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Published at 28th of August 2019 07:59:38 PM


Chapter 30

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Chapter 30a: Ruthlessly Retaliate Against Him

 

“How is it, Mr. Yu. I put forth all of my effort on behalf of your Heavenly Dream Tower. I have not disappointed you, have I?” Luo Qing Luan smiled as she spoke. Her mood could be said to be not bad.

She used ice chunks during an extremely hot day so that the difference in temperature released vapors which condensed into tiny droplets of white mist. This method couldn’t be any simpler viewed through her previous life. It’s just a pity that she was unable to produce an even more splendid spectacle, just like a housewife who could not cook without proper ingredients. 

If she could have dry ice, how wonderful it would be. The effect created by the mist would have been even better. She guaranteed that the entire Heavenly Dream Tower would turn into a paradise. Those who wanted to come in could forget about coming without paying an entrance fee of ten taels of silver.

It’s too bad, what a pity!

But she had no way of manufacturing something like dry ice. Therefore, she could only use ice chunks to barely serve as a replacement.

But as far as these people were concerned, a little bit of faint fog was already enough to make them pleasantly surprised. Added to that some bird sounds and running water sounds and so forth, nothing more than adding flowers to brocade, and that made the scene even more magical.

This was the trick to packaging!

In the main hall, after Shimeng finished her performance and disappeared into the big hole, Mama Du’s voice disturbed the ear like rolls of thunder simply deafening everyone’s ears.

But she was not the least bit impatient. On the contrary, she was similarly blushing from excitement. She brandished the silk fabric in her hand intending to calm down everyone a bit, but she barely opened her mouth before someone shouted loudly. “Mama Du, I’ll put forth two thousand taels. I want to be the first to see Miss Shimeng.”

“Kiss my ass! How can you meet with goddess Shimeng for just two thousand taels?” 

His soul already thoroughly hooked by Shimeng, the Fu family’s young master stood up and shouted loudly. “I’ll pay three thousand taels……”

He did not finish speaking when he was cut off by an even more ostentatious merchant. “I will pay five thousand taels. I only seek to meet goddess Shimeng.”

“En~~five thousand taels and you want to look at a goddess’ beautiful face? That’s rather too cheap.” This voice made Luo Qing Luan, who had been spectating, pay attention. It surprisingly was the fifth prince Nangong Chen!

He was sitting upright on a banquet seat, dressed in magnificent full length silver grey brocade. The corners of his mouth were curved into a faintly smiling expression. His whole body looked romantic and elegant. He swirled the wine cup in his hand and said arrogantly. “This prince will pay ten thousand taels!”

“Mama Du, on thousand taels of silver. Is it possible to let this prince meet with goddess Shimeng?” His voice rose up the stage, an appearance of not giving up if she would not agree and he even glanced at everyone, completely not placing anyone present in his eyes.

Once Luo Qing Luan saw this, she only felt that it was laughable. 

If her older sister were to see Nangong Chen visiting a courtesan house, she would probably be angry enough to die?

In not many more days, she will be getting married, yet her future husband unexpectedly did not take this matter to heart in the slightest and even ran over here to visit a courtesan house. Moreover, he’s paying the sky high price of ten thousand taels of silver for a courtesan. This simply was……

Fortunately, she schemed to cancel her and Nangong Chen’s engagement. Otherwise, this bad luck would be hers!

Laughing lightly, Luo Qing Luan said. “Mr. Yu, do you know this Fifth Prince well?”

Once Nangong Yu heard this, he immediately blushed with shame.

Actually, he’s Nangong Chen’s older brother. Even if they didn’t share the same mother, in the end, they were still brothers. As a stately prince, Nangong Chen surprisingly visited a courtesan house openly and even appeared proud of himself. He truly felt embarrassed.

“Uh……” After thinking about it, he finally replied to Luo Qing Luan’s question. “Nangong Chen is the fifth prince after all. Even if I don’t really know him, I’ve heard some things.”

Clearly, Luo Qing Luan only wanted to know about the power of Nangong Chen’s backers, but Nangong Yu thought that it was only because she wanted to inquire about whether Nangong Chen had enough money and how much benefit he could bring to Heavenly Dream Tower. Without doubting him at all, she continued. “I heard that this fifth prince will be marrying the Luo family’s oldest daughter soon, but only as a concubine.”

