The Love That Has Returned
Chap 9*remembering the traitor
Night in the hall of the great banquet
every table has been sat by the ministers and invited officials, everyone has attended the banquet, as well as the family residence of Minister Feng.
"Well, where's jiejie, isn't she coming?". Xiu ying's question
*Jiejie: older sister in Chinese
The crown prince looked towards xiu ying, he felt that if xiu ying intentionally said that to vilify his beloved sister, seeing that he immediately distracted the emperor.
"Ayahanda, it was Zhi who told me to go out of the palace to buy an engagement gift, so she'll be late to come here".
"Why the crown prince always pays attention only to Zhi who, I'm so envious to see him. Aren't I also his sister". Inner xiu ying.
"Really, that's a very good thing".
With a face that felt glad the emperor smiled hearing her.
Suddenly a voice call from Kasim caught the attention of everyone and those inside the room turned towards the entrance. "Master Liu zhi's daughter and General wang Chunying have entered the room"
Then the two of them entered the room together with their subordinates behind them.
"Wang Chunying saluted the emperor"
"Zhi who salutes the father"
The two of them saluted the emperor simultaneously, then they immediately sat down to the prepared place.coincidentally wang Chunying sat opposite Zhi who, after all, had been sitting down, it was because he had a high standing as a one-ranked general.so the emperor gave him the frontmost place.
"Your finger!!?". The Inner Zhi
"Li Mei, who is the man on Wang Chunying's left?". Tanya Zhi who was surprised looked at the man who was beside Wang Chunying.with a sad, disappointed and angry look became one.
"The daughter of him is young master feng Chang the fiance of princess hien xiu ying" . Answer li mei
"What!! She is feng chang, why her face is similar to your Jing, Now I really feel if the world is playing tricks on me. I see two people who have betrayed me are here" . zhi's mind that involuntarily her eyes began to tear up as she still remembered the events of that day and she still felt the pain of being betrayed.
Chunying who felt there was something strange with Zhi yang's expression, not wanting others to see her, so she made everyone's attention go to her.
"your majesty, I brought a gift to princess xiu ying. This is a high-quality herbal plant that I got when I went to war and this plant can cure all kinds of diseases".
Wang Chunying actually did not intend to come to the banquet, but upon hearing Zhi coming to the banquet she immediately set off, but upon hearing that Zhi was coming to the banquet, so he did not have time to buy gifts and bring items that he thought were not valuable to be a gift.
"Take". Emperor
Then the servant xiu ying immediately took the herbs.
"Xiu ying, thank you for mister money for giving me this precious gift" xiu ying said.
Zhi Yang who was daydreaming gasped at Xiu ying's words.
"Yeah.of course, li mei prepared everything"
Li Mei and the other servants prepared a table in the middle of the banquet and brought the musical instrument that Zhi had brought earlier.all eyes looked towards them.
"I thought because meimei already had everything he needed, so I gave a show present that meimei and everyone else would not forget. It's playing this guzheng instrument".
Everyone was surprised by seeing what Zhi Yang, especially his own family, would do because they knew that Zhi had never learned to play an instrument.
*Guzheng: traditional chinese musical instruments
With a feeling that is not ridiculous, Zhi who plays his instrument melodiously without any mistakes and everyone is hypnotized to hear the sound of the music.
"Daughter........". Muttering li mei who was looking at Zhi yang, she could feel what the princess she was serving felt like, as they grew up together.
"Why do I feel the sadness in his eyes that". Inner Wang chunying looked towards Zhi who
Feng chang who saw all that, felt confused at the change of Zhi yang, who was acting calm unlike usual an aggressive princess and troublemaking.in feng Chang's heart."What is he doing!?".
"Why did you know that you could play such a beautiful instrument". Praise the emperor and Zhi who responded with a smile.
"Ayahanda was too praised, this was all thanks to her late mother who taught Zhi who as a child and the lucky Zhi could remember her". Said Zhi who with a face that forced smile.
"you remind me of the late queen, when she was famous among the men of the capital for her elegance playing the music, but now it's over". Emperor
"Iahanda if allowed Zhi who wants to go to rest because they feel not feeling well". The pinta zhi
"No problem, go you have to pay attention to the health of your body". The emperor thought that if his daughter was saddened by the engagement, then allowed Zhi to leave.
"Before that I wanted to congratulate Meimei and young master feng Chang on his engagement". After saying a few words Zhi who left the banquet hall with an expressionless face, then she became the center of everyone's attention as she walked out.
After seeing the woman he noticed her off, wang Chunying stood up from her seat." My majesty said to leave because there was a sudden business that I had to finish".
"You can go". Said the emperor
"Li may you come back first, I want to take a walk alone". Tell Zhi who
"Good princess". Li mei's words
Then Zhi who walked alone in the quiet hallway of the palace, unconsciously her eyes had been flooded with tears.Sometimes her hands while wiping the tears that flowed on her soft cheeks.
After walking through the palace his steps were stopped at the edge of the artificial lake inside the palace, Zhi who was stunned when she saw the lake filled with lotus flowers and surrounded by a group of fireflies, who were stunned when she saw the lake, his sadness disappeared when he saw all that.