章 2: Proposal I

The sun slowly made its way down west.

The two young maidservants never left their prince side, standing at scarce metres from him and with their dark eyes attentive of any movements.

When the sunlight was turning orange, the Fourth Prince's heavy eyelids suddenly opened.

"His Highness!" two happy calls resounded before quieting down soon after as the two young maids recalled the Imperial Physician words about their prince still feeling discomfort.

The Fourth Prince moved to sit.

The maidservants trembled and hurried themselves to help him.

"No."

However, their help was refused.

He sat and raised an eyebrow, 'Quite annoying. This really is the body of a male…' because Shen Rou wasn't caught in her thoughts anymore, she heard clearly her voice; it was that of a teenager young male, 'Even so, the voice of my thoughts is my voice, will it change to that of a male with the time?'

The young maidservants saw their prince change of expressions and waited patiently for his orders.

At length, his fair hand rubbed his forehead and he felt a bandage. As Shen Rou was aware of the Fourth Prince's body condition, the bandage was pulled off.

His scarlet long hair cascaded down as the white ribbon that held his hair up untied with his movement.

Shen Rou felt the silky hair with his hand before setting his enchanting slanted dark eyes onto the pale-faced maids; they had been frightened by their prince suddenly pulling off his bandage, however, they didn't dare to approach as their prince seemed to be in a negative mood.

His dark eyes surveyed deeply the two young maids. From the Fourth Prince's memories, Shen Rou recalled the pretty maid that looked older and had big round dark eyes was named Wei Yan while the younger looking one with a petite stature was Wei Ge; both were the first-rank and closest maidservants of the Fourth Prince.

"Where is Ting N-niao?" As the Fourth Prince usually asked first for his personal eunuch, She Rou asked for him. However, she almost found herself tongue-tied.

Her new voice made goose-bumps run through her womanly and valiant soul; now that more words had been spoken and hearing it first handed, Shen Rou found the Fourth Prince's voice was more alluring than what she recalled from his memories, and she was trying to be nonchalant, 'Right, this is not only a male body but a Lady Man one. Haa- A Lady Man constitution really lives up to its bewitching and enticing reputation.'

"Ting Niao is…"

"He is…"

The two maidservants hesitated.

He frowned after shooing away the goose-bumps. As someone who had waged in wars at the frontlines and could command the dead and possessed living people at will, Shen Rou was impatient when her questions and orders were delayed in being complied.

Seeing their prince growing displeasure by each passing second, Wei Yan promptly said lowly with a bowed head, "Replying to His Highness, Ting Niao went to retrieve His Highness' new attires for tonight's banquet."