The Unkind Human Chapter 2

Victor Chu's neck was bleeding. The guards did not dare to delay and immediately prepared the carriage. The guard held Victor Chu's neck tightly, looked around with a sharp gaze, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, please follow me closely."

As he spoke, he walked out while protecting Charles Chu, his eyes fixed on the surroundings, and from time to time he shouted loudly to let the guards stay away. Charles Chu was a little dazed. Even at this point, he was not without the ability to protect himself, he just didn't want to. But the appearance of this guard at this time made Charles Chu unable to follow his own ideas, and he slowly followed him out of the Prince Qin's Mansion.

The guard took Victor Chu and hurriedly checked the carriage. Fortunately, the guards did not dare to do anything. The guard let Charles Chu get on the carriage first, and looked around at the guards. He said loudly: "I'm sorry, brothers. I won't hurt the king. After ensuring the king's safety, I will naturally release the king. But if anyone is smart, don't blame me for the loss of the fish and the net!"

After saying that, he struck Victor Chu on the back of the neck with his palm, knocking him unconscious. He then pushed him into the car, climbed in himself, and drove away at the speed of light!

It was the twilight hour, and there were not many people on the street. While the guards of the Prince of Qin's palace were still hesitating, the guard rushed through the mass grave and out of the city. There were fewer and fewer people around. Charles Chu lifted the curtain of the carriage to see that the guard's face was getting paler. Because they couldn't take the main road, the carriage was inevitably bumpy. I think it must be because of the wound that was bleeding. Charles Chu felt a little bit sorry, and whispered: "You... why are you like this?"

The guard paused, and his men urged the horses to go faster. After a while, he said, "I was assigned to the prince's side eight years ago. I was rough and could not protect the prince. Three years ago, I was derelict in my duty and was convicted. At that time, it was the prince who asked the commander to spare me. I will never forget this kindness. Now that the prince is in trouble, I will protect his life at my own risk..."

Would he die for me just because of these? Charles Chu thought of the man's expression just now, and his heart moved. He hesitated for a moment and asked: "I see you have been an adult for a few years, have you... started a family?"

Liam Wei turned his head away without answering, with a hint of bitterness in his eyes. Charles Chu understood instantly.

In fact, Charles Chu didn't remember the old things he was talking about at all.

Charles Chu was a cold-hearted person by nature. He could not understand how someone could stay with him silently and be loyal to him in the mansion for so many years.

Charles Chu was silent for a while, then asked in a low voice: "What's your name?"

The guard smiled slightly, his heroic face showing a hint of childishness, and answered in a low voice: "Liam Wei, Wei for guard, Ji for sword and halberd."

Charles Chu chewed on the two words carefully and nodded: "Liam Wei, what a good name."

There were countless guards in the imperial city, how could it be possible for three people and a carriage to escape so easily, not to mention that this was just a flawed escape planned by a guard. Before 11:00 p.m., the carriage was driven to the Cliff of Broken Hearts west of the imperial city. Thousands of pursuers surrounded the carriage. The only direction without pursuers was the dangerous cliff thousands of feet high.

Charles Chu calmly got down from the car. Liam Wei was so anxious that beads of sweat appeared on his head. He looked at Charles Chu with regret. Charles Chu smiled calmly, and gently placed his slender fingers on Liam Wei's shoulders, saying softly: "I don't blame you. I should thank you for living a few more hours."

It also allowed him to feel a little warmth from the world before he died.

Charles Chu looked at the guards who had surrounded them and sighed. It was such a pity. Charles Chu looked back at Liam Wei, feeling a little reluctant. He was just a small guard and could have survived.

There is no point in saying more now. The guards are getting closer and closer. The shining knives are flashing dim light. Charles Chu chuckled, his delicate eyebrows showing a hint of arrogance. This is not bad. Instead of committing suicide, it is also a pleasure to die at the hands of a group of guards like Liam Wei. Charles Chu drew out his knife. Two people, two knives, facing the three thousand elite soldiers in front of them, it is ridiculous and tragic!

