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Sunday, 29 December 2019

C13 - PART 90 – THE HAIRPIN_2

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MY EVIL PRINCESS: Chapter 13: Er Wang and Liu Han’s plans
PART 90 – THE HAIRPIN_2
-Okay, my sweetie, I know that the ritual will need much of magic. I’ll help you from my place to maintain the magic of the spell helping you invisible. – Lei Hwa said to Hou Lei.
-I hope that this plan is good enough for us to find out where the Hou Ma gem is. The Emperor may be the only one hint until now.
-I understand you had a hard time. – Lei Hwa hugged her.
-I just want to rescue our tribe soon and come back to the simple life we had before. I’m too tired of the things happening in the royal palace.
-I know, my little girl. I have something for you. – Lei Hwa brought out the hairpin she bought when meeting Tian Liam.
-Wow, Mother, it’s so beautiful!
-I knew you would like it. I had to dispute with a young man to have it. That guy wanted to but this hairpin as a present for his wife. However, he gave it to me.
-Thank you, mother, with this hairpin beside, it can help me reduce the miss for you.
-Okay, we can talk through our minds later, you should come back to the palace.
-Goodbye, mother! – She hugged Lei Hwa one more time.
-I know your feelings, my sweetie, we will reunion soon!
Hou Lei walked back to the palace, she jumped on the roof to get back her room. She opened the door and luckily, Tian Liam was not there as the previous times. She sat on the bed and looked at the hairpin her mother had just given her. She put it on her chest and closed her eyes, she believed her plan would go well and her tribe would be revived soon. She turned off the candle lamp and went to sleep. The feelings of meeting her mother helped her fall asleep very early.
The next morning, she made up as preparing for meeting the Queen. She took out the hairpin and put it on her hair. She looked at her face in the mirror, the hairpin just fitted her hair very well as her mother knew which was suitable for her. She walked to meet the Queen with her maid, Ah Jiang. They talked about some topics and she returned to her room. On the way, Tian Liam was back from his works, he ran to meet her.
-Hou Lei, you’re on the way back after meeting mother? – He asked.
-Yup, have you finished your works? – She stopped walking.
-Everything’s done. You look very beautiful today!
-Okay, don’t need to praise me much like that! – She laughed.
-This hairpin… it’s so beautiful! – He touched the hairpin and recognized it.
-You also see that, the Soldier General bought for me when he did something in the royal city.

-Oh, it’s that… I also saw a hairpin looking exactly like this some days ago but I lost the chance to buy it. The General was lucky to buy it at the right time!
-Do you feel okay? You look not good.
-I’m okay, I’ll meet Father to discuss something with him. You’ll come back to our room first, I’ll be there soon. – He held her hands.
-Tian Liam, we have just been apart for one night, not a year, you look too emotional. – She touched his cheek. – I’ll cook something while waiting for you.
-Okay, I’ll go first!
She walked back to her room while he ran to meet the Emperor. On the way, he still thought about the hairpin, and the lady he met at the jewelry store. Her face looked similar to Hou Lei, did she have something relating to Hou Lei? How could the General buy a specific hairpin like that for Hou Lei right after some days the lady had bought it? There had to be something relating here. Or the lady had a relationship with the General? If that, who was her daughter? The thoughts made him have a mess, he did not focus on his way and ran into Tian Liang.
-Tian Liam, are you okay? You look serious! – Tian Liang asked.
-I’m okay, brother, just thinking about something. – He answered.
-Do you want to meet Father? He’s not here, he wants to get out of the palace with the Queen for some works, and they don’t come back soon.
-Okay, thank you for your information, I’ll meet him later.
-Are you and Hou Lei doing good?
-We’re okay, no problem. Thanks for your consideration!
-I saw your wife looking a little bit tired this morning when she met the Queen. You should take care of her more.
-I know, I will concern more about her.
-Oh, one more thing, I heard that Father and the Queen wanted to have grandchild, you two need to hurry up. Your wedding occurred more than two years ago.
-I know that, but we just had many works to do. I’ll tell her and we may have a plan for us to have some children. And you will soon-to-be an uncle!
-That sounds good, good luck to you, brother!
-Thank you, I’ll go first!
Tian Liam walked back to Hou Lei’s room and saw her preparing the food on the table for him. He slowly walked in and hugged her from behind.
-My cutie wife, you are out of the people when doing this!
-Okay, sit down and eat, I don’t need more honey to cook!
-You have no fun. At least, you should say something romantic to me!
-You want to hear romantic words or eat my food, just choose one! – She sat down next to him and picked food into his bowl.
-Okay, okay, your food is the best, no romantic words.
-Hou Lei, I heard Second Brother said that you looked not good this morning, but now you’re acting normally. Are you really okay?
-I’m okay, nothing to worry!
-I know that you don’t want me to worry about you, but you don’t know that, if you get sick because of my heartless actions, I will never stop blaming myself for that.
-I’m okay, I just hadn’t had a good sleep last night!
-Oh, I know the reason… because I wasn’t with you, right?

