Chapter 176: The snooty princess.
The arrival of the empress to the tea party with her daughters was a shock of great magnitudes. She arrived with two dozen royal agents flanking her and her daughters on every side. They were dressed extravagantly, dripping of jewels and authority. Where others had come dressed simply and the children had donned costumes for fun, they had dressed as if they were there to attend a royal gala.
Princess Long Wen was eight years old, she always carried herself with the seriousness of a thirty year old seeking to climb up the office hierarchy. She was very minimal with her words and she didn’t smile at strangers. Some people whispered about her, calling her the mute imperial princess. She had a close relationship with her father, Emperor Long Junjie.
Judging from the lack of interest in her eyes, she was obviously unhappy to be at the tea party. Long Wen was not a fan of crowds, noise or other kids.
Princess Long Shuang on the other hand, had her nose up in the air like her mother. She was looking at the guests at the tea party with eyes filled with contempt. She was such a diva that she needed two maids to hold both of her hands as she walked.
Many members of Mei Mei’s family had a feeling that something bad was bound to happen at the party with the presence of the empress and the snooty princess. So, they urged their children to keep a distance from Long Shuang.
The adults kept a distance from Empress Hui that was struggling to hide the anger and agony on her face as she watched her husband play the role of a DJ at a kids party. How was he the dignified emperor? She did not care that he was burning off steam or that it made him happy. She was just worried about how his actions would reflect on her.
So, she started making apologies him and when the emperor heard about what she was doing, the smile on his face died. His wife seemed to think that she was more royal than he was.
He called the original party DJ to take over and walked to his wife and whispered in her ears, "It will do you good to remember that your name is Hui not Long. I have not asked you to apologize for my behavior and I am not ashamed to be putting a smile on the faces of these children."
Given the fact that sixty percent of the people on the grounds were recipients of gene altering serums, his whisper reached the ears of every nosy person at the party.