THE FLOWER PALACE'S SECRET

Chapter 4: Something That Can't Be Denied

Shen Yanzhia was not only good at taking revenge and concocting potions for the body, she was also good at fabricating and very resourceful. Her background as a princess who is often colonized certainly makes her find a way to survive. Today, after the dawn rose a little, he immediately rushed up with his carriage.

The market street he passed by today was very crowded. Shen Yanzhia was unable to even increase the speed of her horse carriage as it blocked the crowd from trading and walking. The anger has started to spread. Lazily, he looked at the situation through the window of his train. Shen Yanzhia found a group of people clustered at one point, then several others were walking towards the same point.

“Simply my train can't pass quickly.”

The growing crowd was gradually attracting his attention. Shen Yanzhia, with her quick steps rushed away to the crowd. There, in the middle of the crowd, was a man arguing with a woman. The man and woman then grabbed each other's hair while incessantly letting out curses. Shen Yanzhia was feeling extremely disturbed.

“Sorry Mr and Madam, I interrupted your fight time. But, can the two of you shift over there? My train cannot pass because of the actions of the two of you making this road crowded and full of humans,” Shen Yanzhia's pinta while separating them. He gripped the clothes of the two while holding them back from fighting.

“Hei little boy! Don't interfere in our affairs. Take care of yourself!” The woman snapped at him. Shen Yanzhia sighed regretfully. This woman is shameless.

“True. Just go! I still want to give this damn woman a lesson before returning home!”

“What did you say? You're the fucking one! You men don't know yourself!”

Shen Yanzhia could not stand it. He took both his hands off their clothes.

“Good, if it wants you guys.”

Shen Yanzhia walked back to her carriage. Then, with a single whip, the carriage drove swiftly towards the crowd earlier. Inevitably, the people who were huddling had to step aside to save themselves, including the men and women who had upset him.

“Crazy girl! Are you not sane? You almost killed us!”

The man and woman and several others were angry. Shen Yanzhia never cared. For him, anything that prevents his path must be destroyed. It doesn't matter whether it causes trouble or not.

Right now, all Shen Yanzhia wanted was to immediately arrive at the palace and talk to the Queen Mother about her marriage decree. He had forgotten that he had lost his sanity earlier.

“Halo Bibi Yan,” greet Shen Yanzhia on a middle-aged woman in green. He arrived in front of a magnificent palace filled with flowers. The big palace looked desolate. Not many servants work there.

The middle-aged woman returned her greeting with a nod of her head and a cotton-soft smile. The middle-aged woman's hands were busy pouring water on the flowers that were starting to bloom.

“Auntie, I want that plum blossom!” shen Yanzhia said as she pointed at the blooming plum.

“I'll pick it up later.”

“Good, Mr. Princess.”

Shen Yanzhia rushed towards the Queen Mother's residence. Shen Yanzhia was extremely impatient. He even ran along the corridor towards the residence.

Servers who have been memorized are certainly not concerned about it. In fact, among them there were those who laughed because Shen Yanzhia was truly a princess who cared nothing.

Once upon a time, Shen Yanzhia summoned the Emperor to the main hall of the palace due to her quarrel with Tang Yin, a detective from the Bureau of Investigation who was under direct orders from the Emperor.

Shen Yanzhia was upset that the young detective kept questioning her about the events in the market that were directly related to the murder of a merchant from the North. Shen Yanzhia just happened to pass by and accidentally found her corpse. The young detective forcefully continued questioning him, but Shen Yanzhia had explained with repeated detail that she knew nothing.

Then on a sunny day, Shen Yanzhia came to the Bureau of Investigation and met the Bureau Chief, then had him sanction Tang Yin for continuing to disturb his comfort. The arrival of Shen Yanzhia certainly provoked a commotion in the Bureau of Investigation until the process of investigating other cases was interrupted.

Two days later, he was summoned to the palace. Many officials were present at the time. Many times Shen Yanzhia explained it, many times Tang Yin attacked her. Thus by the Emperor's policy, Tang Yin was sentenced to one day's confinement, while Shen Yanzhia received a five-day confinement in her residence.

“Zhi’er, what's with your facial look?” the Queen Mother asked as Shen Yanzhia entered in a hurry.

