C19- PART 136 – THE WU MAGICAL BOOK

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MY EVIL PRINCESS: Chapter 19: Tian Liam and Tian Liang

PART 136 – THE WU MAGICAL BOOK

Tian Liam brought the tray of food back to Hou Lei’s room, she was sitting on a chair near the window. He lightly opened the door and walked to her place. She noticed him and turned to look at him.

-Wait for me a minute! – He got out of the room again.

Some minutes later, he came back with the basin of water and a glass of ginger tea. He put the basin on the table in the middle of the room, then he got close to her and helped her to walk to the table and let her sit down on a chair.

-I can do it myself! – She stood up.

-Okay, I know that. – He gently pushed her to sit down. – I said, “let me take care of you”. Hou Lei, you have spent almost the time for looking after people, it is a rare chance to take care of you like this. Let me do my favor of loving my wife.

-Okay, so sweet… But I like it! – She smiled.

He gently took the water to his hand and washed her face, her hand.

-Had it be hurt? – He looked at the wounds on her hands.

-It was not hurt much. At that time, I cared about your safety more.

He got the towel and cleaned her face and her hands as much gentle as possible. She looked at him with sparkles in her eyes. She once again thought about what would happen after she found out the Hou Ma gem and was that she had to get away from him? This man, somehow, brought her to a brighter life when she had been at the bottom of the worst things in the world. He had made her believe in love, believe that there were still good people in the cold-heart society. If she had to leave him, would her life become back to the peaceful and innocent previous one?

-Hou Lei, are you okay?

-Oh, I was thinking about something. What did you say?

-Nothing. Is that about the assassin?

-Yup, I do not know why could he use magic in the palace?

-What do you mean?

-The palace is built on a religious land where the power of the earth is strong. It can prevent the dark sources of magic by itself and even fight with the evils.

-I have no idea about this. Or maybe his magic is stronger than the power of the land?

-No way, the power of this palace is eternal, it never ends until the core of power is destroyed. And I do not think anyone can do that.

-You mean… your magic is also weaker when you are here.

-That is right… wait! Tian Liam, you…

-I know that you have magic. You are the one who helped me to fight with the Er people in the subside of the royal city, you helped my mother by using magic to fight with the dark curse which no doctor could define her sickness… and many other things.

-Well, I do not need to explain anything, right?

-It is okay with me, you will tell me when you think it is the right time. I probably know that.

-Tian Liam, thank you for believing in me. – She rubbed his cheek.

-As you have been believing in me. – He put the towel on the table. – Let have our breakfast before the food is cool down.

Tian Liam got her hands and helped her to walk to the table near the window. A light wind appeared behind them. They turned back and saw the Wu magical book.

-Do you see it, Hou Lei? – Tian Liam asked her.

-You can see it also?

-Yup, one time, it made me fall into a faint. What is it? Is it a magical thing?

-You are right, it is the Wu magical book. The book of Wu priests, the East Er people.

-Should we touch it? Will it put some curses on us?

-Just try…

They put their hands on the book and a strong wind came out of it. They reached their hands to cover their faces, after some seconds the wind stopped. The book opened itself and paused at a page with some words.

-It has words. – Hou Lei surprised.

-Wow, that time, I saw the page all empty. – Tian Liam said.

-Let us see if it aims to any point that is helpful to us.

Hou Lei brought the book up and read the title of the page, “Dark magic is hiding”.

-That is strange, this page is what exactly we have just mentioned. – She surprised.

-It said the source of the dark magic can exist in the palace under some kinds of “good things”. – Tian Liam read the words.

-Is it mentioning the dark magic in the royal garden? – Hou Lei wondered.

-You also feel that the garden has some strange things. – Tian Liam asked.

-Yup, the black smoke attacked me one time when I walked pass through the garden.

-And that time, Big Brother saw you and brought you back to your room.

-Let us get past that detail. It says that if we can find the source of the dark magic, we can easily break out the curse of it on “somebody” in the palace.

