My parents have been receiving gift from a man of whom I know nothing about I try to persuade them sometimes but I get no answers from them but today my mother has decided to tell me and my siblings during dinner

We all sat down at the table enjoy the elegant dish when my mother suddenly announced

" I'm happily excited to tell u all about the marriage between Jiao and emperor Qiang he's coming next tomorrow for one of the marital rites " my mother said and sat down, this enraged

" I don't want to get married...... yet" I gritted my teeth

" you have no say in it, you're getting married and that's final " my mother said in her commanding voice

I stood up angrily and stomped out my younger sister and maid trailing behind

" sister Jiao I also do not accept about the marriage, mother and father have made a mistake " my only sister Meili says

I keep walking fast in anger, my sister tried her best to catch up with me but she failed miserably, I went to my bedroom and changed my clothes to something more suitable for hunting

I went outside to the stable, grabbed my arrow and grabbed my horse, rode Jim to the forest sometimes mother and father annoy me, mostly mother, I won't smile when that man is around, foolish man wanting to marry me

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I sat down on my bed staring at the ceiling the stupid man and his family will soon come, I keep staring at the ceiling

" if you keep making that face it will stick to your face " I turned to see my maid, jisoo staring at me, she's my best friend apart from Meili

She carried a tray in her hand

" I brought tea for you " she smiled, I got up grudgingly and took a sip, how can I ever say no to her tea, like she's the best tea maker

" so u heard you're getting married soon and the Prince is coming today " she says

" yes, but I don't want to get married to that beast " I frown

" oh, have you told your mother " she asks

" you know how she is, everything she says is always at stand " I grunt

We keep talking about stuff until a maid came to tell me that the Prince and his family had arrived

I got up and walked downstairs, his parents looked happy to see me and so did he but I had to put on a fake smile, the emperor mother did seem really happy

" how bout you too have a walk together and get to know each other, while we adults have a chat " my mother said

The Prince held out his hands for me to hold but I only stared at it and said politely

" I don't wish to touch any man till I am married " I said, my mother laughed nervously while his parents smiled

" she is so pure and innocent " empress said

We walked away in silence

" I'm emperor Qiang " he smiled and I ignored him

" what's your name " he says but I ignore him, Chang comes up out of nowhere and starts to whistle

I run off to him

" isn't that your future husband " Chang says

" yes unluckily for me " I say

" that's a very rude thing to say " he says

" how would you feel to get married by force " I grunt

" well I can't " he says" you know Jiao you're really lucky to be getting married to such an handsome Prince "

" lucky? I'm not lucky " I say

" he's rich, handsome and smart you should be lucky "

" you're right he is rich " I smile deviously

" Jiao are you planning on stealing the man's money, you're already rich enough, your father is emperor of our Kingdom how can u want more money " he frowns and I nod in agreement

" the man seems to be feeling nervous how would you feel in his shoe " he says

" you're right, thanks Chang " I say and ruffle his hair

" easy on the hair " he says putting his hair back in place

I walked over to Mr prince, he stared at me nervously, poor Mr Prince

" the garden is beautiful, follow me if you want to see it " I say to him, turn around and start to walk away, I heard his footsteps behind me, we keep walking till we reach the beautiful garden

I pointed at a bench, he dusted it and sat down then patted the space beside him after dusting it, I sat down on it

" let's get to know each other " he smiled, I kept mute for awhile

" I'm Qiang, I like hun....... Ahhhh " he finished the last sentence with a shout, he looked scared while I just stared dumbly at him, I looked to see a snake

It was a green snake , I picked it up it was definitely non poisonous

"it's not poisonous, touch it, it won't harm you " I say, he didn't seem to believe me

" see this " I said and put it round my neck " it won't harm you " I said moving closer to him

" don't bring that thing near me " he says

" aren't you going emperor, if you're this scared of snakes how will you protect me " I say and he kinda smiled a small smile

