C3 - PART 18 – THREE PRINCES

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MY EVIL PRINCESS: Chapter 3: Who would be her husband?

PART 18 – THREE PRINCES

-Okay, what did you say? – Tian Liam let her free. – “A good guy in million of bad”?

-I don’t talk about it again! – Hou Lei lost her patient and prepared to go.

-Wait! – He held her hand. – We’re not done.

-What do you want? Knowing more about me?

-Hou Lei, I want to know why you hate men much like that? Did you have a huge pain from loving someone? – He looked at her gently.

-You don’t need to care about that. I just don’t want to share with you anything more. You make me feel so disappointed.

-Okay, your mood isn’t good now, we’ll talk later. But let me lead you back to your room.

She left first and he ran after. He thought that he had made a really wrong thing, he seemed to lose her belief in him. And that made the desire of knowing more about her bigger. This lady had been attracting him so much. She was like a treasure with many mysterious things behind urging people to explore more. They walked back to her room, he shyly looked at her:

-Sorry for what I did. But it’s true that I want to talk seriously with you. About the wedding, it will take some days for my Father to choose a suitable day and prepare for it. We still have time, I will find a way to change his mind if you want.

-I… just give up. – Hou Lei was upset. – You don’t need to do anything, don’t need to ask your Father to change his mind, don’t need to comfort me. Just do what you want.

Then she got back to her room, he still stood there and blamed himself about what just happened. He knocked on the door lightly and said:

-I’m really sorry. Please forgive me, I’ll meet you tomorrow, we need to talk. Goodbye!

Hou Lei leaned on the door, her mind was messing. She used to think he was the trustest man in this Palace, should she give him a chance to prove he was a good man? But the conversations between him and that lady, and then with her, she just did not know what to believe, what was a liar? Suddenly, she looked at the teapot on her table and remembered that he had drunk some of the tea with her drug. Were his bad actions today affected by the drug? In another way, she did not feel any change of signals in his body, if the drug had its activation on him, there had to be a sign of Hou magic. And she thought about her plan, it seemed to be destroyed, so how she could seduce the Crown Prince? Or should she seduce the Third Prince instead? She just had no idea now. There was a knock on the door, it was Ah Jiang bringing her dinner.

-My Princess, can I get in?

-Oh, Ah Jiang, just gets in, I have something to ask you.

-My Princess, have a great meal! – She put the tray of food on the table and stepped beside.

-Just sit here with me, there’s no one here, you don’t need to make too many solemnities.

-But my Princess, I’m only a maid, I can’t sit at the same level as you.

-Just sit, I want to ask something.

-I can stand to answer you, my Princess, I don’t want to get punishment.

-Okay, whatever, I don’t force you. I want to ask about the Third Prince, you’ve had a long time working here. Do you know what kind of people he is?

-Oh, it doesn’t right when I comment about the Third Prince, but I want you to be good, I’ll tell you what I know. I came to this Palace when I was twelve, and the Third Prince was a little bit older than me. I’ve worked for North Liam Palace for ten years. From the very first time, I felt that he wasn’t like the other Princes, he doesn’t want to fight for power or the higher level in the Palace. He just loves martial arts and instrumentals. Although he doesn’t care much about the works in the government, he is still good at solving the problems. The Emperor is very proud of him, but he doesn’t care about the title “Crown Prince” and he has two older brothers who addict to that title. His Father chose The First Prince as the Crown Prince because he had many good works in the government.

-How about his behavior with others? – Hou Lei asked.

-He is such a good man, My Princess, he always helps other people, even a maid. He treats us very well, so that’s the point when everyone supports him well. He just doesn’t like anyone touch his favorite things as the instrumentals or the flowers in his garden. But you are the first one, who took his zither without his agreement and did not suffer his anger. He is good, but his anger is something you won’t ever want to taste.

-How about the Crown Prince? And the Second Prince, where is he now? I’ve not met him from the time I got into this Palace.

-The Second Prince is also a kind person, but he lives in the South Xiong palace. I don’t meet him much, so I don’t know much about him. He is now doing something for the Emperor in Mongolia. The Crown Prince is the most dangerous person. He seems to be a very good man but it’s not that, he is addicted to power. He doesn’t want his brothers to be the Crown Prince, he used to warn the two about making them suffer bad things if they take over his title. He is a lady-killer, he can pour sweetness to any girl’s ear and easy to take over her heart. He will play with her, and after feeling bored, he will kick her away. You can see many beautiful ladies in the East Leong palace at the same time. Maybe, he was attracted by your beauty, I assure that he will early feel bored.

-So that’s the point! As you said, Tian Liam is the best of them. – Hou Lei laid her face on her hand.

-We can say that, My Princess. Your food is getting cooler, I will bring them back to the kitchen and ask them to make it warm.

-Don’t need to do that, I will eat now, you can go. Oh wait, I want to ask about a lady, I saw her going with Tian Liam this afternoon.

-Do you want to talk about Liu Han?

-Yup, she was beautiful and wore a luxurious dress.

-Miss Liu Han is the daughter of the Minister, the one who helps the Emperor much in solving problems in the government. She is a true kind of luxurious lady. She has all the things a girl want, of course, she can’t be compared with a Princess like you. But she has a wealthy family, a beautiful face and a relationship with the Princes. They grew up together, although all the three princes liked her, she only loves the Third Prince. When they all are full-growth, the other two princes don’t like her as they used to. She always follows the Third Prince, as they are a couple. However, everyone knows, she isn’t his type. He’s refused her love many times, but she doesn’t give up. She has the beauty, oppositely, her attitude isn’t comparable to that. She treats the maid very bad, she rudely talks with others, she only cares about herself, those make the Third Prince not satisfy with her. Therefore, my Princess, you must be careful about Liu Han, she must be angry when knowing you are going to marry the Third Prince. She will make some bad things to you.

-Okay, I know it, I will take care of myself.

The maid went out and closed the door. Hou Lei thought about what she had said, could she believe all? Or Tian Liam would let Ah Jiang tell the good things about him? About Liu Han, she did not care much, even if she was the Queen. Hou Lei knew how to take care of herself and prevented the bad persons to hurt her.

Hou Lei looked at the green gem on her hand, she put too much power in the gem, so there was just a little left, she could not do any big ritual or the spell taking much power. She needed to find some more power, especially from the moon and the belief. She had to believe in herself about she could win this battle, making the Emperor suffer miserably and finding out the two precious things of Hou Ma tribe to get her tribe back someday. She believed…

To be continued...