Abandoned Princesses
Ning He's

Qiao Rong got off the horse carriage. His mysterious aura somewhat attracted the attention of the people around that street because of his appearance that used a veil. Chu Yue followed him from behind quietly.

From the beginning he walked, it seemed like the people around always glanced at him curiously.

Now they were already in the district that was most famous for its line of quality shops in the Capital. Qiao Rong looked to the right and to the left, but did not find a single cosmetic store.

"Your Majesty is certainly confused because it rarely goes out of the palace." Chu Yue chuckled.

Qiao Rong could only blush in embarrassment. Indeed his knowledge of things like this was indeed very shallow. Moreover, he had come from a thousand years ago, how could he imagine there being such a complete array of shops like this? The real Qiao Rong also rarely came out, so you could say the two of them were the same.

"It will be difficult to find a cosmetics store, Your Honor." Chu Yue approached and told Qiao Rong while whispering. Chu Yue seemed to be speaking carefully.

"Why?" Qiao Rong was confused.

"Because Prime Minister Huang's daughter monopolized the cosmetics trade in the Capital. All the existing cosmetic stores will be suppressed by him until they are not left alone. So everyone will only buy cosmetics from the store, but they also can't do anything because the quality of cosmetics sold is of good quality.." Chu Yue explained.

Qiao Rong nodded in understanding, yet just as he wanted to respond and ask further, he heard the cry of a girl from a distance.

"I beg you, this is my sister's only hope! Kyaaah!" Hearing from her voice, the girl seemed to be not too far away from her.

Qiao Rong immediately turned his gaze around and finally found a girl whose shop was being ransacked by a group of men. Qiao Rong immediately rushed towards that shop.

"How many times have I told you not to open your store again! Still intending to offend the Prime Minister's daughter!" One of the men pushed a table containing cosmetic display items such as talcum powder and lip dye until everything broke and scattered to the ground. Then, finally the group of men left.

The girl sobbed at the sight of her ruined wares strewn about. However, when he wanted to fix the position of the table that fell to the beginning, from across there was a hand that helped him.

"Do you sell cosmetics?" Qiao Rong asked with a smile.

"A-Ah yeah.." The girl seemed to still be in shock because of the attack earlier.

"Your Majesty, it seems I know this girl." Chu Yue briefly pulled Qiao Ring's arm away from the place.

"Oh?"

"She was the eldest daughter of one of the officials in the palace court. Now everyone is talking about it because it still opens a cosmetic store even though it has been warned several times. It seems that his family is in desperate need of money. Because his sister's sick." This was the second time Chu Yue had explained so long to Qiao Rong. Qiao Rong felt extremely envious of Chu Yue who was able to hear the rumors very quickly due to her frequent task of exiting the palace.

Qiao Rong nodded and immediately went back to the girl.

"May I propose a business deal?" Qiao Rong stuck out his hand to help the girl clean up the scattering cosmetic remains.

"Eh?" The girl seemed very confused.

Without saying any more, Qiao Rong immediately demonstrated how to use the rong mask on the girl herself. The girl was very surprised when something thick and chewy yet refreshingly touched her face. However, Chu Yue beside him patted her on the shoulder and assured her that it was harmless.

Five minutes later, the girl's eyes were as radiant as Chu Yue's eyes at the moment of finishing trying the rong mask.

"I'll accept this business deal!" The girl looked excited and much better than before. It seemed that his mental state had already improved a lot.

Qiao Rong nodded and took out a check worth five hundred silver coins. The girl was astonished, she seemed to be able to see that the Qiao Rong that was in front of her was not just anyone.

"It's my investment. In two days I will send people to look after your shop, also deliver some samples and products, as well as contract agreements. Use it as best you can." Qiao Rong explained some of the benefits of the rong mask content to the girl. Of course he did not reveal everything, he still did not trust the girl enough.

"It's nice to do business with you, my name is Ning He." Ning He bowed and thanked.

"Li Rong's. I wish we could be good friends." Qiao Rong deliberately did not use his surname in order to not reveal his identity.

Qiao Rong smiled behind his veil. I don't know why his premonition of this girl is good enough.

*****

The day had already begun to night, strangely, rather than asking for tea, Qiao Rong instead asked Chu Yue for wine.

Chu Yue was naturally perplexed, only this time did the nonanya ask for such a thing. But Li Wenhua who used to hang out with men would have often drank wine.

To be honest, he somewhat missed that taste of alcohol that reminded him of his old times in the Wuling Sect. Every time they eat and drink.

Chu Yue could only comply with Qiao Rong's request and deliver him immediately.

Qiao Rong spent time talking about the state of the past thousand years with Li Junyan.

Cup after cup, Qiao Rong felt himself to be half conscious. But longing for the past haunts him. There were no more brothers like the school that he could duel with, let alone his father..

"Hei Xiao Li~, why do you like to appear so suddenly? Can't you keep me company all day?" Qiao Rong asked half drunk.

"You don't think I need a break?" Li Junyan replied with a sniffle.

"Hehe, Xiao Li~ you know when you sulk like that you become so cute." Qiao Rong pinched the cheek of the boy in a fit of anxiety.

"Hey! Stopit! Drink already!" The annoyed Li Junyan finally managed to snatch away Qiao Rong's cup.

"Eh? Oh yeah, why does it feel like the brick house is getting nicer and nicer again these days?" Qiao Rong asked with eyes that were somewhat covered in drowsiness.

"Of course, the room of the Yin Yang Book adapts to the amount of qi present in your body. So the higher your cultivation level will certainly be the better." Hearing Li Junyan's explanation, Qiao Rong simply nodded. Then, Li Junyan finally said goodbye and returned to the room of the Yin Yang Book.

Now he felt like he was really drunk.

Qiao Rong began to stagger towards the nightstand. He finally got the focus to stand up. Qiao Rong touched the earring that Shen Haofeng gave off gently. It felt so good that at least someone connected the two of them.

"I miss you so much." Qiao Rong smiled gently as he recalled the man. Although the man rarely smiled, but his smile seemed to have been imprinted in Qiao Rong's memories since the first time he saw the man smiling.

"I hope I can solve the problem here sooner."

Slowly Qiao Rong began to lose his consciousness and fell asleep beside the nightstand due to his body being squeezed.

From the side window, came a man who was looking at Qiao Rong.

"Bas stupid." The man smiled warmly and carried Qiao Rong's body with both arms.

He laid Qiao Rong's body on the bed and pulled the blanket over the girl's body.

"Who doesn't miss you?" The man then sat down beside the bed and gently touched Qiao Rong's long eyelashes.

"I also look forward to seeing you every day." Finally the man turned off the last candle in Qiao Rong's room and again jumped out the window.

*****

The next morning, Qiao Rong woke up with a rather severe headache. Chu Yue immediately delivered a drunken soup for him. Qiao Rong drank the soup little by little.

But before the last mouthful he finally realized something so strange.

Why did he wake up in bed?