She stare at Wang Cao and pull down her sleeves. While he see those red marks on her arm. He pull her arm back to him and apply creme for her. He gently rub it and blow. Hu Li is wondering how is this cream going to work on her when she is not feeling anything at all. She knows that the Prince is suspects of her being a fake sister. However she doesn't know how to cover her tracks. She wait till he is done and she pull down the sleeves and lay on her couch.
"I don't remember my sister being in such a lazy manner. She is always hot on her heels. Always causing trouble in the city."
"Well i am getting old and tired. Ever seen an old lady going around finding trouble?"
"You will be the first in this capital."
"No i better not."
"By the way eldest sister, i hear from father that he wants to marry you off soon after the crown prince's wedding. After all you..."
"No. I don't want to think of that."
"Good. Don't marry that prawn. He is useless in my opinion."
"Tell it to the emperor! Telling me doesn't work. I already told him not to get me marry but he is not listening to me."
"Well then let me chase that prawn away maybe he doesn't want to marry you too."
"Do what you want to do. I don't care."
He look at her and touch her cheeks. Hu Li look at him with her eyebrows knitted. His hands touch all the sides of her face. Prince Wang Cao is looking if he can feel any thing sticking out of her face, like a mask that he hear from his teacher. However everything on her face seems to be real. If this imposter is Yu Bing, he needs to find real evidence. Hu Li slap his hand away and look very annoyed.
"I hope your hand is clean! I don't want to have a dirty face because of you!"
That evening, there is another dinner gathering. Hu Li drag herself to the hall. For the first time she see the number of princes and princesses siting in the hall. Along with the empress and the crown prince. The dinner event is to welcome Prince Ying Tian in joining the family. There is plenty of food and dancers dancing to entertain the royal family. Hu Li cannot be bother with what is going on. Her fiancé is siting beside her since there is an agreement to get marry. He keep picking food and put it on her bowl. Soon her rice bowl is a mountain high and Hu Li is eating really slow. After a long time finally the dinner is going to be over. The empress who is watching Princess Wang Ching is noticing that she is not eating much. The chopstick is moving but the rice pick up, she can count the number of rice from where she is siting. So she order the eunuch to send sour plum tea for the princess. Hoping it will enhance her taste buds. Hu Li take a slip and like the taste of it. Strangely it makes her happy. She keep drinking it all and eat some rice and Hu Li is the last one to leave the hall, Prince Ying Tian wait for her. They walk out together with her maids behind them and he walk her back through the royal garden. At this time of the night, fire flies are flying around and they surround Hu Li. She wants to play with them but the annoy person is walking with her. She have to keep her hands to the fan that she is holding. While Prince Ying Tian is busy swatting the fire flies. He doesn't find them fun or romantic. She got angry at him for hitting her little friends. She yell at him. Ying Tian is surprise at her out burst.
"Ching'er, you hate things that fly most..."
"No not now. Quit swatting behind me!"
Suddenly he grab her and hug her tightly and the maid turn around.
"I am so glad that you yell at me. You know that i like it when you scream at me."
Hu Li try to push him away but this Prince won't allow it. Hu Li then look up the sky and she tear a bit. The crystal float up the sky and soon a light rain comes. He hurry to get her go and shelter her with his long sleeves. The maids are also in a hurry yet they cannot walk in front o their Princess.
That night Hu Li is sitting alone on the bed and outside the rain have stop. The floor is still wet. Her little friends are sleeping under the bed. She walk out slowly without her shoes. Fei is standing alone in the garden that she have. He turn around and smile. His cloudy white eyes looks whiter than usual. His white hair flows and glow brightly like the moon in the sky. Hu Li walk up and slowly start to dance in her white sleep attire, she looks like a ghost that is dancing in the night. Outside the courtyard, Prince Wang Cao is standing in a distance behind a huge tree. He watch Hu Li dance and twirl alone under the night sky. Suddenly his sister looks strange and crazy in this scene. Her long hair fly around as she dance. Fire flies in the night soon come to join her. They fly around her as if they are the backup dancers. As she dance, she stick up her hand and dance in a circle. As she dance, her eyes suddenly look straight to where Wang Cao is standing. She turn her head in a strange way and smile. She point her finger to his direction and the fire flies fly towards him. He panics with deep breath and walk backwards.
"Hello little brother."
He turn around to see his sister standing behind him and she blow smoke on his face. He fall onto the ground immediately.
"You scare him, Hu Li."
She laugh quietly and cover her mouth. She look around.
"Isn't this fun?"
She whisper and using her spell she have him floated and place him on the open boudoir.
"Leaving him here alone?"
"Yes. He have two choices to choose when he wakes up. One to walk away and pretend nothing happen. Or two wake up and look for me and ask me who am i. Of course i won't tell him a single thing."
"Either way, he won't be getting what he wants, isn't it?"
"Yes Fei. Not going to tell him anything."
They walk away and stand together at the little garden. Hu Li look at the moon and suddenly she feels sad. She use her long vision to look far into the cosmic sky. Again tonite, she cannot see and find her old friends. Why and where is Chang'e and the white rabbit. Are they doing fine? She lean on Fei's shoulder and he hold her waist and they both watch the moon with the crickets singing through the silence night.