Chapter 10 Why is she so greedy for money?
Qin Xiaoning couldn't bear it any longer, so she went up to him and snatched the oil paper bag from him, humming, "My favorite honey chestnuts, but you fed them to it."

The man then turned around.

She stuffed the chestnut into her mouth, chewed it carefully twice, and as if she was not satisfied, she stuffed two more into her mouth, making one side of her little face bulge out.

He is even more greedy than that little rabbit.

Seeing her greedy look, Lu Ji was amused.

"Master, did you buy this especially for me?" After swallowing the sweet snack in her mouth, she shook the oil-paper bag in her hand at him, smiling with satisfaction.

Glancing at his slightly raised eyebrows, the girl knew that he was definitely going to say something bad again, so she quickly picked out a fruit and handed it to his mouth.

"I think it's too sweet."

The man turned his face away, but the girl stood on tiptoe and stuffed the fruit into his mouth very persistently.

The purpose is to sweeten his mouth so that his words won't be heard.

But the man didn't expect that even after eating the candy, his mouth was still poisonous. He snorted and said, "Don't be so self-indulgent." Then he snatched the oil paper bag from the little girl, picked out a fruit and threw it into the cage: "I bought it to feed the rabbits."

The little girl walked around to Lu Ji, looked up at him, and asked with a smile: "Isn't the rabbit mine?"

"Who said I'm going to give it to you?" He glared at her with his deep eyes and snorted coldly, "This prince wants to give it to you, and you have to take it even if you don't want it. If you don't want it, it's useless even if you rack your brains."

There is something in the words.

Qin Xiaoning just pretended not to understand. He didn't say anything nice to her, but she wasn't annoyed. Her lotus-like face still had a gentle smile on it. She said in a good temper, "If the prince doesn't want to give it to me, I won't be greedy."

As he spoke, he picked up the carrot next to the cage, broke it into small pieces and stuffed them into the cage, saying, "Your Highness is very busy, so how can you have the time to take care of this little thing? When you are busy, I will help you take care of this little beast."

"I want you to take care of it?" Lu Ji sneered: "It won't live more than half a month."

Yes, in the past, Lu Ji often caught small animals when hunting and raised them for her to play with. She took good care of them every time, but they never lived long.

The little girl stopped and turned to look at Lu Ji, asking him devoutly: "Why can't I keep them alive? Is it because I'm using the wrong method?"

"You fed them too much." Lu Ji pointed at the little rabbit in the cage that was busy chewing on a carrot and said, "These little animals don't know when to be hungry or full. If you feed them too much, they will get bloated."

The little girl looked downcast and replied, "It's because it's too greedy."

As he spoke, he saw that most of the carrots that had been stuffed into the cage had been eaten by the little rabbit, but the little guy was still eating greedily. The little girl squatted down and stretched out her hand to grab the food from the cage. Lu Ji was frightened and quickly grabbed her hand and stopped her, saying, "Be careful it bites you."

"I'm afraid it will be stuffed to death again," the little girl explained.

Lu Ji pulled her up and said sternly, "Even rabbits bite when they are angry. Don't you know this?"

As he spoke, he picked up a small wooden stick and pulled out the remaining carrots in the cage, muttering, "You are so reckless. You really make me worry."

I don't know whether he was scolding the rabbit or a person.

The little rabbit had already eaten quite a few radishes. Seeing that the rest were going to be taken away by Lu Ji, the rabbit had resentment in its eyes. It scratched the cage with its front paws, sniffed with its pointed little mouth, and looked at the people outside begging for food.

The little girl looked at the little beast and murmured, "This little thing is so greedy."

"Yes, as a person, one should not be too greedy." Lu Ji echoed.

Qin Xiaoning looked at Lu Ji: "I'm talking about rabbits."

He raised his eyebrows slightly: "I'm talking about people, why not?" Then he pointed at the golden hairpin on her head and asked: "Where did you get this?"

Qin Xiaoning heard this and quickly reached out to cover the hairpin on her head. Lu Ji tutted, "I won't snatch it." He rolled his eyes at her and said, "You look like a petty person who has never seen good things before."

Qin Xiaoning wanted to say, why haven’t I seen good things before? Didn’t I see boxes of gold, silver and jewelry yesterday, but you were so stingy that you didn’t even give me a penny?

Seeing that she didn't speak, Lu Ji chased after her and asked, "Where are you from?"

Qin Xiaoning smiled proudly and replied to him, "The Duke's wife gave it to me."

Lu Ji was a little surprised: "My mother?"

In Lu Ji's impression, if her mother wanted to reward someone, she would do the same as men, that is, give money, but she would never do something like giving someone jewelry.

I sneered in my heart: This little thing has a lot of cunning thoughts, but has a cute little face.

Qin Xiaoning saw Lu Ji's surprise and explained, "Today, I was playing in the garden with the Sixth Miss and ran into Madam. Madam said that since I followed you, you have never given me anything, so she just gave me this."

As she spoke, she raised her hand to adjust the golden hairpin on her head and asked Lu Ji, "What about the red gold one? Does it look good?"

Lu Ji didn't answer the boring question of whether it looked good or not. Instead, he crossed his arms and looked at her leisurely, as if jokingly saying, "So, this is a gift from the mother-in-law to her daughter-in-law?"

Qin Xiaoning narrowed her eyes at him and said, "I guess so."

"Don't you feel guilty?" He glanced at her and raised his eyebrows.

How could she not know what he meant? She smiled at him and said, "A little bit." Then she raised her hand to touch the hairpin and said, "I said no, but Madam insisted on giving it to me. The Second Madam was also present at the time and also persuaded me to accept it."

Lu Ji smiled: "So, you are still reluctant to do it?"

"Not really." The little girl looked up at him and said with a smile, "I just feel that since it is a kind gift from my mother-in-law, it would be impolite if I don't accept it."

"Mother-in-law?" Lu Ji sneered, "You don't take yourself too seriously."

The little girl hurriedly said, "I didn't ask to call you that. It was the Duke's wife who asked me to call you that."

Lu Ji sneered: "Did my mother ask you to call her mother-in-law?"

"No." The little girl defended, "The lady said, 'Why are you being polite to your mother?'"

"That's because my mother is generous," he said.

She agreed with him and said, "The prince's mother is naturally the most generous person in the world."

"Don't be so slick with me." Lu Ji rolled his eyes at him and asked, "Let me ask you, have you fulfilled your duty as a concubine? You are occupying my position as a concubine just to get benefits everywhere, right?"

As he said this, he stretched out his big hand towards her: "Give me back my mother's hairpin?"

"This was given to me by my mother-in-law. Why are you asking for it back?" Qin Xiaoning quickly covered the hairpin on her head. She dared not stay in front of him any longer and ran into the house.

Lu Ji looked at her fleeing back and snorted in his heart: Little thing, lazy, greedy, smooth-talking, and now you have added the problem of greed for money.

She has never lacked money, why is she so greedy for money?
Thinking of this, Lu Ji frowned unconsciously.

(End of this chapter)