40 Going to the Palace (1/2)

Soon as the girls were finished with their lessons for the day, the princess' servants gave each of them a pass to enter the palace. It would allow them to easily get inside as it was a form of an invitation from the royal family.

When Lin San heard about the opportunity to study in the palace, she got totally excited and had even completely forgotten about her mother's situation. She kept on walking all around the place preparing the things she would bring upon reaching the palace.

Chun Maora was still feeling depressed over her being grounded, but she still managed to smile when her daughter mentioned about going to the palace for the princess' birthday.

”Lin Hong, I will be going to the palace! You will be in charged to take care of mother these few days!” Lin San said happily.

Lin Hong nodded. ”Mother is going to be alright. Concubine Sie won't make things difficult for her.”

”What do you know,” Lin San stretched her tongue out.

Lin Hong sighed at his playful sister. ”Anyway, just do your best there.”

”Of course, who do you think I am?” Lin San said proudly. Compared with Lin Yuan, she had been learning under the very best teacher from the start. Thus, her skills in etiquette were far better than most people. Especially if she compared it with people like Jun Hua, there's no way Jun Hua could beat her to it in such a short time.

Under the teaching of people from the imperial family, Lin San was sure that she would be able to advance even further and become better. As she was the main wife's daughter of the Lin family, there was no way she would waste this precious chance.

Concubine Sie was very happy for her daughter. She had been reviewing the list of husband candidates to choose someone suitable for her daughter.

”When you return, mom would be finished with your husband candidate. Don't worry about anything and do your best there.”

”Of course mom,” Lin Yuan did not want to embarrass her mother. She may only be a concubine-born, but she certainly received good lessons.

On the contrary, Jun Hua was still busy learning the needlework with Madam Xie's help.

”You have been focusing on needlework lately, what about the other things?”

Jun Hua pursed her lips. She could draw pretty well because she had been drawing maps to make military strategies and she could do math expertly. As for music, there's no way she could play the zither* nor the likes. She could only play one musical instrument but that was not something she had the heart to reveal.

Additionally, the etiquette she had learned was quite good. Despite studying for only one week, Jun Hua managed to imitate it perfectly due to her past training as a soldier. She only needed to have good grasp of her body movements which enabled her to imitate the graceful movements. It was still slightly unnatural, but it was enough to make people look at her as a dignified young lady.

The reason why she chose embroidery was because it was the most useful. She wanted to have at least some practical skills she could use and embroidery was her number one choice.

”It's the most useful and practical for me.”

”This is the one skill that Miss fares the worst,” Xia answered the real reason.