Charles Chu and Liam Wei rushed into the imperial guards and a fierce battle ensued.

The imperial guards were afraid of Charles Chu but not Liam Wei. In less than half a minute, Liam Wei was wounded in the vital parts. He already had several knife wounds on his body and could not hold on any longer. In a trance, Liam Wei looked back at Charles Chu. Charles Chu was also wounded. A imperial guard was about to chop him with a knife, but suddenly a surge of bloodiness surged in Liam Wei's already exhausted body. He leaped in front of Charles Chu and blocked the last knife for him.

The situation had come to this point, and the imperial guards stopped moving forward and simply surrounded the two men from a distance of ten feet.

Liam Wei was covered in blood, and he had only managed to hold on until now. Now he could no longer hold on. He raised his hand and slowly pulled out the long knife that had pierced his chest, spitting out a mouthful of blood. Charles Chu's voice was hoarse: "Liam Wei..."

Liam Wei half-knelt in front of Charles Chu. He turned his head to look at Charles Chu and smiled weakly. He could no longer see clearly. His consciousness gradually blurred. He murmured in a hoarse voice: "Prince... Ten years ago, I followed my father into the palace and met the prince in Bitao Garden..."

That year, Queen Ling had not passed away yet, the power of the Zijunhou Mansion was still there, and Charles Chu was still the most favored legitimate prince, and his every move was noble.

In the Bitao Garden, under the peach tree, petals were falling all over the place. Charles Chu, dressed in gorgeous clothes, raised his eyebrows and smiled, he was so beautiful that he could captivate the whole country.

Just that one fleeting glimpse was forever engraved in Liam Wei's mind and he would never forget it.

For Charles Chu's sake, Liam Wei practiced martial arts hard, and for Charles Chu's sake, Liam Wei worked hard and entered the Qin Palace. For eight years, he worked diligently to protect Charles Chu's safety. The only time he failed to do his duty was on the day of Charles Chu's wedding, when Liam Wei got drunk all night.

Liam Wei slowly closed his eyes and guarded this man in silence for ten years. Now that this is what happened, he finally got what he wanted.

Liam Wei said nothing until his death, but Charles Chu knew everything.

Charles Chu was calm for a long time, and his heart, which had been cold for a long time, suddenly began to ache. He had no regrets at all for coming to this point today, but only regretted why he only knew these things today, why he only knew that there was a person named Liam Wei around him today, if he could know it one day earlier, if he could have another chance, he would definitely...

Charles Chu's face remained unchanged. He picked up the long sword in Liam Wei's hand and staggered to his feet. Charles Chu raised the sword and swung it, and the guards retreated one after another. Charles Chu smiled contemptuously, turned around, picked up Liam Wei's body on the ground, rushed towards the cliff in a few steps, and jumped!

The Heartbreak Cliff rises more than 3,000 feet above the ground, and the bodies of the two people were all in one place.
 
The maid hung up the embroidered gold silk curtain, slowly walked into the inner room, gently opened the incense burner, added some spices with a silver spoon, and then quietly left.

The elegant and mellow fragrance slowly drifted out from the red gold carved incense burner and lingered for a long time. Charles Chu was half asleep and half awake, thinking vaguely that this was sinking water incense, which he had not smelled for many years.

Agarwood can nourish the five internal organs, harmonize the spleen and stomach, remove evil spirits, and break addictions. It is best for the body if burned in the inner room. Apart from the royal ambergris, this incense is the most precious in the palace and is specially used by the queen.

Charles Chu felt a little nostalgic when he smelled the fragrance. At that time, his mother was still alive. Knowing that he liked this fragrance, she gave most of the sinking incense in her palace to Bitaoyuan.

Later, when Empress Ling passed away, this share of incense naturally disappeared. After the few remaining boxes were burned, there were no more. Later, the emperor made Linda Li the empress, and this became the exclusive right of the new empress...

