"Does Mr. Duan have anything he likes? Your Highness, please tell me about it."
On the carriage, Tianyun urged them on repeatedly.
This back-and-forth exchange of gifts has wasted a lot of time. If we were to go and choose things in the dark, we might have to wait until nightfall to finally visit.
If Mr. Duan is a chess enthusiast, then I will give him a set of white jade chess pieces; if he is an old smoker, then I will give him a snuff bottle.
You have to find the right remedy before you can prescribe the right medicine, right?
Xiao Ziwu lowered his eyes, his deep gaze fixed on her, and gently pinched the soft flesh of the woman's cheek.
Her thin lips pressed down: "You've never cared about me this much before."
Clearly, the woman's eagerness displeased him.
Nonsense! If you don't care about him, how did you even make hand warmers?
Remove his teasing fingers. Tianyun was both angry and amused. He said helplessly, "Mr. Duan was the teacher who raised His Highness since childhood. His kindness in raising His Highness is greater than his kindness in giving birth to him. Naturally, I love him because of him."
"Your Highness is getting jealous too?"
A stingy man.
Xiao Ziwu knew everything she said, but a little displeasure still welled up in his heart. "Master loves to drink, and the best wine is the one from the Orchid Garden that avoids the spring breeze."
He treasured everything she gave him; he took out the portrait countless times to examine it, yet the edges remained perfectly smooth. He remembered the exact time he fed the three little koi fish even better than the time he ate his own meals.
Deep down, I don't want any other man to receive this treatment, even if that man is an elder or his mentor...
He had to be quick enough to take out the money later. Once he bought it, it would be considered a gift for his master. In that case, he would still be the only man his beloved daughter had ever given a gift to!
Avoiding the spring breeze, the wine lives up to its name.
If not exposed to the spring breeze, the aroma of the wine can travel for miles upon opening the jar, and it is best stored for five years or more.
"Then let's go to the Orchid Garden." Tianyun moved with the grace of flowing water, poured a cup of tea and handed it to him: "Your Highness, be careful, it's hot."
While he was drinking tea, she gently patted his leg with her small, obsequious hands, her eyes sparkling with a captivating light: "I haven't properly thanked Your Highness for the chest full of rose silk flowers at the Hundred Flowers Banquet."
Barring any unforeseen circumstances, no one other than Mu Yaozhi will have the ability to receive more votes than her.
In previous years, Mu Yaozhi's highest vote count was only half of hers.
No one knows how to spend money like water better than him; he practically made it into the top three!
Looking back, she was so arrogant, saying she would take care of him. Now it seems she was just showing off her skills in front of Guan Yu (a legendary Chinese martial arts master).
With those 20,000 taels of gold, Your Highness wouldn't have even lost your dowry for a wife, would you?
For a mere phoenix-tail zither, Your Highness won't empty your coffers, will you?
Tianyun frowned with worry, lost in her own thoughts.
An image flashed through my mind: His Highness, looking desolate and dressed in rags, sitting by the roadside with a chipped and dirty broken bowl in front of him, and having his last half of a white steamed bun snatched away by some unknown brat!
The woman finally came to her senses after the crumpled handkerchief was freed from her grasp, and looked at him blankly: "Your Highness, wh...what's wrong?"
For some reason, Xiao Ziwu felt that the look his darling was giving him was full of tenderness and affection...
It seemed as if he would be reduced to begging on the streets at any moment...
I wonder what's going on in that little head of his.
The man held the remaining half-cup of tea to the woman's red lips, and seeing her obediently drink it, a faint smile appeared in his dark eyes: "Just a verbal thank you?"
In traditional operas, when a beautiful woman is rescued by a hero, she usually replies like this: "I have nothing to repay you with but my body. I would be happy to serve you as your servant or maid!"
His current teasing tone, however, is filled with tenderness and affection, inexplicably resembling the refined gentleman depicted in traditional operas.
Tianyun felt her heart pound wildly as she was locked onto that gaze.
Suddenly seized by a sudden urge to act, the woman feigned panic, covering her chest with her hands and speaking in a broken voice: "What are you doing, sir? I sell my art, not my body!" Her long eyelashes trembled like a startled butterfly about to take flight.
"Oh?" Xiao Ziwu suppressed his laughter, pulled her hastily retreating body back into his arms, and said in a breathy voice, "Then this lord will have to see how you perform your art."
"Your Highness, please...!"
I don't know what methods the Third Prince used to make the girl's laughter sound both sweet and painful.
Lingqi, sitting outside the carriage, blushed deeply and quickly covered her ears with both hands.
For some reason, she felt like an innocent dog walking on the side of the road, who had been kicked hard!
Inside the carriage, Tianyun's silk stockings were removed, and her fair, smooth feet were imprisoned in a large, hot palm, which held her like a dragon that had obtained a treasure.
He even mischievously took the tassels hanging from the purse and slowly scratched them.
That's awful! Anyone who tickles the soles of someone's feet is a bad person!
A tingling, itchy sensation rose from her tailbone. Unable to break free from his tight grip, the woman could only raise her snow-white swan neck high, her reddened eyes almost bringing tears to her eyes from the itch.
The tingling and itching sensation was unbearable, and the woman was forced to sign a treaty that was "humiliating and detrimental to the nation's sovereignty."
"I'll dance just for Your Highness! Just... just for Your Highness alone, is that alright?"
The ice skating dance was originally scheduled to be performed at Tonghua Terrace, but the ice skating costumes were too thin, and if it were actually performed in front of people, this jealous man would definitely be angry.
Xiao Ziwu was finally satisfied. He reluctantly stopped and gently soothed her heaving shoulder blades.
Are you feeling better?
Tianyun lay weakly in his arms, nodding her head. Her poor feet were still trembling slightly, unable to recover from the intense itching.
At that moment, the clattering sound of the wheels stopped.
"Miss, we've arrived at the Orchid Garden."
Upon seeing the large golden plaque of Lan Garden, the driver felt as if he had been granted a pardon.
Not only was Lingqi suffering, but he was suffering terribly too!
The man helped her put on her shoes and then led her down from the carriage.
If this weren't a market, he would have preferred to lift her down.
His precious little feet, every inch of them growing as he imagined in his dreams, made him sickly reluctant to let them touch the ground.
"Shopkeeper, bring me a jar of wine to ward off the spring breeze, and a few side dishes to go with it. We're not serving it in the restaurant."
Lingqi went to order food alone, while Xiao Ziwu led Tianyun to a private room upstairs to wait.
As they went upstairs, Tianyun frowned slightly: "Wouldn't it be impolite to only send a jar of wine?"
After all, it's something that's gone as soon as you drink it, so I just don't feel quite right about it.
"I've prepared everything else; you just need to go."
After she agreed last night, he sent people to prepare everything upon returning to the palace, including the wedding gifts for the Shangguan couple. Only after all the details were arranged did he come to pick her up.
How could I bear to cause her a headache?
The woman sensed something was wrong, and her round almond-shaped eyes narrowed dangerously: "So Your Highness was deliberately trying to make me anxious just now?"
Xiao Ziwu innocently touched the bridge of his nose, "No, I... I forgot."
You've already forgotten what you did last night?
I wouldn't believe it even if I tried!
Inside the side room.
The incense burning in the incense burner was extinguished by Xiao Ziwu's cup of cold tea.
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