Vol 2 Chapter 130 (1/2)
Chapter 130: My Hand Running Through Your Black Hair
Still h the palace, Fan Xian saw a number of the other concubines, said a feords to thes, and could not help but feel rather bored But he did not show it on his face in the slightest; this was the palace, and who could say which figure this or that eunuch reported to, or which palacebranches, was someone's trusted confidant? If they had seen the frustration on his face, they would have relayed it to their masters, and their masters would whisper it into the Emperor's ear And what then? Even if he had drunk tea and chatted with His Majesty, he could still find hiures he was about to visit, Fan Xian cal effort, he h he looked forward to er than the other palace courtyards It clearly showed the status of the person who lived inside: the E, mother of the nation
Fan Xian had not expected his audience with the Empress to have concluded so sientle smile upon her face, and her words put Fan Xian at ease Looking on the Empress's beautiful and noble features, with her eyes as serene as still ponds, Fan Xian responded with sincere respect An absurd feeling welled up in his heart The elegant and exquisite bearing of this woman put hio, she had wanted hi the floor as he koed Fan Xian left Yaohua Palace with an uneasy look on his face; his un simply and ended quickly Since he could conceal hisout of the ordinary about it at all, the Ehtest unease Fan Xian shtly open, but his heart was cold Perhaps he had overestimated his own io was of little importance to the nobles of the palace
He waited at the gate of Guangxin Palace, the court eunuch who had followed the whole ti to utter a word The palace 'er also stood out She spoke in a low voice ”Please enter, Master Fan”
Fan Xian raised his eyebrows Was it not against custom for him to enter unescorted? If the Eldest Princess were to have him murdered, then ould intercede? Was that not what had happened to Lin Chong?[1] But he knew that there was nothing to be scared of now; the eunuchs and palace maids were afraid of the Eldest Princess for no reason, and nothing more
The Eldest Princess, Li Yunrui, had a somewhat masculine name But she was a weak and delicate person, so it was only a facade She had many different positions: true controller of the royal purse, former lover of the Prime Minister She was the most capable political advisor of the Prime Minister, she took precedence over the concubines, and she was the beloved daughter of the Eer
And for Fan Xian, she held two more roles: first, she was his personal enemy anted him dead; second, she was also his future xin Palace By day, the palace gate would not be closed Anyone who stood outside the gate could see the white plu orchids, the yet-to-bloom daisies Within the palace, one could see a nu; the whole thing had the purity and softness of some fairytale world Fan Xian looked coldly upon it all It was as if he had been infected by the atmosphere of the palace A palace ht salute to Fan Xian
Her eyelashes were long, and although her expression was cold,
her words and her hly polite as she respectfully welcomed Fan Xian inside the palace
The white h it There was even xin Palace than there had been in the rear garden of Prince Jing'sunusual about the decorations that surrounded him It seemed inconsistent with the stately atmosphere of the palace; it was irl Behind the layers and layers of muslin curtains was a low daybed, upon which reclined a wo her chin up on her arhtly, and her countenance was picturesque, yet with a look of tender shyness
This was the first time that Fan Xian had laid eyes on the Eldest Princess, his mother-in-law And just like so many of the other times when people had first laid eyes on Li Yunrui, the Eldest Princess, he was stupefied, unsure whether the woman before hi, or some kind of water nymph
The Eldest Princess was 30 years old, but she had the air of a shy 16-year-oldblack hair that reached over her hands on the daybed, was enough to excite the yearnings of all the men in the world Fan Xian was stunned Sixteen years of training his mentality in Danzhou allowed hi, but he still could not deny that his h she resehter
Though Fan Xian remained calm, he did not want to call her hisher this ould not be appropriate for a woman of her natural beauty The Eldest Princess fixed Fan Xian with a look that see his affections, her delicate lips parted as she spoke ”Please take a seat I have sohtly unco nonsense; in the entirety of the expansive Guangxin Palace, there was not a chair to be seen In his bewilderain ”Master Fan, I hear that you are an accoreatly these past few days, all thanks to you”
Fan Xian quickly bowed in response ”Your Highness is mistaken in her praise It is the imperial physicians who have seen to her with utested a few folk remedies”
”Oh?” The Eldest Princess extended her slender fingers and rubbed her teertips ”Is there a folk reraine? My head has pained me so lately”
Fan Xian had heard from Wan'er that the Eldest Princess suffered from chronic headaches; he had also heard the Crown Prince mention it the last time he was on vacation at the country estate But Fan Xian also took note of how the Eldest Princess was referring to him and to herself; with just these feords, she had seemed particularly affectionate toward him Fan Xian smiled ”There are many different kinds of headache My master's lessons were in themselves a kind of headache”