Chapter 9: The Way Back

  "Miss, that Fēi obviously intended to trip you up and make you fall. How can you still be so kind as to give her an excuse?" Ling Tong followed Huā Xiǎng Róng back to Xuě Líng Yuán, with a look of indignation on his face, staring at Huā Xiǎng Róng who was standing by the window, smiling calmly.

  "Am I kind?" Hua Xiang Rong rebuked with a laugh: "You see, my master, where am I being kind? Wanting to conquer a man, don't be in a hurry for the time being..." Of course, she didn't think of going to conquer that Xiao Yue Han, that man's whole body was emitting a dangerous aura, but it seemed only she could see the ambition and overbearingness on his body. Xiao Yue Han hid very well, at least in front of the original Hua Xiang Rong and Fu Fei.

  She just wanted to find a quiet place in this strange world and look for a way back to the 21st century. But first, since she is now Huā Xiǎng Róng, she must go and fight for what Huā Xiǎng Róng deserves. Or, she can try to play along, stir up some waves, and that wouldn't be a bad thing either.

  ……

  On the second day, just as Huaxiang Rong was "looking up at the sun and thinking of her hometown", Lingdang suddenly rushed in with a fiery spirit.

  "Miss! Miss! Miss!"

  "What's wrong?" Hua Xiangrong hastily stood up, supporting the panting Lingdang, and at a glance saw the red leaf in her hand: "What's this?"

  "Miss, it seems that there is indeed someone destined for you outside the Wang Manor! Someone has returned your handkerchief to you!"

  "Has it returned? How is that possible? I remember that stream only flowed outward, there's no way it could flow back..." Huaxiang Rong asked in disbelieving laughter.

  "It's true, just now the guard at the palace gate sent someone to fetch something from Xuelings Garden. I took a look and it was a red leaf. At first, I couldn't understand what it meant, but there was also a poem written on the leaf. Although Ling can recognize characters, she couldn't quite grasp the meaning of this poem..."

  Hua Xiang Rong took the red leaf from the hand of the lonely and suspicious Ling, turned around to face the sunlight outside the window, and looked up at the words.

  "You are a soul from another world, mistakenly entering the depths of the brocade mansion. If you want to return to your hometown, outside the city is a village with lush green plants..." Hua Xiang Rong furrowed her delicate eyebrows, reading for half a day, when suddenly a layer of joy appeared on her face: "It's actually possible to know that I'm a transmigrator just from a poem on a red leaf..."

  "Miss, what does this say?" Ling quietly stretched her head out and asked.

  "Hey, Bell, which city is our Jinwang Fu located in?"

  "King Jin's fief is in Jiangyuan City, one thousand five hundred miles away from the imperial capital!" Lingdang replied with a blink of her eyes.

  "Is there a place called Green Plant Village outside Jiangyuan City? Are there any half-fairies, living Buddhas, or masters who can help?" Huaxiang asked excitedly.

  "What's Green Plant Village?" Ling Tong furrowed her brow and shook her head, "Not very clear. Half a year ago when I came with Miss to get married, I was sitting in the dragon and phoenix seven-treasured carriage with Miss, surrounded by large red curtains, we couldn't see outside at all."

  "Alright, Ling help me find a set of men's clothes, follow me out of the city to see if there is such a place as Green Village!" She firmly believed that as long as she found this person, she would definitely be able to find a way back to the 21st century.

  "Leave the city?" Ling Tong's eyes widened in shock: "Miss, we can't even leave the palace, how are we supposed to leave the city?"

  "I am the princess, how can I not leave the palace?" Hua Xiang Kong's face paused, looking at Ling Tong's big eyes in confusion: "Could it be that I'm being held captive by them?"

  "No way." Ling Tong stuck out his tongue: "Miss, our Jin Wang Fu is not like the Chengxiang Fu, there are many people coming and going in Jin Wang Fu every day, but they must all be people permitted by the prince. The guards are very strict. And as the princess, it's impossible for anyone to let you go out casually, unless the prince agrees, or... you have to get the prince's waist card, the guard will see the card and let us pass, otherwise we can't leave!"

  "Where is the waist card?"

  "On the king's body..."