However, Li Chenjiao still curiously picked up the little golden statue and shook it. Sure enough, it was as heavy as she had imagined.
However, after Li Chenjiao weighed it in her hands, she realized that there was a lotus base supporting the little golden statue. In this way, the Second Princess looked like a little lucky doll.
Li Chenjiao smiled unconsciously, forgetting for a moment even to remove her hairpins and jewelry, focusing only on playing with the little golden figure.
However, it would be even cuter to add another wooden carving, so that the little girl could hold and play with it. We could carve one more for each year the little girl grows up, and when she grows up, there would be a neat row of little dolls.
However, if it's made of ceramic, that would be quite nice too. I'll ask Xiao Lu Zi if he knows any connections.
If possible, we can also make some for the eldest princess.
The two girls often play together, so why not do it together? These things take a lot of thought. Since Li Chenjiao has thought of it, even though the eldest princess is not her own child, it wouldn't be right to favor one over the other, would it?
Li Chenjiao's eyes grew brighter with each thought, and finally she carefully put the little golden figure back into the box, then placed it in front of the dressing table: "Don't forget to bring it when you go back to the manor tomorrow."
Green Chrysanthemum saw Li Chenjiao open the wooden box and smiled, "Master is still thinking of you and Second Princess."
Li Chenjiao smiled and looked at herself in the bronze mirror.
She had just drunk two or three glasses of fruit wine. Although she wasn't drunk, her face was flushed, her eyes were alluring, and without her hairpins and jewelry, she looked even more elegant.
She leaned closer, as if trying to see her features more clearly.
The bronze mirror was dim and yellow, and her reflection seemed to flicker in the candlelight. Li Chenjiao smiled softly.
Time goes by as it always has.
After Fourth Master finished washing up and came in, Li Chenjiao went to the bathroom to bathe and wash up.
If you think about it carefully, Fourth Master hasn't been to the backyard for two months because he was injured and recuperating, plus Li Chenjiao was also in her postpartum period a few days ago...
It seems like it's been quite a while since we've had sex...
Li Chenjiao was unusually shy, like a young woman getting married. When she came in, she didn't see the Fourth Master in the outer room, so she knew he was in the inner room.
The maids and servants had already left. Li Chenjiao hesitated for a moment outside, and before entering the inner room, she extinguished the candlelight outside first.
She tiptoed in and first heard Fourth Master ask, "Why did you turn off the lights?"
Li Chenjiao belatedly realized that, according to Fourth Master's habits, he was probably still reading a book at this moment.
She blinked. It would be too much trouble to go and light the candles now, so Li Chenjiao simply pretended not to hear.
She went inside and climbed onto the bed in the dark.
Upon hearing that someone had arrived, the Fourth Master, who was already half-lying down, put his arm around the waist of the person and asked no questions. The book in his hand had also disappeared somewhere.
Li Chenjiao was suddenly pulled into someone's arms, letting out a soft cry as she fell into their embrace. Still shaken in the darkness, she held onto them, only letting out a sigh of relief once she was securely against them.
Her sharpened fingers pinched the smooth, white flesh, hooking the delicate rope of her undergarment.
Clearly, Fourth Master was too preoccupied to care about Li Chenjiao's rash decision to extinguish the candle.
Having been abstinent for a long time, Fourth Master seemed rather eager at this moment.
I don't know where my undergarments have gone by now, but at least they're not with the books.
Her palms were sweaty, and Li Chenjiao tugged at the curtain. Her eyes were already misty. After a while, she paused, as if she had thought of something.
"Sir...is your back fully healed?"
In the darkness, Li Chenjiao's voice was exceptionally weak.
Fourth Master's breathing was unsteady. After a moment, Li Chenjiao heard a very short breath, which seemed to be Fourth Master laughing.
Li Chenjiao's exposed skin immediately evoked goosebumps.
“I see you didn’t eat enough for dinner, but you still have the energy to talk.”
Li Chenjiao didn't even have time to explain.
Fourth Master gave her no chance, grabbing Li Chenjiao with his large hand and pressing her against his waist and abdomen. (The censors don't allow this or that.)
He grabbed her waist and slammed her down hard; with just that one strike, she cried out (and the reviewer wouldn't allow this or that).
Now Li Chenjiao knew whether Fourth Master's back had healed properly, and she restrained herself from scratching him with her newly grown nails.
Having been celibate for so long, Li Chenjiao was completely bewildered, forgetting everything she should and shouldn't say.
In the end, she was the one who suffered.
The clouds and rain urged each other on, reaching all the way to the sky. Li Chenjiao didn't even know how she fell asleep.
The next day, when Li Chenjiao woke up, the scenes from the previous night still seemed to linger in her mind.
Li Chenjiao covered her face.
"What time is it?" Li Chenjiao really didn't want to move. The Second Princess had been resting in the back room yesterday, and Li Chenjiao had forced herself not to call out. Otherwise, she probably wouldn't even be able to speak right now.
However, Li Chenjiao felt refreshed at the moment, probably because she had taken a bath yesterday.
Green Chrysanthemum brought in warm water: "It's past mid-morning. Master said you don't need to rush back to the manor. You can stay at the estate for half a day without any problem. Master has already taken care of everything at the manor."
Returning home during the day would be too conspicuous; it would be more appropriate to return at night when it gets dark.
For Li Chenjiao, this meant an extra half-day of play, which naturally made her happy.
She wasn't worried about the Fourth Prince in the manor; Qiu Hu and Qiu Ci were there, as were Lin Mama and the others. Li Chenjiao was quite at ease.
However, Li Chenjiao was too lazy to move at the moment. After listening to what Lüju said, she turned over and said, "Breakfast isn't urgent. Let Zhong Shi take care of the Second Princess. It's getting hot, be careful not to let her get sunburned..."
Li Chenjiao's voice weakened as she spoke.
All she wanted to do right now was get some more sleep and make up for the sleep she missed yesterday.
Green Chrysanthemum pulled down the curtain and quickly withdrew.
...
Indeed, no one in the mansion noticed for a while that the concubine in the east courtyard was not there.
Fearing that the eldest princess might come looking for the second princess and expose the truth, Chen went to the eldest princess's place early in the morning and spoke to Wang, saying that the second princess was tired from playing yesterday and would come to play with the eldest princess again tomorrow.
Li Chenjiao wasn't the type to stroll around the garden during the day, and since there was nothing to do in the backyard, no one would go to the east courtyard.
With Su Peisheng taking care of things at Fourth Master's place in the front yard, everything was handled flawlessly.
This mansion belongs to the Fourth Master after all. If the Fourth Master wanted to secretly arrange for someone to leave the mansion, it would only take him a few words.
The Fourth Prince had already returned to his residence at dawn, and by the time his wife arrived, he had already had breakfast.
As evening approached, a sedan chair quietly entered the Fourth Master's residence. Finally, in the darkness, Li Chenjiao and the little girl, who was tired from playing and was being held in Zhong Shi's arms, returned to the East Courtyard.
But it's not that no one noticed the strangeness in the East Courtyard.
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