Chapter 255 Neither Gentle nor Dignified
Chapter 255 Neither Gentle nor Dignified
This means that Murong Jing did not have any concubines.
Su Mowan shook her leg.
"If it's not true, it's not true. Just say it properly. You're pinching me too hard."
Seeing the smile in her eyes, Murong Jing suddenly remembered what Lu Yifeng had said: If a woman is jealous of you, it means she cares.
Su Mowan's current state seems to be attributed to jealousy?
Realizing this, Murong Jing loosened his grip, took off Su Mowan's shoes, and then watched as Su Mowan dipped her feet into the water.
As her feet warmed up in the hot water, Su Mowan took off the fox fur coat that the Seventh Princess had put on her again, folded it a couple of times, and put it aside.
Murong Jing waited for a while, and seeing that she didn't ask anything, he glanced at her and said somewhat awkwardly, "How is the gift I gave you?"
"very good."
Su Mowan knew what Murong Jing was talking about, of course. Although she was very curious about how Murong Jing had done it, asking now would ruin the atmosphere.
So Su Mowan added, "I like it very much."
Because of this sentence, Murong Jing's expression immediately improved, and even his cold and hard facial features softened a bit.
"I'm glad you like it. Remember to wear it when you go to the palace tomorrow."
Su Mowan knew about tomorrow's palace banquet, which was a banquet hosted by Emperor Moyao for the newly appointed candidates, and was elegantly called the Qionglin Banquet.
As a member of the royal family, Murong Jing naturally had to attend, and if Murong Jing went, Su Mowan would have to go as well.
Putting everything else aside, if she doesn't go, Emperor Mo Yao might think she's done something wrong again.
Thinking that Shen Muyue had returned to the Left Prime Minister's residence, Su Mowan asked Murong Jing, "Is Shen Muyue going to the palace banquet tomorrow?"
Su Mowan actually wanted to remind Murong Jing whether he should send someone to inform Shen Muyue, but whether or not to go was up to Shen Muyue herself.
Murong Jing replied, "I will not take her with me."
Su Mowan blinked, implying that she was only taking her along?
Wouldn't that be a bad idea? After all, the Left Chancellor still has some influence among the civil officials. What if the Left Chancellor is dissatisfied and says something unpleasant behind his back?
Murong Jing could tell what she was thinking just by looking at her expression, and said nonchalantly, "The Left Prime Minister wouldn't dare to have any objections to me. Besides, it was Shen Muyue who wanted to go back, not me who sent her back."
Su Mowan: "..."
So the implication is: Shen Muyue ran back on her own, and it was her own fault for missing the train?
That logic is really something, absolutely brilliant.
When Su Mowan had soaked for a while, she pulled her feet back, quickly grabbed a towel from the side to dry the water droplets, then shrank onto the bed, first shaking out the quilt and lying down.
The maid came in carrying another basin of water. After putting it down, she took the basin that Su Mowan had used out.
Then Su Mowan heard the sound of Murong Jing taking off his boots.
Su Mowan quickly sat up and said, "Why don't you sit on the bed? It'll be more convenient for you later."
Before Murong Jing could say whether it was good or bad, Su Mowan lifted the covers, went to the bedside, put her feet on the round stool next to the bed, and pulled the wheelchair in front of her.
She gestured for Murong Jing to stand up.
"I'll help you."
Murong Jing's eyes flashed, and he actually stood up.
Su Mowan knew that Murong Jing's leg was intact, so she told him to hold on for now.
Because Murong Jing was exceptionally tall, Su Mowan couldn't reach him from the edge of the bed, so she had to stand up on a round stool, then wrap her arms around Murong Jing's waist and hold him tightly.
Su Mowan exerted a little effort, and Murong Jing cooperated, easily sitting on the bed.
She released her grip, looked at Murong Jing's handsome profile, and suddenly asked, "Your leg, is it really incurable?"
Murong Jing put his feet into the hot water, turned to look at her, his handsome brows furrowed slightly, and a hint of displeasure was reflected in his deep eyes.
"You're disgusted?"
"..."
This isn't disdain, it's concern for you, okay?
Feeling awkward, Su Mowan simply lay down and burrowed back into the covers.
The sound of Murong Jing washing his feet reached her ears, and Su Mowan suddenly became somewhat distracted.
It's really unbelievable. She's actually gotten somewhat used to sleeping in the same bed with Murong Jing every day. Murong Jing has this tendency to act crazy from time to time, which she finds a little hard to handle.
Su Mowan believes that feelings between two people need a long period of time to grow.
The Seventh Princess's love-at-first-sight feelings for Su Mobai are very unreliable.
A person's appearance may attract people and make them want to get closer, but what ultimately attracts people and makes them decide to spend their lives together should be a person's inner qualities.
Su Mowan admitted that Murong Jing was very attractive, both in appearance and in personality.
She shared a bed with him every day, and occasionally she would be captivated by Murong Jing's good looks. For example, when she woke up in the morning and looked at Murong Jing's peaceful sleeping face, her heart would inexplicably beat uncontrollably.
