The Secret Princess – Fan Fiction by AC Chapter 41: Blind date
♥Author♥Angel♥Chua♥
Adapted from Princess Agents drama series and original novel by Xiao Xiang Dong’er – Chu Qiao Chuan Biography
Blind date (09.13.2022 edited)
The old lady ready to go as she arranged the crease in her fine black Hanfu dress made of cotton and a beautiful hairpin on her Haute coiffure hairstyle, the age looks like ten years younger. Then when she saw her companion, she exclaimed!
“Who destroyed you!?”
“Why? I like it this much.”
“hmm.. I get it, a cool peacock look, the tails are what? Hanging, thin, and stiff?”
The fine woman did not have any accessories or a head-dress as a hairstyle. Instead the hair is in a brushed-up style. Not so high not too low. She wrapped her long brown hair with a gel substance making it look like shiny, so stiff that it’ll explode in the air.
It exposed her long jade-like skin on her nape.
The only thing that makes it difficult to define whether it passed the thin line between beautiful and horrific, is, how did the fine woman make it look-like it’s going to explode at any moment she won’t be liking any situation at hand.
She is like a peacock ready to open-fire her killer hairstyle.
“Ok whatever!” said the old lady not wanting for her to take another hour to change her hairstyle.
“I like you today,” said the fine woman and threw her sly smile.
She also did not forget to put in some kind of secret weapon in her hair that “break in case of an emergency tool.”
The old lady rolled her eyes, said: “is that necessary?
Remember, the rules is clear, no eye contacts. Just look cool and please, please, please…” and the old lady paused.
The fine woman waiting for the next phrase, heard those words. She wrinkled her lips and pouted her pink lips.
“Do not get bored and paint that sweet smile.”
The fine woman smiled, and the old lady pinched her cheeks.
“This is your last chance don’t ruin it.”
A simple Palaquin is waiting outside their house and went to the place where the old lady told her.
After an hour, they arrived. They gracefully went out of the Palanquin. The fine woman wore her expressionless face leaving no one an eye contact. She waits for the other person to come and approach her.
Two beautiful enchanting ladies entered in one of the best cocktail lounges in the state. The state of Liang is known for its bustling streets, even at night there are lots of nightclubs. full of filthy wealthy noble bachelors.
On some days, if luck finds your way, you may spot a royal spending a dime to the have some fun and requesting for his mistress to spend the night.
The fine woman whispered to the old lady.
“Are you selling me here? Look at the guys around us, this doesn’t seem to fit my ideal man.”
The old lady uttered, “Calm down, here drink some of this.”
“I never drink,” said the fine woman
“Try one glass.”
The fine woman took the glass and drank it slowly then her face becomes red.
There’s the look, like in a severe crisis, she wanted to shout or even kick the old lady. But in her sheepish, voiceless face, opens her mouth, then used her hands to fan her mouth.
Some of the eligible bachelors saw this, and they think she is a lovely lad who got drunk too much.
“What is this?” she asked.
The old lady said, “a spirit wine.”
“What? Did I just drank a spirit?
The old lady laughed a bit said, “no, its whiskey.”
“Oh, I think I will order for more,” and ordered more.
The old lady did not hear what she said spotting these interested parties, yet none of them came to propose their intention.
Suddenly, around the dark corner is the most fragrant and flowery scent issued on air.
The guest just arrived so grand and yet slipped every other guest unnoticed.
He took the VIP pass and two of the disguised bodyguards went in first and secured the bar.
On it’s every corner, hidden and standby crossbow snipers, spies scattered around the bar. They are ready to kill any moment the location is compromised.
His presence is unannounced, and the protocol was passed on to the owner of the bar.
This godly-looking face, foxy eyes throws a boring look to the dim lights ordered the usual drink of the nightclub.
The old lady not even minding the fine woman beside her, ordered two more round of drinks, then this is what happened.
One on her left and one on her right hand, she gulped the two glass consecutively without blinking, no cheers, no chasers to balance the taste.
Done!
Now she is looking dizzy.
Some of the eligible noble bachelors saw what just happened and they were even fascinated to the fine woman. One brave soul came to approach where she is.
***
On a small tavern, an athletic man wearing a brown sackcloth-like material that served as his hood, covered those cold eyes, thin lips, an expressionless face that remains uninvited and unrestrained, ordered one glass of beer.
He did not know the taste was this excellent and addicting before his accident happened.
These are one of his few days, he would want to unwind and associate himself to the easy nights of a simple man. While drinking, he once again looks back to his former ways.
He asked himself.
“How many months I have left before I finally take over…and he hangs the question and drinks again.”
