The Pastoral Empress Merchant

Chapter 778 (Under Oolong)

"Ahem, brother, why don't you take us to see your garden now..." Ling Muhua had been chatting happily with the old man, and finally remembered something serious when Mu Jinxi couldn't bear it anymore and signaled him with her eyes frequently , said with a light cough.

The old man glanced at Ling Muhua, then at the smiling Mu Jinxi, and hummed softly in his heart, becoming more suspicious.

He dared to use his decades of experience as a guarantee, Mu Hua must have strange feelings for this girl named Xiaoxi!He saw that this girl had a good appearance and seemed to have a good personality... Mu Hua is not young anymore, it's time to start a family.

It's no wonder people think so. Although Mu Jinxi is married and has a child, she still looks like a person who has just reached the age of Ji, because her facial features do not look old and are well maintained. No one really knew that she was already the mother of two children.And for the sake of convenience, she sometimes combed a girl's hair in a bun when she went out. Today, because she was outside the city, she combed a girl's hair in a bun, making her look even more like an unmarried woman.

So when the master saw her bun, he subconsciously thought that she was still an unmarried woman. The man was unmarried and the woman was unmarried. His relationship with Ling Muhua was like friends and relatives. Naturally, he was extremely concerned about Ling Muhua's lifelong events. Yeah, I used to see him shy away from women, but now it's rare to see him caring about a woman, and begging him for her affairs, yes, I've never seen him in so many years, so of course it's getting more and more serious I feel that his feelings for this woman are unusual, and that there is something tricky between them.

Well, maybe he can match the two and create a beautiful marriage... The old man stroked his long beard and thought.

If Ling Muhua knew what he was thinking, he would probably vomit blood because of this misunderstanding.

"Are you in a hurry?" the old man asked.

Mu Jinxi shook her head hurriedly and said, "No hurry, no hurry." Even if it's urgent, you can't say it!She is impatient, impatient!
After Mu Jinxi said so, Ling Muhua naturally echoed and said, "No hurry, indeed no hurry."

"Since you're not in a hurry, just wait. You sit down first. The old man goes out to water the old man's herbs and catch bugs." The old man stood up and said.

Mu Jinxi also stood up, "Let me help you!"

Ling Muhua looked at this, and then at that, and felt that it was difficult for him to sit still, so he also stood up, "Then I will help too!"

The old man thought for a while and nodded, "Then let's go together."

When they arrived in the yard, the old man drove the two of them to the other side, not allowing them to stay with him, and then he walked slowly through the medicine fields with watering tools, humming, especially watching The interaction between a handsome man and a beautiful woman not far away became more lively.

On the other side, Mu Jinxi squatted on the ground and secretly glanced at the old man over there, and couldn't help but mutter to Ling Muhua in a low voice: "Brother Mu, that, don't you think, don't you... friend, you're a little weird ?” Why did she feel that the way he looked at her was a little weird?
Ling Muhua glanced at her, then lowered his head and concentrated on catching bugs, "Is there? I don't think so, he has always been like this, you may just be here for the first time, so you just feel a little unaccustomed to it. Once you get used to it, you won’t find him strange.” As he spoke, he saw another worm, caught it with his hand, and threw it away——

"Ah! Brother Mu, you threw the bugs at me!" Mu Jinxi jumped up directly, shaking off the bugs thrown on her in a panic, her complexion changed.

I guess all the women in the world are afraid of these soft bugs, right?She had never been exposed to these things when she was in Xiushui Village before.Brother Mu actually threw the bug directly at her!

Ling Muhua looked at her innocently, "I'm sorry, I didn't do it on purpose. And it's just a small bug. What are you afraid of? Aren't you afraid of everything?"

Mu Jinxi put her hands on her hips, and said angrily, "Who said that I am not afraid of anything, I am a woman, a woman! Please don't forget my identity, okay?"

"Okay, I get it, I'll be more careful next time." Ling Muhua shrugged.

Mu Jinxi seemed to be frightened by the bug, and left Ling Muhua far away, and ran to the other side, which made Ling Muhua feel very funny.Originally, she wouldn't have any wrong thoughts when she treated him honestly, but she made these actions, which made him feel like a mischievous seldom.

How could Mu Jinxi think that a person who has always been mature and stable would suddenly become a child, without any precautions, turning her back to Ling Muhua and watering the herbs on the ground, suddenly felt as if something fell on her head, Without even thinking about it, she reached out to touch it, and touched something soft, took it off and looked at it, and the screams resounded through the sky.

