Empress Of The Lost Kingdom - Chapter 194

On the lunar New year eve, the Yu palace got filled with the members of the clan who came over for the reunion feast.

For the first time in her life, Li Juan’s hands were filled with red packets from elders in her clan. Even though she was the queen, for them she was still a young woman and everyone who is older than her, were generous with their gifts.

After reunion dinner and fire works show, it took almost three in the morning for most of the relatives to get back to their own home.

Since it was a customary practice for children to stay awake on the new year eve for the longevity of their parents, Li Juan was the only one who was sent to the chambers to sleep.

However as soon as she climbed into the king sized bed, her cell phone rang with the name “Sun” on the screen. She jolted awake in happiness and attended the call without any delay.

“Happy new year honey,”

“Happy new year hubby,”

They greeted at the same time and broke into a hearty laughter.

“I thought you will call me right after the first bell of new year,” Li Juan said in a sulky tone while walking towards the balcony for better reception of network.

“I want to call you, but I thought my queen will be busy receiving greetings from everyone,” Lee Tae Yang’s magnetic voice fell on her ears,

“So..young master Guan, how was your new year?”

“My new year was same as usual, with an exception that I missed some one a lot,”

He sounded gloomy as he went on.

“I wish you were here, Yangyang,” Li Juan stopped for a moment and suggested, “How about we do a video call, I want to see you,”

“Missing me already?” He asked in a playful voice,

“Hmmm,” Li Juan hummed as she leaned on the balcony railing, “promise me, this will be the last new year evening which we were going to celebrate seperately. From next year onwards we will be together for every single festival,” She adamantly demanded.

It was almost over a month ever since they have officially started dating and yet only few people knew about their relationship. It wasn’t like Li Juan wants to keep her relationship with Tae Yang hidden, she was looking for a perfect opportunity to reveal it to her family and proceed towards their marriage.

“I will be always with you…not just on festivals, but on every single day,” Lee Tae Yang’s words of assurance broke her chain of thoughts.

“Hmmm,”

“Hmmm? That’s how you are going to reply?” He asked in a chiding tone.

“Cut the call, let me connect you on a video call,” Li Juan suggested as she tidied her loose hair in a combing motion.

“Xiao Li,” Lee Tae Yang called her in a doting tone “There is no need to comb your hair, you look pretty. Just wear something warm and come downstairs,”

“Downstairs?” Li Juan was loss at words for a moment and realisation hit her hard,

“You are here?”

She looked around in search of him with a surprised expression on her face.

“Turn a little to your right side,”

Li Juan followed his directions and found a matte black car parked outside the palace gates,

In a glimpse of moment, the interior of the car illuminated by warm light revealing Lee Tae Yang’s godly figure in the driving seat.

Li Juan stared at him in disbelief,

He is actually here…He came for her!!!

“Happy new year, honey,” Lee Tae Yang gently waved his hand and gestured her to come.

Li Juan who was stupified by the sight infront of her eyes, waited for a moment to regain her bearings before hurrying downstairs.

Since the maids and other workers in Yu palace has been sent their own houses, the corridors appeared empty, yet Li Juan walked carefully without making any noise. However as soon as she reached the living room, a deep masculine voice heard above from the stairs.

“Where are you going at this time?”

Li Juan stopped in her tracks and turned to face Zhang Zhi Jun who was looking at her suscpiously.

“First brother, I,” She struggled to find right words to express her thoughts.

“Return before sunrise,”

“Huh?” Li Juan looked at him in confusion, unable to comprehend what she heard.

“Tae Yang is here, isn’t he?” Zhang Zhi Jun asked without any hesitation.

Li Juan nodded with a flustered face. How did first brother knows about it?

“We will be visiting temple in the morning, so be sure to return before sunrise,” He suggested with a smile and let her go.

Li Juan gave him a bright smile as she left the living room and headed straight towards the palace gates.

As soon as Li Juan’s gaze fell on the man who was leaning on to the car, she immediately ran into his arms and wrapped herself in an embrace.

