C2 - PART 15 – TIAN LIAM’S DOUBT

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PART 15 – TIAN LIAM’S DOUBT

“Bei Yiu? Hou Lei? Bei Yiu? I don’t see any connection between the names, so it can’t be her other name and royal name.”, the Prince could not sleep, the image of Hou Lei always appeared in his mind. “How can it be? The first time I met her, she was running away something and didn’t want to be found by the soldiers, she said that she wanted to go to the West Land for important works. The second time I met her, she was introduced as the Princess of the West Land. So strange! This lady is so strange, she might be not as simple as her appearance.”

At the same time, Hou Lei was also thinking about him. “Tian Liam, you are good, good enough to meet me! I can’t believe that I ran into the son of my enemy, and even, I have some feelings with him. Oh, Father, and my tribe, forgive me for thinking about that! Can’t believe in me about those feelings! Okay, if that is the fate, I will make both of your sons to be attracted by me, the bastard Emperor!”. She brought out her seduction drug vial and planned to do something more than the plan she had made.

The morning after, Hou Lei woke up early, she made up a little bit and chose a beautiful dress. She asked the maid to give her invitation to the Third Prince to go to her room. Tian Liam got more doubt about her, but he wanted to know what she would do with him, so he accepted the invitation.

She walked out of her room, went around the palace, and she saw a room with many instrumentals. She walked in, as the maid said, the Third Prince had an interest in music and instrumentals. She touched the things in the room and stopped at a zither. It was made of precious wood with many textures and beautiful drawings. She let her fingers feel on the strings, the sound was perfect.

-I think the Third Prince won’t mind if I borrow it to play a symphony for him this afternoon.

Then she asked the maids to bring it back to her room, she put the zither on a long chair beside the small lake near her room. She continued her explore, to the kitchen in the palace. Many chefs were making food for lunch of the Queen and the Emperor.

-Can I join you? – She asked the chefs.

-My Princess, please forgive us, we can’t let you cook with us. – One of them answered. – We can’t let a Princess make meals for other people in the Palace, we will be punished for doing that.

-Well. So I will cook in my room! Ah Jiang, bring something for me.

-My Princess. – The chefs kneed down. – Please don’t force us!

-I want to cook something for the Princes, it’s just a simple demand. And I will cook fast, don’t take your time, and if the Queen and the Emperor punish, I will take the responsibility!

-But…

-Just let her do what she wants! – The Soldier General walked into the kitchen.

-Thank you, Mr. General. – She greeted him.

-Just do what you want, my Princess, this palace will soon-to-be all yours.

Hou Lei started to cook, she wanted to make some dishes with some traditional cakes. She cooked like a professional chef making the chefs and the Soldier General surprised. They looked at each of her moves, from the way she used the knife, the way she fried vegetables to the way she decorated the dishes. After she finished, all the chefs clapped for her.

-I can’t think a Princess like you can cook like that. – The Soldier General said.

-What is the matter here? Why you make a crowd here? – The Crown Prince came.

-My Crown Prince, you’ve just lost a beautiful scene of Princess Hou Lei. She cooked a meal for you already. – The General said.

-Wow, you can cook? – Tian Leong surprised. – It smelled so well, can I have all of them? They looked delicious, too.

-Of course, I know it well, this is for you! – Hou Lei gave him a dish of food and looked at the maid. – Ah Jiang, bring the others to my room.

The maid prepared a teapot for her, she put in there some drop of the drug and shook it well.

“Tian Liam, I will wait for you to be glamoured by me!”, she smiled devilishly.

-The Third Prince is coming! – The sentry announced.

-My Third Prince! – The maid greeted him.

Hou Lei started to play the zither, her melody was very beautiful that made the Prince stopped in front of her room for enjoying. The maid came behind him making him jerked:

-I’m sorry, my Prince, I just want to ask why you don’t get in the room.

-Okay, all the maids, get out of here, I want to talk privately with the Princess. – He said.

Then he got in the room, to the back, opened the door and saw Hou Lei was sitting beside a table with some dishes and playing the zither.

-What’s the meaning of this meeting? – He asked.

She did not reply, still made her fingers move fast on the strings of the zither. He stepped forward and sat on a chair next to the table, the opposite side of her. She finished her melody and looked at him:

-I think you won’t be bothered if I borrow this zither!

-Your song was very fantastic, it seemed to have both sadness and hope in there.

-Thank you, hope you like it!

-Okay, just answer my question first!

-Okay… I think I should treat the owner of the palace I’m staying well. Right? I’m living in your North Liam palace, and you’re the owner. And I should treat you well, at least a tasty meal.

