31 The Legend Part 13 (1/2)
Everyone stopped and turned to look at Chue Yi who then continued, ”Prime Minister of Law, I apologize beforehand because what I'm about to do may be out of respect, but you do not have permission to enter this palace. If you want an audience with her highness, you must get permission directly from My Lord, Mua Kong.”
Although the man of authority wasn't home, the Prime Minister of Law never thought it would be so difficult to force the people at that estate. They were thick-skinned. They dared to stand up against him as if they didn't know who he was and his position. The Prime Minister's face was almost as red as a tomato. Fuming, he shouted, while pointing his finger at Chue Yi, ”You... You dare-”
Chue Yi interrupted as he unrolled the scroll to hold it up in front of the Prime Minister. ”I am just following the order from My Lord. This is his royal command order with a royal seal. Feel free to look at it, word by word.”
The Prime Minister muttered in shock while he stumbled a few steps backward, ”Unbelievable, truly unbelievable... how could the Prince go to this extent for a mere woman he picked off from the street?”
He did not care if Mua Kong wanted to keep Hli Ja, but he wanted his daughter to be the lawful wife who held some power and authority. He would be satisfied if Mua Kong kept Hli Ja as a mistress but he never thought Mua Kong would go to such an extent to protect Hli Ja. He had to find a way to relay this matter to the king, without the king knowing that he tried barging into the prince palace.
After the Prime Minister left, Chue Yi quickly went back to his room to add this matter to the letter he would be sending to his Lord.
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Several months went by. Hli Ja had only been communicating with Mua Kong via letters. She tried to find things to do to keep her mind occupied. She even made Chue Yi spar with her as Mua Kong had taught her how to fight so she could defend herself. She did not want her skills to be rusty and made sure she spent some time each day to practice.
One day, Chue Yi came to find her. It looked like he had run all the way as he was panting and was out of breath with a letter in his hand. ”Your Highness, My Lord will be coming back in two weeks.”
Hli Ja was in the middle of assorting flowers into the vase, but those words made her heart so happy. She quickly put the flowers vase down on the table, and bit the corner of her lips, and exclaimed, ”Ah... This is so sudden. What should I do?”
After some time of watching Hli Ja walking around frantically, Chue Yi asked, ”Are you ok, Your Highness?”
After some thoughts, Chue Yi asked, ”Can you tell me what kind of fabrics you want. I can summon someone to get it?”