C10 - PART 73 – TIAN LIAM MET LEI HWA

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MY EVIL PRINCESS: Chapter 10: The return of Lei Hwa

PART 73 – TIAN LIAM MET LEI HWA

Er Wang returned to Er village after a month of working in the royal city. His sentries informed him about the news that Lei Hwa had escaped from the prison. He was very angry.

-How could she escape? The prison was built very well.

-We have no idea, my Er Wang! – The sentry replied. – She escaped in the night, so all of us were sleeping at that time.

-I wonder why she didn’t escape earlier. Why she had to choose that time?

-Because she knew something about us, she knew that you weren’t here that period, and I think she needed time to heal herself hurt from the time we captured her.

-Maybe you’re right! So that I had evaluated her lower than her level. She had to suffer our bad treat for waiting a day to escape.

-My Er Wang, she might be very strong, but I think she wanted to have something else not only the day to escape. Every Hou Ma people were very mysterious!

-Okay, I know that. You can go out now!

Er Wang waited for the sentry left and walked to the big picture on the wall. He opened the cabinet behind the picture to bring out the small box. Nothing was in the box when he opened it.

“Lei Hwa, you’re too good! Waiting nearly two years in my prison to steal my jade unicorn! I can’t believe I lost it into your hand. And also lost the book of Hou Ma tribe, I can’t understand the content in the book, both you and Hou Lei didn’t help me to use it. Now I found out Hou Lei, you are worthless to me, next time we meet will be the last time you see the sun.”

Two days later, Er Wang came back to the royal city to continue his business. Knowing that Lei Hwa had to go to the royal city to find Hou Lei too, he asked his servants to find her around the city. But with the herbs she had drunk before, Er people could not smell her and they could not even realize that was her when they met her in real life.

Tian Liam came out of the palace, he rode a horse to the fabric store of Er Wang.

-Xiao Liam, nice to see you here! – Er Wang greeted him.

-Ziam Jun, are my orders finished? – He asked.

-Of course, they are ready for you. What event you are going to attend? These clothes are very gorgeous and luxurious.

-It’s my father’s birthday, I order these clothes for me and my wife to attend his party.

-Well, what a nice husband! Your wife must be the happiest lady in the world!

-Actually, I’m the happiest man in the world to have her by my side every day. You know, no one can make me fall in love much as she did. She is the most special girl in the world I’ve met.

-Luckily for you! – Er Wang smiled but his mind was full of jealousness.

-When I have time I will lead my mother here too, my mother also likes the gorgeous fabric like these.

-You’re always welcomed here. Your goods are packed, thank you!

-Thank you, Ziam Jun, your store did it very well.

Tian Liam was very happy, he rode the horse back to the palace. He could not wait to let Hou Lei see his present for her to wear on his father’s birthday party. On the way back, he passed across the store selling a lot of beautiful jewelry. He stopped the horse and got down, he wanted to choose something for his wife to fit with the clothes he ordered for her.

-Wow, this hairpin is cute! – He said at the same time with a lady.

They picked up the hairpin at the same time too. It was Lei Hwa, she was bored with the room she rented and walked outside to get some air. She also saw the jewelry store interesting and remembered that Hou Lei really liked the kinds of the hairpins.

-Oh, sorry, Ma’am. – He said, putting down the hairpin.

-I’m sorry, too, my young man! – Lei Hwa also said to him.

-This hairpin is very cute. – He said. – Mister, do you have any other of this?

-This is the only one left. – The owner of the store answered. –The jewelry maker I know made some hairpins like that, people like them much. I have many others here, they are cute and look gorgeous.

-But they aren’t cute like this! – Lei Hwa and Tian Liam said at the same time.

-Oh, we have the same type of fashion. – Lei Hwa laughed.

-I think so, Ma’am, it’s nice to meet you! – He replied.

-But sorry, my young man, can you give up it to me? I want to buy this for my beloved daughter.

-Sorry, Ma’am, I also want to buy it for my beloved wife! I can’t resign it for you.

-Please, I will buy another hairpin for you to give your wife!

-I will buy all the other hairpins for you, I assure my wife only like this one!

-Young man, please, I and my daughter have been separated for nearly two years, we just met each other again some days ago.