" you're such a coward " I smile and played with the snakes before letting it go while he kept staring

" how are you not afraid of those beasts " he says

" they never gave me a reason to be afraid of them " I say casually " I'm guessing you had bad experiences with them " I turn to Jim and he nods

" care to share " I say

" when I was still a kid, I and my friends would go to the forest unfortunately one day a snake bit me, it wasn't a nice feeling, since then I hated and feared snakes " he looks at me

" why didn't you just die, to save me trouble " I mumble

" what did you say " he asked

" I said what an unpleasant memory " I say

" we should head back " he says and we both walk hand in hand to the palace

" good news, your marriage is set for next week " my mother smiled,

I looked happy, inside I was miserable, why me

I stared at them in shock then gave my fakest happy look

" excuse me " I say and walk away, I rush to my bedroom and start to cry, jisoo and Meili came in after a while they saw the state I was in and tried to console me

" sister I'm so sorry " Meili says, I cry even more" tell everyone I won't be coming for dinner this night " I say

I continue to cry more, I hate the fact I can't choose my own love story, I hate mother and father, why can't I have my own freedom why does mother have to choose my life story, why is she the one with the remote control of my life

" GET out OF MY ROOM now " I grit my teeth

" if you need anything sister just call us " Meili says but I shove them out and lock my door, I grab a new pair of clothes very simple for hunting and jumped out the window I grab my bow and arrow , I go to the stable and grab my horse time to hunt

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I jump into my bedroom through the window I'm hungry, I see food on the table and a note

" I know you'll be out hunting, you must be hungry right now, I made this for u

jisoo "

I stare at the delicious food and start digging in, hmm delicious, I keep eating till I pass out on the bed from satisfaction

Today is the big day for the kingdom, Princess Jiao which is me and emperor Qiang, everyone is excited except me I'm bored and moody z I'm being forced to wear all this heavy jewelries how does mother make it so easy

I'm given a very light breakfast, almost all the maids are dressing me up plus Meili, they all seem happy to be dressing the next bride

" Princess you look beautiful " one if them say and I smile at her

" don't call her Princess, she'll be an empress soon "one of them says

This is what I like, carefree maids acting natural around me, not all professional I make them feel special.

" Princess well miss you, I remember you as a child now you're getting married " an older maid said tears pouring out her eyes

" don't cry mama " I say and hug her she's like a mother to me, she had always been there to help me, she was more of a mother to me than any one else

I comfort her and when they're all done with my makeup and dressing I couldn't recognize myself, I kept staring at my self, I looked beautiful and different, I looked matured

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After the whole wedding stuff we were expected to have you know, we both just stared at each other

" don't even think of touching me " I glared at him

" trust me I won't " he says

" sit now " I pointed at the couch

" fine " he says and sits

2 weeks later

It was such a good idea to bring jisoo along, if not I would be forever bored in this place, even though Qiang tries to keep me company he just doesn't seem to understand me, I know we're married but still

" jisoo help me find out any place I can have some fun " I say

" actually I do have a place in mind, it only happens at night, how about we go have some fun there " she says

" what will I do without you " I say and smile

" but your highness the only downside about this place is that only men are allowed " she frowns

" don't worry " I smirk

" I have to go " I say and rush off to my bedroom, I start going through Qiang's clothes

" what are you doing " I don't need to turn around cause I already know who it is

" isn't it obvious " I sigh

" I still like to hear it from you " he says and plops himself on my bed

" get your body off my bed " I say

" your bed? This bed was mine before you came " he says, I turn around and glare at him

" want me to get the snakes " I say and he jumps off the body

" why don't you have any good clothes " I glare at him but he doesn't reply me, u humph and keep going through his clothes until I see a beautiful clothe

" this should be perfect " I say

" where are you going with my clothes "

" nowhere " I say and walk away leaving him and rushing off to jisoo

" I found some clothes " I say

" I also found some " she says

" we both get dressed and head out to the place, we totally looked like men