Princess Ye'er was embarrassed and felt the heat run into her checks. She absentmindedly stood up and walked out but instead of walking away, she come closer to him and bump her head in his chest, instead.
"Makes yourself a decent one!"
He gives her a dress without taking a glanced towards her.
"Were have you been last night?"
"I—"
Ye'er swallowed hard, when she remembered what she did to him last night. She bit her lips and absentmindedly touched it.
No, I need to pretend!
"I don't know!"
She said while looking on the ground. Prince Ching frowned. He noticed that her face blushed furiously that give her away.
If she did not remember, did why would she react that way? Goodness! He almost said out loud.
Prince Ching made an intended cough to clear the tension between the two of them. He wasn't even asking about the "kissed" but knowing that she remember it, makes him smile.
"It's good that you don't know." He said. "You better stick to your amnesia!"
He clearly meant something else but Ye'er ignored it. She doesn't have time to pick a fight with him. At least not today!
She nods, that make him frowned. Her, being obedient is quite suspicious. She isn't a girl who would give up that easily, without a fight. Could that be she's up to something? he thought, wearily.
He was drowned in his own thoughts when he saw her walked away from him. Ye'er was nearly at the front door when he realized something, he immediately grabs her by the hand and pin her in the wall.
His left hand was at the back of her head to protect her from hitting the wall. While his right hand was still holding hers.
He looked into her eyes, fighting his feeling not to kiss her. Ye'er had no choice either, but to meet his eyes that sher regretted later.
There was something in his eyes that made her senses numb. Except her heart that beats so loud, Ye'er thought that everything momentarily freeze.
"Whats going on, with me?"
The only thing she could her at the moment is her heart that beats so fast, as if it wanted to come out from her mouth.
Prince Ching was looking at her intently, studying her expression. He come closer and closer and closed the gap between them. He slightly brushed his face into her face, enough to send chill through her veins.
Ye'er jerked when she felt the his skin and automatically close her eyes and waited without moving. She could feel his breath and its driving her crazy.
"What is wrong with me?"
Sweet revenge!
Prince Ching smiled mischievously when he saw her reaction. How could you say you forget about it when you did not?
"Next time don't run like a wild cat, up in the roof. If you want something come—to me!"
Prince Ching whispered softly in her ears, he deliberately made the last two words clear to teased her.
What an idiot! She clenched her fist tightly to hide her embarrassment and control herself not to beat him up.
So you're disappointed that he didn't kiss you?
She blushed when her inner thoughts teased her, that made her mood even worst.
"Yaaaa!"
She scream in anger but Prince Ching ignored her.
"Come through the back door— it's safe for you!"
Prince Ching said before leaving. She felt so weak as if all the food she eats digest in an instance.
As per the crown prince instruction she went through the back door. She was about to find Princess Xiang but she was no where to be found.
She randomly walked until eight prince suddenly showed up.
"Sister in law!"
Prince Yu was panting heavily as if he comes from a race.
"I finally found you!"
She frowned. "What do you want?"
Prince Yu smiled hesitantly while scratching his head.
"Where are you going?"
"That way!"
Prince Yu panicked upon hearing her answer.
"What? No!— I mean no, you can't go that way!"
" And why is that?"
"I mean— hehe, we can't go that way!"
There was a trace of uncertainty in Prince Yu's face that made her suspicious. It was as if there's something, she's not supposed to see in there.
"Unless you give me a good reason!"
"No! tàizǐ gè— ah No! I mean, His Majesrty!"
Princess Yu was clearly hiding something that makes her eyebrows raised in suspicion.
"What are you really up to?"
"Sister in law!"
The young prince begged her.
"Please I'm going to tour you anywhere—"
"Thank you so much for your kindness, Yu'er!"
She smiled sweetly.
"But I just want to remind you that I also grow up in this place. Even if I closed my eyes, I won't get lost!"
"Crown Princess!"
"Who's Crown Princess?"
She asked angrily, ignoring his plead.. She walked to the direction which eigth prince told her not to go.
Yu suddenly kneeled and blocked her way.
"Sister in law—No! Ye Gōngzhu, have mercy on me?"
He then, made a fake sobbed.
"What are you doing, you idiot?"
She asked him furiously while looking arround.
Someone might miss understood them, looking at the distance it will be look like eight prince is asking her hand and they're having an intimate relationship.
Plus he was tagging her skirt like a child asking for sweets. She rolled her eyes in disbelief.
Eight prince is just one year older than her, which supposedly makes the two of them a most suitable in terms of marriage. But this prince had a brain of ten year old child, very childish and immature.
"I'm going to kick you now!"
She warned him out of embarrasement.
"Even if you kicked, me I wont stand!" He stubbornly ignored her.
Ye'er clenched her fist, Prince Yu was really persistent and she was running out of patience. Then suddenly something come up into her mind.
