Chapter 10

"Tada." Mika stood on his room's door with both hands in air.

Trio was still at loss as thay have never seen someone dress like that. They had no words to express their thoughts.

"Tell me how do I look. huh? hum?" Mika once again asked standing in front of them wearing a loose rob, twice of his actual size with it sliding down his laft shoulder. His black long hairs lossen, free from any ties,or suport of jwellery. Eyes without kajal and face without any trace of makeup, only a light lipbame over his rossy lips was enchanting his face like a goddess asending from heaven having innocent, pure and childish glow on his face.

They were still shocked and mesmerized by the beauty standing before them. They had never imagined that a person could pull up a look like that and still look breathtaking.

But to Mika's poor luck none of them is going to praise him for his looks as they knew he would be over the cloud nine after hearing and might as well as kill one or two guards and servants at that.

"Cough, cough." Xichan fake coughed to gain everyone's attention, he was embarased as the empress was standing there with her loose rob sliding down her left shoulder, perfectly showing her flawless milkey skin and alluring collerbone, showing her innocent smile compleatly unawere of her appearence.

Xichan's cough successfully gained other two's attention. Both turned their heads to him, following his gaze they saw Mika in that condition, their eyes widened in shock.

They noticed the single thing that they didn't before which left their face heating up.

Long Xin got up, held Mika by his arm "Hey! What are you doing? Leave me?" Mika protested, throwing punches on him with his other free arm. But how can a born lazy person compare to a active, trained worrior in strength. Mika's protest couldn't bring any harm to Long Xin.

Long Xin pushed Mika in his room and ordered Su Mei " You, assist her to dress. Do not let her dress like this ever again."

Su Mei couldn't react on these turn of events, just a second ago the crown prince was sitting there like he didn't care and here he is taking action before anyone could react.

Not having his order preceded Long Xin roared on the attendant "What are you doing standing here? Didn't you hear me?"

Su Mei got her senses back at once , she quickly came forward "I am sorry, your highness. I will do as your highness has ordered." She hurridly got inside the room and closed it behind, not wanting to be target of Long Xin's outburst.

"What was that? did your possessive son instincts kicked in?" Han Zhi asked playfully, placing his arm over Long XIn's shoulder.

"Nothing." Long Xin removed his uncle's arm from his shoulder and got back on his seat where he was sitting till now.

"I don't think it was just 'Nothing'." Xichan said pressing word nothing to make it carry weight.

"Yeah, see Xichan also agree with me. Now be honest, you know that being dishonest and lying doesn't suit your personality." Han Zhi said looking staight in his naphew's eyes which later didn't meet.

"It was nothing. Just, as empress, this kind of behavior and clothes shouldn't be weared by her. It will bring disgrace to the royal family." Explained Long Xin himself to the two persisting man, not meeting either of them's eyes.

"Oh, for royal family's image. So it was like that. Okay, I will belive you. It's not like you would do anything as a son. Yeah I will take that." Han Zhi said, openly implying of not accepting his naphew's excuses.

"Shut up already." Long Xin said, getting irritated by his partner. Han Zhi shut his mouth up after getting what he wanted.

Xichan was watching all of this, very closely also with interast. He had heared rumors about the empress that she has always been an anti-social person who almost stayed in her own courtyard all the time after entering the palace. She didn't even know any concubine, heck she mightn't even know how many kids does the emperor have aside from the crown prince, who is her own. And now she got a lively, active and crazy person attitude just from poisioning. He could not belive it and after watching her from this close he more and more can not accept it as such a simple thing as that. Not to forget Chi Long Xin and Chi Han Zhi, they both were to be sayed to only giving each other company, ditching their workes for fun, occasionally doing it, but never do abandon it. They also didn't have any closeness with empress.

Now they were doing all that they were not before, except for ditching work. So it can not be simplely being concerned about empress or giving her company.

He know both of them, they look like they were having fun, most amazing time of life. They weren't only treating empress as their entertainment but were also concerned about her, he had seen that yeaterday in the court, when empress was on rampage. They were even prepared to fight the emperor for her.

It can only indicate to one thing that there is some secret regarding the empress. She made them show those expression and those action. To him she is a crazy, weird woman but a mystery too. And an amazing mystery at that.

Suddenly Xichan began to look forward to the up coming days as a part of this gang and also thinking of some ideas to bring the truth out from empress as Han Zhi and Long Xin would never tell him about what trully happened to the empress.

Mika came out of his room dressed as he always does. "What was the bid deal? You were the one who challenged my beauty and then you shoved me in room to change?" Mika shouted at Long Xin who didn't even batted him an eye. Mika sighed them said "By the way you guys didn't say anything about how I looked?" Now Mika's eyes were shinning with expectation.

"Like a bagger." Long Xin answered with his eyes closed.

"Youuuu... How dare you, you brat. I am going to kill you, you bastard." Mika lunged forward to grab Long Xin's nack but Han Zhi grabbed his coller to restrain him. "Let me go, I am going to kill this god damn bastard." Mika tried to free himself but couldn't succeed.

"I am no mean a bastard, and you especially know that." Long Xin took another sip of tea. At Long Xin's comment everyone stilled for better one seconed then Han Zhi and Xichan laughed out loud, rolling all over the floor.

"Youuu...how can you say something like that. Don't you feel ashamed." Mika shouted, his face was red to the tips of his ears in embarrassment. Han Zhi and Xichan stopped laughing, they along with Long Xin saw him blushing. Han Zhi and Xichan once again started laughing, Long Xin also laughed but his laughing sound could barely be heared.

This time Mika, Xichan and Han Zhi stared at Long Xin, unable to digest the knowladge that the poker face crown prince was laughing. The three of thought together 'He looks so cute when he laughs.' "My dear nephew, you should show your adorable laugh more, you now actually look like of your age. Oh, how cute." Han Zhi teases Long Xin and gets a bump on his head in return as Long Xin threw a tray at Han Zhi which he couldn't dodge successfully.

"Ahh, Why did you do that?" Han Zhi robbed his injured forhead.

"Ha Ha Ha, you deserve that." Mika said.

"Serves you right." Xichan also taged along with him.

"By the way." He turned to face Mika as he further added "Quite an amazing secrat you got there. Such an unrealistic thing happened, it's hard to belive on."

Mika looked at Xichan, eyes widened then attacked on Han Zhi "You told him. It was supposed to be a secrat. How can you tall some random guy that I came from future now living in the empress's body as the real one has already died cause of poisioning. I am never going to tell anything forbidden to you guys , never ever. Such a loose mouth you got their." He pounced on Han Zhi, grabbing him by coller, shaking him so hard enough to get a brain damage.

Mika reacted so expeditiously right after hearing Xichan that both prince didn't got any moment to intrupt.

Long Xin was about to speak but his words got swallowed by Mika's action.

"Ohh! so that was the case. I have to say I ,no., no one can guess it, not even in their wildest dream. Thanks for telling me." Xichan said cunningly.

"Huh?" responded Mika.

"You idiot." remarked Long Xin.

"Obtuse, spilled his own secret." Han Zhi get back on his senses after the rollercoster ride he was forced with.

"Huuuhh???" Mika responded more puzzeled.