Drops of dew and the chirping from the birds is telling that the morning has cos. It is a quite peaceful morning, but not for TanTan. She wakes up with a horrible nightmare. In the dream, she back as a little HuaMuTan, holding Xiaoi, her doll and keep running and running from the wolves who chase her down...
’It seems my stress has manifested into this nightmare...auch...auch... auch... auch...my body" TanTan groans for the cramp feeling from all of her body, ’It feels that my muscles had been tore up...’ She tries to wake up from her bed, then she realizes that XiaoRue is fallen asleep for watching over her all night.
TanTan is very grateful for having a faithful servant like XiaoRue,
’She must be so tired for all night...’ TanTan doesn’t want to wake her up, so she tries move slowly to go down from the bed, but it’s not worked. TanTan’s movent is waking up XiaoRue.
"Sorry XiaoRue...I don’t want to wake..."
"XiaoCie...."
In TanTan’s surprise, XiaoRue sudden kneels down and bows down her head as she is guilty for sothing,
"XiaoCie, please punish XiaoRue..."
"What? Why? What did you do wrong that deserved to be punished?"
’Seriously...what happened while I’m sleeping?’. As she rembered, after she, Prince Li and ManQi arrived at Li Mansion. She ignored everyone and just walked directly to her room and throw herself onto the bed.
"XiaoRue is not a good servant...XiaoRue let herself to be distracted by the lantern and made XiaoCie having a terrible experience and almost be killed!"
’Non sense, if XiaoRue is not a good servant, I don’t know then what can be called as a good servant anymore.’
"Arise, XiaoRue...its not your fault at all. In fact ,it was better that you weren’t with at that ti or you would be hurt too" TanTan tries to ease XiaoRue but it isn’t working at all. XiaoRue is still kneels down and seems very worry...
It makes TanTan thinks, ’Maybe in the past, HuaMuTan always blad her for any unfortunate monts she had. If that so, what an evil woman she was really...its like how Prince Li calls her...ah thats right! Prince Li...how is he?’ Sudden TanTan rembers that Prince Li wounded last night because of her,
"XiaoRue, how is Prince Li? Is he okay?"
"Prince Li, he..." TanTan feels XiaoRue hesitated to answer her. It makes TanTan thinking the worse,
"What is it, XiaoRue??? Is sothing bad happens to Prince Li? Is he...?"
"No..Prince Li is fine...XiaoCie don’t have to worry. Last night Physician Huang had given Prince Li a dicine to save his life...Prince Li is now resting in his room."
"Fiuuhh...you scares a lot, XiaoRue...Oh, co on, stand up already...what makes you so worry?"
But XiaoRue still not moving, she still insists actually not for what she has said but she is hoping that by punishing her, can ease her XiaoCie from being burst in anger after knowing who with Prince Li all last night.
"If you insists not telling , i will really punish you.." TanTan stands and changes her cloth by herself.
Of course TanTan doesn’t an it. In her mind, she isn’t thinking about punishing XiaoRue but she is busy thinking sothing else, like if Prince Li has fine, does she need to go and visit him? The one who calls Physician Huang is must be ShuangAi... then did ShuangAi went ho safety with her father? And she also want to check FangFang, just to make sure that everyone is okay.
’Yup, first let see the Prince Li’s condition...’
"Stop playing, XiaoRue. I want to see Prince Li right now."
"NOoo, XiaoCie...you can’t...!!"
Tantan stares puzzled to XiaoRue,
"Why not?"
"Its...its..because..."
"Because ShuangAi Cie is with Qi WangGe right now. You can’t disturb them!" A young lady, cos from nowhere, entering the opened door of TanTan’s room, staring at TanTan and smirks to her.
TanTan observes this uninvited guest., a pretty young lady in her purple dress, with so many expensive accessories around her cloth including a golden hairpin on her long curly hair. She is giving a royalty aura and she is also calling Prince Li as ’QiWangGe’ So...could be this young lady is...?
Like confirming what TanTan guesses, XiaoRue bows down her head and greet the young lady in formal.
"Servant greets Princess Xixi"
"Arise..."
’So this is Princess Xixi, the sister of third Prince? Isn’t that an she is HuaMuTan’s royal cousin?’