"Alright—I won't go that way in one condition!"
"What is that?" He snap and stood up.
"Call me Nana everytime you see—"
"What?"
His eyes widened in disbelief.
"I'm older than you! why on earth would I call you a grandma?"
Prince Yu, asked difiantly. besides he would be a laughing stock if somebody else happened to her it. You're not even older than our grandmother! he murmured under his breath.
"So you don't want?"
She asked while she crossed her hands in her chest and chin up
"Then fine!"
She said and march forward.
"Fine. .Fine, Nana!"
He said frowning while scratching his head in defeat.
He's embarrassed but for hell he cared. His older brother will surely going to kill him if he fail the tasked he had given to him.
This little sacrifice won't do me harm, anyway! He said just to console himself.
Princess Ye'er burst into laughters.
"Good boy! Remember that starting today, everytime you see me you have to greet me and call me, Nana!"
He nodded obidiently for the sake of their deal.
True to her words. She went to the other side but freeze when she saw someone familiar to her in the distance, even if it's the tiniest image of him from afar still, she could recognized him!
When eight prince saw it, he was struck. his jaw open in surprised, It was like the world suddenly collapsed in him.
He was looking back and forth to Princess Ye'er and to his stupid brother.
"This bastard!"
She said clenching her hand.
"I will only have her—only her!
She remembered his words clearly, and now it was like a knife being stubbed in her chest.
of all people, why it has to be her older sister?
She snorts. Thats why she had to go through the back door. So no one could see her coming out from his chamber, What a liar!
Princess Ye'er did not move. She wanted him to clearly see her. She did not even bother to hide her disgust towards the two of them.
She clenched her fist tightly while her face darken in anger.
While in the distance Prince Ching suddenly took a glance in the other side. He felt as if someone was throwing a dagger towards him.
He frowned.
"The liar and the Jealous!"
Prince Yu thought while shaking his head. The scene was unpleasant, indeed. It was as if they were watching two lovers laughing happily.
If he was shocked to see them, what more would Princess Ye's reaction about it?
He was trying hard to prevent sister in law from seing them as what his stupid brother instructed him but look what happened?
He clenched his fist tightly.
"Come on!"
Prince Yu, grabbed her hand and hold it tightly.
In the distance, Crown prince was talking to Princess Ye's older sister, Lady Yue. "Yue" that means moon not the "Yu" of his brother's name which mean "Jade".
They seems to be happy but it was a part of his plan in order to divert Lady Yue's attention away from Princess Ye'er and also to confirm his suspicion.
Lady Yue had always been known to be Princess Ye's biggest pain in the ass. He already sent someone to investigates about accident that threatened the life of his future wife. And if proven that Lady Yue had a part of it, he won't make it slide.
Prince Ching will going to make sure that whoever will try to harm Princess Ye will surely pay the price.
And now he frowned as he saw, eight prince holding hands with his future wife, of all people why it has to be my brother?
After she kiss me! he sighed in anger.
"What happened, Your Highness?"
Lady Yue, asked him in a flirtatious way, She obviously knew what's going on but pinned ignorance and followed his gazed.
There she saw her little sister holding her hand with the other prince right under her future husband's nose.
Interesting! She snorted. This would be my chance!
"Forgive my sister,Your Highness. She's just young and ignorant—"
Prince Ching, furrowed his brows when he heard what Lady Yue said.
"I have something to tell you, I just don't know—"
"Speak it!"
He said imperiously. He is getting annoyed and Lady Yue was getting into his nerved. If he's not the one invited her, he already leave her and beat the hell out of his brother.
"Before his Majesty had summoned her in the palace—"
Lady Yue intentionally stopped and watched his reaction. When she saw his face darken in anger, she smiled wickedly. Adding oil into the fire will makes him explode!
"I hate beating arround the bush, if you want to say something speak it directly!"
He snap impatienly, he wondered how did he managed himself not to yell at her. It must be because of the fact that she's still Princess Ye's older sister and his future sister in law.
Lady Yue is cleverly annoying! This kind of woman is the scariest of all, her scheme is calculative.
She won't even let her sister off, how much more the one she's not related with? He though.
He knows that shes trying hard to hold him up so he could not follow those two fools.
"If it pleases you,Your Highness!"
She smiled sweetly.
"My little sister told me that she already
promised herself to someone else, who would have known—"
"Stop!"
Prince Ching yelled at her, He already lost his temper.
"Forgive this impertinent servant of yours—"
She suddenly kneel down but deep inside she smirked. The more furious you are, the better. !
"I will arrange someone to send you home, I
have and urgent matter to settle!"
He said coldly ingnoring her superfacial act.
"Yes!"
When the Crown prince was gone, she smiled wickedly.
I'm going to take everything from you, Little sis!
She smiled wickedly. All of this was mine to begin with!