Ha Noon's
CHAPTER 13: The Tea Party

Ha Lii saw that the noble princess was already waiting in the greenhouse, and she intended to hasten her steps. However, his hand was held back by one of his personal servants, “Master Princess, calm down. Their degrees are lower than yours, already they should have waited.”

Ha Lii looked at the waiter, then set her breath while nodding, “True, I need to calm down.” Ha Lii set her standing posture, then calmly stepped into the greenhouse.

The noble princesses immediately stood up and greeted Ha Lii with great honor and hospitality. Ha Lii smiled, then sat down in her chair. Before long, Ha Noon entered the greenhouse with an elegant smile on his face. All the invited guests stood up and greeted Ha Noon. Somehow, the noble princesses paid more respect to Ha Noon than Ha Lii and Ha Yan. Their obvious attitude, was very clearly known by Ha Lii and Ha Yan. Ha Lii did not want to think too much about that because she was aware that far from the word ‘honored daughter’, but in contrast to Ha Yan, she was very unhappy with this difference. She was the princess of the current king, hence everyone should respect her more than any other princess. Therefore, he was trying to look more domineering than Ha Noon.

Ha Noon sat across from the empty seat, and Ha Noon could tell that the seat belonged to Ha Yan. As for Ha Lii, she had always been by Ha Yan's side. Ha Noon stared at the empty table, tea still not brewed. The sound of another step rang out, and Ha Yan entered the greenhouse. The entire girl in the party circle stood up to greet, except for Ha Noon and Ha Lii. Ha Noon straightened his head proudly, whereas Ha Lii could not lift his head in the slightest. Ha Noon raised his gaze and found Ningling Bae who gave a very deep respectful greeting to Ha Yan, and it made her laugh in her heart.

Ha Yan sat in his chair. An annoyance still filled his feelings, he couldn't help but stare resentfully at Ha Noon. Ha Noon realized this and simply replied to her with a hint of a friendly smile. Ha Yan rolled his eyeballs off guard, then whispered to his servant, “Sed his tea.”

The waiter nodded in understanding, then before long some servants brought a white wooden pushtable. One by one, the girls' glasses were filled with a clear green warm tea.

The noble princess raised both of their eyebrows. Ha Yan started to smile proudly, “This is the green tea that has just come from the eastern continent. The tea leaves were picked directly from the highest plateau in the eastern continent. This tea is so delicious that I can't stand it if only I can taste it. Therefore, I was thinking of inviting you guys so that we can enjoy this tea together.”

The noble princesses smiled in awe, then their fingers slowly raised their respective teacups, inhaling their refreshing aroma.

“Hmm, Princess,” One of the noble princesses, Ri Sa, started taking the opportunity to lick Ha Yan with her agile tongue, “Even with just her scent, she said, I can tell that this tea has the best quality. I feel very flattered Mr. Princess is willing to share this pleasure with us.”

Ha Yan distanced the mouth of the cup from his lips while laughing amusedly, “Nona Ri Sa, you are exaggerating. I just want to share the pleasure I feel.”

“As usual, Mr. Princess is very humble.” exclaimed another noble daughter who does not want to lose the opportunity to curry favor.

Ha Yan smiled proudly at this compliment, then looked at Ha Noon arrogantly. Ha Noon who was enjoying his tea in silence clearly saw this, he only responded by putting his teacup on the table, then took out a sweet biscuit in the middle of the table. Ha Yan was getting annoyed with that indifference.

“Eum... Princess Ha Noon?”

“Hmm?” Ha Noon raised his eyebrows at a noble princess clad in a sage-colored dress while biting a small biscuit in her hand.

“Ah...” The noble princess somehow blushed in embarrassment when Ha Noon looked at her carefully, “I was just curious, Princess Ha Yan always had a tea party, she said, and I wonder why Princess Ha Noon never invited us to a tea party.”

Instantly, Ha Noon was at a loss for words towards this innocent question, he could feel all the invited guests feeling awkward after hearing it. Even Ningling Bae who had always been calm from the start could not help but look surprised. Ha Noon glanced at Ha Yan and could see that Ha Yan's face darkened.

It was true that Ha Noon never once held a tea party after that treason night, and always Ha Yan did. Actually Ha Yan could have not invited Ha Noon, but he still invited her because he wanted to show Ha Noon that these noble princesses respected him a lot, and Ha Noon always kept the invitation just didn't want any gossip circulating about the bad relationship between the royal family. However, that innocent question clearly sounded disdainful in the ears of anyone who heard it. Whoever invites you to the party, he should respect that and respect the host in the party, it would be inappropriate to question the party of another guest. This noble princess must have just become a noble when she woke up this morning.

