Prince, Marry Me!
Abandoned pavilion
The trip they took was quite far from the market and located on the outskirts of the city, hidden by the bush and very close to the river. Huang Ling Xi stared at Xu Li with concern, in her mind feeling unsure if that child named Lan Lan would take them to the right place.
Earlier Lan Lan said that their residence was damaged by her mother's bodyguards, and now some homeless children like Lan Lan are in trouble. It was not them who stole the jade, but the old woman who had come with Lan Lan. “Are you right to take me to your place of residence?” huang Ling Xi asked full of probes.
“Of course, miss, I will not lie, but it is indeed a little far away because this has long been neglected.”
“Overcoming?”
Lan Lan stopped her steps, she pointed towards the left, where there was a pavilion that looked uninhabited and broken here and there. “What?” ask the lady.
“It was our residence, miss.”
Lan Lan excitedly ran over to the pavilion which turned out that there were many children of Lan Lan's age or smaller, they were wearing tattered, skinny and shabby clothes. Their smiles expanded perfectly when Lan Lan came with the bread given by Huang Ling Xi earlier, piece by piece they shared equally.
Cheerful laughter and expressions of gratitude echoed in the abandoned pavilion, they ate greedily as if tomorrow they would not be able to eat anymore. Seeing him from a distance made Huang Ling Xi moved for a bit closer, but Xu Li immediately restrained her arm. “Nona, are you sure they're good kids? It could be that they intend badly on miss, it could be that they are just a man to harm miss.”
“Xu Li, don't think badly, they are just children.” Huang Ling Xi said.
Xu Li lowered her head full of guilt, “I'm sorry, miss.”
“Let's go to them.”
“Good.”
Huang Ling Xi also brought her steps to approach the children there, if she did not miscalculate there were eight there including Lan Lan. Three men and five women, but there was a much smaller daughter than the others about four years old. Seeing him make the inner side of Huang Ling Xi slap, he boasted luxuriously with all the things in the Huang residence while these very small children had to struggle just to obtain a piece of bread. Bread that is not enough to make them full in one day.
Followed by Xu Li behind him, the other children stared in fear, they were hiding behind the bodies of bigger friends. Seeing her friends frightened, Lan Lan immediately interceded. “No, miss is not evil, she gave me this bread to share with you.”.
“Really?”
“Iya,” Lan replied.
“Ta-but, is that miss going to drive us away like fat uncle?”
A question from his friend Lu Zi, made Lan Lan look sadly at Huang Ling Xi. The lady who was looked at so wrongly, “I will not drive you away, nor is this my home. If I were the owner of this house, how could I allow you to stay here!” the mistress' soul returned again.
The kids stared at him.
“Huft, I just want to take responsibility for the mess my mother's bodyguard made.” he said again to the eight children, “Your word, Lan Lan, my mother made your residence so damaged. But this old pavilion is already damaged and not worth living in.” Huang Ling Xi said.
“Why do you guys stay here?”
“Because ... because there is no place to stay for us.” replied a girl of Lan Lan's age, named Xie Yu.
“Where are your parents?”
Xu Li approached the lady, she whispered right in Huang Ling Xi's ear. “Nona, they are children who are deliberately abandoned by their parents. So they become vagrants and live as thieves.”
Regarding the old granny who stole the jade, Huang Ling Xi was not sure if she was still alive to this point. Liu Ning Yu was too cold-blooded to let the old woman stay alive after stealing her belongings.
Huang Ling Xi was speechless, yet in her head she thought of a way to help these children. “Xu Li, how to help these children?”
“Sa-I don't know, miss.” replied Xu Li scared.
“Then you buy them some more bread, deliver food for them every day until I find a way.” Huang Ling Xi said, “I will ask Master Li, <TAG1>, about what I can do to them.”
“Good, miss.”
Huang Ling Xi left without leaving a word for the homeless children including Lan Lan. At the crossroads leading to his home, Ling Xi asked Xu Li to leave him and send the children some food for the afternoon.
The residence became very busy as the wedding of Huang Jian Ying and the crown prince stayed for a short while longer, everyone seemed busy even his own mother was also busy preparing everything. Not because she supported Huang Jian Ying, but because of her duties as the Great Mistress Huang in the residence, she was in charge of making sure everything went well.
These busy times were put to good use by Huang Ling Xi, when her mother's attention was distracted, then Liu Ning Yu would not punish her when she did anything wrong. Huang Ling Xi chose to bend her legs, instead of returning to the residence, she chose to meet Master Li in the city library.
Master Li was one of the teachers Ling Xi respected the most after Teacher Zhang, Ling Xi gained a lot of new views and thoughts thanks to listening to the teacher's explanation. If it was Master Zhang who was in charge of teaching about martial arts, physical skills and combat. So Master Li is the opposite, he teaches reading, understanding of things and education. “Greetings, Master Li.”
“Huang Ling Xi, what is it you came for?” tanyanya direct.
“I want to tell you something, guru.” he replied, “Do I disturb guru?”
“No, Ling Xi, just tell me.” replied the busy Master Li with a roll of paper in his hand. “But, if it's about your mother's great ambition making you empress, or your sister who will soon become crown princess.”
Master Li's sharp gaze made Huang Ling Xi sigh, “I don't care.” press the old man.
“Not, it's not about that, guru!”
“Then about what?”
Huang Ling Xi was sitting comfortably on a wooden couch, she saw the teacher arranging the scrolls in the city library. He knew even though the old man seemed to be busy with his world, but he listened to what was conveyed by him later.
“My mom just sent a bodyguard to look for jade, a few days ago I bought her jade but on the way the jade was stolen. My servant and I were punished, but not only did I get there, I searched the whole city to find her jade.”
“This afternoon when I went to the market, I met a homeless boy named Lan Lan, he said his house was destroyed because of my mother's bodyguard.”
Huang Ling Xi looked up to look at the teacher who was loyal to her work, “I want to help them, according to teacher what should I do?”
“Ask your heart.”
Huang Ling Xi frowned, “Meaning teacher?”
“When your heart is moved to help the child, then your mind will also find a way to help him.” replied Master Li, “Ling Xi, in response, until when do you need me to convince you of what you believed in from the beginning. Huang Ling Xi, you are the daughter of the supreme general and grandson of King Liu. The confidence in your heart will not go wrong, and for that you must start believing what your heart says. Which is right and which is wrong!”