C7 - PART 55 – THE TRIP TO THE COUNTRYSIDE_5

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MY EVIL PRINCESS: Chapter 7: The trip to the countryside

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After a day-long helping people, Hou Lei felt exhausted. She walked into the room and sat on a chair next to the window. Tian Liam was nowhere to find, he separated with her after they had finished closing the door of the warehouse. She looked at the half-moon with the weak light. Suddenly, there was someone opening the door, she looked at that direction. Tian Liam walked in the room with a tray on his hand bringing two bowls.

-Sorry, may I make you started? – He asked and put the tray on the table.

-I’m okay, what do you bring with you?

-Oh, two bowls of bird's nest. I think you must be very tired after today.

-Bird nest? – She surprised. – Tian Liam, how you can eat bird nest when the people outside of this building still don’t have enough food and get sick day by day?

-Okay, that’s what I want to hear! – He laughed. – Hou Lei, how can I find bird nest here? This is just sweet soup I asked the kitchen make for us, to help you get your health back soon for preparing for our two days more of distributing food for people here.

-Wang Tian Liam, how dare you to joke like that?

She got up and rushed him, he ran around the room and after some cycles with the table, he stopped and turned back as she ran into him. As a chance, he hugged her tightly.

-I love you, Hou Lei! – He gently said.

-I know that, let out of me! – She struggled.

-Let me hug you for a while, please!

-Why I should let you hug me?

-I’m very tired and hugging you can help me restore my energy!

-Well, is that right? Or you want to break the contract?

-Of course not, you know me, right?

-Sorry, I don’t know you, my Prince! – She stopped struggling and hugged him too.

-You also need energy? – He smiled.

-Just keep silence, or I will kick you out of this room!

They stood there and hugged each other for a while. She could feel the warmness like the first time she had hugged him in the small town near the West Land. However, he was not for her, his father had made the worst thing to her family and her tribe, how she could fall in love with him and live beside him as there was nothing happened. She gently pushed him out of her.

-What’s the problem? – He surprised.

-You bring the sweet soup here and let them cold like that?

-Oh, I forget it, your warmness makes me forget all the things in this world.

-Stop there, Tian Liam, it’s enough, don’t get it further!

-Okay, let’s eat the soup, it might be not as good as your dishes, but I hope it can help you get your health and your mind better.

They sat down and had soup.

-Not bad! – She said.

-Hope you enjoy it! – He smiled. – And enjoy the sleeping pill in there.

-What did you say? Sleeping pill?

-Just kidding. – He laughed. – I wonder what you were thinking right before I got in the room?

-I miss my family! – She put the spoon down.

-Do you want to visit them? – He asked. – After we return to the palace, I can ask our parents to let you come back to your homeland some days.

-Don’t need, I just miss them at that moment. I don’t think I should corrupt their peaceful life now.

-Your voice sounds sad. Is that your family treated you not well?

-I don’t know how to describe to you, it’s very complicated. Well, I’m done, I need to take a rest.

She walked to the bed and laid in the inside, covered the blanket over her body and turned to face the wall. He stood up and cleaned the table, brought the tray back to the kitchen. He then came back and laid next to her on the bed, kept silence, he wanted to know more but he knew he should stop there. She did not want to tell him more about her family. That also made many questions appeared in his mind. Was that her family treated her not well? Is that she felt lonely even in her family? So that was the reason she did not accept his love easily and that made her not want to believe in somebody else because she even could not trust her family’s member? The questions ran around his mind for a while before the tiredness made him fall asleep.

The next two days, Tian Liam and Hou Lei continued to give out the rice and medicine for people in the province. The people were very satisfied with the royal couple, the news was also informed to the Queen and the Emperor, they looked at each other, nodded and smiled with what they had just known.

-We’ve made the right choice! – The Emperor said.

-Yup, I can’t think anyone can do better than them. – The Queen answered. – I see people not only in the South province but also in the whole country know about this news, its effect is better than any other things we have done.

-It looks like Tian Liam and Hou Lei are now the heroes of our government. They make people believe in our family and maintain our guideline in the country’s big affairs.

