Wearing a smile, he took two steps towards her.
“My dear lady, you too very polite. My servant is so clumsy that he must have offended you. Please forgive him.”
This guy’s glib tongue made Lin Mengya smirk. It appeared that he was rather sick.
Did he think he was some actor in a musical? Dear wife this and that!
However, this was not exactly bad. At one glance, one would be able to tell that this guy was a country pumpkin who was obviously a womanizer.
Raising herself up a little, Lin Mengya forced a coy smile and pretended to be excited about it.
Li Mengya said softly, “Your Highness, I’m merely a commoner and not worthy of your visit.”
Lin Mengya chided herself in her heart. Obviously, she was disgusted, but she had to force herself to speak with an ingratiating, hair-raising voice.
Ba, this was definitely not her!
“Why would you say that, my dear lady? You’re such a stunning woman that I must come personally to you. Come over for tea.”
He had not even spoken much and he had already revealed his lecherous manners.
Lin Mengya wished in her heart that she could roll her eyes at him.
She could not reconcile the fact that although these men had come from the same bloodline, this useless man before her eyes was so different from her two cousins.
However, she had to play along with the act.
Lin Mengya subtly dodged the prince’s hands that had reached out to touch her, and she smiled charmingly as she sat down.
Zuo Yuanyi smelt a pa.s.sing fragrance and instinctively touched the lady’s soft and sweet-scented clothes with his palm, then he immediately brought his palm to his nose and took a deep breath.
Such a tantalizing female scent was hard to come by!
Seeing that the beautiful lady was smiling at himself, Zuo Yuanyi’s eyes sparkled at the thought that Lin Mengya was trying to play hard to get!
The waiter at the stall quickly served a bowl of low-grade tea.
There was a look of regret in his eyes as he thought that the two beautiful ladies were about to be ruined by this prince.
However, he was a small fry. All he could do was to feel the pity.
Lin Mengya reached out her left hand and lifted the bowl of tea to her mouth to take a small sip, then frowning lightly, she put the tea down.
“Why is this tea so bitter? Its quality was so far behind the tea in our mansion. You are indeed very stingy, Your Highness, to have treated your guest such bitter tea.”
Lin Mengya pouted and acted coquettishly towards the eldest son of Prince Qing. Indeed, it was a big deal for the eldest son of Prince Qing to have embarra.s.sed himself in front of a beautiful lady.
In that instant, his face fell and he banged his hand on the table. His rage was apparent from his wide-opened eyes, looking as if he was going to devour someone.
Lin Mengya quickly patted her chest and put on a fearful expression.
Zuo Yuanyi immediately softened his expression. By this time, he had been so smitten by this sensible beauty that he could not bear to frighten her any further.
“Don’t be afraid, my dear lady, I’ve been too offensive. This is not a place for us to stay long. If you’d like some good tea, my dear lady, why don’t you go into the city with me?”
He had fallen into her trap! Lin Mengya was secretly delighted but she pretended to look uneasy.
Zuo Yuanyi’s heart ached when he saw the frown on Lin Mengya’s face.
“I’m afraid that wouldn’t be appropriate,” said Lin Mengya, turning her eyes upon her horse carriage, looking like she was about to say something, but stopped herself again.
Zuo Yuanyi followed her eyes and saw two young men looking angrily at him.
He snorted. Those two men had a good look and might appear like n.o.blemen, but from their dressings, they were likely some common rich men.
Such people were not worthy of his attention.
“Are you worried about your family members, my dear lady?”
Lin Mengya sighed and nodded as she opened her mouth to speak.
“To be honest, the man in black is my husband. The one in white is my cousin. Our plan was to go around enjoying the beautiful scenery of Lintian. Who would have known that when we arrived at Yulong Prefecture, we were not even allowed to enter the city gate? It was such a disappointment! Alas, it was only because the three of us had not received an invitation letter. Otherwise, I would love to go into the city with you to have some tea and look around the place.”
Although Lin Mengya was supposedly a single young woman in the modern world.
However, the Lin Mengya who had survived the modern society was clearly aware of the impact of the destruction on such scoundrels from knowing her married status.
Especially when the woman’s husband was present, such opportunities that could completely wreck a man’s pride definitely evoked the instinctive male desire to conquer.
When faced with such a man on heat, Lin Mengya was still able to make such rational a.n.a.lysis. Her composure under such circ.u.mstances was a little too scary.
“I see. Just leave everything to me. Hold on a minute, my dear lady. I’ll go on to inform the right people. I’ll ensure that you and your company enter the city smoothly.”
Zuo Yuanyi puffed up his chest and hardened his neck, looking like a victor. He smirked and paraded himself and his men proudly in front of Long Tianyu and Zuo Qiuyu as they walked by.
Lin Mengya looked at his back after he pa.s.sed and rolled her eyes. He was obviously a sc.u.m acting like he was some attractive gentleman.
He was obviously thinking too highly of himself and being overly ambitious that he had made himself a laughing stock.
