Chapter 52 Hua Jing Returns To The Palace

Just after noon, Qin Yi reported, "Your Highness, Princess Hua Jing has entered the Palace. She just finished lunch with the the Empress and is coming to us."

Yun Shang raised her eyebrows. "Why? She's not grounded anymore?"

"It seems so. However, Your Highness embarrassed her at your Coming-of-age Ceremony. Will she come to make trouble this time?" Qin Yi looked worried.

Yun Shang shook her head, "If she had come to Qingxin Palace right after she entered the Palace, then we would need to be alert. However, now that she has gone to Qiwu Palace first, the Empress must have told her to indulge me. After all, no one can say I did anything wrong the other day. If she makes trouble at Qingxin Palace, and Father found out, he will ground her for another month."

While they were talking, an eunuch's voice rang out, "Princess Hua Jing has arrived."

Yun Shang quickly stood up and walked to the door. She beamed at Hua Jing who had just stepped into Qingxin Palace, "Sister."

Hua Jing also smiled, but her smile was pretentious. When she saw Yun Shang standing at the door, she took two steps forward and grabbed her hand before speaking, "Have you had lunch?"

Yun Shang nodded. "I've already eaten. The kitchen served jellyfish with Osmanthus, bamboo slices and pigeon eggs, and flan. You seldom come here. Is there anything I can do for you?"

Hua Jing nodded, "It's my mother-in-law's 50th birthday in a few days. I don't think you've officially met the ladies at the Imperial City. They have been admiring my beautiful and talented sister for a long time. Mother asked me to take you to the Imperial City to meet the ladies." She stopped and looked around before moving closer to Yun Shang. Then Hua Jing whispered, "You are going to get married sooner or later. As a Princess, you'll need to learn how to hold a banquet for your future husband's family and guests. I didn't know anything when I first got married, so it took me a long time to learn. Fortunately, no one said anything bad about me. Since I'm preparing for an upcoming banquet, I thought if you lived in my Palace for a few days I could teach you."

Yun Shang replied in surprise, "Sister, are you really willing to teach me? I'm

Hearing her, the eunuch was stunned. He raised his head. Yun Shang saw a deep scar on his left cheek. Yun Shang sighed. She didn't ask how he got the scar, but spoke with a soft voice, "It must have been hard for you all these years. I should have taken you with me."

Lin shook his head. "I'm doing fine. Seeing Your Highness standing here in good health makes me happy."

Yun Shang sighed again. "Currently, I am limited in how much I can help you. I'll have to ask you to stay here for a little bit longer. When it's safe, I'll take you away from Huanyi Bureau. At that time, I will appoint you as the master of Qingxin Palace."

Lin kneeled again, smiled and said, "Your Highness, seven years ago, I didn't help the Empress poison you because I couldn't go against my conscience. However, they still couldn't let me walk away. Your Highness, even now, I don't understand why they did that to me."

Yun Shang looked Lin in the eye for a long time before asking, "Do you hate them for treating you like that?"

"I did. But it doesn't matter whether I hate them or not, I will never forget what they've done. I must pay them back. After you left, I kept thinking whether Your Highness would remember me. I didn't expect that you would come to find me. I'll always remember the kindness you've shown to me." Lin choked.

"Of course!" Yun Shang said, "Of course, we'll get our revenge! I'll do it for you, and then I'll take you back to Qingxin Palace for sweet rice ball."