Rebirth

37. Lan Qi

As he walked over the king suddenly stood up and the entire room hushed down.

"Welcome everyone." The king began.

"As all of you know this year's games started out very successfully and I would like to personally congratulate the candidate from East Asia, Miss Wei Mingxia! She was able to take first place for both of the game she participated in today!" The crowd stirred and a loud applause broke out.

Mingxia could only smile politely and waited for the applause to end. Luckily the king spoke again and everyone's attention was back on him again.

"To congratulate her, I would like to present her with a special gift." RIght on cue two servants pushed a cart with a box covered with a piece of fabric over to him. Very slowly, the king lifted the cloth to reveal a golden necklace with a giant emerald on it. The audience gasped and the other female competitors turned and looked at Mingxia. Mingxia kept on a poker face and waited for the servants to bring the necklace to her. Xing took it for Mingxia and did her best to not look at the necklace too many times.

The quiet girl from earlier had a sour face and she dug her nails into her dress. When the audience finally calmed down and went back to dancing, eating and gossiping, the quiet girl stood up and prepared to leave quietly. Mingxia noticed this and got up.

"Mingxia-" "Shhh." Mingxia stopped Xing from talking and smiled.

The quiet girl made it halfway down a flight of stairs when she noticed that someone was following her. She whipped her head around to see MIngxia.

"Why are you here?" She asked.

Mingxia's expression didn't change. "That's the question I want to ask you, why are you here?"

The quiet girl didn't know what to answer back, she didn't if she should hate this girl or not.

Seeing that the quiet girl isn't going to answer her, Mingxia slowly walked closer to her until there were only two steps between them.

"I asked why are you here?" Mingxia whispered and leaned forward. "What was your goal?"

The quiet girl suddenly looked dazed. "Revenge." She whispered.

Mingxia smiled and straightened her back. "And you failed."

"That's because you ruined it!" The quiet girl snapped and couldn't be quiet anymore.

Mingxia raised her eyebrows. "Did I? Or are you just bad at it?"

The quiet girl took a step back. "What?"

Mingxia took a deep breath. "Number one, you say that you want revenge but what use is it if you are going to be killed because of it? Had I not intervened, you will not be here right now. Did you think you would be able to kill a princess when the king was right there?"

The quiet girl was baffled. "But, I planned everything. Everything would have been perfect if you didn-" "Stop!" Mingxia suddenly became serious.

"Did you think you're plan could of worked. You messed up your plan the moment you release that arrow! Yes, you would of succeeded your goal but you would be dead!"

"But-but. This is the Games. Any royalty that participate know that there will be a possibility of them getting killed." The quiet girl reasoned.

Mingxia let out a smirk. "Do you really believe all that b******t? Sure, to the public the king would have to say that it would be an accident but do you think he would let you off so easily? All he has to do is to order his secret soldiers to go to you house at night and kill you. With a snap of his fingers, you be killed very easily. What's the point of revenge when you can't live to enjoy the benefits and satisfaction of it?"