Mei Kaiye grabbed Liu Yuebai again as he walked faster and stretched out her hand, “Money!”
Liu Yuebai was straightforward, though a hint of impatience flashed in his phoenix eyes, “How much?”
Mei Kaiye held up one finger.
“Xiao Chun, go to the accounting room and give this young lady a thousand taels.”
Mei Kaiye stared wide-eyed, then excitedly urged the maidservant to quickly fetch the money, afraid Liu Yuebai might renege. She had originally wanted only a hundred taels, but a thousand taels! That was nine times more!
She’d struck gold! Enough for her to squander!
But where should she go next? Oh right, she was going to marry the best man, someone richer, more powerful, and more handsome than Liu Yuebai. Then she’d return to the Liu family and parade around triumphantly! Thinking it over, there was only one person – the current Emperor.
Holding the bank note, Mei Kaiye left the mansion, daydreaming and secretly planning how to sneak into the palace and seduce the Emperor.
From Qingzhou to the capital was a journey of several days. Mei Kaiye, dressed as a man, traveled at a turtle’s pace, constantly pondering how to seduce – no, that sounds too crude! She was a beauty, she needed to be demure! She should “pursue” – yes, pursue!
While eating candied hawthorns, she was suddenly bumped into. Mei Kaiye looked up, giving him a fierce glance. Though she wanted to scold him, for the sake of her image, she smiled and said, “Didn’t you bring your eyes?”
The person was stunned, then said contemptuously, “Move aside, sissy.”
Mei Kaiye was outraged. “You bumped into me and want me to move aside?” Mei Kaiye gritted her teeth, on the verge of explosion.
Though currently, Mei Kaiye did have a bit of a pretty boy look – skin as white as jade, a delicate face, a slender figure, holding two strings of candied hawthorns, eating them leisurely. This small incident was quickly forgotten. After eating lavishly at an opulent restaurant, she suddenly discovered her money pouch was missing. She estimated it was stolen by that man who didn’t watch where he was going. Mei Kaiye’s face darkened, thinking about how to deal with the waiter.
“Young master, that’ll be twenty taels of silver.”
Mei Kaiye was extremely frustrated. What to do?