"Brother Mu! I'm going to kill you!" Mu Jinxi was so angry that she jumped up and threw the bug back towards Ling Muhua in disgust, and sprayed it at him with a watering tool, and then died Chasing after him, as if about to take revenge.

"Hey, Xiaoxi, calm down, calm down, I didn't throw it, you wet my clothes!" Ling Muhua yelled while dodging, but the expression on his face was different, it was clear It was just a joke, and Mu Jinxi became even more angry when she saw it.

"I just want to wet your clothes and tell you to tease me! See if I don't beat you up this time, I won't be named Mu!" She dared to tease her like this, which frightened her half to death. If she didn't teach him a lesson, she Where do you put your face!
Seeing that she was really angry, Ling Muhua finally realized the seriousness of the problem, and quickly admitted his mistake: "Okay, okay, I was wrong, I was wrong, can I admit my mistake? Calm down, you Didn't you say that being angry makes you old? So don't be angry!"

Mu Jinxi smiled ferociously, "It's okay, I just get angry occasionally, and getting angry once in a while is good for physical and mental health!" After speaking, she rushed towards Ling Muhua viciously.

The two of them completely forgot that there were other people in the yard, and started to fight on their own. Apart from the old man, there was only a color screen in the yard. Who would believe the interaction of a woman named Xiaoxi who said she had no feelings?According to him, Mu Hua must like this girl!

The color screen was extremely worried, silently looking at his little princess, complaining in his heart, little princess, little princess, don't forget that you are a married woman!Is it really okay for you to play around with a man like this?If the little prince found out, it would be terrible, the little prince is jealous!Should she remind the little prince to pay attention to it?This Mr. Ling really looks like a very powerful rival in love!

In the end, Mu Jinxi succeeded in "spoiling" Ling Muhua into an incomparable embarrassment. Her whole body was wetted by the watering water, and her bun was also messed up. Strands of hair wetted by water stuck to her cheeks. Is there a trace of suave?If it wasn't for Mu Jinxi who was too petite, she would have pushed Ling Muhua to the ground and rolled him around, turning him into a clay figurine!But in the end, Mu Jinxi didn't think it was enough, and kicked him forcefully before giving up, which made Ling Muhua regret endlessly, secretly thought that this person really couldn't be offended, he was really pissed off!

"You two, you said you were here to help, but in the end you made my medicine field look like this! If you don't tidy it up, you don't want to see the garden!" The master finally came over pretending to be angry and scolded.

Uh... Mu Jinxi froze, looked around, and felt a little embarrassed.In a moment of anger, I actually forgot that this is not my territory, and I blame Brother Mu!She gave the instigator a hard look.

"Hehehe, Brother Mu will take care of it." Mu Jinxi smiled shyly and acted first.

Ling Muhua pointed at himself and widened his eyes, opened his mouth, met her threatening eyes, pursed his mouth, and responded: "I'll clean it up right away."

Mu Jinxi glanced at Ling Muhua triumphantly, walked out of the medicine field and asked Caiping to arrange her clothes and hair bun, and let him do the work by himself, don't expect her to help.

The color screen couldn't hold it back, and reminded in a low voice: "Little Wangfei, you'd better pay attention, don't make too much noise."

"What do you mean?" Mu Jinxi didn't understand the color screen's words for a moment.

The color screen became anxious, "It's you and Mr. Ling, little princess, you are too close to him, there is no taboo, if the little prince sees it, it will be terrible, you also know the temper of the little prince, he loves to be jealous, he If you see you and Mr. Ling like this, why don't you overturn the jealousy and misunderstand the relationship between you?" Both of them are her masters, and she doesn't want these two masters to have conflicts.

Mu Jinxi didn't take these things to heart at first, but when she saw the seriousness and seriousness on the color screen's face, she thought about it and asked: "Do we seem to be misunderstood? Jue Lin knows that I The relationship with Brother Mu, and Brother Mu only treats me as a younger sister, how can you misunderstand me?"

Caiping looked at her speechlessly and said: "Little Wangfei, even this can't change the fact that you are not related by blood! You think it's okay, but others don't. If others see it, they will definitely I think the relationship between you is not pure! I think that's what the old man thinks."

"Will it be?" Mu Jinxi glanced at the owner suspiciously.

Color Screen nodded affirmatively.

"Okay, I'll be more careful in the future." In case it's really like what Caiping said, if that jealous jar of Juelin sees it, I really don't know what will happen.

