After a while, rustling sounds came again. When they stopped, a small eunuch came to remove the thick screen, revealing that they were sitting quite close, their fingertips almost touching.
Remembering the scene when they sat facing each other, their robes touching, she couldn’t help but blush.
Your Highness has indeed made progress these days,” Wei Linxia said.
“Just a bit more diligent,” replied Xi Linxuan. A palace maid brought hot tea and served it, but Xi Linxuan suddenly became angry with her, “What’s this? You haven’t served Miss Wei tea for such a long time? Useless thing.”
The palace maid knelt down, trembling in fear.
“She brought it, and I didn’t want it, so I told her to take it away,” Wei Linxia said. It was better to show some courtesy for a cup of tea, after all, this wasn’t her own servant.
“What does Your Highness think?” Wei Linxia looked at him. He was quite tall, almost as tall as Xi Zhaoting, and more handsome, though a bit pale.
“If it were effective immediately, I could probably hang a banner and call myself a divine doctor,” Xi Linxuan said, elegantly sipping tea.
“Indeed,” Wei Linxia smiled, the tea leaves in her cup swaying like seagrass in an aquarium.
As they spoke, a young eunuch announced that Lady Wei had come to visit His Highness. Wei Linxia quickly stood up. The eunuch invited Lady Wei in, whose smiling face flickered with suspicion upon seeing the two chairs placed close together. Wei Linxia didn’t notice, but Xi Linxuan did.
Lady Wei sat briefly before leaving with Wei Linxia, who linked arms with her mother as they walked to the embroidery room. Lady Wei reproached her for not fully recovering, worried she might tire herself out after visiting the palace in the morning and checking on the Thirteenth Prince’s studies. Wei Linxia happily reported that His Highness had mastered the mysterious needle technique and had already begun applying the needles.
Lady Wei felt a touch of unease as her daughter approached fourteen, and with the Thirteenth Prince nearing eighteen and his coming-of-age ceremony, she worried about the two young children spending time together. She hesitated to bring up her concerns, secretly hoping the Queen Dowager would soon issue a marriage decree.
