Ji Yuqing frowned, her eyelids felt heavy, she shook her head and said, "Before I see Ji Lingxue disappear... I won't give you what you want."
The night was unusually quiet. Ji Yuqing felt that the temperature around her seemed to have dropped a lot. It was so cold...
The strange mysterious man didn't speak again. After a while, the room returned to normal and the cold air dissipated in time.
Ji Yuqing slowly opened her eyes and rubbed her aching head. It was already bright outside and Zi Ye was still lying on the bed resting.
Ji Yuqing pushed Zi Ye's shoulder and said, "Wake up, it's dawn."
Zi Ye groaned and slowly opened her eyes, "Concubine... your servant..." How could she sleep so soundly beside the concubine's bed? Damn it.
Ji Yuqing was in a rare good temper. She waved her hand and said, "Go down and prepare some hot water. This concubine wants to take a bath."
Zi Ye hurriedly retreated, but she was wondering how she fell asleep last night. She was always alert and woke up several times a night.
Zi Ye was so lost in thought that she didn't notice Xiao Yichen striding towards her. Seeing that the absent-minded Zi Ye was about to bump into her, Xiao Yichen dodged by moving his body to the side. With a thud, Zi Ye's forehead hit the pillar hard, and she let out a scream.
Xiao Yichen watched coldly, with no intention of making a profit, "Zi Ye, why are you so distracted?"
Zi Ye rolled up from the ground, without having time to rub her forehead, she knelt in front of Xiao Yichen's feet and said, "Damn it, I almost bumped into the prince."
Xiao Yichen waved his hand, stopped arguing, and turned to go into the house.
Ji Yuqing had just undressed when she heard Xiao Yichen's voice and hurried to the door. She happily hugged Xiao Yichen's arm, wishing she could stick her whole body to him.
Ji Yuqing said: "My Lord, you finally thought of me."
Xiao Yichen nodded, strode into the room, found a place to sit down, took out a few pieces of paper from his sleeve and slapped them on the table, looking at Ji Yuqing with a smile.
Ji Yuqing's heart skipped a beat, and she instantly understood what was going on. A sad expression appeared on her face. "The prince is here to call for punishment... I have nothing to say... My expenses have been quite high recently... I still have some dowry, and I will hand it over to the warehouse later."
A beautiful woman crying, what a touching and pitiful scene, but unfortunately Xiao Yichen was unmoved, nodded and said: "Well, it's good that you think so, and you don't have to give it to the warehouse, just give it to the princess. Now the expenses of the inner courtyard of the palace are managed by the princess."
Ji Yuqing nodded sensibly, and the next moment she grabbed Xiao Yichen's hand, turned around and sat on his lap, and the next moment she hugged his neck and got close to his ear.
She had to win Xiao Yichen's heart as soon as possible in order to complete the mission given to her by her father.
Ji Yuqing said, "Your Highness... I feel a little cold, can you help me see what's wrong?" Then she grabbed Xiao Yichen's big hand and pressed it on her lower abdomen, looking at him with seductive eyes.
How could Xiao Yichen not know what Ji Yuqing was thinking? Ever since she married into the palace, she had used many different methods to seduce people, and he would always cooperate with her in the past. Today... Xiao Yichen's heart suddenly twitched when he thought of what Ji Lingxue said.
Xiao Yichen pushed Ji Yuqing away, "I have something else to do today..."
Ji Yuqing felt lost for a moment, but she did not give up the last glimmer of hope, "Then I will wait for the prince to come tonight."
Xiao Yichen nodded, turned around and walked out without staying any longer, leaving Ji Yuqing feeling sad and distressed.
Xiao Yichen walked to Ji Lingxue's door and knocked. After waiting for a while, when no one answered, he pushed the door open and looked around the room. Ji Lingxue was nowhere to be seen. Xiao Yichen smiled bitterly helplessly.
The biggest difference between coming to Ji Lingxue's place and going to the other two courtyards is that she is always treated coldly.
Xiao Yichen sat down at the table and waited for someone to come back.
At this moment, Ji Lingxue was jogging in the yard. She always had the habit of getting up early. In order to improve her physical endurance, she insisted on exercising every day. During this period, she consulted Ruge, and she learned simple self-defense skills, and even her flying needle skills were getting better and better.
Ji Lingxue, sweating profusely, asked Mo Xiang to prepare hot water. She loosened her coat and walked back to the room, looking in surprise at the extra person in the room.
What wind brought this gentleman here
Xiao Yichen took the initiative to pour a glass of water and pushed it in front of Ji Lingxue. He looked at Ji Lingxue's sweaty appearance. It must be said that although Ji Lingxue was not likable, she was attracting his attention more and more.
I always thought that only men would sweat profusely, but women sweating is a different kind of thrilling. Sweat flowed down Ji Lingxue's forehead to her neck, making him swallow his saliva. This damn temptation.
Ji Lingxue didn't notice Xiao Yichen's strangeness. She picked up the teacup and took a big sip. Then she put the cup down and said, "My Lord, you are so kind to come. Is there anything you want to talk to me about?"
Xiao Yichen twitched his lips and asked, "Why, can't I come sit with you if I'm fine?"
Ji Lingxue laughed dryly and said, "Please sit down, I'll go take a shower first." Then she turned and walked out.
Xiao Yichen raised his hand to hold Ji Lingxue who was about to leave. When he exerted force, Ji Lingxue's body lightened, and the next moment she fell into Xiao Yichen's arms. The two of them stared at each other, and the atmosphere suddenly became ambiguous.
Xiao Yichen raised his lips and said, "You left in such a hurry, but did I offend you?"
Ji Lingxue blinked and smiled foolishly: "Haha, of course not, I just finished exercising and I'm sweaty and I'm afraid I'll bump into you, Your Highness."