-Okay, stop. You’re … making me confused! – He paused. – Just simple, please!

-I want to invite you to have a meal, okay with that?

-Okay, but I have many delicious foods every day in this Palace. You don’t need to invite me more!

-Well, just try it! – She smiled and put the food into his bowl. – I promise you’ve never ever tasted something like this before. I cooked these especially for you!

-You cooked? Wow, a Princess can cook? – He looked at her with doubt.

-Just try it! You won’t die with a little food like that. And how I dare to kill you in your palace?

He picked up the food to his mouth, and his eyes shined brightly. She was right, he had never tasted something like this before. It contained some very special tastes that he could not get out any words to describe, it was just so normal but special. The normal of family taste he always wanted to have each day by day, and the special of perfect taste which made him feel like he was in heaven. She looked at him and knew what he was thinking, she smiled:

-How do you feel?

-I… uhrrr… I… - He paused and picked up more food to his mouth. – What do you put into these dishes? They are so special and delicious.

-Okay, mouse’s meat, horse’s hair, water from the lake of fishes, vegetables from behind the stable.

-What…..? – He was choked by the enormous amount of food in his mouth.

-Haha. – She laughed. – Just kidding! How can I take such as those things into your kitchen?

-You scare me to death. – He breathed calmly. – Hooo… What a strange lady!

-Now, take a little bit of tea, sorry for making you feel not good! – She poured the tea for him with a devilish smile.

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C2 - PART 14 – THE INTRODUCTION OF HOU LEI

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PART 14 – THE INTRODUCTION OF HOU LEI

-I don’t know how to make you believe me, but someday you will see. – Tian Liam answered.

-You don’t need to make me believe in your word, I’m not your lover. Just bring what you said to me to talk with her and prove it to her. – Hou Lei said.

Then they did not say anything to each other more, walked along side by side, Tian Liam still did not move his eyes’ direction out of Hou Lei. He felt something very special about this lady, it pushed him to explore more about her, the desire to know more about her was getting bigger in his mind. But he knew this time was not suitable, she was upset now, he just wanted to walk along with her and look at her beauty under the sunset light.

-It’s my room. – She pointed to the room. – I’ll get there alone, I don’t want anyone to see us going together like this, it’s not good for both you and me.

-Okay. So… - He paused. – Goodbye!

He did not want to say goodbye to her, he wanted to walk beside her more. She had attracted him too much to let him separate with her. He stood there, still looked after her steps, untill she closed the door. “I fall in love with her?”, a thought appeared in his mind. He shook his head and turned back to get to his place.

Hou Lei sat on a chair, put her hands together on the table, and placed her face on her wrist. She missed her family, she wished her parents were here, they would give her some advices and lead her to the right choice. She wished her older brother here to hug her tightly and protect her from the complicated world outside. She felt so lonely in this Palace, she just did not want to fight with anyone. She took a deep breath, and raised her head up, she had to be strong and stronger, she had to kill the Emperor and make him suffer the loss of his family member, then, she would find out the Book of Hou Ma tribe and the Hou magical gem to help her tribe back.

That night, the Prince still could not get enough of thinking about Hou Lei, he rolled on his bed many times, but he did not feel comfortable to fall asleep. And he continued that till the morning. There was a knock on the door, a maid called him:

-My Third Prince, the Queen wants to meet you early!

-Okay, I know, I will get her palace soon. – He got up and changed his clothes.

There was a maid calling Hou Lei too.

-My Princess, the Queen wants to meet you early! She has some important things to talk with you!

-Thank you, I’ll be there now. – Hou Lei answered.

The maid got in and helped her to change her dress, she told her she wanted to wear some simple clothes, but the maid refused:

-The Queen will punish us for not take care of you good! Please, my Princess, wear the clothes been prepared to you.

Hou Lei took on the colorful dress, she felt unnatural and uncomfortable, but she did not want the maid to get punishment. She then followed the maids to the Queen’s palace, that was a very large building with special decorations. The Queen was sitting on the high step in the building, she saw Hou Lei getting in and smiled gently.

-My Queen! – Hou Lei greeted her.

-Stand up, my girl, you look very beautiful. – She said.

-Thank you, My Queen!

-Don’t be so polite like that, we’re soon-to-be in one family, call me Mother!

-Yes, Mother. – She looked at her. “This Queen seems to be very nice!”, she thought.

-Have a sit, my little girl! – She pointed at a small table on the left side.

Then there were two men getting into the building, Hou Lei widened her eyes when seeing one of them was Xiao Liam.

