The Flower Of War

Chapter 8: Golden Chance

The Emperor, the Empress, and the Crown Prince stepped foot into Princess Ying's room.

Yiu was staring out the window with a blank look, he pretended to be daydreaming and was unaware of the presence of his parents and brother.

Actually he was just lazy to stand up and greet them, and his brain was thinking hard to guess what questions they would ask while looking for the right answer.

"Ying why are you, son? Are you sick? Your face is a little pale" The Empress approached Yiu who was still acting dreamy and her face was a little made sluggish and tired.

Yes, now the way that Yiu had in mind to avoid lectures, scolding, advice, punishment, threats, and a series of questions that would make Yiu dizzy was to pretend to be sick, that way he will be told to rest in the room.

Yiu turned his head weakly towards his mother, "Ah.. I'm not why mother and I are not sick either" Yiu began to launch acting in the wind but strong-assed self-assured.

"You look pale Princess Ying better you rest now, you owe us an explanation about your disappearance yesterday Princess Ying and you can explain it after you recover"

The emperor spoke softly yet with a flat expression, after the incident that befell Princess Ying a few weeks ago the attitude of the Emperor changed slightly from the previously cold and indifferent one now to being a little more gentle on Ying.

"No need Father, I'm not sick and this is probably because I'm a little tired and sleep-deprived"

The Emperor was still with his flat face. "Now rest, let the Empress accompany you so that you recover quickly and remember you still owe me an explanation, now your father and brother are on business so can not be long, quickly healed my daughter" The Emperor gently rubbed Yiu's hair and stepped out of the pavilion followed by the Crown Prince.

The Crown Prince didn't even ask her for news or at least told her to rest, she just left without saying a word and just stood looking at Yiu almost expressionlessly. Chi chi was right if he was indeed a very cold person even surpassing his own father!.

What a shitty sister.

Now in Princess Ying's room only lives Yiu aka Princess Ying, the Empress, and 3 servants.

"Now you have to eat first, you haven't eaten yet, have you?" asked the attentive Empress Yiu embraced.

The waiter gave Yiu warm soup, Yiu greedily finished the soup.

"Now you're drinking potions from the Ming healer so you'll recover quickly"

The empress thrusting a thick liquid of deep green almost looks like black which is in a small bowl with the smell of boiled medicinal plants that are so piercing the nose.

What the hell is this?! Is it medicine or poison?! Did the healer not know that he wanted to kill me by making this disgusting liquid?! God please save me..

Yiu looked silently at the small bowl held by the Empress.

"Mother seems like I'm healthy so I don't need to drink this herb mother" said Yiu accompanied by a small skirt.

"No Ying you have to drink this to keep you healthy" The Empress still cheekily gave the black potion to Yiu.

Okay Yiu think so that you can avoid this evil poison. Yiu seemed to be thinking hard.

"Well my mother drank it, but could she take me the little box at the table? I want to show you something and only my mother can touch it but me"

Yiu said with a sweet smile while pointing at the small table in the corner of the room.

The empress nodded then handed the potion to Yiu and walked towards the table to pick up the small box Yiu meant.

Just as the Empress got up from her seat and turned her back to Yiu, immediately picked up the washcloth that was in the tray that Chi chi was holding.

He quickly poured the potion into a washcloth and placed the cloth in his bed while giving a plot to Chi Chi and the two servants behind him as a gesture to remain silent and not speak anything, Chi Chi was surprised and wanted to prevent but finally just bowed down.

Yiu put the bowl in his mouth as the Empress walked towards the bed, acting as if he had drunk the potion.

"What exactly is the contents of this box Ying?"

Unsuspecting the empress asked while sitting in Yiu's bed and then taking the bowl Yiu held and putting it back on the tray, the Empress thought Yiu had drunk a potion from the Ming healer.

Actually Yiu told the Empress to take the box just her wits so that she would avoid the name of the Ming healer poison potion.

Sometimes you're smart too haha..

"eeeeee... It was a gift from me to my mother, I made it myself" Yiu lied.

The box contained the hair ornaments that he had bought in the market last night, Yiu was only interested in the sky blue hair decoration with a little green gem adds to the impression of elegance.

He felt that if he bought this decoration one day this decoration would be useful and it turns out the assumption is right now.

"really? Wahh Ying you're a kind child thank you my daughter" The Empress was very pleased with Yiu's gift and held the box in her chest. Yiu only showed a sweet smile without any intention of retaliating.

