Drunken Lotus: Fated With The Rogue Hidden Dragon.

Schemes and Plans (4th)

After that day, Fan Zhu Xia was practically left to her own devices. From her three cousins, the only one who has extra time to spare and keep her company is Fan Xian Liang with Fan Yong Rui occasionally dropping by to drink with her, usually after dinner time while she only sees Fan Li Jie occasionally when he has time to spare to join her for breakfast.

All in all, her time was pretty idle. Aside from her two maids, the only new company she kept was the young lady that she met when she just woke up, Ying Xiao Li.

Since she had decided to build her own force, she decided on training Ying Xiao Li first since she already had a background in medicine and so was easier to teach and train.

During this time, she stayed in her grandfather's courtyard despite wanting to go back to her own.

Luckily, from what she's sensing, her grandfather's breakthrough isn't far off so she just told herself to continue to be patient.

Aside from teaching Ying Xiao Li and preparing for the imperial banquet with her aunt, she also managed to convince her father; Fan Hui Zhong to undergo her treatments to finally resolve his long-term illness and as luck was on their side, the treatment went on flawlessly and her father was able to make great strides in coming closer to his peak condition in the past.

While all this was happening, the estate wasn't idle.

From what Fan Hui Zhong told her, as long as the old patriarch; Fan Song Xue agreed then the current estate would be handed over to her to serve as her very own manor since they'll be moving the Fan Estate to a different yet larger area on another side of the Dark Flames Mountain.

With this in mind, she threw her worries to the back of her mind and focused on the things at hand, paying no attention to everything that's been happening outside.

While Fan Zhu Xia passed her days leisurely and without worry, the atmosphere outside estate could be said to be the exact opposite!

Instead, the capital seemed abuzz with hidden whispers as rumors ran amok, bringing a feverish excitement as everyone, especially those from prestigious families, officials and individuals with lofty statuses look forward to the oncoming imperial banquet.

Almost all of them heard of the presence of the visiting imperial princess from Spirit Valor Country and this was inarguably an opportunity to make an impression and foster positive relations with her and indirectly her country.

Just with this, a lot of people are already immersed in planning on how to get close to the Spirit Valor Princess when another piece of information circulated around which threw everyone into a frenzy.

According to the so-called rumors, when the widely renowned Lei Wangye; Fan Hui Zhong returned to the capital, he didn't return alone. 

Apparently, he brought back along a young maiden and this particular young lady was supposedly a daughter that he's adopted during his travels!

Heaven's only knew what this means!

A daughter for crying out loud!

And based from various sources, this was young lady who was at the spring of her youth, the perfect age to be betrothed!

Didn't they have countless sons at marriageable ages back at home?!