C14 - PART 97 – TIAN LIANG MET MIANG XIANG

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MY EVIL PRINCESS: Chapter 14: The poison from the West

PART 97 – TIAN LIANG MET MIANG XIANG

-Actually, you’re getting mad of me, right, Hou Lei? – Liu Han said. – And you think you could poison all the bureaucrats today and then you would be the Queen of this empire? You wanted to destroy my father’s party, kill me and my father, and also the other bureaucrats, then you will build up another empire for your own.

-Liu Han, what are you saying about? – Tian Liam yelled.

-I’m saying the truth, she wanted to kill all of us. – Liu Han continued. – You can see how much poison Bei Kwang Xian she has here! Enough to kill all the people in this palace!

-Hou Lei, say anything! – The Queen said to her. – I believe you didn’t do that.

-Mother, I don’t know why those packs of poison were in my room! – She said.

-Don’t try to be innocent, my Princess. – Liu Han continued. – You have a lot of knowledge about medicine and poison also, right? You’re the one who cooked with the chefs in the kitchen this morning, the one easy to put the poison into the food without any doubts from others, but you didn’t plan that the poison was too strong and took it effect too early.

-Enough, we have the evidence here! – The Emperor said. – Capture Hou Lei and put her into the prison, waiting for the court!

-Please, Father! – Tian Liam kneed down. – Don’t capture her!

-We’re not done, Liu Han! – Hou Lei said to Liu Han when the soldiers captured her.

-Of course, you must pay for what you did today. – Liu Han said.

The Emperor and the Queen left the yard in front of Hou Lei’s room.

-Tian Liam, don’t worry. – Tian Liang said to him. – We’ll find a way to help her!

-It’s Liu Han’s plan. – He said with anger. – Why did Father not listen to me and Hou Lei?

-We’ll find out soon. We need to carry out the investigation to make this case clear before the court day of Hou Lei.

-I know what I should do, I will start with the kitchen and Liu Han.

-Good luck, I will read some books to find information about this Bei Kwang Xian!

-Thank you, brother!

-Don’t say that, she is a member of our family!

Tian Liam walked to the kitchen and asked the chefs about the events happened in the morning when Hou Lei was cooking with them. Nothing special happened. He checked around the kitchen but not find out anything about the trace of the poison.

That evening, he walked into the prison where Hou Lei was captured.

-I’m sorry, Hou Lei, I’ll do my best to help you get out of here! – Tian Liam sadly said.

-I’m okay, Tian Liam. – She touched his cheek from the inside of the grid of the prison.

-How could Father do that to you? I’ll find him to ask for letting you free.

-Don’t blame him for that. He was controlled at that time, his conscious was not clear about what he said or what he did.

-How can you know that?

-Liu Han used a kind of drug to make his mind weaker and he would follow every word of her.

-I know she would do something bad like that, I’ll find her to get an answer.

-Don’t, Tian Liam, she can use that drug on you also. I have no idea about that drug, it is very strange to me, so I can’t help Father at that time.

-Hou Lei, you must suffer this time, I’ll find out the way to help you.

-I believe the good will be protected, the truth will be revealed soon.

On the way back to his room, he met Liu Han, she prepared to used the drug on him, but he had eaten some mint leaves given by the chefs before getting to the prison to meet Hou Lei.

-Liu Han, I know you’re doing something behind us! – He said.

-I don’t do anything, Tian Liam, it’s your evil wife, she wants to be the Queen of this empire. – Liu Han answered. – She might seduce you with some kinds of drugs.

-I think that is what you want to do now. – He raised her hand with the pack of the drug.

-Oh, this is the medicine for my father, he got a little pain from the food this morning!

-So I sure you can get another one from the doctor. – He poured out the drug in the pack to the air.

-Tian Liam, what are you doing?

-I’ll find out the truth and if you did that, I would never forgive you!

He said and left, Liu Han laughed to herself.

