Chapter 476: Writing Couplets (Part One)
<Previous Chapter<Table of Contents>Next Chapter>
Yuwen Chu ate candy while writing couplets, enjoying Mingzhu’s service attentively. Mingzhu, taking advantage of his distraction, dipped some ink and fed it to him. Seeing him suddenly widen his mouth, she burst into laughter, clapping her hands and saying, “Serves you right for teasing me!”
Yuwen Chu bent down to spit it out, and Mingzhu handed him a cup of warm tea, laughing, “Candy dipped in ink, how does it taste? Your Highness is too greedy, able to swallow this down!”
Yuwen Chu rinsed his mouth, smiling at her, “Even you, I can swallow it, let alone just a small piece of candy dipped in ink!”
Was that a compliment or an insult? Mingzhu teased Yuwen Chu and tickled him, “Explain to me, as if I’m so disgusting, is it so difficult for you to swallow? Why haven’t I seen you have a hard time before? I see you always enjoy eating it.”
Yuwen Chu, afraid of hurting her, could only endure the desire to scratch her. He endured a smile and teased, “You’re so fierce, if I don’t pretend to enjoy it, can I escape your claws?”
As if she had forced him into it, Mingzhu, not relenting, tried to bite him, “No more for you in the future.”
Yuwen Chu grabbed her arm, turned her over, and pulled her in front of him. The two laid on the couch together, looking at each other, both with a smile on their faces.
Mingzhu felt her heart racing as Yuwen Chu approached her. She couldn’t help but close her eyes, waiting for him to kiss her. Since she entered her third month of pregnancy, Yuwen Chu no longer held back. Although he still restrained himself, he couldn’t help wanting to be intimate with her every few days. This gentle and affectionate way had its own taste, quite nice, and she liked it very much.
Yuwen Chu gently pecked Mingzhu’s lips twice, pinched her waist and buttocks, sighed softly, so soft. He carefully held Mingzhu’s waist, laid her flat on the couch, propped up his arms, and kissed the paint and ink marks on her face, then kissed down to her chest, playing with it like a precious jewel for a while, laughing softly, “It’s big and soft.”
Mingzhu squinted her eyes like a cat and licked her lips lightly.
Yuwen Chu’s whole body tensed up, immediately lowering to try to gain some benefits. Before his lips touched Mingzhu’s, she held his chest with her hand and said, “You don’t need to force yourself, as the saying goes, forcibly picking a melon doesn’t make it sweet, and forcibly feeding someone makes them sick. Your Highness shouldn’t trouble yourself.”
“You little rascal.” Yuwen Chu looked at Mingzhu’s watery eyes, her perky little nose, her lips as plump and red as flower petals, her neat rows of white teeth, the red paint and black ink on her face, and her triumphant look, loving her to death. He couldn’t help but hug her tightly, trying to bite her face hard, but he didn’t dare to use force, so he tightened himself, trembling all over.
Taking advantage of the situation, Mingzhu said coyly, “Come on, bite me. Bite me?” pretending to be in pain, she whimpered, “It hurts so much, it’s going to be bitten off by you, oh no…” While whimpering, she glanced at Yuwen Chu sideways, acting all kinds of cute.
This little acting! Yuwen Chu endured a smile, with a serious face, raised his arm high, then lightly landed it on Mingzhu’s buttocks, pretending to scold her, “You little liar!”
“It hurts so much! You’re going to beat me to death.” Mingzhu whimpered, pretending to be in pain, covering her buttocks.
Yuwen Chu quickly covered her mouth as she spoke more and more inappropriately, whispering, “The more you speak, the more inappropriate it becomes. In the first month, we avoid talking about the beginning, and in the twelfth month, we avoid talking about the end. You’re not allowed to say that word!”
She had joked about her lighting firecrackers to get new clothes to ward off bad luck, but now he was being so particular. Mingzhu looked at Yuwen Chu’s serious expression, trying hard to hold back her laughter, blinking a few times, and corrected, “You hurt me so much, I’ll be injured by your beating.”
“That’s about right.” Yuwen Chu held Mingzhu for a while, then urged her to get up, “Lazy girl, hurry up and help me write couplets. You can’t escape being lazy.”
Mingzhu laid motionless on the couch, “I’m not getting up, I’m not getting up, come and bite me.”
Before she could finish her sentence, she felt a sharp pain in her buttocks, indeed she had been bitten. It was both sore and painful, so she quickly covered her buttocks and exclaimed loudly, “Are you really playing! Who bites people here…”
Yuwen Chu was really scared by her, quickly covering her mouth to keep her from making any noise. Ying Wang, biting the Wangfei’s buttocks in broad daylight, if word got out, he might as well not live.
Mingzhu also realized she had spoken out of turn, so she hugged him apologetically, then proactively ran to the door to see if anyone was outside. Seeing that Zheng Momo and the rest were chatting far away in the courtyard, she blushed and ran back, whispering, “They didn’t hear anything, they’re standing far away.”
Maybe they only stood far away because they heard it! Yuwen Chu lightly poked Mingzhu’s forehead with frustration, and Mingzhu looked at him pleasingly and smiled, whispering, “Don’t blame me, who told you to really bite me?”
Seeing Yuwen Chu glare at her, she lowered her voice and said, “Got carried away, forgot.” At this point, she couldn’t help but burst into laughter again, whispering, “Ying Wang lost face, he won’t dare to go worship the kitchen god tonight.”
Yuwen Chu saw her gloating and squeezed her hand tightly until Mingzhu begged for mercy. Then he asked her aggressively, “Still dare to laugh at me?”
Mingzhu shook her head pitifully, “I dare not. I won’t dare anymore, please spare me, Your Majesty. Your Majesty, go write couplets, and I’ll prepare ink for you!”
Yuwen Chu stared at her for a while with a serious face, then couldn’t help but laugh, “Go wash your face! What would people think if they saw you like this?”
It sounded like she wanted to be like this, but it was obviously his fault. Always turning the tables, cunning. Mingzhu muttered to herself while calling for someone to bring water, then asked Zheng Momo to take out the first batch of couplets they had finished writing.
Zheng Momo was about to put away the couplets Mingzhu had written earlier when Yuwen Chu stopped her and said, “Take out the couplets written by Wangfei.”
Mingzhu was puzzled, “What do you mean?”
Yuwen Chu glanced at her and said, “Your handwriting is too ugly, I’m afraid of losing face.” Letting Mingzhu write couplets was just to give her something to do and make her happy. In reality, the couplets she wrote couldn’t be shown to anyone. He couldn’t tolerate anything related to her being evaluated by a bunch of dirty men’s dirty thoughts. Just thinking about it made him uncomfortable.
Can a dog’s mouth really grow ivory? Mingzhu was unconvinced, flipping through the couplets she wrote loudly, “Where is it ugly? Where is it ugly? Criticism should be based on facts! It’s not just something you say casually!”
<Previous Chapter<Table of Contents>Next Chapter>