-Hey, another thing, to fight with the protective shield of the source, just needs a source of good things which had helped many people.

-The source of good things. – Hou Lei wondered. – I think I know something like that.

-You are more mysterious to me time by time.

-It is easy to think, your sword.

-My sword? – He surprised.

-That was the reason why the assassin hypnotized you instead of Tian Liang or someone else. Your sword is not only representing the good but also for the royal family. So it could easily break down the prison capturing Ziam Jun.

-However, it could not protect me from being hypnotized. – Tian Liam wondered.

-It is not attached to your body, so it could not help you at that time. Another thing is the hypnotic ability of that assassin having a high level, maybe the sword was not strong enough to recognize that dark magic. – Hou Lei explained. – I think we should give a try, we may help someone in this palace.

-Okay, but firstly, take your breakfast and have a good rest before rescuing the world, my heroin.

-I am not a heroine like that. – She was upset.

-Okay, okay, sit down, the food is waiting for us.

As the time Hou Lei put the Wu magical book down, it disappeared immediately.

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C19 - PART 135 – THE PAST OF THE ASSASSIN

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MY EVIL PRINCESS: Chapter 19: Tian Liam and Tian Liang

PART 135 – THE PAST OF THE ASSASSIN

-He was Zhang Xian. – Miang Xiang replied to Mr.Hu.

-What was he doing here? – Mr. Hu surprised. – He wanted to hurt the Prince?

-I do not think so. I could see that he had a bigger ambition to reach here. – She answered.

-Wait a minute! – Tian Liang stopped them. – Could anyone tell me who is Zhang Xian and why do you know him?

-Well. – Miang Xiang sat on a chair. – It was a very long story. However, I could only tell you some of the details to have a general look at this guy and the past.

-Should we let him know that? – Mr. Hu asked. – It can make a mess in the palace about the past and that guy, you know.

-Mr. Hu, it is related to the safety of people in this palace, Hou Lei and Tian Liam also met this guy in recent months, he is a danger to us. – Tian Liang explained.

-Just let him know some of the things, we need his knowledge to find out a way to prevent Zhang Xian from getting his aim. – Miang Xiang said.

-Okay. – Mr. Hu replied. – Zhang Xian used to be our friend, and he was one of the people getting close to the Queen. He fell in love with our Queen, however, did not get a reply from her. He used to protect the Queen much and helped her to get close to the Emperor.

-Then, the Queen rejected his love and did not want the Emperor to know about him, so she asked some priests to make a curse on him, not letting him get close to her anymore. Zhang Xian originally was one of the priests of the East Er tribe. He got both special physical strength and magical ability. After the Queen cursed him, he returned to the East Land and practiced his magic much. Day by day, he had his magical ability stronger and nearly broke the curse. However, the Queen again asked the priests to maintain their power on the curse and made him be an ugly guy. – Miang Xiang continued.

-I think the main reason he got here is Wu's magical book. – Mr. Hu said. – The book contains many powerful magical spells, one of which can help him break the curse forever and even makes the Queen fall in love with him.

-Does that mean he is more powerful than Hou Lei and Ms. Lei Hwa? – Tian Liang wondered.

-I am not sure about that. – Miang Xiang answered. – As the prediction of Hou Ma tribe, Hou Lei will be the most powerful in the tribe, but it did not mention how much power she will be. Lei Hwa was the wife of Hou Hun, the most powerful in the tribe that day, it seems that her power is still a question for us. She could survive through the battle with the soldiers and priests of the Emperor, I guess she is not a simple person to fight with.

-You even do not know much about Miss Lei Hwa? – Tian Liang asked. – I think your relationships with her are close.

-We “used to be” close. However, you know, almost twenty years, we have not met each other. Magical ability can be practiced and expanded day by day. So, no one could know how much power Hou Lei and Lei Hwa have now. – Miang Xiang explained.

-How about the Wu magical book, why can it be here, in the religious place? – Tian Liang wondered.

-Yup, the palace is a special place, however, the Wu magical book is not a simple thing, it can adapt to the environment surrounding easily and hide from the pure magic of the land where the palace takes place. – Miang Xiang replied to him.

