Wayo dropped himself to the floor when he read the royal edict that royal court officers bought to his house , his legs turned weak , he didnt want to believe it
"proven to be guilty and admitted to receive bribery and abused power , khun Tawan Panitchayasawad officially no longer this Kingdom's prime minister , he will also punished for his guilt and all Tawan Panitchayasawad's family assets will be taken away, khun Tawan's execution will be held tomorrow "
his father , Tawan Panitchayasawad, once was a respectable prime minster when everyone honored him , but suddenly everything went wrong like this
khun ying Kim tried to stop the officers to take away their things , but Wayo held her
"khun mae .. stop it .."
"Yo !!! they're taking away our things !! we have to stop them !" khun ying Kim cried
"khun mae .. this expensive china porcelains, our fancy cutleries , and everything they took .. is actually someone's offering for khun pho right ?" Wayo turned to her "we didnt have any right for it all , since it wasnt ours for the first time .. " then Wayo asked his mother's servant to help his mother to her room
"please do your duties here officer .. " Wayo told the the officers
Wayo sat in the floor as he slowly saw his house getting emptier every seconds
*
"khun Forth ?" Phun wai confused why Forth wear a formal suit in this late hour
"is your master sleeping ?"
Ohm nodded "yes khun Forth , young master already sleeping inside .."
"i'll come in for a moment "
then Phun and Ohm opened the door for Forth
Forth sat on the edge of Tee's bed , and caressed Tee's hair , Tee slightly stirred on his sleep and opened his eyes
"Forth ? " Tee rubbed his eyes
"sorry .. i woke you up " Forth covered Tee with the blanket "just continue your sleep na .. i just wanted to see your face "
"huh ? why are you dressed up ? where are you going ?" Tee confused seeing Forth already dressed formally
"me and khun pho are going to the palace " Forth continued "His Majesty already gave his edict for uncle Tawan ... 40 whips " Forth's face changed "this is bad .."
even though Tee already knew what will happened , he only held Forth's hand , he didnt say anything , not even an 'everything will be alright' , because he knew clearly , everything isnt goingto be okay , there will a lot of tears
Forth kissed Tee's forehead before he left "stay home with khun mae , alright ? "
Tee nodded and smiled
*
in the palace , khun Singto and the others went straight to the royal court to see khun Tawan , but the guard stopped them , because His Majesty clearly said that nobody allowed to visit khun Tawan
"move .. aside .." General Joss told them
both of the guards looked at each other , they torn between obey the order or to let the ministers to visit khun Tawan
"i'm sorry General , but His Majesty-"
"move aside or i'll send you two to the war !"
"this way General .." both of the guards gave way to the ministers as soon as possible
"your father is scary p' !" Forth whispered to Mingkwan
"dont let anyone else know we're here ! keep guarding outside !" General Joss told the front guards
"khrab General .."
*
"p' !!!" khun Tharn ran approached his brother behind the bars
khun Tawan didnt realized his friends could come there , he smiled and held his younger brother's hand
General Joss tried to held his anger that about to explode in any moment , seeing his friend in that condition , no different like a lowly criminal
"Tawan !! why didnt you just deny everything? told his Majesty that you didn't receive anything ! " General Joss said
"p'Joss was right p' ! His Majesty never had a problem with this before .. this is all that stupid farang doing ! tomorrow Phana and the other will go to the south and we will find something to drag that farang down ! "
khun Tawan only smiled "no need .. this was all my faults , i did received something from Nanon and Pluem .. it was nobody's fault but mine .."
"this is that stupid farang's doing for God's sake Tawan !!!! between us all only you the one that supported the south fortress construction, but when you tried to speak to delay the construction, that farang was worried that you actually changing your mind and become the one that also rejected the south fortress ! so he found this way to dragged you down , since you had the most power here after His Majesty " General Joss explained
"Joss .. Joong isnt like you guys are talking about , i believe he wouldnt do such a horrible things .. " khun Tawan said to them with smile "this is my fault .. i will receive any punishment His Majesty gave "
"p !!!!! i wont let that anything happen !!" khun Tharn slowly shed a tears
"if something happened to me , please take care of Kim and Wayo , would you ?"
"you're not going anywhere Tawan ! His Majesty didnt give you a deatch sentence, dont say something horrible " khun Singto said "you'll be back to your home with your family .."
khun Tawan gave them all a smile "alright .. i will back to my family .."
since they failed to convince khun Tawan to just lie and told His Majesty that he was framed by Joong , all they could do now is just pray ..
*
after khun Singto and the other left , khun Tawan stared at the window bar outside , the night was cold , unusually cold , he smiled remembered his son and his wife at home
suddenly someone stood up outside the bar , he didnt say anything , until khun Tawan realized someone's there
"Joong ? " khun Tawan smiled
khun Joong came closer "i .."
"sshh .. i dont want to discuss something heavy .. my friends just came and now i have a headache, just tell me a story like you used to told me " khun Tawan started to lie in his straw bed
"i .. i dont have any story to tell .. khun Tawan" Joong started to kneel
"alright .. i will be the one telling you a story this time .. would you listen ?" khun Tawan asked Joong
Joong nodded
"there was a man , and one day he met a young boy at the port , the boy was so scared because he was accused to steal money from a tea house ..
with a poor language skill , he stuttered to explain everything, the man was moved by his eagerness and his bravery, so the man decided to help the young boy ..
the man then helped the young man , he taught the young boy our language, he taught him to do accounting, the young boy was a smart and fast learner , the man liked the young boy and he always think of him like his own son ,
he always cared about the young boy
and he will always be ..
no matter what happened, no matter how everyone saying something bad about the young boy..
the man will always trust the young boy , because he believes the young boy is a good kid .. like he always be .."
