Shui Xinyuan had already moved to the Chunying Palace where the emperor and queen lived. Mingyan looked around curiously, wanting to know who had opened the room, but found Shui Xinyuan rolling up his sleeves and kneeling on the ground, wiping the chair legs with a rag.

"..."

Is it an illusion?

Why did the Queen appear in the Jiaofang?

No, it's not.

Mingyan was stunned to see Shui Xinyuan looking at the cleaned chair, nodding with satisfaction before finally raising her head.

"...Ah, Sister Mingyan, long time no see."

It is the source of water, it is the source of water that is guaranteed to be fake.

"You...what are you doing?"

"I'm cleaning!"

Just by looking at it, you can tell that Shui Xinyuan is cleaning.

"I'm asking why you..."

"I left in a hurry last time and left before I had time to clean the room."

"...Didn't you become the queen?"

"But this is the room I lived in before, and it still needs to be cleaned."

"That was not what I meant……"

Why did the queen have to clean it with a rag? Mingyan wanted to ask this, but she remembered that no matter what happened before, their positions were opposite now.

Mingyan knelt at the door of the room.

"Please forgive me, my queen."

"Ah? Uh...Sister Mingyan?"

"These things are supposed to be done by the little girl. How can the queen's hands be dirty? If you want to clean them, just give us instructions."

"..."

Shui Xinyuan looked like he was about to cry. He held the rag tightly and squatted in front of Mingyan to help her up.

"Sister Mingyan, don't even you suddenly speak to me in such a respectful tone..."

"But you are the Queen."

"Please, can you speak in the same tone as before? No matter where I go now, people speak to me in a respectful tone, which makes me very troubled. You have never been like this before..."

"Even if you say so..."

"Oh, don't kowtow to me! It's hard to talk when you lower your head."

...Maybe the emperor and the queen belong to the same type of people...

Shui Xinyuan's confused look was so funny. Mingyan wanted to be more respectful, but Shui Xinyuan seemed to be about to cry.

"Can the little girl really speak with the same attitude as before?"

"Of course."

"Can I also call you Shui Xinyuan?"

"Of course! Just treat me like before."

Mingyan laughed, and Shui Xinyuan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"You're so weird..."

"Is it weird?"

"Isn't this a good opportunity to show off? You should show off."

But Shui Xinyuan tilted his head.

"Why show off?"

"Why...don't you want to feel proud?"

"In no mood."

Shui Xinyuan answered simply.

Is this what happens to people who are not used to showing off their power? Mingyan felt a little discouraged.

Mingyan stood up, looked around the room, and found that the floor and table were very clean.

"Do you still need my help?"

"No, I've finished cleaning."

The way she held a broom under her arm, a bucket and a rag, she really didn't look like the Queen of a Kingdom.

"You are so honest...Everyone has left, and I have never seen anyone know how to clean."

"It's become so quiet here..."

"Because half of the palace concubines are gone. There are not that many people from noble backgrounds. I didn't expect that even Miao'er and Taohong are gone."

"Ah! That's right." Shui Xinyuan called out and came forward with a broom and bucket.

"Sister Mingyan, I heard that your family has regained its aristocratic status. Congratulations."

"Thank you, you already know?"

"From what the emperor said, I always thought that your mother's family was originally in business... they must have suffered a lot at that time."

"That's right! That was before you came here, so you didn't know."

Mingyan chuckled, brushed back her bangs and said, "That happened a long time ago and I have forgotten about it. Even if I regain my aristocratic status now, it will not help my business. So, only my father has restored his aristocratic status. Although I

I am the daughter of a nobleman, but I am not a nobleman."

"……Yeah?"

"We made this request to the emperor... Dancing has nothing to do with status."

Mingyan understands this better than anyone else, so she doesn't need noble status.

"So...Sister Mingyan, will you continue to stay here?"

Shui Xinyuan showed a reassuring smile.

"That's great. Because I want to ask you to teach me how to dance the 'Heaven Dance'."

"ah?"

"Can you teach me? I asked Chen Shaowu. Chen Shaowu wants me to learn from you..."

"Wait...wait a moment."

She has become a queen, even if she can't show off, she is still a queen.

"Shui Xinyuan, aren't you the queen? Do you still want to continue dancing..."

"I will keep dancing!"

...She still answered very simply...

"Can you...can continue?"

"The emperor said that I can continue to dance, and I also want to continue to practice dancing."

"…even if you already know how to dance 'Snow Moon Wind Flower', do you still want to continue practicing?"

Shui Xinyuan's eyes widened.

"Although I can dance the 'Snow Moon, Wind and Flowers' dance, I still can't dance the 'Celestial Dance'."

"..."

"I'm halfway through practicing 'Nanshan Spring Breeze'. Although I've memorized the movements of 'Snow Moon Wind Flower', my dance is not good enough and I have to continue to work hard."

Shui Xinyuan's expression revealed her strong will.

Although Mingyan has always turned a blind eye... Shui Xinyuan also has the reserve of a palace servant.

I am not the only one, and of course I cannot be the only one who possesses this kind of reserve.

Shui Xinyuan often practices dancing secretly by herself. When everyone practices dancing together, she always dances perfectly at first, but often makes mistakes in the end.

Mingyan once felt puzzled, but she never cared.

"yes……"

In a school that values ​​status and family background, Shui Xinyuan didn't know how to hide his true strength.

“I learned it with great difficulty, and it would be a pity to give up again.”

"Are you willing to teach me the 'Celestial Dance'?"

Mingyan looked down at Shui Xinyuan, who was a head shorter than herself, and said with a happy smile: "It's possible! But it's very difficult!"
To be continued...