-Do you think that Hou Lei can see and open the Wu magical book? – Tian Liang asked.

-You are very smart, my Prince. – Miang Xiang continued. – But I think not only Hou Lei can, but also Tian Liam can.

-Does it mean that they will be the aim of that assassin? – Mr. Hu asked.

-Yup, and you know, I even do not know that he knows the disguise magic. He shapeshifted into Mr. Hu and wanted to make Tian Liang into his puppet. – Miang Xiang replied.

-Puppet? You mean something like hypnotizing Tian Liam got last night. – Tian Liang surprised.

-Well, it seems to be that, however, to make you become a puppet, he should use more magic and we cannot easily recognize that as the case of Tian Liam. – Miang Xiang said.

-What should we do now? Is there any way to stop him? – Mr. Hu asked.

-I have no idea, maybe the Wu magical book can help. – Miang Xiang answered. – The main thing is how we can read the information in the book.

-I had heard people in the East Land mentioning a book that could hide its words and prevent people from opening it. – Tian Liang said.

-Yup, and like the book of Hou Ma tribe, they contain many precious things. We cannot let Zhang Xian have any of them or he could destroy all things we are protecting. – Miang Xiang continued.

-It also means that Hou Lei and Tian Liam are now in danger. – Mr. Hu said. – I will send more soldiers to protect them.

-Unnecessary to do that. – Miang Xiang told them. – The soldiers will be easily defeated by Zhang Xian’s magic and with his hypnotic ability, they will be more dangerous to Tian Liam and Hou Lei than safe. I will meet Lei Hwa and discuss some ways we can do to prevent him from getting close to the Prince and the Princess. And both of you also need to be careful, he can make you become his puppet and fight with others.

-Wait a minute, Hou Lei has the book of Hou Ma tribe, can she use the information in the book to fight with the assassin? – Tian Liang asked.

-Not easy like that, the magic of the book of Hou Ma tribe is some kind of pure magic, it is not good at fighting with others, but I am not sure all about that, I also did not have a chance to read that book. – Miang Xiang replied. – The two books are mysterious for all people in the world. We do not know how much magical information they contain and how powerful the spells in there have. In the past, there were many battles happening because of those books. Er Wang was one of the guys used to have the book of Hou Ma tribe, nevertheless, he could not open the book although he captured Lei Hwa and had the unicorn jade in his hand.

-I think that Er Wang will come back for revenge. – Mr. Hu said. – I will send more soldiers to protect around the palace. I know that he is very strong, at least, the soldiers can keep him for a while in the time we prepare to fight with him.

-That is what we can do now. – Tian Liang agreed.

-Oh, I forget this. – Miang Xiang brought out a pill of medicine. – You should take this, my Second Prince, it can help you prevent the effect of some dark magic.

Tian Liang took the pill and got it to his mouth.

-You did not ask me about this pill? – Miang Xiang surprised.

-I believe in you, Miss Miang Xiang, you are the one who saved me from the rush of the soldiers in the past. – Tian Liang replied. – And now, you are Hou Lei’s friend.

-It does not seem everything you saw was the true one. – Miang Xiang said. – Okay, I need to find Lei Hwa as soon as possible, I should go.

Miang Xiang left, Mr. Hu and Tian Liang sat there for a while.

-I can see that the ladies surrounding us are not as simple as they express. – Tian Liang said. – If I did not meet Miss Miang Xiang and Hou Lei in the past, I must be freaked out when knowing they have magical ability.

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C19 - PART 134 – TIAN LIANG’S THOUGHTS_2

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MY EVIL PRINCESS: Chapter 19: Tian Liam and Tian Liang

PART 134 – TIAN LIANG’S THOUGHTS_2

Tian Liang left the kitchen and went to meet the bureaucrat. On the way, he was still thinking about Hou Lei. After many years, he could not forget about the innocent girl he met when Miang Xiang helped him not be killed by the soldiers of his own grandmother. That was the most memorable thing in his life although the period he was with Hou Lei very short, not more than two weeks. However, her kindness and beauty made him want to meet her again, he had promised himself that he would find her when he had enough strength and level. In nearly twenty years, he had tried his best to be the favorite Prince of the palace, with a large acknowledgment, and he finally had the chance he always wanted to have.

