Henan Zhong: Three Wooers, The Bride Is Not Ready Yet

He was helping her to drink the oral medicine.

The medicine was too sour.

She was reluctant to take it more, there was smudge on the sides of her lips and on her chin now when he was trying to help her take it.

She always behave like mannered and learned but at this time she was behaving like a spoiled child.

He was facing difficulty.

He brought the medicine pot on her lips.

She grabbed his hand which was holding medicine and pushed aside that resulted the medicine to drop on his clothes.

Henan widely opened her eyes and looked at what she had done.

Her eyes got wet and the tear storm was on its way.

"No, stop, don't cry, if you take this medicine I won't say anything, now be a good girl," he coaxed and her tense expressions relaxed.

Three maids and two servants were there to fulfill any order from him.

They saw this situation.

'What is going on by the way? Is he the same Crown Prince? He killed a maid who was cleaning his study and accidentally broke paint brush, he ordered to hang a servant who merely spoiled a small stiching line of his clothes.'

She drank the whole pot of medicine.

She was making faces too.

There was splattered medicine on her face too.

He took the napkin and cleaned her lips and chin carefully and then helped her to smooth down.

He ordered his servant to prepare his another dress.

He went to change his clothes.

The news of an attack on the Crown Prince has reached to the Queen, she immediately stood up to meet him.

In the procession of her maids she reached his room.

His servant told that Queen was here to meet him.

In this moment, Queen entered in the room.

He hurriedly rush to stop her because it would disturb the girl who was asleep after taking medicine.

"Queen mother, you are here? Should we talk in the study? If we talk here it might disturb sleeping Diu," he lead her to his study.

The procession of servants an maids heard and were ready to puke blood.

"What, Crown Prince never give favor anyone against his mother and father? What year and date was today? Is that we all have ascended to a different era?"

His mother slightly surprised following him.

"What happened Prince Yong? tell me," she asked politely.

"Mother Queen, concubine Dura was working against the Palace and she plotted Yin Ya, she was about to tell the truth but someone silenced her and the next target was none other than Crown Prince, an arrow was aimed at me," he stopped reaching on this.

Queen could never imagine that Dura could work against Palace, she was once favored by her.

"But at the right time Diu pushed me aside and she got injured badly, she is brave girl and moreover Dura was trying to implicate her, it was the timely revelation of one of the maid that Dura was behind all this and I wanted to tell mother that Yin Ya died at the hands of Dura last night," Queen was stunned to hear this, what was going on in the Palace?

No one know who was Yin Ya though.

The evil guards were able to find the culprit within twelve hours, they cupped the head off of the left minister and killed his whole family, it was the order of Crown Prince Yong, "Whoever is found guilty, kill then all,"

Everything was bearable in a country but not a traitor.

Next day, the physician came to redress her wound.

She was awake and still in the room of Crown Prince.

He himself slept in his study.

His servant went to tell him that miss Diu was awake.

He came and was satisfied seeing her complexion have gotten better if compared to yesterday.

She was no more looking pale.

The physician redress the wound and slightly show some anger toward the maids because her wound was wet and it was not a good sign for a wound to heal.

Henan was embarrassed, she insisted to wash her face without their help and the few drops of splashed on her wound because she could only use one hand.

"Diu, next time I will help you wash your face," Crown Prince spoke stern.

Henan was pouting in her head.

It was third day that she has occupied his room.

"My Prince, I feel better now, should I shift myself to my room, it is truly embarrassing for me to hear that you are sleeping in study,"

There was no one in the room now.

"If you say that you like this room then I would gladly say that you can keep it, I am Crown Prince, do you think I lack rooms of my comfort?" he answered while looking at some documents.

"My Prince, I did not meant it," she hurriedly apologized.

"Then what do you meant,?" he shifted his eyes on her this time.

"No, I meant nothing," she hurriedly lowered her eyes.

She looked so much pure.

If she happened to not a country girl, he would have court her.

According to law of the Kingdom only a noble birth woman can meet the qualifications to become a Queen.

And he did not want to disrespect her by making her a consort or concubine, she deserved a respectable position.

He kept looking at her.

If he could have such brave and loyal wife, he would feel in heaven.

He shook his head.

He stood up to go.

Henan called him from behind, "My Prince, I don't feel good here," she was almost pleading now.

"Sure," he turned around.

And Henan came only in senses when he was holding her in his arms, he whispered, "Let me help you shift,"

He walked all the long corridors of Second Court and then crossed Third Court and at the end of Third Court was the beginning of the Fourth Court, he crossed mid way garden, while people of the people though not dared to look at him openly but sneaked peak or kept in hidden while casting glances over him.

He reached her assigned room and placed her on the bed.

The procession of maids and servants which was walking behind them were given the responsibility to look after every need of her.

He walked back to his study, today he was supposed to meet the eight opinion makers of the grand court with his father King.