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Zhong Zheng Lin talked with He Lian Min Min privately, and Mu Xi Yao was very curious about it. A pity that the Boss didn’t allow her to inquire further, and only said that all the things she had worried about had been dealt with and that she only needed to wait peacefully for her delivery in Danruo Courtyard.
Mu Xi Yao pouted. Boss was a typical example of “crossing the river and tearing down the bridge”. This guy just came back, and he squeezed her so much that she had no place to stand. Just as she was about to continue pestering, she shrank in fright at the words coming from above her head.
“I see that Jiao Jiao still has energy. The clothes, shoes, and socks of bendian still need to be sewn.”
As soon as the feminine arts [1] were mentioned, Mu Xi Yao felt alarmed, and she curled up in Zhong Zheng Lin’s arms, pretending not to hear.
The Sixth Highness secretly laughed at her dodging appearance. The little woman was really afraid of needlework. He once asked her to embroider him a purse, to this day it still hasn’t been sealed and all three sides were open, which made Zhong Zheng Lin who looked forward to wearing her craftmanship, face reality.
Mu Xi Yao who pretended to be an ostrich secretly glanced at the boss’ expression, it seemed that he didn’t intend to get serious with her. This was a good thing, don’t ask her to sew and she won’t ask him about his chat. When the time came to see how the two of them behaved, she will naturally be able to guess. Mu Xi Yao became happy again.
As a matter of fact, it was a rare sympathy from the Sixth Highness to take the initiative to handle the mess in her hands. As a qualified favored concubine, she must show her gratitude appropriately, so as to inspire His Highness to make persistent efforts and work harder in the future. Thinking like this, enchantress Mu changed her shrunken and cowardly appearance and her eyes shone with slyness as her little arms propped up, her cheeks pressed tightly to the man’s face, and she deliberately rubbed gently against the man’s face.
This was giving a small sample and it even came with a free gift! Thinking like this, Mu Xi Yao molested the sixth Highness to her heart’s content. While Mu Xi Yao was triumphant, Zhong Zheng Lin grasped the back of her head, leaned down, and sinking into her neck, he dropped a rain of heavy kisses.
“Bendian still prefers to touch beauties like this.” Zhong Zheng Lin arrested her and refused to let go but the little woman who was smooched was blushing and panting. She couldn’t take it anymore, so he sighed regretfully and let her go. “Jiao Jiao needs to recuperate properly after giving birth. With such a delicate body, it is really difficult for bendian to enjoy Jiao Jiao to the fullest.”
What? Really difficult to enjoy? Mu Xi Yao was immediately angry! What were you just doing to qie’s fragile neck? His Sixth Highness was so close to eating her up but he was still complaining and making demands. Wasn’t this too shameless?
Zhong Zheng Lin enjoyed the beauty and in the meantime he got to know how hard she had worked in the past few months. As he hugged the coquettish woman in his arms he comforted her and teased her from time to time. It was a lot of fun to see her huffing and puffing and staring at him. As a matter of course, his Sixth Highness accepted and generously rewarded the little girl’s brave feats.
Mu Xi Yao was snug in his arms, her small face bright and charming, and her eyes were full of cunning. These days, she worked hard for the Prince’s Mansion with “painstaking efforts”, and finally made enough money from Lord Boss at once. With the benefits, it was time to care for the man who had been away on business for a long time, “Your Highness, don’t you need to go to the palace to report back your return to Shengjing?” Didn’t this man need to go chat with Emperor Yuancheng? Today, if he knew that the first thing his son did when he returned to Shengjing was to go to the boudoir to collect nectar, he would not want to see him in his heart.
“It took so long to ask this question, Jiao Jiao doesn’t think it’s too late?” Zhong Zheng Lin deliberately touched her pink cheek with his stubble, punishing the little woman for not thinking hard enough.
Sure enough, immediately Mu Xi Yao was glaring at him, staring into his eyes angrily, and touching her stinging red side face with her little hand, looking very dissatisfied.
His Royal Highness’ evil taste was satisfied, so he calmed down a little and made reparations. He adjusted his posture, pulled up her little hand, and put it in the palm of his to play with it, “The prisoner was escorted to Shengjing secretly this morning. When Jiao Jiao was able to see bendian it was after the greeting. But for to outsiders, the army will not arrive in Shengjing until tomorrow.”
Mu Xi Yao stared at his handsome face, and the twinkle in her eyes flashed for a moment as bright as the stars, “Your Highness, will the people of Shengjing come out of the city to greet you tomorrow? Will there be a ten miles red carpet, such an exciting celebration?” Mu Xi Yao’s mind was spinning quickly, imagining the Boss in military uniform, fresh clothes, and stout horses. Such a handsome picture. How could she miss it?