-Tian Liam, I’ll wait to see who will help you! Every doctor in this palace is always fear with my father, or you’ll ask for help from your parents-in-law, for the time they get there, Hou Lei’s head will be not on her neck anymore.

Tian Liang was reading some medical books, but he could not find any information about Bei Kwang Xian. He was tired and slept on the table with the books around him. The next morning, he got up early and changed his clothes for going out of the palace.

“I don’t believe that the doctor could easily recognize the poison like that, but there was no record of that poison in the medical books of Main Land. If there was no information in the palace, I’ll go outside to find the answer, I should hurry up before the Emperor gets Hou Lei in court.”

He rode the horse to get out of the palace and to the medicine stores of the royal city. He visited many medicine store and asked about Bei Kwang Xian, however, all the owners of the stores gave the same answer, they had not heard about that poison. He got nearly all his day visiting the medicine stores. He felt disappointed, if he got to the West Land, he might have the answer, but it needed more than two days to get there. He did not have much time like that. He was walking and leading his horse with him, suddenly, he ran into a woman.

-Oh, sorry, Miss. – He said.

-No problem. – The woman looked at him. – Tian Liang?

-Miss Miang Xiang? – He recognized her. – Long time no see!

-Well, I heard that you had a very interesting trip to other countries.

-Yup, I learned many things different from our country have.

-You’re in a hurry? You look not good also.

-I have an important thing to do. A friend of mine is in danger, and I need to help her!

-Is there anything I can help with?

-Oh, that’s right, I forgot about you, it’s Hou Lei, she’s now in the prison.

-In prison? – Miang Xiang surprised. – Who captured her?

-The Emperor. – Tian Liang answered. – Someone poisoned the bureaucrats and blamed her to do that, my father didn’t believe in her and captured her. Now I need to find a way to help her out of the prison and make that one pay for her works.

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C14 - PART 96 – LIU HAN AND ER WANG’S NEW PLAN

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MY EVIL PRINCESS: Chapter 14: The poison from the West

PART 96 – LIU HAN AND ER WANG’S NEW PLAN

-Bring it here! – Er Wang said to his servant.

The man brought some white-paper-wrapped packs and put them onto the table where Liu Han and Er Wang were sitting next to.

-What are they? – Liu Han asked.

-They are Bei Kwang Xian. – Er Wang picked one of the packs on. – A small amount can make a person suffer many kinds of pains.

-You want me to poison my father with this? No way…

-Actually, don’t need to poison your father, you only need some other bureaucrats to eat it and get its effect. And a doctor determines this kind of poison, it is a strong poison from the West Land, and your soldiers will find out a pack in Hou Lei’s room.

-And Hou Lei will be prisoned.

-Yup, and she won’t be your dangerous enemy anymore!

Er Wang stood up and walked into the behind room. He got back with another pack wrapped with yellow colored paper.

-And what’s this? – Liu Han asked.

-This is for the Emperor, let him breathe a little amount of this drug, he will follow your words.

-Like I want him to prison Hou Lei, he will do that?

-Yup, I believe you’re smart enough to know how to use this drug.

-Of course, you can believe in me.

-But remember, just a little amount, or he will get mad like the Crown Prince.

-Well, what a good plan! I find it easier than the plan with the priests.

-Okay, let’s make it happen and she won’t be our thorn anymore!

Liu Han brought the packs with her to her home carefully, she did not let anyone touch the packs.

Some days later, the party came. Very early, Hou Lei woke up and prepared herself for the party. She walked into the kitchen to help the chefs in cooking the food. They finished the delicious dishes before the time they needed it. Hou Lei got back to her room to exchange the clothes. The chefs were busy with other works in the kitchen. A maid of Liu Han walked into the kitchen and wanted to get some food for her. The chefs got busy with the tasks by Liu Han, the maid secretly walked around and put the poison into the food prepared for the party.

