Chapter 129 - 127. Chang An II

Third person POV

Morning*

While Hong er's entourage was preparing to depart to Chang An, Di Shang gave his farewell to Hong er and Meiyun.

Hong er: " Once again, thank you for saving Meiyun, I don't know how to properly thank General Di for your kindness."

Di Shang: " It is fine. But you can help me with a favor."

Hong er: " What is it?"

Di Shang glanced at Meiyun who was standing behind Hong er and grinned.

Di Shang: " By giving Meiyun to me."

Hong er: " Ahahah~ It will be quite hard for me too, General Di. Since Meiyun is a very precious sister of mine."

Di Shang: " What a pity."

Meiyun: " Ehem! Young Miss, General Di, why are you two talking about my ownership in front of me?"

Hong er: " Hahaha~ Meiyun is embarrassed."

Meiyun: " Of-of course!"

Meiyun pouted and turned her head away. Hong er chuckled because all this time it was her or Huayun that was teased by Meiyun but knowing the tables had turned, she's having too much fun in teasing Meiyun. Di Shang walked towards Meiyun and smiled seeing Meiyun was still ignoring him despite him standing in front of her then a mischievous idea surfaced on his mind. He took her hand in his hand and positioned it in front of his lips, Meiyun flinched when his warm breath brushed over her hand. She peeked at what he was going to do but she didn't expect that he had been staring at her since the very beginning, their eyes were locked with each other. No matter how many times she look at his green eyes, she would always be entranced by it.

Di Shang: " I will be back for you."

Di Shang kissed her hand softly and walked away. Meiyun's whole body and mind froze for a second, the time she grasped what had happened, Di Shang had went quite far away. Di Shang was peacefully riding his horse then suddenly a paper smacked his head from behind. He took the paper and saw a few words were written in the paper.

' I will wait for you, have a safe trip.'

Di Shang's eyes instantly softened by the cute and caring letter, he waved the letter up to the air. Meiyun smiled from ear to ear seeing that her letter reached him. He folded the paper and kissed it before he put it in his pocket.

Huayun: " It is time to go Meiyun."

Meiyun: " En."

Meiyun took a quick look of Di Shang's silhouette one more time then followed Huayun.

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They arrived at the capital in the afternoon and they were greeted by people throwing flowers and blessing words to Hong er. Meiyun was quite surprised by the warm welcome since this was the first time she entered the gate with Hong er's entourage.

Meiyun: " Wasei~ The people here are so welcoming."

Huayun: " En, it was like this the whole way."

Meiyun: " The whole way?! Even though Young Miss didn't have any title whatsoever and is from foreign country? I really didn't expect we would be welcomed by them."

Huayun: " Me too."

Meiyun: ' Is it his doing?' (A/N: she was talking about Weisheng.)

Hong er was waving her hand to the people the entire way to the main palace, the palace's gate opened widely for Hong er to enter. She was directly guided to her palace which was newly built especially for the future empress under the emperor's order and it was located beside the emperor's palace. Her palace was named Fei Hong which had the same meaning as Hong er's name.

( A/N: Lu Ping stopped following her after she entered her courtyard as it is forbidden for men to enter the emperor's wife's courtyard without the emperor's consent.)

Laojin: " His Majesty purposely built Fei Hong palace beside His Majesty's palace therefore it will be easier for His Majesty to visit Miss Xu's chamber."

Hong er: ' Why is His Majesty so desperate about me?'

Hong er stared at the signboard that was hanging on top of the gate, she walked into her courtyard and noticed that her courtyard was bigger than what an empress supposed to have. Her chamber was almost as large as emperor's chamber and beside her chamber room, there was a 4 floored building and based on what Laojin said it was her private library which consisted of almost all the books in this continent.

Laojin: " It was made like this as His Majesty probably will spend most of his time with Miss Xu."

Hong er: ' Just one question… Why?'

Even Meiyun and Huayun had their own room in the west wing of the courtyard. Hong er looked around and found that everything in the courtyard was to her taste, the flowers in the garden were her favorite flowers too. Laojin explained each building's purpose and at last, the backyard.

There was a pavilion in the middle of a man made lake which was the exact same one as what she had in the Xu residence. A resting pavilion that was made with black wood and a pavilion for drinking tea, and of course the three of them were surprised by this. Noticed that the three ladies were frozen, Laojin stepped forward and explained the reason behind the exact same pavilion.

Laojin: " His Majesty purposely made this pavilion the exact same one as Miss Xu had in Xu residence, seeing that Miss Xu can come here if Miss Xu misses her home in Da Chu. And His Majesty said that the name of the pavilion was up to Miss Xu to decide."

Hong er skimmed the hand rail of the bridge with her hand while walking towards the pavilion.

Hong er: ' Even the same material. Did His Majesty spied on our residence?'

Hong er abruptly stopped in the middle of the track and turned around to her chamber. Everyone except the Yun sisters and Laojin followed her every steps quietly, thinking that they had angered their soon to be empress.

Hong er: " Jin Momo, can I visit the empress dowager now?"

Laojin: " Of course you can, Miss Xu. But firstly let me notify the Empress Dowager."

Laojin instructed a maid behind her to notify the people in the Empress Dowager's courtyard about Hong er's visit.

Hong er: " En. And do you perhaps know where the kitchen is?"

Laojin: " Yes, Miss Xu. Let me guide you."

Hong er: " En."

The new assigned servants were panicking as they thought of what's Hong er going to do in such a lowly place. But since they're only servants, they didn't dare to voice out their mind. Laojin knew that Hong er was going to make a dish for the Empress Dowager as a gift because she had learned Hong er's personality throughout the time they spent together.

They finally arrived at the kitchen which was surprisingly close, Weisheng knew that she likes to cook so he made an exclusive kitchen for her. The servants that was working in the kitchen greeted Hong er the moment they saw her from afar.

Servants: " Greetings to Your Majesty."

Hong er: " En, and I am not officially an empress yet so please refrain from calling me ' Your Majesty'"

Servants: " Yes, Miss Xu."

Hong er nodded her head in acknowledgement.

Hong er: " Mind if I borrow the kitchen for a moment?"

Servants: " Please do, Miss Xu."

When the servants who worked in the kitchen were assigned to work at Hong er's courtyard, they had been informed that Hong er would occasionally come to the kitchen to cook and for that reason the kitchen must always be spotless. Hong er walked into the kitchen and looked around the ingredients they had which was unsurprisingly complete. Hong er asked Laojin about the Empress Dowager's favorite food and body condition then she picked out the ingredients and started cooking.