The Crown Prince and Liu Han were right out of the room where the Queen and the Emperor were talking about the “royal couple”. They were very angry and jealous of the couple. Liu Han did not know about the plan to kill Tian Liam and the soldiers of Tian Leong, she still believed that Tian Leong just wanted to separate the couple.

The afternoon before the day to come back to the palace, Hou Lei and Tian Liam finished their duty in helping people, many people were helped to build up their houses back by the soldiers as Tian Liam commanded. There were no more people sitting on the sides of the street in hungry status, the sick people were helped to treat their disease.

Hou Lei was sitting in her room and arranged the clothes back to her bag to prepare for coming back to the palace. Tian Liam was one more time disappearing without a reason. She was thinking about what she should do next. He walked in the room without a sound, slowly got closer to her and brought out a kite in front of her face.

-Hey, My Princess, what are you thinking about? – He asked. – Is that about your handsome husband?

-Wow, this kite is so beautiful, where did you get it? – She touched the kite.

-Hey, you should answer my question first!

-What’s the question? – She wondered. – Oh, you’re not enough handsome for me to think about.

She took the kite and ran out of the room.

-Wait, wait! I’m not handsome enough? – He wondered himself.

-Maybe someday I will give you the answer. – She turned back and answered.

-Wait, wait for me! – He ran after her. – I didn’t finish my sentence, that kite isn’t for you, give it back to me, Hou Lei, give it back!!!

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C7 - PART 54 – THE TRIP TO THE COUNTRYSIDE_4

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Tian Liam and Hou Lei walked into the room prepared for them. There was only one bed for two in the room, they looked at each other and paused for a while. He fetched a sigh and then grabbed one pillow and one blanket.

-You plan to sleep on the ground? – She asked.

-Of course, I don’t want to bother your sleep.

-The weather is very cold, it’s raining too. I think…

-No problem. – He corrupted her sentence. – Don’t worry about me!

-Tian Liam, don’t need to be like that. I know you don’t want to break the contract, but I think in this situation, you should sleep on the bed with me.

-You don’t scare about me doing something bad to you?

-Why I must care when I know you won’t do bad things with me?

-You believe in me? – He surprised and held her hand. – Hou Lei, you’re opening your heart to me?

-I’m not sure, Tian Liam, I just… I don’t know. I’ll go to sleep first, there are many things to do tomorrow, it depends on you where you want to sleep.

-Of course, it’s next to my cutie wife. – He smiled and hugged her.

-Don’t make it too fast, okay? The weather is cold but it doesn’t mean you can hug me for warmness.

They got on the bed, she did not put a long pillow between them like the first time they had slept on one bed. He laid there, right beside her, his heart was racing without his control. She closed her eyes and tried to sleep. He looked at her momentary, kept silence to not disturb her, he fixed her blanket to cover her body well. He lightly put a kiss on her forehead, she knew that but did not react back to him. He smiled, took a deep breath and closed his eyes.

The next morning, he woke up and she was not beside him on the bed. He looked around to find her and saw a basin of water and a towel had been prepared for him on the table. He changed his clothes and washed his face, then got out of the room. She was cooking in the kitchen in front of the eyes of the maid and sentries of the bureaucrat. People could not believe that they were watching a Princess cooking in a kitchen with the professional skills of a chef. He leaned on the door border and watched her with a smile. She finished her dishes with delicious smell around the kitchen.

-I’ve called Mr. Hu to join breakfast with us. – She said to him. – Why you still stand there? Get in and help me to bring the food.

-My Princess, just let us do this! – A maid said. – You and the Prince shouldn’t do this!

-You should prepare breakfast for yourself, the other maids and the sentries. – He said to the maid. – We can do it ourselves.

They brought the trays of food to meet Mr. Hu in the main house of the bureaucrat’s land.

-My Prince, My Princess! – Mr. Hu greeted them. – Why don’t you let the maid bring the trays for you? It makes me feel not good when letting you bring the food for me.

-Mr. Hu, we’re not in the palace, no one will know this. – Hou Lei smiled.