“You are crazy,” She mumbled while settling her head on his chest,

“I missed you,” Lee Tae Yang tightened his arms around and cooed in her ear. “I missed you a lot,”

“Someone was keen on sending me away,” Li Juan said in a blaming voice and stroked the hair on the back of his head as if she is comforting him at the same time.

“I would like to apologise for it, my queen,” He tilted his head and gave a quick peck on her lips,

“I missed you too,” Li Juan clung on to his neck and placed a kiss on his jaw. “So are you coming inside or should we go somewhere?”

“Hmmm?” He arch a brow at her question.

“What I meant is…if we want to go somewhere, we have to return before sunrise,” She explained with an indifferent face.

“Do you think you will be able to return before sunrise?” Lee Tae Yang gently pressed her hips and mused in an alluring voice.

“We should,” she smiled coyettishly.

“We should think about it later,” Lee Tae Yang swept her off from the ground and carried her to the shot gon seat of the car.

He sat beside her and smiled sweetly as he started the engine.

Not even for a moment Li Juan’s eyes left the man who was sitting on the driving seat,

“Yangyang, how fast did you drive?” She interrogated him with a puzzled look. When the last time Li Juan had a conversation with him, Lee Tae Yang was still in the H city and now, he is right in front of her eyes.

Lee Tae Yang gave her a knowing smile.

“It is not a possible for a -”

“Your brother in law wants to convey his new year greetings, but he can’t leave his bird alone,” Lee Tae Yang interrupted her and explained,

After new year feast, since he was left with nothing to do, he decided to visit Li Juan and dragged his cousin who was awake due to the custom.

“Bird,” It took a moment for Li Juan to understand the meaning of his words, “did you guys fly all the way from H city?” Her eyes widened in surprise.

“At this hour?” The time around new year is the most busiest time in C country and her boyfriend and his cousin simply flew an aircraft only to meet her.

“Perks of having a commando as cousin,” Lee Tae Yang casually said and drove the car to a lonely river bank in the valley of Yun mountains.

Li Juan gazed at the sparkling river bathed in milky white light of the moon. Unlike the celebrations and joyful noises of the city, the river bank reflected the tranquility of the night.

“What are you planning to do at lonely place like this, Mr. Lee?” Li Juan inquired as she realised that they have reached a place which is secluded from the main city.

“I am planning to feed my hungry baby,” He said and removed his seat belt, while leaning towards Li Juan.

“Yangyang,” Li Juan called him with a perplexed tone. It’s true that she missed Lee Tae Yang as much as he missed her. It won’t be lie to say that both of them craved each other after all those nights which they passionately spent together. But how can they do it in the car?

However, rather than advancing on to Li Juan, Lee Tae Yang picked up a box covered in red cloth from the back seat of the car.

“I know you might’ve already eaten, but these are new year special dumplings made by my aunt,” He gave the box to the woman who remained with half closed eyes, waiting for his kiss.

Li Juan let out a muffled laughter as she realised that he literally meant about “feeding her,”

How perverted has she become?

“Do you want to go outside or sit here,” Lee Tae Yang scanned her and found that Li Juan was wearing her nightwears.

“Ahhh it seems like my words fell into drain,”

He reprimanded while removing the beige trench coat and wrapping it over her shoulders. “Would it kill if you wear something warm?”

“Why would I bother about cold, when my sun is here?” Li Juan picked up a dumpling and stuffed his mouth which was chiding her.

“Eat well, Mr. Sun,” Even before Li Juan could say something Lee Tae Yang leaned closer to fill her mouth with the other half of the dumpling which he ate.

“Woahhhh, it is tasty,” Li Juan licked her lips in satisfaction and gobbled another dumpling from the box.

“Isn’t it worth all the hassles of traveling?” Lee Tae Yang said while wiping the corners of her juicy lips.

Li Juan nodded in agreement as she filled her mouth with more and more dumplings.

“Did you bring your cell phone?” Lee Tae Yang picked his phone and asked her.

Li Juan gave him the cell phone and continued with eating.

Ting!!! The notification sound rang in the car.

