Two Maid Servants

After the long ride through the forest, the coach halted in front of a red gate.

The coach had skidded to a halt so roughly that Yang Ting Ting had bumped her injured head on the rough side of the coach.

"Come out now you weak thing" The footman told her.

Yang Ting Ting walked carefully out of the coach, she looked around the environment. It was quite different from her empire, there were tall beautiful trees all around the big walls.

The red gate has a golden symbol of a flying animal. Yang Ting Ting wondered what the animal was.

The gate opened, they were six male door guards standing behind each side of the gate, Yang Ting Ting walked between the coachmen and looked at the door guards one by one wondering which of them was her husband.

'They are all good looking' she wondered looking very perplexed and puzzled.

Yang Ting Ting noticed that the door guards were all looking at her, and had some weird expression on their faces, probably because of her injured head, stained hanfu, and blood stained hair pins.

While she walked through the long premises, two maid servant walked up to her, they were dressed in blue colored hanfu and white hair pins.

One of the women looked older while the other was young.

"Young miss" They curtsied as they greeted her.

Yang Ting Ting just looked at them in wonder, 'why are they curtseying?' She wondered.

"I am Chun Jiao and this is Ruo Xi" The elderly woman introduced themselves. "We are your servants and we were asked to welcome you, and we shall take good care of you as well" She continued.

Yang Ting Ting wasn't sure of what she heard from Chun Jiao.

"Are you sure of what you just said?" She asked her meekly.

"Yes of course, you are princess Yang Ting Ting right? Our master's bride ?" Ruo Xi asked her. She was sure that Yang Ting Ting looked exactly like the girl in the portrait that her master had giving her.

"Y_y_es" Yang Ting Ting answered her.

"Then it is you miss, come let us go"

Yang Ting Ting turned back to look at the coachmen who weren't even looking at her, she thought that they would give her a disapproving look, but when she saw non, she went with them.

Yang Ting Ting stepped inside the palace, it was beautiful and lovely, however there were statues of flying bears hung on the wall, a big portrait of a beautiful handsome man was hung near the passage.

The Two servants climbed the long stairs near the terrace, the place was beautiful but instead of flowers, they were statues of flying bears, and one portrait of a man in red clothes.

Ruo Xi opened a long door.

"So this is your bedroom young miss. It has everything you need" She told Yang Ting Ting.

Yang Ting Ting was surprised, the room was spacious and long with beautiful accessories, they were bright yellow chrysanthemum and pink orchid flowers near the window, the queen sized bed was beautifully decorated with shiny silk curtains. And she could see the wardrobe from where she stood, which obviously had a lot of plenty dresses.

"It really is beautiful young miss, master had arranged this room especially for you" Chun Jiao smiled as she looked around the entire room.

Yang Ting Ting was baffled to hear what Chun Jiao just said. 'Master had prepared the room especially for me?' She wondered, 'Is it the ugly and devilish  master they were talking about? So devils knew how to take care of their wives?' She wondered innocently.

Yang Ting Ting never had a pretty room for herself, she was used to sleeping on the floor with ants or sometimes Yi Han shared the little wooden bed with her.

But look, her bed was wide, big and soft.

"So now young miss, we shall help you treat your wounds" Ruo xi told her and smiled.

"Thank you very much miss Ruo Xi" Yang Ting Ting smiled and wondered how very kind those servants were, they reminded her of Yi Han.

Chun Jiao brought a bowl of water with a little clothe, she gently cleaned Yang Ting Ting injured head with it.

"Sorry, just endure the pain miss, it will all heal soon, I will also apply this special herb for you" Chun Jiao told her softly.

Yang Ting Ting just sat well, and nodded to whatever her servants said like a young meek kid.

After the cleaning of her wounds, Ruo Xi ordered a hot water and fresh oils for Yang Ting Ting bathe.

"We will help you undress" They told her.

Yang Ting wore an expensive white silk bathrobe, she doubt if any of her half sisters had such an expensive bathrobe.

"I think you should wait out here" She told the maids shyly.

"But you should inform us when you are done bathing, we shall come there to wash your hair" They replied.

Yang Ting Ting nodded and went in.

They both waited for their young miss to come out.

While inside the bathroom Yang Ting Ting breathed the fresh scent of oils that were inside the water.

She has never had such a warm bathe in her life. And back at her palace, she only had a bathe out of cold waters.

After the bathe, Chun Jiao and Ruo Xi came in the bathroom to help her wash her hair first.

Chun Jiao poured the sweet scenting hair oil on Yang Ting Ting hair, before it was washed.

After she came out of the bathroom, the maids directed her to the table, Yang Ting Ting was surprised when she saw a lot of expensive hair and body oils with beautiful combs and hair pins, she still couldn't believe that all the luxury in this strange place was hers.

They applied beautiful red oil in her lips and also combed her pretty long hair and added a few silver colored hair pins on it, before going to pick up a beautiful white colored hanfu for Yang Ting Ting to wear.

Yang Ting Ting looked at herself in the mirror, and couldn't believe that it was herself.

'Is this me?' She keep on asking herself repeatedly. Then she turned to look at Chun Jiao and Ruo Xi.

"Thank you very much" She smiled appreciatively.

"We shall ask the chef to bring your meal" They beamed and went out.

Yang Ting Ting stood up and went near the window, she inhaled the sweet scent if the flowers.

Behind the flower pot, was a small little portrait of a young handsome man.

"Who is this?" Yang Ting Ting asked herself, there was no way that person was going to be her husband because people said he was ugly.

Yang Ting Ting went to sit near the bed, and she heard footsteps.

There were not the footsteps of her maids, because they wore a pair of soft shoes, so whose footsteps could it be?

Yang Ting Ting trembled as she heard a masculine voice.

'It is the devil!'