“Ordinarily, Fifth Prince is not valued much by His Majesty. Otherwise, how can he already be more than twenty years old and still have not received an official title. He’s merely a prince by birth, but Nangong Chen apparently also doesn’t care much about this, as he’s always been idling away. He likes lingering around places with fireworks, and all kinds of beautiful women. He’s actually a big client of my Heavenly Dream Tower.”

Surprisingly……

Luo Qing Luan gained insight into Nangong Chen’s other face and could not help but be curious. “Is he so wealthy?”

“I heard that Nangong Chen’s mother’s family is quite influential and is even responsible for casting official silver currency. Therefore, it’s enough to supply Nangong Chen with an unlimited degree of expenses. His Majesty seems to pay very little attention to these things. As long as his offsprings don’t get involved in power struggles, he is also disinclined to care.”
“So it’s like that.” Luo Qing Luan nodded.

Not only was this Nangong Chen shameless and a skirt chaser, he even visited courtesan houses? Seems he’s made of the same stuff as Nalan Ye. No wonder the two of them visited the general’s mansion together at that time!

Suddenly, Nalan Ye’s name flashed through her mind. Luo Qing Luan couldn’t help but took a glance downstairs, but the seat that Nalan Ye was previously sitting at was unexpectedly empty. Don’t know when he had left.

He surprisingly left? 

Didn’t he also like to visit courtesan houses, yet he was surprisingly not interested in Shimeng, who was like a goddess? Luo Qing Luan was suddenly baffled.

Soon, there was no longer any suspense downstairs. Even the highest official like the vice-minister of revenue, Yan Xushan, no longer competed with Nangong Chen, giving him the opportunity to be the first to see Shimeng.

Tonight, the lights at Heavenly Dream Tower were splendid, just like a night that won’t sleep, but Luo Qing Luan was no longer interested and planned to depart.

She just turned around when her pupils constricted. Unexpectedly, the Nalan Ye that she was looking for, but could not find, was standing not very far away from her.

This bastard surprisingly came up here?

What did he want?

Chapter 30b: Ruthlessly Retaliate Against Him

 

Once she recalled how she was forcibly kissed last time, Luo Qing Luan’s mood turned sour. She coldly said. “Mr. Yu, I have things to do, so I won’t be staying. Goodbye.”

“What are you panicking for?” Nalan Ye approached step by step as he smiled coldly. “You see this prince and want to hide. Is it because you have a guilty conscience?”

Yeah, guilty conscience in his big head!

Luo Qing Luan wished that she could give him a piece of her mind, but she already knew that she wouldn’t be able to deal with Nalan Ye easily, so she could only endure and suppress her anger as she glared at him fiercely. “None of your goddamn business. Get out of the way, I’m leaving! A good dog should not block the road!”

“You dare to insult this prince?” 

Nalan Ye spoke gloomily as was going to advance, but then stopped to cast a glance at Nangong Yu.

How could the latter not know his intent. Immediately sweating cold sweat, he cupped his hands towards Luo Qing Luan, then quickly descended the stairs.

“Mr. Yu. Mr. Yu, you……”

Seeing Nangong Yu disappearing before her eyes like a mouse that saw a cat, Luo Qing Luan again fiercely glared at Nalan Ye. This man sent away those around him. What did he want to do, was it possible he wanted to bully her again?

Walking with hands behind him, Nalan Ye’s face was filled with a cold smile, thin lips spitting out a few words. “Was everything tonight something that you fiddled with?”

Even though her complexion looked terrible, he couldn’t help but admit that this lass’ skill at packaging was very original and not something that an ordinary person was incapable of producing. When he first saw the shows, he also felt that it was breathtaking for a moment. However, he had always been uninterested in women. Otherwise, maybe he would’ve truly been like other people and would’ve been hooked.

The other person’s appearance was quite impressive, but Luo Qing Luan still did not return his smile as she replied emotionlessly. “What, it entered your discerning eye?”

Just finished saying that, she suddenly also smiled. “Eh? Doesn’t the Prince of Chu like to visit courtesan houses. Why didn’t you bid on Miss Shimeng just now? Is it possible that……you don’t have that much money?”

“Sharp teeth, sharp mouth. Is this the daughter that Luo Cheng taught?” Nalan Ye taunted, then his body suddenly moved.

