Chapter 80: Is he sulking?

Wei Palace...

All retainers were silent as they wait for their master's instructions. Everyone felt like they were walking on thin ice on a lake that is so wide, no one knew where or when it would end.

The atmosphere was cold despite knowing that their master has fire element. Guards, servants as well as the aides like Xi Ma were communicating only through their eyes, afraid to utter even one word to annoy their Highness Prince Wei further.

Even the birds that the prince would normally focus his attention on were afraid to approach him. Since there was a bird beast sanctuary next to the Wei Palace, different species could be seen everywhere, but none of them came near due to the bad temper of their palace master.

Sitting on the high chair that looked like a throne, his silence was serene and threatening at the same time. A calm before a storm.

He sat with one leg thrown over the arm of the chair, his elbow on the armrest, cheeks against his knuckles as he stared blankly at no one in particular. His other hand that was wrapped in medical strips was on top of his thigh.

The prince's brows wrinkled sometimes that said that he was trying to solve a very difficult problem. Lips sometimes twitching, probably trying to determine if he would smile or frown or better yet, scowl. 'Is he sulking?'

What could be the problem? The prince only went to the Gao Manor earlier to transfer the ownership of the purple rose herb.

Glancing at the guards who were with the Prince when he went out, Xi Ma only got a shrug as they were also not aware of what went wrong in the Gao Manor.

They moved closer to him and whispered most of the interesting events that happened at the Gao Manor that morning.

From the time, Wei Jiayi annoyed Gao Lan Mei by pulling her resulting in bird waste suddenly appearing on the master's hair.

Next was the very strange situation wherein the Purple Rose herb chose two owners, then to the part wherein Gao Lan Mei treated the prince's wound.

'So that's what that medical strip is for.' To think that the prince would even hurt himself for this, to the extent of not removing the thing on his hand, since Xi Ma could bet that the wound was already gone by this time.

The prince was acting strange. Too strange for even Xi Ma to cope with right now. It's like they were doing an experiment, hoping it would not explode.

Xi Ma was just thankful that the brutish and noisy captain who only thought with his muscles was not currently present. Who knew if he decided to suddenly blurt out something stupid that might cause the prince to finally snap.

"What do you think of the Gao Miss?" Wei Jiayi suddenly asked, eyes looking at Xi Ma intently, at the back of his mind regretting even blurting that out.

With a gulp, not sure why this prince asked the question since His Highness did not talk about women. The prince loathed them.

How many times had Xi Ma heard a woman cry for mercy, begging for forgiveness because of 'accidentally' grabbing the prince sleeve?

Deciding to just answer the question, "Ah, personally Master, I find the miss unique." deciding with the safest answer. Not negative, not positive.

"Why?" Wei Jiayi feels Xi Ma's answer was lacking. 'Unique? It was true that no one had the guts to disrespect him aside from her so far.'

Xi Ma decided to be specific, "The Gao Miss that we met is different from the rumors. She is a waste there is no doubt but still capable..." Pausing to observe the prince reaction, whose face was still indifferent.