“It’s done,” Lee Tae Yang informed her and kept both of their phones aside.

“What is done?” She asked while chewing.

“Red packet,”

Li Juan reached out for her phone and checked the notification.

When she saw the numbers which almost looked like her phone number, her jaw automatically dropped.

“Why did you sent me this much money?” Earlier when she received the red packets from the elders, Li Juan thought that it was enough to buy a high class apartment in the centre of Jing city. But the Red packet from Tae Yang would make her filthy rich person who could buy the entire Jing city.

“It’s a gift and you are not allowed to ask why,” Lee Tae Yang advised her.

“Hmmm,” Her reply was rather cold.

“What’s with this long face?”

“I am always on the receiving end and I haven’t done anything for you,” Li Juan lowered her head. Even though she wished to give him something, he had everything and she had nothing to offer other than herself.

“Who told you that you haven’t done anything?” Lee Tae Yang asked as he cupped her face,

“You are here and you love me… That’s the biggest gift..nah.. blessing I have received,” Lee Tae Yang gently pressed his lips on her forehead and covered her with his strong arms.

“Be with me, that’s the biggest gift you can give me,”

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At the same time in Jing city, Tang Wei Sheng was lying curled up in his bed, crumbling upon the betryal which he has to face from the person whom he believed the most…more than himself.

It was unbelievable for him to realise that it was his grandfather, his own family who tried to kill Li Juan only because she knew about his mental disorder.

When he fell in love with Li Juan, his grandfather was the very first person whom Tang Wei Sheng told about his mental disorder and asked for help so that he can lead a peaceful life with Li Juan. Tang Wei Sheng believed that his grandfather helped him by sending him abroad for getting medical care. But little did he know that their ultimate goal was sending him away and silence Li Juan forever.

Ring!!! Ring!!!

The phone bell broke the solemn silence, Tang Wei Sheng reached out to take the cell phone and found out that it was Yang Xiong’s call.

“Young master, I am standing outside your door, can you open it?”

Tang Wei Sheng checked at the digital clock kept on the bedside table. It was 4.30 in the morning.

Why Yang Xiong is here early in the morning, that too on his day off?

Tang Wei Sheng groggily dragged his body from the bed room to the front door and opened the manual lock.

“What happened, Bro Yang?” He asked as soon as Yang Xiong’s wretched form came in sight.

Yang Xiong who always kept a neat and tidy demeanour, has replaced with a man with unkempt hair and tired face.

“Please come inside,”

Yang Xiong took a seat and took out his glasses before facing Tang Wei Sheng.

” I was searching for the user id “The forgotten flower,” which made the post against you and miss Li,” Yang Xiong said in a dispirited voice and continued,

“As per senior Ahn’s findings, the post was made from an gaming cafe which is situated in the downtown and miss Li’s name was written on the list of people who used that computer,”

Tang Wei Sheng carefully listened to Yang Xiong without any judgements. Within these few days, the things he have founded was far beyond his beliefs and imagination. However he was sure about one thing, no matter how much pain she had to endure, Li Juan would never do something which hurts her senior Tang.

“That’s why senior Ahn accused miss Li for posting that such a malicious comment against you and deleted everything related to it, before the rumour gets out of our hands. After that no one talked about it and the student community’s online forum froze all at once. Later on the forum was eventually ignored by everyone. But recently the same user id tried login to the server,”

“Did you trace the source?” Tang Wei Sheng was curious,

“The IP address belonged to “New Orleans university, Springshire county in F country and that person connected the WiFi using an old student ID,”

Yang Xiong took an envelope from his coat’s pocket and gave it to Tang Wei Sheng.

With a pounding heart, Tang Wei Sheng opened the envelope and read out the name written in it.

“Violet Tang,”

He uttered the name in incredulous disbelief,

In his life, Tang Wei Sheng only came across with two women who were named after flowers,

One was Lily and other was Lanlan.

Violet, Lanlan…though these names meant entirely different, it belonged to one person,

His little sister who was also Li Juan’s best friend,

Tang Wei Lan.