***
The bachelor finished drinking came to the fine woman and gracefully interrupted a dizzy dull-witted woman as the wine taking over her strong spirit.
May I introduce myself with this? The noble bachelor gave her a small handkerchief but the fine woman not even allowed to have an eye contact, the old lady told him, “thank you, your grace. We will respond after three days if we accept or not.”
The man left, yet another one came and offered a handkerchief. He looks like a reserved noble with good intentions. One more female-like voice spoke, a man of a buff body, who would have known. I suppose it is better if he hadn’t spoken to her.
Suddenly he throws the handkerchief. The old lady laughs before she accepted it. Yet, another nobleman came to offer. His hands were hairy with a thick mustache on his face.The old lady raised her eyebrows with a hint of mischief on her face. Eventually, took his handkerchief.
Around the dark corner, two foxy eyes is engage in the situation. He saw those men busily going back and forth to the two women as if there are were long lines defimtely caught his damn attention.
Curiously of what’s happening in there, he asked one of his spies to look at it and report to him about the matter.
The spy on his simple moves went to observe. He saw two beautiful women, one is sleeping and one is entertaining. The spy went back to the VIP guest and said “the men were bidding a blind date for the drooling and sleeping woman.”
“What?” The VIP guest exclaimed. You said drooling.. did you double-check?
“Yes, Lotus Flower.”
The VIP’s codename is Lotus Flower, and this is what all of his spies call him.
Suddenly the VIP relaxed on his chair. Some kind of friskiness awakened him asking himself “how can this happen, a woman sleeping and …
…oh drooling, accept such many high-end proposals?
He squinted his eyes because he is never surprised until tonight. Curiosity is not registered in his dictionary. He wants to try and find it out who is this drooling girl.
Suddenly a gold handkerchief thrown in the air.
The spy saw it, and his eyes went big like an owl, he confirms to the VIP.
“Are you sure Lotus?”
“Are you questioning me or concerned with me?” His eyes are a bit mad. He made it clear, gave a hand signal pointed to the direction of the two women, pouting his lips, some stern face, and the spy to obey.
The spy wears an anxious face, he may have upset the VIP, obeyed.
Like quicksilver, he walked towards the table of the two women.
The old lady now holding twenty handkerchiefs and none of them passed her taste based on their faces and attitudes. Still, she did not mind her companion beside her because she was too busy entertaining and accepting handkerchief proposals. While the fine woman already drooling and sleeping beside her.
The spy in his good-looking Hanfu dress ( a disguised look) came to the old lady. When he opened his mouth to smile the old lady saw he is toothless in his front teeth. The old lady gave her a rough look and said.
“Whatever it is, this is declined.”
The spy looked at the woman who is drooling beside her, and her snoring is getting louder and louder he said.
“Even I, myself, cannot understand why do I have to give you this…”
And the spy gave the gold handkerchief.
The old lady was stunned unable to say any words remains speechless.
The spy waiting for further instructions finally heard.
“Tell the majesty, this is booked.”
That means all twenty handkerchiefs will be dropped at the moment and the gold handkerchief will only be taken.
The old lady left all twenty handkerchiefs at the table. All the noble bachelors saw it and knows what it means.
Suddenly, all eyes were searching every corner of the bar.
They know a VIP happens to visit the nightclub and it is now a compromised place.
All of this happening at the moment but the fine woman still sweetly sleeping when the old lady noticed she wakes her up.
Wake up!
We need to go and will be escorted back by the royal escorts!
Hurry!
What?
The fine woman still dizzy, half of her eyes open and no sense of time said: “Royal escort? I did not order them to come to fetch me, why are they here?” Her voice was sleepy and dull.
The old lady replied: “This place is compromised we need to get out.”
Before the bar was placed on high alert, the VIP already went outside and riding the Black Palaquin with three black horses in front soon the gold handkerchief was accepted by the old lady.
The VIP asked the spy.
“How did it go?”
Your Highness, the old lady, told me, “whatever it is, this is declined.”
The VIP raised his brows and said.
“Oh, that is first time.”
The spy not yet finished said.
“Tell the majesty, this is booked.”
A smile welled from the corner of VIPs eyes and said.
“Oh, that is not so first time.” (Lols)
Hiyah!!! Hiyah!!!
The spy let the horse on the fast run and the VIP back to his Palace safe.
The fine woman and the old lady were fetched by the royal escorts waiting outside and rides fast to transport them back to their house.
The next day, the old lady during her usual store opening hours opened the corner store while the fine woman went to the market to buy fresh ingredients to cook for today’s menu.
The gangster leader came in early to serve its third day of a juvenile, in penance for his bullying acts. The old lady noticed him waiting at the side of the store.
