Exile with Storage Space: Family Fortunes in the Barren Lands-Chapter 859 - 20: The Crown Prince Wants to See the Nanyue Princess (2)

Chapter 859: Chapter 20: The Crown Prince Wants to See the Nanyue Princess (2)

Ling Yuezi gracefully returned the salute, "Mr. Shang, to receive such a warm welcome from your country, this bit of hardship is worth it."

The officials from the Ministry of Rites noticed that only the Eldest Princess alighted from the carriage, and the young Princess of Heqin was not seen.

He asked in confusion, "Eldest Princess, why is Pingchang Princess not here?"

The officials accompanying from Nanyue were immediately alarmed and changed their expressions.

Ling Yuezi sighed slightly, "Pingchang Princess is unaccustomed to the local conditions and is ill. She is resting in bed. Once she feels better, I will bring her to meet His Majesty the Emperor of your country."

The Ministry of Rites official hurriedly asked, "Is Pingchang Princess’s illness severe? Has a doctor been called? The Imperial Physicians of our palace have excellent medical skills. If the Eldest Princess has not found a good doctor, I can arrange for an Imperial Physician to see Pingchang Princess."

The officials from Nanyue turned even paler.

Ling Yuezi smiled and said, "Thank you, Mr. Shang, for your concern. A doctor has already been consulted."

The Ministry of Rites official nodded and smiled, "In that case, I am relieved. Eldest Princess, the Emperor and the Empress have been waiting in the palace for a long time for the Eldest Princess. Please, Eldest Princess, this way?"

The Minister of Rites made a gesture of invitation towards Ling Yuezi.

Ling Yuezi smiled and said, "Mr. Shang, please."

Just as she turned around, an Eastern Palace Eunuch hurried over, "The Crown Prince invites the Nanyue Princess to the Eastern Palace for a conversation, Eldest Princess, please stay!"

Ling Yuezi turned back, asking in confusion, "The Crown Prince?"

The Zhao Country Ministry of Rites officials were even more puzzled. Wasn’t the Crown Prince unwilling to see the Nanyue Princess? Why invite her to the Eastern Palace?

"The Emperor and the Empress are waiting in the palace for the Eldest Princess, why has the Crown Prince invited the Eldest Princess to the Eastern Palace?" the Minister of Rites asked the Eastern Palace Eunuch, perplexed.

The Eunuch smiled wryly, how could he know?

When the Crown Prince, with a sullen face, asked him to deliver the message, he felt unease in his heart.

Recently, the Crown Prince’s temper has been very strange. Is he planning something troublesome?

"I... I... don’t know," the Eunuch said with a forced smile.

Ling Yuezi did not want to offend the Zhao Country Crown Prince, so she smiled at the welcoming Zhao Country Ministry of Rites officials, "Mr. Shang, I will first pay a visit to the Crown Prince, and visit His Majesty the Emperor and the Empress a little later."

The Ministry of Rites official, facing the Crown Prince who came to disrupt, could only smile wryly, "Eldest Princess, please. I will enter the palace to explain to the Emperor, the Emperor will not blame the Eldest Princess."

Ling Yuezi smiled and said, "Thank you, Mr. Shang, for explaining."

The Nanyue officials looked at each other, puzzled, not knowing what the Zhao Crown Prince’s intentions were.

As they were about to turn and leave, they were stopped by an Eunuch from the Crown Prince Palace, "Ladies and gentlemen, the Crown Prince has only invited the Eldest Princess, please return to the guesthouse first?"

"Is this not against protocol?" the Nanyue Assistant Minister of Rites raised an eyebrow and asked.

The Eastern Palace Eunuch replied, "Please rest assured, sir, the Crown Prince just wants to ask the Eldest Princess about some customs and practices of Nanyue and will not make things difficult for the Eldest Princess."

Ling Yuezi came to seek assistance from Zhao Country and did not want to provoke the Zhao Crown Prince over a small issue.

She said to the accompanying officials, "Please return to the guesthouse first. I believe the Zhao Crown Prince will not make things difficult for me."

The officials could only reply, "Yes, Eldest Princess."

Ling Yuezi, accompanied only by a maid, got back on the carriage and headed to the Crown Prince’s East Palace adjacent to the palace.

The Crown Prince’s East Palace was previously Jiafu Palace where Li Xingmao resided, only a few hundred steps away, and the carriage soon arrived.

At the entrance of the Eastern Palace, as usual, there were two groups welcoming, one of palace maids, and one of eunuchs.

Everyone widened their eyes in surprise at the sight of the stunningly beautiful Nanyue Princess.

They had seen their own country’s stunning three princesses and the dignified and elegant Crown Prince Consort but did not expect that this princess from a remote foreign country was no less beautiful than the princesses and consort.

The eunuch led Ling Yuezi through the main gate of the Eastern Palace.

Here, Ling Yuezi did not see the Zhao Crown Prince.

Just as she was about to ask, the Eunuch smiled and said, "The Crown Prince is in the side hall. Eldest Princess, please this way."

Side hall?

What is the Crown Prince’s intention?

Why is he asking her to go to the side hall?

This disrespectful request made Ling Yuezi feel discontent.

The accompanying maid also lowered her face.

But Ling Yuezi thought to herself that she was here to seek marriage alliance, so she had to suppress her discontent and followed the Eunuch to the side hall.

The hall was empty, so quiet that she could hear her own breathing, and the echoes of her footsteps.

"Eldest Princess, please wait a moment, the Crown Prince will arrive shortly." The eunuch bowed to her and said that the Crown Prince only wanted to see Ling Yuezi alone and requested Ling Yuezi’s maid to leave.