Chapter 297: Kang Zhenzhen’s visit.
The morning before the burial of the Empress dawned. The active capital city was less noisy on the orders of the royal family. No hologram ads, no unnecessary street music, no dancing in the streets or singing. Businesses could be open but there would be no merry making.
All televisions were playing the same content: footage of the wedding of the Emperor and Empress. Others were playing her coronation, her anti tech rallies. Entertainment channels were showing footage of her flock of swan, best outfits through the years and some even included her scandals.
Above the city, security drones, imperial space ships and police vehicles buzzed over rooftops, their lenses scanning for signs of unrest. At airports, the security was even tighter as foreign dignitaries were welcomed into the empire to attend the burial.
Mei Mei found it boring. What she found more interesting was Kang Zhenzhen’s visit to her house which was unexpected.
The young woman had showed up in the morning with a bright smile, flowers and pastries. Mama Sun had not known what to make of it so she invited her inside and called Mei Mei downstairs.
The house was almost empty as most occupants had gone to the royal palace to help the royal family with funeral preparations. Madam Feng was on pastry and desert duty for foreign royals.
Mingzhu was company for the princesses and Jingzhe was a temporary advisor to the Emperor himself. Only Mei Mei had turned down the invitation, choosing to sleep in. That plan was halted by Zhenzhen’s arrival.
Mama Su came into the living room and served them milk tea. As it was with Madam Feng’s tradition, every guest received a slice of cheesecake on visiting and Zhenzhen was treated the same way.
Only animal shaped cheese cake slices were available and that is what she was given. One was decorated like a panda and the other a duck.
Zhenzhen smiled. It was too adorable--so much so that digging into the cake with a spoon felt like a crime. She could not help retrieving her phone and taking a picture.