The Dragon's Flower Vol 6 - Vol 9 (END)

Vol 6 Chap 176

Author's Note: Here's the starting of Vol 6!
Thank you everyone, for reading 'The Dragon's Flower' till this far despite my poor attempt in writing a good plot with my questionable english! I've never thought my story will be quite well liked! 🤧

🍡The summary is still blank for now, my brain had yet to come up with a good summary 😖

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XH 176

The palace was especially noisy lately, with everyone busy preparing the Second Prince's wedding that will happen in one weeks time!

The Second Prince had his own manor outside the palace, but the Emperor wants to hold a ceremony to offer goods to God before Liu Chu Chu's sedan entered the Second Prince's gate. The Emperor decided to hold a grand ceremony and the palace servants were the ones to suffer in making sure the preparations must go well.  

In contrast to the noisy atmosphere, there was a guest courtyard unaffected by the quick paced atmosphere and remaining calm and peaceful. 

That courtyard was given to a very important guest to stay as long as they wish. That important guest was currently sipping tea after partaking his simple lunch, accompanied by his apprentice and adopted daughter. 

Duan XiYing was the only servant around as the other maidservants of the Third Prince had disappeared to complete their assigned tasks. Doctor Bai does not have any servants accompanying him, preferring to do everything by himself.

As for Tian Zi, once the Third Prince had passed on a word that Tian Chi should be returning these days, she immediately requested to stay at the Third Prince manor with the excuse of overseeing the management. Like a cheetah, she sprinted back to the Third Prince's manor as soon as she gotten permission. 

The two girls might have two years of age gap between them, but they acted more like twins, where they would feel uncomfortable if they were separated for more than a day. The girls had gotten close during their enslavement camp period and both were lucky to be chosen to enter the Third Prince's service. 

Normally, Xiao Hua would try to ask where they were from, before they were forced to be slaves. But after being told off by Doctor Bai about respecting people's privacy, she admitted that there were things she does not need to know just to satisfy her curiosity. 

“Did Tian Zi not know that Tian Chi would come here when she returns?” Xiao Hua had asked Duan XiYing once she heard the news of Tian Zi leaving. The ‘here’ she had spoken was the courtyard given for Doctor Bai to stay inside the palace.

Duan XiYing smiles in a gleeful manner. “Tian Zi will remember soon.”

The Third Prince had treated this courtyard as his second home since the day he returned, with the excuse of spending more time with his Teacher until the day he need to return to his land. He also had the hidden motive, which was to spend more time with Xiao Hua.

After that night of debauchery, he no longer touched her inappropriately, acting like a perfect gentlemen. Not even a kiss was given to her and the amount of hugs noticeably decreased. But his eyes could not hide his yearning and Xiao Hua often had to check if she had accidentally flashed her skin when she saw that pair of hungry eyes.

Doctor Bai had agreed to stay until after the Second Prince's wedding and it was the first time Long Zhu wishes Long Shan to stay safe until his wedding day.

The closer the Second Prince's date of marriage, the more rumors of young misses trying their last chance to grab the attention of the Second Prince spread around the capital. Most ladies aimed for the first wife title but they also do not mind being his concubine, much to some of their noble, high ranked fathers' horror. That rumor must be the truth if the Second Prince had barred guests from coming over to his manor until the wedding date.