Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace. A Fervent Conflagration; Or A Dispatch Regarding The Investiture Of The Crown Princess - Chapter 1 - Our. Impavid. Heroine. Chapter Text. The Royal Palace, Fire Nation. Late Summer, Hog Monkey Month, 2. Day, 1. 85 AGMy own darling Nuo,We are finally here in the Royal Palace. When we left Republic City it was muggy and miserable (not to mention Mako and I had quite the verbal skirmish the night before we left, and by verbal skirmish you know I mean he was stomping about the bedroom shouting but honestly, how often is it, after all, that I ask him to wear anything at all that signifies him as a Prince Consort? The answer is never, but this is Juziya’s investiture, he may just suck it up for once and wear something besides a suit not to mention he can pin on the Hou- Ting crest for my sake at least and so I told him all of this and he told me I was being imperious - oh yes he did! ![]() ![]() Hot, yes, but not muggy! We came out of the airship to an escort that took immediate charge of us and conveyed us to our rooms in the palace. Qi took charge of Zhi, which was a good thing, otherwise I am afraid we would have lost him several times. He got so distracted by a spiraling column of blue flames that he stopped right in the middle of the corridor and Lo. Lo nearly fell right over him. Qi is another one I had a fight with, by the by. The Palace - Episode 07 - Issy throws a hissy at her 18th birthday party and Abi tries to fend off Simon and Eleanor.You know that Qi is comfortable enough now with your in- laws to visit Zaofu without any qualms but Qi put Qi’s foot right down when it came to coming here, claiming that Qi was not included as part of the formal invitation that we received. I pointed out that it said the family but Qi got very balky and you know, despite Mako’s vociferous protests and heroic sulks I can always get around him. Qi, on the other hand, just digs heels in and is so stubborn about things! ![]() I have never met anyone as stubborn as Qi! Well, unbeknownst to me, Lin went over to Air Temple Island the next day and borrowed Tenzin’s long distance radio and called the palace. A few days later there arrived a very official envelope addressed to Qi; inside was a handwritten note from Izumi herself asking Qi to attend. Take that, Qi! Never let it be said that a Beifong woman does not know how to win an argument by any means necessary. Not even Qi would dare defy Izumi and as you know Qi feels completely entitled to defy just about anyone else (including yours truly). Nuo, you must know I am more than a little surprised.
It is of no consequence that Su accepts Qi; since when has Suyin Beifong ever done anything expected of her? Treating a servant as family? Courtly Matters artificial. Next to the Baroness was Meili. Romance in Palace: Meili in. A bit on Monday episode of Romance in Palace; Romance in Palace Princess Meili. Oh, what is that to a Beifong? And naturally no one is going to argue with me in Republic City. I am royalty. We can get away with anything we like, as you well know (and have felt it your duty to bring to my attention more than once, thank you very kindly). But Izumi is the Firelord. She is very traditional and fairly conservative. I shall be honest with you; I assumed that Izumi did not mean Qi with the original invitation but I was determined to bring Qi anyhow. I also assumed that no one at the palace would be so poorly bred as to refuse me once we got there, no matter what they might say behind my back. I did not expect Izumi to write with a personal invitation, I must confess. I am shocked, quite frankly. I don’t know what Lin said to her, but even at that. It was unexpected. Izumi herself came to greet us in our suite of rooms and to take Sozui back in hand. She asked me if he had behaved on his visit and of course he had. He always does remember his royal manners. Although I am pleased to note that he is not stiff with them; he is a very likable and naturally friendly boy. He follows Naoki around like a turtleduck chick, as I know you have seen for yourself. He is literally besotted with her. Because she is her father’s daughter she does not even give that poor boy the time of day, Nuo. Granted it is very innocent; she is only eleven, after all, and Sozui is only thirteen. I don’t think he knows at all what to make of her; you know how irreverent she is, how confident in herself not to mention that streak of mischief she has always had. She is growing up every single day before my eyes. How can it go so fast? It seems quite literally like it was just days ago that she was that tiny little girl with the shock of wild hair that kept torching my decor. Suppose we had not taken her? Suppose we had let Izumi give her away to another family? We’d have no Naoki, no Lo. Lo. Oh, I can’t even write it down any longer, it makes my heart ache. Loving your child is not at all like loving your husband; it ties your heart all up in great knots, my gracious. Well, of course you know. In any case, we got settled into our rooms and Lo. Lo immediately took Lin off to visit his family (they are, from what I understand, very fond of Lin indeed) and I sent Naoki and Zhi off to play with Sozui (officially he claimed that he was going to give them a tour but we know better than that, don’t we? I am certain there was fire involved) and Mako took Meili to visit the royal