The Legend Of Dragons Amongst The Strongest - Chapter 8 ? Chapter 0007

|March 19, 2019 – Tuesday|

|Chapter Title: The Awakening and the Start of a New Life as the General (2)|

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I was dressed in a simple black robe with golden imperial embroidery design, my hair was pulled in a simple hairstyle with three pieces of imperial golden hair clips that matches my robes, I put on a light to natural type of makeup and wore a pair of black shoes that has intricate designs of being elegant, noble yet feminine. I am not your typical boyish general who wears manly things and does a lot of cross dressing activities.

I am more of the type of woman who’s flexible enough to dwell on both battlefield and a well mannered member of the ladies of the court. For once, I loved the idea of the previous owner of this body, she designed her likes to be compatible with almost anything like a prodigy. Plus her skills were beyond ordinary that’s why the memories shared unto me were very beneficial. I stared at my reflection. It’s not a wonder why this body was named as one of the most beautiful ladies in the empire, she might looked like me in my previous life but my current height was two inches taller, my figure was more toned and fit, of course the hair was straight and I’m planning to make it curly plus… my eyes were indeed oceanic blue and not black which is rather confusing.

Who among the citizens have blue eyes?

There are only a few of them.

Not to mention the imperial family that’s lacking with blue eyes, except for every eldest grandchild of the emperor and the emperor himself.

“Your ladyship, these are the valuable herbs that you’ve ordered to buy from the Heavenly Medical Pavilion as well as the oil. And these are the materials that you needed for curling, these were made from the most durable wood in the area.” Three of my maidservants presented the items that I’ll be using in curling my hair. I nodded in agreement.

“Mistress your breakfast is ready, shall we serve it now?”

“Go on…”

They immediately set the table that I’ll be using for eating meals. While I used a mortar and pestle to mix the herbs and the oil that I’ll be using as a substitute for the modern chemical solutions used in curling hair. I let it stay for a while and let the chemicals burn to produce a stronger curling solution. The stronger it is, the better its result of application will be.

I sat in front of the table and started eating while my maidservants prepared for the water that I’ll be using to rinse the chemicals that I’ll be using. With chopsticks and a spoon for the soup I happily ate my meal in complete silence.

“Does anyone of you have knowledge of the person who brought me back in the palace?” I asked, all of the maidservants exchanged indifferent gazes towards one another, debating to tell the details or not.

“Permission to speak your ladyship”

“En”

“My lady, it was known to the kingdom that the fourth imperial prince of the South came to journey towards the kingdom as a representative in behalf of the alliance and peace treaty that they’re willing to offer. Five days before your body was recovered, the emperor himself opened hunting competitions as per the prince’s request instead of celebrating with a massive banquet gathering. All of your strongest cousins participated, but the winner was yet to be declared by tomorrow.”

“What else do you know?”

“Your ladyship, it was the fourth prince and his subordinates who pursued to venture the wilderness of the Northern border and the nearest territories near the outskirts of our kingdom. His highness has proposed that there might be more beasts to slaughter with the silk road areas and the northern part of the kingdom. The more dangerous a beast is the more powerful its core will be, and the higher the price he’ll gain. But to our surprise, the fourth prince returned earlier on the third day and brought you along with him in secret.”

“What else occurred when we came back?”

“The fourth prince was known as an aloof and cold hearted prince who cared for no one but that day he kept you in his private chambers secretly. Yesterday one of the servants in his chamber reported that they have recognized you. The prince was curious, but the emperor did not pursue matters further. His highness blatantly said that he was trying to hide you in case of discovering something malicious from your background, so he tried to investigate the matter himself. The emperor was furious, but he can’t do anything because what’s done is already done. That’s why the emperor decided to bring you back to the manor personally and let you recover.”

“I know all of you are hesitant in telling me the rest of the details that you’ve heard inside the palace when I’m unconscious, and I hope your consciousness reconsider the fact that I won’t be in peace if I knew something was missing…”

“Mistress the empress personally told us to keep everything in secret from you, it’s not our intention to hide things from you.” Each one of them kowtowed till their foreheads turned red.

“To whom does your loyalty belong?” I asked with sinister.

“Mistress we beg for your pardon, punish us, these unfilial servants of yours are indeed in need of punishment. But we can’t just go against the order of the empress.” The head maid bowed in surrender as the others followed her. I chuckled, they were really keeping things from me, what are they so afraid of me knowing?

If the fourth prince saved me, then I can only guess that the emperor himself might have bestowed marriage for the alliance, or the prince might have asked my hand as a reward for saving their beloved princess. Well then I won’t be surprised if either of the two fits the description of what they’re hiding.