ZHAO JUREN'S LAST LOVE
CHAPTER 96. The Blood Seal Oath

Moments earlier, within two and three hours at dawn, before Consort Huan barged into Luoxia's palace, she found the king's younger brother who had just arrived from Yichen.

In the Back Palace where the Niang hall was located that day was also decorated with black cloth, ornate arches lined up, innumerable lanterns, lanterns decorated with dark silk.

Niangxi state was shocked by the attack from Yanzhi, that day received many complaints from various regions especially the region where Qian Ren was invading under the banner of Yanzhi.  No more vibrant writings are affixed to the dark red walls and green tiles and the awesome view of warm Niang let alone the beautiful lanterns and dance and singing that usually resound from the inside in all directions when welcoming winter, everything looks bleak.

On the twentieth day of winter the black-clad-roofed carriages gouged up to the main gate of Niang Palace after reporting, bring the nobles who are still the royal family from the concubines who are outside the palace.

Prime Minister Yang Liujun welcomed it sooner, before His Excellency Nan Chen who was in his hall knew. He chose several red-marked wooden cars to turn to his palace from among the group that passed into the palace from the palace's strict guard.

In this sudden tumultuous period indeed His Highness Nan had suddenly become strict towards the entrance rules of Niang palace.

But strangely, after the trains arrived, they lowered the mysterious goods to a point, the prime minister's palace.

"Enter into the back shed!" The orders of the prime minister Liujun. At the same time Nan Yuhuai was just about to come out after being summoned at dawn blind to the basement of the prime minister, he just stared at the nanar with what was plastered before his eyes.

He was still a little dazed after his father-in-law forced him to agree to a coup in the sudden war.

In the secret basement, more than half of the important ministers had gathered.

And there the Premier of Liujun asked Nam Yuhuai to put a blood stamp on a paper of the treaty.

On the paper was written the oath of the Blood seal of military takeover and State Policy.

"If something happens in a time of military crisis, then the one who ascended the throne is the grand prince Nan Yuhuai as a direct descendant of the king of Nan Xuetiau. Under the support of the ministers and governors listed in the same blood oath, Grand Prince Nan Yuhuai was willing to take the throne."

Actually Nan Yuhuai had known all of her in-laws' ambitions but when in the secret plan revealed the assassination attempt to Nan Chen, her brother, did not stop her shaking.

"No, doesn't he have to die?" Nan Yuhuai harbored jealousy towards Nan Chen but he was completely unable to kill his brother, even if for the sake of maybe getting Huanjing back in his arms.

"Yesterday, the prime minister did not say he would get rid of Nan Chen by killing him. He'll be alive and alienated."

"Plan can change at any time, Yuhuai. Don't be so childish. To reach the top of the mountain is not always the same way." The prime minister grinned.

Yuhuai was speechless, cold sweat soaking down her nape but she kept trying to stand up.

"You will become the king, replacing the party-crazed Nan Chen and that woman. Our country is cursed by an incompetent king!"

In the meeting Yuhuai did not say much but actually he was scared to death to hear the plan after the plan laid out by the prime minister of Liujun. One sentence that made him freeze,

"Great Princess Nan Luoxia is also dangerous, she deserves to be eliminated too! I'm afraid he's a serious threat later on."

"Nan Luoxia? Why is Nan Luoxia involved? He never made a mess?"

"Don't interfere in this matter, Yuhuai. I know what I'm saying." The Raut of Prime Minister Yang Liujun hardened.

"Nan Luoxia is only a woman, please ignore her..." Nan Yuhuai said half-begging.

"You knew? Nan Chen was not a real threat. Nan Luoxia was the one who was more dangerous than that fool Nan Chen. He looks innocent but he's smart and clever. I've been watching him for the past year. Many of my orders were ignored. I don't like women more than men. Because if he's left, he'll step on your neck and break it!" The prime minister's eyes were as red as the saga, there was a clear anger in his stash.

"But he's my brother? I promise he won't bother the prime minister."

"Yuhuai, you're really innocent in politics even your sister you don't know very well. He is a shard in a pile of wood, when you carefully step on pieces of wood then the shard rips your feet without warning. Living in the mountain does make a person can be less sensitive. You don't understand anything. That's why you better listen to me!"

"Master, I ask you as my father, please ignore Nan Luoxia." Pinta Nan Yuhuai with half fondling.

That attitude made Prime Yang Liujun furious. He almost threw a hand at the prince who was also his daughter-in-law.

"Stupid! Don't be stupid and weak, Yuhuai. As a father I have fought for your right to the throne, you do not deserve to ask me for anything more!" Hardcore angry. His usual calm and wise face immediately revealed its true appearance.

"You are a future king, don't be flabby and stupid if you want to rule a country. Being big means more than anyone. Don't think that blood ties mean that you want to be the lord of the land and the sky!"

"It's too much, Nan Luoxia just played too much, she didn't know anything all this time except to obey the prime minister's master's orders." Nan Yuhuai was still trying to brave himself against even though his entire body was trembling uncontrollably.

Everyone stared at the prince without even having any respect there once, in their eyes only fearing the Prime Minister who was looking at him fiercely. Such was the influence of Premier Liujun in front of these nobles.

"I was too lenient when I let in, that old bastard Qin pointed at him forwarding Niang's army with that damn Qui armor. As a result, the mask game was no longer a toy for children. He had hidden his claws under that iron robe."

Everyone was silent at the Prime Minister's anger. And the meeting ended before morning, the supporters had affixed the blood seal under his respective name, they took advantage of the chaos resulting from the Yanzhi attack.

And at the secret meeting that Yuhai had just attended, Yuhai had attended, he only found out that it was the prime minister of Liujun who provoked the attack through one of the Yanzhi infantry commanders who now lives with His Highness Yan Yue in Liangsu province, near the Yanshan border.

All this mess is planned in detail. When all that was left was the two of them in that fairly spacious stone-walled space.