Chapter 2
Chapter 2.1: Looks that Brings Down Cities
The Blue Waves Kingdom was a kingdom that sat beside mountains and lay by the water, with an highly advantageous geographical location. Its population was numerous, its people honest and guileless. Hence, under the current situation where three countries stood in balance against each other, they still held a slight edge over the other two kingdoms.
The reason that Blue Wave Kingdom had such an advantage was not just due to its superior geographical location but also in part because they had a farsighted Emperor.
The Blue Wave Kingdom also had the Duke of Eternal Peace who was invincible in battle. With just the name of Yan Su there in the kingdom, it already drove fear into the hearts of the generals from the other countries.
In recent years, his eldest son Yan Xi Cheng’s reputation had been rising fast as well, having followed the Duke of Eternal Peace to win quite a bit of merit in battle. Just twenty years of age and he had already been bestowed with the title of a general, the place the Yan Family had in the Emperor’s heart clearly evident.
“Princess, his Highness and the general will be returning back to the capital today and the entire place is already filled with citizens outside but you do not seem to be anxious in the slightest.” A servant maid with two hairpins stuck in her hair muttered as she put on the last pearl hairpin for the lady.
The lady before the bronze mirror looked up, and it was an amazing sight.
The first thing that shone out before one’s eyes was upon the flawlessly fair skin on her forehead, there was a faint pinkish bloom, that looked exquisitely enchanting.
That was not a result of deliberate embellishment upon that fair skin, but a pristine and saintly flower that she had been born with, and that flower had a beautiful name, called Ardent Violet.
Since her own biological younger brother could not properly recognize her, it was then thought that other people would not notice a thing even if she was face to face with them.
“Why are you dressed like this for?”
Qing Yu glanced at him. “Your Royal father has returned, aren’t you going out to welcome him?”
“He is also your Royal father.” Qing Bei retorted with his brows creased together.
“I’ve said it many times. I am not the real Qing Yu. I came from another world, and am similarly named Qing Yu, and that is all.”
“I don’t care where you came from. You are Qing Yu, and you’re my elder sister. Even if you are not, you are now occupying Qing Yu’s body and that is something you cannot deny.”
In the six years since Qing Yu had come to this strange world, this same charade would replay every once in awhile in their conversations with each other.
Especially from the moment after she healed his legs and he had stood up anew from his wheelchair, the eyes that stared at Qing Yu had suddenly seemed to have decided on something in that instant, where he had then since stuck to her like a plaster, while doing it and proclaiming it to be only proper and right.
The thing that Qing Bei could be certain of, was that this person definitely was not Qing Yu, and there were too many secrets on her that nobody knew anything about.
Like how she had managed to heal his crippled legs when even the palace’s Imperial Physicians had been helpless with, and also when black robed assassins had sneaked in to kill them but were dealt with by Qing Yu without alarming anyone in the end.
He only knew that she would not harm him, or she wouldn’t have saved him back then with no regard for her own safety.
Qing Yu met his eyes quietly for a while, before turning her head away as she said indifferently: “Change clothes. Go out.”
For a girl about thirteen fourteen years of age, it was thought that few were as tall and slender as Qing Yu. Hence, with her dressed as a male, nothing seemed out of place, but instead looked more like a male than the true blue boy that Qing Bei was.
Anyway, Qing Bei had never ever met any girl that could be so….. straightforward and candid.
With two such outstanding looking youths appearing upon the streets, they immediately caused quite a bout of furore.
Especially Qing Yu’s pair of incredibly alluring eyes even when she did not deliberately tempt people, a mere casual glance from those eyes would easily crumble a great part of the people.
All the young girls who eyes were shining brightly with hearts aflutter, they seemed to have forgotten that today was the day they were to welcome the Duke of Eternal Peace returning back to the Imperial Capital, their attention completely captivated, waiting for one single glance from the youth to rest on them.
Because his sudden appearance among them had made them mad with delight, the response they got only left them all the more disappointed and frustrated.
— Gathered Cloud Loft —
Finally escaping out from the squeezy crowd after much difficulty, even Qing Bei was feeling slightly out of breath at that moment.
It had already been two years since his legs had recovered but in order to not draw eyes and ears to himself, he never stood up to walk when anyone was around. With such a bout of exertion, he was clearly finding it a tad bit hard to withstand.
And the chief culprit that caused all of it in the first place, was not even rosy cheeked nor out of breath in the slightest.