19 I HAVEN'T SEEN MY MOTHER

It was another beautiful morning and sunshine lit up princess Fen's room from the window.

She was laying on her bed as she faced the roof. Her mind was far away from her. Which means, she was in deep thoughts. The water dropping on the pillow she laid her head on, happens to be the tears flowing down her cheeks.

Her face looked like that of a devil. There was no sign of a smile on her face that can lighten up someone's day.

Princess Fen was thinking about nothing, rather than thinking about what life has offered her as a meal. She was distressed to a point that she was not even feeling like eating anything.

Princess Fen hasn't set eyes on her mother since the day of the arranged marriage. It has been two days since the incident. She was fully convinced that her parents were hiding a secret from her, and she didn't need an angel to tell her that. Princess Fen was not only thinking about her mother, she was also thinking about the statement made by her father the previous day she went to see him to apologize for tarnishing his reputation.

She wished for her father to consider her request if she were to marry prince Gen.

"I would think about it." That was all he said.

What bothers Princess Fen the most was that her father, king Dingbang, refused to accept that he caused all these things. Why would he try to straighten an old tree that has been bent since young?

She never knew how it feels to have a male friend. The only male friend that she has who never kept her company was her father. Her mother, on the other hand, was caring when she was still a kid. But now, she has left her duty post.

"Why not, at least, have a brother or sister? Why was I born alone? If this is how my life was going to be, then why was I born into this lonely world? " Princess Fen mumbled as she let out more tears.

The pillow was wet with tears as if it was soaked in water.

Commoners always wish to be like her when they see her, but on the other hand princess Fen also wishes to be like them. Being a princess doesn't matter to her now. Princesses are meant to be living a happy life, but it was just the opposite of happiness that she was seeing.

As she laid on the bed crying, a gentle knock came from the door. Princess Fen immediately knew that it was Shu who was at the door entrance.

Shu was worried about the princess' condition. She told Princess Fen that they were going to have s×x the previous day when she came back from seeing her father. But when she came back, she locked herself inside her room. Shu came over and knocked many times, but princess Fen refused to open even when Shu called her name.

Shu could understand how princess Fen felt about the whole issue, but there was nothing anyone could do about it. She never knew that princess Fen had requested to take her along if she was getting married.

She knocked once more, but there was no response. Shu called out her name, but princess Fen remained silent without uttering a word.

"My beautiful princess. The only beautiful rose flower that no other flower can be compared to. What is bothering this beautiful soul? Please open the door for your friend to comfort you in her arms. You were not born to live a lonely life, nor were you born to live in sorrow. Don't let anything take away your joy. I'm always here for you, no matter what. Please let me in so that I can feed you." Shu romantically said as she stood with two beautiful maidens who were with princess Fen's breakfast.

On hearing this, princess Fen summoned the courage to stand up from the bed, and she headed to the door. She took hold of the doorknob and twisted it until the door was unlocked. Princess Fen sighed and closed her eyes as she went back to the bed without opening the door. She almost stumbled on something that looks like a broken flower vessel.

Shu waited to see the door open, but it wasn't opening, so she held the door handle and turned it and the door was opened. She was shocked from head to toes by what she saw as she stepped into the room.

The room was looking scattered. What princess Fen has been avoiding for the palace maidens to see in her room has finally happened.

Out of anger, she destroyed some things in her room when she came back from meeting her father the previous day.

Shu ordered the two maidens to drop the breakfast on the princess' table.

"Informed three cleaners to come over immediately., Shu said to the maidens, who had just dropped the food.

"Alright," one of them answered, and they left.

Within minutes, three maidens came over for the cleaning. They arranged everything in the room and then cleaned it under Shu's control. After cleaning, they took their leave.

Shu went to the bed and sat on the bed edge. Princess Fen laid in the middle of the bed and turned her back to Shu. Shu stretched her hand and touched Princess Fen's cheeks and said, "please wake up and eat your breakfast. You and I know that you didn't eat dinner yesterday and you haven't eaten anything this morning. His highness sent me yesterday to call you for dinner, but you didn't come, and he never bothered about it. I knew that you wouldn't like going to the dining table for breakfast, that's why I brought it to your room."

Princess Fen wiped out the tears in her eyes with a finger.

"I'm okay." Princess Fen sniffed.

"No. You are not okay. You need to stand up and eat so that you can regain your strength." Shu replied.

"I will." Princess Fen responded as she tried to climb down the bed.

"That's great," Shu said as she helped Princess Fen to climb down the bed.

She went to her bathroom and brushed her mouth before coming out.

Princess Fen was starving but because of what she was passing through, she never knew that she was hungry until now that Shu is calming her mind. She sat on a chair as she stared at the baked loaf of bread and the hot brown tea. On the other plates were some fruits and eggs. Princess Fen devours the food on her tongue. She thought she was going to finish it but, unfortunately for her, she couldn't do that because Shu loaded enough food for her because she knew that the princess must be starving.

After eating, Princess Fen went and sat with Shu on the bed.

"Thank you very much." Princess Fen appreciated Shu as she smiled at her.

"My pleasure. This is what I was brought to do." Shu responded as she took Princess Fen's hands into hers and then smiled back at her.

"You are an exceptional person. You are not like any other person on this earth. I will forever remain grateful for everything you have been doing for me. Even when my family turned their back on me, you still stood by me. I do appreciate your kindness." Princess Fen said as she fixed her gaze on the ground.

"No. You don't need to thank me. You deserve more than this. Is just that His Majesty and Her Majesty failed to understand you. But believe me, you deserve good things and good people in your life." Shu encouraged her.

"How I wish they would understand that, but they don't. That reminds me. Has my mother come out since the incident?" Princess Fen asked Shu.

"She only came out for dinner yesterday, and that's all," Shu replied.

"But Shu, what do you think is going on for my mother to behave that way?" Princess Fen asked.

"I can't really tell. The reason is best known to them." Shu replied as she still held the princess' hands.

Hmm. Princess Fen sighed.

"Please, Shu, could you please do me a favor?" Princess Fen asked with a serious tone and gazed into Shu's eyes.

"Anything for you, My Lady," Shu replied with a visible smile on her face.

"Okay. This is what I want you to do for me,"