-My Queen! – The two greeted her.

-Okay, stand up! – The Queen said. – I have someone to introduce to you today. My girl, come here!

Hou Lei stood up and she could see the surprise on Tian Liam’s face. She came to the Queen table, the Queen stood up and got closer to her.

-Let me introduce to you two, Hou Lei, the Princess of the West Land!

-Princess? – Tian Liam surprised. – Princess of the West Land?

-Yes, anything’s wrong? – The Queen asked.

-Erh, nothing! – He paused.

-Hou Lei, this is the Crown Prince, Wang Tian Leong! – She pointed at the older man. – Your soon-to-be husband. And he, - She pointed at the Xiao Liam. – is my son, Wang Tian Liam, the Third Prince!

-The … Third Prince? – Hou Lei surprised.

-You two knew each other before? – The Queen asked.

-Ah, no, mother, I’ve not seen her. – Tian Liam answered and winked to give Hou Lei a signal.

-So good, let celebrate out first meet! – The Queen said.

Hou Lei looked at the Crown Prince, he did not move his eyes out of her from the beginning. He seemed to be attacked by her beauty. The Queen also recognized that she asked:

-Tian Leong, why you still stand there? Get into the table to celebrate!

Tian Liam also looked at Hou Lei strangely. She did not want to look at his eyes this time, with doubt and disbelief. The two Princes could not keep their eyes moving out of sight of Hou Lei. That made her felt uncomfortable. The Queen realized that:

-You two, don’t look her like that, it makes her feel uncomfortable.

-I’m sorry, I don’t mean to do that! – Tian Liam said.

-I’m sorry too, but you are so beautiful, Hou Lei. – The Crown Prince smiled.

After their breakfast, Tian Liam said:

-Let me take you to your room!

-Nah, - The Crown Prince denied. – I will take her to her room.

-Stop arguing like the kids! – The Queen said. – Tian Liam will take her back because she is staying at the North Liam palace.

On the way back, Hou Lei did not say anything. Tian Liam walked around her and always kept his eyes on her like he investigated the criminals.

-My Prince, please stop looking at me like that! You made me scared!

-You know to be scared? – He asked. – I don’t think that. How it could be happening? This world is really really small, now you are going to marry my brother? That’s why you wanted to meet him yesterday? And you were upset when seeing him play with other ladies?

-Stop! I’m not the prisoner for you to asking like that.

-Okay, okay, I don’t ask more, everything will soon to be clear.

After bringing her back to her room, Tian Liam looked at her walking into her room and closing the door with confusion, he asked himself “Am I wrong, I remember the Princess of the West Land named Bei Yiu, not Hou Lei?”.

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C2 - PART 13 – THE MEETING “BY CHANCE”

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PART 13 – THE MEETING “BY CHANCE”

-Ouch. – Hou Lei yelled. – Do you have eyes?

-Who are you? You’re so rude. – The man said at the same time with her.

-Your voice is so familiar! – They said at the same time again.

-Hou Lei/Xiao Liam. – They looked at each other!

-How… How… - Tian Liam put his hand on his forehead. – This world is too small, right?

-Me, too. I don’t think I would meet you again.

-Is that our fate of love? – He looked closer to her face. – Your face is getting a little bit red.

-What love with you, huh? What are you doing here?

-That should be my question for you, a strange girl.

-Xiao Liam, who you really are? Why you are here, in the Palace?

-Of course, I’m here for… - Tian Liam stopped, he did not want Hou Lei to know he was the Prince too early, he wanted to play more with her.

-For what? It must be a dark secret! – She looked at him suspiciously.

-Okay, just think what you want! How about you, the mysterious lady?

-I think you shouldn’t know about that, you will be scared when I tell you.

-Scared? – He laughed loudly. – How could I be scared by a lady like you? Don’t tell me that you are the King of Er tribe, if true, I will be scared to die.

-Stop bothering me. I have important works to do, I don’t have time to have jokes with you. – She prepared to go.

-Wait! Wait! – He held her hand back. – Don’t go too fast like that.

-Let me go! Your bastard! – She yelled.

-Shhhhhh… - He raised his hand to cover her mouth. – Whoever you are, I’m sure you don’t want anyone to see me and you hugging each other like this.

-Fine! What do you want? – She glanced.

-Simply! Play with me for a while!

-Play with you? Are you a kid? You need a babysitter to take care of?

-Don’t be like that? Oh, you don’t scare about the soldiers any more? I will call them.

-Let go of me! - She hit his chest. – Do you think any other better work instead of bullying me?

