Shengjing Noble

Chapter 689 Treat Me to Dinner

"By the way, let me introduce you, this is Miss Lu. This is her first time watching your play."

After Ji Qingluo finished speaking, Fu Muyin walked forward.

She was polite and dignified, and greeted gently: "Miss Yanhong's play is indeed deeply rooted in people's hearts. Although it is my first time watching it, I feel inexplicably regretful."

"Why does the girl say that?" Yanhong wondered.

"I heard this is your last time on stage."

"Yes."

"That's why I feel so sad. I'm afraid I won't be able to watch such a good play in the future."

Yanhong smiled gently, her eyes full of expectation: "There are many talented people in this field, and soon someone who can surpass me will appear."

"Is the person you are going to marry worth giving up all this?"

Fu Muyin asked sincerely, with curiosity and confusion in her eyes.

Yanhong thought for a moment before answering, "You look like a lady from a wealthy family. I'm afraid you can't understand the hardships and loneliness of a person like me."

"A wealthy family...is not necessarily happy."

"I was an orphan when I was young. I was sold to a theater by a trafficker. I followed my master to learn the art and suffered a lot. Now I am the protagonist. But some people who have experienced the same thing have problems with food and clothing."

"Girl, don't look at me as glorious as I am now. But in two years, my youth will fade away and I am afraid that there will be no place for me on this stage. By then, I will be forced to leave."

"Now that I am in my prime, I must find a better way out for myself. Fortunately, the husband I found is a good man. He doesn't mind that I used to be an actor and is willing to marry me in a formal way."

"I just hope that the days ahead will be peaceful and smooth. As for other things, I am too lazy to think about them anymore. Besides..."

She said as she looked down at her belly and placed her hand over it, her eyes full of love.

"I'm pregnant. After this performance, I will marry my husband and then stay at home to take care of the baby."

Upon hearing this, Fu Muyin didn't say anything more. She just congratulated her a few words and left the backstage with Ji Qingluo.

"Well, I won this time."

"I'm willing to accept the loss. Tell me what you want. Just ask me. I'm not a stingy person."

Ji Qingluo thought about it, and then said, "I'll treat you to a play, and you'll treat me to a meal, so this is even, how do you think?"

"Just a meal?"

"Yeah, what's the matter? Do you want to treat me to ten meals?"

Fu Muyin was amused by him: "My uncle runs a restaurant. Let alone ten meals, it's not a problem to treat you to fifty meals."

"Then I dare not eat it. After all, eating is a good thing."

"Okay, come with me."

Fu Muyin brought Ji Qingluo to the entrance of Zuixianlou.

"This is... your uncle's business?"

He looked surprised.

"So, Brother Su is your uncle?"

Fu Muyin had expected that they knew each other, so she nodded: "Yes, you should be very familiar with each other, right?"

"Of course, I'm a regular customer of Zuixianlou."

"Come on, let's go in."

The two of them walked into Zuixianlou one after the other. Su Shengming, who was personally greeting guests, saw them and his eyes suddenly lit up.

"Why are you together?"

Fu Muyin said, "I just went to the theater to watch a play and was almost cheated by a bad guy. Fortunately, I met the young master of the theater, so I was able to save my money."

Ji Qingluo said, "It was my poor management and negligence. Fortunately, Miss Lu helped me to find this termite in time and save the reputation of the theater."

Su Shengming frowned: "Miss Lu?"

Fu Muyin hurriedly winked at him: "Uncle, I'm inviting Master Ji to dinner, go and arrange it."

He immediately understood that this was because he didn't want to reveal his identity.

So he nodded and said, "Okay, I'll take care of it. You guys can find a place to sit and I'll ask the kitchen to cook the dishes you two like."

After saying that, he turned and left. Fu Muyin and Ji Qingluo found a random seat and sat down.

The two of them talked and laughed, and before they knew it they had been sitting in Zuixianlou for half an hour.

When they were having a pleasant conversation, a figure suddenly stood beside the table.

Fu Muyin looked up and immediately stood up nervously.

He is the chief of the guards around Emperor Fu Mingchuan.

"Miss, the master asks you to go back."

He saw that there were outsiders present and did not reveal her identity.

Fu Muyin knew that she was being urged to return to the palace, and she had no choice but to leave today.

So he had to stand up and say goodbye to Ji Qingluo, then hurriedly followed the leader of the guards and left Zuixianlou.

Watching the girl's back as she left, Ji Qingluo felt a little reluctant and his eyes were full of loss.

He turned around and looked for Su Shengming, wanting to know more.

But he finally found out Fu Muyin's true identity.

"Brother Su, what are you talking about! Her last name isn't Lu? Nor is her name Lanyin? Why would she lie to me? If she hated me, why would she invite me to dinner?"

Su Shengming had no choice but to explain it to him.

"The reason why she said her name was Lu Lanyin was because her grandmother's surname was Lu, and because her mother's name was Lanyin. She was not an ordinary person either. She was the biological daughter of King Xiaoyao, and now Princess Yongle."

"Princess? You mean...she is the princess?"

Ji Qingluo's eyes were filled with astonishment, and he instantly felt inexplicably sad.

If she was just a girl from an ordinary family, he might be worthy of her and have the courage to show his affection to her.

But since that person is so far away, he is afraid that he will never have a chance in this life.

……

In the palace.

As soon as Fu Muyin entered the Qianqing Palace, she saw Emperor Fu Mingchuan sitting in the main seat, and on his left was none other than Jing Hanying.

She walked in with her head lowered, as if she had done something wrong, and bowed obediently.

"Mu Yin greets my brother."

"No courtesy, sit down."

Fu Mingchuan pointed to the seat on the right, so she had to get up, walk over and sit down.

As long as you raise your eyes here, you can see Jing Hanying opposite you.

So she was a little afraid to look at him, and pretended to be busy with her eyes downcast, as if she was distracted, but in fact she was nervous the whole time.

Fu Mingchuan said: "I asked you two to come here today. I think you all know why."

"..."

"..."

They both remained silent in tacit agreement.

Fu Mingchuan continued to speak, seemingly concerned, but more like interrogating.

"Xiaoyin seemed to have gone to see a play today. Was the play outside the palace good?"

"...It's not as good as the palace." Fu Muyin didn't dare to tell the truth.

Yanhong's ability is indeed much stronger than those actors in the palace, but how can the emperor accept others saying that he is not as good as ordinary people?

No matter how close their relationship was, Fu Muyin didn't dare to say anything nonsense to him.

She understood since childhood that serving the emperor is like serving a tiger.

"I heard that you invited people to dinner? But what friends?"

Fu Mingchuan continued to test her, which made Fu Muyin a little unhappy, but she didn't dare to get angry.

So she pretended to be relaxed and explained: "It's just a simple meal with a friend."

After saying that, she subconsciously glanced at Jing Hanying opposite her, but unexpectedly saw that he smiled with the corners of his lips slightly raised, and the dimples on his cheeks were faintly visible.