Chapter 161 (1/2)
Chapter 161
Chapter: 161 out of 513 – She continues to harm me (2)
Ji Man slightly smiled and amicably said, ”Muxu isn't young anymore . I brought up the topic of Muxu's marriage to the marquis today . ”
Li Zixiu let out a small sigh in relief and respectfully cupped his hands . ”This one has already told Miss Muxu that this one would marry her . ”
”Did Muxu agree?” Ji Man asked .
Li Zixiu smiled and nodded . ”Muxu said she would marry me once you're willing to release her from her duties as your servant girl . ”
Ji Man raised her eyebrows . This fool was really stupid . Muxu was dreaming about flying up in social status . Did he really think she would marry him?
”When I brought up pairing Muxu to you in marriage, the marquis didn't object . ” Ji Man unhurriedly said, ”But, Muxu said she didn't want to marry yet . ”
Doctor Li's face stiffened . He slightly frowned . ”How could this be? Maybe, she's just too shy?”
Ji Man deeply looked at him, sighed, and said, ”Women are very dangerous animals . Sometimes, they only treat you well because they have a hidden scheme . Without even realizing it, men will be used by them to do wicked things . ”
”It can't be . ” Li Zixiu shook his head . ”Muxu isn't that type of person . She said she'll marry me . And . . . And, she hasn't asked me to do anything bad . ”
This man had clean eyes . He wasn't a treacherous person . It was only that his emotional intelligence wasn't high enough, and he couldn't see through other people's manipulations, ah . Ji Man shook her head . ”I heard that there's going to be a meteor shower tonight . How about you invite Muxu to watch it with you? Anyways, I've already agreed to the two of you marrying, you don't need to be too scrupulous . ”
Doctor Li's eyes showed his bewilderment as he tried to process her earlier words . Hearing her following words, he thought she was just being kind . He nodded and said, ”Thank you, Madam . ”
Marquis had a little bit more work to do today, so Ji Man went to the study to look for him . She brought chicken soup with her .
”Hmm, were you afraid that I wouldn't come over?” Ning Yuxuan smiled when he saw her . ”You even brought over soup . ”
”This servant is just worried that the soup won't taste as good when it cools down . ” Ji Man looked rather wronged as she ladled out the soup into a bowl .
Ning Yuxuan accepted the bowl of soup and slowly drank it . He said with a light smile, ”You've really taken a lot of extra trouble . You can go back . I'll come over later . ”
Ji Man was smiling as she withdrew from the study . After she came out, she said to Dengxin and Gancao, ”When we go back, you two can go to your rooms to sleep . You don't need to attend to me for the rest of the night . I can handle the rest myself . If you hear anything, don't come out . ”
The two young servant girls blushed . They probably thought that their master was planning on seriously working to earn favor . And so, they separately returned to their rooms to sleep .
Ji Man closed her doors and waited outside at the Feiwan Courtyard's entrance .
Ji Man closed her doors and waited outside at the Feiwan Courtyard's entrance .
The sky quickly darkened, and there was no moonlight tonight . Ning Yuxuan was supported over here by Guibai . His footsteps sounded a bit anxious .
”My lord?” Ji Man stepped forward to keep him from stumbling . Guibai left right after saluting her .
”Nie Sangyu, what are you planning?”
Ji Man felt his warm breath on her neck . His entire body was was leaning onto her body for support . She could feel the heat of his body being transmitted through his clothing . It was very unusual .
”This servant hasn't done anything . ” Ji Man innocently blinked .
As she quietly asked, ”My lord, what's wrong?”, she supported Marquis Moyu as she led him to the side room .
Leaning against the pillars, Ning Yuxuan was already somewhat muddle-headed . He repeatedly bit her neck and left behind several marks . In the end, he had a moment of clarity and he told her, ”I'm never drinking your chicken soup again,” before succ.u.mbing to the drug and tightly hugging her .
Smiling like a fox in a chicken coop, Ji Man pushed open the doors to the side room and led Ning Yuxuan to Muxu's bedside . Then, she fled from the room at the lightning speed and closed the doors .
From outside, Ji Man heard Muxu saying in a low voice, ” . . . Marquis?” Muxu seemed to have been startled . However, she didn't hear anything after that .
From outside, Ji Man heard Muxu saying in a low voice, ” . . . Marquis?” Muxu seemed to have been startled . However, she didn't hear anything after that .
Ji Man stood in the courtyard and looked at the night sky for a bit . It looked quite pitiful and lonely . The promised meteor shower hadn't come .
Ji Man started to hear suppressed sounds coming from the side room . She yawned and turned around to go to her own room to sleep .
The next morning, Gancao's alarmed shout set off the prologue of an epic catfight .
”You . . . Why is the marquis in older sister Muxu's bedroom?!” Gancao had originally come over here because she wanted to wake up Muxu, so they could go and attend their master . But, when she came into the Muxu's room, the place was in complete disarray and Muxu and the marquis weren't properly dressed . It was clear that something that shouldn't have happened had happened last night .
Gancao's face had completely lost color . She loudly scolded, ”Shameless!”, then she turned around and ran to Nie Sangyu's room .
Ji Man messed up her hair, then she rubbed her face, so that she had a haggard appearance as if she had stayed up all night for a husband that hadn't come .
When Gancao barged into her room, she asked her what was wrong .
Gancao was so upset for her that she started to cry as she alternated between telling her what had happened and angrily saying words of rebuke .
When Gancao barged into her room, she asked her what was wrong .
Gancao was so upset for her that she started to cry as she alternated between telling her what had happened and angrily saying words of rebuke .
Ji Man didn't think the matter was worth crying over .
And so, the residence became very lively in the early morning . With her clothes still disheveled, Muxu was kneeling in the outside courtyard . Tears dripped down her face as she said, ”This servant didn't do this intentionally . It was the marquis that came to this servant's room . . . ”
Dengxin asked, ”Then, why didn't you scream? If the marquis entered the wrong room, why didn't you remind him?”
Muxu didn't have any words to defend herself . She had always held an infatuation to Marquis Moyu . He had the bearing and appearance of a celestial immortal . She had originally thought he was out of her reach, but he had suddenly kissed her and bit her of his own initiative . How could she bear to refuse him?
She had her own selfish motives . Thinking that once this was done, it couldn't be undone, so she had tolerated the pain and stayed silent . Once this happened, her master wouldn't be able to marry her off to Doctor Li, right?
Inside, Ning Yuxuan was sitting down and expressionlessly looked at Nie Sangyu .
Ji Man pressed her lips into a flat line . ”My lord, this servant can't be blamed for this matter . This servant had only wanted to gain favor for myself, but you insistently ran out . This servant thought you had gone to an honored concubine's courtyard . Who could have guessed that you would go to the side room?”