-Ma’am, you can choose whatever jewelry here for her, I will pay for all the things you choose!

Lei Hwa knew that Hou Lei would like this hairpin much, she did not have any other choice, she chanted a spell on Tian Liam to let him give her the hairpin. But her spell was rejected before hitting his body. The wave came back making Lei Hwa step backward.

-Ma’am, are you okay? – Tian Liam caught her right before she fell down.

-I’m okay, thank you! – She got back her balance.

-Well, I give it to you, Ma’am. – He said but felt upset.

-Thank you, my young man! – She looked at the hairpin and smiled happily.

-Anyway, nice to meet you. – He said and prepared to go.

-Wait, I will give you one of the hairpins here as my promise.

-Don’t need, I know my wife only like that hairpin.

-Don’t be like that, my man, you can describe her image to me and I’ll help you to choose something suitable for her. – Lei Hwa pulled him back to the store.

-She… - Tian Liam looked at Lei Hwa and realized that Hou Lei looked alike her much. – She is just beautiful as you, I don’t know but, you two look alike much.

-Really? – Lei Hwa surprised. – Well, if that, this hairpin might suit her.

-Thank you, Ma’am! You two really look alike! – He assured his words.

-Here you are! – Lei Hwa paid for the owner of the store. – Nice to meet you, my young man!

-Thank you for the hairpin! – He said as Lei Hwa left.

On the way back to her motel, Lei Hwa thought about Tian Liam much, he must have something on his body preventing her spell’s effect. That power was very strong to push her nearly falling down to the ground. And why he said that she and his wife looked like. This guy was very strange, but she could see that he loved his wife much, and he also knew well about his wife, knowing that what she would like. That made her miss her husband much, Hou Hun had also loved her much as this guy did to his wife. She looked at the hairpin, might be that a chance of destiny for her to meet this young man…

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C10 - PART 72 – THE QUEEN’S VISIT

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PART 72 – THE QUEEN’S VISIT

-So come back to our room? – Tian Liam asked.

-Wait for me some minutes, I’ll make a teapot. – Hou Lei replied. – Oh, you can bring the tray of dishes back first, I’ll go later.

-I’ll wait for you! Can’t lack your tea for a delicious meal!

He sat on a chair near the door of the kitchen. She walked around the kitchen to find the ingredients for her tea. She put them into the pot and got a cook with water on the oven. He watched each of her moves and always smiled, he could not imagine what will happen on the days she would not be here with him anymore. He promised himself not to let that day come.

-Tian Liam! – She shook him making his thoughts interrupted.

-Oh, sorry, what did you say?

-Nothing, I saw you thinking something, just want to check if you are okay.

-Have you finished?

-The tea is ready, we should come back to my room to have our dinner!

He brought the tray of food while she got the teapot with her. The chefs looked at them leaving after they disappeared, they sat around the table for their discussion.

-Do you see the Third Prince has changed much from the time Princess Hou Lei got here till now?

-Of course, he had never been in the kitchen before, but with her appearance in the palace, he has been here so many times. – Another chef replied.

-People said that Princess Hou Lei used some kind of drug on our Princes. So, even the Crown Prince fell in love with her from the very first time.

-Careful with your mouth! Don’t listen to the bad things and think they are right! – The oldest chef said. – You can see Princess Hou Lei is much better than many other Princesses and daughters of the bureaucrats. Anyone of them can cook well like her, anyone of them can take care of the Prince when he got an injury? I think that the most different of Princess Hou Lei from other ladies in this palace is her characteristics. You can see that she seems not to care about the power and level, just like our Third Prince. She is beautiful but not selfish, you can hear about the good things she did when she went to the South Province when the typhoon passed through there.

-I agree with you, Mr. Lee. – Another chef said. – We can’t find out another Princess like her. She is very kind-hearted. You can see the way she treats us and the other maids, soldiers. That’s not like the way the other Princess treats their servants.

-That’s enough, don’t be concerned much about the royal family’s life. – The oldest continued. – And should careful with your words, they can make you get punished.

Hou Lei and Tian Liam walked back to her room. She opened the door and they got into the room. He put the tray of food on the table and sat down next to her.

-Well, can I eat now? – He asked.

