Chapter 98 (2/2)
Ruan Zhu knew that this topic would not be resolved and changed the subject: “Where’s Min Zhi? Why don’t I see him?”
“He will be a little late. A Tuyuhun[a] emissary has arrived and he is currently preparing to receive him. Emperor-Father’s grand fiftieth birthday celebration is in this year’s tenth lunar month and many kingdoms have sent envoys with gifts. I am afraid that only Min Zhi can handle the work.”
Presently, it was already the eighth lunar month so there was still over a month between now and the emperor’s grand celebration. A hundred or so foreign diplomats arrived one after the other and the process of receiving them was extremely complicated and tedious. As a young official of the Hong Lu Temple, Min Zhi was forced to become busy.
“Wife, what should we send for Emperor-Father’s birthday celebration?”
The emperor was as rich as the four seas and did not lack in anything. When sending a gift, it would of course be best if it had meaning.
Ruan Zhu rested her chin in her hand as she deeply pondered the question. Lifting her eyes, she suggested: “In every dynasty throughout history, the common people having enough to eat has always been a big issue as trouble will arise if they are left to go hungry. The rebels at the southern border gathered together to revolt precisely because of the influence of the large drought. If there was enough food, then that sort of situation wouldn’t happen at all. Big Brother Lu, what do you think of gifting Emperor-Father rice seeds that can produce four dan of rice per one paddy?”
Zong Zhi had long known of his wife’s new hobby. He hadn’t been that confident in the idea in the beginning as no one had ever attempted something like this before in history. Rice seeds were objects that the Heavens had bestowed and one should follow the proper way to plant it as no matter how one threw the seeds into the ground, they would still sprout after a long time and be considered food. How could an artificially created rice seed be able to increase the yield?
But she had done it. Last autumn, she had been able to obtain over three dan worth from one paddy and achieving four dan per field this year may not be the ravings of a lunatic.
“Wife, I believe in your skill as you have surprised me so many times before.”
After the evening meal, Zong Zhi played with the three children for a while and then coaxed them to sleep. When he returned to Yi Zhu Cottage, Xing Yun passed a message saying niangniang was currently bathing and had even instructed Nuan Chun to enter.
Entering the white marble bathroom, Zong Zhi saw his wife sitting inside the pool with her eyes closed in rest while swirls of steam floated around her. The exquisite female was reflected on top of the warm water, showing off her dainty features.
He shed his clothes and strode inside the pool, and with a lift of his arm, pulled his wife against his chest.
“Eh? Big Brother Lu, how is it you? I had told Xing Yun to call for Nuan Chun to attend to me.”
“Wife, we have already discussed how bad your memory is but how is it that your brain has also become increasingly dim? Xing Yun is my slave so of course he must listen to my orders. Tonight is my turn to accompany you. How could he possibly dare to look for Nuan Chun without permission and cause me trouble?”
Ruan Zhu’s eyes were frosty: “Then I no longer want Xing Yun to wait on me in the future. Have a trader send in some more people into the residence.”
“No need, it was only this one time. If Xing Yun dares to not obey you one more time, I will break his legs.” Buying some more men to enter the residence–what a joke. If, by chance, emotions that were like the ones between her, Nuan Chun, and Nuan Qing were to arise, wouldn’t he be shooting himself in the foot?
“Wife, do not be angered. I will make you happy.”
He had her stand so that she was right before him, practically straddling his head. Lifting his head to admire her secret place, he extended his index finger to peel back the flower petals……Even after giving birth to three children, this place was still extremely tight.
She knew what he wanted to do next and lowered her own head to look at him with lively eyes as she was actually really looking forward to it.
His mouth moved forward and kissed that sparkling, small bead while the tip of his tongue lightly teased it……
“Enn……” Teased until her entire body felt soft, her legs unconsciously tightened around that head underneath her.
After teasing her for a while, his tongue left the bead and found the small entrance, swallowing down all of the liquid dripping out of it. It was like he was unsatisfied as his tongue probed even deeper inside while at the same time, a finger had taken over the small bead and continuously fiddled it back and forth.
“Ahhh……!” Ruan Zhu could no longer endure it. Grabbing onto his hair with all ten fingers, her entire body trembled with the force of her climax while she suddenly screamed out in pleasure before her body quickly went limp.
Zong Zhi caught her. Having her hold onto the white marble altar in support, he then hugged her from behind and then guided his stiff member inside her……
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When Ruan Zhu was carried by her husband back into the bedroom, she laid paralyzed on the bed while her face glowed as she thought of what had just happened in the bathroom.
Zong Zhi laid down next to her and pulled her against his chest: “”Wife, if you are adamant on accepting Nuan Chun, I do not have any complaints. However, why not wait a few years, hmm? If you feel dissatisfied, you can first give him the status of an escort[b].”
“Why must I wait a few years?”
Zong Zhi remained silent for a while before responding: “There is someone called Wang Jing Yan working on your high tech demonstration field, correct?”
“That’s right, but how did you know?” It was only after she had finished speaking that she realized the question was dumb. He had such a large organization at his fingertips so what could there possible be that he didn’t know?
“I, your man, would and have not sent my men into your lands–I have great respect for you. The reason why I know of Wang Jing Yan is because of another matter.” As soon as Zong Zhi saw his wife’s expression, he knew immediately what she was thinking of: “Wife, do you not think Wang Jing Yan is very strange?”
“What’s so strange about him? He was born and raised by his parents; he’s got two eyes and a nose and a mouth underneath all that. He pretty much looks the same as us so he shouldn’t be a ghoul. You should relax, ya?”
“My foolish wife, he is Prime Minister Wang’s son.”
“Wha–?” Ruan Zhu was stunned silly. How could it be possible for the son of the prime minster to be a farmer? She remembered that he was a swordsman and had put his high skill on display at the stone bridge by fending off several bailiffs of Shun Tian Hall. “Big Brother Lu, didn’t you say he was an imperial bodyguard of the second class?”
“Because of you, ah. Wife, you have ruined the good future of the other. He became a peasant farmer for you.”
Fuck! She had always said that Wang Jing Yan looked familiar!
The yellow wax-like face could be false but it was impossible for that face to grow out a full beard because when she had saw him on the stone bridge, he looked to barely be over twenty. The beard might be glued on, but why had he even thought of going to her high tech experimental field as a peasant farmer, ah!
“I couldn’t tell that he’s a noble son from an official background. He’s rather skilled and also very diligent, very clear and logical when planting and also helps me with managing the field’s bits and bobs.”
“That fellow grew up in the mountains with his martial arts master and knows how to farm. Him being able to bear hardships is not surprising.”
[a] 吐谷浑, a past nomadic tribe in China. (Wikipedia)
[b] The word used here is 小侍 which apparently is the female equivalent of 通房 (bedwarmer).