Chapter 4- They are beautiful right?

Silence.

She was answered by silence. The kneeling maids and even the grim Xu Sa widen their eyes in disbelief. They can't imagine that she could request something so easily as killing herself.

The man in purple robe doesn't understand the girl infront of him. He can't tell if she's acting or she trully wanted to kill hersef but nevertheless, it causes his eyes to turned rigid from her frantic whisper of letting her to die.

"Ahhhh!!!!!"

The maids shouted in fright when they saw Mu Nan suddenly pushed herself towards the long sharp sword. Her delicate body move and a terrifying picturesque scene unfold as though a sad goddess dancing at the tip of a sword.

She already had enough, eyes hurting, she didn't even notice she had teared up in blood.

Luckily, the prince swiftly pulled his sword aside as the people around felt therselves stop their breath from the girl suicidal move paired with her now blood filled face.

Even the prince himself didn't expect that she could do that to herself. He had never seen a person that didn't cherished their life as he was used to seeing people beg to let them live. His almond eyes slightly narrowed, lifting his hand, signaling something.

The guard immediately understood what he needed to do, but before he could act, he suddenly halted, eyes widening.

"Ahhhh stop!!! "

The maids were now totally frightened as they saw the girl bloodied self swayed and was about to fall into the pile of sharp shards under her. They were horrified as if their soul was about to fly away in horror.

Mu Nan didn't seem to hear all this as the images of her lovely family flash through her mind. She just felt herself getting pulled and embrace by a warm body. In her blurred consciousness she let out a soft sweet smile that could turn the whole bloody room into something beautiful. Her smile was so stunningly lovely, even the beautiful scenery will pale in comparrison by it.

The man's eyes turned even chiller as he look at that beautiful smile. His eyes seem conflicted with something yet when he was about to lift her up, he stop.

"They are beautiful right? I will be with them soon." It was a soft whisper that only he himself heard. His eyes flash with an unexplainable light as he slowly lifted the girl in his arms.

Mu Nan can't see anything yet her mind already had been in a wide green field, where her family was seen laughing and her little sister running around playing, her grin had widen from happiness.

Her hand slowly fell, closing her blinking blurred eyes, sleeping peacefully and hoping it could be in eternity.

The man saw how it all ended with her smile as the surrounding turned eerily quite. His eyes darkened as he unconsciously tighten his grip around her. No one knows what he was thinking as his dark pupils excluded a terrifying chill as he slowly lifted her up.

He did not know why he had catch her from falling or did not understand why he seems affected by those pained filled eyes but one thing for sure, his interest had been piqued.

This prince can not let you die...yet.

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Under the thin white silk curtain around the bed, an old man was seen kneeling beside it. He slowly put a thin silk at the pale white wrist, that was sticking out against the light. His strand of white hair fell down at his knitted eyebrow while a drop of sweat silently rolled at his crooked nose. He was extremely serious as if he was afraid of doing even a slight error in his diagnosis.

Folding the silk, arranging his things, he slowly stood up. He cups his fist while bowing respectfully at the man standing outside.

"Your highness, this old man conclude according to this old man diagnosis from the young madam illness is that the young madam suffered from stress and exhaustion that is why her blood had been unstable and fainted. "

He felt the man shifted his gaze towards the young girl. The old man can't help but to sweat furiously because this man had been guarding all through out his medication. He thought that his highness was just forced from this drecree of marriage but maybe they were wrong as the known god can't possible make an appearance from his medication.

The purple robe man stood indifferently, not even a trace of emotion was seen in his perfectly god like face, so the old doctor felt conflicted about his thoughts. It was as if the man was just simply checking an insignificant thing, making his silly thoughts completely vanished.

Right... No one can move this man from his isolation.

The man aloofly stared at the girl's pale as sheet face. She was now clean, out of blood, turning her into a sleeping doll. She look so peaceful as if she did not act like an insane woman at his very own eyes. He did not know why he let her live again but he just had this feeling that the girl has to many secrets in her, gaining his interest.

When the doctor didn't heard a response, he cleared his throat, continuing in his report.

"This old man has already prescribe the madam's medication while she needs nourishing in her malnourished body. "

The old doctor can't help but to give a pitying glance at the frail woman sleeping weakly at the white bed. He did not expect that even the girl was the first daughter of an wealthy family, she was treated to this extreme. Well, he can't really blame anyone because her parents died at her young age, making the dog eat dog family to treat her like this is not anything new, maybe even worst than this.

The prince eyebrow lightly kintted in contemplation. Is this the reason why she wanted to end her life? Is her family ill treatment towards her, causes her to be this in despair? But whenever he remembered those pair of deep pained eyes, he can't help but to feel that there was something more into it.

She can't gave off that extreme despair and sadness if she didn't experienced something that could make her give up to the world.

Thinking it like this, the prince face turned few degrees colder as his deep black orb seems to darkened further, making the old doctor's white hair stood up.

He don't know what he did to make his highness angry so his forehead sweated even more.

"Give him the money and leave. "

As if a big boulder was being lifted to the old man's shoulder, he drew a deep breath in realief as his tensed body gradually relaxed. The hidden guard pulled out a bag of silver taels and threw it to the old man's hand.

"Thank you, your highnes, this old man will take his leave now. "

Bowing, he hurriedly walks out as if a demon was chasing him behind his tail. After the old doctor left, the man in purple robe stood majestically in front of a small window. No one knows what he was thinking.

After sometime, he walks out from the herb filled room. Suddenly halting his steps, a deep voice sounded at the silent tranquil night.

"Investigate her. "

A simple two word had caused Xu Li to widen his eyes. A familliar guard was seen standing beside him as he glance at the sleeping girl from time to time as if he had known that girl.

Xu li did not know what happened when he leave but right after he came back, his highness had already been weird. This is the first time he saw his highness gaining an interest onto anyone, he meaningfully glance at the man beside him and it nodded in return. After the silent communication between the two of them, their figure vanished as the dark night returned to it's peacefulness.