Chapter 433
~ IT’S HARD TO HELP THE VINEGAR JAR WHEN IT’S POURED ~
Mu Yunyao returned to her own courtyard, and just as she entered, she saw Jin Lan and Jin Qiao standing in the corridor with nervous expressions.
“What’s going on?”
Jin Lan glanced worriedly at Mu Yunyao and softly said, “Miss, His Royal Highness Yue Wang is inside.”
Mu Yunyao suddenly raised her gaze and her pupils abruptly constricted. The fingers that were holding onto the umbrella’s handle tightened uncontrollably. Her heart became colder than the snow and ice. “I’m going to go visit Grand Princess Yi De.” After which, she turned around and walked out.
The door was pushed open abruptly. Yue Wang walked out with long steps and blocked Mu Yunyao’s path. “Yunyao, where have you just gone?”
“Greetings to Your Royal Highness Yue Wang.”
Xu Qi walked out in a panic, her face slightly flushed, “Little Sister Yunyao, you’re back.”
Mu Yunyao did her best to restrain herself, but she still couldn’t smile at all. “The snowy scene today isn’t bad, so I went out to walk. Seeing that Elder Sister Xu Qi was sleeping peacefully, I didn’t want to disturb her. I think Grand Princess Yi De should wake up from a nap, so I’m going to visit now. I’m sorry if I’m impolite. After she finished speaking, she went around Yue Wang and headed to the door.
The words Yue Wang wanted to say had not been spoken and suddenly got stuck in his throat.
Xu Qi’s eyes were filled with joy as she looked at Yue Wang, “Your Royal Highness Yue Wang, the weather outside is cold, why not come to the room and drink some hot tea?”
“No need.” After Yue Wang finished speaking, he did not even turn back to look at Xu Qi as he directly chased after Mu Yunyao.
Xu Qi’s rosy face slowly turned pale. She turned around and went back into her room to put on her clothes. She chased after Yue Wang and Mu Yunyao as they headed towards Grand Princess Yi De’s courtyard.
Yue Wang had caught up to Mu Yunyao. Seeing her pale face, he was extremely anxious in his heart. “Yunyao, I thought you were in the room, so I went to the room directly.”
“I am not in the room, which disappoints You Royal Highness. But with Elder Sister Xu Qi there, it is the same. Coincidentally, you have not met for four years, so you can recall how you taught her to ride a horse back then?” Mu Yunyao knew that saying these words was very inappropriate, but she couldn’t control the anger in her heart.
“Yunyao, are you jealous?”
Mu Yunyao froze all of a sudden. Seeing Yue Wang’s eyes and face lit up with joy, she couldn’t help but purse her lips. “ Dose Your Royal Highness Yue Wang should preside over the Chinese New Year’s festival porridge in the city? What are you doing here?”
“It’s snowing. I thought you might want to see a snowman tomorrow morning, so I rushed over to prepare.” Yue Wang’s eyes were filled with gentleness.
Mu Yunyao was slightly stunned. His fingers that were holding onto the umbrella’s handle tightened uncontrollably, “Does Your Royal Highness Yue Wang speak like this to others as well?”
The smile in Yue Wang’s eyes grew wider and wider. It seemed that he could see a fiery red flower blossomed in this world of ice and snow. “I like the way you’re jealous.”
Mu Yunyao became angrier and angrier. She had clearly said it twice, but this person didn’t have any plans to explain, which was express tacit acknowledgment. Thinking of this, she felt that her internal organs were uncomfortable, so she turned around and walked straight forward.
On a snowy day, the road was slippery. Just now, she turned around again, so her embroidered shoes were a bit wet this time, making it harder and harder to walk. She did not stand at her feet, so she accidentally slipped forward, and the oil-paper umbrella in her hand fell to the ground.
Mu Yunyao simply ignored the oil-paper umbrella, picked up her skirt, and walked towards Grand Princess Yi De’s courtyard.
Yue Wang strode forward and picked up the oil-paper umbrella, catching up to Mu Yunyao and holding the umbrella above her head. “Because Xu Fei is adopted by Imperial Aunt as her son, Xu Qi and I have indeed met each other several times. It only stops at knowing that there is such a person, and there is no other intersection.”
