"This story is in Seclusion atm" Continue Dreaming ~ ELOD

Chapter 27 - The Last Day & Things

As the two love birds arrive in front of the door, YueLing starts giving Lady Yang faces. Lady Yang is so sick of this little brat! "You no good, sticking brat! Wait till tonight, you will be sorry for getting in my way and having that wrench as a mother!" Lady Yang curses YueLing in her heart. "Mother, father, YueLing came to see you both!" she happily yells out.

Hua'er opens the door. "Hua'er greets, princess and young general." she politely bows and greets. "No need for the formality, aunty." YueLing waves her off as she and LiTing enter. The rest of the harem is still just kneeling on the ground outside the chamber. "YueLing greets mother and father." YueLing bows and greets. "LiTing greets your majesty and my queen." LiTing bows and greets. "YueLing, come to mother's side." the queen sweetly says while extending her arm. "Yes, mother." she happily cries out and runs over to the queen.

Her mother lovingly pats her head. The king sits on the other side of YueLing and also sweetly pats her head. "Mother, father, why are all those women kneeling out there?" she curiously asks. "YueLing, don't mind them! YueLing, we have a little gathering in the imperial garden for you today. All your close friends and family will be there today. We will have a lovely time before..." her father happily says the stops his words sadly while his eyes start to tear up.

"Father please don't cry! I'm a big girl now. I have to get married eventually. It's just faster and further than expected. It is your daughter's honour to help keep the peace for the kingdom. It is also what a big sister has to do to protect my little brother or sister. I hope mother may have dragon phoenix twins. This way I can spoil them when I ever return to visit." she happily says while deep down inside her she has no hope to even survive past tonight.

"YueLing, my dear little princess. I hope you can come back and visit us often." her mother sweetly says while continuing patting her head. "Mother, father, I have something for you and my siblings." she says while taking a few items out of the basket. "Mother, this is your favourite relaxing incense sachet that I made. YueLing's sewing is as bad as before. I hope mother won't mind. Mother, you are the one that I worried about the most. I remember, father told me that I was always the one that ended up saving mother from all sorts of danger. I have prayed at the temple for a safety talisman and I place it inside the sachet. I hope this sachet can keep mother safe for the rest of your life. " she happily says while handing the sachet to her mother.

"YueLing, mother will never mind if your sewing was bad or not. It's what comes from your heart that counts." her mother happily says while sniffing the sachet. "Father, I remember the stories that you told me about you and mother. And mother always loved yueling flowers and that is why she named me YueLing. I have prayed at the temple for a safety talisman and I place it inside the sachet with yueling flowers embroidered as a lover's knot on it. I hope father and mother can forever be happy together." she happily says and hands her father the handkerchief. "Yueling, I promise you, I will keep your mother and siblings safe. I will always love your mother only." her father says with tears running down his cheeks.

"Mother these are birthday presents for my siblings until their sixteenth birthdays. Each present I have prayed at the temple for blessing, to keep them healthy and safe. This is all I can do for them. I hope they will like them since I don't know how they will be." she says with hope in her eyes while handing a package to her mother. "YueLing, you don't have to worry. You are their big sister, whatever you prepared for them they will love." her mother says with tears running down her cheeks. "Let's all go to the imperial garden now, everyone must be waiting for us." her father says out to change the mood.

LiTing extends his hands to take the basket from YueLing's hand so her parents could hold her hands. As they walk out of the chamber, LiTing and Hua'er follow behind them. The group of women outside starts loudly crying the same words they've been saying in the past days. "Your majesty, my queen, please send the princess to the demon for the sake of the kingdom. Your majesty, my queen, please send the princess to the demon for the sake of the kingdom." all the women repeat the same lines over and over again. "ENOUGH! Every day you all have been here pestering the queen! What have I said the last time? Do I have to send you all into the 'Cold Palace'?" the king angrily snorts out.