-Let have our breakfast! – Tian Liam put the tray on the table.

-They look so delicious! – Mr. Hu said.

-Of course, I assure you haven’t been tasted any food like these! – He said and smiled. – They’re made by Hou Lei, no one can cook the same.

-Oh, My Princess, you make me surprise another time! – Mr. Hu said.

-Let’s eat when they’re still warm. – She sat down.

They talked about the plan of the warehouse opening while having breakfast. Later, Tian Liam and Mr. Hu walked to the warehouse to check its status and the preparation of the sentries for the opening to help poor people.

In the afternoon, the preparation was done. Some sentries were asked to walk around and announce the information that the Prince and the Princess were here to give out the food and medicine for people after the typhoon had destroyed the province. There were a lot of people lined up in front of the door of the warehouse.

In the afternoon, there was a very long line of people. The Soldier General commanded the soldiers to bring out thousands of bags of rice and dry provisions with a lot of packs of medicines. He gave some steps to face with people at the large table put in front of the warehouse door.

-Everyone, today, as the command of our Emperor, we are here with two very important persons, the Third Prince of Main Land and his wife, the Princess of West Land. – He introduced Tian Liam and Hou Lei to the people. – They are here to help you with the food and the medicine to fight back the disaster you just suffered. Please keep your line and be patient, there are enough food and medicine for you all.

-Thanks to our Emperor! – The people kneed down and said out loud.

-Don’t need to be like that! – Tian Liam said. – Everyone gets up, you have suffered the loss of houses and family members, these are just a little thing the royal family can do for you.

They started to give out the bags of rice. There were some tables for doctors to check the health of sick people, Hou Lei also took a table for her. After checking, the doctors gave medicine for the one needed. People looked at Tian Liam and Hou Lei, they were satisfied with their Prince and Princess, especially, the Princess could treat the diseases.

In the line of people, suddenly, an old woman fell down, she might be too tired due to her sickness and hungry after many days. Hou Lei stopped what she was doing, ran to the old woman’s place and helped her get up. Tian Liam got there with her, they helped the woman sit down on a chair.

-My lady, let me check your health! – Hou Lei felt the pulse of the woman. – Tian Liam, she is very weak now, I’m afraid she can’t bring the bag of rice and medicine herself. Could we ask a sentry to help bring them to her place?

-It’s okay, my lady, how many members you have in your family? – He asked the woman.

-Just me and my two grandchildren, my Prince. – She answered and started to cry. – My son and daughter-in-law were died in the typhoon by trying to save our garden.

-Poor old woman, we should give her some more food! – Hou Lei felt sympathy with the old woman. – Go with me, I’ll take some medicine packs for you. I want to go to your place to help you, but we still have duties here.

-Thank you so much, my Princess, you’re so beautiful and kind. – The woman replied.

-Mr. Hu, ask a sentry to come with this lady and bring some bags of rice and packs of medicine to her place. – Tian Liam turned to the Soldier General.

All people witnessed the scene, they were too happy to see that. They could not ask more for a Prince and a Princess to be kind and nice like that. Tian Liam walked back to his place to give out the bags of rice and still looked at Hou Lei with the old woman. He thought that he was right when meeting her in his life, the most beautiful thing he had done that was marrying her.

The General asked for two soldiers to help the woman, Hou Lei helped her walked out of the warehouse place and gave her to the soldiers. Then she came back to her table and continued on checking people’s health and giving them the medicine. She turned to look at Tian Liam and saw him smiling with her. He talked something with her but not into sound. She concentrated on his lips’ movements and recognized he was repeating many times the sentence “I love you!”. She felt shy and looked to another way…

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C7 - PART 53 - THE TRIP TO THE COUNTRYSIDE_3

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Tian Liam and Hou Lei stopped for a while, they looked at each other wordless when listening to the question of the General.

-My Princess, is there anything I should know about this? – The General asked again.

-Oh, Hou Lei used to learn a little bit about medicine when she was in the West Land. – Tian Liam answered. – She knows some of herbs and treatment!