"Ah yes because you have finished drinking the potion now you rest, mother there is business to be taken care of as well. The maid please watch and serve Princess Ying properly" as if forgetting the intention of asking where her daughter went missing last night the Empress instead told her to sleep.

The two nodded obediently to the empress who walked out towards the door of Yiu's room. Because Yiu tired of choosing to sleep for a while.

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The sun has been overhead, the air is getting warmer because the light makes a Yiu who is sleeping soundly must experience severe shock due to the hotter air.

Yiu woke up from her sleep with a sweaty body.

Yiu grumbled as he wagged the cloth of his arm in front of his face. Soon Chi Chi came after hearing Yiu's chatter from outside.

"Does the Princess want anything?" chi Chi Chi said while bowing respectfully.

"Through me around the palace I want to find a cool breeze here very hot, I can die of heat if this continues"

"As your orders Princess"

Now that Yiu and Chi chi chi were in a gazebo near the palace garden, Yiu sat down casually while enjoying the blowing wind.

From a distance, Prince Huang who was also wandering around after seeing the whereabouts of Princess Ying he immediately headed to his sister's place.

Chi Chi bowed respectfully as Prince Huang approached the gazebo and was now beside Yiu who was daydreaming about what he was daydreaming about.

"If you are sick it is better to rest in your pavelium Princess Ying"

Prince Huang's voice surprised Yiu but Yiu quickly changed his facial expression.

"What's the need for the Prince to come here?" yiu asked lazily without looking at Prince Huang.

"I just want to present you with an invitation to the 35th anniversary of Emperor Wu Zhang's reign, do you want to come?"

Yiu silent his gaze was still fixed on the garden in front of him in his heart he fondled the words of Prince Huang.

Honestly Yiu was curious how a party was held in the past whether they would also play traditional rock music or EDM like a night club in the future? yahh it could not be.

"I thought you'd be excited to attend a party like this, what's wrong with you Princess Ying?" The prince looked astonished after seeing no happy face like he used to when Ying was invited to attend the party.

"What are the activities of the party?" Yiu began to be attracted by the invitation from the emperor.

"There will be a lantern festival, a royal dinner, an art show, for the princesses there will be tea together and for the prince there will be a sword fight and archery between princes"

Yiu smiled and now he was very excited to go to the party, not because he wanted to attend tea with the princesses of nobles but he wanted to follow the fight between princes.

But wait, it would be very risky to disguise as a prince if there was also Prince Huang and certainly Prince Xiao Ce as well. Yiu seemed to be thinking hard to find a proper disguise way.

"Then what about the party for the soldiers?"

"They will also hold sword archery and fighting matches but in a place separate from the nobles, may become one with the people at the lantern festival later"

Prince Huang felt a little strange with his sister's question but he was very bodo at least his sister did not feel tormented in the palace environment continuously.

Golden opportunity Yiu do not you waste.

"Well I'll come with you, Prince, when are we leaving? How many days are we there? And how long is the journey from here to Emperor Wu Zhang's Kingdom?" asked Yiu curiously.

"You're so excited apparently. We leave in 2 days so get ready my chatty sister" Huang randomized Yiu's hair to make the bun in his head fall apart.

Prince Huang stood up and walked back to the palace hall leaving Yiu still silent on the spot but a moment later Yiu shouted furiously for ruining his hairdo.

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The next day, Yiu, who was sitting on the apple tree while eating the apple he picked. Yiu seemed to be enjoying the apple while looking at the palace environment from the top of the tree occasionally he daydreamed about his longing for the future.

The voice of chi chi calling out to him from below restored his consciousness.

"Daughter why are you up there? Did something happen to you princess?.. I was looking for you from then on princess, the courier who brought your order has arrived and is now in front of the palace gate, Princess"

Chi chi who was initially worried when he saw the princess was on the tree began to realize that now the princess' behavior was a little similar to that of a man.

"Let them go all the way to the door of my pavilions" Yiu told Chi chi chi.

Yiu jumped down from the tree and confirmed his slightly messy clothes while waiting for the courier to arrive in front of his pavilions.

When the courier arrived and handed her the order, Yiu paid for it and told Chi chi to take her all the way to her study, Yiu impatiently opened the box containing the weapon of his order.

The order had not been assembled so Yiu himself would assemble the gun and shotgun. When finished, Yiu fitted his own homemade silencer onto his rifle and pistol along with his ammunition.

Yiu brought his weapon with him in his dipavilium and tested his rifle.

Yiu pulled out his smirk.

This way I will calm down if there is an enemy attacking.

TB

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