Masquerade in Bridal Attire and Marry the Prince

174.   Manlou’s Plan

Translator: Tracycbj

Yuxing Wei cursed. The Emperor was keeping his eye on this. He was wondering why an emperor would like to interfere with matters of Jianghu? There were other more urgent things to deal with, such as the bandits in the north and the bad harvest of the south due to the drought from last year and the summer rainstorm this year.

However, the Emperor didn’t prioritize these matters, and instead insisted on cracking down on the forces of Jianghu. Yuxing Wei wanted to help the men in Manlou solve this problem, so they could help with his ambition, but he didn’t dare to take any moves. He was anxious. “They didn’t listen to me at all!”

“You never listen to me! You should go back and tell your boss that we are only partners. If he doesn’t complete the agreed content, I can change my partner. At least, I see that Sect Luo is far superior to Manlou!”

“Your Highness, have you started to contact Sect Luo?” A voice was heard in the dark. It was a weird and creepy accent. If Yuxing Tianrui was here right now, he would definitely be surprised. This man was the one who captured him and attempted to humiliate him!

“Well, Manlou knows to get nervous now. Go back and tell their boss. I’ve said what I should say.” Yuxing Wei snorted and strode away, as if he didn’t want to waste any time here. The man kneeling on the ground looked at the dark with fear and quickly turned to catch up with Yuxing Wei.

“He really thinks highly of himself. He doesn’t know how many sons his father has. He believes that he is chosen by his father.”

After everyone left, a man in cloak came out of the dark. Someone followed him with mockery in his eyes, “Master, you don’t have to take his words to heart, but we need to warn the head of Manlou. If this idiot really goes to Sect Luo, we should make preparations for that.”

The man in cloak snorted. “You go back and tell them. I don’t believe that this idiot can find anyone from Sect Luo. Back then, he had made painstaking efforts, but he didn’t manage to see any of them. Does he think he has everything after he becomes a prince? How stupid!”

The man beside him didn’t say anything. The biggest pride of Manlou since it was established was that no one could easily find their headquarters. The same was true for the Sect Luo. The foundation of the two sects was similar.

If it weren’t for the many accidents, they would not have got involved with Yuxing Wei, who would not have become the Third Prince, let alone thinking of stealing the throne.

The two men in black disappeared in the room after a while, and the run-down cottage had been empty for a long time. This place was seldom frequented, which made it a good place for a secret meeting.

“Your Highness, we’ve sold all you asked us to sell, and we have got only these.” Dongxiang gave an account book to Du Chuxuan with an uneasy look. Du Chuxuan looked up at him and frowned. He remembered that these stores of him were costly. Why did Dongxiang look worried? Did the buyers beat him down?

He quickly flipped through the account book and saw that it clearly wrote 800,000 taels of gold. He rolled his eyes and kicked Dongxiang. “Why are you teasing me?”Read More at skynovel. org

Even though 800,000 was less than the value of the properties, it was within Du Chuxuan’s estimation. Dongxiang was proud when he saw that Du Chuxuan was satisfied. “Actually, this is lower than we should get. The agent said that if we could wait for a while longer, we could sell for a better price.”

Du Chuxuan glanced at the account book in his hand and fell silent. At sight of this, Dongxiang retreated with his men. Du Chuxuan put down the book and walked to the window. Even though these stores were all his private properties, they belonged to the Du family after all, and he just sold the good stores like this.

To a certain extent, he had hurt the benefits of the Du family. It was a lie to say that he didn’t feel guilty for his father. He could only comfort himself that he would buy them back one day.

“Your Highness, I heard from the guards at the palace gate that Dongxiang, the Crown Princess’ servant, leaves the palace with a token every day.” Ada reported diligently.

Palace maids and eunuchs of higher status could go out of the palace with their mistresses’ tokens and run errands for them. These activities were recorded lest something unexpected came up.

Yuxing Tianrui looked up from his files. “He goes out every day?”

Before Ada could speak, they heard the guards outside reporting, “Your Highness, the Crown Princess asks you to go over. The Empress has sent an invitation. The family banqute will be held tonight.”

“So quick?” Yuxing Tianrui paused for a moment before he said, “Do you know who else has received this invitation?”

The ministers whose daughters had been chosen would be invited to the royal family banquet, which was a way for the royal family to express their kindness.

“I heard that many ministers have received it,” the guard outside answered respectfully.

Ada paused for a moment and turned to look at Yuxing Tianrui. “Your Highness, we are not done with the arrangements yet. If the banquet is held earlier…”

In this case, their plan would be in vain. Yuxing Tianrui didn’t want the Empress and Emperor to arrange his marriage, even if it was only for him and his concubine.

“I think something has happened. Take things as they come. It’s too late to take action now, so ask them to stop.” Yuxing Tianrui was calm and stood up, “Let’s go to see the Crown Princess.”

By the time Yuxing Tianrui arrived, Du Chuxuan had dressed up. Today, he was dressed in red. Just as Yuxing Tianrui said, red flattered him and set off his dignified air.

Du Chuxuan wanted to be the most beautiful person at the banquet, which was a tough test for him. He would resort to another method to beat off those with ill intentions.

“Zizheng, what do you think of my clothes?” He turned around to show him. He didn’t have the delicate air of a woman, and instead had a heroic spirit.

“Very good.” Yuxing Tianrui said as he chose a hairpin and helped Du Chuxuan wear it.