-You talk too much, let’s have our meals! – She picked a piece of pork and put it into his mouth.
-I can see… - He talked while chewing the food. – I can see a pink signal on your cheeks, I was right. You couldn’t sleep without me.
-If you say more, you will eat alone! – She stood up.
-Okay, okay, my cutie wife, being sad when your husband was not around isn’t a bad thing. Anyway, I don’t want to eat alone. – He held her hand back.

To be continued...

Wednesday, 25 December 2019

C13 - PART 89 – THE HAIRPIN

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MY EVIL PRINCESS: Chapter 13: Er Wang and Liu Han’s plans
PART 89 – THE HAIRPIN
-So what should I do? – Liu Han asked Er Wang.
-Actually, I don’t know too. – He replied.
-I’m very scared that she can kill me or do something like that.
-My Lady, as I said to you, the location where the palace is located, is not a simple land as others. It has the power to prevent bad things from hurting people in the palace, so that, until now, Hou Lei hasn’t done anything devilishly.
-Do you know anything to prevent her? You said you had researched.
-Yup, but not much, as well as she is still in the palace, she can’t carry out the big ritual or hurt anyone badly. The thing we need to do is locking her in the prison or making the Emperor punish her.

-You don’t love her anymore?
-How can I love a monster like that? I’m very scared of her like you. Luckily that she didn’t love me, but the one should be worried about is Tian Liam. Maybe she has a plan with him, something must be very evil and relating to the royal family.
-Wait, if she is a monster, she isn’t the Princess of West Land?
-I have no idea, as I think, she can be or can’t be the Princess of West Land, both of them are possible.
-Why? How can the King of West Land have a monster as his daughter?
-Monsters have much magic, however, she could be turned into a monster for some reason.
-Like someone wanted to control West Land and turned her into a monster as an exchange with the King. Well, what a kind of hard thing to think about!
-Yup, I have had many days thinking about her. I don’t know if what we are going to do is right or wrong. Maybe she has a secret, and she might suffer something bad in the past making her become a monster. We’ll never know.
-Whatever! But I don’t want her to hurt Tian Liam and the royal family! Do you have any idea that could help me to put her into prison?
-I already have something for us to reveal her right in the palace. But you should make your move first, because only I can’t do the whole thing.
-Of course, just let me know what I can do!
Tian Liam and Hou Lei walked into her room. She opened the trunk in the corner of the room and brought out the painting drawn by the painter of Tian Leong.
-Why do you put the painting in the trunk? I think you like it a lot. – He asked.
-Well, I like it a lot, but its presence makes you unhappy. I think I shouldn’t push you far away from me more like the beginning of us. Therefore, I put it in here, each time I want to see it, I will take it out and put it back when you’re here. – She replied.
-Wow, you make me surprised!
-Why do you feel surprised about this!
-Look like you’re more like my wife, caring much about me.
-Oh, so in the previous days, I didn’t care about you?
-Of course not, but when you’re saying this, I can feel clearly the love in your sentences for me. I couldn’t imagine how your face was when thinking about someday you would say love to me. – He held her hands. – Hou Lei, I’m now the luckiest man in the world. Please don’t ever leave me, I can’t live without you!