-Why not? – She wondered. – I cooked for you, why you ask me that?

-Should I keep the cool image of a Prince anymore? – He laughed.

-Tian Liam, you don’t need to keep the cool image in front of me! Spend that for the other ladies around there, they would shout loudly each time you smile with them.

-Okay. – He fetched a sigh. – So that means you haven’t forgiven me yet?

-What makes you think that? – She put food into his bowl. – If I still get angry with you, I’ll cook for you and … don’t let you “do” that!

-I already know your answer. – He smiled and picked her food into his mouth.

They had their dinner happily together. After that, he brought the dishes back to the kitchen while she was tidying the room ready for them to go to bed.

The next day, Tian Liam went to meet the Emperor for discussing some works. Hou Lei watered the garden and got back into her room. She brought out the book of Hou Ma tribe to read and find some information she needed. The book contained many spells she had not known and a lot of information. After reading some pages, there was a page written about the calculation of the “most Hou day”, the day that Hou Ma magic could have its most powerful effect. She read the page carefully and calculated the day she needed it. Luckily, that day was almost three months from today.

She continued to read the book and found a spell that could capture someone into a Hou Ma space, where only Hou Ma people could see that person and no one else could. She thought that she could not kill the Emperor in the palace because there were many people here. Besides, his body had the power of the royal family which could protect him from Hou Ma magic. This spell might be a good choice to make him answer about the Hou Ma gem.

“The Queen is coming!”, a sentry announced.

Hou Lei rapidly hid the book behind her bed and opened the door to meet the Queen.

-My Queen! – She greeted the Queen. – I’m preparing to go to greet you.

-My sweet, just get in, I have something to talk with you! – The Queen said. – All the maids get out and don’t let anyone corrupt us.

The maid left and closed the door, two of them stood in front of the door as the command of the Queen. Hou Lei led the Queen to sit on a chair and pour some tea for the Queen.

-Mother, you have something important to talk with me?

-Yup, next week will be the birthday of the Emperor, last year we had many things so your Father did not place a party. This year is his 55th birthday, so I want to do something special for him.

-What can I help you?

-Well, I hope you could help me to prepare some of the food and tea for the high-leveled bureaucrats. I think that your food will be more special than the food of the chefs in the royal kitchen, and your tea is something that’s worth to be tasted once in a lifetime.

-Of course, I can do that for you, please tell me how many bureaucrats will attend the ceremony and what kind of food you want me to cook.

-There might be around 20 bureaucrats and you can cook whatever you want, however, those dishes shouldn’t be too normal, just ask the chefs to prepare ingredients for you and ask them if you need their help too. But that’s not my main idea to get here today.

-I understand, mother! What do you want me to do anymore, please feel free to tell me?

-I need a grandchild, Hou Lei! – The Queen held her hand. – You and Tian Liam have been married for almost two years, your family life is also happy and no big argument, why until now, you still don’t have pregnant? I and your father worried about you two. Is your husband and wife's life good?

-It’s normal, mother, but I don’t know why, too. – Hou Lei shyly replied.

-Don’t worry, if you have problems, you can ask me and the royal doctors for advice.

-Please give me some more time, mother. Everything is okay!

-Okay, I have here something for you and Tian Liam. – The Queen pointed at some packs she has brought with her. – Ask the maid extract for you these, they will help you maintain your health and easier to get pregnant. And those for Tian Liam, they will have him more powerful and stronger in that work. Hope to receive your good news soon.

-Thank you, mother! – Hou Lei received the packs with an emotionless face.

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C10 - PART 71 – SOLVE THE ARGUMENT

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PART 71 – SOLVE THE ARGUMENT

Hou Lei saw the food was still on the table. It seemed like he did not touch them, the teapot was also out cold now. She walked around the room, she could sense the trace of some kind of dark magic. She ran to Tian Liam’s place, he was still sleeping as normal. She checked his pulse, nothing was noticed, but on his body still had the effect of the dark power. She was worried and shook him:

-Tian Liam, are you okay? Tian Liam, answer me!

