Chapter 73 Comfortable

  Must bring gold and silver?

  Xia Zhong Qi gritted her teeth and fell silent for a moment, then stormed into the Jin Wang Fu with a stern face. Although she didn't say another word, it was clear that she had been infuriated, scaring the two little maids who were sweeping the floor at the entrance, causing them to retreat several steps in fright.

  Freaked out!

  It's obvious at first glance that it's been blown up!

  Her gold hasn't even warmed up yet, what's the point?

  Li Mian calmly followed her to the ear room of Chengde Temple, where she sat with a pout on her face, her small face red with anger. He couldn't help but raise an eyebrow and ask calmly.

  "Should I comfort you with more words now?"

  Originally, Xia was furious, but when Li Mo asked her so seriously and sincerely, she thought for a moment and couldn't help but burst out laughing again.

  "This is adding fuel to the fire!"

  She took out the gold ingot from her own pocket and looked at it again and again, thinking that Zhao Zhuo was always staring at his own purse, afraid that he couldn't keep it even if he wanted to. If it really didn't work out, she might as well consider it as paying him rent, utilities, management fees and protection fees.

  She is an optimistic girl.

  The gold is still in her hands, and Zhao Zhuo doesn't know how to get it from her yet. She has made the worst plan in her heart, but her mood suddenly improved. She turned the gold ingot on the table a few times, and then she looked up at Li Mo again.

  "Sister, have you found any clues today?"

  "Actually, I wanted to tell you about this - " Li Mo tossed the golden ingot into her arms and sat down beside her, pouring himself a cup of cold tea before looking at her thoughtfully. "After you left, I snuck into Zhao Mianze's courtyard and the Donggong Medicine Bureau, but I didn't find any clues. That red-beaked green parrot wasn't there, nor did I see that Medicinal Bureau official, Cui Liangbi."

  "Have you looked everywhere?"

  Looking at her, Li Mo slowly shook his head.

  "No, I don't dare linger any longer, afraid of being discovered."

  She slightly narrowed her eyes and Xia Qi nodded slightly in understanding.

  "Don't worry, there's plenty of time. Anyway, during this period, I'll often go to the East Palace, and you can follow me there. Take the opportunity to investigate, and we should be able to find some clues."

  Li Mian lightly responded with an "okay", and suddenly said again.

  "Chu Qi, I said could it be a false rumor?"

  Rumor is false?

  Playing with the golden ingot in her hand, Xia Chuyi faintly curled up the corner of her mouth, and her emotions had completely calmed down, no longer having that frantic feeling she had just now at the gate.

  "This is also possible."

  After all, neither she nor Li Mo were eyewitnesses to the incident.

  Those rumors about the "Wei Guo Gong An" case were all heard by her and Li Mo from various channels. To be serious, the reason why Wei Guo Gong Xia Tinggan and Li Chengren were convicted of "treason" that year was more absurd than Qin Hui's framing of Yue Fei as "guilty without cause".

  In the twenty-second year of Hong Tai, the Northern Di, which had been severely damaged by the Great Yan Dynasty, gradually recovered its national strength after more than a decade of rest and recuperation. Upon learning that King Zhao of Jin was marching south to counter the Wuna country, and many experienced military leaders of the Great Yan were "frozen" by the old emperor for various reasons, they began to repeatedly send troops southward, causing friction along the border with the Great Yan. The old emperor wanted to dispatch the respected Duke of Wei to quell the disturbance.

  At that time, Wei Guo Gong Xia Tinggan was recovering from illness in bed and recommended his younger brother Xia Tingde. The old emperor happily agreed and appointed Xia Tingde as the Left Vice General of the Expeditionary Army to lead 200,000 troops to the northern border. However, Xia Tingde was arrogant and reckless, after winning the first battle, he underestimated the enemy and advanced rashly, falling into the ambush of the Northern Di army, suffering tens of thousands of casualties, and was forced to retreat with the remaining troops to south of Nuru'erhu, waiting for reinforcements to arrive.

  Ten days later, Xiatian De integrated the remaining troops and the reinforcements of 100,000 that arrived afterwards, and again launched a fierce attack on the Northern Di. The Battle of Daluohai was a great victory for the Xia army. However, after the defeat of the Northern Di army, Xiatian De not only captured countless gold and silver, horses, camels, cattle, and sheep, but also unexpectedly captured a very beautiful red-beaked green parrot, which he presented to the old emperor.