-Okay, don’t act like you have lived with me through all more than 28 years. You still lived well your first 26 years, how can you not continue?
-You mean you’ll leave me soon? – His face became serious.
-I don’t say that, but you know, we can’t predict the future, we’ll never know what will wait for us even tomorrow. So as I said, I wouldn’t promise anything, I just do what I should in today.
-A little bit hard to understand! – He laughed. – That’s my wife.
-I think it’s enough, we need to get back to see what we should do next to your brother.
They walked back to Tian Leong’s room. Hou Lei hanged the painting at the place of the old one.
-Now, I think we should go out and wait for him to wake up. If his reaction becomes normal like some days ago, we can rest our minds a little bit. – She said.
-Okay, get out of here as Hou Lei said. – The Emperor commanded.
After a while, the Crown Prince woke up, he saw the painting of Hou Lei and ran to touched it.
-Oh, my Hou Lei, you’re here. I have a very bad dream that you left me, and I was totally lonely in this world! It’s good when you’re still here.
-That’s a good signal. – The doctor said. – My Emperor, we can’t do anything more but at least, we can keep his current status.
-Okay, that’s all the things we can do now. – The Emperor nodded. – So, everyone can go back to your place. The maids and soldiers should do as the requests of the doctor and Princess Hou Lei. You must do your works well and don’t let any bad thing happen.
Some next days, in the evening, Tian Liam had some works in the royal city.
-I think I must stay in the motel in the city, it’s not enough time to come back here with you. – He said before leaving.
-It’s okay, I’m still here, I don’t run anywhere and wait for you to come back. Don’t worry! – She laughed. – Look like a wife says goodbye to her husband when he becomes a soldier.
-I have to go! See you later.
That night, she got the candle’s light lower. She waited for at midnight, opened the door slightly, she looked around the yard and the entrance to make sure the soldiers had walked passed her room. She jumped out of the palace and ran to the large field where she used to meet Lei Hwa. Her mother was waiting for her there.
-Mother, I miss you so much! – She hugged her mother.
-I miss you too, my little girl! – Lei Hwa caressed her hair.
-I’ve read many things in the book of Hou Ma tribe, and I found a spell better than killing the Emperor.
-Tell me what we should do, I’ll help you with all the things I can.
-Well, I got a spell to make a ritual making the Emperor disappear in his own room and he would be locked into a magical space, where only I could see him. I will ask about the Hou Ma gem as an exchange for his freedom.

-Is it too risky? He will know your identity!
-I can wear a mask and he won’t recognize me. Many people want to have Hou Ma gem, he won’t have doubts about me when I release his from the space.
-You must be careful, the location of the palace is very powerful, some kind of rituals like that can’t be carried out. And moreover, there are many people in the palace, they may see you using magic.
-I assure you they won’t. I also have a spell to prevent people from seeing me at that time. The two spells need a strong power and a suitable day where my magic having its most powerful is coming.

To be continued...