Princess Xixi makes herself comfort by sitting ln the chair in the middle table, she takes an empty glass and gesturing XiaoRue to pour tea for her. XiaoRue instantly obeys and does the order. Then Princess Xixi drinks the tea calmly.
’Wow...she acts like she is the master of this room...how arrogant! But maybe she can act that because she is a princess?’
So TanTan doesn’t bother it at all. She thinks about the information she got just now. ’ShuangAi accompany Prince Li right now? Oh that’s why XiaoRue looks so worry. She thought that I will be jealous and throw an anger when I hear about ShuangAi. Well, HuaMuTan might do that....poor XiaoRue...’
anwhile Princess Xixi feels confuse to see a plain reaction from HuaMuTan. She is expecting an anger cos out from HuaMuTan, so she repeats,
"Hey, don’t you hear what I said. I said that Prince Li is..."
"...now accompanied by ShuangAii, yes I heard it clearly. Thanks for the information, Princess." Answer TanTan calmly, which is surprising not only Princess Xixi but also XiaoRue who becos relieves for what she afraid to happen just now is not exist.
Princess Xixi widens her eyes and let her mouth open to express her confusion. It looks quite funny and cute, seeing it makes TanTan smiles to her.
"You...you are not angry to know about it?"
"Why should I? I am glad that ShuangAii can accompany Prince Li. He is wounded and need soone to take care of him..." TanTan is truly glad can giving a change for Prince Li can be accompanied by ShuangAi. At least it can pay her regret for making Prince Li wounded to protect her. So TanTan doesn’t care for Princess Xixi’s words.
But Princess Xixi doesn’t satisfy with the answer. She want so badly to make TanTan angry so she makes a lie,
"Oyeah? But I heard that QiWangGe asks her to accompany her all night. He even didn’t want to let her go..."
TanTan can see clearly the purpose of Princess Xixi, she tried to trigger her anger, ’Its obviously that this princess hates HuaMuTan too. But is it because of Prince Li or they have another personal grudge? Oh HuaMuTan, how many people actually who hate you in this life? It seems almost everyone I t here is HuaMuTan’s enemies.’
TanTan sighed, she isn’t in mood to argue with this princess furthermore. She is rembering sothing more important, the dagger!
Last ti in her tiredness, she put the dagger on the table just before she went to sleep and now she realizes that the dagger is gone!
"Sure ShuangAi Cie can take care of QiWangGe much much better than you!"
Princess Xixi still keep talking while TanTan approaches XiaoRue and asks her about the dagger,
"XiaoRue, do you see the dagger on the table last night? the one that covered with cloth?!"
"A dagger? Sure, it is still on the table when I co to watch over XiaoCie, over there!" XiaoRue points to the table where she saw the dagger, but it is no more dagger, "Its gone? XiaoCie...I didn’t know..." A worry look cos back again on XiaoRue’s face.
’Where is that dagger? was soone take it while they asleep last night? or in this morning?’
Princess Xixi becos upset for being ignored completely by TanTan and XiaoRue,
"Hey, stop ignoring ...what’s wrong with you all this morning, even FangFang ignored and run away just like that... Listen, HuaMuTan..."
’FangFang!...’ TanTan and XiaoRue look to each other, it seems they are thinking the sa thing, "It can’t be...?!"
TanTan then stares Princess Xixi and asks her in a very high serious tone.
"When did you see FangFang?"
"What should I?" Princess Xixi seems upset to be asked in that way,
"TELL QUICKLY!" TanTan scolds ,and it makes Princess Xixi sudden feels scare,
"Just now, when I want to co here. I bumped her on the way. She seed hiding sothing on her back and then she just run away without saying any apology to ...how rude that child!"
’Its FangFang...she was the one who take the dagger...Oh My God, that dagger is still poisonous!! FangFang...!’
TanTan rushes out from the room,and be followed by XiaoRue who seems knowing what inside TanTan’s mind.
"Hey, wait, I’m not finish talking with you...heyyy...where are you going...are you going to QiWangGe to disturb them???" Princess Xixi becos more upset. She chases them and then pulls TanTan’s hand to stop her,
"HuaMuTan, I won’t allow you to go to see QiWangGe...hey.Listen, LISTEN WHAT I SAY!" Princess Xixi shouts very loud till so servants who cleans the house at that ti glances to them confusedly.
