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

This was second last night before the celebrations of winter. 

"Fan Mei you can go back your home, Jei Lan will be sleeping here and remember to come early," she roughly ordered Fan Mei. 

Fan Mei went happily, she would give the gifts those were given by the miss and the kind maid. 

Her daughter would be much more happy to see all these things, she would wear on the special day like other children.

As soon as Fan Mei left the room, she looked at Jei Lan. 

She brought out her black dress. 

The medicine she reserved for Wan Hu was also kept in the pouch, she prepared it beforehand. 

The most important thing was the sword. 

The dress she bought for him was also packed. 

After all this preparation she waited two hours before most of the Palace people fell asleep. 

She came out silently and took the back of the slave dorms side and tried hard to keep hidden. 

There was enough light of the moon so it was easy to get noticed. 

The trees were best to provide hiding spot before anyone could get suspicious. 

The guards were slacking today. 

The reason was unknown, there was stern expressions on their faces. 

They did receive the order from Crown Prince to not toture the captive anymore. 

So this was the reason for their slacking. 

"What are you trying to explain?" A guard snickered. 

"I am saying the reason behind this order must be big, don't you feel odd?" He waved his hand. 

"It is odd because we are spared to torture a noble blood, haha," his friend chuckled little loud. 

"You are always this light, there are the clouds of war lurking on the sky of our kingdom, yet you think it a strange," the third one corrected the first one. 

" Whatever is the reason, we are only at the Beck and call of the nobles," the second one shook his head. 

"What if this noble found us in the future and revenge for this torture,?"the most frightened one spoke. 

"That is the matter of future and you are dying in the present just to think about the impossible future, haha," they all laughed out loud at the words of their leader. 

She silently walked behind the back of castle and opened the window. 

He was sitting on the bare floor. 

He was no more in deranged condition. 

He saw her black shadow and stood up. 

He hurriedly pulled her and hugged her. 

"There is sword on my back, its hitting," her suffocated voice whispered. 

"Oh, I am sorry, I was thinking about you just now," 

She took the luggage she brought with her. 

"When I was leaving Shang Palace to find, the Queen gave this sword to me and it helped me a lot, now I am giving this sword to you, the third night I will be waiting for you at the seventh street, you will move toward the boundary of the Kingdom Yong capital from there," 

She gave him the family symbol of his mother to him. 

She opened a rough paper and spread it. 

Since she have access, she roughly draw every map she needed for her escape, she have rough map of Palace, Kingdom Capital, its borders and the shortest way to reach Belle Forest, though the first part of the Belle Forest would be difficult to cross if enemies happened to follow them 

But it mainly depends on Wan Hu how he would lead them all. 

"I will join you as soon as you take the other three person at the boundary of the Capital," 

She was pointing finger on the various safe and dangerous parts of the rough map. 

If they were fortunate they might not get noticed by soldiers. 

"This sword was given by my mother?" 

He unexpectedly questioned.

She looked up, "Yes, indeed, I promised her that I will bring back her son at any cost," she said seriously.

"At any cost?" He asked more seriously.

Was there any competition to get serious more than other? 

"You don't believe," she asked.* 

"I don't," he refused to believe her for the first time. 

"I will find way"* she smiled. 

Crumble..

Her smile could kill him. 

"Henan don't smile, I don't want to loose myself," 

Henan was left agape. 

'What? Loose yourself? Just for a smile? What's going on with this look by the way? A day ago the Crown Prince was looking at her this way, right? Wan Hu, are you not feeling well?' 

"Stop looking like this," she was looking at the rough map now, sulking. 

The situation turned awkward. 

"Don't do this either..." he stopped. 

What? A warning? 

"Either what?" She asked surprised. 

"I will hug you again," he smiled lightly. 

"Oh, a hug and I thought that you will complaint my father, I have hugged you several times what's threatening about it? I can give hundred hugs," she raised her shoulders like it was nothing serious. 

[This girl, when will she be big enough to understand a hug? She take it like a childish hug, Ahh, now I understand I never hugged her passionately but that was because I fear her anger] 

[I will tell her what a true hug meant to be, he promised himself. I have to tell her what love meant to be] he took a deep a breath. 

"If I could not reach you at right time of the third night, you have to carry on the journey," she spoke. 

"Why would you be late? We cannot advance forward if you did not come," 

"I will be following this map and will be soon with you but it might possible that I have to be present in the Event for few brief moments but I will make excuse and will use the best horse to reach as soon as possible," 

He understood her concern, if she went missing early there must begin early searching and if she showed up there, it would cause less trouble in the beginning.