"I don't care about these." Xiao Yichen said.
A drop of cold sweat slid down Ji Lingxue's forehead, "Your Highness, can you wait until I finish taking a shower before talking?" The atmosphere was so awkward... Ji Lingxue felt as if her butt was painful with thorns, and she couldn't help but move, but Xiao Yichen hugged her tighter.
Xiao Yichen approached Ji Lingxue little by little, frightening her so much that she leaned back with no way to avoid him.
Xiao Yichen curled his lips and smiled, then let go of Ji Lingxue, took off his coat and put it on Ji Lingxue, "Okay, go take a shower, don't catch a cold."
Ji Lingxue stared blankly at the smile on Xiao Yichen's face. Damn, she was teased! Although she was annoyed, she smiled on her face, pretending not to care and slipped out like lightning under Xiao Yichen's skin.
Xiao Yichen looked at Ji Lingxue's back and smiled. The girl was becoming more and more lovely.
While Xiao Yichen went out in high spirits, Ji Lingxue was soaking in the bathtub, staring at the robe hanging on the rack, and poured water on it as if it was Xiao Yichen himself.
Ji Lingxue took a full hour's bath, not because she was a germaphobe, but because she didn't want to take a bath too quickly and go back to see Xiao Yichen. She was wasting time. Xiao Yichen was very busy recently, and she didn't believe he could wait that long.
Mo Xiang said worriedly: "Princess, if you keep soaking... you will lose a layer of skin..."
Ji Lingxue looked at her skin which had turned pale due to the soaking, and had to get up and let Mo Xiang help her get dressed, dry her hair and comb her bun. Half an hour passed in a flash, and Ji Lingxue finally went out with satisfaction.
Ji Lingxue was right. Xiao Yichen had already left the house. She touched her stomach and said, "Mo Xiang, serve the food quickly. I'm starving."
Mo Xiang served the breakfast that had been heated several times, and looked at Ji Lingxue wolfing down the food with helplessness and distress. He thought: Does the princess not want to look bad in front of the prince, so she is hesitating to avoid eating with him
Mo Xiang shook his head and sighed again: How come the prince and princess have not made any progress at all? If this goes on, when will the palace have a little master
Ji Lingxue could not feel Mo Xiang's emotion. She happily finished the last chicken wing, wiped her mouth and hands and said, "Oh... I feel alive again..."
Mo Xiang: “…”
At this time, Zi Ye's voice sounded outside the yard, "Is the princess here? The concubine wants to see you."
Ji Lingxue raised her eyebrows and thought: I just visited her yesterday, I wouldn't have discovered anything so quickly, right
Ji Lingxue thought she was very careful and did not leave any traces.
Mo Xiang went out to invite Ji Yuqing into the house and brought her a cup of hot tea. Ji Yuqing pushed a wooden box in front of Ji Lingxue with a painful look on her face and said, "Sister, these are my dowry jewelry. The prince thinks I'm spending too much recently and asked me to use my private money to offset it... Sister, is it because the prince's salary has been deducted by the emperor, and the palace is cutting back on spending?"
Otherwise, she really couldn't understand why the prince was so harsh on her and wanted to take back even a small amount of money.
Ji Lingxue blinked. She didn't expect Xiao Yichen to give her money.
She didn't know whether Xiao Yichen's salary had been deducted by the emperor. When they raided the "den of thieves" on the hill that day, Xiao Yichen openly contributed everything to the emperor and saved a small sum of money privately. There was no shortage of money in the palace.
Ji Lingxue said: "How would I know whether the prince's salary has been deducted? You can ask the butler and he will know all this." As she said that, she snatched the wooden box handed to her by Ji Yuqing, opened it and took a look. She initially estimated that the value was about one thousand five hundred.
Ji Lingxue closed the wooden box and turned to hand it to Mo Xiang, saying, "Put it away and give it to the prince in the evening."
Ji Yuqing looked reluctant, and pulled Ji Lingxue's sleeve and said, "Sister, there is a hairpin in the box that I like very much. Can I..."
"No!" If she wanted to take something away from her, no way! Ji Lingxue refused without hesitation, "Sister, it's better not to disobey the prince. You all depend on him for your living, otherwise you will suffer."
The "you" in Ji Lingxue's mouth naturally refers to other people in the palace. As for her, she must work hard to be independent so that even if she leaves Xiao Yichen in the future, she will not die.
Ji Yuqing lowered her head and said nothing.
After Ji Lingxue sent Ji Yuqing away, she rested her chin on her hand and thought about whether Xiao Yichen was going to tell her about this when he came in the morning.
"Princess..." Mo Xiang waved his hand in front of Ji Lingxue and said, "Princess, are you thinking about the problem of our restaurant business?"
Ji Lingxue regained her thoughts, uttered an "oh", and waved a finger at Mo Xiang, saying, "Go find Xiao Si and the others later, and ask them to dress up as beggars. Go around the streets and alleys, teahouses, and theaters in Beijing to promote our Qingfeng Yashe, and brag about how special and delicious the food there is. There will always be some foodies in Beijing who will patronize our restaurant. With more people going there, we won't need to promote it, and the word will naturally come to us."
Mo Xiang nodded and turned to go out, but Ji Lingxue stopped her again, "Go find a few smart and beautiful girls in the market to accompany you. You will always be able to attract some lustful men to patronize our business." This is a disguised way of attracting business. It is said that beautiful women will attract attention wherever they go.
Mo Xiang nodded, and Ji Lingxue gave her some jewelry and asked her to pawn it for silver.
As soon as Mo Xiang left, Ji Lingxue called out Ruge and asked him to protect Mo Xiang.
Ruge curled her lips in disdain, "But a girl needs my protection, don't you think it's a waste of my talent?"
(End of this chapter)