Chapter Twenty-four 

Time passed by quite fast, and Ying Zetian was officially accepted as Nan Gong Jing disciple and the news passed with the speed of light through the four countries. After all it was the first time, the empire's teacher Nan Gong Jing accepted a disciple.

For Nan Gong Jing, he used accepting Ying Zetian as a disciple as an opportunity to chase after Ying Zetian. Nan Gong Jing as an empire's teacher have his own pride and do not want to say it out that he like Ying Zetian. So, Nan Gong Jing turned around in circles in his bid to chase after Ying Zetian. But what a pity Ying Zetian mind is iron thick around topics of romance and did not notice Nan Gong Jing relatively blatant hints. But Tang Wudi notice Nan Gong Jing hints and stick as close as he can to his elder adopted brother.

Eight months of lessons had passed at Hanlin and with Nan Gong Jing. Of course, the lessons with Nan Gong Jing, Tang Wudi also attended with Ying Zetian's permission, just not as Nan Gong Jing disciple. And Nan Gong Jing also agree to teach Tang Wudi as he do not want to appear as selfish to Ying Zetian. Of course, these lessons were like fire behind Ying Zetian and calm as water when it was carried out in front of her. Suddenly news of Tang Zhong being seriously sick came into the enclosed environment of Hanlin Academy. And Tang Wudi was forced by Ying Zetian to go back to the royal place to take care of Tang Zhong personally.

But what Ying Zetian never notice is that when she is waving goodbye to Tang Wudi at the entrance of Hanlin after finally successfully pulling sticky Tang Wudi away. Nan Gong Jing was making intimate actions in the air behind Ying Zetian and Tang Wudi was trying his best not to burst his temper.

For Nan Gong Jing, he was feeling really bad as he has spent the past three months in You Ye clearing the mess left by his elder brother. Although Nan Gong Jing had read of the future for his elder brother and hope that the future will change. But Nan Gong Jing knew better than to hope for a change in the future. All the future, Nan Gong Jing read always came true in the end even when he tries his best to change it, so he gave up changing the future after few unsuccessful attempts.

His elder brother the current emperor of You Ye had successfully launched a coup and killed the previous emperor. Nan Gong Jing had a love and hate relationship with his father, the previous emperor and that is why he is conflicted about this coup. Nan Gong Jing's father had raised all his children with love, but he also encourages fighting between the princes. As Nan Gong Jing's father believe in the fact that fighting will make the princes grow up.

Nan Gong Jing's elder brother was forced to a coup as their father had already almost issue an edict to pull his elder brother and the current crown prince off the crown prince throne. And this had happened due to one of Nan Gong Jing's father favored concubine successfully persuade his father to push her son to the crown prince throne. And Nan Gong Jing elder brother know that if he is pulled off the crown prince throne, there will be no further protection.

As their father is seriously ill and almost had both legs in his coffin. Once Nan Gong Jing elder brother could not be the emperor, he, and his mother the empress will be killed once the new emperor successfully raised to the throne and that is why the coup was launched. And Nan Gong Jing had gone back to You Ye as the empire teacher in order to support his elder brother as the current emperor of You Ye. Yes, nobody knew that the third prince of You Ye is in fact also the well-known empire's teacher, Nan Gong Jing.

On the bright side, now that his elder brother is the emperor of You Ye. Nan Gong Jing smile as he thinks of the day he could successfully enter into marriage with Ying Zetian. Once his elder brother reign is stabilized, Nan Gong Jing could launch a war with Tai Ping with the help of the Shang Guan family. Tai Ping is a country rich with natural resources especially with resources necessary for the making of weapons.

Thus, Tai Ping always is a country that the surrounding three stronger countries is aiming to conquer. But what a pity, the Ying family is a strong barrier to the three countries aim in conquering Tai Ping. But what a pity the last head of the Ying family is an idiot and only love his wife and refuse to have concubines.

Thus, only a girl is born, and Nan Gong Jing saw his chance to conquer Tai Ping. Nan Gong Jing persuade the current Shang Guan Yi to kill the Ying family. It was only recently when Nan Gong Jing decide to conquer Tai Ping as he deems Shang Guan Yi to have full control over the whole of Tai Ping. And that is why Nan Gong Jing use his identity as an empire teacher to enter into Hanlin as a teacher so that he could personally oversee the upcoming war.

Now that the coup had happened, Nan Gong Jing sigh at the fact that he still had to wait. The only thing that Nan Gong Jing could be happy about is the fact that he does not need to worry for the lives of his elder brother and mother. Nan Gong Jing believe in the strength of his elder brother so that is why he still to be in Hanlin to chase after his future wife.