He had traveled to many countries, not only for learning about their cultures and knowledge but also for finding the girl in his memory. He had gone to a lot of places, meeting an enormous number of people, plenty of beautiful ladies, but he could not feel enough with that. He had only one aim, Hou Lei, he had not known about her until he heard about the destruction of Hou Ma tribe while he was in the East Land. Hou Lei and the name “Hou Ma tribe” made his mind connecting the things together and led him to the results he had always wanted to find, Hou Lei was the princess of Hou Ma tribe.

At that time, he knew that he was too late to meet her one last time. The tribe was destroyed, all the people were killed, that was all he knew. It took him many days to get through that bad news, he would never meet her again. His heart was broken into many pieces. He had his clothes and started his way back home. And he could never predict that he would meet Hou Lei here, right in the palace he had grown up. However, fate played with him again when putting Hou Lei as his sister-in-law. It meant, they could not be with each other.

More painful to him, Hou Lei did not remember him, she did not have any trace of the memories they had had with each other. He used to think that it was good, at least, she could be happy with his younger brother, who took care of her a lot and was a nice guy. Until the time he witnessed she was tied onto the pole and her wounds bled continuously, he knew that he could not let “everything happens as its nature” anymore.

That time, he could not hide his feelings for her, he reminded her about their past, the fantastic memories they had when playing with each other on the border of the forest. And once again, fate made him disappointed when the guy treated Hou Lei badly was not his brother, he was Ziam Jun. Tian Liang’s world turned around and around again and again. He did not know what he should do, he tried his best to hide the feelings spending for his sister-in-law. He awared that was something he should not have, he should not express his love to her and made his brother sad. They even could have a big argument if Tian Liam knew that he also loved Hou Lei.

-My Prince, are you okay? – Mr. Hu shook his shoulder.

-Oh, just thinking about something. – Tian Liang returned to reality.

-About Princess Hou Lei?

-Well, it is not that. She is my sister-in-law.

-I know that, my Prince. However, do you think that everything we have met has a connection with each other? – Mr. Hu led him to sit down on a chair.

-Connection? What do you mean?

-You, Hou Lei, Miang Xiang, Tian Liam, and I. – Mr. Hu replied and poured some tea for him.

-I do not clearly understand your meaning. – Tian Liang took his tea.

-You met Miang Xiang when you were five, right?

-Yup. And I met Hou Lei when Miang Xiang led me to her tribe for hiding from the search of my grandmother’s soldiers.

-Then I met Miang Xiang and rescued you.

-What about Tian Liam?

-He met Hou Lei accidentally, met Miang Xiang by chance, he was a student in my martial arts class. You and he are brothers.

-You make me confused, Mr. Hu.

-Do you see that each one of us knows each other but in different situations?

-I see. What if everything is just a meet by chance?

-Or an arrangement of fate? – Mr. Hu put his cup down. – The Crown Prince is also your brother, but he seems to be kicked out of the game very early.

-The game? You make me feel more confused.

-Yup, my Prince, everything does not accidentally happen. It happens for a reason, and everyone has their roles in the game.

-Game? What game you are mentioning about?

-The game that you will be kicked out soon too.

Mr. Hu suddenly stood up and blew some sparkle powder from his hand onto Tian Liang’s face. Tian Liang fell down on the table before he could react to anything.

-Look like you will be a better puppet than Tian Liam.

Mr. Hu laughed and a black smoke appeared around his body. After a while, the smoke disappeared and showed that the assassin in black clothes standing there.

-Stop that! – A lady in a pink dress appeared.

-Well, I do not think you are fast like that. – He laughed.

-Zhang Xian, I will not let your plan succeed.

-Let’s see if you can stop me.