Joong clenched his fists on his knees , his chest was so heavy
khun Tawan smiled as he looked up to the ceiling "i just wanted you have a good life , be a kind person , and always stay beside His Majesty in a right way .. and also i hope you will be a good father to you children , and grow old with your wife happily .. "
"k..khun Tawan .. " Joong stuttered
"it's already late .. you may leave now .. " khun Tawan smiled
khun Joong stood up , but before he left , he gave Tawan a proper bow
*
khun Joong staggerer walking inside his house , his mind was nowhere with him now
Nine welcomed him at the door and about to help him walk but khun Joong yanked his hands away and he kept walking away , made Nine upset
khun Joong opened his bedroom door , Kit 'welcomed' him with a hard slap to his face
"you happy now ? your plan to get rid of khun Tawan successes right ? " Kit exploded "i never find someone this cruel as you ! "
khun Joong didnt answer , he didnt even look back at Kit
"you ruin someone's life , moreover someone who gave you new life here " Kit continued "i .. i couldn't believe you were this evil , you dont have heart .. you're worse than devil"
if this is the usual khun Joong , he would've slapped Kit already , but now he didnt
khun Joong suddenly grabbed Kit's hand "slap me !! hit me !!! "
Kit held his hand as he didn't understand , but khun Joong kept telling Kit to slap him , and what surprised Kit more was tears started to roll from khun Joong's eyes
"hit me !!! i said hit me !!! " khun Joong yelled and now he let out his tears as he cried out loud
Kit was so confused this is the first time he saw khun Joong cried out his heart and sobbing like this , khun Joong dropped on his knees
khun Joong's cry was getting louder , as if he was letting out a heavy burden on his chest , Kit slowly kneeling as well and let khun Joong cried on his shoulder
Kit didnt know what made khun Joong cried like this , but Kit surely could feel the pain on his cry ...
*
in the early morning , His Majesty asked to bring khun Tawan to him before the execution time
"you didnt have something to say ? just deny everything, i will believe you .. " His Majesty told khun Tawan
"what use of telling lies if you didn't even believed the truth , your Majesty.. "
"Tawan !"
"this actually my fault , i did receive something from everyone that wanted my help , this happened since long time ago .. but for the south border .. i asked you to delay it because i do really care about this kingdom , since i'm also the part of it , not because the south official gave me gold bars to help them tell you about their concern .." khun Tawan continued "i'm not mad , i only disappointed , that you didnt trust me anymore .. "
khun Tawan gave His Majesty a bow "your majesty .. please remember that i was being loyal to you , as a prime minister and as an older brother .. "
khun Tawan then left
*
khun Tawan came back to his cell and folded something and put in on his straw bed , and after that he took out something from his pocket
khun Tawan smiled as he looked out the window before he drank that tiny bottle form his pocket , and he laid on the bed , as he stared at the ceiling , he remember the glory he had before, how he was lucky to had a beautiful wife , a handsome son , a respectable position, he was so grateful, he smiled
*
"khun p' !!!!!!!!!!!" khun ying Kim ran to his husband's body that the guard brought , she cried beside his husband's cold body
Wayo slowly walked , his tears are rolling uncontrollably, but he didnt cry out loud , he just couldnt let out a voice
khun Singto the others also came there , and held their tears and sadness seeing this , Tee also cried , and Forth patted his back to calm him
"khun p' !!! why are you leaving us ? how we supposed to live now ?" khun ying Kim held khun Tawan's cold hand
khun ying Yaya came closer and calmed Kim , even though she also cried
"khun mae .. dont held khun pho's hand that hard , khun pho will hurt .." Wayo tried to smile , that made everyone more sad
the guard the gave Wayo a letter , the last letter from his father , Wayo held his tears and kept the letter , he'll read it later
*
everyone was at temple with the monk that kept chanting , everyone including Tee tried to talk to Wayo but he only smiled and didnt say anything much , this mad everyone else more worried
Wayo walked to the temple's backyard as he took out the letter from his father
he slowly opened it
"my dear son Wayo ..
since you was born , you are the biggest gift for me and your khun mae , i watched you grow up to a smart and handsome young boy like this
khun pho was sorry na , khun pho have to leave first, with this kinda way ..
you might be call me selfish ,
but i'd rather leave you and khun mae like this , i still die as Tawan Panitchayasawad , a prime minister , a father you could be proud of , even if you're not ..
maybe you wont understand my doing now , but you will once you had your own family and children..
i wont let someone humiliate you by saying you had a father that get punished by 40 whips and everyone watched that
despite all my wrongdoings , you have to know that i love you and your mother so much , i asked His Majesty for you to still keep this house , our house
please take care of your mother na Yo ..
and i wish you have a good life with someone you love , i will be watching you guys from above .."
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(if someday i write a sequel of this story , i will make Tawan and Joong as father and son 😭😭😭😭
but i dont know if i will ever write it or not hahaha
thank you for reading ❤️❤️)