"Your subject greets Your Royal Highness, the Crown Princess," the 19th Prince bowed deeply.
The 12-year-old looked much better, his cheeks rosy as he smiled up at me.
He was dressed in his light blue robes, the exact same shade as Zheng's when I first saw him in Shen Li Gong two years ago.
His young servant, Hui Xi, gave me a shy smile from behind him before bowing low.
I sat on Zheng's seat in Dong Gong's main hall, my dark purple skirts spread out below me and onto the floor.
"Come on in and sit, 19th Brother. Qin'er, go get some more of the tea you got me."
Qin did as I asked, rushing away as the boy sat across me on a lower seat.
"Huang Sao (Royal Sister-in-law), your brother has wanted to come thank you for many weeks. Please forgive him for not coming earlier."
To hear such a young child speak in such a way made my heart pinch.
"Please don't say that. It was the Inner Court's failure to watch over you. I will ensure that such a thing would not happen again."
