Chapter 25: PAYBACK (3)
This was extremely exaggerated beautiful room where favored concubine was sitting in front of mirror, not only her facial features were attractive but long black hair was adding four fold charm to her beauty, she was proud of her looks.
She used different best oils to massage and acre her hair and this was the reason behind her beautiful hair.
These oils were labeled according to their characteristics, she had carefully looked up the procedure in which these oils were prepared under her order, and she opened a carafe of oil and pour in her hair.
She was possessive about her hair that she did not consent her maids to do for her, other maids were respectfully watching, concubine was happy that the King praised her in the morning after busy night.
Wet air was flirting with the curtains of her room windows, after that she combed and make simple bun, she would bath after two hours, she told her maids and they left to prepare for her bath.
She noticed abrupt hair fall after two days, she was worried but that it might be minor matter.
Three more days and she was half bald, she was shedding tears over this calamity, she was clueless what made them fall this strangely, she could not blame who prepared these oils because despite the inappropriate of the matter she himself witnessed the procedure in which acclaimed men prepared these oils, she was most of time covering her head with double cloth.
Jie Lan and Wei Lan were keeping eyes over her in these days without coming into notice. On fifth day both were assured that their hand made oil had shown its affects, now both wished to see end chapter.
This night the King sent special invitation to his favored concubine that he wished to meet her, she was not in position to reject this invitation, and she prepared and covered her head in a desperate manner.
She was not used to hide her hair, in fact she was used to show off to others but now she properly hide her bald head with few random stray hair on it.
After taking permission she entered in the King's extensive bedroom, she was used to enter proudly but now she was looking down when entered.
The King welcomed her with open arms but noticed that she had covered her head bizarre way. "You know Jun I like your beautiful black hair then why are you hiding them from me, open it for me," he coerced her in his arms and pull the silk cloth which was hiding her bald head.
He stretched his hand to play with her hair with closed eyes, he narrowed his brows because his hand could not find her hair, and he opened his eyes and looked at her.
She was bald with little to no hair on her head.
He opened his eyes wide and squinted back to see her ugly look. "You ugly woman, how dare you to enter in my room, get out from my sight," he was fuming and shouted at her. He did not believe that this ugly looking woman was actually beautiful before.
She ran toward her room sobbing non-stop. Next day he ordered his men to send back his concubine to her father house, he was not interested to see that horrible sight again.
The air told both sisters that their plan was efficacious.
Queen had no intentions to console that woman because she willingly hurt Queen with mocking tone many times though she was sorry at her plight but could not do anything.
Both sisters were happy that they settled the revenge from concubine to dare to insult kind and generous Queen but if Queen happened to know this she would definitely punish them so they dared not to reveal their happiness nor anything they did to concubine, also they drained the remaining oil which they kept to refill the carafe of oil in case its effects needed time to appear.
She wanted to know how Wan Hu was doing at north border; she had not seen him from eight months.
She needed definite reason if she wanted to go there, other than this there was no way which could lead her to north.
She was thinking while sitting in the hall, a maid came bowed to her and said, "Incharge Chen from north border wants to seek an audience miss Henan Zhong," she heard and got surprised, she indeed came here with Incharge Chen, she hoped that if he wanted to go back on north border, she would request him to bring her along.
"Incharge Chen pays respects to Miss Henan Zhong," she nodded her head in return. "I wonder what bring Incharge Chen here."
"I have humble request miss Henan, I wanted to marry your slave miss Ying Jun, I promise, I will keep her close to my heart like treasure and I assure you that Incharge Chen never go back on his promise."
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