my awesome king

Chapter 4

After the performance in the afternoon, the servants in the mansion began to respect the new princess.The dinner has improved a lot. Mu Shuiqing likes big fish and meat. Ji Xiaomo only tasted a few bites, and she swept away the rest.Mu Shuiqing's mood at this moment is super refreshing, her whole face is filled with obvious joy, which makes Ji Xiaomo look sideways frequently, puzzled.

But at night, Mu Shuiqing quickly lost face when thinking of the so-called sleeping attendant.

Ji Xiaomo's legs and feet are inconvenient, is she going to help him take a bath and wipe himself?Thinking of this, her good mood just now disappeared in an instant, and her face became serious.And in this room, Ji Xiaomo had already ordered Qingzhu to step on the chair and enter the barrel, then Qingzhu quietly retreated, and closed the door by the way, leaving Mu Shuiqing awkwardly facing Ji Xiaomo who was in the bath, Hesitating whether to go forward or not.

The warm pool water wrapped Ji Xiaomo, submerging his tiredness little by little.He relaxed instantly, slowly took off his soaked top, leaned back, closed his eyes and fell into a light sleep against the wooden barrel.His pale skin and delicate collarbone were faintly visible in the smoky heating, and Mu Shuiqing's breathing rose and fell accordingly.Of course, Ji Xiaomo just pretended to close his eyes, and secretly observed Mu Shuiqing's every move. Whoever made Mu Shuiqing's gaze too intense, it was hard for him not to pay attention.

Mu Shuiqing stared blankly at Ji Xiaomo, and took a long time to take a breath.She knew Ji Xiaomo was handsome, but she didn't expect that when his black hair poured down, his delicate and fair collarbone loomed, and his pale cheeks turned red due to the heat of the water, it was so hard to look away and stunning.

"My lord, I'm going to bed first... If it's inconvenient for you to get up later, call Qingzhu in..." Without waiting for Ji Xiaomo's consent, Mu Shuiqing got into the bed with a "swish" and buried his head in the quilt In the middle of the night, I started to sleep soundly, but my heart was pounding nervously.

Picture of a beautiful boy coming out of the bath or something, she was afraid that she didn't have enough blood tanks!

At first, Mu Shuiqing just pretended to snore to avoid going to bed at night, but as soon as he threw himself under the quilt, his eyelids instantly became heavy, and in the blink of an eye, he fell asleep.And had another dream.

"My lord, why don't you call me in when the water is cold? What if I get sick..." Qingzhu's voice of reproach was heard, Ji Xiaomo raised his head in a trance, and smiled silently at her, "Will you be sick again?" Why, my health has never been better... I don't care about catching a cold and drinking more medicine... Anyway, I want to go like that..."

Hearing Ji Xiaomo's long sigh, he forced himself to stand up, and Qingzhu immediately stepped forward to help him, carefully serving him out of the bath.

"My lord! Why do you humiliate yourself like this!" She glanced at Mu Shuiqing who was sleeping soundly on the bed, and said softly, "In order to avoid skin-to-skin contact at night, my lord specially ordered me to put drugs in the incense burner, but... my lord Since you don't want to, why agree to this marriage..."

Qing Zhu grew up serving Ji Xiaomo. To Ji Xiaomo, apart from the friendship she should have as a master and servant, she is more concerned and cared for by her elder sister for her younger brother.The young man with red lips and white teeth who was so shocked in his memory, now became like this, she was more heartbroken and sad than anyone else.

She bent down, gently stroked Ji Xiaomo's numb right foot with her long fingers, and said with a sob: "It's been five years... the lord still can't let it go..."

"Qingzhu..." Ji Xiaomo lowered his head, and said softly, "Brother Huang is suspicious, and the palace may not be peaceful in the future. It's not as good as today, let Bai Ye take you away, the farther you are from me, the better... "The Bai Ye he was talking about was the bodyguard who usually secretly protected him, and also Qingzhu's sweetheart.

Qingzhu's lips were slightly white, and she trembled unconsciously: "Your maidservant will not leave!" She knelt on the ground, her voice raised, it was so stubborn, "How many maidservants in the palace can be trusted, after the maidservant has left, Who should take care of the lord?! From a young age, the lord's food and clothing are taken care of by the slaves, and the slaves can't trust others... let alone Bai Ye is gone! Who will protect you!"

The long sigh sounded again, echoing faintly in the empty room.