-Bully? – He laughed. – I’m bullying you? Do you remember who slapped me loudly in the midnight? And who asked me to hug her for hiding from the soldiers?

-But you also took advantage of me!

-Nah, nah, I didn’t do anything hurt you, right? I just helped you.

-Okay, okay, you’re a good man, I’m a bad girl! So let the bad girl go, my gentleman!

-Wait! – He still held her hand. – Where do you want to go? I will lead you there, I think you don’t know much about the ways in this Palace.

-I want to meet the Crown Prince! – She answered. – Are you scared, that’s the Crown Prince!

-Oh, I’m too scared, he will kill me if I meet him directly. – He talked as he was very scared.

-So let go of me! – She pushed him away.

-Wait… Wait… - He hugged her. – I’ve not done with you.

She turned back and raised her hand preparing to slap him. He kept her hand away.

-Nah, nah, please don’t slap on my face! I know your trick.

“Chatttttt!!!”, she used her other hand to slap him.

-You, smart boy, but I have two hands!

-How you dare to slap me two times??? You don’t know who you are kidding with!

He lost his patience, held her hands tighter.

-Please, I’m sorry, please let go of me! I don’t mean to slap you!

-Don’t mean? – He took a deep breath to get calm. – So who you really are?

-Please, it’s hurt, you make me hurt! – She lowered her voice.

-Oh, sorry. – He let down his hands. – I’m sorry, I don’t mean to make you hurt. Hou Lei, I’m sorry.

He raised her hands up to watch the pink sign he’s just made. He gently touched it and got his face closer to blow on the pink marks. She looked at her, he seemed to care about her. His eyes were full of emotions like he had been loving her for many years. She suddenly pulled her hands back.

-So could you please let me go now?

-Where do you want to go? I’ll go with you!

-I said I wanted to go to meet the Crown Prince.

-I know where he is now, come with me.

He led Hou Lei to pass some buildings and stopped at a big garden with a lake in the middle. The Crown Prince was playing with some beautiful girls.

-He is the Crown Prince. – Tian Liam pointed to the man in the middle of the crowd.

-Oh, he is playing with his girls? – She asked, with a disappointed voice.

-You look sad, why you want to meet him?

-It’s not important anymore, I’ll meet him later, I don’t want to break up his happiness now.

On the way back, she did not say anything. She just thought that could she seduce the Crown Prince successfully when there were many ladies surrounding him like that? She thought the Crown Prine had to know that she was here, and he did not seem to care about that, she turned right and saw Tian Liam was looking at her all the time.

-Did my face have anything?

-No, I just see that you are upset. I don’t want to ask you more, I will go with you back to your room.

-Xiao Liam, is that all the men in Main Land are all the same? Do they just play with women like a toy, and then when they aren’t interested in them anymore, they leave them very easily?

-Hou Lei, this world is very complicated, so there are many people like to do this, and many other like another thing, it’s not that all the men just play with women, I don’t know how to explain to you, but everyone, when they find out their true love, no one can replace their lovers or the other things will be meaningless without love.

-Love? Does it have some powerful magic like that? It can change a person’s characteristics, and can make them better?

-I’ve no idea, but there is one thing I assure when I find out my true love, I will only love her with all my heart and everything I am.

-Huh. – She smiled. – My father said I shouldn’t believe in men’s words, maybe you too. Your words are just too sweet and too suspicious!

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C2 - PART 12 – HOU LEI IN THE PALACE

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PART 12 – HOU LEI IN THE PALACE

Hou Lei got on the bed, she still thought about Xiao Liam, did he mean to be good to her? Or he helped her just because she was beautiful? His smile after receiving a slap from her appeared in her mind, he looked so handsome and that smile was too warm to avoid. And also, the warmness she had felt when he was hugging her, it made her want to trust him, want to follow him and want to listen to him more. “Oh, did I fall in love with him?”, she asked herself. “No way, I can’t love anyone now, it’s just the meet by chance, sure that I won’t meet him again!”. Keeping that mind, she fell asleep with a smile when thinking about him.

The next day, they reached the royal city, Hou Lei opened the window and looked people on the street. There were many people, much crowded than the West Land’s main city. People sold all the things having in this life, she felt really excited and wanted to get out of the horse wagon to explore the outside world; but she remembered who she was now, she needed to be as much royalty as she could.

The horse wagon passed through the huge door, the main door leading to the Palace, Hou Lei could not say anything, she just widened her eyes to look at how huge and beautiful it was. Then they passed the long long way with many soldiers lining up on the two sides. The main Palace was very large and monumental. The horse wagon stopped in front of stairs with hundreds of steps. The Soldier General got down his horse and opened the door blind:

-My Princess, we’re at the Palace, please come with me to meet the Emperor and the Queen!