-Some of? I think this is a strong poison, Princess Hou Lei only needed to smell and recognized it immediately, and she even knew how to treat for the soldiers poisoned. – He wondered. – This is the skill of a very good doctor.

-Well, she… - Tian Liam paused.

-Yup, I learned much about medicine. – Hou Lei answered. – I know many kinds of herbs and treatments, I also know how to make the poison. Do you feel satisfied?

-Is that you said I should keep the secret about your treatment ability? – Tian Liam whispered to her ear. – Why you said to Mr. Hu all about this?

-I think I don’t need to hide it with you, Mr. Hu. – She continued. – I believe in you. I even treated for the Queen when she got a strange illness a month ago if you remember that.

-Of course, I remember that problem, people still wonder why the Queen could get her health back in only one night! – The General said. – So it’s you, the one helped her.

-Yup, I just did what I thought to be right! – She answered.

-All the soldiers. – Mr. Hu turned to them. – You must keep this issue in secret, you already know the Crown Prince can do what when you say about this to other.

-We know that, My General! – They answered.

-Bring this man out, and bury him well. – Tian Liam commanded.

The soldiers brought the man’s dead body out. Tian Liam sat down on a chair near Hou Lei and Mr. Hu.

-Hou Lei, you make me come from a surprise to another. – He said. – You medicine knowledge is not as simple as I think.

-I still wonder how you can know the Crown Prince would take action like this. – Mr. Hu asked.

-I didn’t know anything, I just felt the strange smell of the tea and thought that would aim to me. He wanted to kill all of you and left the cure for the owner of this station. That vial was only enough for helping me. – She answered. – But I couldn’t imagine he could do this with his brother!

-He doesn’t like me, he doesn’t care me as his brother! – Tian Liam said. – From the first day, I was born to this world. My mother had to protect me every second from being killed by my brother and the other wives of my father.

-That’s the cold-heart war in the palace, right? – She touched his cheek.

-Yup, that’s the reason why I had to learn much about martial arts, to protect myself from my brother and other forces in the palace. Although everyone knows that I don’t care about the fights for power and level, I’m still a thorn in others’ eyes. – He continued.

-I know that is a very hard way for you, my Prince! – Mr. Hu said. – So from the beginning, I was always with you, helping you in studying martial arts, preventing the dark plans on hurting you and the Queen. You didn’t make me disappointed, you are now a good Prince, a kind-heart man. Anyway, My Princess, thank you for trusting me. I know you are a mysterious lady, but I don’t force you to tell me all about yourself. I believe you’re good too, and if you want us to know about you, you will tell us at a suitable time.

-Thanks for your understanding! – She said. – I think we should get hurry to the South. Maybe the assassin has come back and informed for the Crown Prince about his plan corrupted.

They continued their way to the South and stopped at a small town at night for taking a rest. The soldiers were always watching out for the safety of the Prince and the Princess. Tian Liam and Hou Lei were set into one room, he let her sleep on the bed and himself sleep on the ground. At midnight, she woke up and brought the coat given by the Queen to cover on his body. The weather was cold, she opened the window and looked at the moon in the sky. She asked herself if her plan could be finished and she could find out the Hou Ma gem to help her tribe. She was wasting much time, but she could not make it faster. It took time for her to find where the gem was and how to take it out of the palace.

After one day more, they got to the South Province in the evening. On the main street leading to the bureaucrat's building, there were many people, both old and young, both male and female, sitting on the sides of the street, they had lost their houses and families in the typhoon. Hou Lei looked at them and remembered what she had suffered when her tribe was destroyed. She was empathy with them, knowing how much pain they got now.

They finally got to the bureaucrat's building, the firm building on a large area, totally different from the small and weak houses on the street. One soldier knocked on the door. It was opened by a sentry.

-What do you want? – The sentry asked.

-We want to meet the owner of this building! – Tian Liam said.

-How dare you to talk like that? – The sentry continued.

-You just need to ask him to hide in there and his head will soon not on his neck anymore. – Mr. Hu said. – I’m the Soldier General and you’ve just talked to the Third Prince of Main Land.

-Please, forgive me! – The sentry kneed on the ground. – I don’t know you’re the Prince.

