Empress Running Away With The Ball

ch. 149-150

Chapter 149: He's not suited

"This princess is not a dog that you can direct wherever you want. You want me to move to the Flowing Cloud Pavilion today and tomorrow you'll want me to come back to this wooden shed! I won't allow things to be dictated by you! This is the first promise, can you highness agree to this?" Chen Ning said in a calm voice.

Chu Shao Yang's back turned stiff and after a while, he gave a snort.

Chen Ning knew that this meant he agreed. She smiled and said, "The Flowing Cloud Pavilion will be this princess' residence and the servants serving this princess will be personally picked by this princess. In addition, the maids of your palace or anyone else from this palace will not be allowed to enter my Flowing Cloud Pavilion. This is the second condition."

Chu Shao Yang gave another snort.

Chen Ning gave a bright smile and slowly said, "The third condition is that since this courtyard's sweet potatoes have cured this princess' illness, this princess wants to keep this courtyard. This shouldn't be difficult, right?"

Chu Shao Yang felt this was strange. He had thought that Chen Ning's third condition would make things hard for him, but who would have thought that her third condition would just be this desolate little courtyard? It was the most acceptable out of the three conditions.

"Alright! It's a promise!" Chu Shao Yang said in a deep voice as he looked back to take a glance at Chen Ning.

Chen Ning was still smiling at him. Seeing him turn around, her smile slowly became larger and her eyes suddenly narrowed.

"Your highness, if you and my little sister have nothing else to do, feel free to stop by my Flowing Cloud Pavilion. This princess will welcome you at any time."

"In your dreams!"

Chu Shao Yang suddenly shouted as he turned around and left.

Chen Ning giggled as she looked at his back. She slowly said to Housekeeper Xu, "Let's go, we're going to the Flowing Cloud Pavilion."

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The Flowing Cloud Pavilion was just as elegant as Xia He had described it as. The residence was spacious and the place was very bright. Not only was there little bridges and pavilions, there was even a small flower garden.

The flowers were in full bloom, fighting each other in terms of beauty.

Chen Ning liked this place as soon as she saw it. Xiao Ru was even happier than she was as she started clapping.

"Young miss, this Flowing Cloud Pavilion is truly beautiful. It would be great if we could live here for our entire lives.." She let out a satisfied sigh.

When Chen Ning head this, she twisted her ear. She laughed and scolded, "You are truly unpromising. You might want to live here for your entire life, but I don't want that."

"Why? This place was even better than our residence back in the Guo Gong Palace, so why would it be bad to live here for our entire lives?" Xiao Ru asked in a silly voice.

"Because I don't want to be trapped with a man like Chu Shao Yang for my entire life, he doesn't suit me." Chen Ning smile and said. She pulled aside the pearl string curtain and walked into the room.

Xiao Ru was stunned and a while passed before she recovered.

The young miss' meaning is.....There will be a day that she will leave this place?

Chen Ning had only explored for a bit before Eldest Princess An Le came to the Flowing Cloud Pavilion, being accompanied by Housekeeper Xu.

The anger Chu Shao Yang felt from Chen Ning's provocations back at the wooden hut was not light and he would rather gouge out his eyes than to see Chen Ning's face again, so he found a reason to leave.

It was a good thing that Eldest Princess An Le was not here to see him anyway. His refusal to come was well within Eldest Princess An Le's expectations.

"This consort has failed to greet the eldest princess. I ask for the eldest princess' forgiveness."

Chen Ning had already guessed that Chu Shao Yang would not be coming, so she had washed her face and put on a decent dress. Then she came out to the Flowing Cloud Pavilion's door to wait.

She followed the customs set and greeted the eldest princess like this, not stepping a single foot over the rules.

Her appearance was very natural and very graceful, neither humble or overbearing. She had no makeup on her face, yet her face was snow white. When the eldest princess saw her, she immediately had a good impression of her.

Chapter 150: This servant will scram

Housekeeper Xu had a look of shock on his face as he looked at her. He could not believe that the Chen Ning he had talked to before could be this courteous. This princess had acted so arrogantly outside the wooden hut earlier, not even putting his highness into her eyes.

This was a completely different person!

"You are Chen Ning? Come and talk to me." Eldest Princess An Le was very straightforward, just like a man.

But she was a treasured noble daughter, her eyes were much higher than normal people's. There were not many people that could enter into her eyes.

But she was a treasured noble daughter, her eyes were much higher than normal people's. There were not many people that could enter into her eyes.

Looking at the entire capital city, the number of people that she liked could be counted on a single hand.

Even though she was a woman, the thing she hated the most were other women.

Housekeeper Xu had thought that once she saw Chen Ning, her face would immediately fill with disgust. But he never expected that not only would the princess not reveal any expressions, she did not reveal a look of disgust or disdain.

This was truly too strange.

"This princess has heard you were sick and it was very serious, so this princess decided to personally pay a visit today. Seeing you now, you don't seem to be sick at all. Did someone lie to this princess?"

Eldest Princess An Le's eyes turned cold and her cold gaze looked at Housekeeper Xu.

Housekeeper Xu immediately kneeled down, "Reporting to the eldest princess. The princess consort was sick yesterday, but she was blessed and ate some medicine that cured her overnight."

"Is there even this kind of magical medicine that could cure a seriously ill person in a single night? Housekeeper Xu, isn't this a little too exaggerated? Tell me, what kind of medicine is this? If there really is this kind of medicine, this princess would obviously want some as well." Eldest Princess An Le clearly did not believe him.

Housekeeper Xu was covered in cold sweat, "This servant does not dare lie to the eldest princess, this matter is true. If the eldest princess does not believe me, then please ask the princess consort."

He was very smooth, throwing this question over to Chen Ning with a single sentence.

Eldest Princess An Le turned to look at Chen Ning, "Did this really happen?"

Chen Ning revealed a faint smile and bowed forward to pay respects to the eldest princess as she said, "The eldest princess has come a long way to see this consort and this consort is very grateful. This is a long story, so I ask the eldest princess to please come in."

"Alright." The eldest princess did not say much and just followed along.

The guards she brought along carrying the gift box and other things followed after her.

Housekeeper Xu was not able to leave.

He had been ordered by Chu Shao Yang to find out why the eldest princess came to visit Chen Ning, so how could he leave this easily?

Chen Ning revealed a faint smile as she looked at him, but she did not say anything.

The line of people walked through the corridors, arriving in the main hall of the Flowing Cloud Pavilion.

The eldest princess waved her hand and said, "Leave the present this princess brought here and everyone can leave. This princess has something private to talk about with the princess consort."

Everyone bowed down and after putting down the gift box, they all left.

Other than the eldest princess and Chen Ning, there was also Housekeeper Xu standing there.

He couldn't leave or stay.

If he left, he wouldn't be able to finish what his highness ordered him to do, but if he stayed......

"What are you still doing here?" The eldest princess looked over at him with a dissatisfied look on her face.

"Reporting to the eldest princess, his highness has ordered this servant to properly serve the eldest princess and the princess consort, so this servant......this servant does not dare leave." Housekeeper Xu braced himself as he spoke.

The eldest princess knitted her brows and shouted, "Scram!"

"This servant will scram, this servant will scram now."

Housekeeper Xu would not dare to stay even if he had courage as wide as the sky.