Worrying about what might be the black assassin came back and hurt him, she stood up and walked to the door, she looked outside to assure no one was watching her room and closed the door. She caught his hand and wrapped it around her shoulder. She struggled to help him walk to her bed and let him lay down on the bed. She raised her hand up and used her magic to expel the dark magic from his body. Her finger pointed at his body and a wave of green magic was led to him. Some minutes later, a dark smoke evaporated from his hand. After all the trace of dark magic was expelled, Hou Lei fell down to the bed, she had used too much magic to treat for him. His consciousness slowly returned, she was laying her head on his chest.

A moment passed, she woke up before him and felt he was holding her hands tightly. He was in a dream and muttered something.

-Hou Lei, please don’t leave, I can’t live without you!

-Tian Liam, are you awake? – She asked and shook him. – I won't be trapped in your plan anymore.

-Hou Lei, it’s my fault to not care about you as I should, please don’t leave me! Hou Lei! – He shouted and suddenly woke up.

Their eyes met each other’s, and he looked down to see that his hands were holding her hand tightly as he wanted to hold her back in his dream. She gently pushed his hands out of her, he was still not getting his mind back from the bad dream. She walked out of the bed and he also followed her. She stopped in front of the table and he stopped, too.

-What happened? – He asked.

-Why do you ask me that? I should be the one asking.

-I have no idea about everything happened. I just remember that when I was sitting next to the table and waiting for you to come back, I saw a strange book, I touched it and then I was here with you. – He put a hand on his forehead and tried to remember the things.

-A book? – Hou Lei surprised. – I don’t have any book here.

-I know, but that book was very strange like it had magic. I can definitely assure you that just a second before I sat down next to the table, the book hadn’t been there.

-That’s so strange, how can it be? – She wondered and knew that the book was the Wu magical book. – Or your eyes had a problem?

-No, it couldn’t be, it was very realistic. – He assured. – And why I was laying on the bed with you next to me? Is that another strange thing?

-I don’t know, when I came back, you were already laying on the bed, and after I checked for your heart’s pulse, you held my hands tightly. Then, you muttered something and woke up.

-Muttering something? – He looked at her suspicious. – Did I say anything bad?

-I don’t care much because your voice was very low.

-I dreamt about the day you leaving me, Hou Lei.

-I don’t ask about your dream, don’t need to tell me about it.

-I’m sorry for my stupid words and actions last night. – He held her hand. – Please forgive me!

-That’s not your fault. I’m always a mysterious lady and every action of me attracts the notice from people, they always think badly about me.

-Hou Lei, my cutie wife, please forgive me! – He made his “cat eyes” with her.

-Well, why don’t you find another “cutie wife” who you can know everything about her and she can be with you every second in you two’s lives?

-No one can replace you, no other “cutie wife”, you are the only one in this world. I can’t get myself out of thinking about you, I can’t stop loving you and my love for you just easily gets bigger day by day without my notice.

-Stop that…

-This is not honey! – He cut her sentence and kissed on her lips.

She beat on his shoulder but he did not stop, continued to kiss her deeply, not let her a chance to say anything. She slowly stopped beating him and let her hands down.

-I’m sorry, Hou Lei, but I can’t stop myself. – He stopped kissing her and hugged her tightly. – Please don’t ever leave me again, even just one day, I can’t live without you!

-I know that, Tian Liam. – She gently comforted him, he was just too emotional to do that. – I won’t leave you, I just scare that…

-Don’t scare anything, I’ll always be with you!

-You won’t know it, Tian Liam, you can’t assure me about that, because if you know everything about me, I’m scared that you will the one leaving me alone.

-That day won’t happen, you can believe in me!

There was a noise coming from his stomach.

-Oh, I can see there is someone needing to be fed! – She laughed.

-I have been waiting for you from noon till now, I hadn’t had my lunch. – He also laughed.

-Okay, so do you have any strength now?

-To do what? – He wondered.

-Come to the kitchen and help me cook your dinner. If you’re tired, I can do it myself, but a little bit longer. – She replied, pointed on his nose.

-Of course, I’ll go with you, I also want to help you cook every day.

They walked to the kitchen, he returned the tray of food which he got from the afternoon to the chefs. He helped her to cut the vegetables and meat while she cooked and seasoned the soup. He looked at her with sparkle eyes, today she let him kiss her without any slap, he smiled to himself about that.