Sunday, 22 December 2019

C12 - PART 88 – THE CROWN PRINCE’S OBSESSION_6

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MY EVIL PRINCESS: Chapter 13: Er Wang and Liu Han’s plans
PART 88 – THE CROWN PRINCE’S OBSESSION_6
When Tian Leong ran out of his room, the maids saw him and ran after him. Hou Lei looked around before leaving his room. She regretted for what she had just done, if she had not tried to win the power of the painting, he would not become mad like that. Tian Leong ran in the roads of the palace for finding Hou Lei, the maids and the soldiers ran after him. He suddenly ran into Tian Liang.
-Tian Leong, what happened? – Tian Liang asked.
-Do you see where Hou Lei is? – Tian Leong replied.
-I think she’s with Tian Liam, why do you find her?
-What? She is my wife, how can she be with Tian Liam?
-Your wife? Big Brother, you look not good!
-Get out of my way, I need to find Hou Lei!
Tian Leong pushed him away and continued running to nowhere. The maids and the soldiers reached their place and caught Tian Leong.
-What happened to him? – Tian Liang asked the maids.
-We saw the Crown Prince running out of his room and called for Princess Hou Lei continuously. – A maid answered. – His status has been not good recently, so we decided to run after him, preventing him from doing something harmful to himself as the Emperor commanded.
-Okay, I see. Help me lead him to his room, I’ll find the doctor!
The soldiers locked Tian Leong’s arms and led him back to his room. Tian Liang shook his head and headed to find the doctor. The doctor came to his room and checked for his status, at the same time, the Emperor, the Queen and Tian Liam got to the place, too.
-My Emperor, I’m so sorry,… - The doctor said.
-What? Tell me about his status! – The Emperor shouted at the doctor.
-The Crown Prince is now totally losing his mind. That means…
-Mean what? Can you treat him?
-That means he is crazy now. I check his behavior and his mind, his madness isn’t like any case I’ve met before. I’m afraid that I can’t do anything for him.
-What are you saying? You’re one of the best doctors of Main Land, how can you say that?
-I’m so sorry, my Emperor, you can punish me, but as I said, I can’t do anything for him now.
-Get out!!!! All of you, get out! The useless doctors! – The Emperor yelled.
-My Emperor, I have got some medicine for him to help him calm down and have a rest. – The doctor said before leaving. – Please help him to have the medicine, at least in the time we find a way to treat his sickness.
-Father, I want to see Hou Lei. – Tian Leong said to the Emperor.
-She’s here! – The Queen pointed at Hou Lei.
-No, she’s not, she’s not Hou Lei… I want to meet Hou Lei!!! – Tian Leong yelled.
-Okay, Big Brother. – Tian Liang brought the bowl of medicine to him. – You drink all of this and we will find your Hou Lei for you.
Tian Leong nodded and drank the medicine, he slowly fell into sleep.
-You must find Hou Lei for me! – Tian Leong said before closing his eyes.
-Hou Lei, do you have any knowledge about his problem? – The Emperor asked.
-Sorry, Father, I can’t do anything for him, too. – She replied. – Because his status is now out of everything I, and maybe all the doctors, know. He had to be suffered a big event in his recent days, which made his mind become crazy, and he would not realize anyone else, including me. This is the first time I meet a case like this.

-So do you have any idea to help him? At least, help him to calm down. – The Queen said.
-We need to find who or what is his “Hou Lei”, maybe not me, there should be something relating to me that he wants it to be beside him everytime. – She continued.
-Is that the painting of Hou Lei? – Tian Liang said. – He used to watch the painting all days, and did not want to do anything else.
-But the painting is not here! – Tian Liam pointed to the place where the painting used to be hanged on. – Maybe that’s the problem.
-So ask a good painter to draw another painting for him. – The Emperor said.
-Father, I think that’s not a solution. – Tian Liang said. – If Big Brother wants to see Hou Lei’s painting like that, another painting will not satisfy him.
-Any idea? – The Emperor asked all of them. – Please help him, I don’t want to see him like this.
-Ah… - Tian Liam yelled. – I know what we can do.
-Do you know anyone can help us? – The Emperor got hurried.
-Well, when Big Brother asked the painter of him draw the painting of Hou Lei, he let that guy draw one for Hou Lei before drawing for him. – Tian Liam said. – So there is a duplicate of the painting at Hou Lei’s room, right?
-Yup, I’ll get that painting, I hope our guess is right! – She nodded.
Tian Liam and Hou Lei walked back to her room to get the painting. On the way, he could see the worry on her face.
-Hou Lei, are you okay? – He asked.
-Oh, nothing, I’m just thinking about Tian Leong, I felt a little bit guilty!
-It’s not your fault. – He stopped and held her hands. – I know, everyone, in this case, will feel the same as you, but you know, being kind and nice to attract others is not your fault.
-Thank you for understanding! And I also feel happy when the Queen and the Emperor don’t blame me for his sickness.
-Our parents have passed many struggles to have their today, how can they be affected easily? They must have a strong mind in every situation.
-Tian Liam, thank you for always being by my side!
-My cutie wife, you act differently from normal, are you Hou Lei? – He laughed.

-Only Tian Leong gets crazy, not you. – She pointed at his nose. – Now we need to get the painting there in order to know if our idea is right!
At that time, Liu Han was in the store of Er Wang. She told him about the scene she saw when Hou Lei used magic to fight with the dark smoke. Er Wang gave her a cup of tea.
-My Lady, in your situation, I also know what’s your feeling! I’ve known her secret recently. She was one of the left-over monsters after the fight between human beings and monsters.
-Monsters? Do you mean something like nine tails fox?
-Yup, she knows magic, but in the palace, where the power of ground and sky is very strong, she can’t carry out many spells. The scene you saw was one of the rituals of those monsters to seduce someone. And poor that guy, he didn’t know what he was facing with. You must be careful, she can hurt you if you reveal her secret.

