Prince, Marry Me!
A different horse carriage
A middle-aged woman stood up gracefully while waiting, hanfu was red and a badly shaped golden phoenix conde skewer. The beauty and elegance of all time combined with her position as the number one woman in the empire. Surely it would be number one if there were no shadows of the old lady beside her, Empress Dowager Bai was waiting with her after getting news of Huang Jian Ying meeting the bandits.
He looked riled up and worried, unable to stand still and continued to move restlessly.
The girl named Huang Jian Ying, who was about to become the crown prince's companion. It was waiting for his presence in the palace, but his journey was hampered so it took longer. “Mother, you'd better rest. Let me wait for the arrival of the future crown princess.” said Shu Ying Mai, the Queen of Xianyuan.
“No need, I will wait for him.” replied the queen mother ketus.
“Alright if it's the mother's wish.” replied the queen, while holding back her careless feelings against the queen. The old woman though looked peaceful, but harbored a great ambition in her life that was soon to come.
Empress Dowager Bai glanced at the queen at a glance, “You just come back!”
“No mother, I will accompany you waiting here. Soon, the second prince and the third prince will also come, I will welcome them as well.”
“Cih, it's worth it that you came here.” tukas suri so haughty, “Already I suspect you won't want to welcome the crown princess candidate.”
Shu Ying Mai tried to control herself as best she could, she should not be provoked by the words of the queen mother. The woman smiled gently, “What did mother say this, where might I not welcome the future crown princess.”
“The saying goes, once a paddle of two three islands is exceeded. Of course I would welcome him.”.
“But you don't like crown princess candidates!”
“Mother .. “
“Already, queen!” cut the queen quickly, she threw away her face while shaking her hand. “You've never had the same opinion as me all this time, you really want to challenge me. Even though your choices and mine are different, but the emperor always listens to me as the queen mother, then you feel jealous of that. I can understand, but for the crown prince, I'm sure I can choose the best life companion for him.”
Queen Xianyuan sighed deeply. It was very annoying for her to face this old woman, not because of her nagging attitude, but because the queen mother always interfered in all the affairs of the palace that was supposed to be the duty of Queen Xianyuan. The selection of the crown princess, there was a difference of opinion, because the queen did not want to choose Huang Jian Ying. It was because he knew the background of Huang Jian Ying and his history during this time that was often sick. The queen simply did not want to aggravate the lineage later.
Though the selection of the crown princess is so tight, from the noble ladies who are educated and awake. But somehow Emperor Wang and Empress Dowager Bai agreed to choose Huang Jian Ying, without considering her advice.
Queen Xianyuan bowed her head as a sign of respect, “Please mother do not think that way, I respect every decision of the emperor and I will happily welcome the future crown princess. Anyway I've got no grudge for that election.”
“You are good at talking.” circus queen mother.
The old woman immediately turned her head when she heard the roar of the horse carriage approaching, but from the carriage worn it did not belong to the empire appointed to pick up Huang Jian Ying. The feeling that had calmed down a bit so changed, surely it was the carriage of the second prince and the third prince.
The Queen Mother assisted her loyal lady immediately retreated, “That you are waiting for has come!” said it.
“Means mother?”
“You are waiting for your two favorite children, right, that they have come!”
Shu Ying Mai immediately took a look, and it was true that what came was a horse carriage belonging to King Xuan or the second prince. I didn't think they were coming sooner. With a warm smile, the queen immediately greeted the front when the horse carriage would stop.
Inside the horse carriage, Huang Jian Ying was actually fighting with his own heart pounding that was getting crazier. The place where his dream was already in sight, he looked from behind the window curtain that was deliberately opened a little, there were many maids and guards standing guard. The palace is indeed as beautiful as that, no wonder that many people dream of living in the palace.
The charioteer had stopped the horse carrying his chariot, as he peeked back, the queen and the queen and the queen mother there prepared to greet him.
Huang Jian Ying got off the horse carriage after opening the door, he immediately came and kowtowed. “Greetings Her Majesty Queen Xianyuan, Greetings Empress Dowager Bai!”
