Wen Xin
"Why are you here?" Frey frowned and walked up to Yu Sheng with a cold face, "Go back to your room."
"What happened?" Yu Sheng ignored Frey's last words and looked inside. It was a mess and the air was filled with a disgusting smell of blood. Pieces of blood and flesh were splattered on the walls, floor, and furniture.
The soldiers who arrived were searching the scene carefully, not leaving any loopholes.
Frey pursed his lips and said, "He was a thief who broke into my bedroom and stole something. He somehow managed to break through the door's defenses and pass the robot's identity verification. But when he was rummaging through the bookshelves, I discovered him. He immediately rushed towards me and blew himself up."
"What about you?!" Before Yu Sheng finished speaking, Frey anticipated his worry and chuckled, "It's okay, I have a protective shield. His explosion with such a small power can't hurt me." Having said that, it was only Frey who reacted quickly in that critical moment. Most people would probably be blown to pieces before they could even open the protective shield.
Although Frey downplayed it, Yu Sheng could still feel the fear he felt at that time.
"Your Majesty." A tall girl emerged from the room. It was none other than Angelica, who had disguised herself as a medic to save Yu Sheng. She saluted Frey and said solemnly, "We've identified through the gene bank that this person is a palace official. He's a veteran, having been employed there for several years."
Frey narrowed his eyes. "Have you figured out what he's looking for?"
Angelica pondered for a moment and shook her head. "Logically, he was searching the bookshelf, but after checking, there were no books on the bookshelf worth risking my life to steal... Could it be that this guy wanted out-of-print comics?" Confused, Angelica even told a joke.
The bookshelf in Frey's room was a storage space, extremely expensive to build, and filled with a vast amount of books, left behind by the previous emperor, Caesar. Therefore, Frey had no idea what books were inside.
Yu Sheng, who was standing by, interjected, "Could it be that he was trying to steal something paper-like and mistakenly thought it was hidden in the book?"
Frey and Angelica were both stunned for a moment. Angelica had a thoughtful expression as if to say "this is unlikely", but Frey seemed to have the answer instantly, and his expression became solemn.
He walked quickly into the room and said to the soldiers, "No need to check, return to your posts."
The soldiers cleaned up the scene as quickly as possible and departed as ordered. Angelica, a soldier from Wenxing, wasn't interested in secrets she wasn't supposed to know, so she bowed to Frey and took her leave.
Only Yu Sheng, very tactlessly following behind Frey, slammed the door shut, and leaned over to Frey's side and asked, "Have you figured out the answer? What is it?"
Frey had no intention of kicking Yu Sheng out, so he let Yu Sheng follow him all the way to the bed.
Yu Sheng then watched as Frey removed the jade pendant from his neck and gently inserted it into a discreet recess on the headboard. A blue light flashed, and the jade pendant was enveloped by a visible screen of light. A moment later, the screen displayed four words: "Verification Successful." Then, the previously seamless wall suddenly opened up, revealing a square space only the size of a fist.
Yu Sheng's heart beat faster, thinking he was about to see some secret that would shock the world.
In the end, Frey just pulled out a rolled-up white cloth with red stripes.
Yu Sheng was completely bewildered. What was so special about this piece of white cloth? Why was it hidden so discreetly? And why would someone risk their life to steal it?
Frey opened it and spread it out on the bed.
Yu Sheng was horrified. It turned out that the red lines he had seen weren't actually red lines, but words written in blood. The messy red bloodstains were particularly glaring on the white cloth, like a final letter.
The densely packed Chinese characters on the cloth formed a poem, which Yu Sheng had happened to have read when he was in school.
It’s HZ’s “Peach Blossom”.
A strong, desperate poem that wants to break free from shackles.
Yu Sheng brushed his fingers over the blood-stained characters, closing his eyes. He could almost feel the burning blood. This was the cry of his compatriots, this was the wings of his compatriots, this was the cry of an unfree person against his cage.
I'm afraid this is what was left behind by the only female Blue Star person who died on Wen Star.
But there is one thing that Yu Sheng doesn’t quite understand.
Although this poem is desperate and tragic, it is not lifeless. Why did Sharin choose death?
As if he could see through Yu Sheng's heart, Frey looked at the blood letter and said softly, "Her name is not Sharlene. Sharlene is just a nickname Caesar gave her."
"Her name is Wen Xin."
"She is my mother."