gardens (she was very enthusiastic and you know none of us can refuse that child a single solitary thing) which left Qi and me. I was asking Qi if Qi was interested in a bit of a tour (I do not know the palace well, but I can manage to find my way around the most pertinent parts) when there was a knock at the door and two servants entered, ready to unpack our finery and and take things out to be pressed, that sort of thing. They both bowed to me (so formal in the Fire Nation, you know, and you can best believe that Izumi keeps it up) and then bowed to Qi. Now of course no one here knows who Qi is. Qi has never visited the palace before. This was only compounded by the fact that Qi was out of uniform. As I am sure you recall, Qi only used to wear Qi’s uniform, for the most part. Qi was, I believe, quite proud of the uniform. However, Qi is wearing the uniform less and less lately. I am not sorry at all. Qi has quite a keen sense of fashion. Now you know how I am, I do love a nice suit and I have plenty to choose from. But I am not particularly daring. Qi, on the other hand, will wear whatever pleases Qi. Qi was wearing a suit of dark blue, trimmed with a dark yellow- orange piping, complete with a matching plaid waistcoat and a scarlet silk chrysanthemum in Qi’s buttonhole. Qi does love to wear color! In any case, Qi looked quite dashing, as per usual. One of the servants bowed again to him and said, “Does the Prince Consort have any particular wishes?”It took me a moment before I realized she had mistaken Qi for Mako. Well, understandable mistake, of course. However, poor Qi turned a terrible hot and blotchy fuchsia and started stammering. That, in turn shocked me so much - it is so very unlike Qi! So very unlike! Finally I got myself together and replied to the effect that the Prince Consort was in the gardens with the youngest princess and that this was Qi, a member of the household. It only made it worse; you know how these things go, servants want to know exactly who is whom and how deferential they need to be and I was not at all helping with this. Finally I just grabbed Qi and dragged us out of the room before we both keeled over and died of mortification. I thought it would be best to pretend it had never happened at all, but of course Qi is far too forthright for that. Qi always has been. So I did my best to reassure that it was simply a mistake and of no consequence at all. I am not sure how convinced Qi was, however. We had dinner that night with the family. Izumi and her two younger children, Iroh and Ursa, her son- in- law Yuji and of course Sozui and Juziya. It’s been about a year since I last saw Juziya; she’s grown into quite an accomplished young woman. I think she will make a very good Firelord in time. I have met Ursa once or twice; she’s normally off with the other fire sages, she doesn’t come home all that often. Of course I know Iroh fairly well as these things go. I have no idea why; however, Asami tells me that it has always been that way, long before my time. Well, I suppose some people just don’t get along.)I had never met Yuji, however. It is my understanding that he spends a great deal of his time with Princess Mizuko in her quiet and peaceful home in the country. It was a love match between the two of them, that I do know; in fact, Yuji, while from a very acceptable noble family, is a third son and didn’t bring any appreciable political or financial gain to the marriage. He’s quiet, but in a rather scholarly way. He was sitting next to Zhi and bless the man, he very kindly answered all of Zhi’s many questions and was very genuinely attentive towards him. Anyone who can withstand several courses of Zhi’s chatter over dinner is excellent in my book; Yuji actually looked to be enjoying himself, which won him an instant place in this father’s heart. I did discreetly ask Izumi if Mizuko would be joining us; I very much wish I had not. The look on her face quite broke my heart. I don’t wish to contemplate how it must feel to be the parent of a child who is ill the way Mizuko is. Oh, Nuo. After dinner they had fireworks to celebrate the investiture that shot out across the city. Lin and Lo. Lo had returned by then (they had dinner with Lo. Lo’s parents) and Mako swung Meili up on his shoulders and she kept bouncing up and down there every time another rocket was shot off into the air, clapping her hands and exclaiming with joy. Even Izumi was smiling to see her. Zhi of course was asking approximately a thousand questions as to the chemical makeup of fireworks and Iroh promised to take him later and set one off in one of the courtyards. Zhi was so excited by this that he threw his arms right around Iroh and hugged him for all he was worth. Iroh looked a little startled but then smiled and tousled Zhi’s hair much the same as I have seen him do with Sozui. I have nothing whatsoever diverting to report about the rest of the evening, I am sorry to say. My Home Finance: 2. I saw the preview showing on 8. TV so am posting about Curse of the Royal Harem. There's 2. 7 episodes for this 2. Yes, Myolie Wu won a TVB award for her portrayal here. However, I didn't like this drama at all. TVB is just showing a bunch of hateful, spiteful, cunning characters here (+. It's just too obvious. The make- up for Jessica Hsuen's character Yi Lan (after she turned evil) is really horrendous.
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