Chapter 465 - Only Because Youre Too Gentle (1/2)
But when she saw him, she could not resist bickering and bantering with him——perhaps this was the ‘spoiled from pampering’ that people always talked about? Sigh! Acting cute with a young handsome man who was not even twenty years old. The more she lived, the more she regressed!
When she lifted her gaze, she was once again stunned by this young man’s outstanding features——how could a person be so beautiful? He was so beautiful that his gender could be disregarded, that no one could ever hold a single blasphemous thought towards him, so beautiful others could not help but...fall for him!
“Pfft——” Zhu Junyang saw that his little lass had gone into a daze while she stared at him. He had received quite a lot of infatuated stares like this in recent years, most of them from young girls in their teens...but some also came from disgusting old men! He disliked all of them, all of them except for this little lass’s gaze. Not only that, but he also even felt elated that she would look at him like that!
Did this mean that the little lass was...beginning to like him? After the New Years, she would be thirteen years old, and in certain tribes in the north, girls who reach the age of thirteen were already eligible for marriage! Although, he was aware that it would be bad for both the girl’s body and the future generation if the girl was to marry too early, if it were up to him, he still wished to marry her as early as possible. At most, they would only consummate the marriage after she turned eighteen!
Since the little lass looked at himself like this, did it mean that she was not completely indifferent towards him? This new understanding was a big thing for him. It made him happier than even when he was rewarded by the emperor after winning a war and making a huge contribution to the Great Ming Empire.
Zhu Junyang uncontrollably reached out his right hand and caressed the little maiden’s soft cheek. He was addicted to this feeling, unwilling to part with it. If he could, he would hold the little lass’s face as they stared at each other forever until the end of time.
“Ahem ahem!” Linglong had orders from the madam, so when she saw her young miss being taken advantage of by Royal Prince Yang, she hurriedly coughed loudly, reminding Royal Prince Yang to watch his actions. The madam had her ‘eyes and ears’ around!
Zhu Junyang’s brows furrowed in displeasure from being interrupted. His icy gaze slid over to Linglong, coldly barking, “If you’re sick, go see a physician. Don’t stay here, lest you spread the disease to your mistress!”
Both Royal Prince Yang’s expression and tone was saying: ‘If you dare infect my little lass, you’d better fear for your life!’
Linglong, who had been dutifully preventing her young miss from being snatched away by a large wolf, felt aggrieved after she was threatened, ‘I’m not sick, I’m just reminding you to be more respectful! Royal Prince Yang, is it really alright for you to dismiss us so ‘justifiably’ after you’ve taken advantage of our young miss?’
Yu Xiaocao scrutinized Linglong but saw that she looked normal, so she said, “Sister Linglong’s body should be fine. She’s probably feeling uncomfortable in her throat because of the difference in temperature indoors and outdoors. I have some Chinese liquorice root and malva nuts in my courtyard. In a bit, we’ll brew medicinal tea afterward. You’ll be fine after drinking it for two days!”
Linglong was even more aggrieved. ‘Young Miss, please don’t listen to Royal Prince Yang. He’s a sly, old fox. My throat is fine, really!’
Maybe it was the psychological effect that, at this moment, she felt an itch in her throat. But she was afraid that her mistress would make her take some weird medicine, or that Royal Prince Yang would now have a reason to send her out, so she could only resist the urge to cough. It was uncomfortable to have an itchy feeling in her throat yet not being able to cough it out. She wanted nothing more than to reach into her throat and scratch at the itch.
Once more, Zhu Junyang glared at the maidservant who ruined the atmosphere. As he turned back around, he could not recover the previous feeling, so he could only point to another piece of pristine, white, snow fox fur and said to Xiaocao, “This kind of fur is the thickest. You should let the sewing department make a few coats so you can wear them interchangeably when you’re out at the Imperial Plantation. It’s the middle of winter and there’s nothing really important at the farmsteads. You don’t need to be so dutiful and travel to and fro the farmsteads when it’s snowing!”
“Yes, there’s nothing that needs my attention at the winter wheat plantation, but it’s our first year testing out the greenhouse pavilions, I still need to make my rounds occasionally. Isn’t it snowing already? I’m afraid that the snow will ruin the greenhouse. It's only a minor problem if we don’t make a profit, but it’ll be terrible if we delay the supply of fruits and vegetables to the capital!” Yu Xiaocao would never admit it out loud that she was actually just afraid of affecting her profits.
Zhu Junyang was well aware of his little lass’s obsession with money, but he did not reveal her true thoughts. If she said she was worried about the meals of the prestigious in the capital, then it was what she meant! Was that not what his soldiers said? If he wanted to make a girl happy, he would first have to agree that everything that she said was right, even if it was really outrageous and even if he disagreed!
However, she wasn’t wrong! It was easy to transition from rags to riches, but hard to adapt from riches to rags. The esteemed and wealthy folks of the capital were already used to such luxuries. If their supply of fresh fruits and vegetables were suddenly cut off, they would no doubt be quick to voice their complaints.