Did he try to take advantage of her? She could not wait to see how she would get back at him once they enter the city and he was no longer of use to them!
Long Tianyu had clearly picked up the smirk of disdain directed at him when that sc.u.m pa.s.sed him by just now.
When he saw Lin Mengya smiling so sweetly at the sc.u.m, a fiery rage well up from his heart and shot up his head.
He tightened his grip on his sword. He had always been able to restrain himself and keep his composure. He had been able to swallow all the bullying and provocation from the Crown Prince and pretended that nothing had happened.
However, what this sc.u.m’s behavior was like a heavy blow from a hammer on the composure he had prided himself in.
d.a.m.n it! He had been despised by a sc.u.m! What more that sc.u.m had tried to take advantage of his wife!
He wished he could impale that sc.u.m using his sword and slash him a couple of times more so the hatred in his heart could be eased!
“Bear with it! You have to, for the sake of achieving a greater purpose!”
Zuo Qiuyu held on to Long Tianyu in an attempt to restrain him. He almost had to hug his thighs and cry out for him to calm his fury.
This was all his little cousin sister’s fault. She must know that Long Tianyu was a proud man. Why did she smile so sweetly at that sc.u.m?
Not to mention Long Tianyu, even he had the urge to dash forward to hack him to pieces!
“Exhale… exhale…”
Long Tianyu exhaled at length and barely suppressed the rage rising inside him.
Zuo Qiuyu was right. He had to bear with it for a greater cause.
If not for the fact that this guy’s father had guarded the city gates and refused to let them in, why would Lin Mengya need to suck up to that shameless sc.u.m?
Long Tianyu glared at that eldest son of Prince Qing.
As the saying went that the son would have the sins of the father, and they would let his son repay his debt!
Zuo Qiuyu, seeing that Long Tianyu had regained his composure, breathed a sigh of relief.
He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and counted themselves lucky.
Although the sinister look in Long Tianyu’s eyes which he made no effort to hide felt like a cold bucket of water that was poured down on Zuo Qiuyu’s head, so much so he shuddered.
It looked like someone was going to get into big trouble.
Although Long Tianyu and his company could not enter the city earlier on, it appeared that with Zuo Yuanyi’s help, it was going to be much easier.
Not long after, Lin Mengya was holding on to a heavy bronze token in her hand.
Although there was also the character ‘Qing’ on it, it was a size smaller than the character ‘Qing’ on the formal invitation.
After Lin Mengya took over the token, she began studying it curiously. Seeing the beautiful lady’s interest in it, Zuo Yuanyi started to explain.
“This is usually issued by the Prince Qing’s Mansion to those who had lost their invitation or for temporary entry and exit. As long as you have this token, you will be free to go through any entrances and exits of the City of Yu.”
Zuo Yuanyi indulged himself in self-praise. He surely had to seize this chance since he finally found the opportunity to recover his lost pride.
Lin Mengya’s eyes sparkled and she opened her mouth to speak, saying, “Only you can solve this problem. We had wanted to tour around Yulong Prefecture. The City of Yu wouldn’t be as entertaining I suppose. Forget it, I’ll give this token back to you. Baishao, let’s go. It’s not very interesting here, so let’s go home. We’ll come again another time.”
When Lin Mengya was done talking, she really tossed the token to Baishao and pretended to be leaving. Zuo Yuanyi was not going to let that happen. He immediately went in front of Lin Mengya to block her.
Zuo Yuanyi said with a smile, “Don’t you be anxious, my dear lady. Although this token would only allow you to enter the City of Yu, if you’re walking next to me, the eldest son of the prince, you don’t even need the token. If you wish to tour around Yulong Prefecture, I’ll be at your service. As for your family, I will naturally exchange for new invitations for them when we arrive at other cities.”
Lin Mengya was only pretending, but seeing how the sc.u.m was so keen to please, she smiled gently.
As Lin Mengya covered her small mouth with her left hand gave him a bewitching look, Zuo Yuanyi felt as if his bones had melted.
However, this guy was not aware that being lascivious could lead to bitter consequences.
Especially those eyes of Long Tianyu that had already slashed him many times over.
“After you, my dear lady,” said Zuo Yuanyi, acting like a gentleman.
He was completely unaware that he had brought the exact people whom his father had painstakingly tried to keep out into the City of Yu.
Be it Dajin or the cities of Lintian, Lin Mengya had seen much of them.
However, the City of Yu, which was the number one city in Yulong Prefecture, was a far cry even from the City of Hui, the city not far from w.a.n.gtian City.
There was only one main road in the city. From the way the shops and residences were built, it was obvious that there was no city planning.
Compared to the well-structured City of Hui, the chaotic layout of the streets and lanes in the City of Yu showed that it was lagging far behind the City of Hui in terms of city planning.
Despite how Zuo Yuanyi exaggerated the city’s splendor, all Lin Mengya saw was the look of suppressed anger and dissatisfaction in the eyes of the residents living in the City of Yu when they saw the son of Prince Qing by her side.