189. There's No Way To Escape From Calamity

On this day, Han Tingxuan was invited by Dongfang Xu and Nangong Jue to “discuss political affairs.”

As both of them invited him, Han Tingxuan did not refuse.

However, even though Han Tingxuan was there, he refused to do any decision.

No matter what Dongfang Xu said, Han Tingxuan said, “You are right.”

No matter what Nangong Jue said, Han Tingxuan also said, “You are right.”

In the end, Dongfang Xu and Nangong Jue were so mad.

Han Tingxuan! Shame on you!

Han Tingxuan played innocent as he was glared by those two, “My sincere apologies! I know nothing at all. I totally count on you two. If I say or do anything wrong, please feel free to let me know.”

Dongfang Xu and Nangong Jue had nothing to do with Han Tingxuan’s nonfeasance. They even hoped that they could get Han Tingxuan’s help but in the end, they were driven mad by Han Tingxuan.

Therefore, the two of them chased away Han Tingxuan angrily!

As for Han Tingxuan, he didn’t seem to care being chased away at all. He left happily.

“Official Dongfang,” Dongfang Ye and Nangong Qingtian came to the conference hall.

It was Dongfang Ye who spoke. He could address his father as “father” at home but he had to address his father as “Official Dongfang” on political occasions.

Dongfang Xu had a look at Dongfang Ye and responded.

Dongfang Ye said softly, “I happened to see Prince Chen’s husband just now, does he have any valuable opinions?”

“Valuable opinions?” Dongfang Xu was incomparably angry. “You mean ‘you are right’?”

Dongfang Ye, “…”

Nangong Qingtian smiled bitterly and said, “He is a wise man.”

Nangong Jue glared at his son. He was very angry now! “He is indeed wise.”

Nangong Qingtian rubbed his nose. Alright, since his father was angry, he’d better not say anything!

Han Tingxuan went back home directly after leaving the palace.

That night just as Han Tingxuan was about to fall asleep, Shadow Four and Shadow Seven appeared at the same time.

“The crown prince of the Yue Empire came to visit in disguise,” Shadow Four said.

Han Tingxuan raised an eyebrow. “Hmm? Yue Youlong?” Han Tingxuan thought for a moment before finally deciding to meet him.

If the Emperor in power were not Mo Yanzhi but Tian Yuexi or anyone else, Han Tingxuan would have done a thing that he might be accused of having a secret with a crown prince from another country.

However, the Emperor in power was his male wife Mo Yanzhi.

Therefore, Han Tingxuan felt pressure. He was also very curious about why Yue Youlong wanted to see him right now.

For the sake of Yue Youbai? However, he must know that nothing would happen to Yue Youbai!

Then, why did he come to meet him?

With all guesses on his mind, Han Tingxuan met Yue Youlong in another room.

Yue Youlong came here alone! In addition, when Han Tingxuan was thinking about making some small talk, Yue Youlong directly said, “Your highness, my brother Yue Youbai has fallen in love with your subordinate, Yang Shuo. Please help them.”

Han Tingxuan was a little surprised when he heard this. Then he said with a small smile, “Your Highness, did I hear wrong? If your country wants to have a material relationship with my country, your emperor should be the one to propose the suggestion.”

“There won’t be imperial she-man Yue Youbai in this world. There will be only Xue.” Yue Youlong looked directly into Han Tingxuan’s eyes and begged seriously, “Please help my third brother. They actually love each other.”

Hearing this, Han Tingxuan’s eyes sunk, but the smile on his face did not change at all.

“Your Highness, how can I help you? Moreover, this will cause tension between our two empires. If I do something like this, I’m afraid that something has gone wrong with my brain.”

Yue Youlong immediately said, “My third brother will die on our own land of the Yue Empire, or he will be killed by me. There won’t be anything to do with your country. I only hope that my third brother will no longer be an imperial she-man afterwards. He will spend the rest of his life with the man he loves in the Heavenly Empire. My third brother’s martial arts are not bad. If you don’t trust us, you can remove his martial arts. If he can stay here without martial arts or close subordinate beside him, you will have much less to worry about. Right?”

As Yue Youlong made so much compromise, Han Tingxuan put away the smile on his face and asked seriously, “But why?”

Yue Youlong only said. “He is my most beloved younger brother. He is the most beloved she-man of our two daddies. We all hope that he will live happily.”

“The real reason,” Han Tingxuan stared at him.