At the same time, a familiar man on his rattan-made hat came and pass by the old lady’s store and suddenly helped her.
The old lady startled him and said.
“It has been three days and I haven’t seen you for a while since you had an encounter with the short scandal where have you been?”
The man is cold and continued to help the old lady set up the store’s chairs and tables he said.
“I passed by here, but maybe you didn’t see me, the youngster boy can tell.”
“Oh, yeah this boy became good now, I think he learned his lesson.”
The man is happy to know yet shows indifference and coldness on his face.
After a while just as they finished setting up the tables and chairs, the man dusted off his clothes as if saying the job is done. About to leave, when suddenly the fine woman came with her baskets full of vegetables.
The fine woman in her passing cold stares but the man did not even look at her and took the basket in from hand. He helped her like he was a regular helper to their Kowloon noodle house. After doing this, he puts the hat on his head and left like nothing, without any word.
The kitchen chef was intrigued.
The next day the man came again early did the same thing. He helps the fine woman but she resists him. The man insisted, he rolled his faded peasant outfit and took her basket.
His hands and arms were exposed, and the fine woman saw those perfect muscles in place and a small left tattoo on his left shoulder.
The man looked at her as if he was searching her eyes but after it, nothing still.
He put on his hat and bid goodbye to the old lady and left.
The fine woman secretly looked at him from her small kitchen window as he started to walk outside their store.
The lovely foxy eyes looked at his back from his feet up to his head.
Swallowing in her throat, she secretly said to herself, perfect and proportionate height, scaled muscles and those eyes.
She took off her glance and leaned on the wall, and she thinks she is going crazy or might have been familiar with the eyes of the man. She had never been this wanting or got interested in a man’s eyes and body until now.
Those tantalizing eyes every time the man poses in front of her, she cannot describe her feelings. Is she liking him or just wanting him for a rebound out of her broken heart?
***
One night, the old lady received a mysterious letter from a messenger coming from a strange someone. She was a bit surprised because the only courier he knows who delivers messages to their store is this man who happens to pass by their Kowloon every single day.
Curiosity sets in, and she asked the courier where is the man who happens to pass by every single day.
“I am not sure but I came here with an important message.”
Unfortunately, the old lady learned he is not an ordinary courier but a messenger from the Liang Palace who disguised himself in his old rugged peasant clothes.
The old lady suddenly remembered the gold handkerchief and looked crazy even before she opens it, a fragrant envelope with these flowery designs can only come from a place of high importance. She can almost anticipate a royal love blooming waiving at the corners of her mind.
And she was right, a summon was passed to the letter, and the owner of the gold handkerchief was requesting for the blind date to commence tomorrow evening.
When the letter of instructions is read, they will be fetched by a royal escort from their residence.
The old lady began to unearth her closet full of beautiful dresses, as she touches them tears were falling down her face.
Some of these Hanfu and Imperial dresses from her younger years brought her sweet, bitter, and happy memories. She embraced them and letting one of these go to a new owner would help a fine woman get out of a broken heart, hopefully.
They were the most beautiful finest silk made of highest grade fabric, with Chinese head-dress and other gold genuine jade accessories. The old lady hid behind her sad eyes, full of wrinkles of her past glories.
She was once a renowned Imperial figure from a family of Aristocrats but now an outcast of society.
The old lady went to the fine woman’s room and woke her up, it was already sleeping time.
A big shadow suddenly appeared on her door when…
Waahh! The fine woman shouted went to light her candle and was startled.
Are you going to help me or what? The old lady complained.
A Beast! What duh.?! I can kill you in an instant!
The fine woman first time in her life was stunned. The hair looks messy and goosebumps in her arms started to frighten her. She thought there is a beast at the door of her room which made her quickly grab a cold dagger.
The old lady struggled to come into her room. In front of her were a mountain of Imperial dresses, headdresses, and other genuine gold and jade accessories.
The fine woman did not have any choice but to help the old lady bring all her stuff to her room she exclaimed, “did you went to the night market and spent all your savings? What’s all of this?”
The old lady smiled, said, “what is it if I spend every dime? It does not matter!
Here try some of these, I know we had the same size when I was younger in years maybe this would fit?”
The old lady was excited as the fine woman tried each one of them and turned into an instant fashion night.
An iconic figure, once fashion police, and a critic is raising her eyebrows, laughed, cried, giggled, screamed, smiled, threw some sarcastic looks, and pouted.
‘Til the fine woman came out on her yellow gold, fine, flowy princess cut Hanfu dress.
The old woman gave her a thumbs-up sign and ended up choosing this dress.
