Surrender to fate

"Yes," Jo Mei Ying nodded and explained the matter from beginning to end without rushing.

Jo Jung Wei listened to her explanation anxiously at first but when he heard the matter of the competition, his tense nerves relaxed and he reached out to take the cup of tea again.

He thought that it might be a serious matter, although it might be really serious if it reached that person's ears, but how would it reach him while he was far away in the palace?

Jo Jung Wei drank the tea with relief, nodded his head with a helpless smile and said, "That's right, it was really careless of you, but it's good that you dealt with it quickly."

"You don't need to worry, I'll deal with the side effects and it won't affect your father much, just be careful next time."

Jo Jung Wei spoke calmly and gave his daughter a gentle, reassuring smile, he didn't want to make her feel anxious.

 Gu Jung Wei didn't care much about this matter, he could send some people to prevent the matter from spreading and it would disappear naturally, and that person wouldn't hear about it.

Now the only thing he could worry about was the identity of the person who warned his daughter, if he was also the emperor's enemy.

He could also use them as chips with the officials to gain the emperor's favor.

Gu Jung Wei laughed to himself happily, thinking that he could switch sides and side with that mysterious emperor, Gu Jung Wei felt relieved.

But on the surface he was expressionless, Gu Jung Wei asked calmly, "Did you find out the person's identity?"

Seeing that her father didn't blame her and didn't seem to care about this matter, Gu Mei Ying felt relieved and breathed a sigh of relief.

It was good that she didn't cause trouble for her father.

 Gu Mei Ying shook her head regretfully and replied, "Unfortunately, He left before I could find out some information about him."

"Hmm," Gu Jung Wei nodded, her response not unlike his expectations, "Well, does he have something special? A mark or a special outfit?"

He was the Prime Minister of Shu, as for these organizations and special forces in the Shu Kingdom, he knew them all by heart, if he recognized something that belonged to one of these forces, he could deduce their purpose.

Gu Mei Ying was surprised by her father's question, but she still tried to remember, and replied after a moment of thinking, "I didn't see anything special about him… Well, there is something, but I don't know if it's important or not."

"Hmm? What is it?" Gu Jung Wei asked while looking at the tea cup.

But even after a while, he didn't hear her voice. Gu Jung Wei raised his head in confusion and noticed that she was looking down with a look full of hesitation.

 Seeing how hesitant she was to speak, Gu Jung Wei placed the empty teacup in his hand on the table and looked at her in confusion, "What is this, is it difficult to talk about?"

He knew his precious daughter well, she wasn't the type to hesitate to speak, she knew how to differentiate between situations.

At this moment when Gu Jung Wei saw the embarrassed look on her face, he didn't know why but he felt uncomfortable, and a terrible thought appeared in his mind.

"Well, it's not that hard, it's just…" Gu Mei Ying's face blushed slightly and after a little hesitation, she spoke in a shy tone, "He's so handsome."

After Gu Mei Ying finished her words, her beautiful face turned completely red.

At this moment, all she wanted to do was find a hiding place, she didn't expect that there would come a day when she would talk to her father about a man's handsomeness.

Ah~, this is embarrassing.

"Huh?" Gu Jung Wei was surprised for a moment by his precious daughter's answer.

But the unease inside him intensified even more, he quickly asked with a hint of worry in his voice, "Describe this person to me in detail."

"Dad~" Gu Mei Ying shouted in disbelief, what is her father talking about?

"Hurry up," Gu Jung Wei showed a serious expression and urged her, at this moment he couldn't keep his cool anymore, he wanted to confirm the doubt inside him.

 When she saw the serious and worried look on her father's face, Gu Mei Ying raised her eyebrows slightly.

Gu Mei Ying was a smart person. From the worried look on her father's face, she knew that there might be something wrong with that person, and that the matter was not as simple as it seemed.

She didn't delay any longer. Although her beautiful face was as red as a tomato, she explained Su Lin's appearance in detail.

After Gu Mei Ying finished describing, although she felt embarrassed to look at her father, she still wanted to know what was wrong.

She raised her head slightly in embarrassment, but when she saw the look on her father's face filled with fear, all additional thoughts disappeared and she froze in place.

Gu Mei Ying was shocked by the fear on her father's face. This was the first time she had seen her father with such an expression.

Meanwhile, Gu Jung Wei's mind felt like ten thousand horses were running through it.

It was over.

He didn't expect that while thinking about how to get rid of the other officials, it turned out that he was the first person to be eliminated.

Gu Jung Wei smiled helplessly and shook his head, but suddenly he froze in place and a question that he had ignored due to fear came to his mind, Gu Jung Wei quickly regained his composure.

He couldn't think of the emperor's purpose behind this action.

Is he trying to threaten him with his daughter? No, because there was no need for that, and he didn't need to, if he wanted to kill him he could do it right then and there in the palace.

But here's the question, why did that young emperor, whose thoughts were deep and incomprehensible, need to go out of the palace just to warn his daughter, or to warn him?

No, that doesn't make sense, he must have a greater purpose.

But what was his purpose?

Gu Jung Wei's mind was filled with question marks, and his entire brain was active as he tried to deduce the purpose behind the emperor's move, but the more he thought, the more confused and incomprehensible he became.

At this moment, the image of Su Lin filled with fog in his mind became more and more incomprehensible and terrifying. 

Ju Jung Wei couldn't be blamed for being so confused, although he was a scary old fox, it was because the previous image he had built of Su Lin was wrong from the beginning. 

He couldn't deduce Su Lin's goal. 

It was also because Ju Mei Ying didn't tell him all the details, which caused a lack of information. 

After all, she couldn't tell her father that he had been flirting with her, and harassing her since he met her, could she? 

This was too embarrassing. 

Enough embarrassment before, she didn't want to add to it. 

Ju Jung Wei sighed deeply and couldn't help but feel extremely exhausted, at this time he didn't want to think about anything, he had resigned himself to his fate. 

He got up tiredly from his seat, and headed to the door, with stumbling steps. 

Ju Mei Ying asked anxiously, "Dad, where are you going?" 

Ju Mei Ying felt uneasy when she saw her father's unnatural steps, she didn't understand what had happened to him suddenly. 

 Who could make her father, the great Prime Minister, appear like this?

"His Majesty." Gu Jung Wei spoke in a weak voice, did not stop, and quickly disappeared from Gu Mei Ying's anxious gaze.

When she heard his answer, the anxiety and unease she felt increased even more, and the previous conclusion suddenly appeared in her mind.

"It can't be…" Gu Mei Ying muttered in a weak voice, denying her idea, but even she couldn't convince herself.