looking for was a jade pendant.

Eunuchs showed them several jade pendants, but none of them were exactly the same as they were looking for. The eunuch asked them once more, what kind of jade pendant they were looking for. they replied that the jade pendant they were looking for was a jade pendant that had soft light reflections and the jade pendant was made up of two parts or could be called a twin or paired jade pendant.