To be continued...

Wednesday, 18 December 2019

C12 - PART 87 – THE CROWN PRINCE’S OBSESSION_5

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MY EVIL PRINCESS: Chapter 12: The Crown Prince’s Obsession
PART 87 – THE CROWN PRINCE’S OBSESSION_5
-So I need to prevent the King and Queen of West Land from getting here! – Hou Lei said to herself. – Through the two times of investigations of the soldiers gave the same result, there must be someone outside the palace knowing the plan of the Emperor and Tian Liam and helping me. But who? It wasn’t my mother, she had just returned some weeks ago. Although who is he or she, I must be careful with them, don’t know what if they are good friends or bad.
She recalled her spell and the signal from the soldier disappeared. After listening to the result of the investigation of the soldiers, Tian Liam felt better and a little bit guilty. He thought he should not disbelieve in Hou Lei like that. However, in this case, he could be more confident about his beloved wife. He rewarded for the soldiers and came back to Hou Lei’s room. He found out she was sleeping, laying her head on her hands on the table. He walked closer to her, gently caught her by his hands and carried her to the bed.
He slowly put her down on the bed and went to the kitchen, she was waiting for him from the evening and had to be hungry much. After a while, he came back with a tray of food and a maid bringing a basin of water. The maid put the basin on the table next to the window and got out of the room. He walked to the bed and gently shook her.
-Hou Lei, wake up, you need to have some food before going to bed!
-Oh, Tian Liam, you’re back! – She said with a sleepy voice.
-Sorry for letting you wait a long time.
-I’m okay. – She sat up and looked at him. – You look emotional.
-Well, every husband sees his wife sleeping while waiting for him, who can resist this feeling of happiness? – He hugged her tightly.
-Okay… it’s just not your normal action. – She smiled and pushed him away.
-You know… from the time…
-I know, from the time I said I had feelings about you, your heart wasn’t in your chest anymore!
-How could you know what I prepare to say?
-I have been living with you for more than two years, Tian Liam, if I don’t know this small thought of you, how can I say that I love you?
-Urhhh… you’re right, anyway, let’s have dinner before going to bed. I don’t want you to get sick because of me. – He led her to the table. – I asked the maid to prepare a basin of water for you to wash your face.
-Look like our Prince now knows more about how to take care of others. – She laughed.
-It’s all about your effort.
-Tian Liam. – Her voice became serious. – I want to ask you a question.
-Just ask, you make me feel strange.
-You don’t know well about me, have you ever had doubts about me?
-Of course, not, as I said many times, I knew you would share with me at the right time and I’d wait. Don’t worry about anything, especially, my belief in you!
-Okay, I feel better.
That night, she laid next to him on the bed, but did not like the last time they did, she did not hug him or lay her head on his shoulder. That made him think a lot, did he do anything wrong? And about the question she had asked about his belief in her? Did she know about his command for the soldiers to go to West Land and investigate her? Those thoughts made him feel not good if she knew that, she would lose her trust with him, the thing he had spent many efforts to get.

The next day, after greeting the Queen, Hou Lei came back to her room and got some herbs putting in a small pack. She walked to the Crown Prince’s room. He was looking at her painting on the wall, did not care about his breakfast prepared on the table. Hou Lei knocked on the door.
-Who’s that? – Tian Leong asked. – I don’t want to meet anyone!
-Brother-in-law, it’s me, Hou Lei. – She replied.
-Hou Lei? – He surprised and ran to open the door. – Get in! Get in!
-What are you doing? – She put the pack on the table.
-I’m watching you! – He pointed at the picture on the wall.
-That painting was drawn by the famous painter you presented me?
-Yup, it’s like you as a very small point. – He walked to the place next to the picture.
-Brother, are you okay? You look not good!
-I’m very fine, as well as you’re next to me!
-Could I touch the picture a bit? – She felt some trace of magic on the drawing.
She walked closer to the paintings hanged on the wall. She touched it and a wave of energy shot into her hand. The painting was cursed, she needed to do something before it drained all the life of the Crown Prince. She looked back at Tian Leong. He was looking at her with lust in his eyes, she felt not good about that. He walked closer to her and raised his hands up to catch her. She ran to the table and got the herbs out, she chanted a spell to make the herbs flying around him. The herbs shined and prevented him from walking closer to her.

