……

Not feeling any movement for a long time, Xu Wanning opened her eyes and saw that he was already lying next to her with his clothes on, holding her waist and closing his eyes.

Xu Wanning: …

So much foreplay, and in the end, he just wants to sleep?

Xu Wanning gritted her teeth.

As if sensing the killing intent, Yan Xiangze’s tightly closed eyes opened, and in the dim environment, his gaze accurately landed on Xu Wanning’s face.

Seeing her looking unsatisfied, he raised an eyebrow and suddenly laughed in a muffled voice, shaking the bed.

“What are you laughing at?” Xu Wanning gritted her teeth, not even bothering to pretend anymore.

Stopping his laughter, Yan Xiangze turned to face her.

Xu Wanning didn’t want to look at him, closed her eyes, and just wanted to sleep.

“Ah…”

Suddenly, she groaned and opened her eyes, looking at him in disbelief.

Under the covers, a large hand reached for her waist, and then moved inside along her loosened clothes…

“Be good!” Yan Xiangze leaned down and kissed her lips…

In the dim light, Xu Wanning’s long eyelashes trembled slightly, her fair and delicate skin gradually turned pink, her lips opened and closed unconsciously, her bright eyes were misty, charming and affectionate.

“Young Master~” she leaned forward, hugged the man’s strong arm, and called out tremblingly, her voice delicate and charming, intermittent, her body trembling from time to time, looking like she was enduring unbearable torment but wanted more.

“Alright!” he said suddenly, lying upright, his hand still holding her waist, but obediently placed outside her clothes.

He closed his eyes, and after a while, snores began to sound.

Xu Wanning, who was forced to stop before climax: …

If looks could kill, she would definitely chop this stinky man into eight pieces.

…

The high-hanging sun gradually slanted to the west, the clouds in the sky began to increase, and the golden sunlight turned into orange-yellow, becoming softer.

Xu Wanning returned to the West Courtyard from the Front Courtyard. Although she had obtained the opportunity to leave the residence, achieving half of her goal, her mood had not improved.

“Stinky man!”

“I’m so angry!” she cursed suddenly.

“Ah!”

“Master, be careful of eavesdroppers.” Knowing who she was talking about, Xi Yun panicked, pulling her hand and preventing her from continuing, looking around, and only breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that no one was nearby.

“Xi Yun, the Young Master is too bad!” Xu Wanning pouted.

It turned out that the prerequisite for Yan Xiangze allowing her to go out was that she had to serve him closely, pouring tea and water, preparing paper and ink for three days, to get a chance to go out once.

The dam that was destroyed in Tanzhou this time needs to be rebuilt, and Yan Xiangze is in charge of it. He can only stay for five days at most this time, and then he has to go to supervise the reconstruction of the dam.

In other words, even if she starts serving from tomorrow, she can only get one chance to go out at most.

She couldn’t say anything, after all, she said that she was going out to buy something, and she also wanted to give him a gift.

That’s right, he didn’t even miss the gift she casually mentioned, and said that he was ready to receive her gift when he came back next time!

Because of this sentence, she can’t just buy something casually to deal with it, she has to get it right.

Thinking that she would have to go to the Front Courtyard before dawn every day, and might not be able to return until sunset, facing that man all day long, and for three days, but the return was only one chance to go out, the effort and gain were seriously disproportionate, Xu Wanning felt that the sky was about to fall.

Why did she bother to do this!

It was really losing both the lady and the army.

Tears welled up in her eyes.

On the other side, Xu Wanning was depressed about her next three days of life, in the Purple Bamboo Courtyard, in the study.

The man, who had rested well and teased his concubine, sat satisfied behind the desk, dealing with the affairs that had piled up while he was away.

Suddenly a gust of wind blew, and the ink paintings hanging on the wall swayed uncertainly, he raised his eyes, thinking of something.

“Huai Dan!”

“Here!” Huai Dan, who was waiting for the summons at the door, pushed the door open and entered.

“Let Mu He come over!” Yan Xiangze said directly.

“Yes!” Huai Dan nodded and retreated.

After a cup of tea, the door was knocked, and after receiving permission from the person inside, it was opened. Mu He carefully entered, and when she saw Yan Xiangze sitting upright behind the desk, looking down and seriously dealing with affairs, a trace of longing flashed in her eyes.

She lowered her eyes, walked closer with small steps, curtsied, and said softly, “Young Master?”

