The Dragon's Flower Vol 1-5

Vol 2 Chap 59

XH 59

Xiao Hua finally gets to step into the Third Prince's room and placed the containers on the table.

She spotted a lady standing in the corner of the room. With a figure-hugging dark purple attire designed alike to a cheongsam, it showed off her bare-skinned long, smooth legs and Xiao Hua could not help but notice her legs first before anything else. Unlike the revealing design for the lower part of the body, the upper part fully covered her skin except for her hands and neck.

There was an eye-catching beauty mark on the right corner of her eyes. It works well in attracting people's attention to her beautifully shaped eyes framed with thick eyelashes. Her hair was tied up messily with long lavender colored ribbon with a simple hairpin on her hair. Her hairstyle was a Hime-cut with side bangs which made her face looks smaller.

"How is Grand Tutor Ping Pong?" the Third Prince asked, pulling Xiao Hua's attention from the stranger.

"This servant did not get to meet him for he's still not feeling well. It's Madam Ping Shui that received the gifts on his behalf. Madam Ping Shui had also gifted her mother's delicious snacks to Your Highness."

The Third Prince's smile was a centimeter wider as he removed one of the container's covers and found rabbit-shaped snacks filling the entire container to the brim. Xiao Hua was actually surprised at the sight, for she was under the assumption that it would only have a few snacks inside the container to make it look appealing to the eyes.

In her world, during the moon cake festival, the seller would charge a high price for a box with only four pieces of mooncake in it. Not even the artistically beautiful containers could soothe the buyer's pain for their much lighter wallet!

Filling the container to the brim was more of a commoner-ish trait. Le XiaoTing was a commoner that often brought back foods whenever there were leftovers from the buffet-style lunch for the staff after an important meeting.

Le XiaoTing only has the guts to do it after her boss gave her permission, which he always did since the food will be wasted. Those leftovers ended up as her dinner or next day's breakfast which suited her laziness perfectly.

An Jing returned with empty plates and chopsticks, already knew that her master would want to eat them immediately. The tea to accompany the snacks were already prepared before Xiao Hua's return.

"Take two of the containers for the rest of you to share," the Third Prince told An Jing.

An Jing smiled and curtsied. "Thank you, Master. They will be happy to partake Madam Ping's delicious snacks."

"Have a seat, Xiao Hua."

Xiao Hua glanced at the woman with a beauty mark before taking a seat. An Jing had already placed a clean plate and a pair of chopsticks in front of her. To Xiao Hua, she was already used to eat together with the Third Prince, but that sight earned a curious look from the long-legged lady.

An Jing picked up two containers of snacks before leaving the room and closed the door behind her.

"Did you complete your punishment?" the Third Prince asked as he happily eats a rabbit snack.

With a sigh, Xiao Hua tells him everything Madam Ping Shui had said, as much as she had remembered. When she was finished, the Third Prince remained silent and his expression did not reveal if he was happy or disappointed with the news.

Finally, he opened his mouth to speak. "Ping Shui had done more than I've expected. There's nothing that I'm not satisfied with."

Xiao Hua nodded in agreement. To expect Ping Shui to fully control General Tang and have him cut off all ties with the Second Prince was rather impossible. Instead, she restrained her ambitious and do what she could to capture General Tang's heart and did not interfere with his business with the Second Prince. For her to remain strong in facing the pressure to assist the Second Prince from her husband was already a good result.