ShuîYuê stared at him. "What, what do you mean?"

"I said I am not what you think I am," he repeated.

"Crown Prince! What are you saying?"  she asked, clearly worried.

He smiled bitterly. "I don't have my spiritual weapon. I can't ever be the Emperor," he replied.

ShuîYuê couldn't believe it. "What about your sword? The one you fought with against that Ghost King ten years ago?" She asked in astonishment.

"That was ten years ago; I indeed defeated him, but that sword isn't my own; it's one of my father's strongest ones. He gave it to me to save my face," he responded looking away.

Water Master seemed to be in shock. The Crown Prince didn't have his spiritual weapon. How could he ever be the Emperor? "Then- then why don't you have one?" She questioned bewildered.

"Why do you think I hate Jīnyú so much?" he asked bitterly, Water Master's expression changed to that of worry, Jīnyú had never been able to use his powers without going out of control he was a normal child born to the Emperor, he has always been weak and so when ShuîYuê found him in the bushes four years ago she thought that he might have simply fought with his parents and ran away, it wasn't until Ling Wen came to the Wudu Palace to take the boy back did she knew he was a prince that to of the Emperor.

Jīnyú couldn't control his powers ever that's why he was kept isolated in the royal palace, so when he unknowingly attacked Ling Wen as she forcefully took him back to the royal palace, he destroyed half the palace, even Jun Wu couldn't contain him, he was a powerhouse but one who couldn't control the magnitude of it.

The second time she met him was when she was at the royal palace for a meeting with the Emperor, she noticed a small boy peeping through the window, she went outside to see that he had climbed a tree to peep in the room when the maids who were looking for him screamed seeing him on the tree he lost his balance and fell, his powers attacking anyone who came near him as he writhed in pain, It was only Water Master who could control his powers for some reason and so Jun Wu reluctantly sent Jīnyú to the Wudu Palace to be trained.

"Your spiritual weapon is inside his body?" she asked, dread filling her.

Crown Prince smiled bitterly. "I was eighteen when he was six years old. He had accidentally seen my spiritual weapon before I accepted it. Therefore, it transferred itself into his body." he whispered sadly. "He started being unstable only after he turned ten," he added.

"Isn't there a way to get the weapon out of his body?" she questioned, distraught.

"There is. The weapon will leave his body if either he dies or I do," he murmured.

Water Master fell to the floor, and Jīnyú couldn't manage to control his powers at all. Because of this, she thought that the boy had some issues with his powers, and hence, he couldn't control them. "You won't kill him, right?" she asked carefully.

The Crown Prince crouched down to her, looking her in the eyes. "I am not so selfish. He's my brother no matter what," he assured gently.

"Then what will you do?" she asked looking up in his eyes.

"Follow my father's orders. That's the only way; I can't defend against a Supreme Ghost King without my spiritual weapon unless Jīnyú manages to get it out of his body, which is impossible," he replied, helping her up.

ShuîYuê felt bad for judging him without knowing what he was going through.
"Why are you so mean to Jīnyú?" she asked softly.

"Pretending is a game you have to get better at as you grow old," he stated.

"Then you truly don't hate Jīnyú?" she asked slowly.

"Of course not."

"What if the Emperor is hearing all of this right now?" she inquired, looking around.

Crown Prince laughed, ShuîYuê stared at him, confused. "Why are you laughing? I am being serious. He's the Emperor he can do anything." she said, worried.

He controlled himself before saying. "Just because he is the Emperor, he can't do everything. It would take a lot of spiritual power to do something like this, and there are hundreds of rooms in the palace. How many will he track down?" he asked, smiling.

"Then why don't you act nice to Jīnyú in private either?" she asked, confused.

"Jīnyú doesn't think before he speaks, anyone can tell by his behaviour what he feels. I don't want any risk," he said firmly.

"Ohh." Water Master mumbled, thinking about something.

"What are you thinking about?" he asked, amused.

"If a Supreme Ghost King attacked us, then it's only Emperor Jun Wu who can fight him," she stated.

GuānYû nodded his head. "That's why we need to be in his good graces." They silently walked out of the room, seeing each other in a new light. "You aren't as calm as you pretend to be." he accused.

"I am always calm. What are you talking about, Your Highness?" she asked, clearly faking it.

He raised his hands in defeat. "But I must admit Wind Master has no fear."

"Who did she threaten this time?" she asked only half joking.

"The Emperor," he responded, ShuîYuê stared at him like he was mad. "Don't look at me like that, she threatened him when you stopped breathing," he explained. ShuîYuê shook her head. 'Yìfēi is going to get us in so much trouble someday.' she thought to herself.

Water Master found Yìfēi outside, who smiled at her happily, Jīnyú by her side.  The Crown Prince gave her a smile before disappearing as she went to them. "Let's go home." Yìfēi beamed. 'Yeah, let's go home,' ShuîYuê thought happily.

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Water Master with a sigh, "Hope you enjoyed that crowning, our boring author found another snake for a friend," claps her hand on the pillow,
"Congratulations, dear boring author,"

Boring author bows head,
" Thank you, thank you,"

Water Master, " What's the number this time ?"

The boring author thinks for a few seconds, " I honestly have lost count,"

Water Master nods her head in understanding, " Same here, friend,"

Boring author, " Never mind me and my sad life, I hope you guys enjoyed that small silly crowning ceremony, the new name was given by spicycaramel11, so thank you very much for the idea dear reader, that's all,"

Word count: 1000 for the chapter and 100 for the author's note and crowning ceremony of Jun Wu,