  That parrot is not only good-looking but also can speak human language.

  The first words he spoke in front of the old emperor were to imitate his original master, Beidi General Tumen Wuru, and sighed a few words.

  "Last time we won, thanks to the secret letter from the Duke of Wei..."

  If only one bird's words were used to convict a meritorious founding father who dominated the world, it would be absurd. Bird language is not as good as human language, and without other evidence, the old emperor was uncomfortable in his heart, but he did not move Xia Tian.

  But things happened one after another.

  Immediately afterwards, Cui Liangbi, who was then serving at Taiyi Hospital, followed the old emperor's order to go to the mansion of Prince of Wei to diagnose and treat Xia Tinggan, who was ill at home. After returning, he secretly reported that he saw two suspicious people entering and leaving the mansion of Prince of Wei, looking like Northern Di people from their appearance.

  The old emperor was already a suspicious person, and he immediately dispatched the imperial grandson Zhao Mianze, who had just assisted Crown Prince Zhao Zhen in handling affairs, to personally investigate the Wei Guogong Mansion. The Imperial Guard quickly surrounded the entire Wei Guogong Mansion, not only successfully blocking the two Northern Di envoys but also discovering his secret correspondence with the King of Northern Di in the study of the Wei Guogong Mansion, which also implicated Han Guogong Li Chengren.

  A stone causes a thousand ripples.

  The old emperor immediately issued an edict, strictly investigating the party of Wei Guogong.

  Those two Northern Di people were beheaded on the spot by Zhao Mianze's men for resisting arrest, and have become dead men who cannot testify. Who exactly was involved in the main plot to rebel against Wei?

  Thus, a shocking event that shocked the court and moved the world - the case of Wei Guogong Xia Tinggan's rebellion also opened its curtain. It is said that the wife of Wei Guogong drank poison to kill herself at that time. In addition, apart from Han Guogong Li Chengren who was implicated by Wei Guogong's secret letter, some officials who had a good relationship with Xia Tinggan and his students and generals were almost all private rebels communicating with the Northern Di, and countless people were implicated in this case.

  It is said that Xia Tingde, as the younger brother of Xia Tinggan, would not be able to escape death. However, after the incident, the Crown Prince Zhao Mianze personally petitioned the old emperor, saying that Xia Tingde had presented a red-beaked parrot himself, which was enough to prove that he did not know about Xia Tinggan's plot. Moreover, this time in the northern expedition, his merits could be used to offset his crimes, and he begged the old emperor to spare Xia Tingde's family for the sake of the Wei Guo Fu lineage...

  The old emperor was in pain, thinking of the past, not only exempted Xia Tingde's crime, but also let him inherit the title of Duke of Wei. After that, the fuse of the case of Weiguo Mansion - Hong Zui Lv Que, was rewarded to Zhao Mianze by the old emperor. And Taiyi Cui Liangbi, who made a great contribution by reporting, also went to the Donggong Medicine Bureau to retire due to his age and physical decline.

  The power struggle in the imperial court has always been a matter of victory or defeat, and the truth is also written by the victor.

  At the beginning of summer, Qiuzi knew that she wanted to redress the grievances of those involved in the "Wei Guo Gong case". In addition to figuring out the ins and outs of the matter, if she could successfully cure the crown prince's illness and gain his or the old emperor's trust, it would be a great shortcut.

  In a situation where it's absolutely necessary, she doesn't want to just take revenge and be done with it.

  Because that is far from enough.

  Those innocent victims of unjust death demand vindication and a say in their own fate.

  If things are not made clear, and the old emperor does not personally issue a decree to exonerate them, even if Zhao Mianze and Xia Tingde's gang were all killed, what would be the use? In the historian's writing, in the great history of the dynasty, those people will forever be recorded with the two words "treason". Xia Chuyu believed that as the iron-boned Duke of Wei, he absolutely did not want it to end like this.

  Crown Prince...

  Early summer seventh day, leaning against the cheek support, couldn't help but think of that thin prince again.

  "Cousin sister, but I have gained something."

  After finishing, in Li Mo's puzzled eyes, she told him how the prince recognized her and what he said to her. However, she didn't tell Li Mo what kind of illness the prince had contracted. Probably due to a doctor's professional ethics, she thought that was the prince's private matter, not convenient for others to know.