Hou Lei got out of the wagon, she followed the General to go up the stairs. Upon the stairs, there were many buildings with magnificent decorations and top-of-top designed. She could not help but admire each time they passed a door, each room was different from the other. Then, they reached a large room, there were many maids in the room, at the higher level of the steps, there was a table with a middle-aged man and woman, they were wearing the precious clothes, Hou Lei guessed they are the Emperor and the Queen.

-My Emperor, My Queen. – The General made his greeting etiquette.

-Oh, My Emperor, My Queen. – She did her own greeting etiquette, but with a different way from the General. – I’m sorry that I don’t know the rite of greeting of the Main Land.

-Okay, stand up! – The Emperor said.

-She was just as good as people said. – The Queen talked to the Emperor. – So beautiful and knowing civility. I see that she will fit our Crown Prince.

-I think so. – The Emperor nodded. – But we need to choose a good day and prepare well for the wedding ceremony.

-Okay, Hou Lei, right? – The Queen asked her.

-Yes, my Queen. – She gently answered.

-You will go with the Leader of maids, we’ve already prepared for you a room, you firstly will stay at North Liam palace. – The Queen continued. – After the wedding, you will move to live with the Crown Prince in East Leong palace.

-Oh… - The Emperor surprised. – Why you let her stay at North Liam palace?

-Sorry, I forgot to tell you that the bride and the groom don’t allow to meet each other so often, that’s the reason I think she should stay at the North Palace. – She answered.

-Okay, it’s a good idea. – The Emperor agreed. – So at first, do as the Queen said.

-Thank you for your preparation. – Hou Lei greeted to goodbye them.

She was led through many buildings again, there was no same kind of building. She passed a beautiful garden before reaching a big door labeling “North Liam palace”. They had her into the palace and passed some more houses. In the end, they stopped in front of a big room.

-My Princess, this is your room. – The leader of the maids said. – And they are Ah Hu and Ah Lin, your maids from now on.

-My Princess! – The two maids greeted her.

-Oh, thank you. – Hou Lei looked at them, she had never had a maid before, this was too strange to her.

-We are right outside the door. If you need anything, just call us! – The maids closed the door and got out of her room.

Hou Lei walked around the room, it was almost bigger than her home in Hou Ma village, but there, she lived with her parents and her brother. Now in this large room, there was only her, alone. She brought out the things packed for her, there were many clothes that the West Land Queen had prepared for her, they are very colorful. She looked at them, “Haizzz… I don’t like this kind of clothes, is there any black dress or some simple dresses? All of them are not suitable for me.”

She opened the window, right outside was a small garden with a small lake, in the lake, there were some goldfishes. Around the lake was decorated with many kinds of rocks and flowers. There were also many kinds of flowers, some of them she had never seen before. Hou Lei watched the flowers and saw some butterflies flying surroundings. Then there was a knock on the door.

-My Princess, could I get in, I bring the lunch for you! – The maid said.

-Okay, just get in. – She answered.

The maid put the tray of dishes on the table.

-Normally, you will need to greet the Queen before having lunch, but the Queen said that you need to take a rest after a long trip, and she doesn’t need you to do so many greetings. – The maid said. – Oh, and I must remind you this, the Third Prince is an uneasy person, you should stay here, when you need to go outside, please call us to go with you. He may get angry with you when you do something not suit his demand!

-Okay, he is the Third Prince of Main Land, and this palace is his? – Hou Lei sat on the chair, looked at the dishes and asked.

-Yes, my Princess, I just don’t want you to get into troubles, you are meant to marry the Crown Prince, and you know, every Prince wants to be the Crown Prince, but there is only one Crown. He might get uncomfortable with your appearance here.

-Thank you so much for reminding me!

-No problem, having your meal! If you need anything, just call me.

The maid got out of her room. Hou Lei tasted the food, they were delicious but not have the taste that she wanted, the food cooked by her mother. She now knew why people in the Palace always felt lonely, because they lived in a large room, separated from each other and they had to fight each other for the higher level they wanted.

“Wait a minute!”, she stopped her emotional thoughts, “How could I seduce the Prince when I am here until the wedding? That can’t be, although he will marry me, I need to seduce him for everything happening more smoothly. I don’t care much about that Third Prince, he can do whatever he wants, but surely, he can’t make me hurt or do any bad things to me.”