Liu Han walked pass the kitchen and saw Tian Liam was helping Hou Lei cooking, they talked and smiled much. Liu Han felt very angry, it seemed that Hou Lei had all the notice of him now. Liu Han planned to walk into the kitchen but the Soldier General held her hand back:

-Miss Liu Han, please don’t disturb them! You also know the result each time you have the argument with them, not a good story for people in this palace discussing about!

-I just… - She paused and tears came down from her eyes. – You’re right, I shouldn’t meet them this time, just making my self become a joke!

Liu Han left, the General stood there and looked at them, he smiled happily to see that Hou Lei was now more open-minded and Tian Liam was very happy every day with her next to him.

-Wow, they look so delicious! – Tian Liam praised her dishes and got his hand to pick up a slide of meat to put into his mouth.

-Tian Liam! – She beat on his hand. – You’re a Prince, careful with your image in front of others!

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C10 - PART 70 – HUSBAND AND WIFE’S ARGUMENT

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PART 70 – HUSBAND AND WIFE’S ARGUMENT

-My sweet, we will have more time later, now, you need to come back to the palace. People will notice your disappearance at midnight. – Lei Hwa said to her daughter.

-Mom, I know that. – Hou Lei hugged her mother tightly. – I’ve just met you after nearly two years, why we must be separated so early?

-I understand. – Lei Hwa comforted her. – But we have a mission to finish, that is our priority now. I can feel that your magic is now more powerful than the last time we saw each other.

-I’ve tried my best to use moonlight’s power to maintain my magic. However, I had to use a strong spell to disguise the Princess of West Land to get into the palace.

-I can feel a shield of magic around your body, so that’s the reason you couldn’t make your moves from the time you were here?

-Yup, that spell was too strong, it took a lot of magic power from me to maintain the effect of the spell. I made it have an effect from West Land to Main Land, a large area.

-You must know that the power of the privileged land where the palace takes place is very strong. You must be careful in all the time you use magic. It can make a reflecting power to you. Anyway, with the jade unicorn of the Er tribe, you can feel free to use magic now, it can protect you from that power.

-Mom, I detected a dark power in the royal garden in the palace, that power was very strong and it could beat me into a faint, I could sense it look alike Wu magic.

-Wu magic? – Lei Hwa wondered. – How could that magic resist in the palace?

-I also feel strange too, some days ago, an assassin appeared and he searched for a Wu magical book. But he said that only I could open the vase containing the book.

-So he made you hurt? – Lei Hwa looked at the wound on Hou Lei’s hand.

-No, it was the book. It had the power itself. After I met the assassin, the book disappeared, I can feel its presence in my room, but I can’t see it.

-I will research that, now you should come back to the palace. I will connect to you when I want to meet you or I have something about that Wu magic.

-I will read our magical book to find something I need. Hope to meet you again soon, Mom! – She hugged Lei Hwa one more time.

-I also miss you much, but we will have plenty of time later.

Hou Lei walked back to the palace. She reached the high wall of the palace, she jumped onto the top of the wall and watched the soldiers passing before landed down to inside of the palace. She hid the book of Hou Ma tribe and the jade unicorn of the Er tribe in her clothes, then she walked back to her room. She lightly opened the door, tried not to make any noise. After closing the door, she slowly stepped into her room and suddenly, the light turned on with Tian Liam sitting on the big couch next to her bed. His face was really serious.

-Tian Liam, you’re awake? – She surprised.

-That makes your plan interrupted? – He asked.

-What’s the plan? – She ignored his look.

-Well, you wanted to make me drunk. – He walked to her place. – Then you would go out with someone else, right?

-Who is “someone” here?

-Don’t try to be innocent, you know that I don’t like to drink wine, but it doesn’t mean I can’t drink. The effect of wine on my body isn’t much like other people. You should know all these things before wanting to make me drunk. I really didn’t think you would do any bad things, so I pretended to be drunk and also pretended to sleep. However, I fell asleep really. When I woke up, I didn’t see you next to my side, so I know that you had the plan to make me drunk.

-Okay, the effect of wine on your body, I didn’t know that. So that means you don’t need my alcohol detoxification anymore. – She planned to throw a vial on her hand.

