How to meet the King

"Second princess, are you sure you are okay? You're acting strangely" Shu Pai looked at the princess weirdly, she felt like this was not the princess she knew.

" Shu Pai, I hit my head against the cherry blossoms tree" Shen Xi tried to explain as she got up.

"Second Princess...the king wants to meet you now" a maid called out from outside.

'What? how am I supposed to meet this king father of mine? I don't even know to speak to him, what if they realise am an imposter?' Shen Xi started thinking hard and finally came to an idea.

"Shu Pai, is this my face? has nothing changed about my face?" Shen Xi asked as she caressed her face.

"There is nothing your Highness"

Shen Xi walked toward the mirror and froze, she...the face in the mirror is the face she had in her past life, why we're there so many coincidences? same name and same face just like in her past life.

"Is anything wrong Second princess?" Shu Pai asked as she noticed the princess staring blankly in the mirror as if that face did not belong to her.

"No...I thought I would see bruises on my face after hitting my head against the tree"

Shu Pai excused her so she could change into her clothing. After choosing her clothes and putting them on, she stood in the mirror admiring herself.

"I look so beautiful now" Shen Xi praised herself and turned to Shu Pai to ask for her opinion.

"You look amazing, more than that sister of yours"

"I've never met her before, how does she look like?" Shen Xi asked and upon seeing the expression on Shu Pai's face, she realised what she said.

"Shu Pai, I don't remember anything after hitting my head, that is why I look weird"

"His Highness will surely kill me for not protecting you" Shu Pai held her head in fear

"Don't worry nothing will happen to you, just tell me everything about the kingdom"

"Okay The King is very strict towards you but always pampering your twin sister but unlike the King, your mother favours you a lot, everyone in the palace says that the princess Shen Xu is the legendary Phoenix"

"Phoenix? what's that?"

"In the past, there lived a great human phoenix, but this Phoenix was weird because it was white and nobody had seen a white Phoenix before, they believed it was cursed until an old Prophet revealed that there was a legend about a half-human and half Phoenix which would rule the earth, this Phoenix had the power to control everything on this earth. One day a fire Phoenix attacked the Phoenix and killed it with the sword of death and life. Everyone thought that was the end until that same old Prophet revealed that the descendants of the Phoenix will give birth to the Phoenix and the Phoenix will be reborn again, as a princess with white hair. All the kings looked forward to having that child but it never happened until you two were born, your father and mother went to see the prophet to confirm but the Prophet was blind so he only said" One of the princesses is the Phoenix reborn and the other's destiny is unknown as she will have to protect the Phoenix princess" after saying that the old prophet disappeared and was never found. Your sister has been confirmed to be the Phoenix"

"Then I guess my family is very great" Shen Xi seemed happy but deep down she wished she could be a Phoenix just to bring Bai Yue back to life.

"No one knows, except the royal family and those within the family, the outside world is not supposed to know to protect her from the evil Phoenix"

"Second Princess!" an angry voice was heard behind and Shu Pai shivered and trembled.

"Your...your...highness" Shu Pai hung her head low knowing what would happen to her. A maiden was not supposed to chat or befriend a princess and the punishment was death, most of all the king had called them but they refused to come.

"Guards, take this maiden away" The King pointed at Shu Pai and ordered the guards. Shen Xi who had seen her father for the first time was shocked, this man was also her father in her past life and he never liked her. If he hated her as well in this life then she would show him no respect.

"Your highness let my maiden go" Shen Xi spoke with anger in her voice, she hated this man to every core.

"What did you say?" the king was shocked because this was the first time his foolish daughter who was always timid and respected his every word spoke back.

"I.said. let. my .maiden. go" She spoke every word in clenched teeth.

"You...you dare to talk to me like that?" He stepped forward ready to slap her but she held his hand, the king fumed with anger as he had never been insulted this much.