zChapter 1028 - Invitation (2/2)

At this moment, Madam Zhou’s voice was heard from outside: “Princess, this old servant this something to report.”

Wang Chuan quickly opened the door and Feng Yuheng quickly brought her in: “We already told Madam that you do not need to address yourself as ‘this old servant’ when in the palace. Neither the Ninth Prince nor I view you as a servant.”

Madam Zhou stepped forward with a smile and bowed while speaking: “That is the kindness shown by the Masters, but this old servant cannot be unable to distinguish the good from the bad.” As she spoke, she bowed towards Xiangrong and said: “Greetings, Third Miss.”

Xiangrong quickly stood up and bowed, and spoke as if she was overwhelmed by the unexpected favour: “Madam Zhou is a First Rank Noble Lady, Xiangrong is just a normal citizen. Madam Zhou’s bow is too much for Xiangrong.”

Madam Zhou looked at Xiangrong and laughed softly: “Third Miss has really grown up, this old servant remembered that when I first went to the Feng Manor to deliver the dowry and saw Third Miss for the first time, you were a timid young girl hiding behind your family.”

Xiangrong blushed and also remembered her state at that time, and could not help but show a troubled smile: “That’s right, why was I such a coward at that time?” With one sentence, everyone laughed.

Madam Zhou faced Feng Yuheng again: “His Highness sent me to pass a message, he said that he went to Chun Palace directly after leaving the Imperial Palace and said to invite the Princess over there in the afternoon to eat dinner with Her Highness Imperial Concubine Yun at night.” After saying this, she held out an invite in her hand, saying: “This is an invitation sent from the Imperial Palace, for the Imperial Banquet during the New Year. Not only did was Princess invited, Third Miss was also invited.”

“Invited me?” Xiangrong got a shock, “Why would I be invited? Without the Feng family now, I am just an ordinary citizen, what’s the point of inviting me? In addition, I just returned to the capital today! How did the Imperial Palace know of my return?”

Feng Yuheng took the invitation, not thinking that it was strange, she just said: “See, we can’t avoid it, something has to happen at every Imperial Banquet, it’s not clear how much trouble we will be given this time. As for you returning to the capital, those people probably knew this before you even entered the city gates.” As she spoke, she looked towards Xiangrong: “It’s because you’re my younger sister, understand?”

Xiangrong nodded, she was able to use her brain well now. Feng Yuheng only needed to say one sentence for her to understand the situation. Because of Feng Yuheng’s unique position, being the younger sister, she would also be kept under watch. Even during the Imperial Banquet this time, some unexpected incident might end up happening to her. However, Xiangrong was not afraid, being able to fight at her Second Sister’s side was something she always wanted. She told Feng Yuheng: “Since they invited me, then I will go, I will observe with Second Sister and see what kind of incident they will cause.”

“Okay.” Feng Yuheng was very satisfied with Xiangrong’s attitude: “This is befitting of being my younger sister. Let me tell you, no matter what happens, don’t be afraid, there will always be a solution no matter what happens, those that wish to cause trouble will not be a match for me.” After saying this, she patted Xiangrong’s head, showing a warmth as if she was caring for a young child: “Come with me to Chun Palace after this, you can take the chance to greet Her Highness Imperial Concubine Yun.”

Once she heard that she needed to go to Chun Palace, Xiangrong, who managed to obtain a strong spirit, withered in an instant. Both her hands started to play with the hem of her clothing subconsciously, causing Madam Zhou’s eyes to shine with amusement. She only know that the Third Miss of the Feng family was still a child and could not hide the matters of her heart. She just did not know what results would come of Xiangrong’s feelings towards the Seventh Prince.

Feng Yuheng brought Xiangrong to Chun Palace, bearing a signal that she was here to visit Imperial Concubine Yun. When Xiangrong returned from Ji An Prefecture, she did bring some embroidery she made herself and wanted to give them to some good friends after returning to the capital. This included people like Xuan Tiange, Feng Tianyu and Ren Xifeng. But on the way back, she heard that Ren Xifeng went to Ji An Prefecture to visit Bai Furong and the two of them had used different routes and missed each other, so she had an extra present. By chance, she would be able to give it to Imperial Concubine Yun today, even though the gift was light, she knew that Imperial Concubine Yun had everything. Anything she gave was unnecessary, so it was just a show of sincerity. The good thing was that this embroidery pattern was special and had not appeared in the capital yet.

The two of them arrived at Chun Palace, but heard that Xuan Tianming had just left to the Justice Department to have a discussion with Xu Jingyuan. When he left he asked Feng Yuheng to wait for him at Chun Palace and that he would come back for dinner.

Feng Yuheng did not mind, she was a frequent visitor to Chun Palace, and Imperial Concubine Yun was living here now. A daughter-in-law coming to visit her mother-in-law was completely justifiable. It was just that Xiangrong was a little uneasy seeing Imperial Concubine Yun. After handing over the greeting gift, she hid behind Feng Yuheng and instantly reverted to her behaviour a few years ago.

Feng Yuheng showed a troubled smile and expressed her own opinion to Imperial Concubine Yun: “Daughter-in-law’s third sister is nervous seeing Imperial Concubine Mother!”

But Imperial Concubine Yun spoke in disapproval: “What’s there to be nervous about seeing me? I don’t eat people and this is not the Imperial Palace. This is only family members meeting each other, there are no rules. Third young girl, sit down as well!” Leaving the Imperial Palace, she stopped referring to herself with ‘this one’, showing a wild temperament, asking Xiangrong to sit down while looking at the few pieces of embroidery, expressing her wonder with a click of her tongue as she did so: “These are really good! Not only is the embroidery skill good, I have never seen these patterns, this…… what are these things?”