-Wait!!! – He held her hand back. – “Alcohol detoxification”?

-Never heard about this? This is a kind of medicine that can help people easily pass through their drunk status. However, you aren’t affected by the wine, I should throw it away.

-So… - He paused. – Did you go out to make this for me?

-Nope, I make for myself. – She said and pushed his hand away from hers. – I should go to bed, I’m too tired to explain things.

-Wait, wait! – He hugged her from the backside. – I’m sorry!

-I’m too tired with your disbelief, Tian Liam.

-Why you don’t let me know more about you? So, I will know what you can do, what you want to do, and I won’t have any cautious distrust of you.

-You already knew my answer to this problem.

-Hou Lei, you can’t even give me a chance?

-Please, Tian Liam, you should go to bed early too, you need to work tomorrow.

The morning came, Tian Liam woke up early, he left the bed silently and walked to the kitchen. He asked the chefs to prepare some dishes for his breakfast. After that, he brought the tray of food with a teapot back to their room. However, when he got back, Hou Lei had left the room. He called Ah Jiang, but the maid was also not there. He walked to the entrance leading to Hou Lei’s room and saw some sentries. He asked them:

-Do you know where Princess Hou Lei and Ah Jiang go to?

-My Prince, they came to greet the Queen. Princess Hou Lei asked us to say with you that she would have her breakfast with the Queen, you should make it yourself before going to work. – The sentry said. – She also said she wouldn’t come back soon, so you don’t need to wait for her.

Tian Liam walked back to the room, he blamed himself.

-The stupid Tian Liam, why you always lost her trust by your own hands?

He sat down on a chair next to the table, put his hand on the table’s surface. While blaming himself, he accidentally saw a strange book on the table. That was the Wu magical book from the vase Hou Lei took from the bottom of the lake. He touched it, nothing happened. He brought it up and opened it to see the content inside. Suddenly, a wave of power from the book spread out making him fallen down to the ground and he was into a faint.

-Where is the Third Prince now? – The Emperor felt angry, he asked the Soldier General.

-He is with Princess Hou Lei in her room, my Emperor! – Mr. Hu answered.

-We have some important works here, why he can have fun with his wife?

-I have no idea, my Emperor. I’ll ask some soldiers to check if he can get here with us.

-Don’t need, let him do what he wants, we can inform him of the decision of these problems later.

In the afternoon, Hou Lei came back to her room after the meeting with the Queen, she reached the entrance and asked Ah Jiang to go to the kitchen to get some tea for her. She walked into the room and saw Tian Liam laying on the ground.

-Tian Liam, don’t pretend to lay there. I don’t care about your status anymore. You made me so disappointed last night. – She said, but he did not reply to her.

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C10 - PART 69 – LEI HWA CAME BACK_3

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PART 69 – LEI HWA CAME BACK_3

Lei Hwa ignored the owner of the medicine store’s words. She brought the herbs back to her room in the motel, she asked to borrow a cook in the kitchen to extract the herbs. The servant of the motel was surprised that she did not borrow an oven to cook. She closed the door of her room carefully and put the cook on the table in the middle of the room. She added the herbs slowly into the cook with some water and chanted a spell. She waved her hand around the cook and the color of water in there changed from transparent to green, some bubbles also appeared in the pot. After a while, the liquid’s color turned into blue, she poured the liquid out of the cook into a cup.

-Hoping this drug could help me to avoid the sense of Er people long enough to help Hou Lei finish her mission. Can’t let them interrupt me and Hou Lei.

She drank the cup and got a cup of tea right after that. A transparent shield slowly appeared surrounding her body, Lei Hwa felt dizzy and fell down to the ground. In the afternoon, a servant came to her room and knocked on the door:

-Ms. Lei, do you need anything?

His voice made her wake up, she based her self on the chair to get up.

-I’m okay, I’ll call you when I need. – She replied.

-So, just call me, I’m right on the ground floor. – He said and left.

-Don’t think that this drug is too powerful like that. – She said to her self. – I need to give Hou Lei a signal to meet me and give her the things.

Lei Hwa sat on the bed and put her hands together, tried her best to be peaceful as much as possible, so Lei Hwa could feel free to let her voice reach to Hou Lei’s place. Hou Lei was watering the flowers in her small garden, suddenly she felt her heart’s pulses faster.