  Li Mia hesitated for a moment before suddenly sighing.

  "I've heard that the Crown Prince's mansion is kind and generous, it seems to be true."

  Is the heart of the house kind and generous?

  Doesn't Zhao Mianze also give people the impression of being kind and gentle?

  Xia thought for a moment and then smiled with raised eyebrows.

  "People's hearts are still separated by a layer of skin. After all, how he is as a person can only be known after slowly observing him."

  ……

  ……

  After dinner, Xia Chuyi remembered Zhao Zhen's "special entrustment" and did not return to the ear house. Instead, she prepared everything she needed and sat alone in the warm pavilion of Zhao Zhen's main house, waiting for him.

  The sky outside is getting dark.

  He has not returned yet, Mei Zi came in and lit the candles.

  It was getting late at night, and Xia Qi had been waiting for some time and was getting a bit impatient. Yawning, she pushed open the window to take a look, only to see that the crescent moon was being held up by the treetops, and outside, small snowflakes were swirling about, it was very cold.

  She closed the window, rubbed her hands together, and lay back in the chair, curling up and falling asleep.

  In a daze, the door was pushed open, and it only creaked once before stopping. The person seemed to have paused for a moment before walking over, their footsteps extremely light, but she still heard them, and it was precisely that Zhao Zhuo guy.

  She continued to pretend to sleep without opening her eyes.

  His feet stopped in front of her, she suddenly opened her eyes and jumped up like a leopard, her hands tightly wrapped around his neck, her legs clamped onto his body, and her face stuck to his neck, laughing like a monkey.

  "Grandpa, you've finally come back..."

  Undoing her tightly clenched wrists, Zhao Zhu's black eyes narrowed.

  "Is Ah Qi so enthusiastic?"

  "Haha, that's a must...” Xia Chuqi was still smiling at him with a mischievous grin, her face full of sly intentions. "Grandpa, look at how hard I'm trying to please you, am I easy to get along with? So can't you have a little conscience and not take my money anymore? I barely managed to scrape together some gold coins, risking life and limb... are you really so heartless?"

  He gave her a "I knew it" look, Zhao Zhuo smiled and scanned her with a hint of sarcasm, one hand wrapped around her waist, the other supporting her hips, and bent down to press her onto that chair.

  "It depends on your performance."

  Her back was aching on the chair, Xia Qi's heart was pounding, she lifted her eyelids and met his gaze. But in his deep eyes, it seemed like a fierce fire was burning, or as if a claw was reaching out to grab her, very dangerous, with a hint of... that kind of implication.

  Her mind was in a flurry for a moment, then she suddenly puffed out her chest and pretended to be domineering.

  "Hey, what are you doing?"

  Zhao's line of sight fell from her face to her chest.

  "What are you looking at?"

  He gave her a glance, and Xia Chuqi's face twisted slightly, her momentum weakening somewhat.

  "What's that, I mean to say... isn't it a bit too fast? Our relationship is still okay now, but I feel like we're still slightly lacking the spark for that kind of thing, you know what I mean?"

  What's all the slapping?

  She didn't know if he understood or not.

  He didn't ask either, just quietly gazing at her without a word, his body pressing closer again.

  Her breathing is getting heavier.

  She pouted, raised an eyebrow and said, "Besides, what do you want from me? It's clear that I'm the one who's being taken advantage of. Why should I have to pay for your bill too? Do you think you're some kind of big shot? The more I think about it, the more I don't agree with this. You're bullying me, bullying an innocent person, and getting better at it too. What kind of person are you?"

  "A Qi..."

  Zhao Zun interrupted her, furrowing his good-looking eyebrows and patted her face again.

  "What do you think I'm going to do?"

  "What aren't you doing? Not doing that bang bang bang?!"

  "What is PaPaPa?"

  Xià chū qī bù hǎo yì si de chuí le xià yǎn jing.

  Translation: Xia Chuyi looked down with embarrassment on the seventh day of summer.

  "That's it!"

  "That... which one?" Zhao's eyes deepened a few more degrees, looking at her with an odd expression, "Why can't I understand what Ah Qi is saying? This time it's 'that', last time you said what I wanted was also 'that'. What exactly does your 'that' refer to?"

  Scoundrel! Rascal!

  He must have done it on purpose to tease her.

