Chu
The other medical sect. members saw their master get caught up in the rock-throwing and they stopped evacuating the citizens to protect her from the citizens. The citizens didn't know Quan Su Wen was with Chu Yang as it has been a while since they actually have seen her and many of them stopped throwing rocks in her direction.
But there were many still throwing rocks and it's entirely aimed at Chu Yang.
"Stop!" said the Emperor.
The citizens heard the loud and menacing voice of the emperor and they all stopped and looked at him. The ministers rush right behind him, trying to catch their breaths as the emperor has finally stopped running.
"E-emperor…" said a citizen.
The citizens used to fear the royals before but because they know the Chu Emperor is kind, they spoke their mind.
"Why did you stop us? General Chu betrayed us!?" said a woman.
"She ran away from us when we were in great trouble!" said a man.
"It's been years and we build the empire back up even better and all of a sudden she came back out of nowhere?!" Said another.
The citizens started shouting again and yelling all their concerns at the emperor. But a voice just as powerful as the emperor was overheard through the large crowd.
"Yeah… why did you stop them?" said Chu Yang.
The citizens' eyes go back to Chu Yang, who is still bleeding from the rocks being thrown, slowly walked towards the Chu Emperor. The emperor was in shock. He has never seen his sister in this way before, calm yet fearful, not knowing what she will be doing or saying next.
"I ran away, didn't I?"
It was dead silent. The citizens were confused as to why she is agreeing with them.
"When I finished patrolling on that fateful day... I came back to see the empire in flames. Saw so many of my comrades laying on the ground, not moving. Saw my own brother laying on the ground and said to me, 'I killed them… I killed all the citizens…'" said Chu Yang.
Her fist clenched harder, making her nails dig into her skin and making her bleed. Though it made no difference since she is already covered in blood and wounds.
The citizens listen carefully and many gasp in surprise.
"I've been in the slave trade for years… not as a trader… but the one being traded. That whole time... I HATED you."
Chu Yang glared at him in anger. The Chu Emperor looked at her in a strange way, not sure how what his sister is actually feeling.
"I had to! I…" said the Chu Emperor. Everyone could feel his voice was shaking a little. "I didn't want you fixing my mistake! After all… I was the one who caused the empire to fall!"
Everyone looked at each other in shock. Their eyes widen and looked over at the man who they trusted all these years. Even the ministers behind were in shock not because of the Emperor's mistake or so… but because they are the ones who brought the slave traders to the Chu Empire in the first place.
"I suffered so many years just because of your little mistake!" said Chu Yang.
"I could say the same to you!" said the Chu Emperor, he was losing his cool. "The fights we had with the smaller villages around us, had no purpose! But because you wanted to fight, we made so many people suffer! Many people lost their lives because of your selfish need to fight!"
Chu Yang wasn't the best general but she was the strongest. At such a young age, her father appointed her has the first general and she has been on a rampaged due to her need to try and make her father happy.
"There is no difference! We both did the same thing! We were the ones who made so many people suffer yet you think I made you suffer!? My whole life I was never good enough to be the heir of the throne due to my weakness! All I wanted was to prove to father that I was strong enough to protect the people of my country!" said the Chu Emperor.
They are both looking at each other in the eyes, anger to the highest level, not breaking any eye contact, and getting ready to hurt each other. The Citizens had no idea they have their own suffering. They all thought they had lived rich lives but they thought wrong.
"Do you know why I tried so hard!? Do you!? Because I wasn't a man! All I wanted to do was be a great child to him! Since mother died, I had no one to lean on but father.
But he… he didn't care about me at all! All he wanted to do was make the country bigger and grow! I didn't want to let him down so I did my best at doing what I do best… and it's to fight! I loved father but… he never saw me as his child!" said Chu Yang.
"All he did was pay attention to you! A MAN! So you could be his next heir! All his time was spent with you and you think I ruined your life!? He never even looked at me straight in the eyes!"
"All Father did was compare me with you! How I was so much weaker than you and How I should battle and fight like you! He never saw me for me! He always wanted me to be like you!" said Emperor Chu, right back at Chu Yang.
The angry siblings looked at each other in hate and anger. They charged at each other in a blink of an eye and have started a fight.
'Haha! This is better than I expected! The Emperor is now in a fight with general Chu and Min Fu-Han should be here any second to destroy the emperor when he is weak!' thought Quan Su Wen.
"You little piece of sh!t! Saying I got all of Father's attention?" said Chu Yang.
"You're the b!tch that thought I got all of his attention! Father never looked at me in the eyes either! When they were attacking, father thought of you to save us!" said the Chu Emperor.
Their fight was intense. Chu Emperor was surprised how strong his sister has gotten. Same with Chu Yang. She doesn't remember that her brother was this good at fighting. Chu Yang landed a punch on his face.
"Hoi-mo! You better not go easy on me just because I am a woman!" yelled Chu Yang.
He was already angry and the fact that Chu Yang said that made him actually land a punch on her stomach. At the same time, she also landed a hit on his stomach. They both coughed our blood.
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Wu
Wu Lang and Wu Long Long never made it back to the Ma residence. Wu Long Long led him to an alleyway, where it's quiet and no one is around.
"Where is it? I can't hear the sound?" said Wu Lang. Wu Long Long lied about hearing a voice in this direction, leading her brother somewhere else where she can talk to her brother privately.
"Brother... let's leave together," said Wu Long Long. "Let's leave this place and live far away from everyone."