Drunken Lotus: Fated With The Rogue Hidden Dragon.

Meeting The Family (5th)

"A member of the family. Ha!" Fan Zhu Xia mockingly thought to herself. She knew that it was too good to be true. Even if she was adopted and was treated well, having the same blood running through veins is still something that matters in a family like this.

After all, the Fan family is apparently not a simple just a simple as she originally thought.

For then to have a title of Wangye and to have their residence be recognized as a palace only proves that their level of power and influence is only slightly lower to that of the imperial family.

Dejected, Fan Zhu Xia ignored the curious looks of some of the servants she passed and wandered around the gardens towards the path that they had taken earlier.

Lost in her thoughts, she took a cursory glance around and noticed that just behind the fake mountains that they passed earlier was an intricately built pergola that had no walls and instead had several wooden pillars that had flowering vines with trumpet shaped blooms in varying shades of reds, yellows and oranges wrapped around them as it climbed up and lightly covered some parts of the awning making it look all the more enchanting.

As Fan Zhu Xia drew closer, she noticed that although one side of the pergola was limited to the fake mountains that hid it from the view of people traversing the path from the entrance, it's other side completely compensated from the lack of scenery by overlooking a beautiful view of a huge lotus pond that had an abundance of koi fishes swimming around.

The sight of it made Fan Zhu Xia feel less troubled and seeing that there were a couple of couches and several chairs in the pergola with a few tables here and there, she decided to stay there for a while to wait for Fan Hui Zhong to finish his talk with his brother, Fan Hui Liang.

Organizing her thoughts, Fan Zhu Xua couldn't help but close her eyes and inhale the scent of the flowers while a small wistful smile graced her lips as she listened to the sound of the few hummingbirds flitting about mix in with the peaceful chirping of a couple of birds who decided to nest in the thick, flowery vines.

Relaxing on one of the couches, Zhu Xia disregarded any sense of propriety and reclined on the couch while lifting her legs to stretch across it.

With a flick of her hand, a wine jug appeared in her grasp which she promptly unsealed and took a deep, long gulp before sighing contentedly.

Seeing her, a couple of servants brought her snacks and askes her if there was anything that she needed but she just thanked them then waved them away despite their objections.

The servants could do nothing but observe from behind the fake mountains as they gossiped and whispered to each other animatedly.

One of the maids who served the snacks whispered, "The young miss sure is pretty!"

"That's right! She even looks just like a fairy from a painting..." another one added as he stared at her in wonder.

Still watching her, another maid whispered, "And she seems nice unlike most young misses from other families..."

"Yeah! She even said thanked us when we served her earlier..."

"I hope the young miss stays!"

"That still depends on Lei Wangye you know!"