The Emperor, the Queen, Tian Liang, Tian Liam, Hou Lei, and the bureaucrats were getting their place in the party yard. They were talking much about the party for the bureaucrats who had many contributions to the government. The food was put on each table of the guests. The Emperor stood up from the high-level table and talked to the beginning of the party.

-I believe you all know the reason for this party, to praise the contribution of the long-time bureaucrats of our government, the Minister, Mr. Liu, and the Soldier General, Mr. Hu.

Everyone clapped their hands for the reason for the party.

-I want those other bureaucrats to look at the two as the go examples to work more and give more effort to our government in developing and getting larger. Let’s have a cup of wine for our winning in the near future with the good bureaucrats.

They all got the wine and shouted in happiness. Liu Han looked at Hou Lei and smiled devilishly. Hou Lei got the point that might be something wrong with the party. She smelled the food but not recognizing anything wrong. Some bureaucrats began to eat their food while some others still talked about the Minister and the General Soldier. The Minister picked up his chopsticks, but Liu Han prevented him from eating the food.

-Father, let me drink this cup of wine with you as celebrating your party!

-Okay, my daughter, that’s good. – The Minister answered.

Some bureaucrats fell down on their tables, the Queen and the Emperor looked at them.

-Call the doctors, immediately! – Tian Liang shouted at the soldiers.

-Stop eating your food! – The Emperor said to the bureaucrats.

All of them looked at the food with fear.

A moment later, some doctors came and checked the pulse and health of the bureaucrats. A doctor came to the Emperor and the Queen:

-They were poisoned, my Emperor, could I check the food?

-Okay, do whatever you want, I want to find out what is happening here! – The Emperor said.

The doctor checked the food and wine on the tables of the bureaucrats. After a while, he walked back to the Emperor:

-My Emperor, I can define that is Bei Kwang Xian.

-Bei Kwang Xian? – The Emperor surprised. – Is it a poison?

-Yup, my Emperor, a poison from West Land?

-From West Land? How can that poison be here?

-There’s only one person from West Land here, my Emperor! – Liu Han walked closer to the Emperor and opened the yellow pack from Er Wang.

Everyone looked at Hou Lei, she shook her head.

-She wouldn’t do that, Father! – Tian Liam said.

-We should check her room, maybe there’s some of the poison left in her room. – Liu Han continued.

-I didn’t do anything, Father! – Hou Lei kneed down.

-Check her room, carefully! – The Emperor said to the soldiers.

A moment later, the soldiers walked out of Hou Lei’s room and brought with them some small yellow-paper-wrapped packs.

-Give them to the doctor! – The Emperor said to the soldiers.

The doctor carried out some checks on the powder in the pack.

-This is really Bei Kwang Xian, my Emperor! – The doctor said.

-Doctor Fann, what can this poison do? – The Emperor asked.

-It can make the one who eats a small amount of it suffer many kinds of pains, from their stomach to their hands, their necks and other parts of their bodies.

-And is it harmful to their lives?

-It will be dangerous for someone who eats a large amount.

-Okay, thank you, doctor! – The Emperor turned to Hou Lei. – Do you have anything to say? The packs of poison are found in your room.

-Father, I don’t know if you believe or not, I just say that I didn’t do anything. – Hou Lei answered.

-Father, she didn’t do that! – Tian Liam said to the Emperor.

-So, prove that to me! – The Emperor yelled.

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C13 - PART 95 – LIU HAN AND THE PRIESTS_4

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MY EVIL PRINCESS: Chapter 13: The priests

PART 95 – LIU HAN AND THE PRIESTS_4

-What are you saying? – Tian Liam shouted at them.

-Calm down, Tian Liam. – The Queen said. – Please, explain more to us, Tian Liang!

-There is a kind of monsters in the East Land, they are the left-over of a monster tribe who lived there a long time ago. They have the ability to transform into many different forms. – Tian Liang said.

-Liar! – Tuhan yelled. – We’re not monsters.

