A beautiful women seating inside the tea house sipping tea and watching the red burial with great interest.
This women even after wearing veil which cover her whole face, couldn't hide the beauty beneath it.
Her eyes sparkles as she look at the towering mountains from the window of second floor of the tea house.
Two women stood beside her with focus gaze and straight spine, these two are her personal maid who are also well trained to be her personal guards.
She normally stay inside her kingdom either attending the court or sparring with her guards or looking for good food in street stalls and alleys.
Back at her kingdom is can do as she please without any hesitation of being called improper lady or being too masculine.
But here she had to maintain lady like persona. Looking at the bustling streets then at the noble ladies and princess from different kingdom.
She felt out of place, everyone are talking which family man is handsome or talent, appreciating the weather, talking about clothes and jewellery.
She felt completely out of place, one of her maid notice her staring out of window with longing to go out.
She step ahead and whisper in princess Jiuling ear "Princess, do you want me to make an excuse to leave"
Princess Jiuling, eyes lit up as she gently nodded her head. The maid straighten her back and cough lightly to gain attention.
"I apologise for disturbing everyone, but our Emperor had instructed our Princess to visit the temple after the tea party and it's getting late, if we didn't leave now...." It will be too late.
One of the Princess who's married and already had child spoke gently "coming to Qinghe city and not visiting the temple isn't wise at all, you can step ahead"
Everyone, politely chimp in, telling her not to be embarrassed about it. Princess Jiuling maintain her smile and composure.
Once, she had leave the tea house and seat inside her carriage. She directly toss away the heavy head piece from her head.
Princess Jiuling "prepare three set of male clothes, we will stroll around dressing up as man" both maid acknowledge the order.
Soon, in the streets of Qinghe city three very gorgeous man were riding horse. In this city there are two type of roads.
The middle roads is for horses and marriages and the side road seprated by rope is for people to walk.
Both the road for horse and the man are wide open, giving enough space to move around this decrease crowding and causing traffic in the city.
Princess Jiuling, dressed as men had dap some cosmetics on her face to alter her feature, still her beauty made people to turn.
She along with her maid roam around the roads, searching and buying delicious food for herself and her maids.
She felt happy and relaxed, while walking she encounter few people gathered around a man pointing and laughing at him.
With one look, her maids immediately went to investigate the situation and came back with information.
"Young master, this man is claiming to be hunter who, while chasing a deer accidentally walk too deep inside the forest. According, to him he had entered the deepest part of the forest. And soon reach a place which require him to climb.
At first he didn't notice anything weird but as he continue, he realised that there's no place inside the forest that required climbing, the only thing one can climb is the mountains. But who don't know that the red burial had barrier which prevent anyone from climbing.
Thinking that he had entered the burial without being stopped by the barrier. He must had been choosen by the immortal. With this thinking he continue walking inside the forest, soon, he saw beasts"
Princess Jiuling "beasts, a hunter calling animals beasts" she turn her head toward the hunter with interest.
Princess Jiuling "go and invite him to the tea house, I will hear remaining story from him" she toss a heavy purse towards the maid, the maid also move very quickly.
She walk inside the tea house and book a private room. Soon, her maid return with the said hunter.
The man had tan skin, messy hair and long beard, dress in simple but clean and patchless clothes, which mean he's financial condition aren't bad.
The man despite his tall height, big physics and imitating air, stood infront of her with nervousness visible on his face.
"Y-young master, why you had to call this lowly commoners" the man clearly look scared of offending her.
She had spend lot of her time in military barracks disguising as man. So, imitating man voice isn't hard for her.
Princess Jiuling "this young master surname is Luo, what's your name mister" she cup her fist as greetings in compose and elegant manner, while he return the greetings hastily and nervously.
"This commoners, surname is Gu and is a hunter" he spoke while stealing some glance at the handsome face of the young master infront of him.
Young master Luo (aka Princess Jiuling) "I heard you went to the red burial, is that true" she didn't beat around the bush and directly asked him.
The hunter Gu face paled visibly, as he gulp the tea down his throat to moist his throat. Although he had arrived to speak about everything he had seen for money.
He still went into daze when he think about the red burial. The maid beside him already had refill his cup with some alcohol.
When he took a sip, his eyes widen in surprise. as he slap the table in excitement and exclaim "what fine wine"
Young master Luo "if you like it, drink more. I, can give you the whole jar and money if you tell me everything"
The hunter is now more excited and more enthusiastic towards this generous young master infront of him.
Hunter Gu "brother, you have no idea what kind of place red burial actually is, heck I doubt you will believe what I'm going to tell you. But I swear everything I'm going to say is absolute truth, no lie or maked up stuff"
Young master Luo "don't worry about it, just tell me everything without holding back" she wave her hand.
with that hunter start pouring out his story with emotions, after all no one had believed him before.