-Lead us in! I want to talk to your owner! – The General said.

The sentry led them to the big house in the middle of the area. The bureaucrat was playing with his lady. He saw Tian Liam and the General walked, he immediately kneed down to greet them. The lady left the room rapidly.

-My Prince, My General! I don’t know you get here!

-You still have the mood to eat and play with your lady? – Tian Liam asked.

-So that’s the reason there are many poor people on the road? – The General said. – They work hard to serve your interests?

-It’s not that, my General, I do care much about the people of this Province. – The bureaucrat explained. – I helped them much, but there are too many people got hurt and lost house after the typhoon, I couldn’t help all of them.

-Don’t need to explain! – Tian Liam got angry with him. – You are the third level of bureaucrats and the representative of the government in this province, but from now on, I cut your title and you will be a normal person without any of this property.

-Please, My Prince, let me explain! Give me a chance to fix my fault! – He yelled as the soldiers brought him out of the building.

-You cut his title, so who will run the works of this building in manage this province? – Hou Lei asked.

-Ho Din. – He pointed at the man standing next to the General. – He will replace that man in managing until the time my father can choose another bureaucrat for this province. He’s been following Mr. Hu for a long time and he will know how to do it well.

-Thanks for your trust, My Prince! – Ho Din kneed down.

-So the sentries of this building, you know who is your new leader now, prepare the rooms for the Prince and the Princess, also prepare well for the food warehouse opening tomorrow.

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C7 - PART 52 - THE TRIP TO THE COUNTRYSIDE_2

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Tian Liam and Hou Lei said goodbye to the Emperor and left.

-Do you feel excited about this trip? - He asked.

-Well, we go there to do our duty, not a vacation, my Prince. – She answered.

-I know, I'm excited about going there with you.

-Oh, that's it. Our meetings with each other in this palace aren't enough for you?

-Of course not. – He looked serious. – I want to be with you all the time.

-Okay. – She stepped backward. – I don't want you to break our contract.

-I know you can do all the things you say, Hou Lei. I won't be too stupid to do something like that makes you leave me. It's not easy like that!

-Better you should know that. Now prepare yourself for the trip, I won't prepare clothes for you!

-Yes, my cute wife! – He smiled and left.

The Crown Prince was hiding behind an entrance near their place add listening to their conversation. He was planning something in his mind with a devilish smile.

The next day, I hey prepared some of their clothes for a ten days trip. The Emperor commanded a group of soldiers leading by the Soldier General, Mr. Hu, to go to the South with Tian Liam and Hou Lei. They met the Queen before leaving.

-My Queen! – They greeted her.

-Tian Liam, you must take care of Hou Lei well. – The Queen said. – She, anyway, is a Princess, doesn't need to do heavy works.

-I know, Mother. – He answered. – I will look after my wife well.

-Hou Lei, help me to care about Tian Liam, he always wants to help people much and doesn't care about his health. Hope you two won't get sick there, the weather in the South now isn't good, rainy and cold. Bring with you these! – The Queen raised her hand and the maid brought a tray with some coats into the room.

-We have prepared for ourselves, Mother! – Hou Lei refused to receive.

-Thank you, Mother! – He said. – Hou Lei, don't waste our mother goodness.

-Okay, you should go soon, it takes more than a day to get there. – The Queen said.

-Thank you, goodbye mother! – They said and left.

They got into a horse wagon rode by the General Soldier. Tian Liam sat right next to Hou Lei in the wagon, he looked at her belongings.

-You bring only some dresses? – He asked.

-Yup, this is not a vacation trip, I think I don't need the luxurious dresses there.

-Why not? You just need to stand at the entrance of the food warehouse and command the soldiers to do the other works. You should dress well, if not, people will say that I don't take care of you or I treat you badly, let you wear simple dresses.

-Okay, my Prince, we're going to the South where have suffered to typhoon, not a beautiful place, people at there need our help, not our fashion walk.

-That's my cute wife! Actually, I just want to know your idea about this trip, I have gone to some trips Like this with different ladies from the bureaucrats' families, they always wanted to wear beautiful dresses and asked others to do everything.