-Shut up! – Tian Liang continued. – So explain your figures now? What are you?

-We… - Tuhan was wordless, he could not say that they wanted to transform Hou Lei into a monster in front of people, Liu Han shook her head to give him a signal.

-Let me help you, Mr. Priest! – Tian Liang continued. – You wanted to use your spell and magic to turn Princess Hou Lei into a monster like you are now. However, you forgot that the palace was placed on a religious land, where bad magic can’t have its effect. You tried as much as you could to put power in your spell, but your spell went wrong and you were the ones getting the results. Moreover, your dance is not a simple dance, it has hypnotizing ability. When you were dancing, everyone couldn’t do anything else, except watching your dancing with desire.

-My Emperor, we’re not monsters! – Tuhan yelled and turned to look at Hou Lei. – She is the true demoness, she used spells to make us become like this.

-Try to escape from your guilt? – Tian Liang said. – Father, Hou Lei can’t do anything as they said. If she could, why did she use it before they invited her to dance with them?

-You’re right, Tian Liang. – The Emperor said. – I can see what is right or wrong. Capture all of them, bring to the legal yard and behead all!

-We’re not monsters, my Emperor! – Tuhan yelled. – You will regret what you have done to us today, your empire will soon be destroyed.

-Liu Han, do you have anything to say? – The Queen asked.

-My Emperor, my Queen, I don’t know that they’re monsters! – Liu Han kneed down.

-My Emperor, Liu Han was mesmerized by those monsters! – The Minister also kneed down. – Please forgive her, no one was hurt by them!

-Okay, lead your daughter to go home with you, and teach her how to choose a friend to play with. – The Emperor said. – I’m too tired with solving a problem like this.

-Hou Lei, are you okay? – Tian Liam ran to her place.

-I’m okay, no problem. – She replied.

-I saw you dancing with them. Did they force you to do that?

-I don’t know, I just feel that someone tell me to dance with them.

-I’m sorry, Hou Lei. – The Queen also got to her place. – We had just put you into a dangerous situation. Luckily, Tian Liang was clearheaded to prevent them from hurting people.

-I think their dancing moves to make us obsessed and not have enough conscious to think anything else. – Hou Lei said.

-Luckily, you’re okay! – He hugged her tightly.

Tian Liang looked at that scene, smiled and walked back to his room.

-Let me lead you back to your room. – Tian Liam helped Hou Lei.

-Well, no more ceremony today, everyone please goes back to your place. – The Emperor said.

-Hou Lei, as Second Brother said, the priests wanted to hypnotized people in the ceremony, however, I didn’t feel anything to obsess with the dance of them. – Tian Liam wondered. – And you were also conscious during dancing with them.

-Do you remember lemongrass and mint? – She asked him.

-Lemongrass, the thing you put into the water I washed my face yesterday? And mint leaves you gave me to eat at the medicine store?

-Yup, those two herbs can help people remain a good consciousness in many situations. Did you sleep well last night?

-Well, a very good night for me!

-It was an effect of lemongrass, and until today, it still remained the effect in preventing the hypnotic from the priests.

-Wow, what a powerful herb! Can you give me some for storage in some cases like that?

-Nope, as I said, herbs shouldn’t be used in particular cases, instead of the good effects you may get bad results for the wrong use. When you need them, I’ll give to you.

-So you had known about the priests?

-Actually, not, this is a coincident chance, I didn’t know anything about the priests. Last night, I just wanted you to have a good sleep. And when I prepare for my experiment, I ate some mint leaves to get a fresh mind to do it.

-You’re making me interesting in the medicines and herbs.

-I’ll tell you about them when we have chances. Now, let’s get back and have our meals, I feel a little bit hungry after the show. – She laughed.

-Agree, but must we cook before having our meals?

-Nope, I had asked the chefs to prepare some food for us before going to attend the ceremony.

-Well, you’re my true cutie wife, always be preparing in every situation.

