King's Regrets
Eps 73s

Xia Lian An actually felt uneasy and awkward towards crown prince Zhang, she really did not mean to say what she had already told Min'er.

"Ep.. Lord Jiang, since when has master been in this city?" Xia Lian An's questioning broke the silence between them.

"I got here this morning."

Xia Lian An nodded in understanding.

"Miss Xia, I heard that master prime minister Qing has been sentenced to death by emperor Shun."

"It looks like Mr. Jiang has a very fast bodyguard."

"If it was related to Miss Xia, they would definitely report it to me in time."

"Mr Jiang..."

"Miss Xia, concubine Ning and her family have already received their punishment, as well as the prime minister Qing and his wife."

Xia Lian An was silent, she knew the meaning of the words crown prince Zhang spoke.

"Sir Jiang, you heard what I said to Min'er, right? You also must have guessed, if I couldn't have left this Yu town. Plus I already have some business here." Xia Lian An said as she poured tea into crown prince Zhang's small cup.

"I understand, therefore I have already discussed this with the father and mother of the queen."

Xia Lian An was stunned, she then placed the small ceramic teapot back onto the table.

"The emperor's father and the queen mother agreed that Miss Xia wanted to stay outside the palace, even if the lady did not want to live outside the Qin state. They will talk directly to emperor Shun, if Miss Xia wants to stay here. Because somehow I will also come to live with Miss Xia."

"But master Jiang, aren't you...."

"I will indeed pass on the throne of the emperor's father, but it is still a very long time. I will replace the father of the emperor, if the father of the emperor really can no longer stand in front of the ministers and other palace officials."

"Mr Jiang, the ministers and the people will definitely criticize what you're doing, when they find out you're married to me and living in the Qin state that's so far from the Ming state."

"The emperor's father has a way of dealing with them, and I'm sure they'll be able to accept it."

Xia Lian An was silent.

"Miss Xia. The father of the emperor, the queen mother and all the people of the Ming country knew that I had never come out and talked to a woman at all, unless they still had a sibling relationship with the emperor's father or queen mother. So, they're gonna be so happy that I finally found a woman I could be interested in."

"They behave like that because they don't know who I am yet, if they know their crown prince will marry a woman who was once married and become the queen of another country. They will definitely...."

Crown Prince Zhang grabbed Xia Lian An's hand, he understood the worry Xia Lian An felt.

"Don't think too much. I will take you and introduce you to all my people, I will also tell you who this Miss Xia is. I'm sure they'll accept you as their empress well."

"But lord Jiang...."

"Stop saying but, I just want to make you happy. And I don't want to marry anyone but Miss Xia."

"Then Miss Ruan Yi?"

"I've already told her and Uncle Ruan's family, if I wouldn't have married another woman other than you. I'm not going to make a harem palace either, because I don't want you to experience anything you don't want while being my empress."

"Did the emperor's majesty and the queen's highness know that too?"

Crown Prince Zhang nodded "Yes, the emperor's father and the queen's mother already knew about it, and they didn't mind. Miss Xia, I dare swear, I will not make Miss Xia hurt and will not let anyone else dare to hurt you."

Xia Lian An looked at the two eyes of crown prince Zhang who were looking at her with such sincerity and such great love.

"All right, if so."

Crown Prince Zhang smiled broadly at Xia Lian An's reply. She then hugged Xia Lian An's body tightly.

Today was the most important day for crown prince Zhang, because after all these years he harbored his feelings for Xia Lian An, he finally gained the heart of the person he loved.

"I know, I'll ask the emperor's father to speak to emperor Shun to allow me to stay here with you."

"Well, we'll stay in the palace if circumstances require us to go back there."

Crown Prince Zhang let go of his embrace and looked at Xia Lian An.

"You... Ready to stay in the palace?"

Xia Lian An nodded "But not anytime soon, I also want to see my sister marry the woman she loves."

"Good, fine. It doesn't matter, if your sister also wants to stay inside the palace, I'll prepare a palace for your sister to live in."

"Thank you, you're so good to me and Min'er."

"You are my future empress, and the future mother of my children. I will certainly do my best for you and your family."

Xia Lian An nodded "Yes."

Min'er, Xiao Wei and Xiao Fen who heard Xia Lian An's talk and crown prince Zhang from the outside felt very happy. Finally Xia Lian An was together with the person who truly loved and would protect her.

Slowly and carefully the three eavesdroppers left from outside the hall room of the house.

"Well, now that you two go to the market and buy groceries, we'll celebrate this happy day together." Min'er said to Xiao Wei and Xiao Fen.

"Okay, young master." Xiao Wei.

They then left the house and went to the market to buy the groceries that Min'er said.

Min'er herself looked towards the hall room of the house and smiled happily at what she heard.

"Sister, congratulations. You finally got your happiness."

Min'er had not expected that crown prince Zhang would do so much for her brother, she was even willing to stay in this small Yu town for the sake of living with her brother whom she loved.

"If only brother had met his highness the crown prince first, surely he wouldn't have suffered much from his highness emperor Shun inside the palace just yet." Min'er.

Xia Lian An and crown prince Zhang walked out of the hall room together, and saw Min'er standing in front of the garden beside the house.

"Min'er, what are you doing there, and where is Xiao Wei and Xiao Fen?" Xia Lian An asked.

"Ah, sister. I told them to go to the market."

"To market?"

"Right, because I feel like today is a very happy day. So we should celebrate."

Xia Lian An was silent for a moment, and rounded her eyes after understanding the meaning of her sister's words.

"Are you listening to brother and master Jiang speak in the hall room?"

Min'er nodded with a smile.

"Sister, brother is the future empress of the crown prince's majesty, why is it that brother still calls him lord Jiang." Min'er teased her brother.

"You little boy, how dare you hear brother talk. And now tease sister."

Xia Lian An walked quickly towards Min'er intending to pull her sister's ear, but Min'er ran before her brother walked closer.

Crown Prince Zhang looked at the two brothers from the front of the hall room.

"Although they were not siblings, their brotherly relationship was as close as blood clinging to flesh." Crown prince Zhang said slowly.

Crown Prince Zhang felt that Xia Lian An was lucky to have Min'er always there and help him, so that he could survive until now.