Chapter 142 Double Wages
Even General Xuanyuan's surrender did not disturb the two people who were concentrating on playing chess.
Mr. Wenshan looked helplessly at General Xuanyuan, then at Hu Xiner: "Forget it, forget it, then I'll let you, little girl, off with it."
Hu Xin'er smiled cunningly and said, "Thank you, General Xuanyuan, and thank you, Mr. Wenshan!"
She went to Mu Qing's chess game. Although she couldn't understand it, she silently cheered for Mu Qing in her heart.
In the end, Mu Qing won by a narrow margin of one and a half pieces.
Mu Qing and Hu Xin'er both stood in front of General Xuanyuan, and it was time for the final 2-choice-1 segment.
Mr. Wenshan stroked his beard and said, "Although both of you have passed the final level, Miss Lu took advantage of the situation. In my heart, I do not recognize her achievement, so the true winner is Lu Yunjue."
Hu Xin'er asked doubtfully, "What about me?"
Mr. Wenshan glared at her and said, "You are Lu Yunjue's cousin, the Miss Lu I mentioned. Don't try to take advantage of me!"
"Hey, why do you get more irritable the older you get?" Duke Xuanyuan said disapprovingly. "I just think this little girl is pretty good. She's clearly won, so why don't you admit it?"
Mr. Wenshan was so angry that he blew his beard: "You were the one who said you would choose a study partner for Jing'an who is proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting. Why did you let Jing'an go at the last minute and give her a little girl a break? Aren't you afraid that Jing'an will turn your house upside down?"
One of them was interested in Lu Yunjue, and the other was familiar with Hu Xiner, and they were about to quarrel.
General Xuanyuan spoke directly: "Those old scholars in the past were so troublesome that they were quibbling over words. Even I couldn't understand them. No wonder Jing'an didn't like them. I just like having bold and interesting people like this little girl in the mansion!"
Mr. Wenshan immediately pulled up Mu Qing's sleeve and said, "I see you just like young girls! Open your eyes and look, this is Lu Yunjue, the son of the Prime Minister. Would you rather choose a yellow-haired girl than him?"
"Yes!" General Xuanyuan didn't even look at Mu Qing.
This young man is cold and uninteresting at first glance.
How could his grandson like someone he doesn't even like?
In desperation, Mr. Wenshan signaled to Mu Qing with his eyes: Go and fight for it yourself quickly!
He felt that Lu Yunjue must want to reach a cooperation with the Duke's Mansion and get closer to them, so he came to apply for the position of a book boy.
"Why aren't you anxious at all?" He said to Mu Qing with a hint of blame.
Unexpectedly, Mu Qing casually pulled back his sleeves and said, "Mr. Wenshan, General Xuanyuan, I think you have misunderstood. I am only here to accompany my cousin to the competition today."
"What?" As soon as these words were spoken, Mr. Wenshan and General Xuanyuan asked in unison.
"Are you kidding me?" General Xuanyuan was very dissatisfied.
He can choose not to choose Lu Yunjue, but Lu Yunjue cannot take the initiative to dislike his position as a servant!
Lu Yunjue said gently, "If my cousin is chosen, I will naturally accompany her. If she is not chosen, I will go home with her."
The tone was gentle, but the words contained a clear threat.
Mr. Wenshan was stunned for a moment. "Well, you've tricked us two old bones!"
General Xuanyuan was angry at first, but then he looked at Mr. Wenshan smugly: "I still have good eyesight! The person you found is really troublesome!"
The final result was that both of them were selected.
Before Hu Xin'er had time to be happy, she learned that she and Mu Qing were going to accompany different people.
She was to accompany the Duke's grandson, while Mu Qing was to be a study partner with the second young lady of the Xuanyuan family.
When Mu Qing heard that she was going to be a study partner with other girls, she felt it was inappropriate and was about to refuse.
However, Hu Xin'er saw through his intention and stepped on his foot, preventing him from speaking.
After supervising the exam for so long, General Xuanyuan and Mr. Wenshan were also tired.
Hu Xiner and Mu Qing were sent to the door by the housekeeper. Knowing that these were the study companions who would come to the mansion, the housekeeper was very friendly.
He smiled and said, "Please both of you enter the mansion formally tomorrow."
Mu Qing nodded, and saw a black mark on the shoe out of the corner of his eye. It was made by Hu Xiner just stepping on it.
As soon as the door of the Duke's Mansion was closed, he walked out with a cold face.
Hu Xiner quickly caught up and apologized to Mu Qing: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean it."
Mu Qing was furious: "You didn't mean to do that? But you stepped on me with quite a bit of force!"
Hu Xin'er shook his arm. "Don't be angry. I was excited at the time and used a little too much force. Go back and ask Yun Qiu to get some hot water for you to soak your feet."
Mu Qing didn't want to argue with Hu Xiner in public, so he just walked forward quickly with an unhappy look on his face.
Hu Xin'er held his hand tightly, but because Mu Qing's pace was too fast, she couldn't keep up and almost tripped over the protruding bricks and stones: "Ouch!"
Mu Qing looked back and saw Hu Xiner squatting on the ground, rubbing her ankle with tears in her eyes.
"What's wrong?" He stepped forward quickly. "Did you twist your ankle?"
"If you hadn't walked so fast, how could I have twisted my ankle?" Hu Xin'er glared at him, "Why aren't you walking now?"
Mu Qing helped her to the shade of the roadside, his face full of helplessness: "If you are here, where else can I go?"
Hu Xin'er looked around cautiously: "Pay attention to your identity, I am now your cousin disguised as a man."
Mu Qing gritted his teeth and said, "You are my legitimate wife, this is not some shameful relationship!"
"Are you jealous?" Hu Xiner understood at a glance.
"No." Mu Qing flatly denied.
"That's always your answer every time you're jealous." Hu Xin'er sighed, "Let me guess, is it because of Mr. Zhao?"
Mu Qing simply ignored her and turned his head away proudly, but he did not relax the strength of his hands massaging Hu Xiner's feet.
Hu Xiner coaxed her for a long time and said a lot of sweet words.
Mu Qingcai said gloomily, "These sweet words are all lies. You and I need to avoid suspicion, but Master Zhao can sit next to you openly."
"He was the one who insisted on sticking to me. Besides, I wasn't angry when you went to study with other girls, right?" Hu Xiner reasoned with him.
Mu Qing turned his head helplessly and flicked her eyebrows: "You are quite open-minded and willing to let your husband accompany other girls."
Hu Xin'er refused to agree, clutching her forehead and crying out in pain, "Two people means double the wages! Only a fool would be so stingy with money!"
"What if the second young lady of the Xuanyuan family is beautiful, well-educated and well-mannered? What if I fall in love with someone else?" Mu Qing was so angry at his heartless young lady that his teeth itched. "You are the fool!"
"No, my husband treats me the best." Hu Xin'er tugged at his sleeve and said coquettishly, "I believe in you. You're not the kind of person who would fall in love with someone else."
As soon as she acted coquettishly and cutely, Mu Qing softened his heart. He squatted down helplessly and dotingly, and carried Hu Xiner home on his back.
Hu Xin'er lay happily on Mu Qing's back. Fortunately, she was familiar with the routines of idol dramas and pretended to twist her foot in time to coax her husband.
Mu Qing was helpless: "Is it okay if I don't go?"
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