-So you can’t watch the beautiful ladies in nice dresses this time?

-Well, I think you already know the answer.

-Oh, how can I know your answer when you don’t say with me?

-Okay, just as your command, I just want to watch you all the time, no one else. Even in simple dresses, you’re still very beautiful to me.

-Honey, it’s honey and sugar again! – She mumbled.

-It’s you the one who wants to hear my answer. Why you blame me for that?

-Sorry, sorry my husband, it’s my fault! Okay! Now please take a nap, there will be a long way.

She laid her head on the wagon’s window corner and closed her eyes. He sat there and still mumbled about why she blamed him all the times. The sunlight was strong and all the people in their group felt tired. They got into a small restaurant near the big road. Tian Liam woke Hou Lei up:

-Hou Lei, we get to the restaurant! Go out there to have some tea and food.

He helped her get down of the horse wagon. They walked into the restaurant, the male owner of the restaurant looked at her strangely. She looked at him too, but Tian Liam led her to a table and pull out a chair for her.

-Bring us some food and tea. – The Soldier General said to the owner.

-Your food will be here in minutes! – The owner smiled and answered.

After a while, the owner brought out some trays of food and tea. The soldiers took the tea for treating their thirsty. Hou Lei picked up a cup of tea from Tian Liam and smelled it. She felt something wrong and shouted out at other people.

-Stop eating food and drinking tea! They were poisoned!

But she was late, some soldiers fell down to the ground and their faces were white as there was no blood in their bodies. The General dropped a cup of tea on his hand and ran to catch the owner of the restaurant. Tian Liam got up and asked the owner:

-Why do you poison us? Who made you do this?

There was an arrow from nowhere flying to their place and hit the owner’s head. He fell down to the ground without saying any word. Tian Liam raised his hand to the man’s nose and shook his head.

-He died. How we can save the soldiers?

-I think I know who want to poison us. – Hou Lei stood up. – But it’s not important now. I think there will be a vial of counterpoison on the man’s body.

The General searched thoroughly on the owner’s body and found out a vial of dark liquid.

-But it seems to be enough for just one person. – Tian Liam said.

-Could you help me bring my bag here? – She asked him.

-Here it is. – He came back from the horse wagon.

-The poison is strong, but I think I can handle it. – She took out some small fruits from her bag.

-The magical fruits? – He surprised. – You always bring them with you?

-Yup, they have many applications. And this is one. – She dropped a drop of the dark liquid in the vial to each fruit and put into the soldiers’ mouths. – Actually, I don’t know, but it’s worth a try, I don’t know how strong this poison is, this is the only way we can do. If we let the time pass, we can’t save them. – She explained.

After a while, the soldiers who got poisoned woke up in the surprise of Tian Liam and the General.

-It’s so amazing, Hou Lei! – Tian Liam said.

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C7 - PART 51 - THE TRIP TO THE COUNTRYSIDE

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PART 51 - THE TRIP TO THE COUNTRYSIDE

A day later the group of soldiers came back to the Palace. The leader met the Emperor and the Minister in private. He reported just as the lady in pink said.

-My Emperor, My Minister. 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.

-You can leave now. – The Emperor said to the soldier and asked the Minister. – Mr. Liu, do you have any concerns about the Princess?

-I’m not, my Emperor! – The Minister answered. – I’m sorry for having doubts about the Princess.

-You know I won’t want to hear anything like this in the future, both from you and your daughter. I know Liu Han loves Tian Liam, but I need to prioritize our country’s benefit first. Letting Tian Liam get married to Hou Lei can make the connection between us and the West Land better, moreover, we can extend our business to West Land. If you want, in a suitable time, I will let Tian Liam marry your daughter as a second wife.

-Thanks for your advice, My Emperor, but I don’t think Princess Hou Lei will let that happen.

-Stop! As I said, don’t have any bad idea on Hou Lei anymore!

-I’m sorry, but that’s the truth, you also know, my Emperor, the Third Prince loves Hou Lei much, but she seems to not care about him. I know, after the attack of the assassin, she took care of him very well. However, people in our palace said that Hou Lei doesn’t love our Prince, she only got here for her country’s peace.