Yu Sheng's heart was pounding. In fact, he had already had a premonition when he saw the blood letter, or even before, but when he heard the truth with his own ears, he was still shocked beyond words.
Frey's blood runs through his veins.
Yu Sheng's chest felt slightly hot, and he heard Frey say, "She died for me."
The only remaining hope in the poem, the only ray of hope in the desperate situation, was ignited by a mother who used her life and flesh and blood to ignite it for her children.
Yu Sheng still had many questions, but at this moment he suddenly didn't dare to ask them. He didn't dare touch the bloody scars deep in Frey's heart, and he didn't dare to uncover the dark predicament. When Wen Xin died, Frey was twenty years old, an age of passion and youth, an age when he gritted his teeth and vowed to support his mother and escape all constraints.
However, the tree wants to be still but the wind does not stop.
Frey's expression was calm, but Yu Sheng could see the deep, indelible sadness and hatred in his eyes. Somehow, Yu Sheng wanted to hug him.
Just as Yu Sheng was struggling to decide whether to hug Frey, Frey spoke again.
"My mother became pregnant with me the first year after she was captured. No one realized that blue beasts could conceive, so when they discovered her abnormality, they couldn't have an abortion because it would have affected her body. Caesar suppressed the news and blocked my mother from communicating with the outside world. Eventually, I was born."
Yu Sheng noticed that the word Frey used was not father, but Caesar.
Apart from the hair and appearance inherited from Wen Xin, Frey looks no different from an interstellar person. Most importantly, Frey's blood is normal, which undoubtedly made Caesar relieved and happily accepted this son.
Of course, a prince cannot be the child of a pet. It happened that the female general Hilton, whom Caesar had pursued for many years, died. Out of some kind of dirty male psychology, Caesar shamelessly said that he had an affair with Hilton, and Frey was the product of his union with Hilton.
As for Wen Xin?
She is just a beautiful pet that he loves. Shouldn't her fate be in the hands of her owner?
The triumphant Caesar could never have imagined that he would ultimately die at the hands of this usually docile and well-behaved pet. As he screamed in horror and cursed furiously as Wen Xin pushed him into the sea of fire, unable to break free, he couldn't understand how a blue beast without any strength could possess such powerful strength.
That is the power of human mothers.
"You, let's call you Wen Xiao." The woman in the long skirt smiled gently as she held the crying baby. "Mom hopes you can break free from your shackles and soar into the sky."
The little baby didn't understand and just buried his head to look for milk. Wen Xin was amused by him and deliberately held him far away. After a while, little Wen Xiao pouted and cried loudly. Wen Xin quickly held him back in her arms and teased him while feeding him, "Little fool, can't you crawl over here by yourself?"
That was probably the happiest time for Wen Xin. Since Caesar had no experience in raising blue beast cubs, he had no choice but to let Wen Xin, the biological mother, raise the child.
Although little Wenxiao also has Caesar's blood flowing in his body, it doesn't matter. She will personally feed him and guide him to grow up. He is her son, only her son.
Wen Xin carefully raised her son until he was twenty years old. Looking at Wen Xiao's calm and handsome face, and comparing the height difference between herself and Wen Xiao, she smiled, "In the blink of an eye, he's so much taller than mom."
Wen Xiao is the third prince of noble status. Ever since he became independent, Caesar has forbidden him from contacting Wen Xin. Mother and son have always met in secret. When he was young, Wen Xiao could not accept his biological father's bullying of his mother. He almost rushed to Caesar to argue with him, but was stopped by Wen Xin.
For the first time, Wen Xin looked at Wen Xiao with great seriousness and said to him, "Mom is giving you your first lesson. When you are not strong enough, don't do anything rash, because you can't afford the consequences. To become strong, you have to fight for it yourself."
Young Wen Xiao seemed to understand, but the twenty-year-old Wen Xiao already understood. He looked at his mother. His mother was not young anymore, but she was still so beautiful that people could not take their eyes off her. Even the fine lines at the corners of her eyes were soft with the passage of time, as if they were the handicrafts of time.
"I will become strong." Wen Xiao's tall figure was able to hold his mother in his arms. "Mom, wait, I will kill Caesar and take you away from all this!"
"Mom believes in you." Wen Xin's eyes were filled with tears, but the corners of her lips were raised, "A Xiao, you have grown up."
Something unexpected happened suddenly. Although they tried to be secretive in every contact, the mother and son were still seen by someone. Unfortunately, that person was one of the eldest prince's men.
