Unexpected

Chapter 18.

Who would have expected that the prince's engagement would shock the entire kingdom, especially the royal palace, which had an unhealthy atmosphere. In fact, everyone knew that Prince Liuer would propose to his amazing partner sooner or later. He was first in line to the throne and the last of his siblings who had not yet married. So it's understandable that everyone was thrilled with the news of his engagement. How did they all know that? Because nothing can be hidden from the royal family, especially from the king and queen, who announced with "proudness" that their eldest son, Prince Liuer Miohu, proposed marriage and his bride accepted the engagement. And what does this involve? That from that moment on it was no longer just a feud between Wukong and Liuer, but the entire royal family, especially the king and queen. You will see what this entails later.
And now... let's move on to how the rulers themselves found out about the engagement.
How it was? Take a look for yourselves...
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After the incident in the palace, i.e. Wukong's escape/not escape and his disappearance together with the prince. The King was not on a good state. Oh.. that's not enough, he was furious. And his fury was as powerful as the destruction of the palace, fortunately he was able to control himself.
First of all, his son ignored him. Oh.. and it's not the first time.
Secondly, where the hell did they go?! Where did his son take that damned monkey?!
He regrets that he allowed all this to happen, he should lock him up immediately and not let him out. Too late for that. Now the most important thing was to find this monkey. Where did he take him?! You have to find him/her before it's too late. Shit. He/She must stay here. If Liuer took her/him to the outside world, the king will be screwed. Although, Liuer knows that he/she cannot leave this kingdom, that's why his son still supported the king, but now... If he has to, he will lock that damn monkey (Wukong) up where he will never get out and it will be over. Good plan, but now his son is head over heels in love with her/him, it's already spoiling his concept, he needs to come up with something... he needs to calm down.
"Father?" Lai asked. They were now in the throne room.
The king turned to him, his anger visible.
"Can't you still see?" Lai said. "She is a stranger. You have welcomed a stranger into our kingdom."
"I'm aware of that," he said angrily.
"What do we do now?" Yu asked.
"You are to find them immediately," the king ordered.
"Father, why? They are adults." Ling said.
"I am your king and I command you to use your damn powers and find them!"
"Why don't you send a guards?"
"Because what happened here must stay in this palace, understand?"
They nodded.
"Father, at least explain to us..."
"When the time is right, I'll tell you everything, now get to work, we need to find them." the king sat on his throne and his children disappeared into the shadows.
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Liuer and Wukong were lying in bed. Liuer placed his hand on Wukong's cheek. Wukong smiled softly. Their tails were tangled.
"How do you feel?" Liuer asked.
"Moonshine, you don't have to keep asking me about it, I'm fine."
"Sunshine, I just want to make sure you're okay.." he said tenderly.
Wukong took Liuer's hand.
"I'm fine now. Really."
"Okay...okay...Do you want something to eat?"
Wukong nodded.
"Let me show you the kitchen, there are no servants here yet, so I will make you a delicious meal myself~"
"Mhm~Yes~What do you want to prepare for me~"
Lieur looked at Wukong with eyes full of love and a hint of lust.
He cupped his face and kissed him. Wukong melted away.
"Whatever you wish~"
They smiled.
The kitchen was on the other side of the manor, so they had to go through the main hall (similar to the throne room). They walked hugging each other. Wukong had his head resting on the prince's shoulder.
And as if by a twist of fate, Ling and Yu emerged from the shadows behind them.
"Look who we found," said Ling, who was dissatisfied with too much light.
Wukong felt a shiver. Liuer became irritated just by hearing his brother's voice. They turned to them. Wukong stood straight.
Yu looked around.
"It's too bright here," Yu said.
"What do you want," said Liuer.
"Let me tell you, you put on a nice show... and as you know, we are your siblings who are <very worried> about older brother, and our father is already most worried about you... And her." said Ling.
"Liuer, you are not good at hiding your plans, there were plans to build this mansion in your office," Yu said.
"You know what, brother, you built it nicely, but there's a bit too much light. It's impossible to concentrate." Ling said and snapped his fingers to turn off the light. Now the room was dark, but you could see. Liuer growled. Wukong immediately, after turning off the light, moved closer to Liuer, took his hand. Ling giggled.
"It's better if you go away and leave us alone."
"Unfortunately. Father doesn't allow it," Yu said. "He's very passionate about her..."
Yu saw the ring on Wukong's finger. "You proposed"
Ling noticed it too.
"It's none of your business," Liuer said.
"Oh...won't you invite your own siblings to the wedding? The parents will be so happy that their son is going to marry the freaky woman who tried to strangle the king," Ling said ironically. Liuer rolled his eyes.
"Liuer is right, you are to leave our property immediately," Wukong said.
