Chapter 599 (1): Pinky Promise
“No, I want to go back to Nanzhao. I’ve promised Elder Brother Lianchen, and I can’t go back on my word.” Liu Yinyin looked up as she spoke, determination flashing in her eyes.
“I won’t let you go back before you co of age. You have to keep your promise to Lianchen.” While she didn’t say anything about Yinyin’s determination to return, Su Xi-er did not think it was appropriate for it to happen too early either.
She had heard from Grand Tutor Kong that there had been so difficulties in the implentation of new policies, but this ti, she would let Lianchen handle it on his own.
Liu Yinyin nodded. “I’m not saying that I want to go back now. I just miss him and I want to write him a letter. Also, if it’s possible, I’d like to stay in the Prince Hao Residence instead of the imperial palace.”
If I continue to stay in the imperial palace, how do I face Situ Lin? She treated Situ Lin as a friend, and she enjoyed spending ti with him. She couldn’t bear to see him sad, but she did not want to beco his empress. She knew very well that it ant becoming Situ Lin’s empress. That would an becoming his wife and staying with him forever.
If that really happened, what would Elder Brother Lianchen think? Does he want to marry ? Wait, why am I even thinking about this?! I’m still young!
Su Xi-er patted Liu Yinyin on the head as her ears flushed red. “Yinyin, there’s no need for you to worry so much. While living here, you can learn about anything you’d like. Music, chess, reading, painting,[1] archery… whatever catches your attention, just let know. If you don’t want to learn any of those, that’s fine too. You will still have a comfortable and happy life.”
This was Su Xi-er’s promise to Grand Tutor Liu, who had sacrificed himself for the Ning Imperial Family.I must make sure that his daughter leads a good life.
“Fairy Elder Sister, I rember my mum teaching music and painting, while my father taught chess and reading. What I want to learn now though, is needlework.”
Su Xi-er smiled at her, surprised that she would be interested in needlework. “Why are you interested in that, Yinyin?”
“So of Elder Brother Lianchen’s older clothing have torn patches and need to be nded. Even though he doesn’t wear them anymore, he still cherishes them and store them in his cabinet, so I want to help him patch them up.”
When war broke out in Nanzhao, their Imperial Household Departnt didn’t have ti to nd clothes, nor were any new fabrics being sent to the palace. As such, Su Xi-er was the one to perform so makeshift repairs to Ning Lianchen’s clothing before she left for the battlefield. She still rembered her brother watching her sew up the holes.
He still has them even though he’s now the one donning the dragon robes and controlling everything in Nanzhao.
As Su Xi-er was reminiscing about the past, Liu Yinyin said, “Fairy Elder Sister, those clothes must hold so important mories for him. If I had to guess, it was his elder sister, the previous Eldest Imperial Princess of Nanzhao, who helped him sew them up. Since she’s no longer around, I’d like to be the one to help him fix them, but I don’t know how to do needlework.”
1. Also known as ‘Qin, Qi, Shu, Hua’, these are the four arts females from noble families are expected to know.
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