"Greetings to royal uncle."
A soft yet cheeky sound could be heard when a young girl, only nineteen wearing an exquisite green cheongsam entered the palace door. Upon recognizing the voice all the palace servants kowtow not wanting to receive any sort attention to such person. Her steps were light carrying herself with such grace slowly making her way towards the emperor. Right next to her is the Duke Su his lips is smiling and held only warm feelings but if one were to inspect and carefully observed the Duke held no warm feelings towards the royal family.
Su Lan Yue had noticed such feelings but decided to focus on what is at hand. She bow and cupped her hands. "May the emperor be blessed by the heavens and will live for thousands of years." The rest of the Su had also followed suit as to what Su Lan Yue have stated.
"Rise, Princess Yue." The emperor smiled genuinely at the young girl. Ever since she was born it was no secret that the emperor was fond of Su Lan Yue therefore some rumours in the capital circulated that the Princess Yue was actually Emperor Jiyue. The name that he bestowed upon her had even a part of his name. This even fuel the rumour that at some point it made Su Hong vomited blood when he heard such things.
'What the heck? Su Lan Yue is my daughter!'
The emperor then turned his head at his younger brother. "You too Duke Su." The pair of father and daughter stood up. Su Lan Yue meet the eyes of her royal uncle and revealed a cheeky smile. "Sorry if niece have made royal uncle wait." The player inside is a top notch actress and can lie without blinking. As if on cue the pear shaped eyes of hers look as if it was sparkling. She made her eyes glossy by making forcing herself to be teary.
Such actions made herself look delicate and fragile. It made the emperor heart soften. He stood up from his dragon throne and walk slowly towards her. She can't help but to roll her eyes secretly. Although the emperor looks like he had power but reality is often disappointing. Since she had started cultivating for the past months she had known how to read the aura of person who is practicing heaven defying techniques. But the emperor in front of her was way to inferior towards her father cultivation.
The question how such man with so little cultivation was able to sat at the dragon throne and not her father. If she were to be asked who would she prefer to be sitting in the dragon throne, Su Lan Yue would no doubt choose her father.
But such thoughts should only stay with oneself and never should be imparted. Still acting docile, She furrowed her eyebrows and acted as if she was wrong. "Royal uncle, Su Lan Yue had disappeared for months and have never heard that royal uncle sent someone to inquire!" She pouted her lips and her tone was somewhat upset.
The servants all around felt their back sweating. Although Princess Yue had visited the palace before and acted arrogantly, the princess never showed any dissatisfaction towards Emperor Jinyue. As if watching a play people were expecting some actions.
Will the emperor reprimand the arrogant princess?
Of course the answer is no. She was his precious niece and the daughter of that woman. Emperor Jinyue couldn't even get angry or have the heart to scold Su Lan Yue.
"Perhaps niece didn't know but royal uncle knows that you are safe and was practicing hard." The emperor patted Su Lan Yue head and pinched her cheeks. "Your father told me personally." Letting go, Su Lan Yue could still feel the pinch and rubbed her cheecks delicately.
'That hurts!' She cried in her mind.
"Have Yu'er come to the Ruby palace. Tell him that his uncle and his fiancee is her." The emepror ordered one of the eunuch who took off immediately to find the crown prince.
Su Lan Yue brows rose. Its true that the crown prince isn't here, she started to overthink that perhaps the prince and Guan Ningxin had already met. Thankfully the system hasn't notified that she had failed, so its safe to say that they still haven't meet.
Su Lan Yue already knew that she was disadvantageous against the pure, and kind Guan Ningxin. However the player inside the body knows the charm that the lofty Princess Yue have. A term in the modern times that is called a 'tsundere' is the role that she will act in full power. Many people have been captivated by this sort of charm, and if the crown prince is also a player like her she would no doubt be able to wrap him around her finger. However, there is also a risk that this plan could fail as she might be seen as arrogant than before. But so what?
Her face can make up for that. So her failing is already out of the picture. Still, she has to be cautious if Guan Ningxin is also someone like her.
Acting coy and shy. Su Lan Yue face turned bright red by the mere mention of the crown prince little name. Her fingers were somehow fidgeting and she had a somewhat panic expression on her face. The people around her also notice her movements. Especially her father and uncle. They all thought that it was somewhat cute that the usually prideful Princess Yue was acting shy. While the two people who were still kneeling, Fa Chenqui and Su Chunhao all had a perplexed look on their face.
'What the hell?'
Confused as hell they somehow glanced at each other both asking question as to what is happening. Yet no one could answer their question. All of the people inside the ruby palace is stuck in their own thoughts, each thinking differently from the other.
The palace hall doors soon opened and the eunuch announce the arrival of the crown prince. "Crown Prince, Qing Xi Yu has arrive your majesty."
The young man that enter wore purple robes with gold threads sewn on it. He exudes an aura of martial art practitioner, that every steps he take felt strong yet light weight. Qing Xi Yu was surprise when the eunuch told him that the emperor requires his presence for his fiancee and uncle had come. The player inside the crown prince had already seen the memories of the body. Every interaction that he had recalled made him feel more dissatisfied at his betrothed. Su Lan Yue even as a child was rude, unreasonable, and downright prideful. Recalling those memories only agitated his emotions. He wanted to scowl but the emperor and the duke is in front of him.
The player inside knew how much those two important NPC favours the Princess Yue. Honestly though, he preferred to be engage to Guan Ningxin. Not only does his sister favours her but Princess Aixue also talks about her since the moment he had arrive from the borders. He was on his way to the pearl blossom garden where his sister had invited him to meet the infamous Guan Ningxin. However a eunuch notified him of such events that he had to put his plan on meeting the prime minister daughter on hold.
'Such bad luck.'
He could only sigh within his heart. Qing Xi Yu took an elegant bow before cupping his hand. "Greetings to royal father, and uncle." His tone was respectful as he tried his best never to show any of his turbulent emotions.
Su Hong only nodded his head in acknowledgement, he didn't speak any further and only let the emperor talk. When the emperor glance at the female on his side, Qing Xi Yu eyes also followed.
Su Lan Yue head was hang low but you could see the redness in her ear. She raised her head but her eyes weren't directly looking at him, instead it was wandering around. Her arms were crossed on her chest as she tried to speak. "W-what, is something wrong with this princess?" The slight stutter didn't escape Qin Xi Yu ears. He was startled by the stark contrast of the person in front of him and in his memories. His lips couldn't help but to tug upward. Couldn't help holding his laugh, he let out a soft chuckle.
"Nothing is wrong with princess Yue." Shaking his head he took a step closer and patted Su Lan Yue head. Dishevelling her hair in the process. "Actually princess Yue is quite cute."
Su Lan Yue body became stiff when the crown prince touched her head. Blood was rushing to her face as she became redder than the ruby eyes of her pin.
"I-its not like I'm happy about you telling me I'm cute." Her voice was somehow sharp yet her actions speak differently.
Qing Xi Yu almost vomited blood when the thought that he had listen to such rumours surrounding princess Yue. Surprise by the stark contrast of the little girl in his memories, and the nineteen year old Su Lan Yue, Qing Xi Yu found himself conflicted. Could it be he misunderstood the princess Yue?
Caught up in his own thoughts, everyone in the room failed to notice the devious smirk that Su Lan Yue have.