C12 - PART 87 – THE CROWN PRINCE’S OBSESSION_5

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MY EVIL PRINCESS: Chapter 12: The Crown Prince’s Obsession

PART 87 – THE CROWN PRINCE’S OBSESSION_5

-So I need to prevent the King and Queen of West Land from getting here! – Hou Lei said to herself. – Through the two times of investigations of the soldiers gave the same result, there must be someone outside the palace knowing the plan of the Emperor and Tian Liam and helping me. But who? It wasn’t my mother, she had just returned some weeks ago. Although who is he or she, I must be careful with them, don’t know what if they are good friends or bad.

She recalled her spell and the signal from the soldier disappeared. After listening to the result of the investigation of the soldiers, Tian Liam felt better and a little bit guilty. He thought he should not disbelieve in Hou Lei like that. However, in this case, he could be more confident about his beloved wife. He rewarded for the soldiers and came back to Hou Lei’s room. He found out she was sleeping, laying her head on her hands on the table. He walked closer to her, gently caught her by his hands and carried her to the bed.

He slowly put her down on the bed and went to the kitchen, she was waiting for him from the evening and had to be hungry much. After a while, he came back with a tray of food and a maid bringing a basin of water. The maid put the basin on the table next to the window and got out of the room. He walked to the bed and gently shook her.

-Hou Lei, wake up, you need to have some food before going to bed!

-Oh, Tian Liam, you’re back! – She said with a sleepy voice.

-Sorry for letting you wait a long time.

-I’m okay. – She sat up and looked at him. – You look emotional.

-Well, every husband sees his wife sleeping while waiting for him, who can resist this feeling of happiness? – He hugged her tightly.

-Okay… it’s just not your normal action. – She smiled and pushed him away.

-You know… from the time…

-I know, from the time I said I had feelings about you, your heart wasn’t in your chest anymore!

-How could you know what I prepare to say?

-I have been living with you for more than two years, Tian Liam, if I don’t know this small thought of you, how can I say that I love you?

-Urhhh… you’re right, anyway, let’s have dinner before going to bed. I don’t want you to get sick because of me. – He led her to the table. – I asked the maid to prepare a basin of water for you to wash your face.

-Look like our Prince now knows more about how to take care of others. – She laughed.

-It’s all about your effort.

-Tian Liam. – Her voice became serious. – I want to ask you a question.

-Just ask, you make me feel strange.

-You don’t know well about me, have you ever had doubts about me?

-Of course, not, as I said many times, I knew you would share with me at the right time and I’d wait. Don’t worry about anything, especially, my belief in you!

-Okay, I feel better.

That night, she laid next to him on the bed, but did not like the last time they did, she did not hug him or lay her head on his shoulder. That made him think a lot, did he do anything wrong? And about the question she had asked about his belief in her? Did she know about his command for the soldiers to go to West Land and investigate her? Those thoughts made him feel not good if she knew that, she would lose her trust with him, the thing he had spent many efforts to get.

The next day, after greeting the Queen, Hou Lei came back to her room and got some herbs putting in a small pack. She walked to the Crown Prince’s room. He was looking at her painting on the wall, did not care about his breakfast prepared on the table. Hou Lei knocked on the door.

-Who’s that? – Tian Leong asked. – I don’t want to meet anyone!

-Brother-in-law, it’s me, Hou Lei. – She replied.

-Hou Lei? – He surprised and ran to open the door. – Get in! Get in!

-What are you doing? – She put the pack on the table.

-I’m watching you! – He pointed at the picture on the wall.

-That painting was drawn by the famous painter you presented me?

-Yup, it’s like you as a very small point. – He walked to the place next to the picture.

-Brother, are you okay? You look not good!

-I’m very fine, as well as you’re next to me!

-Could I touch the picture a bit? – She felt some trace of magic on the drawing.

She walked closer to the paintings hanged on the wall. She touched it and a wave of energy shot into her hand. The painting was cursed, she needed to do something before it drained all the life of the Crown Prince. She looked back at Tian Leong. He was looking at her with lust in his eyes, she felt not good about that. He walked closer to her and raised his hands up to catch her. She ran to the table and got the herbs out, she chanted a spell to make the herbs flying around him. The herbs shined and prevented him from walking closer to her.

Suddenly, the painting shined a red light and all the herbs were burnt. His eyes were full of fire, he ran to her place. Luckily, she had enough time to chant a capture spell, locking him in the place he was standing and she got a fabric roll to cover his body, preventing the connection between him and the painting. She walked near the drawing and felt the dark energy coming out of it, some kinds of magic she did not know. A cloud of black smoke came out of the painting and started to wrap around her body. She struggled but could not get out of the smoke.

The smoke reached to her shoulder and Tian Leong could get out of her spell and walked to her place. Her magic was not enough to fight both of them. The green gem on her hand once again helped her, it shined brightly and pushed Tian Leong away, making him banged on the table. He was into a faint and laid his head on the ground. The green light pushed the smoke back to the painting and also burnt it.

The drawing was burnt, many small clouds of smoke came out of it and disappeared in the body of Tian Leong. Those were all the obsession of him about Hou Lei, the thing he could not get over. And now, she remembered the time she fought with the smoke in the royal garden, this smoke was the same. So both of them came from Wu magic and might be related to the black assassin who had wanted to take over the Wu magical book from her.

One thing Hou Lei did not know that, Liu Han had planned to meet the Crown Prince, but when she opened the door, she saw Hou Lei and the dark smoke. The fight made her wordless and just let a little opening of the door to watch the scene. After the green gem of Hou Lei returned to its normal status, Liu Han closed the door and ran back to her home.

Hou Lei helped Tian Leong go to his bed and let him laid down. She walked out to get a basin of water and added some herbs into it to help his mind get back to balance. When she came back, he had woken up and looked at her strangely.

-Beautiful sister, do you know Hou Lei?

-I’m Hou Lei, Tian Leong, you don’t recognize me? – She surprised.

-Liar! Hou Lei is very beautiful, she is my wife, you’re not her. I need to find her, I can’t live without her. – He said and ran out of the room.

“Hou Lei, where are you, my beloved wife?”, he yelled in the large yard of the palace…

To be continued...