The lady turned around her body and a pink wind appeared, she pointed the wind spreading to the assassin's place. He raised his hands up dark smoke coming out behind his back. He pushed the smoke into the lady’s direction. The wind and the smoke fought each other for a while without knowing which one was stronger.

-That is good, my lady! – The assassin called his smoke back and jumped to the high roof of the building. – Hope to play with you again.

-My Prince… My Prince… - It was Mr. Hu’s voice calling for Tian Liang.

-Tian Liang, are you okay? – The lady shook his body.

-What happened? – Tian Liang woke up.

-It is me, Miang Xiang. – The lady opened her mask.

-Miss Miang Xiang, what are you doing here? Where is Mr. Hu? I was … - He held his head. – Ouch, my head, it is very painful.

-I know that. I will tell you what happened later.

-My Prince… - Mr. Hu ran to their place. – Miang Xiang, what are you doing here?

-Well, there was an assassin and he wanted to hurt our Prince, luckily that I was here at the right time. – Miang Xiang replied.

-Thank you! – Tian Liang tried to stand up but he fell down on the chair.

-My Prince, you should be careful. – Miang Xiang caught his arm. – Sit down and make some tea.

-What happened to the Prince? – Mr. Hu asked.

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C19 - PART 133 – TIAN LIANG’S THOUGHTS

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MY EVIL PRINCESS: Chapter 19: Tian Liam and Tian Liang

PART 133 – TIAN LIANG’S THOUGHTS

-My Princess, my Second Prince! – Mr. Hu came back and greeted them.

-Tian Liam… - Hou Lei saw some soldiers was holding him and ran to his place.

-What happened to him? – Tian Liang asked Mr. Hu.

-We found him in the prison of the palace and seemed… - The General suddenly stopped.

-Seem what? – Tian Liang asked.

-The Third Prince has released Er Wang. – Mr. Hu said. – Er Wang broke the walls of the palace and escaped. We do not know why…

-Well, he was hypnotized by an assassin. – Hou Lei answered. – We can care about Ziam Jun later, firstly, we need to take care of Tian Liam.

The soldiers helped to bring him to the bed and put him onto. Hou Lei checked his pulse, nothing to worry, there was no wound on his body. She got the blanket to cover his body and turned to talk with the General and Tian Liang.

-To prepare, I do not know if the hypnotic of Tian Liam is over or not, please get me a rope and some herbs, I will list them to you.

She wrote down some herbs in a paper and gave it to Tian Liang. He came to the medicine warehouse to get the herb. The General also walked to his weapon warehouse to get some ropes for her. Hou Lei sat onto a chair next to the table, she wondered what had happened when he met the lady in violet dress and her lover. What was the secret they wanted to hide? What was the purpose of the assassin when he came to meet Tian Liam?

-Do you need me to stay here with you and the Prince tonight, my Princess? – The General returned and gave her the ropes.

-I think he will be okay, please let some soldiers outside the room, I will call them when I need them. – Hou Lei answered.

-So I leave first, you should take a nap, you look very tired and your wounds are still making you feel pain. – The General said, then walked out and closed the door.

A moment later, Tian Liang opened the door to give Hou Lei the herbs.

-Do you need anything else? – Tian Liang asked.

-I am okay, and I think that he is too. – Hou Lei replied.

-Well, take care of yourself. – He left the room.

Hou Lei returned to the chair, holding the herbs in her hands, ready to fight with the hypnotic magic when Tian Liam woke up. However, nothing happened that night, she fell asleep and laid her head on the pole of the bed, still holding the herbs tightly.

The morning came, Tian Liam felt very strange when he opened his eyes. He felt that his body seemed to be apart, his mind was null, and he did not remember anything had happened in the previous night excluding the fight of the lady in violet and the assassin. He turned his head and saw Hou Lei was sitting and laying her head on the pole of the bed.