At that time, Liu Han did not come back to her home, she got right to the store of Er Wang.

-My Lady, you look not good! – Ziam Jun got a cup of tea for her. – Get some tea!

-How can I feel good? Our plan in using the priests to make Hou Lei’s identity revealed is now totally destroyed. – She yelled.

-How can it be? The priests were the best of East Land. – Ziam Jun surprised.

-Wow, the best? Now their heads aren’t on their necks anymore.

-What? The Emperor killed all of them?

-Yup, they turned into monsters in front of the Emperor and the bureaucrats’ eyes. Even me was put into a dangerous situation at that time.

-My Lady, please calm down. – He comforted her. – I have another idea, do you want to help me?

-Another idea? Don’t say something relating to magic like those priests, Hou Lei’s magical ability is very strong, we’re not her competitor.

-I know that, so this time, we should use a normal way to beat her down.

-Sound interesting. Tell me what should I do, but you must assure me that this time we will win.

-Of course, I hear that some days more, there will be a party for the royal family for praising the contribution of the long-time bureaucrats, especially your father.

-Yup, today’s ceremony is also a part of the preparation for that party.

-What if Hou Lei wants to revenge your father and poisons him? – Ziam Jun smiled devilishly.

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C13 - PART 94 – LIU HAN AND THE PRIESTS_3

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MY EVIL PRINCESS: Chapter 13: The priests

PART 94 – LIU HAN AND THE PRIESTS_3

That night, after their dinner, Hou Lei sat next to Tian Liam:

-Tian Liam, could you return your room tonight?

-Why? – He surprised. – Did I do anything wrong?

-No, I need some space for my experiment!

-I will sleep well and don’t interrupt your work! Although I don’t know what you are planning to do, I won’t ask for more information.

-Well, it’s not that, I just don’t want to make noise when you’re sleeping, I know that the works in the government are heavy recently, so you need good sleep to prepare for your works tomorrow.

-You’re still thinking of me. – He hugged her. – Okay, far away from you a night won’t be too much!

-Don’t act like you can’t live without me like that. – She laughed and pointed on his nose.

-It’s actually like that! – He touched her cheek. – I can’t imagine someday you’re not with me anymore!

-Okay, that day won’t come. – She assured. – Now, get back to your room and sleep early.

-Yes, my cutie wife!

He walked to the door and turned back.

-Can I ask for a favor?

-What? You know I will answer if I can. – She replied.

He ran to her place and kissed her cheek.

-Thanks for answering! This is my favorite!

-Wang Tian Liam, how dare you! – She yelled and he ran out of the room before she could do anything.

Hou Lei closed the door carefully. She sat on her bed and brought out the book of Hou Ma tribe. She put the herbs bought from the medicine store around her and chanted a spell. The herbs flew up and shined with a green light. The herbs shined brightly and evaporated into gas and then absorbed into her body. This spell would help her to prevent the effect of the magic from the East Land priests.

The next day, Liu Han walked into the main palace where the Emperor and the bureaucrats were holding a ceremony.

-My Emperor, my Queen! – She greeted.

-What are you doing here, Liu Han? – The Queen asked.

-My Queen, as I know this is a ceremony for lucky with the government and our country. – Liu Han replied. – I’m here with the best priests from the East Land, they want to give us a ritual for having good crop jobs and the well-increasing economy.

-Maybe that’s a good idea, My Emperor! – A bureaucrats said.

-Well, I also want to see what the priests from East Land can do! – The Emperor said.

-Thank you, my Emperor, my Queen! – She said and turned to the priests. – Please don’t let all the people here be disappointed.

-You can believe in us! – Tuhan said.

The priests stood around the middle of the yard, into a circle. They walked around and said some words in the East Land’s language which no one in the ceremony could understand. After a while of walking, the priests started to dance, the dancing moves of them were very strange making all the people watch continuously and they could not take their eyes out of them. After the dance, Tuhan stopped the priests and said to the Emperor.

