Chapter 17 The Marquis Who Can't Afford to Lose
After sitting down again, Yun Wansheng raised the corners of her lips and said, "My Lord, try this pie. The pie made by Wang Ma is delicious."
"Give one to me." Mu Xingci looked at her with a suggestive look.
Yun Wansheng took one look at this lordly demeanor and advised herself, "Just be patient!" This was the world of the ancient powerful, not something she could control.
She knew her limits. Unless necessary, she would never anger this ancient man, otherwise she would be the one who suffered in the end.
Since she was reborn in this ancient time, she only thought about how to survive in this era instead of competing with this man every day.
No matter how you look at it, this man's identity is a guarantee to protect her own safety, and she absolutely cannot become his enemy.
Thinking about it, he picked up a palm-sized pie with chopsticks and placed it on the plate in front of the man: "Here, eat it!"
Mu Xingci looked at the reluctant woman with a deep gaze: "How can I eat it when it's so hot?"
"Then wait a while before eating. The porridge has been cold for a while. You can drink it first to moisten your stomach."
"But I want to eat now."
Yun Wansheng finally reacted now. This man was deliberately looking for trouble. He thought that she must have ignored him when he called her into the house, which made him dissatisfied. He was so stingy. His woman was not a slave. How could she come whenever he called?
"Wait!" Without trying to please, fawn, or coax, he picked up his plate and walked out.
Mu Xingci saw her take the plate away, and his handsome face was filled with anger. What? She threw it away because she didn't want to eat it? She was so bold.
Had I spoiled her too much, which is why she was so rude to me? If I don't teach her a lesson today, she will never know what will happen if she angers me.
He suppressed his anger, stood up and followed her out. If she really threw the pie, he would definitely punish her severely.
He came to the kitchen in anger and saw the woman who had made him so angry standing in front of the chopping board, busy with something.
This made him swallow the question that was about to come out of his mouth.
He walked a few steps to her side and saw clearly that she was cutting the pie into small pieces with a knife. He felt a little embarrassed. It turned out that this woman was not competing with him.
Yun Wansheng noticed someone next to her and looked at him in confusion: "Why did you follow me out?" After asking, she continued with what she was doing.
Mu Xingci coughed lightly, feeling a little embarrassed: "Be careful when cutting, don't get burned." His caring words concealed his pettiness.
"I know. I'm not stupid." Yun Wansheng's small hands cut the silk neatly, and her tone was casual, as if she was talking to an acquaintance.
When Mu Xingci heard this, he didn't feel disrespectful, but instead felt a sense of home atmosphere.
"Okay, sir, you won't get burned if you eat it this way." Yun Wansheng teased the man in front of her in a drawn-out voice.
Mu Xingci took the plate with a smile on his face: "Who is your uncle? I am your uncle!" He said awkwardly, and happily took the woman's hand: "Let's go back and have dinner."
Back in the main house, the man didn't make things difficult for the woman anymore, and she ate comfortably. There was no lecturing during the meal, and the two of them just ate in silence.
After the meal, Yun Wansheng washed herself, while Mu Xingci was helped to clean by Qi Yi.
After washing up, Yun Wansheng entered the room and saw the marquis sitting under the lamp reading a book.
He was wearing a gorgeous black and red robe, which set off his handsome face. The surrounding lights cast a shadow on his noble and extraordinary body, making him look like a character walking out of a comic book.
"What book are you reading?" I admired the man's unique beauty in my heart and walked towards him.
"Yun Wansheng, how many words can you recognize? Can you understand this book on humanities and geography?" Mu Xingci turned his head to look at the woman who had just sat next to him.
"Don't underestimate people, okay? Although my grandfather hasn't read many books, he knows most of the words. Although I don't know many, I can guess by looking at them!" Yun Wansheng blinked guiltily.
"Really? Then I'm going to test you to see if you guessed it right?" Mu Xingci became interested when he heard that.
"Let's take the test, just tell me!" Yun Wansheng said confidently with one hand on his chin.
"Don't be anxious. There will be rewards for every test, but there will also be punishments. If you guess a word correctly, I will reward you with one or two taels of silver. If you guess wrong, you will be punished." There was an invisible gleam in Mu Xingci's eyes.
"What's the punishment?"
"As a punishment, you must obey me in everything tonight."
Upon hearing this, Yun Wansheng rolled her eyes at him and said, "My Lord, we don't bully others like this. This is too obvious!" She cursed the lustful man in her heart.
"How could I bully you? If you guessed everything right, you wouldn't have to listen to me!" Mu Xingci smiled evilly.
"My Lord, you must keep your word! If you go back on your word, it would be unbecoming of a general." Yun Wansheng smiled gently. She wanted to make this man's plan go to waste.
"I will keep my word and will not deceive a young woman like you."
"Okay then! Just take the test."
Mu Xingci looked at her with deep eyes, then looked at the book. After searching for a while, he pointed to a word and said, "Guess how to pronounce this word?"
Yun Wansheng leaned over to look at the word, and saw that it was a traditional Chinese character for "Tao". This character was not as easy to recognize as modern characters. Fortunately, the original owner could recognize the characters, otherwise, she would have been really stumped.
"My Lord, if I'm not mistaken, this is the word 'Tao'."
"Yes, it seems you have worked hard." Mu Xingci said with a smile on his face, took out his purse and gave her a tael: "This is a reward for you."
"Thank you, my lord. Please continue." Yun Wansheng happily put the silver away.
Mu Xingci looked at her happy little face and couldn't help but like her a little more. Then he made the woman recognize more than ten words in a row without missing a single one.
Since she was not wrong, Mu Xingci became a little anxious. This woman always guessed right, so he really couldn't touch her tonight.
"What about this word?" The tone seemed calm and steady.
Yun Wansheng took a look and said, "The word 'Shuo'."
"Wrong, this word is pronounced broken."
"Po? That's not right? I remember my grandfather said it was pronounced as Shuo." Yun Wansheng thought she had seen it wrong, so she checked again before speaking.
"Are you saying that I, the Marquis, am not as good as your grandfather in reading?"
"Uh! Not really." Fortunately, this dog marquis could read, otherwise he would have been fooled.
The original owner initially pretended to be illiterate, which made it difficult for her to reveal the fact that she could read.
"You made one mistake. Now you should listen to me." Mu Xingci suppressed his triumphant smile and pretended to be serious.
"Just tell me." She wanted to hear what this man wanted her to do.
"It's very simple. Just help me take a bath later." Mu Xingci said seriously.
"Okay!" Isn't it just a back rub? That's how the original owner served him before.
"Let's continue." Mu Xingci then pointed to another word: "How do you read this?"
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