Chapter 475: Crown Princess Consort
Xing, sitting in the pavilion by the fake lake, in the inner palace was checking the accounts of the inner Palace.
It’s been six years after the Consort’s death and everything almost returned back to normal. Except the Emperor didn’t give the phoenix seal to any one, and currently as the highest authority next to the Emperor, Xing was taking care of the inner palace.
Recently, she was grieving for her friend Haru who suddenly passed away in an accident. She stayed with Shurei, comforting her and only returned to the capital last week.
Xing still wasn’t in a good mood but she has other tasks at hand.
"Aunty Xing, how old are you?", Huang Ruoxin, Rijun’s daughter who always latches on to Xing everytime she goes to the inner palace, asked with her hands holding her cheek. She was seventeen this year, the same age as Ah Xuan and she had a lively and cheerful disposition to those whom she loves. For others, she is an arrogant and prideful woman with no humility.
"My age?", Xing smiled at the young girl who knew no care. She’s the granddaughter of the Prime Minister, the daughter of a first rank official and the niece of Princess Consort Jin. She is entitled to be careless.
Yet, there was a little trace of tension in her eyes.
"What do you think?", Xing chuckled.
This young girl, tactless and asking for my age!
"Hmm", she curled her lips and tapped her index finger on her chin. She was rather cute.
"Lianlian is twelve and if you gave birth to him when you were sixteen like any average woman, you should be twenty eight now," she explained seriously. "But aunt, you look like you are twenty five. Is there something I need to know?", she raised her eyebrows and smirked.
"Twenty five?", Xing chuckled and her face got all red. This young girl sure is something.