After the fashion show, the fine woman wondering she said: “Why are we doing this again?”
“It’s for a blind date.”
“Oh for Qians (heaven’s) sake, I don’t want to go back to that nightclub again. The faces scared me, they all look like ugly frogs.”
“They all looked ugly to you because you got drunk and ordered more than what you can remember that night, the old lady looking at her in disgust.”
The fine woman insisted, “I’d like to call off any blind dates… and the fine woman cut her next phrases…”
The old lady left on the air… still waiting for her answer but none of it came.
“There are only two reasons I can think of why you are calling it off, is it the courier man who stopped to dropby in our Kowloon or is it the broken heart?”
The fine woman answered straight, “Neither.” There is a long silence.
But in reality, she feels her heart already choose someone even at the beginning of time, and she thought she already met this person maybe he is just around her.
The old lady not wanting her to cry tonight, ” better to die than to harbor a broken heart.”
“So tomorrow night if you refuse, you are as good as dead meat.”
The fine woman suddenly squinted her eyes and uttered.
“Why would I want to die tomorrow night?”
“Did I not tell you? The winner of the bid that night out of twenty noble handkerchiefs became ineligible when the golden handkerchief is passed. It means, nobody from the noble is entitled except for the Royal member of the family who sweeped the bid.”
“Since that night, the Royal owned every rights and entitlements to this blind date. Anyone who is ignorant of the rules and tries to steal the good is considered treason to the Royals and to the state.”
“Oh, I didn’t know those rules, you told me, just invent my hair, dress like a lady and then sit beside you, no eye contacts.”
“There are rules and protocols to follow since we expressed our interest that night for a blind date, we have no right to refuse especially if the interested party is coming from a Royal family. You understand this right?”
The fine woman’s ears exploded when she heard about the subject of rules, protocols and Rights.
Suddenly she feels the need to meet this Royal to try to change this custom. She thinks it does not express the freedom to choose and freedom to decline.
The sanctions are too much for just a simple refusal. She thinks this is unfair.
“Alright, set me up. I’ll teach him a lesson even if I die doing so.”
The fine woman seems determined she took the old lady’s beautiful dress and said: “Let’s sleep we still have many things to do tomorrow.”
The old lady got excited said,” just pray that the Royal after the first meeting would not ask for a second one.
The fine woman suddenly looked at her when she just threw herself to her bed she asked, “what happens if a second summon is passed?
“It means, an engagement may happen.”
“Go away, that won’t happen.” The fine woman hugged a snug pillow and closed her eyes.
The old lady let go of her evil laugh she said, “You bet!”
The next day, the store is closed, and the old lady went to a nearby beauty salon to book an appointment. She used the Royal seal that came with the letter last night.
The fine woman stayed at the opposite Kowloon house as if she is waiting for somebody to show its face. On the same exact time, a tall, athletic, and cold-eyed man stood in front of the store and saw the Kowloon is closed.
The fine woman looks at him with so much yearning and saw the gloomy eyes. The man suddenly went to the store beside it and asked.
She assumed the man asked their neighbor why they are closed and saw the man left as he slowly walked away from the Kowloon House.
She lost herself for a moment as if she is losing her breath on every step he takes, away from where she stands.
By this time, the fine woman knows, this is not just a simple feeling.
But she cannot let him show herself today and look into those eyes.
She also believes, she might have met before but not yet sure when, where.
She hid a secret beam inside her heart.
Time slowly ticked, and her eyes followed the back of the man until he was gone out of her sight.
Suddenly, the old lady tapped her shoulder.
Connect to Chapter 43 Dinner Engagement
Lookback to Chapter 39 Breach of Chasm
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Hmmmmm our foxy crown Prince…who would the man disguised as a poor man be? As for the fine lady…is that Chu Qiao?
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Hi pacific both characters check, and you have to spot one more character there aside from the foxy prince
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Tall, athletic, cold eyes…ok…I’m waiting for that poor man :).
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Oh la la la! Am like a teenager here!
Kilig to the bones for the fine lady and that poor man looked lol! 
As for the foxy Crown Prince, wait until you meet her. Maybe you will taste not only punch but also a sidekick from her hahaha!
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I think you have deciphered it way to go!!! hehehehe
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Way to go Ma’am AC hahaha! Am so excited..I think more action is coming..reading between the lines makes your mind twisted if you didn’t read the novel
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Who is that man in the Pic Miss AC? Is that Mr Wu? Looks like him
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Looks like him but its a cosplay character
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..ohmooooooo…here comes the coldness ( yuenyue)…waiting for their encounters and to reveal themselves..love the angles of the story..tnx ms.ac..
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