Thousand Lives

Chapter 4

It has been one week since Mika has enterned this ancient place living in the empress's body. Day by day he was learning more and more about the palace and the people inside. Also ruining empress's name with more rumors of being insane. Most shocked as well as confushed out of all was, Su Mei, empress's attendent.

'What has gone wrong with the empress, don't tell me she seriously lost her mind. If that's true then what will happen to me. God, please at least pity me and return her to her previous state.' thought Su Mei prying to god while looking at her master the empress, who was lying down with her stomach facing the ground, that too straight on ground without any cusion between. Surrounded by mountain of books from differnet subject and theams, which made Su Mei once again think 'Has she turned into a idiot or genius, because it looks the other way to me. Maybe she is just turning pages not actually reading. Ugh! What is true? It's making me more and more confushed.'

"So, Mr. pea sized brain is trying to turn his brain into watermelon ,huh?" came a voice suddenly in contect with their ears. Mika didn't turned to the source of the voice as he don't need much thoughts to identify it's owner, which was none other then the fourth prince, who was standind at the entrance of empress's chamber with his dear nephew.

Looking at Mika who was so concentrated in the books or more like ignoring them, they reached to the middle of the room when Chi Han Zhi once again commented "Did you compromise with your ears to make place for your brain."

"You..." retourted Mika angrily coming out of book.

"So you didnt" it came like a statement from Chi Han Zhi.

"Do you really understand this?" said Chi Long Xin picking a book from the pile, drawing attention of both bickering adults.

"What did you say, brat?"

"Didn't you hear me?"

"Auh!" Mika growned frustratadly cause he was really tired as he has been reading books to know more about this place as well as inspecting whole palace, like an archaeologist, which earned him every passer by's weired, shocked and sympathetic look, which he didn't understand why. And at the top of that those two uncle-nephew came at least once a day to torture him. And here they came once again to him as if he is their faviorate toy to play.

"Why are you guys here again?" asked Mika annoyangly.

"Why are you asking that? Obviously we came to meet you, dear sister-in-law. Don't tell me, you don't welcome us here?" asked Han Zhi dramatically.

"I don't welcome you." said Mika directly which was completely ignored by later. Instead of being offended Han Zhi ordered servents to bring tea with refresments for them, which they imediately brought, and made himself comfortable as if he was in his own courtyard.

"Hey don't act like you own the place."

"Hmmm, It's delicious, try it dear nephew." Han Zhi passed the sweet to his nephew which he accepted and began to eat. "Hey, don't ignore me, Hey!" Mika roared as he pounced on Han Zhi. Both began to fight right after that and draged Long Xin as well.

Three were busy in their regular bender, igonring fourth person in the room, leaving Su Mei alone to be buried with pile of thoughts. She was screaming inside with 'What the hell has been going on here all this while. When did their relation got so much better. This whole past week these three are giving headach all day. Has emress lost her mind or is it me? I must be working past my limits, I seriously do need a break.'

"His majesty, the emperor has arrived" suddenly the anouncemnt come bringing everyone's attention to the entrance, breaking their thoughts and bender.

"This empress greets to your majesty, the emperor."