Chapter 4 - CHAPTER FOUR: Poison

She started at eight o'clock in the morning and ended at one o'clock in the afternoon.

She goes out to find her father. She walks through hallway when a voice near it says something.

"Tonight, you have to put this poison in his wine while the Empress is with her. That way, we could set up the Empress. What will be the reaction of the people when they heard that a honorable and decent Empress killed the Emperor?" a man's voice said then laughs. His presence is surrounded with dark evil.

Princess Chichai slowly walks away without making noises.

She runs out and looks for her father.

"I need a plan tonight" she said to herself.

She keeps thinking of a plan.

" If I bring my brothers, they may drink the wine if Emperor Father requested..."

"If I bring a person, that person will end up dead.."

Then, she comes up with a brilliant idea but need a risk in order to save her father.

"If I bring myself, my brothers and people, I could bait it.." she decided.

She invited her brothers, the Eunuchs and Ministers, including servants.

"What is this, my Princess?" Her father asked.

"Emperor Father, I memorized the twenty books until afternoon. I just finished the ten books for two and a half hour and read more. Right now, Emperor Father. Allow me to recite it in front" she said confidently to him. She gives him the twenty books.

Emperor Father is impressed but he needs to check it himself.

Princess Chichai made him flips the first book. She recites the content of the book without errors and stoppage until she finished the twenty books.

The Emperor Father is very impressed of his daughter. Everyone in the hall is very silent.

"Brilliant! Excellent! You are genius!" he praised her endlessly. Her brothers are also impressed of her.

Then, she remembers something.

"Emperor Father, can I ask for your servant's name beside you?" she asked.

"Why is it?"

"She's beautiful. I couldn't take off my eyes of her. I want her to teach me how to put on some make up" she asked him politely.

"Okay,Introduced yourself" he ordered his servant.

"I am Vindil Rig. I am the servant of your Emperor Father since he was a prince" she introduced herself with posture.

"Then, I'll ask you later about make up!" she said with a smile. Vindil has fallen to the Princess's innocent smile.

"My Princess, let's drink a wine for being genius!" Emperor Father said to her.

"Emperor Father, I want to have exchange of wine with you. It is a great opportunity to drink wine with you for the first time" she said as she kneeled down.

Emperor Father laughs. "Good! Good! Good!"

Vindil is about to get the cup of the Emperor but Emperor Father immediately gets it and wine it up with her but didn't notice what she did.

She makes him stop in the middle of it. "Why, my child?" he asked.

"Emperor Father, Let me drink your wine and drink mine. Your wine will be my first wine to drink" she suggested.

The Emperor Father is very much pleased of her this night while Vindil is trembling because an innocent girl will die.

They both drink the wine and everyone is hype up!

But, the excitement and happiness become silent when she suddenly falls down.

Everyone is very shocked of what happened.

The Princes immediately go to her to check her pulse. They are worried as hell!

"Her pulse is fading! She is poisoned!" Third Prince said.

This incident makes the Emperor enraged. "Someone put a poison on my wine! Immediately find the culprit! And whoever that person is, kill him!" he shouted.

He goes to her daughter who is still on the ground. He cries. "Call every best doctor in all city!" he commanded.

First Prince, her elder brother, carried her to her room. She's sweating because of high fever. Her skin turns pale.

"Emperor Father, I think First Princess knows about the poison" Fourth Prince said.

"What are you saying?!" he shouted with enraged.

"Calm down, Honey" Empress Mother said. She's worried too but she needs to calm down as the Empress Mother of the family.

"Explain!" - Emperor Father

"Emperor Father, do you know that First Princess invited us all, just for us to hear her ability to memorize twenty books?" Fourth Prince started.

"N-No.." he replied.

"Then, that's the answer." he said.

"What do you mean, Fourth Brother?!" Sixth Brother grabs his collar and about to punch him but he added something.

"What I mean is, she already knows about the poison so she decided to invite us all to witness the scene. She may hear it somewhere or seen someone put it on your wine. Then, she decided to make a scene so that she could exchange wine with you and put her life at risk. She feared that the Empire will be in chaos if the Emperor dies..." he said in a monotonouse tone because of sadness.

"Then, if she knows who put the poison, why didnt she tell us?" Second Brother asked.

Fourth Prince smirked and looked at everyone. "She already told us. Try to remember the scene" he said.

Everyone tried their best to recall it.

"Okay, let's recall it step by step." Fifth Brother suggested.

"First, she invited us all.." - Fifth Brother

"Second, she shows her ability to memorize without errors and stoppage" - Third Brother.

"Third, the Emperor was impressed and she asked about Emperor Father's servant, Vindil" - Sixth Brother

"Fourth, father asked her a drink but she requested to drink his wine like an exchange wine as her first time" - Fourth Brother

Then, they immediately looked at each other and says the name in unison "VINDIL!"

Again, the Emperor was enraged. He ordered his men to look for Vindil but she's nowhere to be found.

"Em-....Em..peror" she called for her father.

"My Princess.." he cries.

She smiles. "I'm fine, father. Good thing, nothing happens to you" she said.

Her father cried loudly. He doesn't want his daughter to die like this. "You're too young to die, my princess" he said.

"B...Brothers, I...saw her at lunch...time. She...She's talking with someone...to plot on..F-Father's death.. Look..for her behind..the mountain" she said.

All of her brothers change their mood into revengeful person. They armed their military men and ordered them to find Vindil behind the mountain. But, they suspected that she's not yet there.

As time passed by, the poison worsen. Empress Mother couldn't bear it anymore and cried while Emperor Father felt useless because he couldn't save his child.

"Emperor! The best doctor in the Zinluo Mountain is here!" the guard said.

"Then, let him come inside!" he ordered.

The doctor has medical kits and covers herself with cloak. "She-She's an Ultraviolet Star?!" he is shocked of what he found after he made a physical check up.

"Y-Yes, she is." Empress Mother said.

"If she's an Ultraviolet Star, there is no need to worry about the poison inside her.." he said.

"What did you say?! Do you want to die?!" Emperor Father couldn't believe him.

"Let me explain" - Doctor.

"Explain" - Empress Mother

"She's an Ultraviolet Star. All kind of poison is nothing to her. These symptoms show a severe poison. But, her star fights back. She's trying her best to fight back" he said and put back his tools.

"If she dies, I will annihilate your entire family!" Emperor Father said to him.

"How long can we wait?" - Empress Mother

"She's been fighting back for two hours. Let's wait for her for more hours" he answered.

They didn't leave her room. They are waiting for her to wake up.

"Emperor Father!" - Sixth Prince

"We didn't see Vindil! Sorry for being incompetent" they said in unison.

"Rest yourself" Empress Mother.

The two concubines come in because they heard of what happened.

"Her...Her skin turns completely pale." - Concubine Meiri.

They all look at her. Then, Emperor Father grabs the doctor's collar. "You said she can heal herself!"

"Yes, she can. Just wait for five minutes" he said.

"Five minutes?! Look at her! Her skin is very pale! She already look like a corpse!" he said.

However, a voice made the Emperor calms down.

"Father, what happened?" Princess Chichai asked while looking at them without knowing why.

Her father and mother hug her tightly.

"You made us worried" Empress Mother.

"Silly! Don't risk your life like that" the Emperor said to him.

Then, she smiles at everyone. Her brother smiles because she is awake.

Behind them from a shadow, that person is mad and want to kill the Princess but couldn't do it because of not wanting to be exposed.

"There will be a day, your life will end" it said.