  Her face slightly reddened, Xia Chuqi quickly glanced at him and indeed saw a hint of teasing in his eyes. She gritted her teeth, she wouldn't be a good girl anymore, chuckled softly twice, like a rascal, wrapped her arms around his neck, and blew a breath.

  "You're such a simple person, you definitely don't understand. This matter is just me overthinking it myself, thinking that Master wants to take my innocence. I said so, someone as high-end and elegant as you wouldn't possibly be untrustworthy, after all we agreed on a three-year promise, how could you go back on your word?"

  "Not related to credit."

  Zhao Zun's voice was faint.

  When Xiaochu looked up at him on the seventh day of summer, she saw that he had a slightly disdainful and playful gaze, which slid onto her thin body again, as if he couldn't help but sigh.

  "It's just that it has no flavor when eaten, and it's a pity to throw it away!"

  He's really something!

  At the beginning of summer, she was so resentful that her teeth were sour, but she wasn't someone who could be easily defeated. Moreover, she discovered that this guy was psychologically abnormal, and the more she was hurt by him, the happier he became. In order not to make him happy, she had to be happy herself.

  After a moment of contemplation, her face lit up with a smile again, sweet and gentle, with her signature small dimples, her eyes were soft and tender like spring water, her smile was enchanting like a fairy, one of her small hands softly rested on his chest, her pale and crystal-like fingers tracing circles on the buttons of his outer garment, sliding up to his throat, then down to his chest, exuding an inexplicable allure, her voice was softer than soft.

  "Exactly, I think of you in the same way."

  Zhao Zun let out a soft "oh" and narrowed his eyes dangerously.

  "Since that's the case, then Ah Qi, what you said earlier about making me comfortable and relaxed, what exactly is 'that thing'? I'm still waiting."

  "Don't be in a hurry." Xia Chuqi's voice was so soft that it made her own flesh crawl. However, thinking of the things she had prepared before he came back, she couldn't help but feel a little smug.

  "In order to make you comfortable, I've been preparing for a long time. But you also need to put me down first, right? You're pressing on me like that, it's not comfortable for either of us..."

  "Isn't it more comfortable with me on top of you?"

  Zhao Zhu asked seriously, his dark eyes with a hint of smile. But before she could explode, he tightened his grip on her slender waist and pulled her up, the two of them sitting up together.

  "Hurry up!"

  He urged very urgently, but Xia Chuyi was neither slow nor hurried.

  She held her breath, and with great difficulty cooled down the skin on her body that had been scorched by his fiery touch. She coughed dryly, got up, pulled his hand, and slowly walked to the bed in the bedroom, saying softly.

  "Take it off and go up."

  He swept towards her, Zhao Zun's elegant and cold face solidified.

  "What did you say?"

  Seeing his disbelieving gaze, Xia Chuqi couldn't help but chuckle to herself, feeling pleased. She deliberately teased him, tiptoeing and placing her hand on the button at his collar, not unbuttoning it, but instead tracing circles around it with a slow, maddening tone.

  "Sir, do you need me to help you take it off?"

  With a faint glance at her, Zhao Zhu's face returned to calmness, and his careless and cold demeanor became even more dangerous and unpredictable.

  "Take off."

  Zhao Zhuo obviously didn't have the habit of undressing himself, and after saying that in a commanding tone, he spread his arms wide, with his large sleeves hanging down, looking like a master giving orders. This made Xia Chuyi grit her teeth in anger.

  Grandpa!

  You really enjoy it.

  She hummed a tune in her heart, Xia Qi cursed silently, slightly narrowing her eyes, and after stealing a glance at him, she bit her lip and smiled again. Alright, serving the handsome man was just a small matter. She smiled with blooming flowers in her eyebrows, and soon had him stripped down to just his underwear, seeing that he still didn't bat an eye, she couldn't help but curve up the corners of her lips in admiration.

  "It seems you're really not afraid of me pouncing on you? Unfortunately—"

  She smiled after a pause, "I'm afraid you'll be disappointed." After that, she helped him put on a thin nightgown and patted his arm.

  "Get on the bed. Lie down properly, with your back facing me."

  Zhao Zun's face sank, but he didn't move a single bit, without making any sound.

  "Hurry up, what are you standing there for?"

  Looking at his proud appearance, Xia Chuyi couldn't help but roll her eyes and urged him again.

