Unforgettable Emperor's Favor Chapter 24.1

Published at 3rd of May 2023 06:38:10 AM

24. Prince Yingchuan (1)

Yu Qingjia realized that the person in front of her was a prince, and she was shocked. Shouldn't the Prince of Yingchuan be in the Palace? Why would he appear in Yanzhou?

Murong Xu looked at the young lady in front of him with great interest, although she was not very old, her appearance was already stunning, especially the faint beauty in her eyebrows and eyes. He had lived inside the palace ever since he was a child, and he has seen so many singers and concubines, many of them are distinguished by all those colorful decorations they had on their faces, but their beauty is always superficial, the corner of their eyes and eyebrows are always calculated to seduce.

However, the woman in front of him is different, she has a calm expression, her eyes are bright and moist, with displeasure shining in them, but the corners of her eyes seem to be unscrupulous. It was clear and beautiful, weak and soft, when he looked at her like this, Murong Xu had a moment of feeling like everything was surreal and illusory, as if today were all just a fragment of his imagination, and when he came back to his senses, he found himself in front of a pair of beautiful eyes.

Murong Xu regained his composure and found that the little beauty in front of him was still there, and he was not dreaming. Murong Xu couldn't help but smile, he is the Prince of Yingchuan, although he is not as highly valued by his father as his elder brothers, but he is still a prince after all, he was born with calmness and plunder.

However, who would have thought that he only wanted to visit other places to avoid the limelight and relax, but he would actually meet such a beautiful woman. If he could easily let the beauty go, then his surname won't be Murong.

Murong Xu did not have the slightest displeasure after being ignored, he was still smiling with grace and certainty, his eyes were also turning slowly, not hiding his appreciation for the beauty. Since most of Murong Xu's attention was all attracted away by Yu Qingjia, he actually completely ignored the woman beside her, who was completely covered by a curtain hat. He took a cursory glance then moved away, and continued to smile at Yu Qingjia. In his opinion, this is just the little beauty's sister or maid, and she's not important.

Murong Xu asked with a smile,

“I am the Prince of Yingchuan, and my given name is Xu. I don't know how to address the young lady?”

Yu Qingjia calmed down after being surprised. She didn't want to pay attention to them, but the road ahead was blocked by the eunuchs. She could only glare at Murong Xu with an annoyed expression, and said in an evasive tone,

“This young lady pays homage to Prince Yingchuan. The elders in my family have already called for me, and dare not delay, so I will leave first.”

Murong Xu smiled, “Just in time, this Prince will just send the lady over, and pay respect to the young lady's elders along the way. This Prince is curious about what kind of family can produce such a beautiful young lady.”

Yu Qingjia did not want to bring this prince to the Yu family at all, moreover, once he knew her identity, wouldn't the trouble be endless? Yu Qingjia's face turned pale, her beautiful eyes were gleaming with water. It was full of condemnation,

“It is this Young lady's fault to bump into the Prince of Yingchuan just now, but even the royal family has no reason to stop people in broad daylight. This is the Immeasurable Temple, so please respect yourself, Prince Yingchuan.”

The feminine man Immediately shouted “Bold!”.

Murong Xu's smile remained unchanged, and after hearing the Eunuch's words, a trace of displeasure flashed through his eyes. He then impatiently glanced over at the Eunuch and said,

“Who told you to speak? Apologize to the Young Lady, this instance!”

The eunuch cursed himself in his heart, hurriedly went forward and slapped himself twice with his hand, accompanied by a smile and said,

“This servant was rude and offended the lady, please chastise me.”

Yu Qingjia does not want to get involved with the people in the palace, and didn't take Murong Xu's nice words to heart, but if she really moved these eunuchs, there would be trouble in the future.

She does not want to climb over them, so she said in a low voice “No harm”, then pulled Murong Yan over to bypass them.

The two little eunuchs scampered to the hallway, lowered their heads and retreated backwards, although they lowered their heads and backed away, but they still blocked the road. Yu Qingjia frowned and looked back at Murong Xu.

Murong Xu played with the folding fan in his hand, and smiled calmly, “Young lady, you haven't answered my first question yet.”

Yu Qingjia knew that it was impossible not to report her name today, so she took a step back and bowed with a respectful salute, “This young Lady is the fourth daughter of the Yu family, I am afraid that my name might tarnish the ears of the Prince of Yingchuan, so I dare not say more.”

It is true that a woman's name cannot be freely revealed to outsiders at will, and in the case of families with well-regulated family customs, only the father, brother and husband can know a woman's boudoir name. But to know the beauty's surname and ranking is not different from knowing her name, so Murong Xu did not dwell into the topic, but asked with great interest,

“I vaguely heard that the Yu family has a beauty that was as beautiful as poppies, could it be you?”

Yu Qingjia got angry when she heard that nickname again, she really did not go out and traveled for thousands of miles just to be cursed with this misfortune, how could such a reputation even spread to the ears of the people of the Night City? She pretended to be confused, and shook her head blankly,

“No.”

“No?” Murong Xu listened with regret, his eyes lingered on Yu Qingjia's face for a moment, and gave a short, soft laugh, “No one recognized such a special color, I'm afraid that the 'Yu' Beauty is probably a fake name. In my opinion, if you can't even be called a beauty, then there is no beauty under the sky.”

(T/N: Yu Qingjia was known as the Yu Beauty who was as beautiful as poppies, also known as Poppy Beauty. But I'll just use Yu Beauty from now on since it sounds better.)

Murong Xu paused for a moment, not knowing what he was thinking, and suddenly laughed loudly,

“Not necessarily, 'That' person still deserves it as well. Yes.”

Yu Qingjia didn't know why Murong Xu suddenly laughed, and did not guess who “That” was in his mouth, only to feel a little pain in her hands.

What's the matter with the Vixen? Why did her hand strength suddenly become so strong, that she felt her bones were being crushed.

Murong Xu was in a great mood, and Yu Qingjia sneaked away, he saw it but he didn't pay attention to it, and let them go. The smile on his face has not dissipated, and looking at the retreating back of the ladies, he suddenly felt a little strange.

Women of the noble families would often go out wearing curtain hats to put on airs, the Murong family have a part of the Xianbei1 blood, so Murong Xu had always looked down on the pretentious and flashy postures of these Noble families. But the Night city has the most pretentious of families, and he still hadn't seen women of such families wear curtain hats covering their figures and bodies inside a temple.

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