Hou Lei had her meal fast and then brought out the vial containing the seduction drug she had made for the Crown Prince. When the maids brought out her dishes, she secretly got out of the room. But Hou Lei forgot one thing that, the Palace was very large, and she did not know anything about it, she could not find the way to the palace of the Crown Prince. She walked around and around for a while, and almost forgot where was her room too.

She walked through a large garden and thought it was the same with the one she had met this morning with the leader of the maid. She ran around to find the huge door. After a while of losing her way, she felt tired. She thought she should find the maid to go with her, it would be easier to meet the Crown Prince. On the way back, she ran into a man…

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C2 - PART 11 – THE PRINCESS OF THE WEST LAND

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PART 11 – THE PRINCESS OF THE WEST LAND

The next morning, Hou Lei woke up and she was still in the forest. The gem on her hand still was green and everything seemed to be like very normal. She thought that her ritual had been failed, so there was nothing changed. She came back to the main city of the West Land. When she reached the door, some soldiers walked to her:

-My Princess, you’re back! Our King must be very happy to hear that.

-Princess? – Hou Lei surprised. – So my ritual succeeded.

-Ritual? – The soldier asked.

-Oh, nothing. I realized how stupid I was when running away with him.

-My Princess, we will lead you back to the Palace.

At the Palace, Hou Lei was helped to change her dress. Her maid asked:

-My Princess, why you wore a black dress like this? We’ve never seen you wearing a black dress, you like colorful dresses.

-Oh, I go there without any dress, so I must wear this dress.

-My daughter. – The Queen got into the room. – Are you okay? Did that guy do anything bad to you?

-No, mother. I just think it clearly and I see, my family is the best to me, not him.

-Coming back is good, good. – She hugged Hou Lei.

Suddenly, tears appeared in her eyes. If this was Lei Hu, her real mother, she might treat her better than this. She felt a little bit guilty by taking away the real Princess’ family. But it was very soon that she would leave here to go to the Main Land, instead of her, she wished her happy with her lover. The Queen then went to meet the King with Hou Lei. The King smiled when he saw Hou Lei.

-My darling daughter, coming back is good. I was fearful that I would lose you forever.

-Father, I’m wrong when running away. Please forgive me!

-I’ve already forgiven you when hearing that you returned. I know that the idea to let you marry the Crown Prince of the Main Land is so selfish from everyone, I can’t sacrifice your happiness to exchange the peace for this country. I’ll find another way.

-Father. – She hugged him. – I return because of that, I want to take my responsibility for our country, as the Princess of the West Land. How can I be so selfish, just think about my happiness, and leave thousands of people to get destroy or suffer miserably?

-Really? – He surprised.

-I’m really serious. I’ve thought for some days about that. I will marry the Crown Prince of Main Land, it will be better for both of us. Our country will have peace, and I also have a good life, better than living an inconvenient life with that poor guy.

-You’re mature, my girl. Your thoughts are just so good.

-I promise that I won’t make you and our country disappointed. I will bring there with me the mindset of our people, the goodness and I won’t let anyone bully me by taking an exchanging marriage!

-I’m so proud of you, Hou Lei.

“Hou Lei, he called me Hou Lei, that means the ritual was more than just successful. It made people think that the Princess of West Land named Hou Lei. Therefore, I don’t need to adopt the name of the real Princess, Bei Yiu.  Even more, I can be myself all the time, don’t need to make any other disguises to pretend to be Bei Yiu. Mysterious lady, thank you so much!”. She looked at the gem on her hand, it did not have any change, but she could sense the power inside of it, very powerful, activated by the pink moonlight.

The King then made a letter and sent to the Emperor of the Main Land, about he wanted to let his daughter marry the Crown Prince, so the connection between the two countries would be better. The Emperor received the letter in a few days later, he also thought much about that. Then he called the Soldier General and the Crown Prince to meet him.

-What do you think about this? The West Land King wants to let his daughter marry Tian Leong.

-I think it’s good. – The Soldier General answered. – The connexion will let the relationship between our country and West Land become better. And they won’t have any idea to fight back us. Or should I say, they don’t want to end up like Hou Ma tribe.

-Father, you must think carefully, I think they want to take the marry as an exchange for their peace. Another way, the Princess may be a spy, she will learn about our country and the Palace to help West Land fight back us someday. Although I heard that she was very beautiful, I think I don’t really want to marry a spy. – The Crown Prince said.

-You don’t need to think so far like that, they just have four thousand people, without magic like Hou Ma tribe, no physical power like Er tribe. How could they fight against our soldiers? – The Emperor continued. – Maybe they have seen the ending of Hou Ma tribe, and don’t want to be like that. This marriage is an exchange, just like many exchanging marriages happened in the past. If you don’t want that Princess, I will give her to your younger brothers.

