it was soon the time to announce the winner of the talent show and the people voted. when it was time to call out the winner I heard my name and I was happy that I was chosen and awarded 100 gold coins and the Xiyu necklace which was made of pure diamond and I did not miss the look of disdain on minglan face. I stepped down to face the dowager queen and told her "grandmother I am afraid that I won't be able to accept this gift I will like to donate it to the less privileged in the city".
I turned and saw the crown prince seated elegantly with a surprised look on his face. "Ok my child you are not only talented but also kind-hearted you and the crown prince are indeed the perfect fit, in exchange for giving the prize to the less privileged, I have arranged for you and the crown prince to go on a date tomorrow and get to know each other," she said.
"Thank you, grandmother, your grace is massive" we both ended up saying this together and I turned to look at him and noticed he was still staring at me as if assessing me. I loudly cleared my throat and he soon came out out of his tranced while I was still obviously taken back by this.
Huiqinq POV (ML)
I stared at this girl in front as she offered to give up the prize and she turned to look at me I immediately looked away and reminded myself not to get involved with her. Grandmother soon announced that she had arranged a date for us, I turned to look at her and she gave me a look telling me not to mess things up. even though I am close to the prime minister I have never actually met his daughter. After meeting her for the first time today I am not going to like she looked really beautiful and was the only one I have ever seen with golden hair which was really shiny after the death of the prime minister's wife who also had blonde hair. she also had
It seems that the grandmother really likes this girl. I soon called my bodyguard linglin and asked him to investigate and find out her personality. The banquet soon ended, and my fiancée soon came toward me just like I thought she is like the other girls who swoon around me and her only marrying for the title of crown princess she soon got to my side but did not stop. I was surprised but did not show it and immediately left the event and told linglin to keep following her. I knew that she is very close to princess susu who is her childhood friend and my cousin.
Linglin soon came back and whispered into my here that I had been summoned by the emperor. Immediately I left the banquet, upon getting the emperor who is my father's palace he told me that the bandits in the west coast area are getting out of hand and have stolen some of the gifts sent to us by the Han nation.
"father, should I go there and take care of this issue," I asked knowing he was so worried about this as the stolen gifts could cause war.
"yes I would like you to go to the west coast and ensure all the bandits are caught and the gifts are not damaged," he said with a serious expression on his face.
After we finished the discussion regarding the stolen gifts, my father started interrogating me " so I heard you met your fiancee today" he said smiling at me teasingly. letting out a sigh " father you know I will never like her. this is only a political marriage and there is no love and there will never be" I said looking at him straight in the eye to let him know I was serious. "but you know you can still fall in love after the death of your moth....." he began but got cut off by me. " please can you never compare my mum with her. they are not on the same category. I will never fall in love with anyone. I will take my leave now" I said and bowed my head and slowly walked out with a frown on my face.
I kept walking and soon stopped at the palace lake. I noticed my cousin susu sitting at the table with my so-called fiancee drinking tea and I soon began walking towards them when I heard my fiancee ranting about me, my cousin soon noticed me and tried to signal her but I stopped her by placing my index finger on my lips to tell her to shush. I walked closer and leaned against the tree listening to all she said " How dare he? he did not even acknowledge me, I so wanted to give him a huge blow on those eyes he used to stare at me coldly. Bastard, does he think I have any interest in him, I am being cajoled to marry him ? she said huffing loading due to lack of breath after speaking for so long without a pause. she finally noticed that Susu attention was on something behind her and she began to turn slowly to look at me and I smiled immediately she saw me. she was really shocked which made her choke on her tea and began to sprout nonsense "I swear I was not talking about you it was a play I saw last week" she said frantically looking terrified. I stepped closer to her and she moved backward "hey I believe you. Don't forget our date tomorrow. let's meet at chang tea house" I said and waved my hands, turned, and began walking away.
"My name is Zhi Rou not hey" she shouted after me. Hmmm Zhi rou interesting
Zhi Rou POV
I slumped on my chair after my little encounter or shall I say short but embarrassing encounter with the crown prince. I looked up " Hey why did you not warn me," I said to my childhood friend susu who just kept on laughing. "wait did he say the date was tomorrow I have not even arranged for the dress I will wear," I said. ''Zhi Rou doesn't worry we are going out now. we will get you new dress from the royal seamstress "