Henan Zhong

She wanted to know about each and every corner of this diagonal palace.

She was intending to make a brain map of this palace, "Miss, you are not allowed to cross this door_!!" a guard interrupted her train of thoughts!

There were not many guards in the inner parts of palace but few entrances and exits were guarded strictly!

The interior was designed lush and colorful, decorated with exquisite woodwork furniture, walls decorated with paintings and armors like rare swords pieces.

"Hehe...I was pa.s.sing by only...was struck in the grandeur of palace... I was never been in the palace before...!!" she took another route to venture this palace.

Every vertical interval in the building was also an opening for the magical scene of fountains where water shines in seven colors before the evening.

This was the first vertical interval and exit from her room, she was looking at this scene dumbstruck, Sunbeam from the west, radiant the falling water of fountains.

She was looking completely unaware of surrounding and Wei Lan who was standing on a distance and drawing this scenery while Prince Yong was standing beside her.

Henan was also added in the portrait drawing.

Wei Lan could not recognize Henan because her attention was diverted to make portrait drawing for the Prince who was stiff and standing like wooden stick!!

Moreover Henan was dressed up in a small maiden way which added her innocent and child-like looks!!

"How did you draw a distant figure_? Are you going to tell your secret of fine drawing or not_??" Prince Yong threatened Wei Lan!

"I did not do anything deliberately... I just draw a rough outlooks nothing else... I am not hiding anything... there is no secret...!!" she bite on her lips and answered his allegation!!

"Are you implying that I am a dumb to learn these simple things...? And that you are trying hard to teach a dumb...??" he glared her!

I did not come to teach you_it was you who brought me here forcefully_it was you who pretended to be a learner of painting_which seemed false from the start to me!! But she would not say all these thoughts of her head to this villainous Prince!!

"I intended to say that Prince Yong should practice himself more and this was the only way I could learn coal drawing back then...I was not learning from master but from my mistakes in practice...! And as a learned personal of paintings, Prince Yong must be aware of all this...!!" her throat got dry at the end to hear him say, get of my sight or something similar... she closed her eyes!!

It was not h.e.l.l d.a.m.nation for her but a way to escape his constantly glaring eyes!! [I am ready to hear_ just say it _get out] she was commanding him in her head!!

"Hmm_ you are right_I should practice_ to learn it_come see my practice_!!"

She did not move.

He turned around only to see her wooden stature!

She did not believe her ears_[he agreed...? But why taking me too_?? I am not interested_??? Go by yourself_ go go...] she was throwing tantrums on him in her brain!!

"I don"t have a whole day to wait on you_!!" he dragged her along toward his study!

"Did not Prince said that your study is not allowed for random people_!!"

"You are going to watch my paper practice so you are not random now_!!"

"What if I accidentally broke anything_?"

"I will bear it_!!"

"But you might not be able to practice diligently in presence of any other being_!!"

"That I will not do_!!" he was dragging her behind and answering her excuses!! This was the first time that she talked this much to him and Prince Yong answered!!

They entered in the study!

Clean and mannerly kept study amazed her!!

Her father was famous physician and he also had a study but she had rare opportunity to wander in it! she was not allowed to touch any books and learn, this was common custom, girls were not allowed to study!!

Prince sat on chair and put some papers in front of him, he dabbed the brush in the ink and started working!!

She was still standing and looking around, Prince gestured her to sit!!

Late evening, he was still doing practice, Wei Lan was tired, her head tilted once or twice with drowsiness and then fell in front on the table!! Only then he realized that it was late evening!!

Henan stood there and noticed two people on some distance from the corner of her eyes!!

She walked toward their direction when they were moving toward study!!

From the opening and then closing of door, she gathered that it was study!!

She wandered around to keep an eye on the study!!

She thought that if she was able to broke in study, she could get some useful information or anything which could help her to start with!!

The door of the study opened and Prince Yong came out with a girl in his arms, unconscious or asleep!! With both hands supporting the girl, he could not lock it!!

He look around that no one might get in the study, he walked toward the maid"s dorms!!

Henan was on some distance and behind the last fountain in the row so remain unnoticed!!

She hurriedly entered the study and started looking around, the table was full of odd and immature drawings!!

She had not enough time to look at the handwritten scripts, fourth wall was depicting some map but due to dim light of oil lamp she was unable to grasp its actual lines!!

She lifted the oil lamp in her hand and saw the map clearly, it was the map of different parts of the palace, how fortunate she was to see this map!!

She heard slight movement outside the study and the lamp in her hand lower down and burning oil fell on her hand!!

She held her tongue under her teeth to not scream!!

Palace was devided in four parts and sixteen diagonal pathway leading exits and entrances, every pathway was highlighted with fountains, those emit seven colors light show during sun set!!

Someone came and she hide behind curtain!!