"Your pretty,do you know that?" he smiled.
He pecked her lips and smiled "You taste like Jasmin and rose tea".
He licked his bottom lip as he contemplated her expression. She looked scared, that's what he wanted so that he can have her for himself. What's the harm of having a little fear in your heart.
He leaned in to kiss her again when suzhen turned her face and prince luo kissed her right cheek instead.
"Your highness,we are not yet married. I'd like it if the your highness is a little patient." suzhen commented. His closeness was suffocating.
Prince luo couldn't help but laugh darkly causing suzhen to want to flee and hope to never see him again.
He roughly grabbed her jaw line causing her pain. He once again leaned in and harshly kissed her. Suzhen tries to break out from his hold but he was just too strong. Left with o other choice,suzhen kicked prince Luo's manhood with her right knee causing him to fall on his knee.
"You-" he groaned. But before he could finish his sentence suzhen had already run away.
She forgot about the rules of etiquettes and run down the hall as tears fell on her cheeks.
"What's happened to the young Miss, suzhen?"
"Did she get into an argument with the prince of Naishi?"
"Or maybe prince Luo hates her?"
"She thinks she's pretty and that she has the power of that of a real princess"
Suzhen ignored all the maids gossip and just continued running not until she bumped into something muscular. She moved a few steps back because of the force.
"Miss suzhen,are you alright?" A husky and familiar voice said.
She looked up only to see the friendly face of a charming prince.
Suzhen kneeled down on both knees and kowtowed. "Please forgive me, prince Feng Mian."
Prince Feng Mian grabbed her shoulders and pulled her up.
"It's okay Miss suzhen but why were you running? Did someone hurt you? Why are you crying?" he bombarded her with so many questions but suzhen couldn't think straight right now. So she uttered an excuse and left.
"Something's wrong with sister-in-law" He muttered to himself.
"Your highness,we should get going" said a guard that was behind him.
"okay"
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"I'm warning you prince Luo. If you dare hurt my niece, I'll make sure to end your life the very second. Do you hear me?" She warned or was it a threat.
"My-my-my, empress. Don't fleet. I won't hurt your dear niece,in fact I'm not planning to do so. But if she dares try to act smart..." he paused.
Walking closer to the empress he gave her a threatening look and continued "I'll make sure that she doesn't see the light of day" he laughed menacingly as he left the empress's quarters. The empress was enraged.
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Two weeks had pass and in these two weeks , suzhen had been trying to ignore prince Luo but he kept pestering her,saying things like : "As my future wife,you have to keep seeing me" or "you can't hide from me forever"
But suzhen would try by all means not to utter a word and almost rolled her eyes at him. She felt disgusted with by his presence.
Suzhen shook her head not wanting to remember him.
*Knock Knock"
"come in" she permitted after hearing a knock on the door.
Slowly the door opened and later revealed the Duchess.
She walked to suzhen,who was lying her back on it while staring at the ceiling,and sat near the edge of the bed and patted suzhen's hair.
"My dear,do you want some snacks" she warmly asked.
Suzhen nodded "No thanks, mother. Why don't we take a stroll in the garden."
The Duchess let out a sad sigh and agreed.
__ At the garden __
"My dear, you'll be leaving tomorrow for Naishi. I just hope you'll be strong there. And please don't do anything silly again" Pleaded the Duchess.
Suzhen looked into her mother's eyes and sighed. She resembled the Duchess very much, especially her grey eyes.
"Mother I'll be fine. Prince Luo adores me. I'll use that as an advantage. I'll leave tomorrow and the wedding will be next month. So don't worry. I'll be sending you letters everyday, okay mother? " Suzhen tried to keep calm. She didn't want to cry in front of her mother causing the Duchess to also burst in tears.
The Duchess nodded and gave her a small smile. "Your strong my dear. Go to your brother's room. Talk some sense into him, he needs to get married sooner or later. " she complained.
" I'll send snacks to his room, okay. See you later my child" The Duchess kissed suzhen on the cheeks and headed to the kitchen and suzhen left to her brother's room.
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After eating snacks, Horus turned to suzhen and sighed "Suzhen are you happy?" He asked.
Suzhen looked up at him with a frown and answered "Of course I'm happy. I mean I've got a family to support me and I have royal aunt and uncle. My royal cousins and my future hus - I mean future nieces and nephews"
Nieces? Nephews? wait, him? Horus shook his head and waved his hands as of knowing what suzhen was implying.
"Suzhen, don't expect me to get married any time soon. If I want I'll remain single for the rest of my life"
Suzhen smirked " But you are handsome and attractive ; any woman would be lucky to have you as their husband"
" No girl is my type" he shrugged.
" But what about Miss Ming Hua. She's pretty and been eyeing on you ever since royal academy" Suzhen suggested.
With frustration he replied "All the girls like me and besides I'm not planning on getting married, not when you're sad like this"
Suzhen smiled at this. Her brother cares about her a lot and he always will but she won't give up. She just doesn't want to be the reason why her brother won't settle down and have a family.
"But you don't have to..." she lied on the bed and looked at the ceiling with hands tucked under her head,Horus did the same.
" I know you care about me, Horus. But you should get married and have a family of your own. And besides, i want to see my future nieces and nephews" she made clear of the last sentence.
She turned to look at Horus who seemed to be in deep thoughts. Looks like it worked.
After a moment of silence,Horus sat up and asked "Why don't we play a little game" suzhen sat up with one raised brow.
"What game?" she asked.
"The games we use to play" he said with a good memory of when suzhen and Horus used to play against each other. Of course,Horus would always win. The two would train all day. Horus wanted to become a general but being the only son,he has to focus on politics and become the next prime minister. But he used to be training the royal guard.
With a huge smile plastered on her lips, suzhen nodded.