When Mu Shuiqing stretched her waist and gasped to get up, she found that her side was empty. She couldn't help asking Qingzhu who was standing in front of the bed with her head bowed: "Where's your lord?" She must have slept too deeply... He didn't even know when Ji Xiaomo lay down or when he went out...

Could it be that she didn't know what he did to her at night? !

Mu Shuiqing touched the clothes nervously, and found that the clothes were intact on her body, and let out a sigh of relief.

"My lord is reading in the Book Pavilion."

Qing Zhu's voice was very hoarse, Mu Shuiqing couldn't help raising her head to look at her, and found that her eyes were swollen, as if she had cried.

"Qingzhu, is someone bullying you?"

Qing Zhu was stunned, turned her head and said: "No..." She stepped forward to take care of Mu Shuiqing's clothes, and tied a beautiful bun for her, with a unique jade hairpin inserted.

Mu Shuiqing looked in the mirror happily, and she found that the only advantage of traveling over time was that the original owner had a good appearance, with jet-black hair and shiny skin, fair and smooth skin, and everything she wore complemented her exquisite body. Skinny beauty.

"Does the prince like reading?" Mu Shuiqing asked curiously.After all, she found that Ji Xiaomo was reading in his room other than eating and drinking.She knew that he couldn't go out because of his inconvenient legs and feet, but wouldn't she get tired of reading every day? She almost vomited.

"Don't you want to play chess, practice calligraphy, draw pictures and so on?"

"The prince used to love playing chess, but now, there is no one who can play chess. As for the others..." Qingzhu hesitated for a while, and said vaguely, "This is not something that slaves should ask."

After breakfast, Mu Shuiqing wandered around the mansion as usual.She doesn't have Ji Xiaomo's concentration, she can sit in the room or bookstore for six hours and read without going out all day.Her thoughts flew outside the house.When can I leave the house...

At the corner, Mu Shuiqing bumped into someone, she backed up a few steps in panic, and was held firmly by Qingzhu. Although the other person didn't fall, all the things in his hands were scattered on the ground.

The other party looked at Qingzhu, looked at Mu Shuiqing, and said after a long time: "I have seen Wangfei."

"What's the rush?"

"Back to Wangfei, this is last month's account book, the small one has been settled, and it is about to be handed over to Butler Mo."

Mu Shuiqing took a closer look and found that the ledgers were scattered all over the place.She glanced at Qingzhu, Qingzhu said softly: "It's the accountant Cui."

Mu Shuiqing remembered that Ji Xiaomo once said that the financial situation of the palace was not good. Now that she has become a princess, she naturally has to care about how bad the financial situation of the palace is.She coughed lightly, and said seriously: "Butler Mo is not here, my princess will come and come and see." She lied without blushing or heartbeat.

"Princess, this..." Seeing Cui's accountant hesitating and his eyes flickering uneasy, Mu Shuiqing became suspicious: "Why, can't you show it to me?"

"Little one, I'll report it to you." He even reported a few correct numbers at the beginning, and even calculated in front of Mu Shuiqing to prove what he said was true.

Then, Accountant Cui took a sneak peek and saw Mu Shuiqing staring at the abacus curiously, with a curious expression on his face, and even asked Qingzhu in a low voice how the abacus was done. known.

Thinking of this, Accountant Cui couldn't help becoming bolder, and casually reported a few numbers, observing Mu Shuiqing's reaction, but seeing her nodding her head seriously, couldn't help being overjoyed.This princess really doesn't understand!

Accountant Cui and Steward Mo usually see that the prince does not care about the house, so they tamper with the accounts every time, secretly shorting the finances of the palace, and falsely reporting the accounts in order to make profits.Just now when he saw the princess suddenly asking about the account book, he suddenly remembered that the princess was a well-known talented woman in the capital, and immediately became flustered, fearing that she would find it suspicious.

Now, when he saw that Mu Shuiqing was pretending to understand, he was secretly pleased, and even more boldly called the total amount less or less when he settled the accounts.

The accountant Cui was crackling with his abacus, and suddenly stopped, and respectfully said to Mu Shuiqing: "Return to Wangfei, the account has been settled, a total of 560 seven taels."

Mu Shuiqing murmured softly: "It's so little..." She originally thought that marrying the prince, although a little weaker and a little bit weaker, at least the family is rich!For example, after the death of the prince, she can get some family property and so on.

She thought sullenly: Isn't it true that in the time-traveling novels, those royal relatives paid 1000 taels for every move... Ji Xiaomo is too shabby, and the total is only more than 1000 taels...

