"Hue Chi, who is with you tonight?" The Queen asked with a hint of unhappiness behind her tone of voice.

"She is only accompanying me until the Business Conference Fair is over." Hue Chi replied in ways that it would misdirect her interest off from Yu Sha. He then proceeded to sit down next to Yu Sha.

His Queen mother looked at them in disbelief of the gentle gestures of her son. It"s hard for her to believe that this woman will only accompany her son for a short time only. She understood her son well. He has never allowed any woman to work with him for a day or any woman to get close to him.

Could he have been keeping her a secret from everyone? If so, what was the reason? Was it because she was of an ordinary citizen? For the Queen, her father manages the Justice Department in the West Wing of Aires Royal Corporate Square. Her brothers and family lines were lawyers and judges. They also managed the most famous Law and Crime University in Aires.

She herself has brought a lot of support for the King since she married her husband. Being Queen is never an easy task. The role is not as glorify as what others think it is. You never know when someone is targeting your life. She has had her fair shares of being targeted, get involved in accidents that seem of natural causes.

One of the weak will and weak mind wouldn"t be able to handle the dangers of the position. You can never let your guard down, always have to keep a facade on even when you are not in the mood to, even when you"re scared, and even when you lost someone dear.

So she, too, wishes for her son to marry someone who could help him run the country, someone who is strong, was raised properly. She, herself has done a lot as Queen of the nation and wishes to pa.s.s down her knowledge and wisdom to the future Queen. She has never thought her son would ever choose an ordinary woman with no idea of what the world is like. She has never pressured her son to like just one girl since any daughter in the Elite Social Circle would do just fine as the future Queen. Those families have acc.u.mulated so much power and wealth that any of them is suitable. Even if he does not choose Kao Sheng, he still has other options.

Kao Sheng"s heart lurched in pain. She didn"t get to see Hue Chi"s woman"s face closely until the woman actually sat down. Now that she could get a good look, isn"t the woman looked similar to Yu Sha dressed up? The only time she remembers Yu Sha all dressed up was at the banquet, but she was too occupied with the Prince that she blocked everything else. Seeing her Prince"s facial expression towards Yu Sha, her hand clenched into a fist trying to calm her composure.

Seeing her daughter"s unhappy expression, Kao Sheng"s mother naturally reached her hands to hold her daughter"s hand as a way of consoling.

Astos Daikarai looked at the couple unhappily too. If he knew, the Prince was going to bring a woman with him to this event, he would"ve made his daughter stay behind. He is the only one that does not really care about having his daughter be the future queen. He"s almost as a doting father as Mong Zong, but his daughter is young, gullible, loves easily and the person she loves happens to be the Prince. What can he do when it comes to the matter of the heart? If she loves him, then all he can do is be her support and increase her chances to be chosen.

It has been that way since the beginning of time. Some father uses their daughter as a tool to increase their power and position, some do anything to help secure a future for their daughter, and some becomes a source of support to help their daughter to achieved her goals.

Soon the announcer went on stage and quiet down everyone before he started. He made his opening speech and will be the auctioneer that facilitated the event with his team. He played a 5-minute slideshow of the organizations this Auction event is funding and then a 3 minutes clips of the 12 items up for auction with a mini descriptions of the items.

After opening presentation was done, everyone clapped their hands and two people wheeled in the first item. It"s a painting piece by a renowned painter. His art work is limited and this particular piece is imbued with real gold glitters of a sunset beaming from the horizon and a mermaid sat on a rock reaching her hand up towards a bird flying in the sky.

"The first piece here is the famous artwork called Flying Mermaid. The sun rays are imbued with real gold glitters and the mermaid longing for the wings to fly. Put it in your living room so guests could see, or your business welcoming lobby to entertain your guests!" The auctioneer spoke enthusiastically.

As soon as he finishes speaking, people started bidding off one after another.

The second item is a jewelry set from the Gem Corporation from the HOPE jewelry line. The jewelry set was inspired by angel wings.

The third item, a sculpture of the dimension G.o.ddess cradles her familiar animal sitting on her right shoulder.

The fourth item is the newest technology from the Fang corporation. Before long, all the items were bought off and the auction came to a close.

Those who bidded and won had to go pay and retrieve their items while some people still idle around and chit chat before heading to the dinner hall. Some people use the opportunity to talk with friends and acquaintances before heading over to dinner.

The dinner hall has high and low tables set up, people can grab themselves food and drinks by the serving areas or wait for the servers to come around with food and drinks as it"s more of an informal dinner style. The informal style is so people can meet each other, catch up and talk among themselves.

Neither the Queen or King wanted to make the first move and waited to see what their son is going to do next. Just when there are less people in the room, Hue Chi stood up and waited for Yu Sha to go too. They locked eyes and she understood so she got up as well. She"s in an awkward situation.