She moved her head and her eyelids. He immediately closed his eyes and fixed his position, took the blanket to cover him just like when he had woken up. Hou Lei turned her head a little bit and continued to sleep. He did not want to break the silence and wake her up, so he acted like a good boy, looking at her when she was sleeping. He could see that she was very beautiful when her face looked extremely innocent and carefree. She turned her head again, he closed his eyes rapidly, trying not to be caught by her eyes. After a while, he opened his eyes lightly and saw directly into her sparkling eyes making him sit up surprisingly.

-Did you wake up? – She surprised.

-I am sorry, I did not mean to ignore you. I just did not want to wake you up. – He explained.

-Do you feel okay?

-I feel like my body parts are falling apart, and my head was in pain.

-Well, those are the side effects of the hypnotic.

-Hypnotic? I was hypnotized? By who?

-The man in black clothes, I guess, I did not meet him, but I think that the lady in the violet dress was trying to help you.

-You are right. – He looked at the wounds on her hands. – What happened to you?

-Oh, nothing. – She hid her hand behind her back.

-Did I hurt you when I was hypnotized? – He got closer to her and took her hands.

-I am okay, nothing to worry.

-So sorry, I did not know what happened. Does it hurt? – He rubbed her hands gently.

-No, no… You do not need to worry about that. It was not you the one hurt me.

-Ropes? – He looked at the ropes on the table and the herbs in her hands. – And many kinds of herbs?

-Oh, just in case that…

-Was I very dangerous when I was hypnotized?

-Actually, everything was in control, I just did not want Mr. Hu to know something he should not know about me. – She replied and stood up to walk to the table.

Suddenly, she lost her balance and fell down on his body. He caught her and hugged her.

-Sorry, I did not know what happened but you were hurt by me.

-Well, do not blame yourself for something you did not do. I think that you must be hungry, I will get some food for you.

-You still care much about me even though you are in pain. – He held her hands. – Let me take care of you, okay? Just stay here, I will go to get the food and a basin of water for you.

-But…

-Shhhh! – He put his finger onto her lips. – Be a good wife, and wait here for your husband to come back. You also need to be looked after.

He stood up and walked out of the room. Before closing the door, he smiled with her. He walked to the kitchen to get breakfast for himself and her. He also prepared a basin of warm water himself for his beloved wife. Tian Liang walked passing the kitchen’s door and saw him preparing things on a tray. Tian Liang stopped for a while and thought about Hou Lei.

-My Second Prince, can I help you anything? – A chef asked him.

-Oh, I just need to go to meet a bureaucrat for discussing the government’s work. – He replied.

-Looking at the Third Prince, he has become more patient, more caress, and more responsible. He is ready to be the man of a family. – The chef said. – Sorry for asking this, but why don’t you find a good lady for yourself, my Prince?

-Well, you know, it is hard to find a good lady these days. And love is something that must be based on natural feelings and voluntary between two people.

-What a kind of thought, my Prince! You seem to be affected by the culture and knowledge of the other countries much.

-Maybe… - He said and thought about Hou Lei again.

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C18 - PART 132 – TELLING HER MISSION

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MY EVIL PRINCESS: Chapter 18: Choices

PART 132 – TELLING HER MISSION

At that time, Hou Lei was connecting with her mother through their mental connection.

-Mother, I met a mysterious lady today.

-I thought that she would appear one day but it seemed very early.

-Do you know her? – Hou Lei surprised.

-Another “used-to-be-friend” of me. She was a member of the East Er tribe.

-The East Er tribe? So that she has the super strength?

-Nope, she has magic, Wu magic. Finally, she came back to find the Wu magical book.

-Is that the book I found in my room? The book with many pages does not have words.

-Yes, my sweet, and I think that she could feel you might be the only one who could open and read the content of the book.

-I just saw that book several times, but why does she have Wu magic but she cannot open the Wu magical book? That is so strange.

-Well, it is a very long story. However, you need to remember that you should not let anyone touch the book when it was by your side, including Tian Liam and Miang Xiang. I felt that Miang Xiang was hiding many things from us.

-Mother, Tian Liam seemed to know something about me, he knew that I was not the Princess of West Land and he also believed in magic.

