Standing on the street filled with pedestrians, Chen Wang seemed on the bustling teahouse, raised his ft and strode in. After taking two steps, he halted and seemed again to see Jiuzhu, who was nonetheless standing outdoors the doorway: “What’s fallacious?”

Jiuzhu shook her head: “Nothing.”

She moved and slowly adopted Chen Wang in small, fast steps.

Glancing at her with a half-smile, Chen Wang all of a sudden reached out to seize her wrist and pull her upstairs.

“Your Highness.” Jiuzhu whispered, strolling by his aspect obediently, “There are lots of feminine clients upstairs…”

“It’s okay, Ben Wang doesn’t care about these issues.” Strolling upstairs, Chen Wang heard some ladies’s applause and lifted the bead curtain. He noticed plenty of feminine clients sitting inside; there have been additionally a number of male clients seated sparsely amongst a pile of girls, with expressions that screamed that they’d nothing left to reside for.

Zhou Shucheng was certainly one of them. He glanced at his energetic youthful sister, set free an extended sigh and turned his head, solely to obtain an excellent shock. What’s Chen Wang doing right here?

He bent and tried to hide himself behind the opposite clients: “Meimei, we must always depart shortly.”

“Wait a bit longer.” Zhou Xiao remained unmoved: “It’s virtually time for the overbearing prince to suppress the bandits and rescue the wonder!”

“The overbearing prince held a 9 chi1Chi [尺] – It will also be known as a Chinese language foot. 9 chi roughly equals 9.8 ft [1 chi = 1.09 feet]. lance and rushed into the bandit’s den on horseback. Within the twinkle of an eye fixed, sand and stones flew all over the place, shrouding the sunshine of the solar and the moon!”

When a lady sitting within the viewers cheered loudly, Zhou Shucheng silently lined his face along with his arms. He now not dared to have a look at Chen Wang’s expression.

“Dazzled by the prince’s heroic bearing, the bandits kneeled on the bottom and begged for mercy repeatedly, their look like that of a sinking canine.”

Listening to how the overbearing prince rescued the weak lady trapped within the woodshed and disappeared into the moonlit evening, the enamored feminine clients rewarded the storyteller incessantly.

Chen Wang seemed on the frantic ladies and turned his head to have a look at Jiuzhu earlier than pulling her to sit down on the empty desk beside him. He promptly ordered the attendant to carry some fruits and light-weight refreshments.

“Hear whilst you eat.” Chen Wang pushed the snacks towards Jiuzhu and mentioned in a joking tone: “Except his mind is crammed with paste, no prince will enterprise alone to suppress bandits.”

Jiuzhu, who was about to select a pastry from the plate, quietly pulled again her trembling hand.

“Why are you not consuming?” Chen Wang noticed her withdrawing her hand, and altered the plate earlier than her: “You don’t prefer it?”

“Inform extra, inform extra!”

An ostentatiously dressed lady tossed a bit of gold on the stage. The feminine storyteller glanced on the flashy piece of gold and abruptly took a number of sips of tea: “Since everyone seems to be so excited, I’ll now inform what occurred when the overbearing prince returned to the capital after suppressing the bandits and acquired plenty of rewards from the Emperor.”

Because it was getting increasingly more sensational, a feminine buyer off the stage whispered: “Though I need to know what the true Chen Wang seems to be like, it’s a pity that princes and nobles can’t be approached so simply. In any other case, I’d have undoubtedly taken a correct have a look at him.”

Chen Wang, who heard her phrases: What does this overbearing prince with out a functioning mind need to do with him?

“Your Highness, chennu additionally thinks that these tales are meaningless.” Jiuzhu tugged at Chen Wang’s sleeve: “How about we return first?”

“Wait a bit extra.” Chen Wang grabbed a pear and divided it with naked arms. Then he handed half to Jiuzhu however recalling that sharing a pear was not good2T/N: The Chinese language means of claiming ‘sharing a pear’ is ‘分梨’ [fèn lí], which is a homophone of ‘分离’ [fèn lí] which suggests ‘to divorce or separate’. So, when a pair shares a pear, they’re believed to separate. Apparently although, the identical doesn’t apply when three individuals eat it. Any further, everytime you all share a pear, keep in mind to share with two different individuals, not only one! xD, he stuffed the opposite half into her arms too. “Ben Wang want to know the way outrageous the story of this overbearing prince will get.” He sneered.

Jiuzhu took a chew from the pear in her left hand after which from the opposite half in her proper hand. Along with her mouth stuffed to the brim, she peeked at Chen Wang, starting to mull over what she ought to do if he acquired offended.

“The overbearing prince took the golden hairpin bestowed upon him, and swiftly rode on his horse towards the Younger Miss’ residence. Her father had promised to let him marry his daughter so long as he succeeded in suppressing the bandits.”

