C88 Part3

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After leaving the Dali Temple, Murong Ci and Qin Ruo came to the bamboo Shuyu Pavilion, where Rong Zhan had been waiting in the private room for a long time.

"The Royal King didn't recognize me last night."

He smiled calmly and offered them the poured tea.

"He shouldn't have."

Murong Ci raised her eyebrows unconsciously as she drank the tea.

Just remembering the approach and hug with him in the carriage last night, her body trembled abruptly, as if being hit by an electric current.

"Master Rong, how did you get that Jasper?"

Qin Ruo saw that His Royal Highness was a little embarrassed.

Although she was suspicious, she quickly changed the topic.

"The reason why I can mix among people and eat under the owner's seat is that I always have some abilities that others don't."

Rong Zhan smiled freely.

"Stop selling it off, just say it already,"

she said coquettishly.

"We are the World's Greatest Manor after all, and there are Masters who are good confidants of one member of the Four Great Families, the Yang Clan's Concubine.

Some time ago the Yang Family's Concubine drank a few more glasses of wine than she could bear and spoke about the Linglong Pavilion.

Although it was only a few words, it was enough for me to make a conclusion."

He blinked secretly at Qin Ruo.

"After that, you successfully found the details of the Linglong Pavilion, stole the Jasper from the Yang Family, and lied that you were a member of the Yang Family in the Weizhou Prefecture, right?"

Murong Ci smiled.

"I can't hide anything from the owner,"

Rong Zhan said sternly.

"Owner, I think the Linglong Pavilion has more secrets hidden than that."

"I think so, too."

She raised her eyebrows slightly,

"If I have a chance to, I want to go again."

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Nothing happened afterwards that day.

After spending some time in the cool and pleasant Shuyu Pavilion, Murong Ci returned to the East Palace when the sun was near the west and the heat subsided.

The carriage passed by the downtown area, but it stopped suddenly.

Qin Ruo frowned, raised the curtain and asked the driver:

"What's the matter?"

However, in front of the carriage stood a blank-faced, ordinary-looking man in black clothes.

She said to her Highness:

"There is a man in the front."

Murong Ci felt that something was weird, and said,

"Go and ask."

The black-clothed man walked to the carriage and said,

"My Lord, my Master would like to invite you over."

Qin Ruo asked,

"Who's your Master?

Why did you invite my Master to meet them?"

"The Lord will know once he comes."

"Where is your Master?"

"It's right in front of us, in the Deyue Tower Restaurant."

There was nothing to do even if she went back anyway, so Murong Ci immediately got out of the carriage and went to the Deyue Tower Restaurant with the man in black clothes.

If she had known that Murong Yu was waiting for her in the elegant room on the third floor, she wouldn't have come even if she had to beat up the man in black clothes on the street.

The moment she opened the door, she saw Murong Yu sitting sideways to her, sipping tea in a leisurely manner.

At first she even had the idea of turning around and running away, but she stopped her initial instinct because that would have been too embarrassing fleeing in despair.

She was the dignified Crown Prince!

How could she do such a thing?

So she walked into the room generously, as if stepping on the guillotine, awaiting for a tragic and capital punishment.

The black-clothed man prevented Qin Ruo from entering and shut the door tightly.

"This King thought that Your Highness would run away."

Murong Yu poured the tea intently, and the vapor of the steaming hot freshly brewed tea blurred his sharp facial features.

Murong Ci squeezed a cheerful smirk,

"How could it be?

Since the Prince Regent invited me, there must be something important to talk about."

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END of CHAPTER 88 PART 3

.....................to be continued