This is surely the character of a true master,' she appreciates the easy-going manner of the handsome gentleman.
It was as though soft cherry petals were falling in the air around Tony as the maid's eyes were hypnotized into heart signs.
"May you show me the way to Miss Wu's room," Tony says politely, interrupting her romantic fantasy.
"Yes Master Zidu please come this way with me," she pushes open the half open door and shows Tony in with the leading motion of her hand
As he follows behind observing the surround he is led to what is the 'courtyard' area of the large manor.
There's small rock tiles among the grass floor that shape a winding path into an area that could only be entered through the half circle shape entrance carved out from the grey stone wall.
With the maid in front Tony hears some chattering noise behind the wall as they enter the half circle carved out from the wall.
It was a female's unusually high pitched voice. With an eerie queerness to her laughter as if she's laughing at a particular person without hinting to.
Coming in the entrance to the area there was a stone table with two sculpted stone chairs which sat two females dressed in a fashionably wealthy outfit.
"Oh who's this young man," The first older woman closest to Tony asks with a flirting tone.
She's seated at the outer seat of the table and has quite a piercing pair of eyes that's unnoticed behind her large plastered smile on her angular face.
The feeling she gives Tony as he glances for a second at her face is the impression of indiscreet snake carefully slithering towards him.
"Mistress this is Master Zidu," bowing politely with her head down to avoid eye contact. And her other hand giving the letter she has in her hand.
"Oh. It's an honor to have you in our abode Master Zidu," her crafty smile was with awareness of the strange politeness in the maidservant's voice.
"It's nothing much Mrs. Wu you're flattering me," Tony replies in a calm manner, "I��m only as a teacher for Zetian."
"Qin Er come great our guest," Mrs. Wu motions her daughter that was sitting on the opposite with a masking smile.
Her full cheeks were produced with light blush from makeup. With straight dark eyebrows that form a soft facial appearance that's easy on the eyes.
The girl stood up from her stone seat and greated Tony with curtsy, "Qin Er greets Master Zidu."
From the expression in her eyes there was a noticeable hint of flirtatiousness in her dark brown pupil.
When she did a curtsy by lowering her legs Tony noticed she purposefully leaned forward more from the usual ritual stance.
By leaning her maturely grown chest where her clothing is little loose on the breast area to entice him with desire by revealing more skin than usual.
There was a focus to her eyes as their eyes met. Providing the gentle atmosphere of the grassy courtyard between them an edgy lustful desire.
With a polite bow Tony respectfully saluted as a way of showing his awareness of her presence, "Miss Qin."
From the way the young girl decorates herself Tony deduced that there was family hierarchical difference between the two daughters Zetian and Qin.
Qin's complexion is much younger still with a more rounder face which shows that she is the younger sister.
Despite being the younger sister her braided hair was tied up in the air with accessories from gold and exotic pearls of the sea. And similar to her mother with a chinese outfit made from valuable materials of afar.
"My daughter Qin Er is bright at school and easy to teach-," her mother pridefully tells Tony with proudness,"unlike her sister Wu Zhao."
The woman turns her head away as though in contemptful disgust when she utters the name of Zetian. But a mother would never voice with such a tone about her own blood to an unknown stranger, unless if it's of course not her own child.
"Mother don't say that in front of Master Zidu," Qin tells her mother from continuing the gossiping.
Yet noticeably it wasn't from the purpose of compassion and love for her elder sibling. Instead there was an unmarked show of her false generosity and forgiveness as though demonstrating a good show for herself.
"Well then I won't be disturbing you from meeting your student Master Zidu," Mistress Wu curtsy slightly in a ritualistic habit, "I'll get the servants to prepare a bedroom for your use."
"Thank you for such graciousness Mrs. Wu," his heart was relieved that it has ended. The woman's presence was a landmine of foul air as she utters with her high pitched voice those words filled with arrogance.
As the younger daughter Qin leaves following behind her mother she gives a last farewell glance at Tony as their eyes meet together.
Unhidden in her look was an obvious signal of her interest for the new gentleman that any man can understand.
In return, Tony only met her advances signaled to him with those gluing eyes with a polite nod acting as if he hadn't noticed those unspoken words in a tiny bit.
Even through her colorful clothing Tony couldn't avert his observation from her curvaceous figure when she first bowed to him at their meeting.
But his heart was not sparked with the slightest attraction or desire to ravish her. Forged under the mountainous danger of numerous battles his willpower became harder than iron.
His heart sees past the appearances and knows the truth that beauty is only a judgement of the mind.
When the unconscious biases of the mind have been let go, what difference can be known between the beautiful and the ugly.
"Master Zidu this is eldest daughter Zetian's room-," they were standing near the light wooden doors made in a black color.
This chinese style door had square frames like straight rectangular windows on each at the top. With a soft silk fabric white in color to block people from seeing inside.
"Don't bother yourself. I'm fine by myself thank you for your kindness," he politely moves her hand from knocking on the slightly open doors.