  "Grandfather, the spring night is short, don't dawdle! If you keep dawdling, it will be daylight soon."

  She smiled with her skin but not in her heart, yet she didn't know that for someone like Zhao Zun, the most detestable or taboo thing was to turn one's back on others, because the back is a place where eyes can't see, and it's also a person's weakness, which is an extremely unsafe way of interacting.

  He fell silent for a moment, but didn't say anything, just gave her a "what's wrong with you" look, and then elegantly lay down.

  "No, no! Grandfather, your feet should be placed like this, and your hands should be arranged like that..."

  At the beginning of summer, she was busy, personally taking his four legs to move around. However, Zhao Zun never spoke, only staring at her with a pair of cold eyes, quietly watching, still with a calm and elegant face, without any change in expression.

  "Don't move, sir, you mustn't make any sudden movements."

  As she watched his gaze cut towards her like a knife, Xia Chuqi took a deep breath.

  "I'll start by stepping on your back, gently stretching your muscles, and then I'll apply my exclusive shoulder massage oil, guaranteed to make you feel amazing -"

  "Carry on one's back?"

  The literal meaning of these two words is easy to understand.

  As soon as she finished speaking, Zhao Zhu's face turned black in an instant.

  "You said you'd make me comfortable, but it's just stepping on my back?"

  He knew that noble back, definitely no one had stepped on it. Xia Qiuli couldn't help but chuckle twice, then in a slow and professional tone, imitating the voice of a science geek, explained, "Stepping on the back is an excellent massage method, which can unblock meridians, activate blood circulation, regulate qi, accelerate fat burning, promote blood circulation, relieve stiffness and fatigue in your back, reduce soreness and discomfort..."

  "No way!"

  That feudal lord's face turned black as iron, coldly staring at her, he snorted, "How could it be that you're on top and I'm below? It's absurd! How can a woman trample on my back?"

  Ouch...

  It was almost laughable on the seventh day of summer.

  "Can't you even let me be on top of the bed, and not allow a woman to be above me?"

  He looked at her very naturally, and Zhao Zhuang glanced at her.

  "A woman regards her husband as heaven, how can she be superior to her husband?"

  "My mother too..."

  At the beginning of summer, she endured the national scolding that was about to come out, and suddenly found herself sitting in a warm and ambiguous place with a big old man, discussing who was on top and who was on bottom, which was really a very strange thing. After thinking for a moment, she stopped talking nonsense, let his feudalistic poison continue to flourish, and only talked about what was in front of her eyes.

  "Suit yourselves! Since you don't need the comfortable program I prepared for you, I'll just go back to sleep. You should hurry up and wash up too."

  Having said that, she also ignored him and turned around to leave.

  "Halt!"

  A cold and low voice came from behind.

  She knew that this guy wouldn't let her go easily, after all, the gold and silver notes in her pocket he hadn't gotten his hands on yet. How could he be willing to end it like this?

  "Grandfather, what else do you want to do? It's not your fault if I don't want it, but it's strange that you can't blame me."

  He turned back and glared at him, Xia Qiuli extremely unwillingly roared.

  "Come over!"

  He still has that aloof and arrogant look on his face.

  Ten thousand horses were shouting not to go, it's very dangerous, but her feet still didn't listen and walked over, because when that guy stared at her like this, he was really too charming, she simply couldn't resist his temptation.

  "With your hands, you can also make Grandpa comfortable."

  Zhao Zhen pulled her hand, looking at her, his voice was soft and cool, yet unreasonable... The warm breath that came out with him, accompanied by a gentle breeze that brushed against her face, made her suddenly feel that the candlelight in the bedroom had become ambiguous.

  "Cough, that one, isn't very good, is it?" She felt a bit awkward.

  "What's wrong?" he asked in a low voice.

  His voice, like a curse, stirred her up, and Xia Chuqi's heart began to beat irregularly. After thinking for a long time, she narrowed her eyes with a somewhat melancholic expression, as if she had made up her mind, and suddenly nodded.

  "That's okay. Just to make things clear, I've seen people use their hands before, but I haven't done it myself. Whether or not it'll make you feel comfortable, I'm not sure. But as you know, this kind of service is extra and can be considered shameful. So, we need to charge for it."

  Zhao's eyes narrowed slightly as he looked at her with a hint of suspicion.

