The King of Kings: Three Days Emperor

Prologue: Life in Solitude

Wu Lei took his champion of a horse, Heima, into the forest to seek out a quiet place. There, he chanced upon a stranger in white from head to toe wearing a hat with thick layers of veils floating over their face to half of their body.

Lu Si was on her way to the city of Juwu for the lantern festival when her two servants were stolen in the middle of the night along with her valuables, forcing her to steal from the people and hid away in the forest. She was sitting quietly observing the whistling forest while eating steamed bun until a handsome man and his horse came upon her. Normally, as a very fair and dignify princess of a tribe she would never ever steal from anyone. But desperate times call for desperate measures– she planned to take his horse and pawn it.

Wu Lei was no stranger to strangers in the forest since he encountered so many of them, and each encounter was of them trying to take his life. When he saw a lone person covered from head to toe in white veils his guard went up.

"Miss, excuse me for interrupting–"

"Fairy." She interrupted him.

"Excuse me?"

"It's Fairy to you."

"Fairy?" He asked.

"What is it, my child?" She faked a wisemen voice.

The end of his lips went up into a light smirk, "Fairy, I am looking for a quiet place. Can you show me where I can rest my mind?"

"Uh..." Lu Si's eyes darted behind the veil, "That way." She said pointing to her right.

Wu Lei followed her direction.

"But," Lu Si stopped him from moving forward, "That way has a tiger stand guarding the gate to a very quiet lake. It would be difficult if you bring your horse with you. Why don't you leave him here, I'll look after him."

"Fairy, I'm afraid to bother you–"

"NOT AT ALL!" She screeched but quickly cleared her throat to lower her voice.

Wu Lei had his suspicion that it was a woman in disguised when he first saw her. He saw the deception in her plan. She wanted his horse, for whatever reason he figured there was a trap laid ahead and his horse would make it difficult for them to capture him.

"Fairy, my horse would be a nuisance if I go in there and if there is a tiger standing guard, then it would be difficult to both master and horse to get out in pieces. I valued this horse, so I cannot allow it to be gobbled." He said and she nodded.

"Therefore–"

"This place is very quiet itself."

"Huh?"

"If you don't mind, my horse and I will sit below you and rest for a while. I only need a small quiet place to rest. I won't disturb you. Fairy seems like a kind and calm person, I don't think you'd mind a bit of interruption from us. Sure Heima is a horse, but he is a very well trained horse. He would not make a sound if I command him not to." He turned to his horse and patted its head, "Right, Heima?" Heima neighed and nodded.

Lu Si raise her head high and took in a deep breath, "Sure."

Wu Lei smiled and nodded with gratitude. He tied his horse to the tree before settling right down to rest his back. Not much longer he closed his eyes to rest.

Lu Si smirked when she noticed the slight upturn of his lips. He was not sleeping. In order to steal his horse, she had to put him into a sleep. Luckily she had her guzheng with her. She played a very strange but calm tune that had Wu Lei drifted to wonderland.