-Wait, wait, father, if you agree with this marriage, how can I refuse to take my responsibility?

-Okay, done. The General, bring some soldiers with you to protect the Princess on the way she gets our Palace, prevent any bad things! – The Emperor said.

-I’m clear, My Emperor.

Hou Lei was prepared many things for her trip to the Palace of Main Land. She was a little bit nervous, she did not know if she could finish her plan and found out the Hou Ma magic gem. Main Land was a very large country, finding a small gem was not a simple mission, especially, she had never seen that gem, it had been lost before she was born. She just had the sense of loving a few days, now she continued to be alone in that Palace. The Emperor seemed to be a hard aim to fight with, and she also had no idea if the green gem’s magic was powerful enough to fight back the energy of the righteous land where the Palace was. She took a deep breath, she still believed in the God of Sky that there still had the right for all people. The Gods would not take everything from her. She remembered her family, and she wanted to find her mother, the only family member left with her, too.

Everything was well prepared. After two days, the soldiers sent by the Emperor came. The King asked for giving some maids to go with Hou Lei, but the Soldier General did not agree. He said the Emperor only wanted to bring Hou Lei to the Palace without anyone else.

-Father, Mother. Goodbye! – Hou Lei said to the King and the Queen. – Please take care of yourself, I can’t look after you two.

-We know. – The Queen gently said and she started to cry. – Keep yourself safe, my sweet daughter.

-The time is running up, we need to go, my Princess. – The Soldier General said.

He helped her to get into the horse wagon. Hou Lei looked through the window and waved for saying goodbye to her parents. The trip took them more than a day, they stayed in a small motel at night. In the motel, Hou Lei prepared a magical drug, she would need it to seduce the Crown Prince. When she nearly finished, there was a knock on the door.

-Who’s that? – She asked.

-It’s me, the Soldier General. I just want to check if you are okay.

-I’m okay, I just get a little hard to sleep.

-So I will get some soup for you to feel better. Wait a minute.

She hurried to finish the drug. Then she cleaned up the table and waited for the Soldier General to come back. She suddenly missed the man she had met in the small town.

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C2 - PART 10 – THE DISGUISE

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MY EVIL PRINCESS: Chapter 2: Hou Lei’s plan starting

PART 10 – THE DISGUISE

While the couple ran out of the door, the lady dropped something. Hou Lei waited for the door closed and looked around, she did not want to take any concern of other people. She came to the dropped thing place, it was a hairpin. She picked it up and thought it belonged to the beautiful lady.

Hou Lei stayed outside of the city for the rest of the day, waiting the night to come. In the late evening, the big door was opened for the businessmen coming out for their works. Using this chance, she got into the city. West Land’s main city was somehow different from the Main Land’s cities she had passed. The market was fewer people, and there were some goods sold to other people. Besides, the nightlife here was very peaceful, not much noise. She rented a room in a small motel, after getting into the room, she opened the window and looked outside. There was a group of people sitting around a large table, and an old man seemed to be central.

-Do you all know about the mess today? – The old man asked.

-I heard that our Princess ran away with her lover? – A woman answered.

-Yup. – He nodded. – But do you know what will affect us from her run away?

-Oh, no, tell us, Mr. Zhang! – They all said.

-Okay, maybe you heard about the extinction of the Hou Ma tribe. There was a mistake from the Emperor, he listened to bad bureaucrats that Hou Ma tribe wanted to come back to the Main Land and dreamt to destroy all human beings.

-How it could be? – Another man said. – Hou Ma tribe only had hundreds of people, how they could fight thousands of soldiers of the Main Land Empire?

-That’s the point. But the Emperor thought that Hou Ma tribe had magic, and they could use their magic to fight him. – The old man said. – So just with a small piece of information, the Emperor asked the West Soldier General to bring thousands of soldiers and some priests to destroy Hou Ma tribe.

-Will that be the same for us? – The woman asked.

-Maybe, it seemed like those people, who wanted to destroy Hou Ma tribe, wanted to destroy the West Land and Er tribe too. But the Hou Ma tribe had more precious things than us and Er tribe, they had the Hou Ma magical gem and the Book of Hou Ma tribe. Some people believe that with those two things, they can explore the secret of immortal medicines.

-I also heard about that, so Hou Ma tribe had to live in a forest with the Hou Dark Door to prevent the invasion from Main Land people. – Another man said.

