Chapter 198: Stolen Goods Are Sweeter
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One moment she was angry, the next she was smiling like a fox. What mischievous plan was she plotting? Yuwen Chu couldn’t help but lean closer to Mingzhu and asked, “What mischief are you up to?”
Mingzhu didn’t want to tell him, so she pushed his face away with her hand, coughed lightly, and pretended nothing was wrong, “Nothing, I just suddenly remembered something funny.” With that, she turned and leaned against the window, pretending to look at the scenery outside, “The weather is nice today.”
Looks like she’s not going to say. But one thing is certain, she was definitely thinking about how to cause trouble, and most likely, it was aimed at Jiang Shanshan. Yuwen Chu smiled and lowered his head to continue dealing with the documents.
“Huh! This isn’t the direction to the Chenghuang Temple! Is the coachman lost?” Mingzhu’s eyes widened in disbelief. Without realizing it, the carriage had left the bustling main street and was heading towards the quiet outskirts of the city.
Yuwen Chu didn’t even lift his eyelids. “That’s right, I’m not taking you to Chenghuang Temple, but you can still eat delicious food.”
Since opposition was futile, and the coachman wouldn’t listen to her anyway, Mingzhu simply waited quietly to see where he would take her. Occasionally, she thought about how to carry out her plan against Jiang Shanshan. The recipe would definitely not be easy to obtain, but finding out about the raw materials should be easy. They just need to send someone to find out what materials the Changxing Marquis Mansion has been buying the most recently.
As the saying goes, good deeds leave a name, but bad deeds don’t need to. For this matter, it wouldn’t be appropriate for her or her family members to intervene personally. They needed to find a suitable person to handle it. Mingzhu secretly glanced at Yuwen Chu. Should she give him this opportunity? Letting him do this kind of thing would surely make Jiang Shanshan furious. Just think, nothing is more heartbreaking than being hit hard by someone you’ve been trying so hard to please, right?
Yuwen Chu noticed her gaze and asked warily, “What are you thinking?”
Mingzhu tentatively asked while biting her handkerchief, “There’s a good opportunity to make money. Your Highness, are you interested?”
Seeing her look suspicious, Yuwen Chu declined without hesitation, “Not interested.” He paused, then added with a hint of disdain, “Do you know how to make money? You see someone opening a shop and want to do the same?”
Mingzhu was furious. “Who has the patience to open a shop like her? I’m thinking of a better business.”
Yuwen Chu just smiled lightly and didn’t continue down her line of thought.
Detestable Yuwen Chu! He brought her to Jiang Shanshan’s shop to disgust her, refused to cooperate with her, and now openly looked down on her like this. Mingzhu was full of anger and couldn’t stand to look at Yuwen Chu any longer. She turned her head and looked out the window instead.
The carriage entered a long alley, lined with low stone walls on both sides. Pomegranates, ripe but not yet picked, peeked out from the walls, shiny and full, swaying in the wind. Mingzhu suddenly felt sour water in her mouth, looking up at the largest pomegranate. She swallowed saliva and said, “I want to eat pomegranates.”
Yuwen Chu didn’t even bother to lift his head. “We have good pomegranates at home.”
“I want to eat them now, especially want to eat them.” Mingzhu saw the pomegranate getting farther and farther away from her and grabbed Yuwen Chu’s sleeve, pleading sweetly, “Look at that pomegranate, it must be very delicious.”
Yuwen Chu, feeling helpless, glanced at where she was pointing and vetoed, “That pomegranate looks good, but the variety isn’t very good. The seeds must be very big, and there won’t be much juice.”
The more excuses he made, the more unwilling Mingzhu became to accept his refusal. She firmly held onto Yuwen Chu’s sleeve and shook it harder and harder, her eyes full of resentment as she elongated her voice, “Husband~ it’s just a pomegranate, can’t you fulfill such a small wish for me?” Her voice trembled as she said “husband”, even making herself feel goosebumps.
Yuwen Chu silently looked at her for a moment, then said, “Fine, I’ll have someone buy it for you.” With that, he instructed the coachman to stop and ordered Wei Tiande, “Take some silver and buy the biggest pomegranate hanging outside that house.”
Mingzhu blinked. “I’ve heard that home-grown isn’t fragrant, wild ones aren’t as fragrant as stolen ones. I don’t want to buy it, I want it to be quietly picked.”
What a strange statement! What a strange preference! Clearly, she was just looking for trouble, right? Yuwen Chu frowned slightly, and Mingzhu pressed a finger against his lips and gently stroked twice, exhaling fragrantly, “I haven’t tasted this flavor before, I must try it. Otherwise, I won’t be able to let it go for several days, my mood will be very bad, and my body won’t recover as quickly. I’ll be irritable, weak, and won’t be able to serve Your Highness well.”
It was an outright threat. She learns so quickly. She was like a frightened little rabbit before, only knowing how to make excuses to avoid getting close to him. In just a few days, she had learned to use this to manipulate him. Wasn’t this quite a good progress? Since that’s the case, what harm would it do to indulge her a little?
Yuwen Chu smiled meaningfully and lightly leaned forward, taking Mingzhu’s fingertip into his mouth, gently licking it, and whispered, “In that case, the stolen pomegranate must be tasted by the Wangfei.”
The damp tip of the tongue licked gently over the fingertip, as light as a feather brushing by, tickling and soft, Yuwen Chu’s voice was low and deep, as if it was the tone he used after doing something good with her… Mingzhu felt as if she had been struck by lightning, her face suddenly flushed, and she said with some embarrassment and anger, “What are you doing? Can’t you speak properly?”
Yuwen Chu innocently looked at her and said, “Wasn’t it the Wangfei who brought it to my lips? If I pretend to be a gentleman, you’ll think I don’t understand romance, and all your enthusiasm will be wasted. I can’t bear to see you sad no matter what.”
Shameless, but what he said was true. She had wanted to manipulate him and seduce him from the beginning. For a moment, Mingzhu had nothing to say. After calming her mind, she said, “I don’t want others to pick it, I just want to eat the one picked by my husband.” Humph, His Royal Highness, who values integrity and righteousness, is going to steal the pomegranate hanging on someone else’s wall. What a beautiful scene.
Mingzhu thought that her request might embarrass Yuwen Chu, and she couldn’t help but feel excited and proud, “Is that okay?”
Yuwen Chu indeed found it difficult, “Isn’t this inappropriate? If my subordinates go and get it, there’s room for maneuver if they’re discovered, and they’re not afraid of losing face. Just compensate a few coins. If I do it myself, I’m afraid tomorrow the whole city will be laughing at me, and a good reputation can’t be bought with money.” Being able to make her actively act spoiled wasn’t something money could buy back.
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