Pampered Poisonous Royal Wife C67

Chapter 67   Handprint

    Yue Wang was surprised for a moment, then he immediately got up and strode towards the chair on the outside of the screen to sit down.

    Mu Yunyao did not expect that his movements would be swift and she was slightly dumbfounded, before she got up and put on her dress, wiped off the cold sweat on her forehead, and then went out after a sigh of relief.

    The king sat on the chair, his fingers brushing against the hilt of the sword, his thoughts unknown.

    Mu Yunyao glanced at him and quickly retracted her gaze. She then got up and went to the back of the table to write up a deed. When the tip of the pen touched the paper, she suddenly paused, and her eyes glinted with slyness, followed by the use of Yue Wang’s handwriting style to write the deed.

    For this handwriting style, she had to share 30% of the silver money from Niyunfang. It could be said that this handwriting was bought with her real money. In that case, if unnecessary, in the future, she would not change her handwriting!

    Seeing the handwriting on the deed, the king swept Mu Yunyao a glance, but did not say anything, took the pen and signed the three words of ‘Ning Siye’.

    "Ning Siye, you are not kind enough, I handed you a real profit of 30%, but you only leave these three words of Ning Siye. In this world how many Ning Siye are there under the sky. In the future is something happened, where can I go to find someone for help?”

(TN: it should originally be written as Ning Si (fourth) Ye (lord), three words. So it’s not wrong here)

    “What do you want to do?” There was no inkpad (or red ink paste used for seal) in the room, Mu Yunyao’s eyes turned, then she took a box of rouge from the dressing table, and directly grabbed the king’s hand, pressed it in the rouge, stamped it on the deed book, then quickly withdraw to the deed book: "Siye, offended you a lot, this is to prevent vile people from offending your noble person, Siye is gentlemanly, will not be concerned about this, right?”

   Yue Wang looked down at the rouge color on his finger, and did not forcefully take the deed back. The Mu Yunyao in front of him had a bit of courage and boldness, but she could not escape his means that easily.

    Seeing that Yue Wang did not get angry, Mu Yunyao’s heavy heart was relieved, and the frantic heart slowly calmed down. Although she did not want to admit it, she was somewhat scared and even dreaded Yue Wang. If in front of her was replaced with Jin Wang or the Su family, she was confident she could confront them without as much as a change on her face. Only when facing the king would she always feel there was a cold blade pointed at her head, which could fall at any time. "According to the contents of the deed, I will divide the profit of 30% at the end of each month but I don't know where to send it." She finally tied the prince, and naturally she wanted to make the best use of it. His land was in western Guangdong. If the person leaves without leaving a contact, what should she do if she wanted to use him in the future?

    "Go next door to Jinxiu Garden and find Qin Guan."

    Next door? Mu Yunyao was surprised, could it be that the Jinxiu Garden next door turned out to be Yue Wang’s property, how was it too coincidental? No wonder he can find her so quickly.

    "There is one more thing, Siye, previously at the back of the hill of Shi An Village, you took a red rope I wore on my neck and there was a small sachet tied on that rope. Although it is not a valuable thing, it was carefully made by my mother, requesting Ning Siye to return it."

    "Lost."

    Lost? Mu Yunyao felt uncomfortable in her heart. It was her mother who had put it on her since she was one month old. It had never left her side for so many years. After her father, Mu Cheng, passed away, she had to hold the small sachet every night to sleep well. She did not expect Yue Wang to easily lose the sachet.

    "Ning Siye should also give me a token. Later, it would be convenient for me to contact Qin Guan with it."

    Yue Wang was amused and glanced at her, then took out something from his sleeves and threw it over.

    Mu Yunyao subconsciously caught it with her hands. It was the dagger that she took away from Yue Wang the other day, a half of a foot dagger with a scabbard, very suitable good for self-defense.

    Mu Yunyao was very satisfied with this dagger in her own hands and she felt at ease. If later Yue Wang regretted it and wanted to withdraw (from the deal), she would tell the other party to give her this collateral.

    After the matter had been concluded, Mu Yunyao glanced at the sky outside: "Siye, the sky is not too early, shouldn’t you go back to rest?"

    Listening to her opening the door, the king’s heart had a hint of displeasure, but he did not tarry longer, it was indeed the time to go back. He stood up, his tall stature wrapped in a cold aura, and strode across Mu Yunyao out of the door.

    For a while, Mu Yunyao sat down on the chair, then stretched out and massaged her soft legs. It was really scary, but with that paper contract, she gained a good deal.

*****

    In the corner of the Jinxiu Garden, Yu Heng saw the figure of Yue Wang crossing over the wall and was relieved. He hurriedly greeted him: "Are you all alright, master?"

   Yue Wang's eyes swept him a glance, only nodded once as his response, and then returned directly to the bedroom. Yu Heng turned around and just saw the peeping Qin Guan. The two moved away from the bedroom and walked to the water pavilion to gossip together.

    Qin Guan: "The master just went next door to see the little Mu girl?"

    Yu Heng: "Why are you asking something you already know?"

    "Ha, that Mu girl looks so beautiful and truly refined. I’ve lived in Jiangnan for a long time yet I've never seen a cleverer and more aggressive girl than her." Although she was a little young nevertheless, it was only two years more till she would be of age. And even if she was younger, her temperament is simple, perhaps if she was carefully raised, she would no longer feel afraid of the master whose whole body was shrouded in coldness.

    Yu Heng saw that Qin Guan was smiling oddly and unconsciously moved far away from him. "The eight characters have not yet been seen. You don't want to tell this to Cheng gonggong yet. If it disrupts the master’s big event, it will be bad."

The eight characters 八字; is the year, month, day and hour of a person's birth, each pair consisting of one Heavenly Stem天干 and one Earthly Branch地支, formerly used in fortune-telling and matchmaking. 

Gonggong - referring to a eunuch

(TN: Lol the servants are already matching them together)

    In regard to this, Qin Guan and Cheng gonggong were old acquaintances. Both of them were old people around the master, and they were very fond of the master. In return, the master was also very respectful to them, otherwise, he would not entrust Jiangnan’s affairs to Qin Guan’s hands.

    But the Mu girl’s thing, after all, involves a lot of things. The master’s mind was still uncertain. If they help, it might backfire. Qin Guan glanced at Yu Heng, and then slowly left with his hands on the back. He and Old Cheng have been with the master for twenty years, how could they still be unaware of this? Don't just look at the Old Cheng who relied on his old age to flaunt his power all the time and his loud mouth, but only he could really confront the master, this was a rule that would not be crossed. He was merely anxious in his heart. The master had already reached of age, but there was not even a maid around him. They were also worried that the master’s bad past had hurt him.

*****

    Unsure if it was because of the shock, but Mu Yunyao slept very restlessly that night. At dawn, she woke up feeling dizzy, washed her face and scrutinized the wound on her neck in the mirror. The wound was already healed and scabbed over. But if you observed it carefully, it could still be seen, so she could only cover it with some powder.

    Su Qing saw that her mood was bad, and she could not help but worry: "Yao'er, why not just rest today?"

    Mu Yunyao quickly cheered her up: "Mother, I am fine, just didn't sleep well last night. Today I have an appointment with two ladies, it’s not good to break a promise. You can rest assured that after I’m done receiving the two ladies, I will go upstairs to sleep, and in the evening, I will come back  alive and kicking again."

    Su Qing was amused by her and reached out to pinch her nose: "Alright, you have to pay special attention to yourself. If you’re feeling unwell, let Jin Lan and Jin Qiao inform me."

   "I know, mother."

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