Xiú keeping her head on Cheng's head and crying uncontrollably. Cheng was worried, seeing his wife like this while Jún was peeking through the door watching what was happening. Cheng consoled Xiú and tried make her stop crying but Xiú was very emotional at that moment.
"Xiú.... what has finished and why are you crying, tell me clearly what happened, what is the reason behind your sadness? Tell me." Cheng asked Xiú the reason for her sadness but she was sobbing, Cheng then gently held up her face and wiped off her tears and made her feel better.
"Xiú..... Xiú... First stop crying. I don't like Xiú who cries, I like Xiú who always likes to shout at me."
Cheng tried to cheer her up and lighten up her mood. Xiú slowly and steadily tried to calm herself. For a moment she said nothing, the silence between them stretching like a chasm. Then with a shaky breath Xiú decided to tell Cheng about the conversation between Head Hao and Master Zi Chen.
"When... when I was coming back to our room..... on my way I suddenly heard some sounds behind the meditation building. I secretly gone there to find out who it was and there I saw Master Zi Chen and Head Hao talking." Xiú said with trembling voice.
"Master Zi Chen and Head Hao behind meditation building, talking?" Cheng asked because he was confused.
"Yes... behind the meditation building away from everyone and in very private." Xiú said.
"Oh.... I see..... that's why both of them were not at the dining hall for the lunch and I didn't saw them for a very long time since after the prayer." Cheng replied.
Xiú nodded her head and looked at him with her red swollen eyes.
"Yes.... yes.... because Master Zi Chen has started to show his true colors now." Xiú said with trembling voice.
"True colors? Master Zi Chen... what do you mean?" Cheng asked, confused.
"When I was there I heard them having conversation about Liang." Xiú answered.
"Liang!? What they were discussing about Liang?" Cheng questioned.
"That how Master Zi Chen himself saw the image of Buddha sitting under the bodhi tree, meditating and the sun rising behind him." Xiú told Cheng about Master Zi and Head Hao's conversation. It made Cheng little bit surprised as well as confused, he couldn't understand how that could be possible when he heard.
"Image of Buddha who is sitting under the bodhi tree, meditating, and the sun is rising behind him in Liang's eyes?" Cheng questioned.
"Yes!" Xiú answered.
"Master Zi Chen said this?" Cheng asked again to conform.
"Yes!" Xiú said.
"You heard Master Zi Chen saying this?" Cheng asked again.
"Yes!" Xiu again replied in higher tone.
Cheng started to laugh and Xiú was now confused why he was laughing after hearing this.
"What? Why are you laughing?" Xiú asked.
"Why not? The matter that we are discussing about right now is so funny." Cheng replied. Xiú was annoyed when Cheng was not taking her words seriously.
"What is funny in this now?" Xiú asked in frustration.
"What is funny? Seriously!? C'mon Xiú you are a mature women does this happen?" Cheng replied while he giggling but Xiú wasn't joking at all.
"This doesn't happen right? You believe that this doesn't happen?" Xiú asked.
"Yes! Of course, this doesn't happen at all it is just a myth from the ancient books." Cheng replied.
"That's what I want to say as well. That this is not possible but Master Zi Chen has started convince people that how great Liang is and he also started with his ultimate plan of making Liang the next Emperor of the Iron Lotus Dynasty." Xiú said with a trembling voice, Cheng narrowed eyes in confusion.
"Ultimate plan!? Xiú..... my Dear..... I am sure there is nothing like that, I think it was just an Master Zi Chen's illusion or something. I don't think that there is a plan behind all this." Cheng expressed his thoughts and tried to make Xiú understand that Master Zi Chen is not a biased towards Emperor Shou and his son but Xiú wasn't going to believe in his words and was still adamant.
"Seriously! You still think that your so called Master.... Zi Chen.... is not plotting a plan? Then listen just like you are saying it might be his illusion or nothing Head Hao didn't believed in that and when he questioned him but then your Master was so boiled up in anger that started rage in front of Head Hao making him feel guilty about why he questioned him." Xiú said firmly making Cheng to think and take this matter seriously but Cheng knew that Xiú has already having ill feelings towards Emperor Shou, Empress Hanmei and their son and that is what Xiú was showing her ill feelings about them. Cheng took a deep breath and stopped giggling now he was looking serious.
"Listen Xiú..... I understand that you don't like my brother Shou and his wife and you always wanted to be in that place where Empress Hanmei is and for that I am sorry..... I couldn't provide you that, but you are talking about Master! Master Zi Chen is a renowned teacher. He taught me and Shou together and always treated both of us with fairness. He was never biased towards Shou and treated me different." Cheng spoke about his experience and expressed his feelings about Master Zi Chen thinking that this could change Xiú's opinion about Master Zi Chen but he was wrong, Xiú was ready with her counter argument.
"Oh really... you believe in your Master so much?" Xiú asked with narrowed eyes and a small grin on her face.
"Xiú.... I have been with Master Zi Chen since my childhood I trained under his guidance." Cheng said with believe in his eyes but that wasn't enough to make Xiú change her opinion.
"And that's the problem with you... you never realized that how crooked your Master Zi Chen was in those days and still you never seen his true colors. If you still don't believe that listen your so called Master has also said that your nephew Liang is the incarnation of your grandfather Zhao Yienchen." Xiú said in a taunting manner and Cheng was pretty much amazed to know that Master Zi Chen said something like that.
"Incarnation..... Liang... our grandfather Zhao Yienchen who defeated the Emó clan's most powerful leader Xei Wing and brought them to justice. Master really said that?" Cheng asked in disbelief.
"Yes... what do you think I am cracking a joke out of it?" Xiú said.
"He said that his grandfather also saw that same image of Buddha in your grandfather's eyes when he was born and because of that he has started believe that your nephew and that pathetic rat is the incarnation of Zhao Yienchen."
Cheng heard her wife's words carefully and he believed that this can't be true what Xiú was telling and believed that Xiú was just trying to spit her hatred on Master Zi Chen and Liang.
"Listen Xiú.... I don't know anything about that Buddha's image in my great grandfather's eyes and I also think you need to have some meal and some good sleep as well." Cheng advised Xiú.
Xiú was shocked to hear this and she realized that Cheng still didn't believe in her and doesn't take her words seriously.
"What..... you.... you still believe that I am lying? You still believe that what I have said is not true?" Xiú asked with a trembling voice and disbelief in her eyes.
"I have not said that, Xiú you need to calm yourself and please do not discuss about this topic to anyone, okay? Not even to your mother." Cheng said firmly while Xiú was looking at her husband with disbelief in her eyes.
"Why..... why you are not believing me. I am not lying, this is exactly what I heard from them..." Xiú was arguing but Cheng shush her.
"Xiú, that's it. Now you will no longer discuss about this anymore. Now eat your meal and have a sleep." Cheng said with intense voice and this time Cheng came on top of Xiú. Xiú wanted to speak but she couldn't able to, she was speechless at that time and unwillingly she agreed to her Cheng husband and stopped arguing while theory Jún was standing outside the door, clinching his fingers in disappointed and anger.