-You should be careful, you cannot reveal your identity before we find out the Hou Ma gem. It is our only hope to revive our tribe.

-I know that, mother, I really need your hug this time.

-I can understand, you must stay strong and our effort will be replied.

-One more thing, after meeting the mysterious lady, Tian Liam seemed to be hypnotized.

-Hypnotized? – Lei Hwa was surprised. – That lady could not do that.

-So who can? I see her holding Tian Liam in front of my room.

-She cannot… is that him?

-Him? Is there any other person? You make me so confused, mother.

-He is the lady’s lover, he was very ambitious to have her beside him. He had tried many things in years but no good result. He was also an East Er person.

-Oh, that is it, I could feel the trace of a magical battle when I saw her and Tian Liam. Is that dangerous to Tian Liam? He had run away and he pushed me and Mr. Hu by powerful physical and magical strength. I am very worried about him now.

-Do not worry much, my sweet! He will be alright, you also know that, no bad magic can exist in a long time in the palace.

There were the footsteps outside the room.

-Mother, there is someone coming, I will connect with you later!

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

-I am here, you can get in. – She replied.

-I lead a doctor here to check your health, Mr. Hu said that you were hit by Tian Liam and he ran away with his aimless eyes. – Tian Liang sat on a chair.

The female doctor helped Hou Lei to check her pulse and her wounds. After treating the wounds, the doctor gave a list of medicine to Ah Jiang for getting from the medicine warehouse of the palace. Then she left, Tian Liang poured some tea for himself. Hou Lei tried to stand up to walk to the table for talking with him but she seemed to have much pain with the wounds.

-Let me help! – Tian Liang caught her arms.

-I can go by myself, people can see us like this. – She pushed his hands away.

-I know that we should keep our limit, but you do not need to keep a distance from me like that. We are still a family and helping you when you get sick is one of my responsibilities.

-I understand, however, you do not need too close like that.

She sat on a chair, he sat opposite her.

-You have been changing much. – He said.

-From what? I cannot see that I have changed.

-From the last time I met you in the West Forest, your innocence disappeared, replaced with a lady with responsibilities, a caress wife, and a well-known royal family member.

-Well, time changes, so people. I could not be an innocent princess in the whole of my life. Especially, after your father destroyed my tribe.

-You know that he did not mean to do that.

-But it did happen, and I am now a homeless lady, must live under another person’s name. And how can you feel what I am feeling? Every day passes with many thoughts in my mind, like a mess, about many things, my tribe, my life, my mission, and…

-And Tian Liam. – He interrupted her sentence.

She kept silent. He brought out a jade from his pocket. She recognized that was the one she gave him when they were teenagers and met each other in the border of the West forest, where Hou Ma tribe had lived. He gave it to her.

-At that time, I was scared of many things and you gave me this jade. You said that this jade could help me pass all the miserable things in the world. And now, I think that I should give it to you, hoping that it can help you get through this hard time.

-Thank you, but I do not need it. No one can give me the thing I want now.

-What is that thing? It is very important to you, right?

-Yup, it is my tribe, how can your father’s regret bring my tribe back? How can he return me the peaceful life I used to have? How can you people pay back me the beautiful period I have lost because of getting here? – Her tears started to fall down.

-I am so sorry. I cannot know the feelings you are suffering, but you know that I am always here to listen and help you, whatever you want to do, if I can, I will help you.

-I want to find the Hou Ma gem. As my mother said, it was stolen by one of Main Land people and it is now in this palace.

-So that was the reason you got here? To find the gem?

-Yes, and no other reason. – She assured.

-What will you do after finding out the gem? Leaving this palace? Revenging my father and my family?

-Of course, I will leave this palace, however, I will not get revenge for your father or anyone here. I just want to revive my tribe and live a happy life without any concerns about the difficulties in Main Land and any unhappy memories I will not want to remember.

-Including Tian Liam? You can leave him, but do you assure us that he will not run after you? And will you be happy without him?

To be continued..