Chapter 267: Moonstone Flower

The woman was surprised by another person entering the garden.

Zen noticed her expression as he scratched his head slightly in embarrassment.

"I'm sorry… I didn't mean to scare you or anything." Zen said kindly, hoping that the woman wouldn't think of him as an intruder.

He was simply curious about the flower that the woman was watering and had no intention of harming her at all.

After all, Zen knew that anyone taking care of this flower can never be a bad person.

Zen continued to walk forward despite the woman's cautiousness as he smiled gently at the flower.

The flower only has 3 petals that are stretching out and it is colored purple but you can tell by its appearance alone, it was enough to mesmerize anyone.

"Moonstone Flower, a beautiful flower that shouldn't exist in life as humans are too greedy to be able to see such beauty," Zen mumbled softly as he touched it slightly.

The woman was about to stop Zen's action but shuddered when she heard him saying the flower's name.

"You know about the Moonstone Flower?" The woman then asked.

She showed a surprised expression at Zen as she never expected someone to be able to recognize this rare flower.

Zen nodded his head.

"Yes, it's a very unique and precious flower that was once part of my life," Zen said in a bittersweetness as he recalled his past with the maid.

They were walking around a mountain to relax from all that scheming that had taken place.

It was also at that moment that his maid found the flower and described how rare it was as she slowly removed it from the soil and brought it back to their house where they would take care of it.

Meanwhile, the woman noticed Zen's emotion as she tilted her head slightly. "Did the Moonstone Flower make you recall some painful memories?"

Zen shook his head and said," Nah, it's just reminiscing to see this perfect flower again."

"Is that so?" The woman didn't ask anything further as she proceeded to water the Moonstone Flower again.

"Oh right, I forgot to introduce myself." Zen suddenly realized he still doesn't know the woman's name as he quickly said, "My name is Zen and it's nice to meet you."

The woman shuddered slightly before saying, "Christy… that's my name."

"I see, it's a wonderful name Christy," Zen said brightly as he sat down in the chair.

He doesn't know why but he felt calm and soothing being in this garden.

Although Christy seemed to be a fine and beautiful mature woman, Zen had no intention of doing anything to her.

He simply enjoyed watching her watering the Moonstone Flower with such care and attention.

As far as he remembers, the Moonstone Flower is a type of flower that will easily be withered if you fail to treat it properly. It takes a lot of effort to maintain its beautiful appearance.

Sometime later, Christy finished watering the Moonstone Flower as she sat down next to Zen.

"How did you manage to come here?" Christy asked.

Zen didn't find a reason to lie to her when she was being generous enough to allow him to stay here and enjoyed the tranquil atmosphere.

Thus, he answered honestly and said, "I came from the Peace Blossom Court but you can rest assured, I won't have you get into trouble from either the empress or Krista."

Zen didn't want Christy to feel threatened about him being on the princess' side and not on the empress as he simply wanted to enjoy this current mood.

Free from the scheming and political event that is currently embroiling in the Jade Kingdom.

Christy nodded her head as she said, "Then you should quickly leave this garden at once."

Zen was dumbfounded as he didn't expect he would be kicked this quickly by  Christy.

Although a bit disappointed, Zen didn't wish to trouble her and stood up as he prepared to leave.

"Aren't you going to ask why I'm telling you to leave?" Christy suddenly said when she saw Zen has no intention of turning back.

Zen shook his head.

"You must have your difficulties and I don't want to implicate you into any troubles."

"Well, it's not really a difficulty… it's just that this garden belongs to the empress and that you might be captured if she knew you were from the princess side."

Zen halted his movement when he realized Christy was simply worried about his safety and that she wasn't banning him from being in the garden.

Thus, he turned around and said with a solemn expression. "Then you wouldn't mind if I come here again as long as I avoid the empress right?"

Christy pondered for a few moments before nodding her head. 

"The empress is extremely busy with her current task now that Princess Krista seems to have gotten more powerful. Therefore, the empress doesn't have the leisure time to come here and enjoy the flowers." She then said.

Zen nodded his head as he sat back down on the chair and glanced at the Moonstone Flower.

"Are you going to be here all the time?" 

"Mhmm, no one would take care of this garden except me and even if others tried to do so, they wouldn't know how to treat the flower properly."

Christy then sighed softly and said, "I'm just alone in the garden every time as no one understands the beauty of a flower anymore besides being some item for a young master to buy and flirt with."

Zen smiled brightly as he leaned back and said, "Well, you won't be alone anymore then as I shall be intruding on you every time."

"Don't you have some important task to do for Princess Krista if you came from the Peace Blossom Court?" Christy raised her eyebrow as she looked at him in confusion.

Zen shrugged his shoulders.

"I'm not the type of person you think I am. I don't work for Krista nor do I plan on embroiling myself into their complicated political situation."