Rumor Has It That I’m Pregnant with His Highness’ Child - Chapter 521
Chapter 521: Leaving You
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Yu Niaoniao returned to the Langjun Imperial Palace happily with a thousand taels.
She took some spices and beef jerky she had brought back from Liangzhou, then brought Ling Hai out again.
They had originally planned to go to the Yu Residence to look for Yu Pingping, but they did not expect to bump into her on the way.
Yu Pingping had just walked out of the bookstore when she saw Yu Niaoniao riding a donkey over. She was pleasantly surprised and could not help but smile.
“Sister! When did you return to the Imperial Capital?”
After not seeing her for half a year, not only had this little girl grown taller, but her facial features had also grown. The childishness on her body had faded a lot, and she looked even more like a lady.
Yu Niaoniao jumped off the donkey’s back. “I just returned yesterday.”
Ling Hai led the donkey to the side so as not to disturb the sisters from catching up.
Yu Pingping pouted and complained.
“What took you so long? It’s almost the new year. I thought you wouldn’t be back until next year.”
Yu Niaoniao smiled mischievously. “Why? Do you miss me?”
Yu Pingping immediately blushed and cursed angrily.
“Don’t flatter yourself, okay? I wouldn’t miss you unless I had nothing better to
With that, she turned around to look elsewhere, looking angry.
Yu Niaoniao was still smiling. “When I saw you just now, I thought you had grown up. From the looks of it, you’re still a child.”
Yu Pingping originally wanted to ignore her, but she was unwilling to be looked down upon by her, so she could not help but defend herself. “If you think I’m childish, then don’t leave the Qirui Opera Troupe to me.” Yu Niaoniao spread her hands and pretended to sigh helplessly.
“I have no choice. You’re my only biological sister. I don’t trust anyone else. I only trust you.”
Yu Pingping could not help but smile.
“Then why aren’t you treating me better?”
Yu Niaoniao asked Ling Hai to take out those spices and beef jerky.
“Don’t say I don’t remember you as my sister. These are the specialties I brought back from Liangzhou. I specially brought them for you.”
Yu Pingping snorted. “It’s not something valuable.”
Yu Niaoniao said, “Then I’ll take it back.”
She reached out as if to take the specialties away. Yu Pingping immediately panicked and hurriedly hugged the box containing the specialties.
“Who asks for a gift back? You’re too petty!”
Yu Niaoniao said matter-of-factly, “Don’t you despise these things for being worthless? Since you don’t want them, I naturally have to take them back.” Yu Pingping said angrily.
“Who said I didn’t want them? I just said something casually, and you’re in a hurry to take them back. How can there be someone like you? You’re not sincere at all!”
Yu Niaoniao raised her hands and compromised.
“Okay, okay, okay. I was wrong. I shouldn’t have taken it too seriously.”
She looked at the bookstore beside her and asked.
“Are you out to buy books?”
Yu Pingping nodded and said yes.
Yu Niaoniao asked, “Where’s your book?”
Speaking of this, Yu Pingping was furious. She snorted heavily and said unhappily.
“I didn’t get it!”
Yu Niaoniao was very surprised. “What book? You can’t buy it yet?”
Yu Pingping complained.
“It’s not that you can’t buy it, but it’s not on the market yet. Those profiteers had previously tricked us into saying that they would definitely publish a new book at the end of the year. But it’s almost the new year and I haven’t even seen the shadow of my new book.”
“No, I still have to come tomorrow. I rush them every day. If they don’t produce the new book, I’ll annoy them to death!”
Yu Niaoniao said, “Do you have to do that? It’s just a book. There are so many books in the bookstore. Can’t you read something else?”
Yu Pingping said angrily, “You don’t understand. Master Wang’s book is different from others. No book can replace his.”
Yu Niaoniao thought she had misheard.
“Whose book are you talking about?”
Yu Pingping knew that she had let it slip. Although Master Wang’s book was good, many people said that it was a ridiculous work. If her sister found out that she read such a book, she would definitely take the opportunity to laugh at her.
She blinked and pretended to be oblivious. “Did I just say whose book? I
didn’t…
Before could ask further, Yu Pingping said quickly.
“Alright, alright. I still have something to do. I’ll leave first.” With that, she was about to leave.
Yu Niaoniao grabbed her arm. “Wait a minute. I need your help with something. ”
Yu Pingping could only stop. “What else?”
Yu Niaoniao took out the thousand taels of silver and handed it to her.
“While I’m away, help me manage the assets of Qirui Garden quite well. You’ll continue to manage the finances in the future.”
Yu Pingping thought that the money had been given to her sister by Duke Lang, so she did not ask further and simply accepted the banknotes. “Alright, since you’re so sincere in asking me for help, I’ll reluctantly help you again.”
Yu Niaoniao smiled.
“Qirui Garden will officially open for business the day after tomorrow. I plan to take advantage of the first day of business to hold a preferential activity. For example, as long as you’re an audience who enters the Qirui Garden to watch the show, you can get a 20% discount on all expenses. If the total consumption exceeds a certain amount, you can even give an additional portion of special snacks. What do you think?”
Yu Pingping thought for a moment. “That’s a good idea. It’s a good way to attract attention.”
Yu Niaoniao said, “Then it’s settled. You have to be there on the opening day. At that time, you have to cut the ribbon in my place.”
Yu Pingping frowned. “You’re the boss. Why don’t you do it yourself?”
“It’ll be inconvenient.”
As Yu Niaoniao spoke, she took off the veil on her face, revealing the brown scar.
Yu Pingping’s eyes widened. She was so frightened that she almost could not hold the box.
“W-what happened to your face?”
Yu Niaoniao put on the veil. “I was injured in Liangzhou. My injuries have healed, but the scar is still there, so it’s not convenient for me to show my face in front of others. I can only ask you to help me.”
Yu Pingping was also a woman and knew how important looks were to women.
She was extremely anxious. “You’re already in this state. Why do you care about the opening ceremony? Hurry up and find a doctor to treat you. Isn’t your man Duke Lang? Let him enter the palace to get an imperial physician for you. If you really can’t, you can issue a bounty and pay a high price to seek treatment. I don’t believe you won’t find a divine doctor who can help you remove the scar!”
Yu Niaoniao felt that her anxious appearance was quite fun. She wanted to tease her, so she pretended to be helpless.
“It’s useless. This is all I can do for the rest of my life. Fortunately, Duke Lang doesn’t despise me. He said that no matter what I become, he won’t abandon me.”
Yu Pingping expected better from her and stomped her feet.
“Are you stupid! If you can believe a man’s words, even a sow can climb a tree! Putting aside those we don’t know about, look at our father. As soon as he divorced your mother, he married my mother.”
“How seamlessly did he transit from one to another? As the saying goes, they’re all the same! No matter how nicely they said it, he would still despise you when you were old.”
“Not to mention that you’re disfigured now. He’ll abandon you before you get old.. “