“Sit and drink first.”

Shen Yanzhia sat beside the Queen Mother. One glass of warm tea and then he sipped until it ran out. Shen Yanzhia started to catch her breath. His brain had finished processing various words that he would say to the Emperor's mother.

Her statement certainly made the Queen Mother surprised. A moment later he smiled as he gently stroked Shen Yanzhia's head. He knew that Shen Yanzhia would not obey. He actually doesn't want to approve either.

But, letting Shen Yanzhia roam around and act on the streets was also not a good thing. Shen Yanzhia had a special status that could put her in danger at any moment.

“Did Prince Yun's daughter have lost her virtue so dare to reject the Emperor's edict?” tanyanya gently. Her touch was not like a nation's mother to her people, but more like a grandmother to her loving granddaughter.

“Can we postpone the wedding for the next two years?”

“Did you forget that the Emperor could not bargain?”

Shen Yanzhia sighed. Yes, he would not be able to avoid it at all costs. The emperor was too high for him to reach. Even if he could, he would have to face Eunuch Bi, the Emperor's fierce eunuch companion and firmly not play. The eunuch was even scarier than his own father.

“But Your Majesty, I really don't want to get married. I'm still young, many things I haven't done,” Shen Yanzhia softly welcomes, hoping the Queen Mother understands her wishes.

“Many things can also be done after marriage, Zhi’er. Marriage is not measured by young and old. After all, the person you are going to marry is also not someone else from outside. You both have imperial blood. So, accept the gift as a gift.”

Shen Yanzhia knew, if the Queen Mother had already said such a thing, her wish would definitely not have been granted. He would not want to accept that decision. Shen Yanzhia was thinking whether her free life would really end because of a marriage that she thought was ridiculous.

“Do not worry. You two have no hatred. I'm sure you'll live happily,” she said gently, hoping Shen Yanzhia can be a little calmer.

“What after marriage, I still have the freedom to meet you?”

“Of course. You're my favorite daughter. You are free to see me anytime.”

Yeah, all right, it's okay. Maybe his life will really end.

...***...

“Young Master, are you not going to the palace?” xu Chi asked, Lin Zian's loyal servant who had been following him for a dozen years. Seeing his master only speechless while enjoying the tea in the courtyard, Xu Chi was unsure if there would be anything good coming today. It had been since the morning that his young master had kept silent.

Seeing his master continuously pouring tea and drinking it a little made Xu Chi worried. Is his master doing well at the moment? Ah, Xu Chi is too stupid. It was impossible for Lin Zian to be in such a good state if things were like this.

“For what do we go to such a bad place?”

“Young Master, in my opinion, there is no harm in accepting the Emperor's word. Doesn't the Lord always obey his orders? Perhaps, this marriage was given as a gift because you have won the war.”

“Xu Chi, is your vision starting to blur? The problem is not that simple. You don't see how strange this is. I think someone deliberately wanted to limit my movements to marriage. Otherwise, how could the Emperor be generous to me by giving this marriage away? Did you forget that he always keeps me busy on the battlefield so I don't have a broad view of the world?”

Yes, Xu Chi was indeed unable to deny it. Great Emperors never hesitate in ruling. Xu Chi witnessed for himself how the Emperor kept his master so busy on the battlefield that his master did not have time to look at the world with open eyes. Even on the anniversary of his mother's death, the Emperor gave Lin Zian no room to go to the temple or even sow flowers.

Lin Zian had always been sent to the border and was ordered to train soldiers in military camps. Now, after returning to the capital after such a long time, the Emperor instead gave her a marriage.

However, Xu Chi's view says that this marriage was one of the ways the Emperor might have given his master a new start as a member of the royal family as in general.

With this marriage, Lin Zian no longer needed to go alone and could start his career in politics and court court. Xu Chi knew that every prince was always given political rights in the palace.

“Young Master, why don't you try to open your eyes? You may be able to say that there is a veiled intention for this marriage, I thought so. But in my opinion, it's time for the Master to have a mistress.”

“Hey, I didn't ask your opinion!”

“Yes yes, all right. Your faithful servant is wrong, the old Young Master,” he said as he walked away. Xu Chi could hear his master swearing at him.***