Chapter 19: Chapter (17): Strolling in the city

'That girl is cunning, why would she care about Li Shu's scars and react like that?'

The prince's fingers curved into a fist and smacked the table. The cutleries jingled, and at the same time the door groaned and a shadow entered. The orange light was dim and the sun was about to move down.

"Your highness, are you fine?"

The man walked to the living room and his eyes met a pair of flaring gazes. He had heard from Ke Xin that something strange had happened between Li Shu and the princess. And here, he was wearing a back uniform, it sounded like he would want to leave at night.

"I am."

The answer was shorter than anytime, Chaoxiang walked to the kitchen and put down the supplies he had taken from Ke Xin. He was keen to notice what had happened between him and the princess but he couldn't ask.

Beginning to cook, he could still sense the prince severe aura flashing out. He should have come to question him but unlike it, he was drowned in his void.

Outside of the kitchen, an alluring figure walked behind the curtain of the full-length window that led to the balcony. The breeze pulled the lace and caressed his face. His eyes were on the princess's residence. It was close to this dwell.

Closing his eyes, he recalled the moment her body was exposed to him, she was as soft as a white flower's petals. Was she sad for him being tormented? But he screamed that he was lying. The warm steam escaped from the kitchen and arrived at him.

Provoked but the heat, he couldn't get rid of her image inside the bathroom. The figure magically was built by the heavens. But she was weak, her heart was weak and fragile.

Bringing up his wrist, he looked at the bracelet, her mother gifted her a magical tool to protect her because she knew that her daughter has a generous heart and her rivals might aim at her. This magic traveled all along and reached him. there was no doubt that it was destiny otherwise the jewel could catch a thief's wrist, why not the head of road robbers but him?

He stood there, thinking for an hour, the noises around him drained down and he didn't realize that Chaoxiang set a table for him unless he announced. Ah, this princess, she was a mere distraction.

"Your highness, come to have your food."

Chaoxiang didn't need a clue to grasping the changes in prince Wu Xiuying. The prince washed the dishes and didn't leave them for him. he would never do the dishes as he hated.

"The smell sounds good." The prince described and scanned the elements on the table. Sweets? Chaoxiang could make everything but sweets.

"These came from princess Xing Huan. Ke Xin gave them to me."

Ke Xin! The naïve girl, ah until now, she was the second most interesting creature here after the princess. No, she was better than the princess, the girl was enough brave to speak directly rather than letting out vague behavior.

The prince picked up his chopsticks and began to eat the rice and meat. Chewing the first bit calmly, he nodded, "You did a good job, Chao, eat. I know about your curiosity."

"Yes, your highness."

The prince was silent which was rare, he wasn't talkative but he used to take care of Di reign's matters and ask for a response.

"Your white hawk had arrived with a notice."

Chaoxiang started to change his mood. He must bring him out of the petrifying state. Putting the rolled paper on the table.

The prince picked it up and unrolled it, his eyes narrowed, and his lips parted, "The queen is ill. She wants to see me."

The captain's face dimmed; he was certain that his prince wished to go but in this situation, they couldn't go.

"I will write her a letter."

The prince noted and began to wrap the table. Chao stopped him but the prince shook his head, saying, "It is a distraction, let me help you then we would go outside. I must search for the clues. I am confident someone in this court is leading the robbers."

"I have access to the archive; I am going to check over the financial matters to see if there are missing documents."

The prince nodded and as they were done cleaning, he turned to Chaoxiang to feed his curiosity.

"Check with the eunuch if you found something. it is not out of mind if the shreds of evidence lead us to the prince's relatives or even himself."

Chaoxiang's eyes widened, "Do you think that he really wants to kill his sister?"

"I have no qualm." Quitting the kitchen, he picked up his mask, hopefully, inside the streets, he didn't need this mask. His night identity was coming from Sheed, a Young merchant from the lands of the sun.

Sneaking into the shadows, Chao led him out, when he joined the guards, Yichen showed him the whole castle. While crossing the darkness, the prince pulled Chao and flew up to the roof, bending down, two figures limply pushed the bushes away and quit through that small door.

The prince's eyes blazed, that was the princess ring that glowed!

"The princess is a nightwalker!"

He murmured.

"Who is the other one?"

"Fu Liu!" as Prince Wu Xiuying discovered, the princess trusted her eunuch only to share her secrets with,

"I saw him taking a physician to the princess. I thought she is ill."

The prince blankly gazed at Chaoxiang, a physician? Ke Xin said nothing about the princess's health.

Following them, they were just strolling in the city when the prince got tired, "Come, we are going to do our job."

They flew down the roof and went to a mid-grade guesthouse. The bar was a bit noisy; some female musicians were performing for the guests. The laughter was loud, some drunk merchants were throwing nonsense at the girls.

Chao was wearing a mask of a fox that had covered his whole face, it didn't attract attention as it was normal for some high-grade guards to wear masks. Taking a VIP room on the second floor of the bar, they sat at the table. From the window and beyond the light blue laces, the first floor was visible, and people were speaking loud enough to be heard.

This place could help them to find the family who was bringing the fabrics. The waiter came to attend to them.

"How can I help you, sir?"

"Bring us a cherry drink."

The prince asked, he heard that this land was famous for the drinks, it wasn't bad to try one. The young man left and the prince trailed off, "ask about fabrics only, I don't anyone suspect us."