Mu Jinxi tidied up and went into the house, Ling Muhua desperately wanted to stay and clean up the mess, just after tidying up he was about to start, when suddenly he seemed to hear someone whispering in his ear, he didn't listen for a while Clear, so I asked again.

"Brother, what did you just say?" Did he hear wrong?

"I said you boy is finally tempted. Since you are attracted to it, you have to act quickly, so as not to be caught first!"

"No, no, what do you mean by that?" Ling Muhua was dumbfounded.

"Why are you pretending in front of me? How dare you say you don't like Xiaoxi?" He didn't believe it!
Ling Muhua looked at him for a long time before finally confirming the meaning of his words, and suddenly he couldn't laugh or cry, "Brother, you misunderstood, I really like Xiaoxi, but this kind of liking is not the kind of liking you thought , and Xiao Xi is already married! She is also the mother of two children!"

"What?! Married?" The elder brother jumped up directly, and that action didn't look like a person in his 60s or [-]s. "Impossible, who did you marry?" He thought it was this kid's marriage, how could he get married?If she is married, why does Mu Hua have such a good relationship with her? Isn't she afraid that her husband will become suspicious?
"Not only is she married, but she is married to the young prince of Prince Mu's mansion! Little prince Juelin, do you know? It's her husband! You're going to kill me. If Juelin hears this, he can't kill me." Me?"

The elder brother was startled and frowned: "Prince Mu's Mansion? The Prince Mu's Mansion in the capital?" His tone seemed a little unbelievable, with mixed emotions.

Ling Muhua didn't realize it for a moment, nodded his head and said: "Is there a second Mu Wangfu in the whole Dachu besides that Muwangfu? They have been married for more than a year. How old is the eldest son? She was still young, and she was born just a few years ago. So your misunderstanding is really big!"

God, he still doesn't know what the old brother thinks in his heart. No wonder, no wonder just now Xiaoxi said that he looks a little strange, so he and Xiaoxi are regarded as a couple!Where on earth did he give him such an illusion, why did he act like he liked Xiaoxi?And Xiao Xi should be looking at her with the same eyes as her elder brother, how could she cause her elder brother to have such a misunderstanding?
Thinking about it, Ling Muhua really had the urge to look up to the sky and sigh.

"Brother, brother? What are you thinking?" When Ling Muhua came back to his senses and looked at the people around him, he found that he was in a daze, and his expression was a little strange.

"No, I'm not thinking about anything. By the way, today...you guys go back first. I'm a little uncomfortable. I can't take you to see the garden. Let's go another day!" The old brother didn't know why he seemed tired and old in an instant. Little, after waving his hand, he turned around and walked towards the house with big strides, his back seemed to have changed a lot all of a sudden.

Ling Muhua stood there for a long time without realizing it, and stared blankly at him as he walked into the room and closed the door.

"Eh? Brother Mu, where's your old brother?" Mu Jinxi, who packed up and came out, asked strangely when she saw that he was the only one outside and that old brother was gone.

Mu Jinxi's voice brought back Ling Muhua's sanity, she looked at her apologetically and said, "Xiaoxi, that...brother, he suddenly said he was uncomfortable for some reason, let's go back today and come to see Yuanpu another day ..."

Mu Jinxi was also stunned when she heard that, "Another day? Wasn't it fine just now? Why did you suddenly change your mind?" Then wouldn't today be in vain?

Ling Muhua spread his hands, shrugged and said, "I don't know why."

After thinking about it, he still decided to hide what happened to Xiaoxi just now. Firstly, it was too embarrassing, and secondly, he was not sure whether the old brother suddenly changed because of the word Mu Wangfu.It was fine just now, but after he said that Xiaoxi married into Prince Mu's mansion, the elder brother changed.

Just why?Is there any relationship between my brother and Prince Mu's Mansion?Probably not, my brother has lived here for so many years, if it really has anything to do with Mu Wang's mansion, just go to the city to find the door, why hide here all the time, and he has never heard his brother mention him and What is the relationship with the Mu Palace?

.But thinking about it, it was really because he mentioned Xiaoxi's identity, and when he talked about Prince Mu's mansion, my brother started acting abnormally, or was it because of Jue Lin's relationship?Ling Muhua lowered his eyes, his eyes flashed with confusion.

"Brother Mu, could it be that I offended your elder brother somewhere? That's why he suddenly changed his mind?" Mu Jinxi asked worriedly.

