"Hear my decree, and let it be known that a banquet will be held in the palace to celebrate my ascension to the throne," Rong Yu said.

    "At your command, Your Majesty," the head eunuch bowed again and retreated.

    The head eunuch let out a sigh of relief when he was told to retreat. His old bones could not hold any longer due to the long work hours.

    For this palace banquet, Rong Yu wanted to make Ming Chen truly realize that all the ministers would surrender to him.

    But what he did not know was that this palace banquet was the time for Yue Ran to show up. After all, how could she miss such an important event?

    …

    The next morning, in a remote village...

    "Ran Ran, there is something I want to show you," Ming Ze said as he led Yue Ran to the seat in front of the stage.

    "Oh?" Yue Ran raised a brow.

    It most likely was a theatrical stage where actors told a story to the audience—Ming Ze and Yue Ran—with actions, singing, and melody.

    "When did you prepare all this?" she asked.

    "Just a few days," Ming Ze said while smiling. "Since there is no entertainment in this kind of remote village that has so few people, I do not want you to feel bored, so I prepared this."

    "Hm, I see," Yue Ran said, nodding. She then turned her head to face Ming Ze, who was sitting beside her. "Our family A Ze is so good." She patted the man''s head.

    She did not mind praising such a pleasing and obedient guy.

    Ming Ze: !

    Yue Ran''s words caught the man off guard, and he only stared stupidly at the girl who was looking at him.

    He is so happy! Does this mean that he is now taking a step closer to Yue Ran? He hoped so!

    "Ran Ran, I am so happy!"

    Ming Ze smiled goofily.

    From Yue Ran''s point of view, the man looked like a stupid but cute little puppy with its tongue out and its tail shaking from side to side with excitement.

    Although Ming Ze said that he needed a few days to prepare, it must take a longer time to actually be able to hide this surprise from her.

    "Although this may not be as good as watching it in the tea house in the capital, I still want to show this to you," Ming Ze said.

    "What is the story about?" asked Yue Ran.

    "Wait a minute," Ming Ze suddenly said, and her eyes went dark.

    Ming Ze had gently covered Yue Ran''s eyes with his hand.

    Yue Ran did not know why, but she indulged in his actions and did not reject him, which made Ming Ze feel even happier. She did not reach out to pull down his hands.

    After a while, Yue Ran heard rustling noises and the sound of footsteps. Finally, she heard Ming Ze say, "Okay."

    After saying those words, she suddenly saw the light again.

    Yue Ran looked at the man beside her with puzzlement. She did not see change anywhere, but the most likely possibility was that the actors performing were hiding behind the curtains on the stage.

    Facing Yue Ran''s raised eyebrow, Ming Ze only said, "Just watch, Ran Ran."

    After saying this, Ming Ze turned his head back to the stage and clapped his hands a few times.

    Suddenly, bursts of white mist rose from the well-built stage. When the fog cleared, the curtains were drawn. Silk strings and flutes of bamboo sounded with the actors that stepped on stage.

    Clouds and mist were hazy, mountains and rivers went around, and the immortal who lives in the nine heavens fell in love with a beautiful little lady in the mortal world at first sight. S~ea??h the N?velFire(.)net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

    In order to win the love of the little lady, the immortal turned himself into a mortal man, a scholar, and launched a passionate pursuit of the little lady.

    However, the little lady is passionate but ruthless; she was hot and cold when facing the immortal. But the immortal did not care about it at all. He just devoted himself to protecting the little lady, even after knowing that she was in love with another man. He made sure to stay behind her at all times and became the little lady''s biggest backer.

    The immortal is handsome and majestic, and he has saved the little lady from fire and water many times. Finally, one day, when the hard-hearted lady was betrayed by the man she loved, the immortal swept in and saved her once more. The little lady was moved, and they became a loving couple.

    But it was a pity that the good times did not last long. When the other gods learned of the news that the immortal''s heart had been moved, they finally took action.

    It is a very serious crime for an immortal to fall in love with a mortal, and even more so when an immortal marries a mortal. Other immortals persuaded the immortal to give up the little lady of the mortal world, but the immoral was unwilling.

    His love for the little lady was bigger than the rivers and lakes, the mountains, and the seas, so how could he give the little lady up?

    This resulted in a fight between the immortal and the other immortals of the nine heavens.

    In the end, the immortal''s soul was broken into pieces, and the immortal''s immortal bone was removed. The immortal high above finally completely fell into the mortal world, but he was not sad because he could finally live together with the little lady.

    The plot of this drama was nice to watch, although some of the parts coincided with her and Ming Ze''s experiences. This must have been deliberately done by Ming Ze, not that Yue Ran minded. This play was indeed entertaining.

    At the end of the song and act, Ming Ze turned his head toward Yue Ran. His eyes were deep and bright as he faced the girl.

    "Do you like it?" he asked. There was anticipation and excitement in his voice.

    Seeing that he had done a good job today, Yue Ran smiled and said, "It is very good; I like it a lot." She looked at Ming Ze; her eyes were soft, like gentle waves under her black eyelashes. She said, "Ming Ze, I like you the most!"

    Ming Ze was stunned. His smile had not even bloomed yet, but he suddenly froze. This was because Yue Ran suddenly came up to him and quickly placed a kiss on his lips.

    Although there was only a short and lingering peck that lasted for three seconds, Ming Ze felt that time seemed to have stopped. The girl''s clean, fresh, and faintly sweet fragrance permeated his nose, and her soft hair swept across his shoulders before falling like a waterfall when she left his lips.

    The moment Yue Ran''s soft lips approached, Ming Ze felt that his heart was going to explode.

    Her short kiss was akin to a low-flying dragonfly that stayed on the water for a moment, then left quickly, leaving behind a circle of floating ripples.

    Ming Ze''s favorability value increased by two points, reaching a score of 99. Just one more point away from a full one hundred.

    Yue Ran gently evoked a silent smile when her eyes were lowered.

    Ming Ze''s body reacted almost instantly when he was kissed by his beloved. Fortunately, it was covered by the open fan he was holding and the change in his sitting position, so he would not look too embarrassed.

    The man''s throat tightened, his voice was dry, and he seemed a little unbelievable and a little at a loss. This was actually the first time that Yue Ran had voluntarily initiated a kiss, an intimate kind of act.

    "Ran Ran, you…"

    Yue Ran raised her chin haughtily; her voice sounded a little aggrieved and angry as she said, "Why are you just staring at me? Can I not kiss you when I want to? You can kiss me, but I cannot do the same? Do you mean that you have changed your mind and do not really like me anymore? Then I will leave for you to see, hmph!"

    Seeing that the girl was really going to leave, Ming Ze took a deep breath and quickly grabbed her wrist. He said in almost a helpless tone, "Ran Ran, it is dangerous outside if you go alone. You know that I have always liked you for so long, so how could I not like your kiss?"

    Yue Ran looked at the man and pursed her lips. She asked, "Where is the danger?" a little unhappily. She folded her hands as she stared at Ming Ze challengingly.

    Ming Ze looked at the beautiful girl deeply with his deep and dark eyes; his aura seemed to grow deeper with more hidden danger. He leaned his body to get closer to Yue Ran, and an inexplicable sense of oppression enveloped the girl. But Ming Ze''s body was still getting closer and closer.

    Yue Ran grabbed the sleeves of her dress, a little nervous and at a loss as she stared at the man without blinking. After all, the original body was only a novice in terms of love. She had zero experience with this kind of thing.

    The closest she had been to a man was her first kiss with Ming Ze on the cliff up above the mountain where she had jumped off with him.