“Ehem,” Ha Noon put half the biscuits he had eaten on his plate, then drank green tea to wet his throat. Ha Noon looked back at the noble daughter with a friendly smile on her face, “I, would rather spend my time in the library reading books than being at this little party.” clearly then back sip green tea.

Ha Yan smiled sinisterly hearing that.

Another noble princess noticed this and took the opportunity to curry favor with Ha Yan. After all, Ha Yan was the king's daughter, and they had to side with her for their benefit. “I think your desire to read a book today is not there, Princess Ha Noon?”

Ha Noon raised his eyelashes, looking at the superior noble's daughter, Lanju Sara. “Yeah, it's because this is an invitation from my sister, I don't want to let her down.” Ha Noon looked straight at Ha Yan, making the entire noble princess also look at him.

Ha Yan forced a smile on his face, “It seems like I have always bothered you with my little party invitation, so I guess in the future I should not send you an invitation, Brother?”

Ha Noon smiled amusedly at the call, “If you invite me, I will wholeheartedly set aside my time to come.”

Ha Yan looked at Ha Noon in annoyance, and a strong fury started to clot in his brain. However, all of that could be covered with a friendly smile and her sweet face. “I really appreciate it, Brother.”

Ha Noon really couldn't help but laugh her gel at the call that forced her vocal cords. Ha Noon again took half the biscuits he had eaten, and devoured them directly in one mouthful.

Lanju Sara secretly glanced at Ha Noon cynically. In the upper world, everyone must wisely choose allies. Lanju Sara is the second daughter of the noble family of Lanju, her father is the Minister of Tourism, who is responsible for the entire tourism sector, especially regulating tourism-related policies. This policy includes various rules applied to preserve the environment that is used as a place of tourism for people or foreign tourists, and find iconic places in the Anthropon Kingdom.

The Lanju family is one of the families that is hated by the people of the lower middle class, for some reason the tourism they use robs the livelihoods of many people by making their agricultural land and plantations into tourist attractions. On the contrary, it was very profitable for the nobles as they earned a favorable income from this tourism business, thus Lanju Sara became one of the noble daughters who was respected by the other noble daughters.

That made Lanju Sara arrogant, she was willing to enter the realm of the royal family to gain greater benefits for her reputation. Ha Yan was a very soft target ever since she was the king's first daughter. It was impossible to get close to the Crown Prince in such a low condition, and although Ha Lii was very clear she was always by Ha Yan's side and moreover she was the Queen's Princess, Ha Lii was very foolish to have to socialize with other nobles. Then, there is Ha Noon who is the daughter of the previous king. The betrayal 7 years ago became a terrible history in the Anthropon Kingdom and became a very taboo subject to discuss. Therefore, the people placed their full attention on Ha Noon, they felt sorry for her, and greatly appreciated her as the daughter of the previous king.

Literally, Ha Noon's degree was even higher than that of the Crown Prince, therefore the entire noble was still very respectful towards Ha Noon even though she was neither the King's Princess nor the successor to the throne. However, the previous king's leadership was so inherent in the Anthropon Kingdom, that Ha Noon became a dominating existence carrying his entire family name.

However, because of that background made Ha Noon difficult to approach by anyone. He is not difficult when socializing, and wherever he goes, his wi-be can dominate everyone who talks to him. Merely, unlike Ha Yan who opened his arms wide and let all the nobles hug his thighs, Ha Noon did not let just anyone enter his realm. Because of this, many noble princesses preferred to curry favor with Ha Yan and did not have the courage to provoke Ha Noon.

Lanju Sara smiled sipped her green tea, “Master Princess is very beautiful today. As always, pink dresses always blend with your radiant skin.”

Ha Yan smiled proudly with that compliment, “Actually, I want to try something different, but I don't have high confidence.” Ha Yan glanced back at Ha Noon. Even though she was the King's Princess, she didn't want to be viewed as arrogant, she wanted to try to be a little humble so that she could steal all the attention of the noble princesses. Not like someone who always feels high. However, Ha Noon had absolutely no desire to pay attention to Ha Yan, he casually sat down while enjoying green tea and a few pieces of biscuits.

Lanju Sara chuckles, “I don't know someone as perfect as the Princess feels such a thing.”

Ha Yan turned his attention back to Lanju Sara, smiling gently.

“I think, since the Princess has a radiant white skin, the sky blue color will perfectly match you.”

“I think, rather than blue and yellow color, lilac color will be very suitable for you, Mr. Princess.” Ha Yan turned to Ningling Bae who had been silent ever since. The Ningling family was a very flattered noble family, and Ningling Bae was the only daughter of that family, so if it could get along with Ningling Bae, then it would help improve their social reputation.

