Yet, because he completely fell into the moment, he subsequently relaxed his restraint over Ji Xinhe. Taking this opportunity, Ji Xinhe turned the tables, for the first time asserting a dominant demeanor in front of him.
"Why did Chen Yining come to your mansion?" Ji Xinhe asked quietly.
She abruptly distanced herself. He felt a sudden emptiness in both his heart and body, much to his displeasure as this dainty woman seemed terribly concerned about this insignificant matter.
"How should I know her intentions?" Marquis Mu Houchu clearly had no interest in talking about Chen Yining.
Ji Xinhe, having anticipated this response, slightly uncovered his waistband with a playful flick of her slender hand, and teasingly asked again, "Why did she come to your mansion?"
Marquis Mu Houchu suddenly felt a rush to his head, as if it was flushed...
"She wants to marry in, and willing to be a concubine. That’s why she came to see me." Marquis Mu Houchu barely managed to say, his voice hoarse.
Ji Xinhe sneered in her heart. A concubine? During the last Imperial feast at the palace, for sheer spite, Chen Yining deliberately humiliated her by raising the topic of being a concubine. Who would have thought that Chen Yining, the pampered daughter of Old Man Chen, would lower herself to such a degree for the sake of Marquis Mu Houchu?
While pondering this, she blinked and, with the same slender finger, deftly began to unbutton his robe. "She came to you and you let her in? Is your Prime Minister’s Mansion so freely accessible to everyone?" she inquired, peeling off his inner garment.
Marquis Mu Houchu felt that if he were to die one day, it would certainly be because of this alluring enchantress!
Barely holding back, he said hoarsely, "She claimed to know about the drug that Old Man Chen used to drive the black bear mad."
"Oh~" Ji Xinhe pondered this, and the anger inside her seemed to subside.
Marquis Mu Houchu bit his lip and grumbled, "Xinhe, do you have to extract answers this way?"
Ji Xinhe snorted, "Would you answer me as candidly if I didn’t resort to this method?"
Marquis Mu Houchu didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. If only he had known, he would have worn fewer pieces of clothing today to spare himself from being so teased by this little enchantress!
The last layer of clothing was stripped from his body by her, revealing his robust upper body. Her fingertips inadvertently grazed across his chest, which sent a shiver through Marquis Mu Houchu’s body, causing him to become even more uninhibited...
"Hiss······"
Ji Xinhe looked at him curiously, "Hasn’t your back injury healed yet?"
She was afraid that she might have accidentally pressed on his wound.
With a half-smile, Marquis Mu Houchu felt cold sweat bead up on his forehead. What does that slight injury on his back matter? The black bear could have swatted at him ten times, and it wouldn’t have been as torturous as it was now.
"Xinhe, if you continue doing this, don’t you feel it?" Marquis Mu Houchu hoarsely uttered, deliberately shifting his body a bit.
Ji Xinhe flushed but still managed to retort while maintaining her steely expression, "Don’t try to divert my attention! One last question, what exactly was your relationship with Chen Yining in the past?"
Marquis Mu Houchu, a helpless smile on his face, couldn’t believe that she used these tricks to torment him all just because of such a trivial woman.
Regardless, it’s better than if it were for a man.
"There was no relationship between us. She is the daughter of Old Man Chen, and I used to be under Old Man Chen’s banner. That’s all." He revealed.
Ji Xinhe responded, annoyed, "But I’ve heard people say that you two were childhood sweethearts, a match made in heaven!"
"You should listen to me rather than those rumors," he proposed.
He simply could not tolerate it anymore!
However, Ji Xinhe swiftly dodged him and hopped off the bed, "Then I should leave first."
Marquis Mu Houchu’s face darkened. In a brink of an eye, he appeared in front of her, trapping her, "After stirring me up like this, you still want to leave?"
Ji Xinhe glanced at his aroused manhood and glared at him, "Not long ago, I saw you having a jolly conversation with your childhood sweetheart. Now you have the audacity to ask me to stay?"
"We just exchanged a few words..."
Ji Xinhe grunted, "I’m petty, I can’t even tolerate a few words!"
The thought of Chen Yining’s previous arrogance in front of her kindled the fire inside Ji Xinhe. She had known Marquis Mu Houchu for over ten years, there were many things she didn’t know about him, but Chen Yining knew? Chen Yining may have pretended not to care in front of her, but how could Ji Xinhe not care?
In matters of the heart, she was just an ordinary woman. She could let it go that Marquis Mu Houchu had once run away from their wedding. She could also believe it might have been a scheme when he saved Chen Yining. However, when it came to Chen Yining’s existence, she minded. She minded it a lot!
Her man, why should other women understand him better? Why should other women approach him so easily? No excuse was acceptable!
Marquis Mu Houchu, out of options, tried to coax her, "Didn’t you question me just now? I’ve answered truthfully, right? I have no relationship with her!"
A chill crept across Ji Xinhe’s face as she calmly replied, "Fortunately, your answers were satisfactory, otherwise we wouldn’t be debating whether to sleep together..."
It would be a question of kicking him out...
How could Marquis Mu Houchu let her leave so easily? Regardless of the circumstances...
He decided to take her back to bed first and then decide what to do next!
Who would have known that Ji Xinhe seemingly anticipated his thoughts, and swiftly dodged him at the exact moment when his eyes sparked with intention. Immediately after, she yelled, "Someone, your lord has something to command!"
Before she finished uttering the words, she was already outside in the hallway.
Just as Marquis Mu Houchu was about to chase after her, he stopped, his face darkening. He gritted his teeth, but eventually stopped his footsteps.
This cunning little woman!
She purposely teased him and removed his clothes, it wasn’t just to question him. Could she have...
The door was suddenly flung open, and two servants rushed in saying, "Lord, what are your orders?"
Suppressing a chuckle at the corner of her mouth, Ji Xinhe indicated towards the inner room, "There, go inside and ask."
Having said that, she confidently strode out. For once, she managed to get the upper hand over Marquis Mu Houchu. It was always him bullying her, this time she wanted him to feel frustrated too!
Who made him upset her? Humph!
Ji Xinhe was suddenly radiant, strolling cheerfully away from the Prime Minister’s mansion.
"Lord, what are your orders?" The two servants hesitated, then carefully asked the question at the entrance of the inner room.
Marquis Mu Houchu’s face was as dark as the bottom of a pot, grinding his teeth, he roared, "All of you, get out!"
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