-Whatever, that’s the main reason she’s here now. I don’t care if she loves Tian Liam or not, I only need she is a good daughter-in-law and knows how to look after the North Liam Palace and Tian Liam.

-I understand. My Emperor, I’ll go first! – The Minister stood up and said goodbye to the Emperor.

As the Emperor called Hou Lei and Tian Liam to meet him. Hou Lei was walking to the main palace, the soldier had just met the Emperor passing through the entrance same time with her. She stopped and looked at him.

-My Princess! – He greeted her.

-You look not good! – She saw his face having afraid of something.

-Oh, I had a long trip, I just returned to the Palace this morning. – He answered.

-A long trip? Where did you go?

-To the West Land. – The soldier could not stop him from answering her question.

-West Land? What did you do there?

-The Emperor wanted to know some information about you. He asked me and some soldiers to go to the West Land and investigate you.

-So what you found out? – Hou Lei could sense the magic on his body was controlling him and forced him to answer all of her questions.

-We carried out a survey with the people in the main city of West Land. Their answers about you can be separated into three main points: First, you are a good Princess, you care about her people in the West Land. You love your family and your country much. Second, you are good at many things, cooking, playing the zither, making poets, and taking care of others. Third, you had no lover until you were sent to the Main Land.

-Well, that’s good, thank you!

-I’ll go first, my Princess. – He said and left in a hurry.

As the soldier left, Tian Liam met him on the way. He wondered why the soldier looked not good, prepared to ask him but seeing Hou Lei, Tian Liam called out:

-Hou Lei, wait for me!

-Tian Liam? – She looked back. – Don’t tell me this is a coincidence!

-Yes, it is. So you think that I plan to be here to meet you?

-Maybe. – She answered. – I think a man like you will already have many plans in your mind.

-Do you talk something to the soldier?

-I just saw him be not good, ask him something about his health!

-Oh, he’s lucky, I’m your husband but I don’t have any question like that.

-Well, if you say that, next time when you get wounds on your body, please contact your soulmate to take care of you, okay? – She prepared to go.

-Okay, okay, I’m sorry. – He hugged her. – I shouldn’t talk like that.

-Let out of me. – She pushed him out of her. – This is a very very public place, you know.

-I know, so I should express my love for you at here more, people will see and stop wondering about our small family. – He smiled.

-Should I remind you about our contract each time we meet?

-Okay, I always remember it, my cutie wife! Now let’s go to meet my Father!

He held her hand and led her to the building where the Emperor asked to meet them.

-My Emperor! – They greeted.

-Have your seats! – The Emperor said and pointed to the table.

-Father, the sentry said that you want to meet us for important works? – He asked.

-Yes! The people in the South of our country have just suffered a very strong typhoon. Many of them lost their houses, their member in families, and got some diseases. Actually, I don’t want you two to get a far place like that to help them, but I can’t believe in the bureaucrats there. They have a distance from the government here, they can bleed us for the property we send there.

-So you want me and Hou Lei to go there to distribute the food, essential items and medicine for the poor people there. – He asked the Emperor.

-That’s right! There will be a large number of those things, so I must give them to the ones I believe to assure that those will be handed to the miserable people.

-I understand, Father!

-Hou Lei, do you have any idea? Do you want to join this trip with Tian Liam?

-Well, I think helping people is a should-to-do work, father. Of course, I’ll join. – She answered.

-This is not a trip to visit sightseeings, you know, it will take time and health to finish this work, I don’t force you to do this! – The Emperor continued.

-I’m a member of the royal family of the Main Land, I should have responsibility on helping people in our country, I don’t care how difficult the work will give me, I just want to help you and Tian Liam in our public affair. – She answered.

-That’s what I want to hear from you, Hou Lei. You two should prepare well and early, I’ve asked the soldiers to go there first to calculate and report the situation there. You will check and open the food and medicine warehouse of the government to distribute those items to the poor and miserable people. – The Emperor said.

To be continued...