Today is the Royal banquet and Zi Yan are doing the necessary things that is needed to be done. She have finished the preparations with my dress, hair and accessories.
"Your highness if the accessories are heavy just tell me and I'll change it with lighter one." I wonder why she asks that, her hair accessories are light as a feather but I think this is how she show how she cares for me and it makes me smile.
"It's fine Zi Yan it's light as a feather" even though I said that she still continues to ask me if the dress is not confortable or the shoes is not fit. In the end I still make her at ease because her preparation are really perfect specially the dress it fits me perfectly that is why I think my skinny figure can be seen.
"Your highness if you become a wife of the emperor you must gain the weight that you lost these years and I know that your plump figure is very lovely" It is quite awkward to think of my self as plump but I'll try to gain weight but not grand as to make me plump.
"Your highness it is time for the Royal banquet" I was suddenly taken out from my trance because of what she said. I still feel nervous because it's the first time I'll see so many people in one place.
"Your highness everything's gonna be alright" I'm very thankful for her presence because if not I'll definitely be like a child that doesn't know what to do.
I have taken a big breathe and ready myself to go outside my courtyard.
On the way to the banquet, we only walk because we're inside the castle and I have a good time looking at the gardens that we encounter that I have never seen before the flowers are so beautiful.
The palace where the banquet will be held is the Xingfu Palace where most of the royal events are held and most luxurious palace that can be use in here is the Bùxiǔ palace. I already know why the Xingfu palace is the one the emperor use this time.
When we arrived I can hear the noise inside specially the chattering of the woman inside and that makes me nervous. What if the empress's children are inside specially those who holds a deep distaste on me because of my birth.
When the guard open the big gate the attention of the people inside immediately turn to me and then the murmurs started.
I immediately lower my head because I don't want to see their faces specially their condemnation and disgust.
When I finally decided to go directly to my seat is when someone called me.
"9th princess come over here and pay respect" It is the empress and I know that had she seen me and I don't have any more reasons to avert the attention of the people in here from me.
I slowly walked to the front of the emperor and the empress. When I got closer I have seen the Prince and princess which I have never had a chance to know and I immediately get frozen in place.
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