The truth

Tie Hongchen was depressed for a long time because of this but she did not dare to disobey Tai Jian. Later she just arranged for a few banquets at her place and occasionally took evening walks outside the palace. Although Tai Jian allowed it but each time she arranged for a banquet Tai Jian always made sure to exclude himself from his busy schedule and attend the banquets personally to 'support' his wife and whenever she left the palace Tai Jian would order four of his eight best guards to escort her with the intention of protecting her but all of this was to satisfy his jealousy. Without knowing it the space that Tie Hongchen occupies in his heart had grown to an unbelievable extent. After Tai Jian completely neutralised the sealed cold energy he left the room in a shaky manner. His body was cold and his yang mana was rampaging inside his body threatening to devour him but he forcefully suppressed it. He controlled himself and it was only after walking out of Tie Hongchen's room that he collapsed and fell down. His guards were already waiting for him so as soon as he fell down and lost consciousness they hurriedly appeared to pick him up. Just as they were about to leave with him the door to Tie Hongchen's room opened and Tie Hongchen walked out of the room in her night robes." Take him inside and lay him on the bed. I will take care of him," Tie Hongchen ordered the guards. The guards looked at each other and were at a loss." What are you waiting for? Didn't you hear what madam said?" Xue Kai appeared out of nowhere and ordered. The guards instantly obeyed after hearing Xue Kai scoldings. They picked up the unconscious Tai Jian and took him inside Tie Hongchen's room after which they bowed and left. Only Xue Kai was left in the room." Fir how long has this been going on?" Tie Hongchen asked." Approximately two years now," Xue Kai honestly answered." Oh! We stopped cultivating together two years ago because of that incident. I have always been wary of him so why didn't I notice anything at first?" Tie Hongchen asked." His majesty has always been cautious and has always been the one to prepare your meals by himself so he always made sure to add the traceless night powder," Xue Kai answered. The traceless night powder as it's name suggest is a kind of poison but it is harmless. It leaves behind no scent and has no taste or colour. Although it is harmless,it has one function; it numbs the body senses and when taken at night before one goes to sleep then the effect is multiplied. The poison normally does not take action instantly but it takes action after two hours. Which is why Tai Jian has always been able to catch Tie Hongchen off guard and help with the yin mana in her body." I see. Why does he do these things yet he hates me?' Tie Hongchen asked as she stared at Tai Jian with tears in her eyes." His highness doesn't hate you. Infact his highness cares for you. He really does but his way of loving is different. He doesn't know how to show it but it is a fact. His highness knows that you have always hated him and he had a lot of chances to tell you how he feels but he decided against it. He has always taken care of you from the shadows but he doesn't want you to know," Xue Kai said with a smile as he also stared at Tai Jian." What happened on that day? He could've saved my father and I know it. Why didn't he do it?" Tie Hongchen asked after a moment of hesitation. "Indeed but who told you that he didn't try?" Xue Kai asked." Is that not the case? Otherwise,why would he avoid seeing me after that incident? He locked himself up in his room for a whole two weeks refusing to see anyone after that incident,why?" Tie Hongchen asked in puzzlement." The events of that day are more complicated than you think. Pardon me for not being able to tell you everything," Xue Kai said." Of you refuse to speak then I am afraid I won't be able to help him. It is up to you. You either open your mouth and speak and then I help him or you keep your mouth shut and he struggles," Tie Hongchen said with a cunning smile on her face." Fine you win," Xue Kai said after hesitating for a while. Tai Jian was now in Tie Hongchen's hands and only she could save him as no one else. Xue Kai had already tried other ways such as finding other girls so that Tai Jian can vent the excess yang energy but Tai Jian subconsciously rejected them all so Xue Kai has no other option. Only Tie Hongchen was able to save Tai Jian now or else Tai Jian would really die even before he made his comeback and this would make their efforts go down the drill." That day, his highness knew that the shadows were planning something against the heaven battling state especially when he heard of the meeting of the princes. He tried using his spies to find out the actual content of the meeting but he found nothing. All the spies were murdered and apart from a few who managed to survive there was nothing left. Everything happened too fast and his highness knew that if you were told about it you would definitely go back but that would mean that you will be sending yourself to your grave so he stopped you but even then the shadows still found a way to pass the information to you. On the day that the coup took place his highness alongside the ten guards left but I was left in the palace in disguise..."Xue Kai was interrupted by Tie Hongchen in the middle of the narration." Wait! What? There are only eight of them and not ten. What do you mean by ten?" Tie Hongchen asked. Xue Kai did not bother answering her rather he continued with the narration." The shadows knew that someone would try to interfere and ruin their plans so they were prepared. His highness walked right into a trap with the ten guards. The guards together with his highness fought valiantly and managed to open up a path so that they all could escape but two fo the guards were seriously wounded and on their last breath so his highness could only abandon them and proceed with the rest. When they arrived at the king's chamber, your father was not there. He had already been transferred to another place. His highness walked into another trap again but they were already prepared for it so they managed to easily break out. Right then his highness and the remaining eight guards managed to change their attires and disguise themselves so that they could escape but they has to watch as the emperor and the two guards whom they had abandoned had their heads cut off and hung on the gate of the capital of the heaven battling state. His highness was angry and threw all caution to the wind. On the way back to the capital he told the eight to come back while he made his way towards the base of the shadow guild and fought with one of their strongest masters. The fight was fierce and master only returned three days later but he was severely wounded and could barely mive a finger. He was barely recognisable when he returned so he said that he was sick and locked himself in his room. The shadow guild did not suspect anything because of his highness backup plan," Xue Kai said.