  "Is pressing with hands and pressing with feet the same?"

  “……”

  On the seventh day of summer, she heard a "buzzing" bee sound in her own ears, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and her face didn't know whether it was red or red. Suddenly, like being scalded by boiling water, she coughed dryly twice, and the whole person was no longer good.

  Why does this guy always lead her to think in that direction...

  Why does this guy always refuse to admit after seducing her and leave the awkwardness to her?

  Gritting her teeth, staring at the scoundrel in front of her, Xia Chuqi's face was stiff with rage, and she couldn't help but want to carve a few bloody scars on his handsome face, writing "Xia Chuqi's exclusive beating grounds, outsiders not allowed"

  "Good."

  She said a word through gritted teeth, her tone was too soft.

  She didn't look at his expression, rolled up her sleeves, warmed up her hands, and her cheeks were red. She carefully tidied up his nightgown, first automatically shielding the obscene scenes in her mind, then sat down beside him and began to massage his back.

  But this twisted posture is very uncomfortable.

  She was very tired and her hands were sore.

  She paused for a moment and asked, "Grandpa, can I sit on your body?"

  "It's no good."

  If possible, I really want to strangle him on July 7th.

  She rolled her eyes and couldn't help but say, "Hah, you think I'm eager to ride on top of you? But now that it's like this, what's the point of pressing down, can't even use any strength?"

  "Don't be nervous, just relax and you'll be fine." He said calmly.

  Who's nervous?

  Glaring fiercely at the back of his head, Xia Chuqi's hand pressed against his back once again, and it wasn't until he reminded her that she realized her own two hands were still quite stiff, clearly tense.

  She sighed softly and soon forgave herself.

  She's a proper young lady who hasn't even married yet, and this guy is teasing her back and forth - it would be strange if she wasn't nervous.

  Forget it, isn't it just acupoint massage?

  Taking a deep breath, she focused her mind, not thinking about the sturdy body under her hands that made people drool, nor the handsome and cold face. She repeated to herself, it's just a lump of flesh, only a lump of flesh, it's an acupoint, all I need to pay attention to is the acupoint, patient, he's just her patient...

  Slowly, the strength in her hands softened, and she entered a state of work. In this way, her psychological defenses became unshakeable. She no longer felt that he was a seductive male tempter who could lure her into crime, but just a pile of dead flesh.

  "Not bad."

  A low, muffled voice of enjoyment drifted over faintly.

  "Not bad, right? Then you pay some silver?"

  "How much?"

  "Ten ounces will do, I'm not greedy."

  "Okay."

  I didn't expect him to answer so quickly.

  Hearing that there was money to be had, Xia's heart, which had been stifled since the seventh of last month, felt a bit better.

  Just as I was getting excited, he said, "Come every day."

  She raised an eyebrow and asked again, "Ten taels each time?"

  "Okay!"

  It seems that he was pressed comfortably, and the goods responded quickly, almost without hesitation or thinking about cheating her money, but rather lazily and relaxedly completely gave himself to her, slowly and slowly enjoying it.

  "Right, let's focus!"

  At first, both sides cooperated very happily.

  She used all her skills to help him, and he cooperated with great appreciation.

  However, as she continued to press, she suddenly found that the humming sound of this guy was not quite right. Or rather, it was her own thoughts and consciousness that were not quite right. He would occasionally let out a low, pleasant "hmm" sound, which always easily made her associate that sound with another kind of very ambiguous moan...

  Son of a bitch!

  She must have been guessing again.

  Although her body hasn't fully matured, her soul is thoroughly ripe.

  She couldn't help but want to plug her own ears, she gritted her teeth, forcing herself to apply more professional pressure on his acupoint while silently muttering "a pile of dead flesh, a pile of trashy meat". But this time it was doomed. No matter how she muttered, the devilish sound became even more hoarse and sexy, carrying a kind of suppressed, comfortable, and tantalizing flavor that made people's hearts itch when they heard it, penetrating her eardrum and forming a qualitative change in her brain. Soon, her two ears burned like a monkey's buttocks.

  "Shut up!"

  She angrily stopped her hands.

  "Ten taels of silver is not wanted?"

  He opened his eyes and turned his head, looking at her strangely.

  "Ah Qi, why is your face red?"