-There was someone calling me! – She wondered.

She put down the bottle of water on her hands to the table in the garden. She looked around to check if the sentries noticed her or not. She walked into her room, closed the door and the window carefully. She then got on the bed and put her hands together, the same type as Lei Hwa did. Their hearts and minds connected with each other.

-Mother, is that you? – She asked.

-Yes, my beloved daughter. – Lei Hwa answered. – Sorry for a long time no connection to you.

-Mother, I miss you so much, how can I meet you?

-At midnight, on the large field in the west of the royal city, I’ll wait for you.

-I’ll try my best to get there, you know, I’m in the palace now, so it’s not easy to get out of here without notice of the soldiers.

-I know, if you can’t meet me tonight, just try to connect to me and inform me.

-Okay, I’ll try, mother.

-Hou Lei, are you in there? – Tian Liam knocked on the door.

-Mother, there is someone outside, talk to you later! – Hou Lei got up and walked to the door.

-What are you doing? Why you close all the doors and windows?

-I want to change my clothes, do I need to open the door?

-I just ask, don’t get angry like that! How is your wound’s status? – He touched her hand.

-No problem anymore. Finish your works early?

-Yup, I just want to check if you are okay. I don’t want anything bad to happen to you.

-Thank you. I’ll go to the kitchen to make some food. Take a nap, you may feel tired after a long working day. There’s a teapot on the table.

-Come back soon with me!

-So I’ll be here with you and ask the chefs to make some dishes for us?

-Of course, I refer to your dishes. I’ll wait. – He touched her cheek and walked into the room.

After a moment, she came back with a tray of food and a bottle of wine.

-Wine? – Tian Liam surprised. – You know how to drink?

-Of course, all the girls in the West Land can drink. – She answered and put the tray on the table.

-Well, interesting. You always hid this ability from me.

-I don’t hide anything, just not the time to reveal.

-Okay, the old scenario. I already know your next sentences.

-Wow, that’s good. You make great strides in learning about how to talk to me.

-That’s your husband! – He smiled.

-Okay, let’s have our dinner when the food is still warm. – She pointed at his nose.

She put food into his bowl much and poured the wine into his cup continuously. He drank it without thinking anything. She also drank the wine, but she already had the herbs to avoid the effect of the wine on her brain and her stomach. Later, he laid his head on the table.

-I’m not drunk! – He said weakly. – Today is so much fun.

-Tian Liam, are you okay? – She asked and shook him.

-I’m not drunk, nah, nah, continue to drink with me, Hou Lei.

-Okay, I’ll drink with you! – She poured the wine into his cup.

He picked up the cup and dropped it on the ground. He fell asleep on the table. She helped him up and walked to the bed. Then, she helped him lay down on the bed and covered the blanket over his body. She brought out the tray to the kitchen and came back with a basin of warm water.

“Sorry, Tian Liam! I have to make you drunk. I need to meet my mother tonight and I can’t let you know that, get a good sleep and tomorrow will be normal.”, she took the towel with water to clean his face and his hands. It was already midnight, she walked to the door, slightly opened it and watched the soldiers outside. They were walking in their shift, as a group of soldiers passing the entrance leading to her room. She got out of the room and jumped up to the top of the high wall. She stepped back some steps and run to jump outside of the palace.

She walked carefully and hurriedly on the road leading to the west of the royal city. She saw a large field and knew that that was the place Lei Hwa asked to meet her there. She walked into the field and saw a familiar figure in the middle of the field.

-Mother! – She called Lei Hwa and run to her place.

-Lei Lei. – Lei Hwa turned back and also run to Hou Lei.

-Mom, I know that you’re still alive! Where were you in the past two years? – She hugged her tightly.

-It’s a long story, but I’m here to give you the book of Hou Ma tribe and the jade unicorn of the Er tribe.

-The jade unicorn of the Er tribe? – Hou Lei surprised. – How can you have that thing?

-I will tell you when we have time! But now, take these things with you, and you will find out all the things in the book. This jade can help your magic pass through the shield of the royal palace which protects the palace from the strange source of magic.

-Mother, how can I meet you next time?

To be continued...