Loving the Naughty Empress

Chapter 118 - The Date Night

Xiao Nie is trying to do the curtsies when Ni Qing stop her. meanwhile, Ni Qing is curtsying to her husband who is helping her up. Xie Lan is following everyone inside the room by bowing on the floor when the master who buy her life today inside the room.

"What are you doing in here? How can you know about my position?" Ni Qing is sitting back on the nearby seat with the emperor who is wearing an expensive silky dress with his small golden headband.

"Am I looking stupid? I manage the whole country in the back of my hand, and you are asking me about your whereabouts… do you found a new clue for your sister death? Where are you going?" Jin Yu is looking at his wife.

"How can you know about my investigation? You are really good, my husband. Nothing can be out of your insight," Ni Qing ashamedly admits her husband ability to predict and reading her mind.

"I am the emperor of Dayu Kingdom. I know about your investigation and finding the bread crump," Jin Yu is advising his wife about his knowledge. In reality, he accidentally found her notebook in her study and reading through all her scribbles about the finding. Zhang is informing him about the letter from Mr Zhou from the belonging of Xiao Nie. His suspicion becomes true about the culprit.

"Can you take me to meet with the witness? Please…. And we can go on date outside the palace wall to find out about the people life," Ni Qing is asking from her husband.

"Let's go…." Jin Yu is standing up and put up his hand. He is already changing and Eunuch Wang also already change into his outing normal robe.

"Really…." Ni Qing is reaching his hand unbelievably about the miracle in front of everyone. No one knows about his instruction to Zhang. He is going to lurk near the tea house to protect the witness. He just scares if the empress dowager is one stepped closer to find out then no one will know about the truth. However, she is not yet known about the finding.

They are walking through the busy marketplace. The night sky is clear with the star on the black dan dark sky. The bustling capital main road with the street vendor makes the night market bustling with the people's sound. There is a group of entertainers perform on the street where Ni Qing is holding his hand tightly and pull him to see the performance.

She is buying some cookies from the street vendor and eat them on the spot. She is also buying a lot of snacks on the way to the tea house. Jin Yu sees her like a small kid who gets lost in her favourite place.

"You look so happy?" Jin Yu is walking hand in hand with her on the busy street.

"Of course…. It has been a long time for me to get my freedom back to roam this street. Are you hungry?" Ni Qing is telling him while holding his hand tightly inside her hand.

"A little bit… do you carving something after all your snack?" Jin Yu is asking her lovingly.

Ni Qing is escorting him into a small street vendor with noodle dishes on the street. No one knows about Jin Yu as their emperor or the royal title. As long they can fulfil their stomach and finding their portion of the money to survives.

"Come…. Come…." the old lady is welcoming them and escorting them to their seat.

"Aunty, how are you?" Ni Qing is helping her to clean up the table.

"Ahhh Young miss Ni Qing… are you alone? Where is General Lin and Master Ni Sheng?" The old woman is looking excited with her presence.

"Ni Sheng is getting married today and Lin Yue is helping him as his host. I am here with my husband." Ni Qing is explaining to her while Jin Yu is only moving his head to gesture respect to the older people.

"Ahhhh… I pray so your marriage will last forever, and you will bear a son for your handsome husband. What do you want to eat, miss?" the old lady is asking her while pouring the hot water on their cup.

"The usual, aunty…. the handmade pork noodle with the chilli dumpling and barley tea," Ni Qing is asking her for her favourite menu in this stall.

"As usual…. You are never changing since you are a little girl, miss," The aunty is smiling at her choice of food.

"You come here all the time with Lin Yue…." Jin Yu is asking her with his envy tone. He feels so jealous of Lin Yue who is able to spend time with his wife.

"Yes… this vendor is selling the best noodle in the whole capital. The most important part is the cheapest one in the whole town. You will taste it soon to know the truth," Ni Qing is boasting this vendor as if she is really happy to be able to go out from the stuffy palace.

While they are waiting, there is a pack of an old woman with a small child who gets thrown outside the road near the noodle vendor. It seems they are trying to beg for some leftover food from the nearby street vendor. The old noodle lady is coming closer to the old lady and bring them to her inside her small vendor. She sits the old woman with her trembling hand on the corner table and the small child.

"Aunty, give them some food and I will pay for them…" Ni Qing is telling the noodle vendor.

"How can my people still live in poverty?" Jin Yu is asking her about the thing they see in society. They even begging for leftover food to survive the day.

"We can ask them about her condition and help her." Ni Qing is giving out some advice to her husband about the condition in society to find out some solution.