**CHAPTER 13**

~A.N.~

This is the start of the love square between Zhen Ji X Cao Pi X Han Shurei X Zhang Liao… Well love is really complicated right?^^

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Ming Yi is so happy. Lord Cao Cao just agrees to keep secret about her location to her father and also her true identity to the palace.

"I am now free again to do anything I want." She thought while she shines the wooden floor of the palace. Ming Yi doesn't notice that there is someone looking at her ever since she starts to shine the floor. She then felt that there is someone looking at her. When she turns her head to look for that, she sees Zhang Liao standing, his hands holding his weapon.

"Good Morning Lord Zhang Liao" she smiles at him.

He just nods his head without saying anything.

"It is a very lovely morning, am I right?"She asked him.

He just nods his head again. His body is emotionless, like a tree and his eyes are fixed at Ming Yi.

Ming Yi is worried. "Why is it Lord Zhang Liao like that? He is emotionless like a statue." Then she thinks that maybe because of her.

"Did I do something wrong Lord Zhang Liao?" she asked him. Now she is so nervous. She knows that her performance as a servant is excellent and always perfect. She thought that maybe now she did something bad! "Oh please don't"

Zhang Liao is still quiet, standing emotionless with his hands on his weapon and his eyes are still fixed at her. Ming Yi is about to cry. "That's it! I knew it! I knew that the way I shines the floor is terrible! Maybe he doesn't like it because it is still not so shine! I'm such an idiot! I love my job being a servant but my performance of cleaning is worst! I am not worthy as a servant!"She thought to herself. Her tears start to appear in her eyes.

She then said to him, "Please don't kill me Lord Zhang Liao."

The emotionless Zhang Liao starts to move, shaking his head in disagreement as he holds his weapon tightly in his hands. He immediately said, "You've got it all wrong! I am not going to kill you!"

"But then why are you carrying your weapon? And then the way you look at me is like you wanted to kill me! I know! I know that the floor is still not shiny, but please wait a little bit longer, don't kill me! I can make this floor sparkling! Please!" She begs at him as her tears are falling down on her cheeks.

Zhang Liao panicky fall down his weapon and immediately went near Ming Yi and said, "No no, please don't cry your highness. I am just guarding you. Please don't get the wrong idea. I will NEVER going to kill you your highness. Besides the floor is already shiny and I like is do don't cry Princess Shurei!" He panicky said to her.

She stops her crying and said, "Princess? Shurei?"

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"Oops."

"I wasn't planning to tell you your highness that I already know you identity. I thought that it is a good idea to guard you secretly so that I may not attract attention to the others." He said to her as they sit in the shiny wooden floor of the palace. Zhang Liao just finished explaining everything to Princess Shurei about the mission that Lord Cao Cao assigns to him.

As she heard his explanation about his reason she then said, "It's ok Lord Zhang Liao. After all I am the one whom I've requested Lord Cao Cao to let me stay here in his palace secretly." She smiled at him. "But I rather want you to be yourself when you guard me. You're scary when you look to me like that."

"I see." He chuckle as he remembers the face of the princess when she thought that he was going to kill her.

Shurei is embarrassed. "I know what you're thinking Lord Zhang Liao. You know that I am always focusing in my work, so that is the first thing that pops in my mind." She reason out at him.

"Yes, yes I know your highness, don't worry about it." He smiles at her.

Shurei blush, "So Lord Zhang Liao can smile like that too. You can call me Yi Lord Zhang Liao." She smiles back at him.

"All right, very well then…Yi." Then they laugh as they remembered what happened to them that morning.