Transmigration: Lady Chi Woos The Ice cold Professor Jun
Chapter 360: The ugly truth

Chapter 360: The ugly truth

Individually, they continued in a lost silence for a while, holding hands just to remind each other that they were not alone.

Chi Lian wiped a few tears off her face as she tried to keep the sadness for the innocent victims who had been brainwashed at bay.

"We should not be wasting any time, maybe the swapping of the painting at the auction was no accident. You should copy the video, send it to me as well and wipe it off the memory card then place it back in the frame. If this painting ever goes missing, it should never be suspected that you knew anything."

She let go of his hand and walked to a cabinet from where she brought out another similar looking painting to the blessing lotus. "I already prepared a copy of the painting; I will not allow the original one to fall into the wrong hands. This painting was once a very treasured item of someone." She explained to Muyang. "I picked this lesson from your great grandfather who collected fake antiques that could easily pass for the real thing."

Muyang helped her and they framed the fake painting which was basically a scan of the original painting carefully made by T4. The memory card was pushed down to the furthest end inside of the frame and sealed with instant wood hardening glue.

"Now, we can hang it up in the house like any thoughtless person and hope no one ever comes looking for it." Muyang said. Deep down however, both of them were very doubtful. They had a feeling that in time, someone would come looking for the painting.

As they were going back upstairs, she asked Muyang, "The man in the mask, at the end of the video he briefly lifted it for a moment. Did you recognize him?"

For a small moment, Muyang hesitated slightly just before saying, "I am afraid so."

His face was grim, as if bad news had just been delivered to him. This was not any bad news; it was the kind of news which ended with pain, betrayal or bitter resentment and tears.

"Who is he?" she asked.

Again, he hesitated. "Chi-Chi, this case is not going to end the way you want. There will be no media coverage of this footage or public trial for any of these men in relation to the murders on this video. Knowing the history of this empire, in a few days, they will all meet accidents or die of natural causes one after the other.

Perhaps they will all die together in a singular accident, I don’t know. What I want you to do however is stay silent. You must act as if you know nothing about this video. If they do not die they might be arrested abruptly for crimes of treason and thrown into the cold prison immediately with no trial but that is a small possibility. "

His words were different from the warning he gave her about Qilin beast but the underlying message was similar.

"Is he a member of the royal family?" she asked.

"I am afraid so, he is the ..." Muyang hesitated once more. "It doesn’t matter if I hide it from you anyway. I am sure there will be a state funeral for him in a few days from now. He is the emperor’s uncle; the royal family will not allow a stain like this on its image.

There is a reason why you never see crippled members of the royal family, mentally ill ones or even criminal ones. They hide them away for self preservation. Royal families are supposed to be perfect with no flaws. A small flaw that is negligible to you or me could easily become the cause of a rebellion for them.

Which is why you may not know it but the emperor is grateful to you for turning Rize’s life around. Her unruly nature and temper were becoming an issue. Short of sending her out of the country or marrying her off, the only option left was to banish her from the royal family. She is his only daughter and he treasures her so much."

He was explaining to her that this case would be ended in the shadows just as it had started in the shadows. It would never see the light of day and the citizens would never now.

"What about justice for the people they killed or the hundreds of lives they have ruined. The people deserve to know the truth about the Aoi organization. They believe in its positively cultivated image, they donate money to it, hundreds, thousands and millions. They should know that its core is rotten.

They should be made aware so that they can protect themselves from such wolves next time. It’s their right Muyang. "

Muyang turned around and looked at his fiancé who was passionately defending the people’s right to information. He in return cared less about that right and more about keeping her safe.

"Chi-Chi, the royal family is good and caring to its citizens but it’s also ruthless to its enemies. If you stubbornly air this video because you believe the people have a right to know then you will be setting yourself up as their enemy.

Some of these aristocratic families are just waiting to see one crack in the royal family and they will rise and try to usurp the throne using claims of seeking justice. The royal family will also do everything it takes to hold on to that power.

War will follow and millions will die. The empire will be destroyed because of one bad apple. You and I are citizens of the empire and we bear the burden of protecting it.

After the death of these men, investigations will be carried out by a specially selected team and their economic crimes will be discovered, trafficking of humans and organs will also be discovered. Things like this will be publicized and their assets will be seized and sold off. The monetary returns from the sale will be used to compensate their victims that can be tracked down.

All those who aided and abetted in these crimes will be arrested. Justice will be achieved but maybe not in the way you expect."

His lengthy prediction of what was to come was confirmation that something like this had probably occurred before. All nations had their ways of keeping their dark ugly secrets hidden.

In this empire, she was a woman with secrets and she did not want the royal family prying into them so for her it was better not to pry into theirs. As a soldier, she had gone on some missions whose aims never saw the light of day. Such was the way of every empire or country. Secrets kept the nation running peacefully.

Her former team leader on earth used to say that, "people need to be protected from the ugly truth of the world sometimes and in times of war, we are the chosen protectors."

"I will say nothing about the emperor’s murderous uncle, but my man undercover in the Chu family tea plantation found evidence of human trafficking. Tomorrow, we are releasing it in the early morning news."

"That’s okay."

"And the same goes for Doctor Li; I have evidence of his hundreds of illegal organ transplant lists. We will also reveal it."

"That’ also okay."

"Are you spending the night?"

"I believe it’s too late for me to go home."

"Aren’t you afraid that my grandfather will break your legs?"

"I am more afraid of you changing your mind and posting that video online."

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