Jiujiu turned her head to look at Xiao Ya, only to hear a loud thud as Xiao Ya knelt on the ground. Her body trembled as she said, "This servant greets the Little Prince."
This' Little Prince 'instantly evoked Jiujiu's memories. No wonder she had said that Mo Yuan Ming's name sounded familiar. It was because of Mo Yuan Ming's notoriety.
Mo Yuan Ming was the only son of Prince Heng. His father was the Emperor's younger brother, Prince Heng. His mother was the country's Protector Princess. Mo Yuan Ming had been doted on by the Emperor, Empress, and Empress Dowager since he was young. It would not be an exaggeration to say that he was doted on by thousands of people.
Being doted on by so many big shots, Mo Yuan Ming did not disappoint. He had been raised astray.
While others studied and wrote, Mo Yuan Ming played with cats, dogs, and crickets. While others obtained scholarly honors, Mo Yuan Ming ran to the palace and shamelessly begged for an official position. The worst thing was that he only held the position in name and did not do anything. Every year, he would fight for the position of an outstanding official. Many poor students worked hard for a year just to obtain the position of an outstanding official, but in the end, because of Mo Yuan Ming, the position was mysteriously reduced.
Therefore, other than those hedonistic young masters, Mo Yuan Ming had a good reputation. In the eyes of others, Mo Yuan Ming was the epitome of ignorant and incompetent.
However, even if Mo Yuan Ming was ignorant and incompetent, he had an exceptionally handsome face. Even if he was smiling evilly at this moment, he was still exceptionally good-looking.
Therefore, even if Mo Yuan Ming's reputation was bad, there were still many young ladies who wanted to marry him. Whether it was because of Mo Yuan Ming's good looks or because of the power behind him, they all wanted to marry him.
However, Jiu Niang was definitely not among them.
Jiu Niang liked talented people. She despised people like Mo Yuan Ming who had power and influence but did not work hard. In the past, when she heard Mo Yuan Ming's name, Jiu Niang would frown. Why would she want to marry him?
Because of Mo Yuanming's bad reputation, Xiao Ya was almost scared to death. Even though Mo Yuanming was not looking at her, she was still trembling non-stop. If she did not know that Xiao Ya was fine, Jiujiu would have thought that Xiao Ya was having epilepsy.
Jiujiu raised her head and looked at Mo Yuanming. Mo Yuanming cooperatively lowered his head and looked at Jiujiu.
Mo Yuanming had a pair of peach blossom eyes. At this moment, his eyes were smiling as he looked at Jiujiu. The corners of his eyes seemed to be filled with the light of spring. However, he didn't even blink as he looked at Jiujiu. In a low voice, he said, "Do you think I'm worthy of a beauty like you?"
Jiujiu had called herself a beauty purely to anger Jiujiu. Now that Mo Yuanming had said it out loud, Jiujiu couldn't help but blush. She lowered her eyes and replied: "Little Prince, you're a noble lady. I'm the one who doesn't deserve you."
"You're a woman and I'm a man. It's natural for yin and yang to be harmonious. How can you not be worthy of me?" Mo Yuanming said with a serious expression.
Jiujiu's face instantly turned green. This was a blatant joke.
Seeing that Jiujiu was pursing her lips and not saying anything, Mo Yuanming finally smiled. He raised his hand and stroked Jiujiu's hair. He smiled and said: "If I say you're worthy of me, then you're worthy of me."
Just as Jiujiu was about to retort, the sound of something falling to the ground came from behind. Jiujiu turned around and saw Mu Qing looking at her and Mo Yuanming with a shocked expression.
Thinking about it, she had just ridiculed him. Now that she was standing next to the infamous but respectable Mo Yuanming, it would be strange if Mu Qing wasn't shocked.
Jiujiu looked at Mu Qing as if she was looking at a stranger. Then she turned to Mo Yuanming and said: "I still have matters to attend to, so I'll be leaving first."
Jiujiu finished speaking and was about to leave. But before she could walk out, Mo Yuanming grabbed her wrist.
Mo Yuanming's hand gripped Jiujiu's wrist tightly like an iron hoop. His eyes swept across Mu Qing's face frivolously. Just as Mu Qing was about to give in, Mo Yuanming turned to look at Jiujiu and said, "Was he the one who knocked you into the river?"
Jiujiu frowned: "Prince, please be careful with your words."
"Our relationship doesn't need to be so tense." Mo Yuanming lowered his head and whispered in Jiujiu's ear: "How about I help you teach him a lesson?"
As Mo Yuanming spoke, his warm breath brushed against Jiujiu's ear. Jiujiu's ear instantly turned bright red. Mo Yuanming was delighted to see this. He raised his head and kissed Jiujiu's ear. Then he pretended as if nothing had happened and said to Mu Qing: "Knocking the future Princess Consort into the river, do you know your crime?"
Jiujiu: "..."
When did she become his Princess Consort?
Jiujiu raised her head and glared at Mo Yuanming, saying: "Prince, this little girl has no enmity with you. Why would you ruin my reputation like this?"
Hearing Jiujiu say that he had ruined her reputation, Mo Yuanming raised his eyebrows and glared at her, saying with a displeased expression: "Is marrying me a grievance to you?"
Jiujiu shook her head: "This little girl is from a merchant family. This little girl is not worthy of Prince."
"Since you know that you are not worthy of me, then you must treat me well in the future, do you understand?" Mo Yuanming raised his eyebrows and looked at Jiujiu with his lustful eyes. His hand that was holding Jiujiu's wrist directly grasped Jiujiu's small hand.
Feeling the warmth and smoothness of Jiujiu's small hand, Mo Yuanming's heart instantly rippled. His gloomy face immediately brightened up.
Even if Mu Qing was a fool, seeing Mo Yuanming and Jiujiu holding hands, he knew that Jiujiu and Mo Yuanming were in a relationship.
Although he looked down on Jiujiu and Mo Yuanming in his heart, in reality, he could not compare to either of them.
Although Jiujiu was from a merchant family, her family was rich. Any small piece of jewelry from Jiujiu was worth a few months of Mu Qing's mother's salary. As for Mo Yuanming, it could be said that he was doted on and could get whatever he wanted.
You could say that he was ignorant and incompetent, but even if he was, he was still a second-ranked official.
As for Mu Qing, even if he was the top scorer in the imperial examinations, he had worked hard for decades and this was the best result he could get. Not to mention that Mo Yuanming was the Emperor's personally appointed successor.
Just like now, it was obvious that he had accidentally knocked Jiujiu into the river, but when Mo Yuanming asked him about it, he had to kneel on the ground and answer carefully.
Mo Yuanming originally wanted to teach Mu Qing a lesson, but because he held Jiujiu's small hand, the anger in Mo Yuanming's heart subsided. Looking at Mu Qing kneeling in front of him, although he was angry that Mu Qing had bumped into Jiujiu, if Mu Qing had not bumped into Jiujiu, he was afraid that he would not have met Jiujiu in his life. Therefore, Mo Yuanming only asked Mu Qing to watch his mouth in the future and let him go.
Mo Yuanming's action of waving his hand was exceptionally casual, as if he was swatting away a fly. This hurt Mu Qing's heart even more, especially at this moment when he was kneeling on the ground, while Jiujiu and Mo Yuanming, the two people he looked down on, were standing high above him.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