This feeling was really bad for Su Mowan. She vaguely felt that her feelings for Murong Jing were different, but she didn't know how to make a breakthrough.
Like a caged beast, utterly helpless.
More importantly, her relationship with Murong Jing, seemingly harmonious, was strange in every way. To this day, she still doesn't know when or why Murong Jing fell in love with her.
Moreover, Murong Jing's affection was somewhat strange. She didn't know if it was due to his personality, but she always felt that Murong Jing was a little awkward. When sleeping, he had to hold her close, as if he really liked touching her, but he was also a little reserved.
For example, today in the study, if Murong Jing had moved even a little faster, she wouldn't have been able to dodge.
So, Murong Jing's first success at Xiaoxiang Biying was really due to her being completely dazed at the time. If it were now, Murong Jing wouldn't even be able to kiss her.
Thinking of this, Su Mowan found it somewhat amusing, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but curve upwards, even chuckling slightly.
Fearing that Murong Jing would discover her, she could only turn around and secretly gloat inside, but she didn't expect that even such a secret action would still be noticed by Murong Jing.
"What are you laughing at?" he asked.
Su Mowan felt a pang of guilt, but quickly composed herself before turning around and saying innocently, "I wasn't laughing at anything. Are you done yet? I'm sleepy."
It means I want to turn off the lights and go to sleep.
But Murong Jing interpreted these words differently. So he called out softly to the outside, and a maid came in and took the water out.
Hearing the door being gently closed, Su Mowan felt a little nervous, for no reason.
Murong Jing's legs weren't immobile, just unable to walk, so he easily moved onto the bed. He raised his hand to extinguish the candle before lowering the bed curtains.
Then Su Mowan felt Murong Jing lie down and move closer to her.
Su Mowan steeled herself and leaned over, then reached out and climbed onto Murong Jing's shoulder with one hand.
Murong Jing stiffened slightly, and even his breathing became lighter.
In the darkness, Su Mowan coughed and asked softly, "Let me ask you something, is it because I saved you that you treat me this way..."
"Of course not."
Before Su Mowan could finish speaking, Murong Jing interrupted her with some displeasure.
Su Mowan thought for a moment, then said with a smile, "So what do you see in me? I'm neither gentle nor dignified."
"Neither gentle nor dignified."
"..."
Su Mowan almost choked to death.
After thinking for a moment, he realized that Murong Jing was probably joking in a serious manner, so he said seriously, "If you really like me, you can't look at other women anymore."
"I'm not that free."
"..."
Murong Jing's lips curled into a slight smile. He remembered that time outside the Huangfeng Garden wall, when he heard Su Mowan and Chaoyang say "one life, one love, one couple".
Did Su Mowan's words just now mean that she already had the idea of being with him for life?
His Highness the King of Qin is in an indescribably good mood right now.
It seems that Lu Yifeng's idea of forcing himself on her was indeed ineffective. That time when we went boating, he did kiss her, but it didn't have any effect.
Fortunately, Su Mowan has now given some response.
So Murong Jing decided to press his advantage: "I naturally don't fancy other women, and you're not allowed to fancy other men either."
Where did the other men come from?
Su Mowan felt that the conversation, though seemingly serious, had a strange undertone.
So she had no choice but to change the subject: "At the palace banquet tomorrow, should we go see the Emperor and Empress first?"
The Empress seemed to be doing better, since she was quite normal and wouldn't say anything surprising.
Although the Empress's attitude towards her was indifferent, Su Mowan still felt that the Empress's attitude was more acceptable than Emperor Moyao's inexplicable enthusiasm.
Furthermore, Murong Jing also had a tough time. Every time he saw Emperor Mo Yao, he was called "little brat".
Thinking of this, Su Mowan felt that Emperor Moyao was quite majestic.
Murong Jing assumed that Su Mowan's words were because she was worried that the Empress would have the imperial physician take her pulse again.
Murong Jing pulled the person in his arms tighter and said, "It's alright. Physician Gu is the head of the Imperial Hospital. If he has taken your pulse, Mother will not suspect anything."
Seeing that Murong Jing had misunderstood her meaning, Su Mowan did not explain, but went along with Murong Jing's words and said, "It will be almost three months, and if we don't take any action soon, we won't be able to hide it anymore."
Su Mowan thought about saying that she had accidentally fallen, but then she remembered that Granny Wei was a very cunning person and she was afraid that she would not be easy to fool.
Murong Jing's calm voice came from above: "Wait for the autumn hunt."
"What do you mean?"
Su Mowan raised her head slightly, and the tip of her nose brushed against Murong Jing's chin.
Could someone really be planning something during the autumn hunt? And then take advantage of that opportunity to have an abortion?
Murong Jing tilted his chin slightly, his voice deep and resonant: "You will know when the time comes."
Judging from Murong Jing's words, he already had a clear understanding of the other party's plan. So, who is it this time who can't hold back?
Su Mowan grabbed Murong Jing's hand that was on her waist. She was about to tell him not to hug her so tightly, but she felt Murong Jing's hand pull away slightly.
"what happened?"
Su Mowan was surprised.
Murong Jing withdrew his hand. "It's nothing."
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