She didn't sleep peacefully.
Xiao Yuan wanted to clean her little face, but he was afraid of waking her up, so he didn't dare to do anything.
He stayed next to her like this until a long time passed, and the little girl's aggrieved little mouth opened up and she slept soundly. Then he got up and left, closing the door gently.
Early the next morning.
Zhong Duoduo woke up, first rubbed her eyes cutely with her two little hands, then sat up and began to recall what happened yesterday.
"Miss Zhong." Chu Ning walked in. She had placed a large wooden bucket for bathing in the room and was adding hot water to it.
Seeing the hot water, Zhong Duoduo got up quickly and then touched her face.
"It's so dirty..."
She muttered, her big eyes moved slightly, and she hurriedly ran to close the door. Then she returned to the bucket, looked at the petals inside and said, "Chun Ning, thank you."
Chu Ning looked at her with a smile and began to help her undress.
Not long after, Zhong Duoduo had taken off her clothes. Her figure was perfect, her skin was white and tender, and the heat was rising in the barrel, reflecting her rosy little face, which was really cute.
Chu Ning helped her comb her black hair and said with envy: "Miss's skin is really good."
Zhong Duoduo did not respond to this topic, but said seriously: "Chu Ning, you must help me leave the house later."
"Ah? Miss is leaving?" Chu Ning paused, "But Young Master, Young Master will be worried to death."
"He doesn't know how!" Zhong Duoduo was still a little aggrieved: "Look at him being so cruel to me..."
Hearing this, Chu Ning pursed her lips and smiled, and said: "Actually, the young lady doesn't know. Although the young master looks fierce on his face, in fact, he is afraid that something will happen to the young lady, which is why he is so angry."
"No." Zhong Duoduo defended.
"Miss, I don't know, but the young master guarded you very late yesterday. He only left after seeing that you were safe."
"Huh!" Zhong Duoduo snorted, but her heart felt inexplicably warm.
She still remembered the warmth of his chest, and wondered why she was so unsatisfied that she fell asleep.
She washed herself and was about to get up, but at this moment, Xiao Yuan's voice came from outside the door:
"Duoduo, are you up? The sun is shining on your butt..."
"I'm in..."
"No!" Zhong Duoduo was shocked, but as soon as the words came out, the door was forced open.
Xiao Yuan was a little dumbfounded.
"ah--"
A scream came, followed immediately by the sound of Zhong Duoduo almost crying:
"Rogue! Rogue! Traitor! Wuwuwuwu..."
"Uh! Sorry, sorry, I'll leave right away." Xiao Yuan felt embarrassed, turned around quickly, left quickly, and closed the door.
After waiting for a long time, Chu Ning opened the door and walked out.
Seeing Xiao Yuan still at the door, she first secretly took a look at his face, then put her hands on her waist and gave him a polite salute: "Young Master."
"Is breakfast ready?" Xiao Yuan said awkwardly.
"Yes, my servant will bring it right away." Chu Ning bowed and retreated.
After she left, Xiao Yuan hesitated for a moment and then walked in.
In the room, Zhong Duoduo had changed into a set of clean clothes and washed up, but her face was still flushed.
When she saw Xiao Yuan, she stared fiercely with her big eyes, not to mention how angry and aggrieved she was.
"Haha." Xiao Yuan smiled dryly and said, "Just now, that..."
"Bullying me again..." she said in a tearful tone, tears already starting to roll down her face, and she was filled with grievances.
"Okay, okay." Xiao Yuan pulled her over, sat down at the table, wiped her tears and kept comforting her.
It was such an unintentional move just now. I couldn't imagine that she was taking a bath in it.
After finally calming down, Zhong Duoduo sniffed again and asked with a red face: "You just...just..."
She didn't have the nerve to ask.
In the end, Xiao Yuan denied it flatly: "I didn't see anything! I'm sure!"
"Then you are not allowed to break into my room again!" she started shouting.
"Of course, of course, I was in a hurry just now. Wasn't it because I was afraid that you would act willfully again and run away quietly." Xiao Yuan comforted.
"Then you still want to chase me away..."
"When will I catch you?"
"You want to marry me off..." She whispered, her face getting redder and redder, her beautiful eyes moving even more, and she secretly glanced at Xiao Yuan's face.
"They are all angry words and jokes." Xiao Yuan explained.
In fact, women are easy to coax, especially in front of the man they love.
Of course Zhong Duoduo likes Xiao Yuan, and this feeling has already arisen.
Not long after, Chu Ning served the meals one by one.
"Duoduo, you cry so much, you must be hungry."
"snort!"
Seeing his warm eyes as he kept putting vegetables into his bowl, Zhong Duoduo suddenly felt a sweet feeling in his heart.
After having dinner with her, Xiao Yuan also returned to the study.
I was busy with some government affairs in the morning, but when noon was approaching, Shangguan Wenruo came to report that many businessmen in Qinzhou had jointly wanted to invite Xiao Yuan to the banquet.
Most of these merchants were former local merchants. After Xiao Yuan completely eliminated the banditry, their business was getting better and better. However, as merchants from other places flowed into Qin, some problems arose.
"Do they want to unite to exclude foreign merchants and prevent foreign merchants from entering Qin?" Xiao Yuan asked.
"This should not happen. After all, the flow of business is also good for them." Shangguan Wenruo said.
Xiao Yuan was actually a little reluctant to deal with these businessmen, and couldn't help but said: "Isn't Mr. Liu in charge of these things?"
"Master Liu has been very busy recently and is currently going to the countryside to inspect the farming situation in various places. These businessmen can't find anyone, so they jointly requested to see the lord."
After saying that, Shangguan Wenruo said again: "In my opinion, it is best for my lord to go there. After all, there are many businessmen joining us this time, and all the big businessmen are here."
Xiao Yuan thought about it for a moment and said helplessly: "Okay."
At noon that day, a certain big businessman's mansion.
A large group of wealthy businessmen in luxurious clothes gathered at the door. When they saw Xiao Yuan, people hurriedly came forward, bowing their hands and smiling faces.
"I've met the prefect..."
"It's so wonderful that the Grand Administrator can come. I'm so frightened..."
"Oh, Lord Prefect, please come in quickly..."
People were talking about what was nice to say, and gathered around to welcome Xiao Yuan into the house.
As soon as he entered the hall, Xiao Yuan was naturally invited to take the main seat directly above him. After he sat down, he stretched out his hands helplessly: "Everyone, please take a seat."
"Yes." People responded, bowed their hands and saluted again, and then took their seats.
Everyone placed a few tables in front of them, and they all knelt on the ground. After a while, the wine and food were served one by one by the maids.
At this time, the owner of the mansion started to hold the cup and said: "Come, let's all toast to the prefect together."
"Here's to the prefect—" People held cups together.
"Drink together, drink together." Xiao Yuan was not disappointed. After drinking a glass of wine, he also said straight to the point:
"You are all great merchants from Qin. Since we are joint names, I invite you to come here. If you have any questions, please tell me."
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