King's Regrets
The eps 39
The arrival of the eldest daughter in Yu city was beyond Xia Lian An's expectations. That was because the distance from the city of Yu and the city of Zo was quite far.
The day after the eldest daughter came to Yu city, Xia Lian An brought the eldest daughter to her house not far from her cake shop.
The eldest daughter looked at the house that Xia Lian An occupied, the house was not so big. But it looks very clean and also the flowers are arranged very neatly and beautifully.
"You haven't changed Yan's sister." Said the eldest daughter looking at the garden beside Xia Lian An's house.
"Please don't call me with that (Yan) call again. Right now I don't deserve to be called by that name."
The eldest daughter looked at Xia Lian An, she then smiled.
"I hear your name now is Xia Lian An."
Xia Lian An nodded "That's right."
"Then I'll call you Lian's sister."
Xia Lian An looked back at the eldest daughter. She was not the wife of emperor Shun anymore, but it seemed like the eldest daughter could not break away from this bond of sister and brother easily.
Xia Lian Na simply nodded, as she found it hard to resist. All this time the eldest daughter had been so kind to him, even already considering herself as his own biological sister.
"That's much better." Xia Lian An.
Xia Lian An then brought the eldest daughter sitting in the house, she made her own flower tea from some flowers in the garden behind her house.
"Try this flower tea, I made it myself."
The eldest daughter looked at the tea Xia Lian An had served her.
"I never knew you could make your own flower tea."
Xia Lian An smiled.
"I just learned it, and this is the second flower tea I managed to make.
"really?"
"Yes, brother."
The eldest daughter smiled as Xia Lian An still called her big sister.
Slowly the eldest daughter drank the flower tea made by Xia Lian An.
"The smell isn't so piercing, and it tastes so good even if there's a little sour taste."
"I added oranges to it."
"Orange?"
"Right, I added an orange to give the tea a slightly sour taste. There was a bit of bitter taste from the flowers I made tea. So I used an orange to suppress that bitter taste."
The eldest daughter nodded, she then drank the flower tea again.
"It makes me feel fresher after a few drinks."
"Sister's right, it's very fitting to drink in the summer."
"Yes right, the hot weather is very fitting to drink tea that tastes a little sour to refresh our throat."
Xia Lian An smiled hearing the words of the eldest daughter.
"What made you come to this city of Yu, brother?"
The eldest daughter placed the glass in her hand, she then looked at Xia Lian An.
"I'm here for two important things. First, I want to investigate the finance minister in this city. And the second I heard that the crown prince of Ming country is here."
"Investigating the finance minister, did something happen?"
Xia Lian An was not very interested in the affairs of the second eldest daughter, so she only asked about the first one.
"Then?"
"But you can see for yourself, even with Xu city alone this city still looks poor."
Xia Lian An nodded, it was true that the eldest daughter said so. If Yu city earns income above several cities. Of course the state of Yu city should be much better than some of those cities.
"There's something wrong with the finance minister in this town." Xia Lian An.
"Some of my men have infiltrated the finance minister's house, looking for evidence of the income and expenditure books from the finance minister's house. I'm sure he did something that hurt the country."
"Yes, brother is right. Looking back at the clothes and jewelry that Miss Fei Ling wore, everything looked very expensive."
"True, the clothes she wore yesterday were made from the best satin material, and the jewelry she wore was also not ordinary jewelry, at least it was worth more than 10 gold pieces."
"As the son of the little finance minister, those things were impossible for him to have."
The eldest daughter nodded approving of what Xia Lian An said.
"It should be well investigated."
"Absolutely right."
The eldest daughter looked at Xia Lian An.
"Lian's sister, you... You already know, if the crown prince of Ming country is here, why don't you tell me?"
"He only wants to visit for a few days, and after all, the eldest brother must be very busy. So I don't want to bother you."
"But he should have gone to the palace first, to meet the emperor."
"I don't understand either, brother. I am now just a commoner, and do not want to be involved in the affairs within the palace anymore."
The eldest daughter fell silent, she could not say anything more. Because what Xia Lian An said was true.
"Here you go, let me meet the crown prince of the Ming country myself."
"Yes, brother."
That day the eldest daughter told Xia Lian An a lot of things, she also took Xia Lian An away to a clothing store.
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Meanwhile at the cake shop, crown prince Zhang who had not known if the eldest daughter was in Yu city, was enjoying her cake as usual.
Crown Prince Zhang looked around the shop, looking for where Xia Lian An was.
Xiao Fen who saw crown prince Zhang was looking for his missus, went to approach crown prince Zhang.
"Your highness, today Miss Xia did not come to the store." Xiao Fen said in a soft voice.
Crown Prince Zhang looked at Xiao Fen with surprise "He didn't come?"
"Yes, your honor. Yesterday the eldest daughter came to Yu city, and today Miss Xia is accompanying the princess."
Crown Prince Zhang nodded in understanding "I know, thank you."
Xiao Fen bowed his body slightly and left crown prince Zhang.
"The eldest daughter is here, what does she want to do in this city?"
Crown Prince Zhang was second-guessing the destination of the eldest daughter to that Yu city, naturally he would not let the eldest daughter bring Xia Lian An back to the capital. Because he was not looking to see Emperor Shun there.
"It seems like tonight I have to go to Lian'er's house, to ask the eldest daughter's purpose here."
Crown Prince Zhang drank his tea then stood up and left the cake shop.
Xiao Wei and Xiao Fen who saw crown prince Zhang leave, were hoping that their missus would be fine.