If not abolished

Chapter 257 Staying in the Palace

"Wu Cheng, go find some ointment. You don't have to do this kind of thing yourself." Zhu Zhanji took the ointment handed over by Wu Cheng, took Wu Yingyue's hand again, and applied the ointment on her personally.

"Your Highness, I can do it myself." Wu Yingyue was afraid that Zhu Zhanji would find out something, so she decided to do it herself.

Zhu Zhanji did not let go, but insisted: "Don't move, it will be fine soon."

"Thank you, Your Highness."

The two of them were very affectionate, and there seemed to be no change in Hu Shanxiang's life these days.

Life in the palace is so boring. In the TV dramas Hu Shanxiang used to watch, the concubines in the harem were doing embroidery or something every day and she wondered how could they have nothing to do all day. Now she herself has become a caged bird in the palace and she realized that it’s not that they don’t want to do other things, but they really can’t do anything. They just do something to kill time. Otherwise, they are jealous and quarreling with others for favor all day long.

Look, she is now continuing to embroider the same way she started two days ago, but her embroidery skills are really not good enough. Fortunately, she is just killing time and may not be used by others.

"Your Majesty, the Princess of the Han family is here." A palace maid suddenly came to report.

"I'm afraid something has happened. Let the princess come in." Hu Shanxiang put down the things in her hand and asked someone to take them aside. After tidying up her clothes, she sat there and waited for someone to come in.

"It seems that the Princess and Your Majesty were very familiar with each other before. Why does she always come to our East Palace now? Your Majesty, I'm not being nosy, but everyone knows that the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness the King of Han have never gotten along well. Is it okay for you to meet the Princess without any reservations?" Lingzhi reminded from the side.

"Okay, I understand what you said. The Princess is not that kind of person. Besides, no matter what the Crown Prince and the King of Han are doing behind their backs, we are still a family on the surface. If I don't meet her, it will be bad if the news gets out."

After the two of them finished talking, the Princess also came in.

"May the Crown Prince's Consort be well." Wang Jundai bowed and greeted Hu Shanxiang.

"Sister, please get up quickly." After she sat down, Hu Shanxiang asked, "Sister, why are you free again today?"

"Today is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. According to custom, I have come to pay my respects to all the elders and ladies. I followed Your Highness into the palace. I was going to leave after paying my respects, but Your Majesty asked me to stay for dinner. Just now, Your Highness went to have a drink with His Highness the Crown Prince, and the Imperial Concubine asked us to stay in the palace today. As the men were drinking, it would be inappropriate for me to follow them. However, I am not familiar with the other ladies, so I had to disturb you again. I wonder if Your Highness will blame me for disturbing you." Wang Jundai explained the whole story.

"How could that be? I'm bored being alone. I'm so happy that my sister comes to talk to me. How could I blame her?" Hu Shanxiang is a person who likes to be lively. She used to have several sisters at home and they often played together. But later they were forced to grow up one by one and became what they are now, seemingly quiet.

"That's good, that's good. Speaking of which, I am also alone in the palace and I don't know what to do. Your Majesty, don't you know that when I was a girl, I often ran out of the palace when no one was paying attention, and I met Sister He outside."

"No wonder, Sister He, before I entered the palace, we often made appointments to play together." After hearing what she said, Hu Shanxiang also recalled the past days.