Suddenly, the painting shined a red light and all the herbs were burnt. His eyes were full of fire, he ran to her place. Luckily, she had enough time to chant a capture spell, locking him in the place he was standing and she got a fabric roll to cover his body, preventing the connection between him and the painting. She walked near the drawing and felt the dark energy coming out of it, some kinds of magic she did not know. A cloud of black smoke came out of the painting and started to wrap around her body. She struggled but could not get out of the smoke.
The smoke reached to her shoulder and Tian Leong could get out of her spell and walked to her place. Her magic was not enough to fight both of them. The green gem on her hand once again helped her, it shined brightly and pushed Tian Leong away, making him banged on the table. He was into a faint and laid his head on the ground. The green light pushed the smoke back to the painting and also burnt it.

The drawing was burnt, many small clouds of smoke came out of it and disappeared in the body of Tian Leong. Those were all the obsession of him about Hou Lei, the thing he could not get over. And now, she remembered the time she fought with the smoke in the royal garden, this smoke was the same. So both of them came from Wu magic and might be related to the black assassin who had wanted to take over the Wu magical book from her.
One thing Hou Lei did not know that, Liu Han had planned to meet the Crown Prince, but when she opened the door, she saw Hou Lei and the dark smoke. The fight made her wordless and just let a little opening of the door to watch the scene. After the green gem of Hou Lei returned to its normal status, Liu Han closed the door and ran back to her home.
Hou Lei helped Tian Leong go to his bed and let him laid down. She walked out to get a basin of water and added some herbs into it to help his mind get back to balance. When she came back, he had woken up and looked at her strangely.
-Beautiful sister, do you know Hou Lei?
-I’m Hou Lei, Tian Leong, you don’t recognize me? – She surprised.
-Liar! Hou Lei is very beautiful, she is my wife, you’re not her. I need to find her, I can’t live without her. – He said and ran out of the room.
“Hou Lei, where are you, my beloved wife?”, he yelled in the large yard of the palace…

To be continued...

Sunday, 15 December 2019

C12 - PART 86 – THE CROWN PRINCE’S OBSESSION_4

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MY EVIL PRINCESS: Chapter 12: The Crown Prince’s Obsession
PART 86 – THE CROWN PRINCE’S OBSESSION_4
When Hou Lei returned her room, she immediately wrote a letter to the King of West Land. Tian Liam saw her writing and felt very happy, he was now more believe in the right choice of him about marrying her. She not only cared about him but also treated his family as her own. After finishing the letter, she turned to Tian Liam:
-Do you feel that your Second Brother always aims bad thoughts about me?
-I don’t think that, maybe he was worrying about Tian Leong’s problem, and he thought you could help. – Tian Liam replied. – Actually, I also had the same idea during our discussion, but Tian Liang said it out before me.
-But he didn’t say as a part of our discussion, I can see he wanted to know something about me.
-That made you feel not secure? I know your feelings, but you could open your heart to me, why don’t you try with others? Everyone has their own secrets, however, sharing some with others can make the relationship between them better.
-I know, but I don’t think it’s good for me to share with others, even you, when you know the real things about me, I guess you won’t treat me well as you’re doing now.
-I believe that day won’t ever come, you’re my cutie wife forever!
-Strong words! But we don’t know about the future, it’s something we can’t predict.
-I understand your worries, but you can believe in me, you see, I said that I would prove my love for you and the result was the best for me. You revealed that you loved me, the best words ever I wanted to hear. – He hugged her. – Nevertheless, I will do my best, do more to prove and let you share your world with me.
-Okay, I’ll make some tea for you, wait for me, I’m getting too much sugar. – She laughed.
Later of the day, Tian Liam had some works to do in the royal city. He rode a horse to go out of the palace with some soldiers. Hou Lei still worried about the obsession of Tian Leong, she thought that maybe the book of Hou Ma tribe contained some information that could help her. She looked around the yard in front of her room and closed the door carefully. She brought out the trunk under her bed and took the book out. She sat on a chair next to the round table and read some pages of the book. She got an addiction to reading the book and did not care about the time.
Tian Liam finished his works and came back to her room. He knocked on the door some times, but she was still focusing on the book and did not answer him. He opened the door and saw her reading the book. He slightly walked to her place and took the book from her hands.
-What do you read about? – He looked at the book.
-Tian Liam, you’re back! – She surprised. – Give the book back to me!
-Okay, if you can catch me! – He ran around the room.
-I’m serious, Tian Liam! – She just stood up and said with a strong voice.
-Okay, okay, you have no fun!
-This book is very important to me, the medicine book that my teacher gave me before his death!
-Oh, sorry, I don’t know that. – He sat down next to her. – So you read this book for finding something to help Tian Leong?
-Yup, but the case of your brother rarely happens in my country, so my teacher didn’t have any record of it. – She sadly said.

