Four.

                                    

                                          

"Who said that I like that stupid girl?" The prince asked coming into his room. 
"Your highness..I'm sorry please punish me for my words." The maid servant said getting on her knees and bowing. 
"Alright alright just get up already I won't punish you since you didn't do anything wrong but watch your mouth." The prince told her. 
"Yes your highness." 
"I've prepared a room for you come with me." Haoxuan told jia. "Me?"
"Who else? Come on let's go." 
Jia followed behind the prince. 
"Thanks for doing this..even though I don't really understand why you did this..why you are taking me in and treating me so nicely I thought you would surely punish me."
Jia said.
"This is your room and you can always ask Chang Mi for anything if you need her she'll be there and don't ask questions I am
Not being nice to you I am going to teach you manners and have you be my maid servant." 
"But Chang mi says you are treating me differently from other maids that you wouldn't even let other maids be this close to you so why..?" 
"You are pretty." He told her. 
"So you only like me because I am pretty?" She asked looking at him. 
"I don't like you! Don't let the words go to your head, I'm dressing you up to make you look proper and I'm going to teach you, but don't forget you are as lowly as my other maid servants I do not have any other intent, Chang mi will come serve you food very soon and then later on I will begin my teachings, don't ask questions just obey." He said leaving and closing the door on her. 
"He's so weird.." she said laying on her bed. "I must figure out a way to get out of here soon..I mustn't stay here for too long..did I really get trapped in my mothers painting? That prince looks exactly like the man who was with the woman in the painting." She said to herself then realizing that she really was trapped in the painting. 
"How is this even possible? And if so how will I even escape?" She became worried that she might be trapped here forever. "No there has to be a way out." 
"Why are you talking by yourself?" Chang Mi said walking in with her food. "It's nothing! You have brought my food, thanks..you are a nice friend." Jia rolled her eyes. 
Chang mi laughs. "Friend?" 
"Yes friend."  Jia said to Chang mi.
"Well I'm happy that you consider me a friend, I haven't had a friend ever." Chang Mi said looking down.
"Well why not?"
"Because I am always bullied, people don't like me because I am the maid servant of the crowned prince." 
"So?"
"They gossip about me and say that I schemed my way to be his maid servant, but I got chosen fairly and people hated me because of it." She said sadly. 
"Chang mi, they are just jealous of you. They wanted to be assigned the crown princes maid servant so badly, with their wishful thinking..they think the prince will love them? I can't believe them." Jia said sighing. 
"But anyways you have me as your friend now no need to worry about those other maids they aren't worth it." Jia smiled.
"You are so kind to me." Chang Mi was finally happy to make a friend in the palace.
"Of course friends are kind to each other. Let's enjoy this soup together." Jia said sharing her food with Chang mi.
Maybe things weren't so bad after all,
If Jia could have a friend in the palace, even with the ice cold prince it isn't as bad because he doesn't treat her so mean.