-My Emperor, as for making the ritual get better effect, please send us a royal family member.

-Okay, Tian Liang, go and help the priests! – The Emperor said to Tian Liang.

-Oh, my Emperor, that must be a lady! – Tuhan continued.

Tian Liang looked at Hou Lei, she already knew the priests aimed at her.

-So who do you want? – The Emperor asked.

-My Emperor, except the Queen, there’s only one more lady in your family, Princess Hou Lei. – Tuhan replied and turned to her place. – Can I invite you to get here?

-Hou Lei, you don’t need to… - Tian Liam said.

-Okay! – She stood up and corrupted his sentence.

She winked to Liu Han while that lady was laughing and walked to the central point of the circle of the priests. They continued dancing around her. She could know that they were chanting a spell on her body. She also danced with them, the dance of Hou Ma tribe. People watched the scene obsessed, they were more attracted than anything they had seen.

The priests danced faster and chanted the spell stronger, but nothing happened. Hou Lei still danced in her way and smiled with the priests. The priests danced even faster to make their spell stronger. She could feel they were using her hair on their hands to fight against her. But the spell of the book of Hou Ma tribe was stronger, prevented all the magic power to approach her body.

-Stop! – Tian Liam said. – I don’t think this is a ritual for blessing or giving lucky!

-Just let them do want they need! – The Emperor said to him and seemed to be obsessed with the dance moves of the priests.

Hou Lei still smiled while dancing, she used her magic to contact with the priests.

“Just continue your dancing until you’re exhausted. You spell can’t affect me.”

“What are you doing with our spell, demoness?”, Tuhan said to her through mind contact.

“Nothing, it’s that your spell is too weak, I honorably advise you stop here, the more you dance, the more your magical power is withdrawn from you into the land of the palace, you must also know that this place isn’t for anything evil.”

“You’re the evil, we are priests, you can’t win us.”

“Evil, haha, you don’t even know anything about me, through my hairs, your spell didn’t say anything right. At least, you should know who you are facing, now let me help you to finish this game!”.

The magical power from the priests was focusing all on Hou Lei. She chanted a spell making the herbs on her body spreading out their power, it made the power of the priests return to their bodies. They were transformed into the figure of the monster with hair on their bodies and long ears, sharp teeth.

-Demons! Capture them! – Tian Liang shouted out at the soldiers.

-My Emperor, we’re not monsters! – Tuhan said.

-Does anyone let me know what is happening? – The Emperor shouted. – What a shame! How could a ceremony for blessing and giving lucky become a show for the monsters to dance and make a big mess here? Does anyone tell me?

-Hou Lei, what are they? – The Queen asked.

-Mother, they’re… - Hou Lei prepared to say.

-They are monsters from the East Land, not the priests. – Tian Liang interrupted her and said. – I used to meet some of them when I visited that country.

-Please, my Emperor, we’re not demons, your daughter-in-law is the real demoness! – Tuhan tried to yell when the soldiers brought the priests out of the palace.

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C13 - PART 93 – THE REWARD FOR HIM

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MY EVIL PRINCESS: Chapter 13: The priests

PART 93 – THE REWARD FOR HIM

Tian Liam rode a horse wagon to lead Hou Lei to the medicine store. They reached the store, he helped her get down of the wagon. The owner of the store immediately recognized her.

-My Lady, you’re back!

-Hi Mister, I want to buy some herbs! – She replied. – Thanks for still remembering me.

-Of course, you’re one of the most special guests of me.

-There are others? Your store attracts many people having knowledge about medicines, I think, but as strange as me, there are just some.

-Well, I met a middle aged lady some weeks ago. She had the style just like you.

Hou Lei knew that was her mother, she looked at Tian Liam, he was looking and touching the things in the store while waiting for her. She got closer to the owner and whispered to him:

-Mister, do you know where does that lady live?

-Sorry, my girl, I have no idea, she got here a couple of times and just bought the herbs and went away, she even didn’t say anything to me.