Yan Xiangze raised his eyes, saw the blue and pink clothes she was still wearing, and couldn’t help frowning: “Mu He, you have overstepped your bounds!”

“With your status, you can’t wear pink.” His voice was flat, without a trace of emotion, just stating a simple fact, but in Mu He’s ears, it was like a thunderbolt.

She raised her eyes in disbelief, looked at Yan Xiangze, and saw that his expression was indifferent, looking at her as if he was looking at an irrelevant person, and couldn’t help feeling wronged.

But she didn’t dare to cry, not even dare to shed tears, for fear of angering him and driving her out of the courtyard.

She knelt on the ground, lowered her head, and began to explain: “The spring is cold, and it’s rainy, this servant is because…”

“You don’t need to explain to me!” Yan Xiangze interrupted her.

He didn’t have time to listen to her explanation here.

He was even impatient to hear her explanation.

Mu He was even more sad, her hands clenched tightly, and a mist gradually rose in her eyes, tears about to fall.

Unfortunately, she lowered her head, and Yan Xiangze didn’t see it at all, or didn’t want to see it.

Yan Xiangze didn’t care whether she was sad or not, after all, she broke the rules. He didn’t punish her because she had served him for two years, and because she was sent by the Princess.

He said in a deep voice: “Go to the warehouse and take the few red fox furs that this Young Master got to the embroidery room, and let the embroiderers make a cloak for Xu Shi!”

After speaking, he thought of the clothes Xu Wanning was wearing today, which looked a bit thin.

Although the sun was out today, it was just after the beginning of spring, and it was not the real warm-up time yet. There would be cold days in the future, and she had fewer clothes.

He looked at the unremarkable clothes, and she specially told him that this was a new dress, and she liked it very much.

It was just clothes made of iridescent brocade, which was considered precious, but not rare. It was hard for her to be so happy.

But as his woman, how could she live so frugally.

Thinking in his heart, he said again: “Let the head steward take a bolt each of silk brocade and Yun brocade from the warehouse and send them to the embroidery room, and let the embroiderers make a few better-looking clothes, according to Xu Shi’s figure. Send them to the West Courtyard when they are made in these few days, and also…”

“Young Master!” Mu He couldn’t care about being sad, and spoke out.

Yan Xiangze stopped talking and looked at her, a trace of displeasure flashing in his eyes.

This girl is getting more and more unruly!

As if not seeing the displeasure in his eyes, Mu He lowered her head, bit her lip, then raised her eyes, and said with a tangled expression: “The silk brocade and Yun brocade in the warehouse only have cinnabar and coral colors. According to the rules, Madam Xu cannot wear them.” Although cinnabar and coral are not bright red, they are also red. With Xu Wanning’s status as a concubine, she can only wear pink at most.

Only a noble concubine or higher can wear red.

Moreover, both silk brocade and Yun brocade are very rare fabrics. Not to mention Yun brocade, ‘an inch of brocade is worth an inch of gold’ is what it is said about.

Silk brocade is luxurious and expensive, and the craftsmanship is complicated. Not only gold threads must be added during manufacturing, but the embroiderers’ weaving skills are also very high. One careless mistake can ruin a bolt of cloth. Because the raw materials are expensive and the finished products are rare, it is difficult to find even in Jiangnan.

Moreover, she remembered that when the Young Master got these fabrics in Hengzhou, he was very happy, and said that he would take them back to the capital to make clothes for the Princess. Now, he turned around and divided two bolts to Xu Shi, wouldn’t that be going back on his word?

Most importantly, if the Princess knows about this, she will be unhappy.

“You only need to listen to my instructions and then follow them. As for whether it is in accordance with the rules or not, and whether it should be or not, it is not something you should care about.” Yan Xiangze lowered his eyes and looked at her, expressionless.

His words are the rules!

Not to mention just letting a concubine wear slightly red, even if she wears bright red, no one would dare to say anything.

Seeing his domineering appearance, but it was to protect others, Mu He lowered her head with a bitter face.

Anyone who heard the man they admired say that they were not worthy of wearing pink, but turned around and let their concubine wear red, would inevitably feel sad!

Xu Shi’s life is really good. She has only become his concubine, and he is so partial to her, and is even allowed to overstep the rules and wear red.

And she, just wore pink, or rather, a dress that only had a little pink dyed on the skirt, and the whole body was blue, and he also said that she was not worthy.

His favor will never be given to her!

Seeing that she still didn’t move, Yan Xiangze glanced at her, “Hurry up!”