“You’re thinking wildly again, this little brain is always hard to use.” Patting her on the forehead, Zhong Zheng Lin couldn’t help showing a smile. “Although the rebellion was suppressed, there are some secrets that can’t be exposed. The scene Jiao Jiao said may be seen after the battle in Mobei.”
The rebel leader in Shuzhong was actually born into the royal family. How could Emperor Yuancheng expose his family scandal with great fanfare?
When mentioning the battle in Mobei, Zhong Zheng Lin looked at the woman who was pretending to be wronged. It took nearly a month to suppress the rebellion in central Shu. During these days, he always missed her very much, and when he was free at night, Mu Xi Yao’s figure will always appear in his mind a few times. Thinking of going to war with Mobei, Zhong Zheng Lin felt that his patience, which had always been praised by others, could not hold up and was exhausted.
His Highness’ phoenix gaze was thoughtful. In his heart, he made up his mind that on this war journey, he had to take Mu Xi Yao with him. If she stayed in Shengjing alone for so many months, Zhong Zheng Lin could hardly imagine how lively the capital would be.
“No need to watch?” Mu Xi Yao regretted. As she looked pitifully at Zhong Zheng Lin’s side face, she wondered: the Boss returned to the mansion, did she have to continue being obediently bossed around? Thinking about it this way, Mu Xi Yao felt that life was a bit difficult. Boss, you better hurry up and go to Mobei! At this time, Mu Xi Yao didn’t notice anything strange in the man next to her. If she knew she would stamp her foot and scold him in anger.
“Jiao Jiao, if you blatantly seduce bendian again, even if you beg for mercy tonight, bendian will not let you go.” Zhong Zheng Lin lowered his head and saw her moist, endearing eyes. His words made her look like someone who lost her favorite plaything, holding back an aggrieved expression, making him amused. This person who was a mother actually looked like begging for food, so similar to Cheng Qing, they were definitely mother and son...
“Anyway, at night, I didn’t see His Highness keeping his hand
” Mu Xi Yao muttered dissatisfied. When she asked for mercy, could his Sixth Highness really hear her, pity the fragrance, and cherish the jade [2]? Didn’t Zhong Zheng Lin always turn a deaf ear to her pleas, and fiddled with her to his heart’s content, tossing her all night? At this time, his threat of not stopping did not intimate her. She was not afraid at all!
“This little temper is getting worse and worse.” Zhong Zheng Lin tapped her forehead, and sighed helplessly, “Which cefei is like you, scolding [3] her own husband?”
“They’re not qie, and they’re not the darling [4] of His Highness like qie is. One’s own darling [5] should naturally be pampered, right? Those who are not qie and dare to yell like qie, hum, serves them right to be chastised by their husbands!”,  Mu Xi Yao raised her eyebrows in disdain.
Was her job so easy everyone could do it? Dare to disregard the rules in front of the future emperor, Mu Xi Yao felt very comfortable being able to contradict him from time to time. Even more, the big Boss truly enjoyed her flamboyant disposition, so why bother to restrain herself and lose her luster?
“Such a coquettish and bold little darling [6]”. Zhong Zheng Lin hug the person in his arms, her words made him feel content. “Jiao Jiao is great like this. Don’t change.”
No matter how vicious the harem women were, Zhong Zheng Lin would not be surprised. Only Mu Xi Yao must not become like them, after all, he had finally fallen in love, and he didn’t want it to end in disappointment [7].
Relationship Diagram (by Sith Kazar)
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â–Č Footnotes
[1] ć„łçșą nǚgƍng: the feminine arts (e.g. needlework). It is used to refer to women’s needlework, weaving, embroidery, and sewing.
[2] “Pity the fragrance, and cherish the jade”. 怜銙惜玉 liĂĄnxiāngxÄ«yĂč: “pity the jade”. It means to have tender, protective feelings for the fairer sex (idiom).
[3] ćŸ‹æ±°. Baidu: dialect. Means to express sarcasm, mockery, or something unclean. In this context is not taking words seriously; “open your mouth and scold”.
[4]  濃氖 xÄ«njiān. bottom tip of the heart / fig. innermost feelings / coll. my darling
[5] Here in fact she said “one’s baby bump should be treated delicately”, lmao! Mu Xi Yaoooo, AJNSDKAJNKSF #dying
[6] äžȘć°äžèŠè„žçš„ćš‡æ°”ćŒ…ćŒ…, lit. “A little shameless squeamish bag.”
[7] vict4ever explained it like this: â€œèź©ä»–äž€è…”ćżƒæ„ć†éšŸćŸ—ćż=èź©ä»–çš„ćżƒæ„éšŸä»„èŽ·ćŸ—ć›žæŠ„=It's hard to get his heart repay. belike, he finally got a crush on her but she let him lose.”