Ling Muhua smiled reassuringly and said, "Don't worry, it's absolutely not. It may be that he is getting old and suddenly feels uncomfortable, so he changed his mind. If that's the case, let's go first. I'll come and see tomorrow." gone."

Even if Mu Jinxi was really unhappy, there was nothing she could do. The master had already said so, she couldn't force it!It's just a pity... "Well, let's go back today." Mu Jinxi said with some disappointment.

Seeing her disappointed look, Ling Muhua couldn't bear it anymore, and comforted him: "Don't worry, with me here, nothing will happen to this matter, even if my brother really regrets it, I will persuade him to change his mind , after all, I have a part in this matter, not for you, but for myself, I can't make things dirty!"

Mu Jinxi twitched the corners of her mouth and gave him a sidelong glance, "Is there anyone like you who comforts others?"

"Then what do you want?"

"Hmph, you have three days to settle the matter!" Mu Jinxi said with a cold snort.

"Three days is three days!" Hmph, it doesn't take three days at all, he can handle this trivial matter in one day!He'll come back tomorrow to take a look and ask my brother what's going on.

"Then let's go back first!" Ling Muhua walked back to the house, said a few words to the people in the house, and left with Mu Jinxi. As soon as their carriage left, the door of the house was opened, and someone stood In front of the door, he watched the carriage leave without moving for a long time.

After Ling Muhua returned to the city, he sent someone to send a message to the eldest prince. Anyway, he would send someone to come if he didn't send a message. He didn't bother to worry about it anymore, since he wanted to know no matter what. , then he might as well take the initiative to order it, so as not to be uncomfortable in the end.Now that he can still cut corners, if he procrastinates, wouldn't he have to tell the First Prince more details?

Seeing that Ling Muhua took the initiative to report the matter of the Mu Palace this time, the First Prince was very surprised and surprised, but after hearing what the visitor said, he became somewhat skeptical.Ling Muhua meant that what kind of rouge and gouache did Mu Jinxi plan to use to participate in the imperial business election?is it possible?Rouge gouache is such an ordinary thing, it is everywhere in the street, what kind of disturbance can Mu Jinxi make?

Didn't Ling Muhua say that Mu Jinxi was determined to win the election against the Imperial Business?Ha, with rouge gouache?This is what she is determined to achieve?Either Ling Muhua gave him false news!snort!He said how could Ling Muhua give in so quickly and take the initiative to send him a message, so that was his intention!Is he trying to confuse himself?Thinking of this, the first prince's heart was ablaze, and he felt that it was necessary to teach Ling Muhua a lesson, let him understand that he is begging him now, not him begging him, he had better figure out the situation, and don't get confused The relationship between them!
The next day, Ling Muhua was about to go to his elder brother to ask what happened yesterday, why did he suddenly change his attitude when he heard about Xiao Xi's identity, could it be that he really had something special with Prince Mu's mansion? Relationship?But before he left, he walked in with a small box, saying that it was delivered by someone just now, and he must hand it over to him so that he can see the contents.Seeing this box, Ling Muhua's eyes were full of doubts. How could someone suddenly give him such a small box? If it was a gift, it would be too small...

"Did the person who came here say anything?" Ling Muhua asked the servants in his mansion.

The servant shook his head and said, "My lord, the person who came here just said that you will understand when you see what's inside, and didn't say much else." Ling Muhua frowned, looked down at the box in his hand, and wanted to open it. Suddenly he hesitated in his movements, feeling that there would be nothing good inside.

"Okay, you go down!" Ling Muhua waved his hands to make the servants retreat, and he walked back into the house with the dark box.Sitting at the table, Ling Muhua looked at the box without moving for a long time, as if he had already guessed who the person who sent the box was, but he didn't understand why the well-behaved eldest prince sent things over, could it be because he took the initiative to pass the news on to him? In the past, it made him feel happy, so reward him with a small gift?

After hesitating for a long time, Ling Muhua finally stretched out his hand and slowly opened the box. There was a small note on the first layer of the box. He picked it up and saw that there was a sentence written on it: This time it was just a small warning. Come for real next time.

His complexion changed, and he quickly opened the second layer. After seeing the things inside, a gloomy expression appeared on his handsome face, his eyes gleamed with anger, his hands clenched tightly, and he endured and endured, but in the end he couldn't bear it. He stopped, and with a strong wave of his hand, the box on the table fell to the ground, and the contents inside spilled out, like a layer of ash falling on the floor.

Ling Muhua leaned on the table and beat it hard, let out a suppressed and frustrated growl.

(End of this chapter)