Chapter 49: Do You Want to Know the Real Me?

Mu Yunqing watched her, her face suddenly filled with confusion, and he couldn’t help but chuckle.

“Silly.”

He reached out and gently flicked Su Jiu’s forehead with his finger.

“Perhaps, I’ve been wearing a mask for too long, so no one knows that the real me is actually someone who occasionally slacks off, loves to play and sleep in, and even sneaks out of the palace under the guise of handling official business, just to steal a bowl of dumplings here.”

Mu Yunqing smiled faintly, his eyes soft as he looked at Su Jiu, “The real me, do you want to know?”

Su Jiu was slightly stunned.

Mu Yunqing looked at her quietly.

“Senior Brother…”

Su Jiu felt a little strange in her heart when he looked at her. She didn’t understand what Mu Yunqing meant and wanted to ask further, but the owner had already brought over two bowls of dumplings, so she had to stop the conversation.

The dumplings were indeed delicious.

Su Jiu’s attention was quickly drawn to the delicious food, and she forgot what Mu Yunqing had just said to her.

Looking at Su Jiu, who was happily eating, Mu Yunqing’s words were stuck in his throat. After a while, he could only sigh softly.

Forget it.

Junior Sister is still young, it’s normal that she doesn’t understand these things.

He had to be patient.

The night in Shangjing City was bustling and peaceful.

Su Jiu had been observing for a long time, but she couldn’t sense any demonic energy, not even a hint of anything unusual.

She was starting to doubt whether this part of the plot actually existed in the original book.

Mu Yunqing was observant and noticed that Su Jiu had been looking around the whole time. He couldn’t help but stop and follow her gaze, “What’s wrong?”

Su Jiu shook her head.

“Nothing.”

She couldn’t tell Mu Yunqing about something without evidence.

After all, no matter what, Mu Yunqing was once the crown prince of the Li Dynasty, so he would naturally care more about his country than she did.

Without evidence, Su Jiu didn’t want to worry Mu Yunqing.

They walked back to the inn and went to their respective rooms to sleep. They didn’t speak a word all night.

The next day, people from the palace arrived early.

“Your Majesty heard that Your Highness had come down the mountain, so he sent us servants to guard the city gate all night. We didn’t expect Your Highness to have entered the city last night. We failed to welcome you, please forgive us!”

The leading eunuch said, and knelt down.

Behind him, a large group of people knelt down, shouting “Your Highness, forgive us, Your Highness, spare us.”

Mu Yunqing’s expression was very calm, “I am no longer a member of the royal family, you don’t have to be so polite.”

He pulled Su Jiu to the side, avoiding their kneeling, and said calmly, “I came down the mountain this time to ask something. Please, escort me and my junior sister into the palace.”

Seeing that Mu Yunqing didn’t react, the eunuch quickly got up from the ground, lightly swept his whisk, bent over with a flattering smile, and repeatedly said to Mu Yunqing, “Even if Your Highness didn’t say anything, I would still send you to the palace. His Majesty has been waiting for you for a long time, please.”

Su Jiu followed Mu Yunqing into the palace. Along the way, she experienced the feeling of being an upper-class person in a feudal society.

Wherever they went, everyone bowed and scraped, even kowtowing and refusing to get up, making Su Jiu feel a little uncomfortable.

“Are you uncomfortable?” Seeing her frown all the way, Mu Yunqing couldn’t help but look at her with concern, then gently squeezed her fingertip, and said softly, “Bear with it, we’ll be able to go back directly after we find the other half of the elixir formula.”

Su Jiu nodded.

It wasn’t uncomfortable, she just wasn’t used to it.

Sure enough, the cultivation world was better. Whether it was an inner disciple or an outer disciple, everyone would salute when they met, and a simple “Junior Brother” or “Junior Sister” would suffice.

Su Jiu was thinking about this when the eunuch leading the way stopped and turned to the side, “Your Highness, please.”

Mu Yunqing and Su Jiu entered the door, and they immediately saw the middle-aged man sitting on the chair.

He was wearing a bright yellow robe, a crown on his head, his face was thin and long, his eyes were narrow, and his lips were very thin, a pale purple color.

Those eyes swept over them as soon as they entered, a glint of light flashed in them, then narrowed slightly.

He got up from the dragon throne and walked towards Mu Yunqing.

“Crown Prince Brother…”

He still called Mu Yunqing by his old name.

Mu Yunqing interrupted him, “Your Majesty.”

He raised his hand in a salute, his brows and eyes were gently distant, his voice was gentle, and he was smiling, but it somehow made people feel a thousand miles away.

Mu Si’an’s footsteps stopped abruptly, a dark light flashed in his eyes, then disappeared.

He looked at Mu Yunqing and sighed softly.

“Alright, since Crown Prince Brother doesn’t like me calling you that, then I’ll call you Brother.”

Mu Yunqing nodded indifferently.

“Thank you, Your Majesty.” He didn’t make any small talk, and went straight to the point, “I came here this time to find an elixir formula in the library. I hope Your Majesty will be so kind as to let me and my junior sister stay in the palace for a few days. Once we find the elixir formula, we will leave immediately, we won’t stay long.”

His attitude was distant, and Mu Si’an was not a fool.

But he still had a smile on his face, “Brother, what are you saying? This is the Li Dynasty palace, you were once the crown prince of the Li Dynasty. If nothing unexpected happens, this palace should be yours, Brother. This is really being too formal, isn’t it?”

He agreed readily, “Don’t say a few days, even if you stay for a long time, it’s fine. But, I wonder what kind of elixir formula Brother is looking for?”

As if afraid that Mu Yunqing would misunderstand, he quickly said, “Brother, tell me in detail, I can also have people in the palace help Brother look for it.”

Mu Yunqing frowned slightly and looked at Su Jiu.

Mu Si’an’s gaze followed his.

As soon as Su Jiu entered with Mu Yunqing, Mu Si’an had already seen her.

This was a girl unlike any other woman Mu Si’an had ever met.

She was wearing the same color blue clothes as Mu Yunqing, her long black hair was casually draped over her shoulders, only loosely tied with a ribbon, and she had no adornments whatsoever.

Her beauty was pure and elegant. Her distant mountain brows were like a veil of mist, her clean and bright eyes were black and bright, but the ends of her eyes were slightly upturned, and her crow-black eyelashes spread across her upper eyelids, casting a shadow.

At a glance, one could tell that she was not a mortal.

She had a natural, ethereal beauty unique to immortals.

From then until now, Mu Si’an had exerted great effort to restrain himself from looking at her.

Now that he was looking, he couldn’t tear his eyes away.

He had been emperor for so many years, and he had enjoyed all kinds of beauties in the world: noble, alluring, delicate, charming, every kind of woman.

But he had never seen one like this.

The girl stood there, not looking at him, just standing calmly, and Mu Si’an felt a stirring within him.

Don’t rush it.

He comforted himself.

Wait a little longer, wait a little longer.

Wait until he killed Mu Yunqing, successfully became immortal, no longer a mortal who would age and die…

He concealed all the darkness in his eyes, including the jealousy, fear, and killing intent.