Ling looked at him from under his head. "And who asked you for your opinion? You..."
Yu took his brother's hand to stop his brother from arguing unnecessarily. The tension increased. Liuer was prepared to fight.
"Ling, let's go, we found them all."
"Fine"
They disappeared into the shadows. Wukong breathed a sigh of relief. Liuer snapped his fingers. It was light again.
"Wukong?... My love?" He placed his hand on Wukong's cheek. Wukong pursed his lips. He didn't want to look at Liuer. Then he just got carried away and was furious and...
Liuer hugged him. Wukong rested his face on the Liuer shoulder.
"You have a terrible family," Wukong muttered.
"You are my family," Liuer whispered. "Do you still want to eat something?"
Wukong nodded. Now instead of walking, the prince used a shadow portal.
Wukong sat down on the chair. Liuer was looking for ingredients to make at least a simple sandwich and tea. He found something for tea, but as for the rest... what remains is making tea.
"Sorry, I can only make some tea."
"All right.."
"I will hire servants as soon as possible and sort things out"
There was silence. Liuer was preparing tea.
"Ling, he wasn't always like this... it used to be normal..." Liuer began.
"Oh..."
"There were times when I had a really good relationship with him, with all of my siblings... Ling loved to joke with me and play pranks on servants and even nobles at parties... Lil loved spending time with me while studying, and I also helped her and with Ting. We spent time together at the theater watching shows... and then we tried to create our own shows for our parents. Ling also played with us sometimes. Then there was Yu, as the youngest and very susceptible to the influence of others. I tried to teach him to have his own opinion. .It was really great. We got along."
The tea has brewed. Liuer poured tea into cups and placed them on the table and sat down next to Wukong.
"So what happened to them?" Wukong asked.
"You know, everything changes... sometimes one day everything is fine, there is fun, laughter and the next day they start ignoring you, making excuses and you are left alone in a big palace." he said with regret.
Wukong felt sympathy for the prince. Their tails connected. Liuer smiled. They drank tea.
"And how did you get along with Lai?" Wukong asked uncertainly.
Liuer sighed. "From the very beginning, I felt that he didn't like me very much. Sometimes I had the feeling that he was jealous of everything I had? Even though we were both princes... While I was playing with the rest, he just watched us in secret. "
"Oh.. I'm sorry"
"It was a long time ago"
"But how can you turn your back on someone and just write them off? It's not fair," Wukong said.
"I didn't understand it then either... I suspect Lai must have told them something..."
"What?"
"Ah.. it doesn't matter..."
"Liuer? Can you tell me... maybe it will be easier?"
"Maybe... you know what I really look like... six ears, fur unlike any of my parents... I didn't care about it before, I walked around without any charms, my ears were sticking out, no one cared, they even said I looked amazing ... but then someone spread a rumor in the palace... that I was not theirs."
"Lai?"
Liuer sighed. "Probably. Since then, everything has changed. The fun ended and the family drama and anger began. However, to show off, I put spells on myself and then I looked like them. And my father announced that I was the successor... "
"..."
"But it's over... now there's you and you're the most important thing to me. Sunshine~"
"You shouldn't change. I like you even without those spells" Wukong looked at Liuer with eyes full of tenderness. He placed his forehead against his. They closed their eyes. Their hands joined together.
Unfortunately, this beautiful moment was spoiled by other unexpected guests heard by the prince.
"Liuer? What's going on?" Wukong asked.
The prince sighed. "My parents are already here."
Wukong paled.
"I should apologize to them for all the fuss..." he said dejectedly.
"Sunshine, you have nothing to apologize for. I will talk to them," the prince said, smiling slightly.
"But I made this whole mess and..."
"Believe me, you don't owe them anything. You had the right to behave like that, it will be fine, you will recover."
The last sentence terrified Wukong. "He will recover" was still missing. Unfortunately, he is not yet able to prove that he is healthy (of mind). He himself begins to question it. So many things happened in such a short time...
"Liuer, I'll go with you..."
"No, I'll take you to our room. I don't want you..."
"I'm fine now... Liuer, are you afraid that I will make the same scene again..."
"No…no…I don't want you to overhelmed yourself or for my parents to say something and…."
"Liuer, I can handle it, besides you should introduce me as your fiancée."
The prince sighed. "I know"
"But please, if you feel uncomfortable, bad or in pain again, you should tell me right away, I will take you to a room and I will throw them out."
Wukong smiled.
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The king and queen were waiting in the front hall. The king definitely didn't look happy. The Queen tried to contain her emotions.