"Xii, why do you so loud in other’s house? A princess should not act like that!" A man cos to them and scolds Princess Xixi.
TanTan can see that the princess sudden being aware with her attitude in front of this man. The man is also giving the royal aura and when TanTan sees XiaoRue greets him in formal and how the princess calls him, she can guess that this man is Prince LiFengEr, the third prince, who is also Princess Xixi’s big brother.
"SanWangGe, its HuaMuTan’s fault. She was ignoring when I talked to her. Isn’t it impolite?!" Princess Xixi tries to get a support from her brother.
TanTan wonders if this brother is also sa like his sister, hating HuaMuTan? If that so, she is really don’t have ti for this...
"Silly girl, how can you call HuaMuTan by na? You should call her MuTan Cie coz she is older than you and also she is your sister in law." What a surprise for TanTan to see Prince FengEr scolds his sister and even nod his head, smiles politely to her.
"Huh! I will never call her like that. I only admit ShuangAii as my sister in law, not her!"
"Xixi!" Prince FengEr scolds her again. He then turns to TanTan, "I am sorry for my sister being impolite to you, MuTan i. I hope you don’t be offended with her words." Prince FengEr once again smiles to her. He is really handso with that smile. In fact, entire his appearance is a very good looking, but for TanTan, its not the right ti to enjoy a good looking, she must check FangFang imdiately...
"Its fine...I won’t take it seriously. Then if you may excuse us..."TanTan ready to go but Princess Xixi still stubborn and blocks TanTan in the way.
"I won’t let you go to QiWangGe!!"
"Step aside, Princess!!"
Prince FengEr pulls Princess Xixi’s hand and make a way for TanTan but he is also curious coz he sees TanTan is so worry,
"MuTan i, why do you so rush? Are you really going to see *Qi WangDi?"
"I am not, I want to check FangFang!!"
’FangFang? Since when HuaMuTan cares about her step daughter?’ This sa thought occurs in these brother-sister’s mind ,it confuses them.
"Your purpose to see FangFang must be never good, let co with you!!"
"Do as your please" TanTan answers as polite as she can be, while her mind answering ’Whatever, I don’t care...’
So four of them rushes to FangFamg’s room. When TanTan near to the place, she notices the cloth which covered dagger is on the floor close to the door. so TanTan rushes into the room and in shock, she finds that FangFang has laid on the floor with a dagger beside her. It seems FangFang in accident cut her own fingers with the dagger,
"FANGFANG!!!" TanTan imdiately approaches the body, she tries to pull out the dirty blood from the finger as much as it can be, hoping the poison isn’t too deep yet. FangFang looks unconscious but still breathing,
Prince FengEr who instantly understands the situation, imdiately takes out a small bottle, contains a liquid dicine and makes FangFang drinks it.
"What is that?" TanTan looks to the bottle curiously.
"Its okay. Its an antidote. She will be fine" He ensures TanTan, then he carries FangFang onto the bed.
TanTan who has relieved suddenly feel tired and weak that she finally sit down on the chair near to the middle table.
XiaoRue who enters the room next imdiately checks FangFang and covers her the blanket.
While Princess Xixi who cos last, seeing the dagger on the floor, and then seeing FangFang on the bed.
"Is that a dagger?" She wants to take the dagger, examines it closely but TanTan stops her,
"Don’t touch..its poisonous!"
"Poison?"
TanTan imdiately instructs XiaoRue to cover the dagger with cloth again and keep it to her room safely. XiaoRue instantly does the order.
Seeing the condition of what happens, Princess Xixi makes her own conclusion,
"What is this?? A poison dagger? FangFang? HuaMuTan, how evil are you? You tried to poison FangFang again, aren’t you!! SanWangGe, we must arrest her right now!"
"What? What are you talking about, I’m co here to save FangFang!!" in her tiredness, she is being pissed off to be accused without a sense base.
"You purposely made FangFang took your dagger from your room so it seems like she hard herself! How tricky you are!" Princess Xixi continues her accusation.
