Chapter 222 - Strange Atmosphere between Two Gorgeous Boys (2/2)
In a dilemma, Luo Mingzhu frowned. Suddenly, as if she had made up her mind, she stuffed the stick with Luo Wenyou’s name in Mo Xuetong’s hand. “Cousin Tong, I’ll exchange with you. Take my brother’s name stick.”
Mo Xuetong was dazed and then soon realized her intention. She pushed Luo Wenyou’s stick away with a smile. “Second Cousin, it’s OK. Though King Xuan has been willful, Her Highness set the rules. If he plays the game, he must have agreed on the rules. And, I won’t try to embarra.s.s him or stuff. Judging from his handwriting, he must write excellently well. I’ll ask him to write a few words. I won’t annoy him anyway.”
“That being said,” Mo Xuetong had to complain secretly, “Feng Yuran is known to be willful.”
Luo Mingzhu was still concerned for her, so she again stuck out her hand, while trying to grab Mo Xuetong’s stick with the other hand. “Cousin Tong. You can’t be sure about something like that. You might as well give me that stick. No matter what happens, I have my brother here to protect me. Even if His Highness wants to lash out on me, he’ll keep it down for the sake of Fu General Manor.”
Mo Xuetong stuck out her tongue and cutely smiled. She pushed the stick Luo Mingzhu offered away and pointed aside. “Second Cousin, stop! If you still try to s.n.a.t.c.h my stick, they’ll think you fancy that King Xuan. Look, misses over there have noticed us.”
Indeed, a few young misses glanced sideways at them. At the same time, royal maidservants were taking down the names on every miss’s stick.
Seeing the maidservants coming over, Luo Mingzhu stopped talking and had to withdraw her stick to wait for them to take down the name she drew.
On the other side, Feng Yuran put on a charming and seductive smile. He nimbly flipped the stick in his hand, and casually flung it to the eunuch beside him to record the name.
He lazily asked with a hint of a smile upon his glossy red lips and his eyes fixed on the stick in Bai Yihao’s hand. “Cousin Bai, whose name is on your stick? Let your younger cousin see what kind of beauty is in your hand. So beautiful that you don’t want to share with us?”
Bai Yihao casually smiled and directly put the stick down on the table. “Third Miss Mo writes so well. I didn’t know she has such excellent handwriting.”
After he finished, Ling Mingfeng and Chen Yanyu turned their heads at him.
On it were several slim characters in Small Seal Script. Though casually written, they revealed the writer’s excellent knowledge of calligraphy.
A young and delicate woman could write in such a style, which completely amazed him.
Ling Mingfeng exclaimed. “It sure is good handwriting. And a woman wrote them.” However, when he tried to s.n.a.t.c.h it to take a closer look, the eunuch by his side had already took it, so he had to withdraw his hand.
Chen Yanyu sighed. “Bearing so many skills, Third Miss Mo deserves to be called a talented woman.”
You Yuecheng also glanced at the stick. Seeing everyone was praising her, he somewhat felt angry. Thus, he snorted. “Hmph, pretentious. She’s putting on a show again!”
Thinking that he was the only one here who had seen the fierce side of that woman who struck people as a delicate girl, he again considered this woman evil. “At such a young age, she’s fooled so many people.”
Feng Yuran wickedly narrowed his eyes and smilingly asked Bai Yihao, “Third Miss Mo just performed a Qin piece. I wonder what else Cousin will ask her to perform.” Now, he was calling his elder cousin sweetly again and again. It seemed they were close. However, between his behaviors, he didn’t strike people as being affectionate to his cousin at all. Instead, he appeared somewhat indifferent.
Ling Mingfeng and Chen Yanyu exchanged glances with each other and had the sense to stay out of this. “King Xuan is annoyed?”
Bai Yihao mildly smiled, “Don’t worry, my cousin. Third Miss Mo is of talent. How will she run out of them?”
The sentences made King Chu and King Yan tilt their heads.
Feng Yuran c.o.c.ked an eyebrow and looked concerned. Obvious concern showed on his pretty face. “I sure should be worrying. Last time when I saw this Third Miss Mo, I was impressed. She’s such a virtuous talent. Cousin, don’t try to embarra.s.s her. Well, Cousin, I’m still worried. Why don’t we exchange our sticks?”
Near him, several young masters couldn’t help shaking their head. “King Xuan takes a fancy to the third miss from Mo Manor? How many women has he tried to win this month?” King Xuan was known to be willful.
Several days ago, at the banquet in the palace, he was said to have fallen in love with the fourth miss from Han Family. At the banquet held in Fu General Manor, he became a suitor of second miss from the Yan Family; In Ping General Manor, he again told everyone that he wanted the eighth miss from the Ming Family. Today, he started to care for third miss of Mo Manor.
Unfortunately, all of these misses didn’t have a rank high enough to be King Xuan’s consort. Of course, no one took it seriously now because none of them knew whom this wilful King Xuan would fall for tomorrow!
Anyway, he could claim to love anyone he wanted, and it would fall on deaf ears.
Aside, even King Chu wryly smiled. He shook his head and drank a cup of wine himself.
Bai Yihao forced a smile and answered, “Rest a.s.sured. Cousin, I won’t make things difficult for Third Miss Mo.”
Still worried, Feng Yuran reminded him again, as if he feared that Bai Yihao would forget. “Alright. Remember, don’t embarra.s.s her later.”
Others chuckled and diverted attention from them. Instead, they started to ask each other whose name they’d drawn.
No one noticed a strange atmosphere flowing between the two. One pair of glowing eyes was filled with icy coldness, while the other pair of bright eyes was covered in complex emotions.
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