Love Sword

8

Night begins to fall and the cool breeze of the darkness could make one shiver with their hair standing on ends.

The royal palace of Da Dong stretched on for miles. Each and every pavilion is decorated elaborately with the finest carpentry and the most luxurious designs.

In the cheerful moment of the third prince welcoming his soon-to-be princess consort, the palace is decorated even more beautifully.

Everybody is enjoying themselves, drinking and having fun dancing. The party seems to last on for the whole night.

The same could not be said for two beings.

One is confined to a room and the other is forced to watch his beloved woman become another man's fiancé.

He Chang sat on a tree at the furthest corner of the royal palace. The tree is situated close to the pavilion of Xiang Ning whom he is supposed to guard.

His eyes are cold and solemn. Not even one emotion could be made out of those dark orbs.

Although the royal palace of Da Dong does not lack wealth, at this corner of the palace, there seems to be so little torch that the only light illuminating this place is the silver light from the full moon.

The dim light shining down, casted a shadow on He Chang's face, making him appear even more cold and distant.

One could not tell what he is thinking, one also could not tell what kind of emotions he is having on the inside as he heard the cheers from the main hall of the royal palace.

The cheers are so loud that the tree he is sitting on, which the farthest from the main court, can still meet with the sounds coming from it.

Sadness? Anger? No.

His eyes showed nothing of the negative sort of emotions.

Not even happiness for his beloved either.

He seems unbothered.

Strange. Why isn't he angry or sad that his crush is marrying someone else soon?

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Inside a medium-sized pavilion, the cold from the outside seems to have no power in here. The warm temperature of the place could warm your body up in an instance.

Such a cozy and comfortable room, of course the people inside are so comfortable that they would definitely fall asleep at any given moment.

Xiang Ning turned towards Lan who is silently snoring in the corner of the pavilion.

He slowly lifted his rosy lips up into a beautiful and charming smile, his crescent eyes illuminating softly in the light like an angel fallen from heaven.

This is his chance!

He slowly stood up and slowly crept towards the opening door.

Gently, he pushed the door open and snuck out of the pavilion.

He had wanted to explore and look around this place for a while but he never had the chance to.

He was confined in one room ever since he was born, he couldn't let such a golden chance slip from the cracks of his fingers right under his nose like this.

Xiang Ning walked out of the pavilion and was at a little lost at the giant courtyard in front of him.

He continued to walk and walk, just looking at the strange new place he is in, without an ounce of care for anything else.

Soon, he came upon a large pond filled with pink blooming lotuses and beautiful koi fishes swimming around in it.

The torches from around the area lit up the pond greatly.

He squat down to look at the koi fishes.

For a moment he laughed at how cute the interactions of those fishes were.

Feeling a little brave, he reached out his hands but suddenly lost balance.

In a moment of panic, he was bracing for impact of the water surface. But it never came.

He slowly opened his eyes and found that his waist was grasped a strong arm and his soft body was wrapped in a tight and solid embrace.

He raised his little head up to see a tall man with soft handsome features.

Those phoenix eyes seems to be twinkling like stars and the stare he is using to look at himself was amazingly attractive.

Xiang Ning's face flushed red and he quickly scurried away from the man's hold.

'I-I'm sorry!' He stammered.

'And thank you.' Whispered Xiang Ning.

The man didn't say anything but continued to stare at the small man in front of him.

The soft feeling of that waist against his palm was still very vivid. He felt that he could snap that tiny waist with a snap of his fingers.

As soon as he had seen that face, he was so mesmerized he did not know how to react.

The doe eyes, the long dark night locks, the snow white skin reminded him of superb white jade of the finest quality.

The angel's rouge-like lips are so tantalizing that he almost could not help himself but lean in for a rough bite.

The angel is only wearing a thin white inner robe, he could almost discern the sharp collarbones under those collars. They are so inviting that he wanted to just rip those annoying cloth away to reveal the beauty within.

He has seen how alarm crept into those big eyes and all he felt was love and adoration. He wanted to pamper this little being with all of his ability.

How come he had never seen him around before?

'Who are you?' Was the first question that slipped out of his mouth as he continued to eye the little angel.

Xiang Ning bit his lips, not knowing how to response. He originally was not supposed to be outside his pavilion.

He had disregarded the rule and escaped. He can't let this man know his true identity, what should he do?

'I-I...'

'The third prince should be at the banquet, accompanying her highness princess consort. Not out here, trying to get to know another person improperly like this.'

Xiang Ning turned around to see He Chang walking towards them.

His tall and strong stature intimidated Xiang Ning to no ends.

But wait

Third prince? Could this man be his sister's betroth?

How horrible!

To Be Continued...