Charles Chu felt dizzy, half asleep and half awake, and the events of many years ago played out in his mind one by one...

When Victor Chu was young, Queen Ling held him in her arms, and the three of them admired the flowers and played in the water in the garden of Fenghua Palace. The young Charles Chu didn't understand why his mother always cried in private. He only knew that his father had not set foot in Fenghua Palace for a long time and always liked to go to Linda Li in Linzhi Palace. Linda Li relied on her favor and always embarrassed the queen in front of others intentionally or unintentionally.

Later, my grandfather, Marquis Zi, lost the emperor's favor, but the empress did not say much for her family. She just advised my grandfather not to get involved in anything. At that time, the empress's health was getting worse day by day, but she was still dignified in front of others. It was not until she died that she asked the emperor to be lenient to her family because of her more than ten years of marriage. The empress never asked the emperor for anything in her life. The emperor naturally agreed to her last wish...

The mothers' families of several Linda Lis in the palace are rising day by day in the court, and there are more and more illegitimate princes. The situation of Charles Chu and Victor Chu is getting more and more embarrassing. First, they are no longer respected as before, and later some people begin to frame Charles Chu and poison Victor Chu...

Charles Chu began to make friends with ministers and consolidate his power. He was willing to make friends with anyone who could help him, no matter who they were. Gradually, he formed his own faction in the court...

The third prince, Alexander Chu, was conferred the title of King of Chen, and colluded with Daniel Chu. Charles Chu devised a plan to push Alexander Chu off the throne.

After Prince Chen was convicted, Charles Chu began to target the Zhen family and Daniel Chu, taking steady steps and making careful moves. In less than two years, the emperor completely disliked Daniel Chu, and the Zhen family gradually declined...

Charles Chu finally cleared the obstacles in front of him, and just when he was about to breathe a sigh of relief, his own brother Victor Chu stabbed him in the back, completely destroying the friendship between the two brothers...

Fortunately, there was a man who showed up at the end. Although he was just a guard, he made Charles Chu die peacefully. It's just a pity... Charles Chu thought dazedly, it's a pity that I didn't know about Liam Wei one day earlier... No!

Charles Chu suddenly opened his eyes. Didn't he fall off the cliff? What was going on now? !

Charles Chu sat up and looked around. The scenes before him were familiar to him. This... this was clearly Bitao Garden!

Bitao Garden was given to him by the emperor after he moved out of Empress Ling's Fenghua Palace at the age of six. All the furnishings and decorations in the palace were selected and arranged by Empress Ling herself. He never returned until he came of age and left the palace to build his own residence.

Charles Chu got out of bed, turned around the Shu embroidered screen barefoot, and was stunned when he looked at himself in the bronze mirror. The boy in the mirror looked only about sixteen or seventeen years old. After a moment, Charles Chu smiled. God did not let him down and let him return to the past.

Charles Chu turned back to the inner room, walked to the desk and flipped through it. Under a copy of "Mencius" was a piece of paper. It was Charles Chu's own handwriting. The whole page was filled with tributes to Queen Ling, and there were a few words below: Winter of the thirteenth year of Tianqi.

The twelfth day of the twelfth lunar month in the thirteenth year of the Tianqi reign was the anniversary of Empress Ling's death. Charles Chu was just seventeen years old that year.

Charles Chu closed his eyes and thought about what happened in the past year. Yes, it was the year when Queen Ling passed away. It was the time when Linda Li, the Zhen family, and the third son Alexander Chu were eyeing him covetously. He almost lost his life several times to protect Victor Chu. Charles Chu sneered. Since God only let him come this time, he must not suffer the pain of his previous life again. He would slowly settle accounts with those who had harmed him, and take back those things that should have belonged to him one by one. And also... Liam Wei.