“Heh.” Chen Wang sneered. Which official would dare to deal with a prince with such an perspective?

How might individuals truly like such a sloppy story?

“You all, inform me, did Chen Wang give a golden hairpin to his fiancée?”

“He did! I had heard about it. Not way back, Chen Wang purchased plenty of gold and silver jewellery from Miaojin Constructing and had them delivered to Assistant Minister Ming’s residence.”

“Are you telling the reality?”

“In fact it’s the reality. My aunt works in Miaojin Constructing and is in command of welcoming the feminine clients. At some point, she got here again and instructed us that Chen Wang purchased a heap of pricey jewellery for his fiancee.”

Listening to their phrases, Chen Wang tilted his head and checked out Jiuzhu, who was nibbling on the pear silently.

After the story ended, the friends step by step began leaving the teahouse however Chen Wang sat on the chair along with his arms crossed over his chest, staring on the storyteller on the stage, who was at the moment bending over to collect the silver awarded on her. After a while, he fished out a handkerchief from his sleeve.

“This pupil greets Your Highness.” Zhou Shucheng couldn’t cover anymore after the opposite clients dispersed. So he might solely brace himself and are available greet Chen Wang.

Handing the handkerchief to Jiuzhu, Chen Wang glanced at Zhou Shucheng and seen the uniform of the Imperial Academy on the latter’s physique. He frowned barely, how come even an informed scholar appreciated to take heed to this sort of a ridiculous story?

“When this pupil got here to the teahouse to accompany his youthful sister right now, he by no means thought he would meet Your Highness.” Though Zhou Shucheng didn’t know what Chen Wang considered himself, at this important second, he nonetheless needed to emphasize his innocence: ​​”Did Your Highness additionally come to take heed to the story?”

Chen Wang requested again, “Do you suppose Ben Wang is somebody who likes to listen to one of these story?”

Zhou Shucheng turned silent.

Whether or not you prefer it or not, aren’t you continue to right here?

“Ming meimei.” Turning round after packing her stuff, Zhou Xiao’s expression modified when she noticed Jiuzhu and Chen Wang. After greeting him, she requested Jiuzhu in a low voice, “When did meimei come right here?”

Her major level being: Did Chen Wang truly hear the story?

Jiuzhu clasped Chen Wang’s handkerchief and mumbled, “We arrived when the storyteller was telling how the prin… the prince beheaded the bandit.”

Zhou Xiao gave Jiuzhu a glance. Couldn’t you make the most of the truth that His Highness nonetheless hadn’t reacted and brought him out?

Jiuzhu rose to her ft: “Your Highness, the story is over. We…”

“Guniang, is that you simply ah?!” Holding a pouch filled with rewards, the feminine storyteller walked in direction of Jiuzhu with an enormous smile: “I didn’t see you after that day so I didn’t even get an opportunity to specific my gratitude.”

Chen Wang turned his head to have a look at Jiuzhu, who was sneaking in direction of the exit slowly, and pulled her again.

“Happily, I heeded guniang’s phrases final time. Since I started telling the story of the evil prince, the shoppers have all been rewarding me increasingly more. And even the opposite storytellers have began to mimic me.” The girl bowed in direction of Jiuzhu: “Thanks for displaying this humble lady a method to earn cash, guniang.”

Jiuzhu denied having something to do with it: “I simply requested you to inform extra tales about him, I didn’t let you know the content material of those tales.”

“Guniang is being modest. For these of us who inform tales to have the ability to eat, displaying a method to earn cash shouldn’t be one thing unworthy of credit score.” She was very grateful to Jiuzhu, “If guniang needs to listen to some other story subsequent time, simply inform this humble lady. She is going to inform based on your preferences.”

“N-no want.” Jiuzhu didn’t dare to have a look at Chen Wang’s face: “You need to return to work first, I nonetheless have some issues to take care of.”

The girl seemed on the good-looking man beside Jiuzhu, and revealed a thoughtful smile: “This humble lady gained’t disturb guniang any longer. Please make yourselves at residence, farewell.”

Along with her tactful departure, Zhou Xiao seemed worriedly at Jiuzhu. Zhou Shucheng didn’t dare to disturb Chen Wang, so he forcibly pulled her away.

“Block the doorway, don’t let anybody are available.” Chen Wang raised his head and instructed the guards to go outdoors. The attendants glanced at one another, bowed and retreated behind the bead curtain.

*Knock, knock, knock*

Chen Wang softly tapped on the desk with the knuckles of his index finger whereas taking a look at Jiuzhu, who didn’t dare to talk in that form of an environment: “Come, sit earlier than you speak.”

T/N: Will he actually get offended on his little pig? Nooo, don’t be (｡•́︿•̀｡)

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