Shu Ying Mai's gaze instantly turned startled, “Why can Miss Huang be in the second prince's carriage?!”
“Where is the designated imperial horse carriage to pick you up?” Empress Dowager Bai chimed in. “What happened until you had to be in the second prince's carriage? And where's the second prince?”
“This could cause misunderstanding between the crown prince and the second prince, Miss Huang! Can you explain it well?” added the queen.
Huang Jian Ying could only duck with his head bowed, the one thing that became his weak point was that he could not control himself properly when under this kind of pressure. He wanted to explain what happened, but it was as if his mouth was unwilling to cooperate.
“Tell me, Miss Huang, no need to fear.”
The queen mother immediately brought Huang Jian Ying to her feet, she stroked her back warmly. The queen mother knew that this young woman must be frightened, as the tears of the lady soon fell. “I'm sorry stepmother, forgive me queen. This was all because the second prince and the third prince had saved me from the bandits who were hen-”
“BANDIT?!” exclaim mother suri. “Oh god, then what happened to you? How dare they harm an imperial chariot. Very rude!”
“Come, Miss Huang, I will ask for justice for you to the emperor.”
“Thank you, suri.”
Huang Jian Ying wiped away her tears, seeing the queen mother loving him greatly warmed her up. The queen mother seemed like she would be a good patron for him in the palace, inversely proportional to the queen who seemed reluctant to welcome him.
Huang Jian Ying followed the queen mother inside the palace, leaving Shu Ying Mai outside the entrance gate. Dayang Bao, the queen's confidante's lady-in-waiting is approaching. “Your Majesty, do I have to find out what happened?”
“No need.”
“But ... miss looks very .. “
Shu Ying Mai flicked her hand to signal for the lady to return to her place, she looked the other way and found the person she was waiting for along with her beloved cat. The third prince, Wang Jun, came naturally flat without a smile. Very different unlike Wang Jun's cheerful persona, of course there was a problem.
Shu Ying Mai hugged the warm son, “Mother, I have not given her a greeting.” Wang Jun said.
“No need, I love you so much that I miss you both. Why do you rarely go to the palace now? Are you helping second brother? Where's she? Why don't you guys come together?”
“So I was looking at the azalea field on the Yangxi hill.” Wang Jun replied as she walked into the palace. “Mother does not need to wait for him because it will be a long time, second brother said he will soon return to the palace if he is satisfied to see azalea flowers.”
Shu Ying Mai smiled warmly, “Maybe your brother misses the late previous emperor. In the past, they often went to Yangxi hill to see azaleas and hunt.”
“Of course, therefore I did not prevent it.” replied Wang Jun.
The third prince sat comfortably in the lotus cottage, the mother's pavilion being the best place to rest for a while, wanting to greet the emperor but Wang Jun would wait for the second brother to come and greet together.
A cup of tea became their friend to chat with warmly, Dayang Bao poured carefully, with two blocks of sugar stone because the prince likes sweet taste.
“Why do you look uninspired, third prince?”
Wang Jun grimaced softly, “I'm just tired of continuing to ride, hoping to leave with second brother peacefully aboard the horse carriage. But in the middle of the road actually met with a group of bodyguards Miss Huang who intercepted bandit.”
“Finally second brother relented and gave his horse carriage, I also had to ride to get here. But in the middle of the road I was actually left to see azalea flowers.” lamented the prince.
Queen Xianyuan nodded her head, she was absorbed by the scent of tea which managed to make her calmer. “So so yes, imperial horse carriages alone dare them plunder.”
“The bandits in this city are indeed very many and they are not afraid of the empire.” replied Wang Jun, “Mother, we have to do something or the people are suffering more and more. The bandits were born from people who are depressed with a high tax policy, if it continues this way then we will all feel the consequences of the anger of the people.”
“What about mom?”
Shu Ying Mai looked at the son with an indecipherable gaze, “You know for yourself we can't do much, the right side also keeps forcing to find a way to solve this problem.”
“Are we going to stick to our existing plan?” ask Wang Jun again.
“We wait for your second brother first.”
“Good, mother.”