Ha Yan widened his smile, he thought this was a good opportunity to get closer to Ningling Bae. “Really? Miss Bae thinks that I will match the lilac color?”

Ningling Bae nodded gracefully, “True, Mr. Princess.”

“Thank you for your suggestion, Miss Bae, I will try it on another occasion.”

“Not a big thing, Mr. Princess.”

Lanju Sara glanced in annoyance at Ningling Bae. She herself knew that when compared to Ningling Bae, she couldn't possibly be on equal footing with him. Ningling Bae was known as a high-minded and ethical noble daughter. All the things he did were very graceful and educated. Just like Ha Noon's reason, Ningling Bae would rather spend her time with the pile of books in the library than establish a relationship with another noble's daughter. Thus, Lanju Sara thought that she had gotten more opportunities to approach Ha Yan, but who would have thought that with a single sentence it could make Ha Yan easily switch from her.

Lanju Sara could not let this happen, she should be able to make Ha Yan be on her side. “Ah, Princess, isn't the next month your birthday?”

“True, I'm curious what kind of party you will have, Mr. Princess.”

Hearing this, made Ha Yan's entire attention turn to Lanju Sara's question. True, the next month was his birthday, and for the last seven years the festive party was never absent to celebrate his birthday night, so it made him not think too much about it. The party would still be carried out even if he did not ask for it. “I will send you an invitation to your residence, I hope you guys are willing to come to the party.”

“Mr Princess, what are you talking about? Of course we are very willing to come to the birthday of Mr. Putri.”

“True, it is a very important event for Mr. Princess.”

Ha Yan smiled at the entire noble daughter, “Thank you.”

“Let me pour tea, Princess.”

Ha Yan spontaneously glanced at a servant who had been standing beside him, tilting the teapot to refill the glass that had been empty. However, it seemed like the waitress was still not professional in her work, her hand slipped and a hint of warm green tea splashes landed on Ha Yan's dress, making the entire guest shout out, and Ha Yan immediately stood up avoiding the rest of the warm tea that was about to spill.

“Mr Princess, are you okay?” Her other personal servants approached her, trying to clean up the dirt on her dress.

Ha Yan stared angrily at the banged up servant, “What are you doing!? Can't you do your job right!?”

“Ma-forgive me, Princess.”

“Ha Yan.” All attention is on Ha Noon hearing her voice dissolved quietly, “You should go back first to take care of your dress, we will wait.”

Ha Yan looked at Ha Noon with widened eyes. He had never liked Ha Noon, and there was no way he could agree to anything coming out of Ha Noon's mouth. However, he could not deny that the intonation when Ha Noon spoke, it was so domineering, and made him forced to agree to his words.

Ha Yan whispered to the waiter next to her, “Whoever new dress.”

The waiter nodded, “Good, Princess.”

Ha Yan then exited the greenhouse, leaving his guest for a while. The waiter who spilled the tea was still standing there with an expression full of worry. Lanju Sara looked at him furiously. He stood up and started making a fuss, “You, don't you know where you are?”

However, the next sentence came to a halt as Ningling Bae clasped her wrist, stopping her from making an increasingly severe fuss. “Nona Sara, no need to raise the problem.” Ningling Bae turned to the waiter, “You can go.”

The waiter nodded respectfully, “Thank you, Miss,” then left the greenhouse.

Seeing this, making the hatred in Lanju Sara's heart grow bigger, she brusquely brushed Ningling Bae's hand away. “Nona Bae, don't you understand that the lowly servant has insulted the Princess?”

“Which part do you see as insulting, Miss Sara? The waiter accidentally spilled tea onto the Princess's dress.”

“He is a servant, it has become his job to serve the members of the royal family, he should have been trained, how could he make such a small mistake?”

“He is still a human being, Miss Sara, any human being can make a small unintentional mistake.”

Lanju Sara smiled cynically, “I guess the daughter of the minister of education highly upholds science, but it seems they do not know that a small problem can be fatal and knock down a high building.”

“Then, Miss Sara, can you explain how being able to let your emotions overflow can solve the problem? Do you think, The Princess is someone who is dishonorable who would easily spit out harsh words just because of a small matter?”

“What?”

“The small fire is a small fire, it will be easily extinguished with just a little water, unless someone accidentally spills more kerosene on it.”

Lanju Sara clenched her hands, holding all the resentment in her heart. His eyes turned to Ri Sa, the noble daughter who always stood by his side, but who would have thought that the girl just shook her head, hinting to Lanju Sara to calm down and not provoke Ningling Bae more. Lanju Sara felt even more annoyed, she finally sat back down with a bent expression. The rest of the small tea party had a very different atmosphere than before, making Ha Yan unable to bear it anymore and dispersing the tea party with a shattered feeling.