Mountain Xihan was filled with beauty and mysteries. It never failed to welcome Xi Shi with it's beauty and refresh her mind with it's calming atmosphere. Xi Shi claimed up on the mountain humming a sweet melody.
Due drops fell down from green leafs as the fog have started to melt down. The sun was shining warmly above in the sky as the birds were chirping, bees leaving their nests, butterflies wondering around the newly bloomed flowers. Xi Shi was tempted to stay there and rest for a long time, but she could do that another time as she needed to prepare her father's medicine for now.
Xi Shi halted as she had reached an edge of a hill. She carefully tiptoed on the narrow path of the edge. It was risky for a commoner, but not for a trained warrior like her. Xi Shi smiled brightly when the white flowers came to her view. She plucked some flowers and putted them inside her bag.
Xi Shi was walking back home when she felt something following behind her. She turned around with a bright smile on her beautiful face. She pulled off her hoodie, causing the hairpin to fall down from her hair, letting her long silky hair to fall down to her hip. "How many times have I told you not to come so near to the humans? What if someone sees you?" she said.
A large beautiful white wolf with sharp green eyes walked closer to Xi Shi . The wolf nuzzled against her hand after licking it. Xi Shi smiled brushing her beautiful fingers against the smooth silky fur of the white wolf.
Xi Shi had saved this white wolf a year ago. The poor wolf was injured in the leg with a hunter's trap. Xi Shi had treated the wolf when she saw it on his way and since then the wolf had been following her around. Once Xi Shi saw the wolf near her mansion, she was very worried that the others would see the wolf and try to kill it. She told the wolf to stop following her around and not to get so near the humans. As if the wolf understood and stopped following her, but still would meet her once or twice when Xi Shi went up on the mountain.
"Did something happened?" Xi Shi asked sensing the sadness from the wolf, he didn't wiggled his tail and jumped around in happiness like the other days. Xi Shi felt worried for him. The patted the wolf's head trying to comfort him.
The wolf reminded looking at her with sad eyes as if he wanted to say something, but couldn't. "Everything will be alright." Xi Shi said smiling sadly. "I hope whatever is making you sad, you can overcome it soon."
After a while Xi Shi told the wolf to return to his home, since his family must be waiting for him. The wolf obeyed her and started walking behind the bushes. After the wolf disappeared from her sight, Xi Shi once again started her journey back home.
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A handsome man hiding behind the bushes was dazzled as his eyes fell on the beauty in front of him. The crisp breeze was brushing the beauty's long, silky, dark hair. He was glowing under the sun with her pale pearly skin making her look ethereal.
She was smiling so brightly as her beautiful long slender fingers were brushing the white wolf's fur, it made his heart beat abnormally. Her cherry lips looked so delicious that he wanted to do nothing more than to kiss those luscious lips. She had deer eyes, a small nose and a nature blush on her cheeks. He couldn't take his eyes of her, she was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen and he was bewitched by her.
Her voice was like sweet melody to his ears. He felt this unknown excitement and need to own the beauty. It was the first time he felt something like this. He was never interested in a woman, he didn't look at them if it wasn't necessary. It was like the beauty unleashed the beast inside of him, and the beast wanted to ravish the beauty.
Who was she? What was her name? Where did she came from? Where did she live? He wanted to ask all those questions.
"The wolf is getting away, Your Majesty." He was shaken out of his thoughts by the man beside him.
He needed to follow the white wolf, but his heart wanted to follow the beauty. He didn't like the feeling of the beauty somehow walking away from him. He felt something weird in his heart.
"Your Majesty?" Li Xin asked.
Wu Jing, the emperor of Han didn't take his eyes of the beauty as she was walking farther away from him. He was the emperor of this country. He could do whatever he wanted and get whatever he wanted. He stood up on and said, "I have another task for you."
"I'll get inflammations about her as you want, Your majesty," Li Xin said understanding what the emperor wanted. He too had looked at the beauty. He too was frozen by such a beautiful sight. Who wouldn't? But he knew better not to lay his eyes on the emperor's woman. Yes, since the moment the emperor laid his eyes on the beauty, she belonged to him from that moment. It was the first his emperor has ever shown interested in a woman, and he wasn't surprised.
Emperor Wu smirked and said, "You always know what I want."
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~*Back In The Lu Mansion*~
Just when Xi Shi was finished preparing the medical, Bai Ling rushed inside the room in panic a mode. "Young miss!" she shouted.
Xi Shi was flinched from the sudden loud tone of Bai Ling. She looked up at Bai Ling at her. "You have startled me, Bai Bai. What's the matter?"
"Where have you been for so long, young miss? Everyone is looking for you all over the place."
"Why are they searching for me?" Xi Shi looked confused as she asked her.
"The master was so furious as no one could find you. We were so worried that something bad happened to you."
"I apologize for making everyone worry, but you see I was too occupied to make this medicine that I forgot to inform others that I went up on the mountain to get some necessary herbs." Xi Shi explained.
"Don't apologies, young miss. It's all my fault. I should've taken better care of you. Please punish me young miss!" Bai Ling kneel down on the floor and bowed her head.
"Get up Bai Bai." XI Shi helped Bai Ling to stand up. "It's not your fault. You take very good care of me. Don't blame yourself. It was my fault for not letting anyone know where I went. I'll be careful next time."
"Please tell me next time you go anywhere."
"I will."
"The master and young master is very worried for you. I'll go and tell them," Bai Ling said before running off.
"Be careful! Don't bump yourself! Xi Shi chuckled.
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To Be Continue...