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Chapter 568: Chapter 519: The Legitimate Son Becomes an Actor_1

“When did you open a glass store in the provincial capital?”

Looking at the dazzling array of glassware in the store, Daohua looked at Xiao Yeyang in surprise.

Xiao Yeyang smiled and said, “It was opened before the year’s end.” After saying that, he took Daohua up to the second floor.

Once on the second floor, Daohua walked straight to the window and looked at the street below. She saw Fu Zi talking with patrolling soldiers, and after a while, the soldiers left dejectedly.

Only then did Daohua let out a sigh of relief. Seeing Dong Yuanyao come upstairs, she immediately said, “Yuanyao, the soldiers are gone.”

Dong Yuanyao snorted and ignored her.

Seeing her react like this, Daohua, puzzled, walked over and asked, “What’s wrong with you?”

Dong Yuanyao glanced at Xiao Yeyang and said grumpily, “Still asking, you didn’t even call for me when you came up.” Then she leaned in close to Daohua’s ear and said, “You traitor to friendship!”

“Uh…”

Daohua sheepishly smiled and uncomfortably touched her nose.

It wasn’t intentional; she had just forgotten about Yuanyao upon seeing Xiao Yeyang.

Seeing Daohua feeling uneasy, Xiao Yeyang smiled and intervened, “What’s with this getup you two are wearing? Don’t tell me you snuck out? And what was that just now? If I hadn’t seen you from upstairs, were you two planning a visit to the provincial prison cells?”

At these words, Dong Yuanyao no longer had a grumpy face, and she turned her head to the side with an evasive look, clearly signaling Daohua to do the explaining.

Seeing this, Daohua huffed and said softly, “If I’m a traitor to friendship, then you’re the turtle who shrinks its head in the heat of battle.”

Now it was Dong Yuanyao’s turn to feel uncomfortable. She stiffened her neck and said, “What I did was a strategic retreat. The Little Prince listens to you, so it’s better for you to explain.”

Meanwhile, Sun Changze watched the two talking around the Little Prince as if he wasn’t there, finding the situation both novel and amusing.

These two young ladies were nothing like the ladies of the aristocratic family he had imagined.

Not to mention anything else, which young lady from an aristocratic family would end up being chased through the streets by soldiers?

Xiao Yeyang, seeing the two whispering to each other, didn’t mind and signaled for De Fu to serve tea and snacks. Once they were ready, he spoke up, “Have you two finished discussing?”

Daohua and Dong Yuanyao stopped talking at the same time.

Daohua looked at Xiao Yeyang, feigning ignorance, “What were we discussing?”

Xiao Yeyang glanced at her and didn’t press on the issue of their maids’ outfits but went straight to the point, “Why did you provoke the soldiers?”

Daohua sat down at the table, “We really didn’t provoke the soldiers. We just happened to be hitting someone when the soldiers came upon us.”

Xiao Yeyang frowned, “You got into another fight?”

Sun Changze raised an eyebrow, ‘Again?’ It seemed these young ladies were quite bold!

Dong Yuanyao interjected, “It wasn’t that we wanted to fight, it’s that the bastard had it coming. Little Prince, he tried to snatch the red coral bracelet that Yiyi liked. You’d agree that he deserved a beating, right?”

Xiao Yeyang looked at Daohua, “Someone tried to snatch your things?”

“Not exactly,” Daohua said and then recounted the whole incident.

After listening, Xiao Yeyang’s expression darkened. He said sternly to Daohua, “In the future, when you go out, you must bring a veil.” As she had grown older, Daohua had become increasingly eye-catching, which was too worrying.

As for Dong Yuanyao, since she wasn’t his responsibility, he didn’t say much.

Daohua nodded, and to avoid similar trouble in the future, she would also try her best not to show her face in public, “Don’t worry, I’ll wear it properly.”

Xiao Yeyang saw that Daohua was so obedient this time, smiled, and pushed the dessert toward her, “This is freshly made mung bean cake, give it a try.”

Daohua picked up a piece, then pushed the dessert towards Dong Yuanyao, “You should try some too.”

Dong Yuanyao saw that Daohua hadn’t forgotten her, gave her a smile, also picked up a piece, and started eating, “It’s not bad.”

After having some mung bean cake and drinking a cup of tea, Daohua stood up and said, “We should get going.”

Xiao Yeyang glanced at the sky, “It’s still early, sit for a while longer. The store has a new batch of glass, I’ll take you to have a look, so you can pick a few things to take back.”

Daohua shook her head, “We asked Manman and the others to wait for us at Sihai Restaurant. If we go back late, they might think something has happened to us. If this gets back to the family home, will we still have good days ahead of us?”

Xiao Yeyang laughed, “That’s easy to handle. I’ll have Defu go and bring them here.”

With that said, Defu stood up, smiling, “This servant will go and fetch them immediately.” With those words, he dashed downstairs.

Seeing this, Daohua and Dong Yuanyao found it difficult to say anything else, and sat back down.

Xiao Yeyang looked at Daohua, “Now that you’re in the provincial capital, do you have any plans for these days?”

Daohua, “Tomorrow we are going to Yuanyao’s place for a hall meeting.”

At this point, Daohua remembered An Xi and looked to Dong Yuanyao, “Which troupe did you invite to perform at the hall meeting tomorrow?”

Dong Yuanyao, “It should be the Shuangxi Troupe.”

Daohua, “But their lead actor is injured, can he still perform tomorrow?”

Dong Yuanyao, “Everyone who invites the Shuangxi Troupe is looking forward to his performance, so they will likely perform despite the injury.”

Xiao Yeyang interjected, “What are you talking about?”

Daohua hurriedly recounted the incident of climbing over the wall to hide in the Shuangxi Troupe’s yard.

“An Xi, I know this person; he is a pitiable figure,” Sun Changze, who had been sitting silently drinking tea, suddenly said.

Daohua and Dong Yuanyao both turned to look at Sun Changze, and Xiao Yeyang did as well.

Sun Changze continued, “Unlike other actors, who mostly come from impoverished families and are sold into troupes when they can’t live happily at home, An Xi is from an entirely different background. He is the legitimate son of an aristocratic family from the north.”

Upon hearing this, both Daohua and Dong Yuanyao’s eyes widened.

Dong Yuanyao, somewhat in disbelief: “You must be mistaken, how could the legitimate son of an aristocratic family end up in a theater troupe as an actor?”

Sun Changze displayed a sympathetic look: “Due to the conflicts between his father’s wives and concubines, An Xi’s father was biased towards a younger concubine. At the age of five, An Xi was sold to the south by servants bribed by the concubine, and his mother died of sorrow because of his disappearance.”

After hearing this, the faces of Daohua, Dong Yuanyao, and Xiao Yeyang all looked rather grim.

All three of them had concubines in their family homes and had experienced conflicts between wives and concubines.

The room fell silent for a while until Xiao Yeyang looked at Sun Changze, “How do you know about this?”

Sun Changze, “My family is in the shipping business, and we’ve traveled to the north quite often over the years. My father is also a fan of opera and especially enjoys An Xi’s performances. Once, while in the north discussing business with a family, he saw a middle-aged man who bore a striking resemblance to An Xi.”

“Curious, he discreetly inquired, finding out that the family had lost a legitimate son. After returning, he probed the leader of the Shuangxi Troupe and deduced An Xi’s age, surmising that An Xi was very likely that family’s lost legitimate son.”

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