Liuer and Wukong stood in front of them, but there was a significant space between them. Liuer looked at them with a blank expression, showing only slight contempt. Wukong rather felt ashamed and immediately regretted not going to the room. He definitely didn't want to be there, now he felt ashamed of his previous behavior. Every emotion he felt during the rampage turned into shame and rather fear of what the king and queen thought. Maybe they were all right? Regarding his health. Come to think of it... the king let him stay here, the queen was kind to him, yes they were strange, but everyone is strange in their own way, right? And now he... has done a lot of shit for himself. He should have behaved normally and avoided the whole fight, but nothing is normal here, as he himself found out.
He was holding Liuer's hand.
There was an awkward silence, although the look between Liuer and the king could kill. The tension was increasing with every moment. And the king and the prince looked as if they were about to start a fight. Wukong really didn't want this. Someone had to take the first step forward and admit guilt, and the sacrificial sheep in this whole situation was Wukong... One of many worst moments. Admitting your... not so much a mistake, but an actual disease. Since everyone already thinks he's frak, which he really isn't. But what attitude should we take here? Everyone thinks he's sick, they think he's a woman, with a mental illness, they tell him things he doesn't want, he wanted freedom yes, but now he's with the prince and he feels safe, he's fine as long as they stay in this house , or at least Liuer will be there. To settle the dispute... after all, they are Liuer's relatives. And Wukong is going to marry him, so there shouldn't be any complications. What if the king and queen already hated him and wouldn't let the prince marry Wukong and it was all because of him, because he didn't want to admit to... being sick. Even though Wukong doesn't like them... these are the people who raised the prince.
Inhale Exhale...
He has to fix it.
"I'm sorry for all the confusion caused by my behavior. I understand your frustration with me. Forgive me. I admit that I was not fully aware of what I was doing. I will try to recover... I apologize again for my behavior." Wukong said remorsefully and, better yet, bowed as a sign of respect. Liuer was shocked, the queen was shocked, and the king... was overjoyed because he thought he had lost control of the monkey, and here's an amazing turn of events. Maybe all is not lost after all. But the king cannot show it. In any case, he will play this new game more efficiently, so that the monkey will be without conscious will. Additionally, the king must also show that he is angry at Son's disobedience and at Wukong's behavior.
There was another uncomfortable silence. Wukong gripped the prince's hand tighter. He actually felt ashamed, because now that he said it out loud, it sounded embarrassing. The prince was shocked and hardly understood his partner's guilt. She was lost, she felt bad, and she didn't appreciate his father's plans. His father should be apologizing, he should be the one humiliating himself here, not Wukong. But he knew, he felt, that Wukong only did it to settle the dispute between them.
"Oh... my dear... we understand you. You've been through so much... falling from such a great height must have caused some damage... but we understand. When we return to the palace, we will immediately bring in the best doctors from the entire kingdom, I can't allow that my future daughter-in-law would suffer." the queen said caringly and smiled.
But Wukong didn't want that, he didn't want to return to the palace... they can't!
"Yes, so now that the situation is straightened out and under control, we can all go home and start planning your wedding." said the queen.
Liuer realized that his beloved was starting to shake at the thought of returning to the palace.
"Really, thank you, but we'll stay here for now. Wukong isn't ready to come back yet." Liuer said.
"Oh...okay." said the queen, she looked at her husband and said "I think your father would like to talk to you, Liuer. Why don't you two talk here while I talk to Wukong." she said politely.
What did she want to talk to him about?!
Liuer looked at Wukong. Wukong reluctantly nodded in agreement. Wukong and the queen went outside.
"Wukong, I'm very happy that my son proposed to you. Honestly, he's been planning it for a long time. But not everything is going according to plan." said the queen. "I'm sure it wasn't easy for you here, in the palace, my husband put a lot of responsibilities on you... I don't know how you feel, but I'm trying to imagine it and I feel that the loss of memories is equivalent to the loss of myself... but Do you know what I think?"
"Hmm?"
"If you've already lost your life, shouldn't you look to the future instead of looking for your lost life? You will have a very good life with Liuer, he will definitely take care of you. And you will become the rulers of this land in the future. You will have a very responsible work. Peace and order is the most important. You, as a queen, I say this from my experience, will not have it easy, especially since you do not come from this land, and you will not be able to show your problems. Everyone who gets close to the royal family wants and expects something. You have to be careful with this. Remember that no one can find out about your... illness... every opponent will want to take advantage of it and prove that you are incapable of ruling. So the big question is: can you handle it? Can you do it? Liuer will always be with you, he will provide you with support even when you don't want it, but will you be able to do it on your own?"
Wukong carefully analyzed what the queen said. He himself knew well that being a ruler (although he didn't remember and thought it was due to his observations of the king as an advisor) was not that easy. But there is no turning back. Besides, he wouldn't want Liuer to give up the throne just for him, Liuer's sisters and brothers do not seem worthy of this position.
