Chapter 14: Lemon is precious

Take it off?

The little girl was stunned and looked at him with her big almond-shaped eyes, panic-stricken.

"What are you thinking about?" Lu Ji lowered his eyes and glanced at her.

As he spoke, he took off the outer layer of his robe and said, "Humph! I was afraid that you would be clumsy and wrinkle my official robe."

It turned out that she was thinking wrongly.

Qin Xiaoning smiled shyly, took Lu Ji's official robe and put it on the clothes rack. Lu Ji, wearing his undershirt, sat on the chair with a happy look, waiting for the little girl to massage his back.

He was a strong man, with muscles bulging out through the soft fabric of his clothes.

The little girl's soft and tender hands pinched his shoulders, but it was like pinching stone, without any strength at all.

"Can you please use a little more effort? It's like you haven't eaten." Lu Ji leaned back in his chair with his eyes closed, acting like a big boss and still complaining.

The little girl rolled her eyes at him secretly, but her tone was gentle: "My Lord, your flesh is too hard. I'll squeeze it. Otherwise, why don't you soak in water for a while, maybe it will get better."

Lu Ji opened his eyes and hummed, "Useless is useless, but you blame me." Then, he raised the corners of his mouth and said jokingly, "If a man doesn't have some muscles, what kind of man is he."

Seeing his pride, the little girl quickly agreed with him and said, "Your Highness is right, you are truly a real man."

Hearing this, he turned and stared at her, his eyebrows and eyes were evil, with a playful smile on his lips: "Have you tried it?"

Qin Xiaoning took a long time to react. When she realized what was going on, her face turned red. She rolled her eyes at him, turned cold, and turned away.

Seeing that she was really angry, Lu Ji immediately regretted it. He quickly stood up, grabbed her wrist, and apologized to her: "I was just talking nonsense, don't be angry."

Qin Xiaoning shook off his hand, but Lu Ji stepped forward and grabbed it again. Glancing at her cold little face, his usually deep and calm eyes were flustered, and he said incoherently: "I spoke out of turn, don't be angry with me, really, I, I didn't mean it, you, don't be angry."

Seeing that she still ignored him, he pushed her to sit on the chair and said to the maid outside, "Go and call Desheng."

After a while, Desheng entered the house. Before he could even stand still, Lu Ji ordered, "Go and tell the principal of the private school that it is my intention to let Aning go to the girls' school and study with the other girls starting tomorrow."

This is the first time I've heard of a master sending his concubine to a private school.

However, the master's favor for the girl in the room was not surprising to the people in Qingsong Garden. Desheng was about to leave when Lu Ji ordered, "Ask Zhufeng to bring some top-quality study supplies. Ning will need them tomorrow when she goes to the private school." He also reminded, "Ask him to bring the best of everything."

Desheng took the order and left. Only the two of them were left in the room. Seeing that Qin Xiaoning didn't speak, Lu Ji didn't know what to say. The two of them were silent for a long time. Finally, Lu Ji couldn't hold back first and raised his hand to pour a cup of tea for Qin Xiaoning. He looked at her face out of the corner of his eye and said, "You sweated outside just now. You must be thirsty."

Qin Xiaoning still had a wooden face, but she didn't embarrass him too much. Although she didn't say anything, she raised her hand to take his tea.

Lu Ji was on pins and needles. He looked outside through the window at a loss, then paced on the ground, muttering from time to time: "Zhu Feng, why hasn't he delivered the things yet?"

After mumbling for a while, he finally saw Zhu Feng carrying something into the yard. Lu Ji called out through the window in an unpleasant tone, "Hurry up, don't you know someone is waiting for you?" Zhu Feng quickly ran into the house, took a breath, and said, "My Lord, here's what you wanted."

Lu Ji winked at the servant, and Zhu Feng stepped forward, placed all the things in front of Qin Xiaoning, and said with a smile: "Miss Qin, take a look."

They are all top-quality writing brushes, inks, paper and inkstones. The paper is the Bailu Xuan that Lu Ji usually uses when practicing calligraphy, and the ink is the priceless Su ink.

Although Qin Xiaoning was angry at Lu Ji for his reckless words, she was not the kind of person who would not quit while she was ahead. She fiddled with the pen and ink and nodded, saying, "All good." Then she turned to look at Lu Ji with clear eyes and a calm tone, "Thank you, my Lord."

Seeing her expression of caution, Lu Ji walked forward and picked up a grinding stick, then turned to the servant and said, "Didn't you get a few new Hui ink sticks last year?"

A small piece of Hui ink is worth a fortune and is very difficult to obtain.

When Zhu Feng heard this, his heart ached and he said hurriedly, "There are only three in total, and now there is only one left."

"Give it to Ah Ning." Lu Ji waved his hand and said, "Give it to Ah Ning."

Qin Xiaoning said hurriedly: "No, this ink is good enough. I'm just going to study in a private school, so I don't need such rare Hui ink."

Lu Ji insisted and ordered the servant: "Just go and get it."

Zhu Feng endured the pain and had to obey the order and leave.

Qin Xiaoning knew that Lu Ji was trying to please her because of the offense he had just given her, so she stopped making fun of him and smiled faintly at him, telling him the truth: "I really don't need it. There are so many people in the private school, and it's not appropriate for someone of my status to use such expensive ink."

"If I think it's suitable, then it's suitable." Seeing that she finally cheered up, Lu Ji immediately smiled brightly. He looked at her and coaxed her dotingly, "I will prepare the best for you. I want them to know that Ah Ning is very precious."

Lu Ji is a proud man, and his status is there for him to see. Although he is not like the most of the rich and powerful children, he can't help but have the bad qualities of children from aristocratic families. When he was young, he was also a rebellious man with fine clothes and a wild horse.

After experiencing hardships on the battlefield, he has now completely calmed down and become cold, steady and restrained, but only Qin Xiaoning knows that this guy's rebellious nature is just concealed.

Qin Xiaoning could tolerate his pride and his bad temper, but for some reason, she couldn't stand his disrespect for her. Even though she was angry, she would stop nagging him if he bowed down and showed goodwill.

Seeing him trying to coax her, she smiled and replied, "It's the prince who is precious, and Ning is just taking advantage of you."

As proud as Lu Ji is, he hates it most when people give him the cold shoulder, and he can't stand women's tempers even more. However, he is always more patient with Qin Xiaoning.

She always managed to touch his heart and control his emotions, but every time she was about to touch his bottom line, she would stop at the right time.

Seeing her smiling at him again, Lu Ji felt an inexplicable joy in his heart. He looked at her with tenderness in his usually cold eyes, and said to her in a flattering way: "What's mine is yours, what's the use of it?"

Qin Xiaoning didn't bear grudges. When she heard his joke, she covered her mouth and smiled, and also teased: "Your Highness, your words are nice, but your salary doesn't belong to me. It's all confiscated."

(End of this chapter)