After a long time, Yue Youlong said softly, “Our Father has changed. He believed whatever the  State Master said. When Bai goes back, he will marry someone beneficial to the royal family. If Bai has no one to care about, it would be not a big problem for him to accept an arranged marriage. But now that he has someone he really loves, he refuses to marry anyone else. Our father forced him to marry that man when he goes back. He won’t live happily if he did. So he has to stay here.”

Han Tingxuan listened quietly without saying a word.

Yue Youlong said in a softer voice, “Many members of the royal family don’t have many choices. It is rare that they can marry someone they really like. To be honest, I don’t think I will be the crown prince in the future. But since I am the crown prince now, I want my most beloved brother to be happy, to have whatever he wants, even though he will not be an imperial she-man at all. Bai is a simple man. What he wants is simple. As his big brother, I will try everything to make him happy.”

It was silent for a long time.

After a long time, Han Tingxuan let out a long sigh of relief. “There is only Xue in the Heavenly Empire.”

Yue Youlong let out a long sigh of relief. He closed his eyes and then cupped his hands towards Han Tingxuan before leaving.

Shadow Four and Shadow Seven were present all the time.

After Yue Youlong left, Shadow Four and Shadow Seven frowned. “Master, one can kill others even without martial arts.”

Han Tingxuan smiled. “Of course I know.”

Shadow Four was confused. “Are not you afraid that it is a trap?”

Han Tingxuan smiled. “So what if it is?”

Both Shadow Four and Shadow Seven were confused.

“Just as he said, Yue Youbai would be just an ordinary person when he has no martial arts. What’s more, what if he still has martial arts? I’m not afraid of his conspiracy, but I’m afraid he won’t do anything at all.”

Shadow Four and Shadow Seven still had worries. As they were about to say something more, Han Tingxuan said, “Shadow Four, go and ask the Emperor.”

Shadow Four paused for a moment before leaving.

Han Tingxuan yawned. “I’m tired. I need to go to bed.”

“Yes!” Shadow Seven responded quickly.

Han Tingxuan went back to his room and freshened up. Thankfully, he didn’t feel dizzy this time, but Han Tingxuan did not feel relaxed at all. He wanted to see Xuantian The Elderly and hoped that he would not reject it.

The next afternoon, Xi Yan left with a few guards. He didn’t hide anything. He left Han Residence with a few guards under public eyes. To make sure his safety, a secret guard was assigned to protect.

And this time, the secret guard wasn’t Shadow Four, but Shadow 18.

Shadow Seven told Han Tingxuan that Xi Yan had gone to Xuantian’s place. Han Tingxuan asked. “Why did he go there?”

Shadow Seven said, “He should have gone to see Zhou Yueqing.”

“I see.” Han Tingxuan nodded. “There is nothing to worry about. Xuantian has shut out all guests. It is not certain if Zhou Yueqing could see the outsiders.”

Shadow Seven left since Han Tingxuan did not think it was an important thing.

Han Tingxuan continued to do his job. As Left Superintendent, he had work to do. Most of the time, he worked from home.

On this day, Han Tingxuan did not talk to Xi Yan even Xi Yan came back.

During lunch time the next day, Han Tingxuan went to talk to Xi Yan. However, it was not that he wanted to talk to Xi Yan, but Xi Yan had something about the shops to discuss with Han Tingxuan.

Han Tingxuan showed up and Xi Yan showed him a few drawings under public eyes.

Han Tingxuan put away the drawing. “Alright, I’ll take a good look at these designs. I’ll give you an answer afterwards.”

“Yes!” Xi Yan immediately accepted the order.

After he returned to the room with the drawings, Han Tingxuan unfolded the drawings with his trembling hands. Then, he started to look for the information he needed on the second page.

In order to prevent some news from being found out by their opponents, they would use secret language and secret code. Han Tingxuan and Xi Yan had already discussed it.

The code system also applied to their chain stores.

There was an answer on the second page. Xuantian The Elderly did not agree to meet up but he replied with an answer, which was: calamity.

When he saw that word, Han Tingxuan closed his eyes.

It seemed that Xuantian The Elderly knew what he was going to ask and why he wanted to meet him because he had already given him the answer.

His dizziness was actually related to the calamity he was going to go through?

After taking a deep breath, Han Tingxuan rubbed the space between his eyebrows in exhaustion. The thing he was worried about the most was inevitable. But how could he survive the calamity?

Han Tingxuan looked at his palm and was a little confused.

That night, Han Tingxuan once again felt a familiar dizziness while sleeping. When he closed his eyes, Han Tingxuan thought that he would hide everything to himself until the last moment.

Otherwise, if anything happened to his male wife and his child, nothing he could do would make up.

Perhaps the calamity was still far away, the next day, Han Tingxuan was only half an hour later than usual.