"I'll try. I'll do what I can to... hold on... to make things better," Wukong continued. The Queen smiled.
"Grate... when we get back to the palace... when you're ready, I'll help you sort everything out."
That didn't sound like fun. But unfortunately, power is not fun.
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Meanwhile in the hall. Liuer and the King talked, or rather accused each other.
"You know very well that she cannot leave this land," the king began.
"Oh... so you were worried that I took her over the top. Be glad you're not the only one who doesn't want that. You didn't need to do business with them."
"Oh... I'm just broadening my horizons. Besides, what I'm doing is to secure a better future for the land."
"There's no indication of that."
"Listen, next time don't do such unexpected things without my permission."
"Because what? I had the right. She was afraid, and you were all crazy in wanting to hurt her, so it's my duty to protect my partner."
The king approached him, at the same speed as Wukong, and grabbed him by the throat.
"I let you have her, thanks to me she's yours, but I'm the one giving the orders here, so if you don't want your future wife to go to be in lock, you better listen to me... son" he threatened him, tightening his grip on his neck.
"Do not dare," he choked out. They looked menacingly into each other's eyes.
"Do you want to find out?"
Liuer didn't say anything.
"As I thought." the king he gave up him. Liuer was desperately gasping for air.
"You must return to the palace immediately," ordered the King.
"What? There's no way! I already said Wukong needs to feel better-"
"It's not important"
"Really, maybe you want her again..."
"You have until midnight to return to the palace with her."
"NO."
The king glared at the prince. "Haven't I made myself clear? You are to return to the palace, both of you. Besides, we have a wedding to plan."
"This is my wedding"
"As I told you once, this is a matter for the royal family, i.e. both mine and your mother."
"No. She's my partner, you have no control over that."
The king lost patience
"I'm in control here, not you and I decide!" the king stretched out his hand and began manipulating the shadows, which quickly crawled inside Liuer's mouth. The prince began to choke. "You can do to me...(cough) whatever you want (cough)"
"Oh? Maybe I'll use this technique on your fiancée?"
The prince's eyes widened. There was nothing more he could say. He nodded. Shadows crawled out of him. He could breathe normally.
"Remember one thing. I'm in charge here." said the king and turned to leave.
Not too long, Liuer thought.
They went outside.
Wukong, looked like he would get along better with the queen.
"Oh? You're done..." the queen looked at the prince's neck and then at the king. She sighed.
"Yes, we have already discussed everything, we can go back," said the king. They disappeared into the shadows. Wukong saw marks on Liuer's neck.
"Show me what happened?" Wukong said, worried.
"Nothing, leave it, it will disappear in a moment..." he said exhaustedly.
"Liuer... is he..."
"The important thing is that you're okay," he said and kissed Wukong on the head. "Let's go inside"
They went inside and went back to the bedroom. They lay down together.
"Liuer, moonshine, tell me what happened..."
"No big deal, just a little disagreement..."
"He was choking you, I can see it." Wukong looked at the prince with eyes full of concern. Liuer sighed.
"He wasn't happy that... we left the palace."
"Oh..."
"and gave me an ultimatum..."
"What?"
"that we have to return to the palace by midnight," he said regretfully.
"What if not?" Wukong asked.
Liuer kissed him on the head and brought him closer to cuddle with him. "My Sunshine, you don't have to worry about it," he said calmly.
"Liuer, you're already worrying me..."
"I will protect you..." the prince whispered.
Wukong's eyes widened. So it was about him. They argued about him. Because of him.
"Okay, we'll go back to the palace," Wukong said. He couldn't expose the prince to the king's wrath even more.
"Wukong, no. Everything will be fine, just..."
"Liuer, I know it will be fine because we will be together," he said with a smile.
"But..."
"I can handle it. Besides, this house can wait."
"Are you sure? I don't want you to go through the same thing again."
"Liuer, it'll be fine, I don't want your father to do anything to you. And you're the one who thinks I'm crazy."
"Okay, if that's what you want, but tell me, if he does anything to you, you have to tell me immediately," Liuer said firmly. "I can't lose you," he said tenderly.
Wukong snuggled closer to him. He didn't want to come back. He wanted to stay here. But... the king, it's all his fault.
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And they returned reluctantly to the palace.
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This is how the king and queen found out about the engagement.
And the wedding will be one of the greatest events in the entire history of this kingdom.
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Hi,
So yeah.. some mysterious revealed, some not yet😏
The planing! The wedding! Is near😈
I could say that everyone in this story has their own mental problems... Yeah kind of it.
And you reader, did you found something intriguing? What do you think? Do you want something special at wedding? Like a wedding present or maybe something unforeseen😈?
Diabolical laughter.
Ok, sorry😅 I could not resist.
(Comments welcome♥️)
Bye.