-Oh, thanks, I have an idea that she is one of my friends.

-Maybe, you two styles are alike much.

-I’ll need some herbs for my experiments, could you help me get these?

-Okay, let me see…

After a while, the owner helped her to choose the herbs she needed. He packed them into a paper package for her.

-Here yours are, my Lady!

-Tian Liam… - She called him. – Tian Liam…

He was laying his head on his hand on the table’s surface next to the counter and sleeping. She shook him lightly, he looked a little bit tired.

-Tian Liam… are you okay?

-Oh, I’m okay. – He rubbed his eyes. – You’ve done your work?

-I’m done, please help me to pay for him.

-Okay, it’s yours. – He stood up and gave money to the owner. – Don’t need to return the excess.

-Do you have mint, Mister? – She asked the owner.

The owner walked into his back room and gave her some mint leaves.

-Tian Liam, eat this!

-What are these leaves? Why should I eat them?

-They will help your mind feel fresh and balanced. You don’t trust me? I won’t do anything harm to you, you know that!

-It’s not that. Okay, let’s see if these leaves could help!

He took the leaves and put into his mouth. His eyes looked like shining with the leaves.

-Wow, interesting! These leaves make me feel so good!

-Okay, let’s get back to our home.

-What are they? Could you give me some more?

-Well, don’t take advantage of any herb, they have a range for use.

They rode the wagon back to the palace, stopped at the entrance of North Liam Palace and walked back to her room. She put down the pack of herbs on her table and prepared to walk out.

-Wait, where do you want to go? – He held her hand back.

-I’m taking some tea for you and some warm water, also. You look tired.

-Okay, I’ll wait for you here.

He sat down on the chair next to the window and looked at her small garden. The trees and flowers in the garden were taken care of very well. She had to be the one who wanted to live with nature much, he thought. She walked back and interrupted his thoughts.

-Here you are! I put some lemongrass into the water, wash your face and it will help you feel better. – She put the basin with warm water inside and a towel on the table in the middle of her room.

-Thank you! – He washed his face and cleaned with the towel.

-Go to the garden, I have something for you!

He walked out to the garden and sat next to her on the long couch. She brought out a small pack with her and a teapot. She opened the pack, there were some biscuits inside, the ones given by a mysterious “friend” from the morning.

-What kind of this cake? It looks strange.

-Of course, this is a traditional biscuit of people in the West. It is made from powder, eggs, peach, and tea. – She put the biscuits on the table.

-They are my reward? – He wondered.

-You can take it like that. – She picked one biscuit up and gave it to his mouth.

-Well, taste good! – He bit the biscuit. – Your cooking skill is very good, too.

-I didn’t make these biscuits!

-What? So who? I think my reward should be your delicious food!

-I didn’t say that, it was only your imagination! If you don’t want them, give it back to me. I only have all of them in front of your eyes. This biscuit makes me remember my home and my family much. My mother is an expert in making this.

-Well, at least I have my reward, you think I’ll easily give it back to you?

-The biscuits’ taste will be better with the tea, take some. – She poured a cup of tea for him.

-Wow, you make me surprised from time to time. This taste is very very strange, but it makes me feel like in heaven. – He took the tea.

She sat there and did not say anything, looking at him eating the biscuits.

-You don’t eat them? – He picked up one and gave her.

-Well, they’re your reward, I…

He put the biscuit into her mouth, prevented her from saying more. She got a hiccup, he put the biscuits on his hand down and poured a cup of tea for her.

-Sorry… - He took the cup for her and let her drink the tea. – Didn’t mean to do that!

-I know. – She laughed. – Do you feel better?

-Full of energy! – He smiled. – How can I feel tired more with my wife’s reward?

-Okay… enough! You can stop there! Now, if you’re full of energy, do you want to eat more?

-Of course, I know what you want to do! Going to the kitchen and cooking our dinner, right?

To be continued...