The Palace (1)
âWhat has the emperor got to do with me eating breakfast? Also, I donât like meeting people for the sake of meeting them. I wonât meet the princes, I donât have skills in that department!â said Ye Lang while eating a youtiao [Note: fried breadstick] as big as himself. He drank a huge gulp of soymilk, looking very satisfied.
Coldblood Five was also enjoying this simple but satisfying meal with him. Breakfasts shouldnât be too grand, this was perfect.
âColdblood Five⊠Spending time with this little brat has made you⊠weirderâŠâ Coldblood Seven envied her in a good way, but she was also jealous.
âIâm normal. Itâs just breakfast, canât I eat my food?â said Coldblood Five coldly.
âIt is breakfast, but look at the time. You wouldnât have done this before meeting Ye LangâŠâ
âWhat time is it?â Coldblood Five drank another mouthful of soymilk.
â...â
âRight? Itâs just the emperor, nothing huge. Itâs not like I havenât met an emperor before,â said Ye Lang casually.
To Ye Lang, meeting the emperor was very normal. The Soaring Sky Empireâs palace was almost his home, and when he played around the area heâd often mistakenly enter the forbidden areas.
Ye Chengtian and the rest of the officials, who would be discussing important national matters, would just jokingly scold Ye Lang, then get someone to bring him outside to meet Princess Qi.
Hence, to Ye Lang, being summoned by Vermilion Bird Empireâs emperor was a very normal thing!
âI donât care if youâve met many emperors, you have to meet everyone. Donât forget, we have to look for opportunities to get closer to Princess Longji!!â Coldblood Seven was too tired to care about Ye Lang. She didnât even ask him what he meant by meeting emperors before.
âI know. I didnât say I wasnât going, I just wanted to eat first! Little Five, breakfast is important, right?â asked Ye Lang, still eating.
âMm!!â grunted Coldblood Five, nodding.
âI know itâs important, but...Fine, do whatever you want,â Coldblood Seven couldnât do anything but sit and watch him enjoy his breakfast.
Outside the hotel, the royal messengers thought Lady Marge was still getting ready. They knew how sophisticated ladies needed time to change, so they were very understanding.
If only they knew Ye Lang was actually eating breakfast inside- and they were eating food that could have been easily packed to eat along the wayâŠ
The emperor rarely summoned people, he should understand that it was disrespectful to keep the emperor waiting like this⊠Disrespectful indeedâŠ
After his breakfast, Ye Lang got on the spirit girlâs body, getting ready to leave.
âWait! Are you leaving like this?!â said Coldblood Seven.
âYeah?â Ye Lang and Coldblood Five didnât understand. Did they forget something?
âArenât you going to wear something more formal? Maybe some makeup?â Coldblood Seven was sweating. They werenât treating the emperor as THE emperor. How could they leave a good impression going there like this? And how would they be invited to attend the prestigious Empress Dowagerâs birthday party?
âNope! My spirit girl is perfect, made for natural beauty. It doesnât need any work done,â Ye Lang was confident in its looks, so he refused to put makeup on it.
âThatâs fine, but you should get some better clothes. Isnât it disrespectful to wear something this casual to meet the emperor?â Coldblood Seven agreed that the spirit girl didnât need makeup. Anything more would just look tacky.
However, wearing casual attire to the palace, to a commonerâs eyes, would be very disrespectful!
âItâs alright, Iâve always worn casual stuff. Itâs not even a formal event,â said Ye Lang. He was referring to often wearing casual attire to meet the emperor, but Coldblood Seven didnât ask.
âIf this is not a formal event, then what is a formal event? Youâve always worn whatever, but today you must wear something better!â roared Coldblood Seven, blocking Ye Lang.
âAlright alright, then give them to me. This is so inconvenient!â Ye Lang didnât want to argue anymore. It was just clothes, so it wasnât a big deal. It wasnât his clothes anyway.
âGive what?â asked Coldblood Seven, her mind suddenly blank.
âClothes, obviously! Do you think I, a man, would bring a whole dress with me? You donât have to ask Little Five, she wouldnât have it either!â
âYou donât haveâŠ? Mine wonât fit either⊠ThisâŠâ muttered Coldblood Seven worriedly. Sheâd forgotten to prepare formal wear for the spirit girl and thought it would have been prepared for them.
âShut up, just give me the clothes! Itâll do!â said Ye Lang.
âIt wonât fit! Everyoneâs figure is different. Even if different people wear the same dress, it wouldnât be the same. The spirit girl is smaller than me, and she doesnât have my figure, so sheâd definitely look ugly in themâŠâ said Coldblood Seven, taking the chance to praise herself.
âItâll be alright! We can alter it,â said Ye Lang, âItâs better if itâs too big, we can make it smaller. Itâd be worse if it were too small.â
âI donât know how toâŠâ said Coldblood Seven.
âYou donât? Are you a woman?â said Ye Lang directly.
âNot all women sew?? Coldblood Five wouldnât either,â said Coldblood Seven, throwing Coldblood Five under the bus too. HoweverâŠ
âLittle Five knows. I was going to ask her!â Ye Lang told the truth, but it was only something the both of them knew.
âThatâs impossible, Coldblood FiveâŠâ she stared at Coldblood five in disbelief. She wanted to say something, but Ye Lang interrupted her.
âSo are you giving us the dress? Weâre leaving!â said Ye Lang. He wasnât impatient or angry.
âYes yes, I think your spirit girl would look good in white,â Coldblood Seven took a white dress from the closet. It was simple yet elegant, and it wasnât sexy.
Coldblood Seven had very few dresses that were not sexy or revealing. However, sometimes, as a professional scammer, she still had to act like a conservative, good girl. Hence this dress.
She picked this dress for the spirit girl because it was innocent enough, so it would make a good impression with the emperor. Coldblood Seven was going to wear another similar dress herself.
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