Forgotten Legend of the Bloodied Flower

Nan Shu Cheng walked outside and saw his second son standing in front of the gate. His expression was still as cold as ever.

The son he used to be proud of was actually the son of a traitor.

There was basically no more good future waiting for Nan Hou Xiang anymore.

The good dream he hoped to have this son of his as a successor couldn't be realized. Even if they chose to spare the children of the Nan Family, they wouldn't be able to live well with the background they had.

And right now, Nan Shu Cheng didn't want to care.

He didn't want to see anyone who had a relationship with Qu Family.

Their sight only made him think about his failure to recognize the fact that they were all people who only wanted to use Nan Family. How could he possibly bear to see and look back at his own failure?

The past few months have been very hectic.

It challenged him mentally and physically to the point that he felt he was going crazy. He didn't want to torture himself more by looking at these people.

Bang!

The gate was closed loudly and Nan Shu Cheng walked away. He felt that seeing these people would only make him even angrier.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Nan Hou Xiang watched his father's back and his fingers were clenched into a fist. However, he also knew very well how bad their situation was.

A traitor is a heavy accusation and offense.

It was enough to warrant an immediate execution, but their family was still given a day before the trial official began. It meant that not everyone in their family would be killed, but how they would end up was still unclear.

*sob* *sob*

Listening to his mother's crying, Nan Hou Xiang felt really bad. He wanted to step forward and console his mother yet at the same time, he also remembered her cold words and gaze back then.

It was to the point he wondered whether his mother ever treated him more than a tool to gain Nan Shu Cheng's affection.

She didn't even trust him.

What she wanted was his value as her son that could help her to establish her power in this residence.

Everyone was using each other.

But how much they actually used the others was reflected in how they treated themselves and others. Those who only think of themselves will never care about other people wholeheartedly.

They only treated others well when they could give them enough benefits.

And Qu Fei Jiao only treated Nan Hou Xiang well because she knew that only through her son could she possibly gain a foothold in this residence. But now that things had ended this way, the question of whether they could stay alive or not had become the main point.

And Nan Hou Xiang's relationship with his mother had worsened badly over the past few weeks.

The two of them couldn't even eat dinner together without ending in a worse mood. The two of them no longer trust each other and Qu Fei Jiao keeps on blaming him for not being able to repair her relationship with Nan Shu Cheng.

Even Nan Hou Xiang was tired of hearing it.

He's still a young man, only 13 years old, yet he had to listen to his mother's ranting and accusations.

It was enough.

Besides…

He was not qualified to be the one to console his mother.

Nan Hou Xiang stood there for a while before turning around. He knew better about what his uncle did.

Because he was the one who helped his uncle.

After the servant who was responsible for delivering the news ended up passing away because of Qu Fei Jiao's stupidity, Master Qu came to Nan Hou Xiang. He told her that as long as he helped him to gather some news from Nan Family, he would give him many things.

Nan Hou Xiang wanted to become better.

He wanted to be more useful, so he agreed with his uncle's request.

Using his status as the Second Young Master Nan, he often entered the library, recorded the few things he listened to, and then put the scrolls he prepared in the secret areas. When it was time, he would deliver the letter to his uncle.

No one usually checked the library.

After all, it was only used for study and only Nan Hou Xiang would go there from time to time for his study, so this method was very useful. And among that many scrolls in the library, how much time would be needed to find the one he sneaked in?

Thus, he became his uncle's messenger.

At that time, he didn't know exactly what his uncle was planning very clearly.

Now after hearing his father's words, he knew that his uncle was planning to betray Fei Yang Kingdom. And he had inevitably become the accomplice.

But at this moment, all he could do was to wait and see how things would progress. With his young age, he should be able to keep his life.

Hopefully.

Looking at the soldiers outside, Nan Hou Xiang had lost hope of being able to get out. He was not a superb martial artist as his own older brother could beat him to a pulp easily. These soldiers must have been better than them.

Thus, he could only bid his time.

Hoping that they would be left out.

…

<Nan Shu Cheng's Study Room>

Nan Shu Cheng didn't want to go back, so the only option left for him was to stay in his study room. At the very least, he could order his guards to guard the gate and not let anyone come close.

Before the trial tomorrow, no one should bother him.

But it was also the same trial that seemed to determine what his fate would be.

To be waiting for his own death sentence, Nan Shu Cheng felt that this would be an extremely long day for him. There was no way that anyone would be able to stay calm when they knew that they would die tomorrow.

Everyone wanted to live.

They wanted to survive and experience more of life.

But at this moment, Nan Shu Cheng could only see the bleak future waiting for him and the bitter ending he couldn't escape.

It was torture.

Nan Shu Cheng felt that his life has become a joke at times.

It was to the point that even he felt that he himself was truly stupid and had no way to redeem himself.

"Pathetic!"

Bang!

Kicking the chairs until they fell, Nan Shu Cheng took a deep breath. He felt that no matter what he did, he could never wash out this reputation as Fei Yang Kingdom's betrayer. His future looked dim.

At this moment, Nan Shu Cheng somehow recalled his father.

His father has always been very strict with him and always told him not to fall into the tricks of these cunning officials. Of course, the young Nan Shu Cheng felt that his father was worried too much and that there was nothing these people could do to him. With his capability, these people would end up being used by him instead.

He was full of confidence in himself.

Only now he felt that he was truly stupid.

He had fallen into a trap that he had never realized all these times. Treating trashes as treasure and abandoning the real treasure in the mud.

How stupid of him.

"What should I do now?"

Nan Shu Cheng felt tired.

There was no need for him to wait until tomorrow to know the result of the trials. There was no way that they would let him off. Perhaps, the only reason why he was not killed on the spot was because of his relationship with his father.

Old Master Nan was the only Great General in the Fei Yang Kingdom who was still alive at this time.

Every kingdom had the special and highest title reserved for these famous and powerful generals. It was not a title that could be given away at will and only those who were truly worth it would be given it.

His father had this title.

And it might be because of this fact that Nan Shu Cheng was still left alive and allowed to have the so called trial.

But it would not change the result.

He's an official.

After working as an official for so many years, he was not stupid, so he knew that the punishment for treason or betrayal was death.

There was no other punishment.

If there was any, it would be torture before death in order to extract information. But Nan Shu Cheng knew that it would be impossible for them to torture him since he really didn't know anything.

He was only dragged into this matter.

"In this chaotic time where everyone is trying to gain the advantage, I have taken the wrong first step."

"You've indeed taken the wrong step."

"Who…"

Thud!