The Story of a Stroppy Princess

Chapter 22: Hua Xiaolong

"Miss, he was a fool!" Ping’er frowned behind.

"Yes, Miss Hua, he is a real fool. Who can be named Crown Prince? He calls himself Crown Prince every day. What a lunatic! The Emperor hasn’t elected the Crown Prince yet!" The waiter added.

"My name is Crown Prince; my name is Crown Prince!" The man retorted immediately with his thin lips curled and at the same time gaped at the waiter sullenly.

"Ok, Ok, keep quiet, don’t you feel it painful?" Hua Yueling asked in curiosity, for she found that the man stood up easily as if he hadn’t been injured.

The man caressed his body and then answered in a grin, "No, I don’t. Fairy Sister, buy me something to eat."

Hua Yueling smiled. She believed that the man in front of her was not ordinary. He was beaten gravely but he didn’t feel hurt, which must owe to his high-level inner power. If beaten by someone, he could indistinctly defense himself. It seemed that she came across something odd again.

"Ok, I will buy you some food. But you should promise me that you will listen to me. I will take you to leave here, all right?" Hua Yueling thought this man must endure something disastrous if he was not a real fool.

"No, I won’t." The man felt so wronged, looking upon at the Emerald Lake Tower pitifully.

"Is there anyone you are familiar with?" Hua Yueling asked out of curiosity.

"Shasha, Shasha abandoned me." The man answered in tears, which left two white lines on his dirty face. Hua Yueling was shocked by what he said again.

"Who is Shasha?" Hua Yueling turned her head and asked those waiters in a cold tone.

"Miss, Shasha is our shopkeeper Xiang’er." A waiter answered right away.

"What? Why didn’t she acknowledge him?" Hua Yueling felt more and more uneasy.

"Miss. Xiang said she didn’t know him. And her name is not Shasha. He is an idiot."

"She is Shasha. She is Shasha! She is my maid, but she doesn’t want to be with me anymore. Wailing..." The man began to cry piteously again.

"Damn beggar! How could Miss. Xiang be your maid? Nonsense!" The waiter yelled.

"Enough, go back to mind your own affairs. I will take care of him." Hua Yueling shouted them back, "Ping’er, take him to the bathhouse to get him cleaned up and get his clothes changed!"

"My lady, you are mad!" Ping’er jumped up in alarm.

Hua Yueling stared at her as sharply as knives stabbing at her and she had to obey Hua’s orders immediately out of fear.

"No! I don’t want to leave?I’ll be waiting for Shasha." The man sat on the ground shamelessly.

"Crown prince, listen to me. You dress yourself up first, and then I will bring you back to meet Shasha, okay? You see, Shasha cannot recognize you because you are so dirty." Hua Yueling said to the man softly.

The man stopped making a fuss and winked his bright eyes at Hua Yueling. And he was pleasantly surprised to say, "Really?"

"Sure, fairy sister never tell lies." Hua Yueling reached out her hand to pull him up with a smile, which embarrassed Ping’er so much. She could really not understand why the Miss would like to touch this dirty man.

Peering at Hua Yueling’s snow white hand, the man’s eyes blinked and finally looked up at her who wore the warmest smile. He wiped his dirty hand with his clothes several times. After he was sure that it was clean, he dared to lay it on Hua Yueling’s hand.

"Well, Crown Prince, how old are you?" Hua Yueliing thought he was not an idiot, because what he did was very normal.

"Fairy sister, I am ten years old." Undoubtedly, this man was not an idiot, who was just mentally retarded. Because he looked at least eighteen years old.

"Oh, you are ten years old. You look so handsome." Hua Yueling walked out with him, saying, "But, I don’t think everyone like your name, what if I help you change another one?"

’’Isn’t that good? But my wet nurse always calls me like that." The man pouted.

’’But that is when you are at home. It’s not a real name. What about addressing you Hua Xiaolong?" Hua Yueling induced. She was astonished and wondered where he came from. There was no Prince in the Kingdom of Dayue, then he must be the Prince of the Lanyue Kingdom in the west or of the Dameng Kingdom in the north. However, she didn’t know the internal affairs of both kingdoms. She couldn’t make an instant judgment and it should take her more time to inspect.

"Hua Xiaolong?" The man rolled his big eyes.

"Yes, my family name is Hua, you can take it as yours. The name Xiaolong sounds good, isn’t it? " Hua Yueling thought that he must be extraordinary. Maybe he was a real somebody in exile.

"Ok! I will listen to you with all my heart, fairy sister." Hua Xiaolong smiled and showed his white teeth again.

"Good, but Xiaolong, its ok for you calling me sister from now on. Now, I will take you to have a bath first." Hua Yueling was ready to drag him away.

"Sister, I want to see Shasha." Hua Xiaolong showed the expression of grievance again.

"OK, after the bath, let’s change beautiful clothes and go to her restaurant to have cooked duck tongue, shall we?" Hua Yueling thought that she must figure out whether Xiang’er is the real Shasha. Now the spies of the Dayue kingdom spread everywhere. Who could guarantee that that woman was not a spy of another country?

"Yeah!" Hua Xiaolong was so delighted, just like a kid. He bounced about, which made other people in the street retreat about thirty miles as a condition for peace when they saw him. Even when they saw Hua Yueling, they thought that the daughter of the Prime Minister had become a lunatic after being abandoned by the Third Prince.

An hour later, a smile showed up on Hua Yueling’s face when Hua Xiaolong came from men’s bathhouse, even Ping’er was so astonished that her eye balls were almost falling out.

Hua Xiaolong put on a purple dark brocade suit with beautiful patterns, and the black belt showed his slender stalwart figure. The wide shoulders, narrow hips and straight legs were so perfect, just like the gift bestowed by God. With a look at his face, his hair had been trimmed with a bunch tied at the top of his head. A black jade hairpin was inserted there, which made him refreshing and clean. The most surprising thing was his jade-like white and pink face. He was obviously a child of a wealthy family.

His large black eyes were moist and smart. His Roman nose made him look rich and powerful. His thin lips was like rosy Malus petals, bright and translucent. His white teeth were particularly conspicuous which made him look healthy and lively. His slightly rounded face made him handsome and cute. Right at the moment, he looked at Hua Yueling with a smile on his face.

"Sister, am I handsome?" Hua Xiaolong was fond of this suite. Saying that, he whirled round by round in front of her.

"You are a real knock-out. What do you think, Ping’er?" Hua Yueling deliberately asked Ping’er who was totally shocked.

With a blush on her face, Ping’er answered a few minutes later, "Miss, you have a good taste."

"Sister, her face is so plain. It looks like a pancake." Hua Xiaolong looked at Ping’er while his stomach growled subconsciously.

Ping’er twitched the corner of her mouth when her face had become twisted.

Hua Yueling took a look at Ping’er and burst into laughter. It was true that Ping’er’s face was a little plain. Reminded by Xiaolong, Hua Yueling also had the same feeling.

"Miss!" Ping’er said angrily and took a fierce glance at Xiaolong, saying, "You damn beggar! Don’t play tricks on me!"

"Bullshit! I’m not a beggar. Sister said I’m a handsome man!" Xiaolong plumped out his cheeks and retorted immediately.

"Hah hah hah hah... " Seeing Ping’er suffer a set-back, Hua Yueling was convulsing with laughter and she thought this man was not stupid at all.