Chapter 9: The Alliance of Hong And Ling

Hong Liu with her enchanting beauty was a very unique person when she came barging in the gates of Nine heavens, she was vicious in her pursuit and looked every bit of a regal princess she was supposed to be but her unceremoniously entrance to the heavenly court might have the impression that she was anything but regal. Now Huang Ling thought they might have underestimated this little butterfly princess, her formal greeting and the elegant bow was sarcastic, oddly enough it reminds him of his friend the old rock First Lord Dong Hai. He heard a little bit about her since she took Little Li away, she was the only fairy in the universe with red wings and whoever have seen them were mystified by there mare sight, the red lotus mark on her forehead was a sigh of auspicious life. When she was born the green forest was under attack from the demons, because of their negative energy the land was turning barren and the moment this girl was born with the red-lotus mark. Overnight the lands turn green and it was like the Supreme Lord blessed them.

"Don't be so humble, Princess. I am just here for a family visit to see my grand-nephew," Huang Ling said in an equally polite tone.

"I am afraid I can't let you in," Hong Liu said.

"Now, now princess I thought with you unflinching pursuit of justice you can't deny me a family visit or stop my nephew from meeting his son," He said.

Hong Liu was tired of this polite interaction and sophisticated facade, she thought she would meet Crown Prince her instead his uncle was here. She turned polite hoping to deflect him because she doesn't know how she can trust him with her plan but she has no option but comes clean. In the last three months, everyday Crown Prince was denied entry in the green forest her aunt would drink and sleep for several days. She won't even talk to anyone. Her understanding was very limited in the matter her aunt was dealing with but according to her three months was enough to be angry at someone if that what her aunt was. She has to find a way so Crown Prince could find his way back to her aunt's good graces and she knew by now that was the only thing that could make her aunt happy otherwise it just not her aunt but Little Li will suffer too, not to mention Crown Prince look lifeless when she saw him last time leaving the border of the Green Forest

"I didn't say I don't want to, I said I can't only the current monarch or monarchess of this region can allow entry to someone who is not the original inhabited of the Green Forest since it was put on the lockdown three months ago, no foreigner is allowed," Hong Liu explain.

"Really?" Huan Ling looks at those magnificent gates.

"Yes, Only my aunt can allow you in since she the queen of East Lands, " She said.

"But you can't keep us away it will raise the question on the justice of Green Forest"

'The audacity of....' Hong Liu sigh internally. She has to be very careful who she shares her plan with, Ren warned her.

Hong Liu clear her throat.

"If this is the matter of justice, I can only help one person go in, " She said. Her words catch his attention, curiously shined in his eyes.

"What do you mean?" He asked.

"I can only help one person to enter the gates of East Land, it's a complicated bit of magic but it is possible. Do you really want to go inside yourself or you want to help the Crown Prince earn GuGu's love back?" She asked earnestly, she didn't get all-day. She thought the crown prince would be here so she comes prepared but now it seems her efforts might go to waste

"Why would you help?" He asked.

"Second Prince with all due respect, we don't have time if you want to help the Crown Prince get in the green forest you have to call him here now," She pressed.

" Xian Yu had just left from here and enter Nine Heavens a few hours ago," He informed her.

Turn out she was the one who was late, she turns her face away and hit her forehead in regret slightly. 'Bai Hong Liu! Bai Hong Liu! Can't you keep track of time?!' She scolded herself internally. Awkwardly she clears her throat again.

"Can't he come back?" She asked.

"No, after this he goes into the meditative state in which he won't come out until tomorrow,"

'Crap!' She thought.

"What is it that needs him here urgently?" He asked Hong Liu was acting strange. Hong Liu hesitated and he saw that maybe she doesn't trust him.

"Look if you really want your aunt and Xian Yu together then you can trust me, in the whole of the Nine Heavens I am the only person who is your ally," He reassured her.

Hong Liu nodded and indicated him to come closer, he leans forward with his ears first. They look like two children sharing some secret treasure place

"GuGu is not very good either but she is angry and she felt like she can't trust the crown prince. I think if they just met once you know..." She whispered.

"That right! But how we are going to do that?" Huan Ling asked.

"I have something but it has to be me that give it to the Crown Prince, directly binding it to the magic of Green Forest than he can come and go as he deems fit," She said, this time she was grinning proudly to herself for her marvellous idea.

"Hmm, Come with me to Nine Heavens!" Huan Ling said.

"That's the thing! I can't, right? It's alright if it's you but when someone finds out that I am there, I would get in trouble just not in Nine Heavens but also here! My father would beat me to that worse he would give me work like copying the sutras for few good thousand time, No no no no! I can't take that risk!" She said.

Huan Ling leans away from her looking at her, her sophisticated facade was gone. The child in her was coming out but she was also right about the Nine Heavens, it might be not very wise to take her there straight with his Father Lord still fuming about the humiliation that he had to suffer because of her what they need is...

"What we need is a detoured and a disguise," Huan Ling stated.

"What? Is there a way to enter the Nine Heavens without detection?" Hong Liu's eyes got wide with excited curiosity.

Huan Ling thought than his mischief light brown eyes met her excited dark brown ones and he smiled slyly at her.

"There is one," He said.

"What? What? What?" She was now on her toes unable to hold her excitement.

"The Gates of First Lord's Ocean of Bliss Palace,"