His speed was too fast, almost like a phantom. Even though Luo Qing Luan had been on her guard this entire time, she still was unable to guard against him, just like before. In a blink, Nalan Ye already arrived in front of her. His bitingly cold breath assaulted her senses, making her shiver from head to toe, suddenly realizing the danger.

She was going to take steps back, but then realized that she was touching the railing outside. Luo Qing Luan grumbled inwardly. 

Just now, she was so preoccupied with watching the situation downstairs, how could she have anticipated that Nalan Ye would appear here? And now, she’s been forced back to the point that she could no longer take any more steps backwards. She couldn’t jump over the railing just for the sake of avoiding him, right?

But she did not have light foot skills!

Besides, hiding was not her style. If Nalan Ye truly conspired to misbehave against her, then she certainly wouldn’t allow him to take advantage of her like last time. 

“What do you want to do?” Luo Qing Luan displayed a timid appearance as she frowned. “If you dare to do something to me, I, I will tell my father for sure, and have him report you to His Majesty.”

“Report me?” 

Nalan Ye couldn’t help but find this to be ridiculous, his face still as cold and severe as before. “What do you want to report about me? Report that I kissed you last time, tell His Majesty that the unmarried daughter from the general’s mansion had been disrespected by me, right?”

It’s not that he hadn’t discovered the craftiness in this Second Miss Luo’s eyes. Someone as daring as her, who even dared to push her own sister into the water, who even dared to hit him last time, how could she be frightened silly by just a few words from him?

More than likely, she’s coming up with some devilish ideas again.

However, Nalan Ye wasn’t anxious at all. After all, Luo Qing Luan was only a girl. Was it even possible for her to do something to him?

“Don’t you come over here……don’t come over here……” Luo Qing Luan grabbed the railing behind her with both hands, sporting a panicky appearance of wanting to hide, yet finding nowhere she could jump to, her eyes brimming with fear.

“Stop pretending, Second Miss Luo, it’ll be boring if you keep pretending.” Nalan Ye closed in on her step by step.

No matter whether she was really afraid, or pretending to be afraid, he discovered that he quite liked this appearance of hers. She clearly was daring enough to charge through the heavens, yet she insisted on pretending in front of him, and even pretended in this exaggerated way. Didn’t she know that she was overdoing it? 

Luo Qing Luan seemingly didn’t hear him all. Not only did she not blush, instead she looked even more fearful, trembling from head to toe, just like she was facing an approaching hungry wolf. She quickly covered her face, like she was afraid to look.

“Nalan Ye, don’t you come over here……if you continue to come, then I’ll, then I’ll……”

“You will what?” Nalan Ye simply could no longer contain himself any longer and was about to laugh out loud. 

This girl truly made for a good diversion. Just watching her performance alone was enough to relieve all of the fatigue he felt for the entire day. If he had time in the future, he might as well go look for her……

As this intention appeared in his mind, Nalan Ye laughed lightly, unable to help himself from lifting her chin.

His hand then slid to feel the tender and soft sensation. Her skin was indeed just like last time, bringing him a……

Suddenly, he only saw Luo Qing Luan raise her hand and flashed it in front of his face. He was going to grab her fine little hand, when unexpectedly, a strange feeling spread and his mind immediately grew faint. His body became weak all over, surprisingly no longer stable on his feet. With a plop, Nalan Ye fell to the ground.

“Clap clap clap……”

The sound of sharp and clear applause sounded. How would Luo Qing Luan still look fearful and timid like she did a moment ago?

Her face displayed a complacent smiling expression, as brilliant as the sunshine in summer. She looked disdainfully at Nalan Ye lying on the floor before speaking. “I already told you not to come over. You stubbornly won’t listen. Your Highness Prince of Chu, the feeling of weakness from head to toe is not bad, right?”

“Little lass, indeed, you’re cunning indeed……” 

What made Luo Qing Luan shocked was that Nalan Ye actually did not faint right away and as before, his eyes were opened wide watching her. 

Startled, Luo Qing Luan then saw that his entire body lacked strength and simply was no longer able to move, and she immediately relaxed. Very likely, this man’s body was naturally resistant to drugs. Otherwise, how could he still resist her blackout powder? Anger rising in her heart, she lifted a foot to step on him and directly stepped on Nalan Ye’s leg. “So what if I’m cunning? Nalan Ye, I’m going to sort you out today!”

“Stomp you to death! Stomp you to death! Stomp you to death……”





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