Before his death, Liam Wei in his previous life said that he had seen him ten years ago. Charles Chu made a rough calculation and found that he had seen him two years now. He just didn't know whether Liam Wei had entered the palace at this time. Charles Chu secretly regretted that he didn't know much about Liam Wei and only knew his last name. If Liam Wei hadn't entered the palace now, it would be difficult to find him. Who knows, Charles Chu would have to search the entire imperial city to find this person.

Charles Chu took a deep breath to sort out his thoughts, then turned around to call for help. The maids didn't expect Charles Chu to have gotten up, so they hurried in to serve him. Wan Cui, the personal maid, put on Charles Chu's coat, buttoned up the agate buttons one by one, and laughed softly, "Your Highness, why did you get up so early today? You went to Zhaoyang Palace so late last night, and I thought you wouldn't be able to get up today."

Zhaoyang Palace, Victor Chu's bedroom.

Charles Chu sneered, straightened his sleeves and didn't answer. Wancui knelt down to tie Charles Chu's belt and whispered, "Yesterday was the Queen's memorial day... I know Your Highness feels bad, but Your Highness should not just worry about being sad. I heard that the Queen Eleanor has not been feeling well these days, and I think she is missing the Queen. Your Highness, after school, why not..."

"What did you say?!" Charles Chu's heart skipped a beat. Paying respects to the empress dowager? The empress dowager had clearly passed away in the tenth year of the Tianqi reign. Where was the empress dowager for him to pay respects to now?

Wan Cui looked up at Charles Chu in confusion, and said hesitantly: "What I mean is... Your Highness, after school, why don't you go to pay respects to the Queen Eleanor? The Queen was loved by the Queen Eleanor the most when she was alive. I think the Queen Eleanor must be heartbroken these days..."

The Queen is not only the Queen Eleanor's daughter-in-law, but also her favorite niece. The Queen Eleanor had personally facilitated the marriage between the Emperor and the Queen. Naturally, the Queen Eleanor was very satisfied with this daughter-in-law, but... Charles Chu was a little confused. In the previous life, the Queen Eleanor passed away two years earlier than the Queen. How come she is still here now?

Wan Cui had no idea what was going on in Charles Chu's mind. Seeing Charles Chu's strange expression, she thought he was too heartbroken because he missed Queen Ling yesterday. She had served Charles Chu for many years and knew that her master was worried, so she didn't say anything more.

Charles Chu originally thought that he was just reliving his previous life, but who knew that some things now were completely different from his previous life. That Liam Wei... was he still there?

Charles Chu closed his eyes and ordered someone to call Samuel Eunuch, the eunuch in charge of Bitao Garden. Samuel Eunuch had been waiting outside for a long time. Upon hearing this, he hurried in to listen to his instructions.

Charles Chu thought for a moment and said, "Yesterday I asked a guard to do something. I vaguely remember his name was Liam Wei. Call him over. I have something to ask him." Charles Chu looked calm but felt a little uneasy. What if Liam Wei hadn't entered the palace yet? What if Liam Wei had been assigned to another place? Or maybe Liam Wei had never seen him in this life...

"Your Highness, it's really unfortunate." Samuel Eunuch said, "The guards are on duty, and today is the day when the guards leave the palace. The child received his badge from me last night, so I think he left the palace when the palace gates opened this morning."

Samuel Eunuch looked up at Charles Chu's face. Although he didn't know why Charles Chu suddenly thought of a low-ranking guard, he saw that Charles Chu's expression was not as usual and said, "If your highness needs to find him, I will arrange someone right away..."

"No need." Charles Chu's heart was relieved and he shook his head: "It's nothing serious. Since he is on duty outside the palace, he should be back at night. When he comes back, let him come to see me directly."

Samuel Eunuch Gongchui: "Yes."

Charles Chu silently played with the jade pendant on his waist, and after a while he said, "Go to Huixinyuan and tell them that I will not go to school today. Change my clothes for me. I am going to Ci'an Palace to pay my respects to the Queen Eleanor."