Chapter 69: Heavenly Flowers Palace
Xing wanted to go to Heavenly Flowers Palace and meet Lady Shaoyao as it had been a long time since she had seen her. As expected her father wanted to join her too. For some reason these days her father seems too worried about her and so Xing didn’t refuse him.
Xing forcefully dragged her brother with her too as she wanted him to be accustomed to women as she had seen many nobles use trained women to get what they want from others by tempting them. Xing wanted to teach Rijun how to handle different types of women as it would be more useful for him in the future beacause as a person close to the Emperor he would be exposed to such situations often.
Xing already made preparations for her father and brother to enter in an inconspicuous way inside the Peony Courtyard since her father as the Prime Minister cannot be accused of visiting a brothel in his official visit to a province.
The three of them were welcomed by Lady Shaoyao and was taken to the guest hall where tea and refreshments were served. AoTian and Rijun saw the grandeur of that place and only then they realised why Xing was not that impressed by everything in their Manor or even in the Palace. This place is no lesser, no, it was even more exquisite than the Imperial Palace.
Xing sat beside Lady Shaoyao and wondered why she was staring at her like that, " Big sis! Why are you staring?", Xing asked eating the sweets in front of her.
Lady Shaoyao gave a pleased smile, "Xiao Táng, you’ve become much more prettier!", she rubbed her head.
"Really, Big sis?", Xing asked with her hands on her cheeks and her eyes wide and shiney. Lady Shaoyao could see the blush in her cheeks. That silver-haired boy! He really brought out the woman in her! She looks more feminine now! Lady Shaoyao was happy.
"Xiao Táng... About that Shihong..", Lady Shaoyao was feeling a bit reluctant to start.
"I know how this place works, big sis. Also I have finished what I wanted to do with Lord Chu. So it doesn’t matter anymore. And I will take care of my business in the East by myself too. So I will end my business dealings with the Heavenly Flowers Palace from today onwards. You can return all the documents and accounts of mine back. But the money from my shares in here, use it for the back quarters as always. I don’t want that money", Xing spoke with conviction.
Till now she had let the Heavenly Flowers Palace handle everything for her in the East and she was paying them heftily too. But since they had accepted her enemy, she’ll cut off her business relationship with them. It would be their loss as her business was legal and requires less effort yet paid more . Now that she knows who Shengli is, he could handle her business as she is too lazy to handle everything and she hated to deal with numbers more than anything. AoTian and Rijun looked at her with surprise while Lady Shaoyao smiled like she had already expected this,
"Xiao Táng, I told them you’ll decide like this. But they didn’t listen. Whatever! I had already settled your accounts and other details. Check it out later. But still, you could fight for your place, you know? Sometimes when you decide to retreat others may consider it as cowardice ", Lady Shaoyao spoke concerned. If she decides to take her business out of the Heavenly Flowers Palace, won’t Shihong think he had succeeded in throwing her out of the place that she had been treated as an Emperor?
" I’m not retreating, I’m removing myself from the place that thinks they can support my enemy and they will realise the repercussions soon. And my place is not here", Xing spoke firmly.