CHAPTER TEN

SECRET

"hung-ok what is wrong with you are you insane stop behaving like a child !"

Chang min raised his voice in fiery at hung-ok,and everywhere became silent the maids outside the door who where secretly eavesdropping where surprised at him scolding the crown princess but as Chang min shouted, hung-ok says nothing just looking at him with a feeling he could not describe and that was when he noticed she stood on a broken glass and was bleeding in her left leg without asking her for permission he lifted hung-ok on his shoulder taking her straight to her room with hung-ok covering her face blushing, as soon as he opened her study door everyone pretended to be engrossed in what they were doing and not eavesdropping .

On getting to her room Chang min dropped her on her sofa ,

"get me the first aid kit"

Chang min called out to no one in particular, soon as he said so someone passed the kit to Kim Soo-ra which Kim Soo-ra entered the princess room giving it to Chang min.

the atmosphere between them was tense as Chang min put medicine on hung-ok injury,

"why where you behaving childish today?"

hung-ok tried diverting her eyes but Chang min could have non of that

"answer me princess?"

"you had no trouble calling me hung-ok earlier"

"that's not what I am asking you" Chang min says to hung-ok

"it's nothing its just that" then her voice became more low " why did you help her?"

'I helped her because if she fell I am sure you will be labeled as someone who bullied your sister, you are a crown princess now and must watch your every steps"

"oh, okay but you didn't have hold her by the

waist "

"really?"

"I don't like it, you are mine not hers"

"look I get that you are angry because she is your rival but you don't own me and once I am finished with what I came for that's it".

"the minutes you start being overprotective they're going to discover the there is something there " Chang min says as he covered her injury

Which made her lean closer to his ear whispering "and what Could that be tell me because I do not have an idea" ,

"You're being childish again"

Chang min says after which he Picked up the first aid kit to leave But as soon as he got to the door his hand on the door knob

he could have almost missed it the Whisper of hung-ok

"Teach me teach me how to be yours "

turning To look at her She was already laying down on the sofa not sure if she was sleeping,he walked out of her room closing the door.

the afternoon air was pleasant as Kim Soo-ra,suzy and princess hung-ok, watching as the butterflies danced around the flower in the garden,Suzy came to visit the princess,the garden was princess hung-ok mother favorite place in the palace, though she had only spent 8 years with her mom,she remembers her mom watering the flowers, smiling at her and hung-a, but what did hung-a mean by she not being the real child of their father.hung-ok then thought of that Chang min, that which all her workers dear not call before her since the previous incident yesterday,her leg which was injured still hurts but what hurts more was her heart, and she hated it of him.

your highness what is getting you so worked up this morning Kim Soo-ra says

"it's nothing"

" and this doesn't have anything to do with incident yesterday ?"

"What Incident yesterday really i can't remember "hung-ok tried pretending that she forgot but no one believed her

"Tell me what incident yesterday? i need to know" Suzy askes Kim Soo-ra

"What incident Yesterday?",A deep voice says, it was Chang min,

"What are you doing outside in the cold with your injured leg at that" ,Not waiting for an answer from her he turned to kim Soo-ra saying "And by the way why you not tell princess to put on more clothes when coming outside"

"oppa, i am here, though the only person you see is the princess" Suzy says smiling,

but didn't get a response from him than the head which he moved like a form of acknowledgement,Then walked up to the princess Removes his suit and put it on her then moved in front of her lifted her minutes Injured leg to exam it,

"have you changed the dressing"

"yes the royal doctor had come to checked on it", hung-ok replies

"okay",

after looking at it himself Chang min turned to kim Soo-ra,

"princess should not stay more than 20 more minutes outside the take her back inside she easily gets cold"

"no problem".

on seeing Chang min leave Suzy wispered to hung-ok

"with what I am seeing,I don't think my brother is indifferent to you but you both are still looking for a bear ground together,and it's obvious that you like oppa, especially when you blushed",

'I didn't blush,and besides with what happened with min ho I don't think it will be that easy to move on"

" are you sure andyes you did blush" with that they all laughed together

Suzy was looking though the library books more engrossed in it that she didn't noticed that 2 others where there with her ,on hearing both voice's moved closer to know who it was ,no one knew she was there because it is said that the library was the late king's and no one was allowed to enter until the new king and queen was chosen,then she heard a big slap, secretly looking to see who it was saw it was queen regent Chung-ae and madam lee

after queen regent Chung-ae slapped madam she she then pointed her finger to her

"do not forget your place in this palace that you are just a palace maid and nothing more"

"oh my dear queen regent, do you think you can slap me and go away with it,how dear you,my daughter is,,,,,,,,,,",

before she could finish speaking queen regent cut in

"you don't have a daughter do you get it, the minute you killed my brother and his wife, you have lost all the right to be princess hung-a mother, and because of your greed you are pushing her down the drain with you,I will make sure to find the evidence proving you guilty of the murder"

"well,well,well, that's nice but till then no one can send me out of the palace,or have you forgotten the promise made between me and the dead great queen,I will give up right as princess hung-a mother but that only entails that I will never leave this palace,and don't forget it's all in writing".madam lee replied

Suzy was so surprised where she hide that she closed her mouth in shock.