  He was so blunt, he called her like that, making it sound like he was calling a bed, she wouldn't be embarrassed if she didn't. But for the sake of money, she endured and endured, without directly exploding in anger, only speaking with a tone of negotiation.

  "Grandpa, can you not call me?"

  “……”

  Zhao's dignified and noble facial muscles twitched imperceptibly, before he lazily turned over and leaned against the intricately carved bedpost, gazing at her with great interest.

  "Are you comfortable now that I've changed positions? Can't you help but cry out?"

  She tilted her head slightly and asked with a smile, "If I can, how much silver will you give me?"

  "One hundred and twenty."

  "Does the ten ounces from just now count or not?"

  "Calculate!"

  "Alright, you come and press for me, I'm going to shout out loud, I am your grandson."

  After speaking, she didn't go to see him either. She took off her shoes and flopped onto Zhao Zhu's bed with a big thud. With a provocative gaze, she looked back at him, calculating that there would be 110 taels of silver coming in. Her large eyes sparkled with an extraordinary luster.

  "Come on? Try it and see if I'll shout!"

  Zhao's deep and unfathomable eyes narrowed slightly, staring at her intently for a while before suddenly raising his large hand to slap her buttocks with great force. Xia Chuqi felt a stinging pain, and her heart skipped a beat as she let out an unconscious "ah".

  "What's wrong with you, hitting me?"

  Zhao Yu looked at her faintly and said, "Massage?"

  One bite of teeth, Xia Qi's face turned red with anger, "Do you press like this?"

  Zhao Zun furrowed his brow, and the hint of a smile in his eyes flashed by, replaced by an expression of "of course". He said calmly, "Sir won't know, so it's wrong to do this?"

  "Nonsense!"

  I'd like to die on the seventh day of summer, I'd like to pinch him to death a million times.

  "What's the point of pressing and calling when it comes to this matter?"

  She knew he wanted to swindle her out of money, but Xia Zhong Qi didn't want to fall into his trap again so easily. After some thought, she smiled and sat up, hugging her knees and staring at him.

  "I said I called, so it's your family's grandson, but I didn't say I'd return the silver to you. So, you still owe me 100 taels. But then again, you can't have a grandson as big as me, right?"

  "Right."

  Speaking in a low voice, Zhao Zhu's head slowly leaned in closer, with an overwhelming aura, his hands propped up on both sides of her, firmly trapping her body between his chest.

  "My grandfather doesn't want his grandson, he just lacks a little money."

  Thinking of the gold hidden in her bosom, Xia Qi's breathing quickened. But under his pressure, she didn't have the strength to resist, and could only raise her chest and head to glare at him.

  "I'd rather die than give you money. I won't give up the gold that I've worked so hard for."

  Zhao Zhu gazed at her for a long time, before slowly loosening his half-encircling hands around hers. His head suddenly buried down, and in a low, muffled voice, he whispered something in her ear.

  "Grandfather doesn't want your gold..."

  Suddenly, Xia Chuqi's voice became excited, "Is this true?"

  "It's true." Zhao Zun narrowed his eyes slightly and added slowly, "Because Ah Qi, you will soon owe me a thousand taels of gold."

  "One thousand two, gold?"

  Xia Ziyu suddenly took a deep breath, just about to scold him for being presumptuous, but saw that he had already sat up straight, his face restored to its usual serious expression, without any hint of joking. His clear and bright eyebrows and eyes shone in the candlelight, looking dignified and majestic, with an unparalleled elegance.

  What's going on?

  She raised her head with a frown, "One thousand two, what for?"

  He stretched out a big hand, and Zhao Zhu rubbed her head like a small dog, then turned his head to the side, lightly kissed her cheek, and asked seriously.

  "Fools are worth a thousand pieces of gold. Is his life and death not worth a thousand taels?"

  Digression

  When going out, it's convenient to have a square (of toilet paper).

  Sorry to keep you waiting! Don't think it's too little, or I'll kick your butt...

  Also, regarding the yuanbao exchange ticket thing I mentioned yesterday, I was referring to the "extra" yuanbao. The special price zone doesn't require spending xianglian coins because those yuanbao things will expire, it's not meant to encourage everyone to consume recklessly. Some friends seem to have misunderstood, so I'm explaining it specifically.

  PS: Come on, let's go get our monthly passes.

  P.S: Meng Heng's name was misspelled, it should be Jin Huan!