TanTan stands in her anger,
"RIDICULOUS! IF LIKE THAT, WHY I STILL CO HERE TO SAVE FANGFANG!"
"BECAUSE I KNOW IT! YOU’RE PLANNING THAT NO ONE KNOW ITS YOUR DEED BUT UNFORTUNATELY I T AND SAW FANGFANG TOOK THE DAGGER FROM YOUR ROOM! SO YOUR PLAIN TO PRETEND NOT GUILTY IS FAIL! SAN WANG GE, WHAT ELSE YOU ARE WAITING FOR, ARREST HER NOW!"
"THAT ENOUGH, XIXI!"
Princess Xixi shocks for his brother doesn’t defend her but...
"But..SanWangGe..."
"Didn’t you see how worry and rushes MuTan i to co here and how hard she was trying to save FangFang!!"
His brother defends HuaMuTan more than his own sister, how humiliating!
"We’ll see. HuaMuTan! Wait until QiWangGe hear about all these!!" Princess Xixi runs out from the room in her upset, leaving TanTan with Prince FengEr alone.
"I am sorry, MuTan i. Xii is not thinking clearly! I’ll explain to her later, don’t worry about her...!"
Prince FengEr sit down and pour a glass of tea for TanTan, he is also gesturing TanTan to sit and relax.
TanTan looks at Prince FengEr, she feels grateful to him, ’This is the first ti I have soone defending , maybe I can trust this person as a friend?’
"Thank you...for defending .."
"Its nothing. I just said what I saw. I know that you are not intending to poison FangFang. That dagger..."
"Just an accident...but it was truly my fault. I suppose to keep the dagger safety first" TanTan shows deep regretful , she looks to FangFang who is sleeping now.
"But why do you have a poisonous dagger? Do you use it to soone else?"
Prince FengEr asks about it lightly as he is joking.
"Oh No...no....its even not mine... it belongs to the killers who want to kill ?"
"The killers? Its interesting...can you tell the full story?" Prince FengEr sudden looks sharply to TanTan, he seriously want to know what is it behind that dagger and maybe the wounds of his seventh brother.
TanTan takes a deep breath before start, "Sure..." and then she retells what happened in her journey to Li Mansion and also the event of last night, in the moon festival.
Prince FengEr listens to her carefully, and it eases TanTan, that she feels finally she can talk her problem to soone friendly.
At the end of her story, Prince FengEr gives his conclusion,
"So...soone is trying to kill you, by sending these assassins and the clue is might be in that dagger?"
"Yeah, at least its all I have. Oh right, just now you gives to FangFang, the antidote of the poison, do you familiar with that poison?"
"Hm...the poison in the dagger is quite deadly but not too special. So yeah, in coincidence, I have the right antidote with ."
"...FangFang is so lucky...Do you still have it? You should give it to Prince Li right now."
"Yeah, you right, I think its ti for to see QiWangDi. And also to stop Xii for not bothering QiWangDi. Do you want to co with ?"
’I am not sure Prince Li will happy to see in this mont’ TanTan shakes her head slowly,
"No, maybe later. I want to take care FangFang here for a while"
"Very well, ah...MuTan i...perhaps you can trust the dagger to ? I might can help you to find information about the killers for you. Beside won’t it be more safety with than you put in this house?"
TanTan stares to Prince FengEr, calculates what should she does,
’Can I trust him? He has an antidote, doesn’t it an he owns the poison also? But he looks sincere helped before...’ In her study experience as a law student, she knows that in this condition she must be aware to anyone.
TanTan once again shakes her head,
"I can’t give you the dagger, but I can give you the drawing later. Can you help with that?"
Prince FengEr surprises a little for the answer, he doesn’t expect HuaMuTan to put aware on him, so he smiles to her,
"Very well...give the drawing of the dagger, I help you to find the owner..."
"Thank you, I’ll sent it imdiately later."
Prince FengEr excuse himself politely and goes out from the room. In front of door, he still glances to HuaMuTan and smiles, he talks in his mind.
’This HuaMuTan is very interesting...’
and then he goes away.
*QiWangDi: *Seventh little brother, calling for a royal little brother from a royal big brother.
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