The eldest prince, believing Wen Xiao was having an affair with his father's pet, went to Caesar to file a complaint, but was reprimanded and dismissed by Caesar. The eldest prince, a suspicious person to begin with, couldn't understand why Caesar wouldn't believe him even after he presented the evidence. He felt there must be something fishy going on, so he secretly began to investigate.
This investigation revealed a shocking secret: Fregerick was not Hilton's child at all, he was a little beast born of a blue beast!
The eldest prince was no fool. He understood that Caesar was definitely an insider, but his mother had long held Frey as a thorn in her side. Besides being a stain on her husband, it was primarily because, as the third prince, Frey would inherit a significant portion of the Wenxing estate. Who would want to forcibly give a large portion of the estate that originally belonged to their two sons to a bastard? But she couldn't drive Frey away, because he was the son of the heroine Hilton.
Now, the opportunity has come.
The eldest prince told this secret to the queen, who was also shocked. After the shock, she realized that this was a good thing, so she went with the eldest prince to find Caesar to settle the score with the evidence.
Caesar couldn't do anything to her because her father was the richest businessman on Wenxing.
Sure enough, Caesar just apologized to her and said some nonsense like he didn't expect a blue beast could get pregnant. The queen smiled sinisterly and said, "A beast like you is worthy of being the third prince of Wenxing?"
The eldest prince also chimed in, "Father, how can the Blue Beast be worthy of your bloodline? This is an insult to the royal family!"
Caesar understood the hidden meaning in her words, but he was unwilling to see his youngest son, whom he had managed to keep with great difficulty, die, so he tried to persuade her.
The queen simply looked at him coldly and said, "If I leak this evidence to the interstellar network, will you, as the emperor, lose face?"
Caesar's face suddenly turned pale. After a long silence, he compromised.
"I'll have Frey dealt with." He's just a child born from a blue beast. How could he possibly be as important as an emperor's reputation? "Then we'll announce to the public that the Third Prince has died of a serious illness."
The queen narrowed her eyes and nodded in satisfaction.
But the three people didn't know that Wen Xin, who was hiding behind the cabinet, heard everything they said clearly.
That night, a monstrous fire erupted in the palace, centered in Caesar's bedroom. It burned for a full day and night before being extinguished. The fire was, surprisingly, Yesu Fire, a flame fueled by Yesu resin. It was inextinguishable by water and incredibly powerful, leaving nothing but dregs. There was no Yesu resin in the palace; this was undoubtedly murder.
But the fire was too fierce, and even the evidence was burned to ashes. Even the emperor was dead, so the remaining people began to take sides, some supporting the second prince, and some supporting the third prince.
Why stand with the third prince who has a bad bloodline and has been unknown for many years?
Think about it: with the queen, the emperor, and the eldest prince all dead, who was the biggest beneficiary? Anyone with eyes could tell it was the third prince. Not to mention that the second and eldest princes were brothers, even if the second prince truly wanted to kill them, he couldn't possibly have burned his greatest helper, his own mother, to death while sparing the equally competitive third prince.
Therefore, it is most likely that the third prince did it.
But speculation is speculation, no one has any evidence, but speculation is enough. In one night, three of the most powerful people in Wenxing were killed. Who else should they support if not the Third Prince? Should they support the Second Prince who is obviously a fool?
Later, the second prince met with an accident, which crippled his mental strength and disabled one of his legs. The throne was naturally inherited by Fregelik.
"Did you prepare those Yesu resins long ago?" Listening to Frey's story silently, Yu Sheng understood many things. "With such strict security, how could you have slipped through the cracks and brought them into the emperor's chambers?"
Frey was silent for a moment and said, "It was made by my mother. She only took a small amount every day to avoid searches. It covered the entire room and took five years to complete." Yesu resin is colorless and odorless, and its properties remain unchanged over the years. It has a strong affinity for wood and can blend with wooden floors.
"Originally, I planned to kill Caesar after my private army was formed." Frey's eyes showed sadness, "But I didn't expect..."
"But why did your mother have to die in the fire with you?" Wen Xin knew that the Yesu resin was only buried in that room, so why did she lock herself in after it was ignited?
But as soon as he asked the question, before Frey could answer, he suddenly understood.
If the eldest prince could obtain her genes and find out Frey's background, then others could definitely do the same. This would not be difficult at all, and they would be unable to prevent it.
The only way is to burn Frey's only blood relative in the interstellar space - himself - to ashes, leaving no trace.
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