-I know you don’t need to feel sorry about that. It’s not your fault!
-It’s somehow my fault, Tian Liam, because of me, your brother became like that!
-Don’t blame yourself for that, Hou Lei. He couldn’t control himself from addicting in your beauty. Although he is my brother, I can assure that, he doesn’t love you, he just admired your beauty too much to become an addiction.
-How can you assure that?
-Of course, he didn’t meed the Hou Lei I met. He didn’t get four times slapping from you. He didn’t taste all the delicious food of you. He didn’t get your care when he was sick or got hurt. And the most important, he didn’t have the time I have had with you.
-So you’re saying that you’re the one who loves me most?
-Well, you can see that, I don’t need to tell you. I just want you to know that, I know my brother well, he only wants to play with the girls, and after he feels bored, he will kick them out of his light without any concern. If you married him, you would be one of these girls.
-So I should feel happy when I married you?
-Of course! – He nodded continuously. – Which Prince can wait for his wife for more than two years? You can see the other Princes are always crowded with many beautiful ladies, and they can choose whoever they want?
-Okay, you’re the best. And now, does the world’s best husband want to have his meal or not?
-Of course, yes, I’ll help you!
-That’s my husband! – She laughed.
That night, Tian Liam said he had some works need to be done before he went to bed. He walked to his reading room and met some soldiers. Hou Lei could feel the signal she put on the soldiers he had sent to the West Land became stronger. That meant these guys had come back to the palace. When Tian Liam said that, she knew he would meet them. Right after he left her room, Hou Lei locked the door carefully and carried out a ritual to see through the soldier’s eyes. She saw Tian Liam asked the soldiers to meet him in his reading room.
-Well, you have had a long journey. – Tian Liam said.

-It’s our honor to serve you, my Prince. – The leader of the soldiers said.
-How is your result? What did you find out about Princess Hou Lei?
-Nothing’s better than the last time the Emperor’s soldiers did, my Prince.
-What’s the point? My Father’s soldiers?
-Yup, my Prince, some month ago, before your trip to the South Province, the Emperor had sent some soldiers to investigate about Princess Hou Lei, I think you knew that.
-I have no idea about that. Why did my father want to know information about Hou Lei?
-It was… I shouldn’t inform you about this, but I think you should know.
-Say it to me! I can protect you before my father’s punishment.
-It was the idea of the Minister. He and the Emperor sent some soldiers to the West Land.
-And their results? Did you know about that?
-I was one of the soldiers going there. And the results of that time and this time are the same. “We carried out a survey with the people in the main city of West Land. Their answers about the Princess can be separated into three main points: First, Hou Lei is a good Princess, she cares about her people in the West Land. She loves her family and her country much. Second, she is good at many things, cooking, playing the zither, making poets, and taking care of others. Third, she had no lover until she was sent to the Main Land.” Although we did it more carefully this time, those three points are the best we have. We had asked more people, including the people in the palace of West Land, some of them were the best maids of Princess Hou Lei and the royal family. The King of West Land wanted to arrange a visit to our palace soon, as he and the Queen missed their daughter much.

To be continued...