Peach and dragon (VI)

Princess Baatar moved in the western palace with her royal brother. His mission is to get his sister to used to the life of the Chinese people. He is the only one in the escort team who is able to speak Mandarin. He have engaged a female teacher to teach his sister to read and write in Mandarin. He knows that its a mater of time when his sister is going to explode. She is now pretending to go along with everything he says. 

The crown prince Xuan Long try to be nice by sending pastry to her. Even the best Chinese tea for her to drink. However there is never a return reply from her. Instead the maid is return saying that she had received the items without saying anything. He assume that she can't speak their language thus she is not able to convey her thoughts. While Peach thinks that she is a spoilt brat. She ask her brother to stop sending things to that foreign princess. 

While Peach and Baatar seems to start off with the wrong foot. They become completive at anything they do together. They glare at each other no matter what they are doing. Martial arts, horse riding, hunting and other actives. Prince Batu try to smooth things over for the two girls after he notice their competitive nature. Soon everyone noticed that the two girls just can't get along. Thus they try not to get them appear in the same room. 

In Autumn, the hunting gathering is organised. The foreign princess is happy to be out in the nature. When she holds the bow and arrow, she feels alive. From the corner of her eye, she see Peach walking past with her brother. She pinch her lips tightly and decide to follow that girl. Meanwhile Peach is riding her horse with her two best friends looking for wild animals to be hunt. They get off their horses and quietly walk on the grass. They see a deer in a distance. It is the prey that they are looking for. They surround the deer as quietly as possible however an arrow is fired and the deer got shock and it run. Xuan Long and Bo An run after the deer. While she run run behind the boys suddenly she hear the sharp approaching of an arrow. She doge as fast as she can. She turn around to see princes Baatar standing in a distance with an arrogance look. She aim her arrow again at Peach. Peach doge effortless much to the princess frustration. 

"That is enough! Don't take my kindness as my weakness!"

The princess smirk and raise her bow again. Peach keep dogging finally she decide she should run instead of standing still. She turn and start running into the dense forest. She can hear the footsteps behind her. Arrows are shot at the same time. Peach keep running till she accidentally slip down a slope. Peach did not scream but calmly keep sliding down while the princes who fail to break in time too slip down the slope. She scream and roll down. Peach reach the bottom of the slope and look up, it is not possible to climb back up. She watch Princes Baatar roll down like a rag doll. From head to toe, she is rub with dirt and leaves. She finally reach the bottom and she sit up dusting herself. She see Peach and feel angry. She doesn't want to be in the same place with her. Thus she try to climb up but she keep slipping down. Peach watch her going up and down for a long time. Peach look around to assess where they are, how can they leave this ditch. 

They sit there till the sunset. Peach wait patiently while princes Baatar keep walking around to look for something to help her to leave. Finally when there is no sunlight but darkness. Princes Baatar move near to Peach. She is born and raise in a place that there isn't forest like this. In the darkness, the princess grows afraid. Peach feel the princess fear. She clear her throat and start to sing a song. Strangely the song comfort the princess. She sit beside Peach to listen to her voice and soon because of her singing. Bo An finds her and lead has men to bring the ladies up. 

The emperor did not say anything about the ladies missing. Only the imperial consort punish Peach for running off and causing trouble. While Princess Baatar is punished by her elder brother in the tent. Crown prince and Bo An visited both ladies that night. Both of them are angry and ignore him. While Bo An keep up the whole night with Peach. He talk till he fall asleep on the chair and Peach still on her knees. She look at Bo An, her best friend who swore to stay with her to thick and thin. She smile as she see that he is drooling and mumbling in his sleep.