Seeing Mu Shuiqing frowning, Accountant Cui pretended to be emotional and said: "My lord has been seriously ill for many years, and the medicinal materials are extremely expensive and expensive, so..." He handed over the account book and asked intentionally, "Does the princess want to see the account?" Anyway, the princess can't understand, so it's better to pretend.

"Well, let me take a look." Mu Shuiqing took the ledger and flipped through a few pages.However, the ancient people's bookkeeping methods made her head instantly grow bigger. She rubbed the corners of her brows and returned it to Accountant Cui after reading a few pages.

Seeing that Mu Shuiqing really didn't understand, Accountant Cui's heart instantly settled down.He was blessed and just about to leave when he saw Mu Shuiqing raised his hand and said, "Qingzhu, take a pen, ink, paper and inkstone."

Mu Shuiqing smiled at Cui's accountant and said, "Cui's accountant, don't leave, I will make a calculation when Qingzhu comes back."

Accountant Cui was stunned for a moment, and sighed: "Princess, you use an abacus to settle accounts. What's the use of the paper and pen you brought..."

Mu Shuiqing just smiled lightly. She took the paper from Qingzhu and threw it flat on the bench in the corridor. Afterwards, she dipped the ink with a brush.

"Please recite everything you just said."

"Ah?" Cui Accountant was stunned.Those numbers just now were made up temporarily by him, so I don't remember.

"700 taels of medicinal materials..."

"No, I remember you said it was 850 taels just now." Mu Shuiqing frowned, and said to him, "Isn't it all recorded in the account, how can you still read it wrong?" She glanced at Qingzhu , and said kindly, "Since Accountant Cui is old and dim-sighted, let Qingzhu read it."

"This..." Accountant Cui hesitated for a while, and finally handed the account book to Qingzhu.

Isn't it just a maid and a princess who doesn't know how to settle accounts!How is he afraid!
Qingzhu read: "700 taels of medicinal materials, 370 taels of marriage, 300 taels of monthly money, 700 taels of gifts... Received three pairs of jade Ruyi, 190 taels, five sons of Guanyin, 780 taels...Princess, It's over."

As Qingzhu's voice fell, Mu Shuiqing put away the brush, and looked at Accountant Cui with a half-smile: "Accountant Cui, you just said that the total is 560 seven taels, but it doesn't seem to be the number after I calculated it...I found you The old eyes are quite dizzy..."

Accountant Cui didn't expect Mu Shuiqing to be suspicious, and blushed angrily: "The princess doesn't know how to settle accounts, so what does she know?"

"Oh? I don't understand?" Mu Shuiqing lifted the rice paper with a smile, and shook in front of Cui's accountant, "I really don't know how to use an abacus."

Accountant Cui looked at the ghostly symbols on the paper and snorted coldly.bluff!
"But I know, the total is 720 taels!"

When Accountant Cui heard the numbers, his legs suddenly went limp, and he was almost unable to stand still.He pretended to be calm and said: "Why does the princess say that!"

"Just rely on the numbers on my paper!"

Seeing Cui Accountant and Qingzhu's suspicious eyes, Mu Shuiqing realized that they don't understand Arabic numerals, and immediately coughed and said: "Anyway, I have other methods, and I will never make a mistake!"

The accountant Cui raised his voice and said: "Princess, you must have miscalculated! I have been working as an accountant in the palace for more than ten years, and I have long been familiar with the abacus. How could I be wrong!"

"Yes." Mu Shui said calmly, "It's surprising that an old accountant can make a mistake, and the mistake is so big."

She glanced at Qingzhu and said, "Qingzhu, do you know how to settle accounts?" She had seen Qingzhu keep frowning when reporting accounts to Cui's accountant, so she couldn't help guessing that Qingzhu might be able to settle accounts, and she heard Cui's accountant's lie.

Qing Zhu was stunned, and said softly: "I know a little bit about this."

"You should do the calculation in front of Accountant Cui."

Qing Zhu hesitated a bit, but finally nodded.

Cui accountant lost his voice: "Princess, how can you let a maid do the trick!"

"Shut up!" Mu Shui said coldly, "It's okay not to let Qingzhu, I can invite people outside the house."

Because of Mu Shuiqing's stern voice, many servants gathered around curiously.Butler Mo stepped forward, frowned and asked, "Princess, what's going on?"

Accountant Cui saw Steward Mo as if he had seen a savior, and Mu Shuiqing saw all of their expressions.

(End of this chapter)