After traveling through time, I became the aunt of the loyal dog emperor

"Princess, Princess—I've found what you wanted!"

Zhu Zi came running over from the yard rashly with her dressing things in her hand. Before she even entered the door, she was warned by Zhu Ying's eyes and instantly wilted.

"Be careful not to drop these things again," Zhu Ying added, then took out a hairpin from the plate and put it on Wan Ning.

In the past, Wan Tao was responsible for the makeup of important events, but today Wan Tao happened to be busy, so Zhu Ying took over. The complicated hairstyling techniques made Zhu Ying very nervous, and Zhu Zi was in trouble now. The more she talked, the more mistakes she would make. She simply kept silent and waited devoutly for her sister to finish everything.

After a long while, Zhu Ying took a deep breath and nervously picked up the mirror and handed it to Wan Ning, asking in a low voice: "Princess, what do you think?"

Wan Ning looked left and right with a serious expression, causing the people around her to become more nervous, until she said happily, "Not bad, it looks really good." Only then did everyone feel relieved.

Zhu Zi, whose mood was tied to her sister, completely relaxed and regained her usual lively appearance. She soon discovered that the vase on the princess's windowsill was filled with fresh flowers, pink, red, yellow, and all kinds of colors. They were not from Xiangwan Pavilion, because Xiangwan Pavilion had less sunlight and the flowers bloomed late; nor were they from other places in the palace, because the flowers in the palace were very particular and these wild flowers would not be grown.

Zhu Zi stared at it curiously, and not satisfied with just looking at it herself, she even asked Zhu Ying to look at it with her. She asked, "Sister, look, when did a bouquet of flowers appear in the princess' room? It wasn't there when I cleaned it up last night."

Zhu Ying glared at her and asked, "Why are you so curious about what's going on in the princess' room? Have you finished the work in the yard?"

"No... not yet. I'll go right away." After saying that, he left this dangerous place without looking back.

Wan Ning had been watching their strict sister and carefree sister get along, and couldn't help laughing. After Zhu Zi left, she spoke up for her. She asked, "Zhu Zi is still young and depends on her sister, why are you so strict with her?"

"The princess is kind, but I have to be strict with her because she is young. I can't protect her all the time. She is about the same age as Shuiyue, but she is not as steady as Shuiyue in doing things."

"You," Wan Ning said as she adjusted her dress, "You are such a good sister."

When Wan Ning raised her head, her eyes happened to sweep across the wild flowers in full bloom in the vase on the windowsill. Yesterday they were still buds about to bloom in the wild, but now they were on the windowsill of the palace, placed in exquisite and precious vases on the princess' windowsill, and the light fragrance slowly spread in the room.

She felt the cool spring breeze outside the window, smelled the beautiful fragrance of flowers and smiled, thinking of Ziheng's sincerity when he gave them to her last night. Wan Ning took the bouquet from him, put her nose close to it and sniffed hard, only to smell a faint scent.

"Why did you give me this?"

"I want to give spring to you, Yanyan."

"Spring? Tomorrow is the Flower Festival. I will go out of the palace with the other concubines to enjoy the flowers. By then, we can see flowers all over the mountains and fields." Although she said this, Wan Ning still held the bouquet of flowers in her hand and stroked it gently, as if she couldn't let it go.

Ziheng would never be angry with her. He stood behind Wan Ning and stole a glance at her expression. He said softly and gently, "It's different. This is the spring for you and me. Yanyan and I will see the spring together first."

Wan Ning couldn't help but laugh when she thought about how such a serious and cold person like him could actually say such words, and the way he looked when he said them.

"Princess, Princess?" Wan Tao came back at this moment. Seeing the princess in such a trance, she called out a few times with some concern.

Wan Ning immediately came back to her senses and returned to the main task of today. She asked Wan Tao, "What's the matter? You still don't want to come?"

Wan Tao nodded and explained, "Empress Yi said that all good things must come to an end, and not every separation can be said with a good farewell. She may not have left the palace for many years, and if she goes out rashly today, it may arouse suspicion and ruin things. Princess, Empress Yi asked you to tell Empress Xia that life outside the palace is not easier than inside, but it is better because of freedom and the chance to start over. If you can't continue to be with her in the future, you must be strong and don't give up. She is still young and has a long future ahead of her. You must live well in the days ahead!"

"Live well," Wan Ning repeated softly, raised her head to look into Wan Tao's eyes and said with a smile, "That's right, we all have to live well. Since Concubine Yi has decided not to send Concubine Xia away, we must not let her down, and today we must be absolutely sure. It's almost time, let's set off, Wan Tao."

The Flower Festival is a grand festival in the Chu Kingdom, especially in Nanye City. There are also large and small gatherings among the people. Girls of similar age will make appointments with each other, wear their best clothes to appreciate flowers and worship the flower gods, play games and go outing. Thinking that the concubines have lived in the palace for some time, she used this as an excuse to ask the Queen Mother to allow her to take the concubines out of the palace to appreciate flowers and worship the flower gods.

The ladies who were about to leave the palace were so excited that they each took out their most beautiful clothes and accessories and dressed up carefully. No one was willing to admit defeat, and they competed with each other in beauty, which was pleasing to the eye. For a moment, they were more beautiful than the flowers they were about to admire.

Wan Ning arranged a float for each of the concubines in advance. The decorations were more in line with the vitality of spring. The drooping lace curtains could both cover the concubines' appearance and show their elegance. The floats lined up and left the city amid the cheers and praises of the people.

The princess' float was the first one in line, and Wan Ning couldn't bear to see the appearance of the concubines behind. Zhang Yu'an and Sun Qianjie were born into a very good family, so they were very comfortable with such scenes. Although they were a little curious, they were also calm. Meng Zhu was participating in such an event for the first time, but the Concubine Xia beside her was about to leave tonight, so she was more nervous than curious. As for Gu Yanxia, ​​although she came from a small place and saw so many people for the first time, she was shocked when she quietly lifted a corner of the curtain, and quickly closed it and muttered: "There are so many people!"

As for Rulan, she knew that Gao Niang would definitely come to see her after she knew about the Flower Festival, so she was now frantically looking for her mother in the crowd; the reactions of the others were also different, among which Liu Qingyu was the quietest. In previous activities, she always accompanied Miss Du Ruo as a foil. Although she was sometimes more domineering than Du Ruo, and Miss Du had to comfort her in return, Liu Qingyu always felt painful and inferior deep in her heart.

But today was different. She sat in the curtain of the float, straightened her back and chest, and couldn't help showing an arrogant expression on her face, enjoying the "respect" of the world at this moment. But thinking about it, her body couldn't help shaking because of excitement. At this moment, Liu Qingquan was also in the crowd, and he saw all the subtle changes in the third sister.

The float finally arrived at the destination after a shaky ride. It was a quiet and beautiful place with spring flowers everywhere. The camping tents had already been prepared. After a short rest, Wan Ning began to help Xia Fei escape.