Chapter 71 (2/2)

Marquis Moyu had really continued to stay here to take care of her. Even when a servant from Qiangwei Courtyard came over to say that Wen Wan wasn’t feeling well, he only sent a doctor to go check on her.

Ji Man propped up her chin in her hand to look at his attractive face from the side. She couldn’t help thinking; what part of the play was he performing now?

The comings and goings in the residence decreased in winter. Ji Man heard that Mu Shuqing was feeling at ease with taking care of her pregnancy. Liu Hanyun usually didn’t leave her courtyard. Qian Lianxue had a weak body, so she wasn’t willing to go outside once winter arrived either. Qi Siling was the only person that frequently left her courtyard.

Ning Yuxuan was finally called away by someone. After spending the past few days inside a stuffy room, Ji Man hurriedly bundled herself to the point that she resembled a black bear and went outside for fresh air.

She felt as if she had almost been smothered to death by the smell of medicine and burning charcoal in her room. The snow hadn’t melted outside, but it wasn’t too cold outside.

cold outside. She stepped out into the snowy courtyard and made impressions in the snow with her feet.

Ji Man continued treading in snow until she finally wrote out a word in English to express her feelings about the past two days. f.u.c.k!

From a distance, Ning Mingjie and Ning Errong saw a black bear skipping in the snow as they walked over here.

“Look at her. She doesn’t look like a person you have to worry about at all.” Ning Mingjie couldn’t help laughing.

Ning Errong walked closer and hurriedly stopped Nie Sangyu. “You just recovered from your cold. Why did you come out? Let’s go back to your room.”

Ji Man said with a smile, “It’s fine. It’s too stuffy inside. Why did the two of you come here?”

“I was worried that you were bored, so I came here to keep you company and relieve you of your boredom.” After Ning Errong said this, she pointed at the person behind her, “Older brother wanted the snow on the plum tree, so he also came.”

Snow on the plum tree? Ji Man glanced at Ning Mingjie, nodded, and said, “Young Master, feel free to take it.”

“Thank you.” Ning Mingjie nodded. Holding a porcelain bottle, he headed towards the plum tree.

“I heard the half poem in Luoyan PaG.o.da is extremely popular recently.” Ning Errong pulled her to stand underneath the covered walkway and sent Baizi to bring out chairs. “A lot of people have been going there to

going there to try to write out the second half of the poem, but none of their attempts have been as imposing and majestic as the first half. I heard that even the crown prince has gone there and spent a long time trying, but failed. He’s offering a hundred gold taels as a reward to the person that can complete the poem.”

After a pause, Ning Errong added, “Fortunately, other than Old Madame, no one knows that you and my older brother wrote that poem. My cousin seems to have been invited by the crown prince to Luoyan PaG.o.da today for this very reason.”

Ji Man was stunned. She hadn’t expected that poem would attract the crown prince’s attention. This was actually a bit troublesome. If someone recognized Ning Mingjie’s handwriting, would he also confess that she was the writer of the poem in the pa.s.sing?

She couldn’t resist turning to look at Ning Mingjie. His slender body was currently quietly using a hairpin to sweep the snow on the plum flowers into a bottle.

Translator Ramblings: “She couldn’t help thinking; what part of the play was he performing now?”Why do you think Ning Yuxuan is suddenly acting attentive towards Nie Sangyu?

P.s. Just in case it was too long ago, it was mentioned in an earlier chapter that it would be a bad thing for Ji Man if the crown prince notices her. She wants to be as un.o.btrusive as possible for safety reasons.