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His point of view.
When did he send QinShi away?
Days after their family was exterminated by the forces of the late General Yung.
Why?
At first it was to spare him from the horror of serving under the IAs with him, to keep him safe from everything that was supposed to come. He counted on taking him back as soon as he'd be on the throne. But then, the first years after the civil war weren't easy for him. There were still many dangerous people and traitors in the court, taking his little brother back didn't seem as a wise thing to do, as someone could use him to damage him or to blackmail him.
When his position as Emperor was finally stabilized, Kimahad'Ru declared war and he had to leave for the battlefields. What would be the point to take QinShi away from safety to get him into a nation at war?
Then...? The First Prince was born, almost casually. And LianBi's whole view on everything changed exponentially. Even more as the Second Prince came to life too and the various 'supporters' of the 'heirs' started to show up.
If there is one thing history taught is that the 'Grand Prince' never has a good end, that is, unless the Emperor and his Princes have a bad end before him.
LianBi realized that by then QinShi was close to become adult and that in truth he didn't know anything about what kind of person he grew to become. How could he trust him, where beside blood, he knew absolutely nothing about him?
So... he gave him protectors, he sent all the money that he could ever need, supported his every plan and decision, but never wanted him to return to Xhuanghen. He wanted him to have the best life he could have, just far away from the Court, where he could be corrupted and set-up.
He really didn't want him to come back at all, he hoped he'd eventually get himself a family and even forget about his older brother, but clearly that wasn't supposed to happen.
After his return to Xhuanghen was revealed and he was escorted to the Palace, LianBi's mood and frustration only worsened. He is genuinely worried that he could plot against his children and him to get to the throne, or that even if he was not like that, he'd just become another part of that war for the throne the three Princes are already inside of. Last he needs is another burden to carry, another person to be framed and pushed towards evil just to benefit the interest of some minister. He can't allow that.
If there is one thing he feels he must do immediately that is to get rid of his brother in some way. Naturally he will not get him killed nor harmed out of a future possibility, so he really needs to think.
But before that, he sent some Palace Guards to check the place where QinShi was staying.
What did they find there? A bunch of worrying substances that would let anyone guess he is under all sort of addictions.
LianBi orders the Alchemists of the nursery to check all those things to find out what it is.
Meanwhile, he also gets to hear that his nephew Song is looking for a convenient marriage to restore the honour of the Zhou family. Daebak! What a better candidate than the Grand Prince, the brother of the Emperor himself? Politically speaking, that's actually a very convenient marriage under every possible point of view, since it also strengthens the union between Huang and Zhou families, also indirectly benefitting the Second Prince.
He is in the throne room, waiting for the arrival of Song. He expects all sort of negative reaction but he is very well willing to force him, because he has to send that brat away from the Palace or he won't be able to sleep anymore.
Days after their family was exterminated by the forces of the late General Yung.
Why?
At first it was to spare him from the horror of serving under the IAs with him, to keep him safe from everything that was supposed to come. He counted on taking him back as soon as he'd be on the throne. But then, the first years after the civil war weren't easy for him. There were still many dangerous people and traitors in the court, taking his little brother back didn't seem as a wise thing to do, as someone could use him to damage him or to blackmail him.
When his position as Emperor was finally stabilized, Kimahad'Ru declared war and he had to leave for the battlefields. What would be the point to take QinShi away from safety to get him into a nation at war?
Then...? The First Prince was born, almost casually. And LianBi's whole view on everything changed exponentially. Even more as the Second Prince came to life too and the various 'supporters' of the 'heirs' started to show up.
If there is one thing history taught is that the 'Grand Prince' never has a good end, that is, unless the Emperor and his Princes have a bad end before him.
LianBi realized that by then QinShi was close to become adult and that in truth he didn't know anything about what kind of person he grew to become. How could he trust him, where beside blood, he knew absolutely nothing about him?
So... he gave him protectors, he sent all the money that he could ever need, supported his every plan and decision, but never wanted him to return to Xhuanghen. He wanted him to have the best life he could have, just far away from the Court, where he could be corrupted and set-up.
He really didn't want him to come back at all, he hoped he'd eventually get himself a family and even forget about his older brother, but clearly that wasn't supposed to happen.
After his return to Xhuanghen was revealed and he was escorted to the Palace, LianBi's mood and frustration only worsened. He is genuinely worried that he could plot against his children and him to get to the throne, or that even if he was not like that, he'd just become another part of that war for the throne the three Princes are already inside of. Last he needs is another burden to carry, another person to be framed and pushed towards evil just to benefit the interest of some minister. He can't allow that.
If there is one thing he feels he must do immediately that is to get rid of his brother in some way. Naturally he will not get him killed nor harmed out of a future possibility, so he really needs to think.
But before that, he sent some Palace Guards to check the place where QinShi was staying.
What did they find there? A bunch of worrying substances that would let anyone guess he is under all sort of addictions.
LianBi orders the Alchemists of the nursery to check all those things to find out what it is.
Meanwhile, he also gets to hear that his nephew Song is looking for a convenient marriage to restore the honour of the Zhou family. Daebak! What a better candidate than the Grand Prince, the brother of the Emperor himself? Politically speaking, that's actually a very convenient marriage under every possible point of view, since it also strengthens the union between Huang and Zhou families, also indirectly benefitting the Second Prince.
He is in the throne room, waiting for the arrival of Song. He expects all sort of negative reaction but he is very well willing to force him, because he has to send that brat away from the Palace or he won't be able to sleep anymore.
1 | May 19th 2019 11:38
"Yet you should still try to find a positive side for yourself as well. It won't be of much good to them if you lose any joy of life." Also since they'd both feel like total shits even more than they do already for being such a burden.
"Naturally..." Who would want Liang to misunderstand in such way... except Tero. Who turned out to be a braver wench than Bang-sul himself.
"Ye, that's clear." It's still a title, every title bring something.
He takes a breath as he asks about Jin. "He woke up, ye... but he keeps delirating about that prostitute." Basically, for five minutes he cries and beg to find him because he loves him, the next five minutes be screams to find him and kill him for ruining his life. Not a nice sight.
"I don't know. He must have left quite an impression on him. I wonder if it would be positive to hand him over to him..." But arguably it's not easy to.find this specific prostitute only knowing that PROBABLY he exists.
"Ye, he did of course. He screams for help, he screams for your name, he apologizes to you, he cries and screams again. But according to the physician, his blood tests are getting more positive results. His body is almost entirely cleansed."
"I too used to.think that Consort Jun was the one. And then it turned out she had only been manipulating me for years." He looks away.
"I don't know anything about that prostitute, other than he met with Jin in an inn in the capital. If you have any plan or clue, if you can find him yourself, I can as well reward you for it."
He nods. "He will need to be monitored, falling back into that hole is way too simple. Sometimes even just a sip of wine could trigger it."
He massages his forehead, totally unable to say anything to his first words. He is right, there is not even any sentence he could throw to reassure him.
"I don't know... I don't know why it always turns out everyone knows everything except from me. If she knew, though, she could have tried to tell me..." As if he would listen.
"You better do it before he comes back. Or to keep them locked so that he has no access to them. Don't let him be in contact with any addictive substance, he won't be able to resist the temptation."