They arrived at the Palace and were led to the meeting room where the King, Queen and the Empress Dowager and the grand Empress Dowager and Prince An Yun was present.
The Xi family all greeted the imperial family
"Aw Look how beautiful and sweet you have grown up too Momo and oh my is that Yunyi I almost didn't recognize you" The grand Empress Dowager said
Momo smiled a little not to be rude
"Thank you for your kind words Grand Empress Dowager " Momo said
"Thank you Grand Empress Dowager for your kind words"Yunyi said
'The Grand Empress Dowager is the one with the most power among them even though the king is a tyrant he cannot defy the Grand Empress Dowager, and I fear he might even try to kill her, she the former kings mother and a kind woman am sure she trying her best to curb her grandson madness but to no avail, if we have her on our side it will help a lot' Momo thought
"Oh Momo what a fine young lady, you are perfect for Our Prince,you look just like your father, he was a lady killer back then to him and the former king always had ladies fighting over them" The Grand Empress Dowager said laughing
"Really, I guess mother is lucky she is the one Father ended up with" Momo said
"Oh yes she is, aren't you Lady Xi "The Grand Empress Dowager said
"Yes Grand Empress Dowager" Madame Xi said
"Mother I see you have seen Momo before" The Empress Dowager said
'The Empress Dowager, a sly cunning fox, she wasn't supposed to become the Empress Dowager, she the mother of the current king, she was the former king Royal Consort next after the Queen which was Prince An Yun mother, she gave birth before the Queen and her father the Cousin of Huan Yijin the Left state Councilor brought up a petition to make her the Queen, but the King refused and after the Queen gave birth to An Yun a month later died and they claimed it was from childbirth, that she was weak, and she became Queen, as if anyone would believe that pathetic excuse" Momo thought
"Oh yes Momo used to come almost everytime to play with Prince An Yun when he was little" The Grand Empress Dowager said
Momo was shocked upon hearing this and looked at An Yun and saw he wasn't surprised which means he remembered
"Oh I saw her in the Palace once I only thought she followed General Xi, I didn't know she was here to play with Price An Yun" The Empress Dowager said and smiled
'Of course you wouldn't know, you were busy trying you best to shape the king to the perfect morals then after snatching the throne, you old hag' Momo thought
"Grandmother, Mother we should let them take about the proposal I know you are happy to see an old friend's child" The Queen said smiling
Momo put her head down and smirked
'This two, Like Aunty, like cousin, the Queen was Huan Yijin Daughter, the king married her since his strongest supporter is Huan Yijin the Left state Councilor, hm all fake smiling while hiding their ugly faces' Momo thought
"Then, I heard you accepted the purposal, then you have received the dowry yesterday" The king said
"Yes,Your Majesty, we have accepted the Proposal and we have brought gifts from the brides home for the couple, we also thought we could discuss about the wedding date, Your Majesty " Madam Xi
'All this formal talk and greeting I just want to get out of here, all this thing are always discussed without the bride or groom opinion so why must I come and suffer here' Momo thought
An Yun could guess what Momo was thinking just from her expression and tried his best to hold his laughter
'I bet she wants nothing more than to get out of here' An Yun thought
"Oh yes, let's begin the discussion immediately, am sure your Father's are happy it's always been their wish for you two to get married when you grow up, and their wish is finally coming through, and we should also announce your engagement" The grand Empress Dowager said
"Grandmother before you start the discussion about the wedding date I would like to make a request " An Yun said
"Yes my dear go on" The Grand Empress Dowager said
"I would like to take Lady Momo out to get to know each other more" An Yun said
Momo cringed at how he called her Lady
'Come to think of it he never called me Lady before now that brat' Momo thought
" Oh yes you should do so it's been long since you and Momo have seen each other" The Grand Empress Dowager said
"Really, but I heard you went to the Xi house not so long ago why didn't try to talk to her then" The king said, trying to get him to spit the truth out, making sure he had no way to lie.
" Yes, I did go Your Majesty but I didn't have the chance to meet Lady Xi Momo and by the time I had to go see Uncle Mùnchén" An Yun said.
'Hmm isn't that the former king younger brother who just recently returned from the neighborhood country' Momo thought
'*Scoffing in his mind* their is no way you are going to get me cornered" An Yun thought
"Okay, then I guess you can go" The Emperor said
'i will get you An Yun, I will' The Emperor thought
"Then I will heard out with Lady Momo" An Yun said
"Then I hope you can humbly excuse us" Momo said and bowed and her and An Yun exited
"Those two look beautiful together don't they" The Grand Empress Dowager said
"Yes they certainly do Grand Empress Dowager" They all said except the king
Outside
"I noticed that you were starting to get uncomfortable" An Yun said
"Ahh really all my neck is stiff, why does this even require our presence it's not like our opinion is needed on all this" Momo said
"Let's go to the Garden" An Yun said
"Okay, I got things I want to talk to you about anyway" Momo said
On their way to the Garden they met Huan Yijin and his Companions
"Oh if it isn't General Xi eldest daughter Xi Momo"
Momo looked at him with disgust and hatred
"Yes it is Left state Councilor " Momo said