-That’s it. They had the magic Door but they still couldn’t prevent their extinction. How about us? – The old man asked. – We only have four thousands of people without any magic like Hou Ma tribe or physical power like Er tribe.

-So we will be destroyed soon? – They started to worry.

-I used to advise our King to let our Princess marry the Crown Prince of the Main Land Emperor so there will be safer for us. – The old man continued. – But our King refused that, and maybe the Princess knew about that, so she ran away with her lover this afternoon.

-She is our last hope, but now we lose that. – The woman said. – How can she be so selfish like that? Only think about her happiness and let her country be in danger.

-That’s her choice, and I think we and our King will never forgive her for doing that. The point now is how we can get the Main Land Emperor comfortable so he won’t bring the soldiers to destroy us. – The old man said.

-Why do you get a crowd here? – Some soldiers walked to the table.

-We just talked about some jokes. – The old man answered.

-It’s late now, go to your home and sleep to prepare for tomorrow’s works. You’re wasting your time in some meaningless jokes. – The soldier said. – And be careful, I heard that Er tribe soldiers are finding someone, you shouldn’t go out of the city at night.

They broke up the conversation and came back to their home. Hou Lei closed the window, maybe she knew what she should do now. Tomorrow was the pink moon night, she would use its power to activate the gem that mysterious lady had given her, it would give her power to make a disguise, making people believe that Hou Lei was the Princess of the West Land. She would go to the Main Land Palace and marry the Crown Prince, after that, she would day by day be closer to the Emperor, and make him pay for what he had done for Hou Ma tribe.

Hou Lei used to think about she would directly kill the Emperor, but she would not have enough power to escape from thousands of soldiers and she might die in the battle. With that way, she could not make her promise to help to bring Hou Ma tribe back come true. Another thing, the Palace had built on the righteous land, where Hou magic would not have its most powerful or she could say, its power would be reduced much. However, she could sense the powerful magic of the green gem, she thought it might pass through the prevention of the Palace and help her remain her disguise.

Hou Lei now had nothing to lose more, she had no family, no tribe and no home. She only knew that she had to try her best in this revenge plan and she did not allow having any mistake. Every smallest mistake could lead her to be killed simply. She would use her Hou magic to seduce the Crown Prince, so even more, after killing the Emperor, she might destroy the Main Land Empire too.

The plan seemed to be good, but she needed to make it more detailed. How she could kill the Emperor and leave the Palace in safe? Might there be anyone who could break up her plan? Might there anyone such as the priests could know about her identity? However, Hou Lei thought the mysterious lady was very powerful so that the gem had enough power to help her pass the concern of the priests. She fell asleep between the questions.

Next day, Hou Lei took out the things she had brought out with her from Hou Ma village. There were some herbs she could use for the magical ritual, but she still needed some more. Hou Lei got out of the city, went to the forest to get the ingredients she wanted. In the forest, it took her a half day to find out the herbs, lucky for her, she got all the things.

At that night, while all the people were watching the pink moon, a rare natural event, only appeared in hundreds years period, Hou Lei prepared her magic ritual in the forest. A circle was made by pink roses, she stepped in the circle and dropped the other ingredients around the circle. She brought out the hairpins belonged to the Princess and put it on her hair.

“From the power of the Pink Moon, I, Hou Lei, the Princess of Hou Ma tribe, make this ritual to call out all of the power of darkness and lightness, to come here, with me, and make my demand come true. I call all the power of Hou Ma tribe, to come here, make it come true. Everyone from now on will know me as the Princess of the West Land, Hou Lei, not the Princess of Hou Ma tribe anymore. From the power of darkness, please make it come true.”

From the moon, the pink light shined straight to the circle of roses, Hou Lei was raised up by the power, the rose petals flew along with her. Winds started to blow stronger like there would be a storm coming. The circle shined a very bright pink light, the light that could blink anyone. People in the West Land and the Main Land, also, saw the moonlight brighter, they watched it as they’d never seen something beautiful like that. Then, there was a wave of light coming from Hou Lei’s circle, it spread fast through space to the cities of West Land and Main Land. People still kept watching the pink moon even, but they felt a little bit strange thing happening to them.

At that time, the Third Prince of Main Land Emperor, Xiao Liam, or better, should we call him, Wang Tian Liam, was also watching the pink moon. The wave of light came to him and passed through him without any effect like other people. He was standing from the high building of the Palace, and he looked at the direction to where Hou Lei was, he could not see as far as that, but he felt there was magic around. The ritual was finished, the wind stopped, and Hou Lei was got a faint, she fell down to the land and slept…

To be continued...