"The Unexpected"
A whole day has passed for RSK in the body of Ruo Yun.The sun is already above the head,shining its glare over the chaotic city of Caizhou,which is packed up with the people of the Late Jin Dynasty.
In the Royal Residence,RSK is thrown into the body of a Unfavoured Prince-General Ruoyun.
RSK is a student of history and science having knowledge in both Speculatory and reasoning of Archaeology and stuff.For his background, he is just an ordinary researcher who is thrown into this Mysterious mishappening.
RSK has somehow adapted himself into this Mysterious situation,but who knows if he is the "ONLY" who has been going through this mishap?
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Royal Residence is calm and peaceful to see,but it is a place where the most "wars" happen,before which Battlefields are just a bloodshed and nothing more than that.
Battles are fought with a opponent whom you can target on with your weapons,but between the Cold walls of the Royal Residence ,no one knows who is targetting whom and when it will be your last day there. And,All these for what?... "POWER"!
Power is a thing which most think it can help them reach to their "peak",but having Power is merely is having Great responsiblity on your "Head".
If you fail 'once',you go down 'at once'.
Battlefields may give you a chance to survive and flee. But,In the palace.....Its worse than death.
For Ruoyun,he is an idle prince with no power in hands..It may seem good,but having no power means 'having no stick to kill the snake'.For now,things seem good for Ruoyun-
He has Dai Fu ,Lady Zhao and Fu Yiyi beside him.but ,who knows if they are really 'beside him' or just seeming to be so?
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"Its already Afternoon, Second Prince! Don't you want to meet the Crown Prince?..Wake Up!!", Dai fu broke the silence of the Eastern Palace, breaking up Ruoyun's sleep as well.
Opening his messy eyes,still lying on,he looked at the person being busy to tidy up his room.
"Ah...Your Excellency! wake up now...! Consort Ruyi has invited you to meet her in the Royal Garden...Rise up quickly and go there!",Dai fu insisted.
Nodding his head,Ruoyun arose from his bed still thinking about the events happened in the night...and the beautiful girl he had met in the night.
Seeing his Master in deep thoughts, Dai Fu asked,-"Wake up! Lord Yun... Don't be so messy like this!!!(in loud voice,leaving the room)Go to the garden after eating the noodles i have made in the table,otherwise they will get messed up like your hair!!"
Ruoyun,broken from his daydreaming, laughed at his realization and looking at his long messy hair in the mirror,he found-Maybe having a long hair looks like Cool,but when you are recently up from bed,you would better not show your head to anyone.
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Sun was indeed bright enough,but little of it's heat can reach beyond curtain of the trees of the Royal garden.what remained was the cool shadow of the trees and the light of the Spring sun mixing together giving colours to the innocent flowers of the garden.
A woman in middle of her age,wearing a well decorated dress,with quite an experienced see-through eyes and a beautiful face sat beside Ruoyun,while Ruoyun had just sat inside the open shade of the sheltered corridor of the garden,which was not as lavish as like the central one,having well decorated roof alongwith a golden pheonix elaborated with well-made designs of jadestone.
Seeing The an elder woman coming beside him,with her numerous servants circling the "*rest-point*", Ruoyun immediately realized the lady's status,and hurried up to greet her.But,the lady stopping him doing so,held his hands,with a fading smile on her face gesturing Ruoyun to sit beside her.
Having no thoughts rather than obeying the lady,he did as he was gestured,getting sigh of satisfaction from the lady,who was none other than the Royal Consort Ruyi,The mother of 4th Prince and the person who adopted Ruoyun, when his mother,the Third Empress died early,leaving the little Prince under the care of her sister Consort Ruyi.
RSK doesn't knew this,but looking at Consort Ruyi,he indeed remembered about his mother,who was the only real friend for him from his Childhood. Looking at the Consort and her motherly care for him in her eyes,he considered her as his "people".
"Son! You are finally back from the North.",The woman said; with a really caring expression on her face,making Yun get his consideration correct."I heard you came back from there yesterday after a long journey,so i didn't called you yesterday...."
Ruoyun poured tea and offered her,having his ears on voice of the woman.He nodded at the woman's words and said,"No problem Your Excellency! I am fine to meet you anytime you ask me,and i dare not disobey the Royal Consort's words, making me feel unfilial to your majesty's care."
Hearing these buttered-words the woman smiled,and took the cup of tea from Ruoyun.
"You child! you really know how to talk!(laughing) stop flattering me now,and tell why you wanted to meet me?"
"I ?(surprised with the answer)....I w..wanted to meet you?",Ruoyun asked with a surprised face.
"yeah! didn't you sent me message to come here?",The woman said with a similar tone like of Yun."Something is not right here,Yun!...."
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Something was really not right.
As Ruoyun tried to think of an answer to balance his situation,he looked at the face of the consort,which had now suddenly changed its expressions,now looking opposite to what earlier it was.
Before he could react,he felt a certain crushing dizziness on his head,which slowly engulfed his eyesight with illusions, which started eating down his conscience of awareness slowly,finally taking him out of consciousness.
'He had drank the Tea.'
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What really happened here?