Flowers Bloom from Battlefield

Jun Hua arrived earlier because she ditched Jun Zhenxian who used carriages. The old man arrived the day after and learned about Jun Qing who had fallen in love with Princess Kuina.

”Then you better learn to be a good husband.”

Jun Qing would never expect that the two of them would show him support straight away. He thought that they might oppose to it given that he didn’t know any politics. This happy news had caught him off guard.

Jun Zhenxian laughed. ”You wish for us to oppose you? I want you to be happy and this princess seems like a good person.”

”How do you know about her? You haven’t met her yet.”

Jun Qing looked at his father in bewilderment. All this time, this old man had been staying in the capital and shouldn’t have known about the things here. How can he know that Kuina was a good girl?

”Jun Hua has told me about her experience here. She says that the princess is a good person and an interesting princess.”

She’s indeed an interesting princess. What kind of princess would sneak out often and not do her job properly? Well, she did it because she can’t, though in other people’s eyes, she is really a troublesome princess. But Jun Qing found it really intriguing and the fact that the princess didn’t put her guard up around him made him realize that she was feeling comfortable around him.

”Where is she?”

”She’s talking about girl stuff in her room with Jun Hua,” Jun Qing answered.

”Oh… I will meet her later then. Let’s discuss the important things first.”

Jun Hua and Kuina can truly talk with each other. Their age difference is not really far, only five years. Kuina can still be considered a girl since she hadn’t married yet and she’s truly a peculiar princess who had numerous interesting ideas in her head. Jun Hua found that those ideas were really interesting to try.

”I hope you can stay here for a longer time, Jun Hua,” Kuina said with regret. She hasn’t had any friends like Jun Hua who was very knowledgeable and have a great view of the world.

”I still have some unfinished business in Ming Kingdom. When the time comes, I will gladly come back.”

Kuina smiled. ”What about your own marriage, Jun Hua? Have you met someone you like?”

Jun Hua shook her head. ”I will just follow what my grandfather decides for me.”

”That is so sad, you need to try finding someone you really like,” Kuina smiled. ”Then chase after him.”

”…”

Somehow, she got the feeling that this princess had been aiming for his uncle from her speech. Looking at the face Jun Hua made, Kuina just laughed.

”It happens naturally. Just don’t reject it when it comes.”

Jun Hua nodded. The two of them talked for some time before Jun Hua took her face mask and wore it again before changing her hairdo to make the hairstyle of a man.

”I need to leave.”

”If you show your face like that, the eunuch would think that I’m having an affair,” Kuina teased.

”They won’t be able to see me.” Jun Hua waved and disappeared instantly.

Kuina looked towards the place where Jun Hua was before and shook her head. Those people who learn martial arts are all really amazing. She truly wished to be able to do the same. Tidying up her clothes, she went outside and met with the others.

”Jun Min has left,” she said.

Jun Zhenxian nodded. ”We cannot stay here much longer, he needs to take care of his new residences.”

”What residences?” Jun Qing raised his head.

Jun Zhenxian explained the matter about the emperor giving Jun Min the title of a prince and the new residences he got. Then, the matter of Jun Min asking for Jun Hua to get the title of a princess from the emperor.

Kuina chuckled after hearing it. ”She’s going to be the princess of two kingdoms.”

Jun Qing was startled, but he realized that it was true. Jun Hua is the Princess of Ming Kingdom because of her brother’s ’achievement’ and she’s going to be the Princess of Mountain Kingdom. That little lass is getting ahead of herself, obtaining two titles from two different kingdoms.

”Why would she ask for a title of a princess there? She knows that she’s going to move here, right?”

”Don’t ask me, you should ask her that,” Jun Qing said helplessly. ”I bet it’s one of her plots to get her revenge towards the ones who took everything from us.”

Kuina’s ears perked up. She had heard the report that the Jun family was getting suppressed by several families in the Ming Kingdom including the emperor. When she first heard it, she was astonished that the Jun family can still survive even under such pressure. What made her even more amazed is the fact that they were starting to rise again with their military might which didn’t lose out in the slightest to the time from the past.

”Your family is amazing, you can actually rise up from defeat like that,” Kuina said.

Jun Qing shook his head. ”It’s not that simple, Kuina. There are several things that happened which almost made us cannot rise again.”

”But, you did it in the end. What actually happened?” General Tou’s interest also piqued.

”It’s because of a single girl whose eyes still burnt with flames to fight that made us do anything we could to build the family again. And that girl is the one playing the pivotal role.” Jun Qing smiled, reminiscing the past.

”Can you tell us a little?” Kuina asked.

Jun Zhenxian laughed and nodded. But Kuina would never expect that she will hear such a story… a story that made her see Jun Hua in a different light.