Chapter 4：Wedding ritual

When Queen Mother gave Jandi the instruction to prepare me for the royal wedding ritual, I had thought that the actual wedding was happening that day and I almost panicked. It was already dark outside when the Emperor right hand man Yabo opened the exit door for the Emperor and besides I haven't had a moment alone to figure out where my life is heading to also I don't want it to be that soon because that will mean me being with him and then no one can come give more excuse as to why he can't be with me whenever he wants to have me.

Thank goodness what they meant by the royal wedding ritual wasn't the actual wedding but a bath ..a bath with rose water where I have to stay in for one hour while my personal maid Jandi massage my body. Also thank goodness he didn't come in when he came knocking that night after my bath and I told Jandi to lie and tell the Emperor that I'm already asleep ..which surprised me a lot when she did, I didn't expect anybody to lie for me much else Jandi and to her Emperor. Anyways, we bonded that night and talked before I fall asleep.

"My Lady." I know that voice, it Jandi but I still pretend to be asleep in case someone else especially the Emperor is with her .

Please lord let it be that she's here to tell me that the wedding has been cancelled due to there is war currently happening within the palace.

Who even pray for her own wedding to be a disaster? I do though. I pray that before the wedding will begin, war will befall Mandir. This is how much I dreaded getting married to him.

"My Lady, you have to get up and let us prepare you for the wedding ..guests and other people have started arriving ..please my lady." Jandi plead but I'm still not ready to face this future ..I need time, time to think, time to open my eyes to a new morning and worst morning for that matter but I still need time.

"Ok, my lady ..five minutes." Jandi said and leave the room _I guess because I heard the door close.

"Jandi.." I called as I hear slowly moving foot noise

"Jandi.. is that you? I called again when I didn't receive any response.

"I'm sure I felt someone touch my feet." I murmur to myself

.."Maybe, It was because I was thinking of bad things happening in the palace and wanting it to happen so badly and that's why I'm imagining this." I said then shrug it off, completely discard the danger thoughts while still under my warm duvet.

"Please god save me." I pray in my mind when all of a sudden i started feeling the hands I thought earlier were in my head now raising the Duvet that's covering me up which made me start panicking hard, i was on the edge of screaming when the thought of it being a bad idea shush me up. The hands have fully pull the cover up but leaving it on my face so i won't see.. Then the hand start to pull my nightgown up which made my whole body to shiver in fear then i start pleading while still covering my eyes in hope he will leave because I didn't see his face..