My Unique Emperor (Part 2)

Reaching Changping (3)

The next day

So at night she stood outside her brother's camp again.

The prince came out of his camp and asked "What happened? Why did you asked me to meet you?".

"I was waiting for you. I have something to say ", the princess's voice seemed trembling.

"What do you want to say?" . He asked angrily.

"Just ten..no no five minutes", she urged.

"Okay. Tell me. You have been acting weird lately". The prince replied .

"Okay. Well...". The princess seemed hesitant.

"Tell me quickly. I need to work". He added.

"Brother you must not participate in the war. Definitely!" . She seemed confident. She had experienced many tragedies in her life.

If the tribe in the north rebels after her brother's death and if Fu Qian aids in the war again she will die again along her brother.

"You..think you have the right to say that? We are of the imperial family. There are duties that we must do. This also applies to you too.", he bit his lip while saying these words.
He added "Even if I die, I have to be loyal to my motherland. Even if I die".

"That fight is a trap to kill you," she replied without delay.

"Any proof?", he questioned.

"No. I mean...", she was about to answer.

"You are wasting my time". He replied sarcastically.

"You will know soon. So please believe me. Our half brother hates us. He is gonna kill you in the next fight", she replied.

"So that's it. I just need to survive and come back", he replied as he was determined to not die.

"No you can't. Up to now, even though your swordsmanship is better than him but can you avoid being stabbed in your back by someone close to you? ", the third princess hinted.

"Who is that?", he interrogated.

"Huh?", she didn't thought that he would believe her.

"Who is that traitor?", he asked.

"Ah....that's Xiao Wujing. Your right hand", she replied as she handed him her mother's letter.

"Xiao?!", he shouted in rage.

The letter simply said 'Our scapegoat is Xiao Wujin'.

"Fu Qian will kidnap his sister and threaten him. We still can save her. The northern border will be attacked in two days by tuhuns and you will be summoned again by father", she replied.

"Where is she? And how did you find that?", he asked.

"I will tell you everything after this is over. Please trust me", she replied. If she told him the truth then he might think she had gone insane.

"The warehouse in the east. No one lives there", she added.

"We need to save his sister first.
If you want me to believe you, you must do something for me..... I wish you go with me", he replied.

"We should bring some weapons along with us", he said.

"We need to move. I don't think that we can reach there in even one day", he said after whispering something in the ear of his subordinate.

"No. We can reach there in three hours if we take that path". The third princess replied.

"Which path are you talking about?", he questioned.

She ran towards her tent and searched for a map.
Later she brought it along her crossbow inside her brother's tent.
She showed him the actual path first in order to make him understand the layout. Then she said "We will move towards the forest in the east. There will be a narrow path which will lead us to the river".

He interrupted "But sister the river is at the opposite side of warehouse".

She continued without replying "We have to leave our horses there. We will use the bridge which will lead us to a road which will lead us to the warehouse. We must not use the main road or they will be alarmed"

"Why should I listen to you? You are just...", he added.

She was tired of listening to her brother's words of ridicule. She was already tensed but now she can't give up easily.

She had to tell the truth to make him work for her.

"I am not. I died in their hands once. As soon as I died I returned here so you better listen to me!". She shouted at him.

"When everything is over you must tell me how you died. After all I need to know since I am your brother". He was surprised when he saw her raising her voice in front of him.

"We will head out at dawn. Prepare your men properly. And we need to distract them through the main road as well". The princess left just after saying that. She was constantly bullied by her mother. And then her brother died. She was already depressed when the emperor came to propose to her. There was only one person who helped her pass her letters to her stepbrother but what came in return was a letter saying that she must abide by the rules of society. Soon the man too was framed and imprisoned in the underground prison.