Mu Yunyao turned her head and glanced at Yue Wang, not believing his words at all, “Your Royal Highness Yue Wang’s words are not kind at all. Didn’t you accept someone else’s purse as well?”
“Purse?” Yue Wang frowned and nodded his head: “She wanted to give me the purse, but in the end I didn’t accept it. It seems that I put it on the table casually.” Some time had passed, and he couldn’t remember it now.
Mu Yunyao raised her eyebrows, the anger in her heart grew even became more intense. “Your Royal Highness Yue Wang still remembers what happened four years ago. Could it be that your heart is regretting that you didn’t accept the purse?”
Yue Wang smiled as he looked at Mu Yunyao’s sharp appearance and felt that her own character was getting worse. At present, Yunyao was clearly furious and seemed to be quite angry. But in his heart, he was pretty happy and wished for her to be a little angrier. Because the more she got mad, the more she cared about himself.
“If I miss a grass you sent me, I’ll regret it and can’t eat for a few days. But if I miss a mountain of gold and silver sent by others, I won’t have a shred of regret in my heart.”
Mu Yunyao’s breathing slightly stagnated as she looked at Yue Wang’s serious expression, and she bit her lips. “It’s all nonsense. You’re so poor right now. If someone gave you the gold and silver mountain, you definitely wouldn’t let them go.”
“My character is not good, and I’m not favored by Imperial Father, so no one will take me seriously. But you’re the only one who thinks of me as a treasure, wanting to give me a mountain of gold and silver.”
Mu Yunyao blinked her eyes and carefully thought over the words that came out of Yue Wang’s mouth. Her face instantly turned red: “Who thinks of you as a treasure?”
Yue Wang focused his eyes on Mu Yunyao and said in a remarkably light tone, “You!”
Mu Yunyao stomped her feet. When she saw Xu Qi walk over behind her, she no longer argued with Yue Wang and turned around to walk into Grand Princess Yi De’s courtyard.
When she saw Mu Yunyao walk over while carrying her skirt, Qu Mama repeatedly cried out in alarm, even Yue Wang at her side had neglected. “My little ancestor, why are you here like this? When the Grand Princess saw this, she started scolding you again. Hurry up and help the young lady get a change of clothes, shoes and socks.”
Yue Wang looked towards Mu Yunyao’s embroidered shoes. When he saw the tip of her slightly drenched shoes, he couldn’t help but frown. The distance from the neighbor courtyard to this place was only a few steps, so it shouldn’t be enough to get her shoes wet. Could it be that Yunyao had been staying standing outside this entire time? Thinking about Xu Qi, who appeared in Mu Yunyao’s room, the coldness in Yue Wang’s eyes intensified.
When the maidservant hurried to help Muy Yunyao pick up her things, Qu Mama finally bowed to Yue Wang, “This servant is lacking in manners, Your Royal Highness. Please forgive me.”
“Qu Mama doesn’t need to be so courteous. It’s better you take good care of Yunyao first.”
Xu Qi followed them into the room and stepped forward to help Qu Mama wipe the snow off Mu Yunyao’s hair. “Why did Little Sister Yunyao leave in such a hurry? I couldn’t even catch up with you. You’ve just been frightened, haven’t you?”
Yue Wang’s eyebrows tightened, and his eyes looked at Xu Qi with a sharp look. He had thought that Yunyao was alone in the room, so he went straight in. When he realized that the person lying on the bed was not Mu Yunyao, he quickly turned around and walked out. He did not have any contact with Xu Qi. But the words and expressions that this person said made Yunyao misunderstand him again and again.
Mu Yunyao felt a bit uncomfortable when Xu Qi was helping her wipe her hair. She had always been cautious and not used to being so close to strangers, but she couldn’t just avoid them in front of Qu Mama and Yue Wang, so she had to be forced to endure it.
“Miss Xu has arrived as well. It’s about time for the Grand Princess to get up. I’ll just have to trouble Miss Xu to go in and help the Grand Princess comb her hair. This servant will take care of Miss Mu.” Qu Mama said with a smile.
Xu Qi put down the towel in her hand and nodded, “Okay, I’ll go in now.”