Female Master: Why doesn’t my wife love me yet?

Ji Mingzhao pinched it and asked cautiously, "How do you feel, young master?"

"Well, it's quite comfortable."

The strength in his hands was just right. Gu Qingyuan felt much more comfortable all over her body after being pinched by him, and she even felt sleepy.

After getting her affirmation, Ji Mingzhao continued to massage her. After massaging her neck, he moved on to her shoulders and then her back.

His hands were a little sore, but he didn't dare stop. Although Gu Qingyuan closed his eyes, he could feel that the strength in his hands had weakened a lot. She simply opened her eyes, grabbed his wrist, and with a little force, pulled him onto the bed.

Ji Mingzhao was suddenly caught by her and put on the bed. He met Gu Qingyuan's smiling eyes, "Young... Young Master."

"Are you tired?" Gu Qingyuan asked with concern.

Ji Mingzhao shook his head and said, "Not tired."

"Since you're not tired, should we do something else?"

Ji Mingzhao's expression changed. He lowered his head to glance at his belly. Afraid that she would notice something was wrong, he quickly shifted his gaze elsewhere, pursed his lips, and asked, "What does the young master want to do?"

Seeing his nervous look, Gu Qingyuan found it even more amusing and teased him deliberately: "So what do you think I want to do?"

Ji Mingzhao opened his mouth, but it was a little difficult to speak directly. Gu Qingyuan didn't hesitate and asked him directly: "Do you think I want to..."

She didn't say the rest of the words directly, but Ji Mingzhao understood. Gu Qingyuan felt that he was really shy. As soon as she finished speaking, Ji Mingzhao's ears turned red.

"Yes, I was overthinking it." His voice was a little lower, just loud enough for Gu Qingyuan to hear.

"You didn't think too much."

Gu Qingyuan straightened his body so that he faced her. When he looked confused, she lowered her head and moved towards his lips.

Ji Mingzhao's body stiffened at first, and after realizing that she was kissing him, he gently closed his eyes.

It should be okay, he thought to himself. As long as tonight isn't as excessive as before, the child shouldn't be hurt.

Gu Qingyuan faintly smelled a milky scent from him, released his lips, and asked curiously, "Have you been drinking milk recently?"

"Yes, I did feel like drinking some, so I asked the servants to buy some milk and goat's milk."

Ji Mingzhao lied for the first time. He sniffed but didn't smell anything. He didn't know how she smelled it.

"By the way, the mung bean cakes you sent today are delicious. I like them very much."

"As long as the young master likes it." He smiled gently.

Seeing how obedient he was, Gu Qingyuan couldn't help but forcefully hold his head down and kiss him.

Ji Mingzhao didn't move, letting her kiss him. After a long time, Gu Qingyuan let him go.

She stood up and said to him, "It's getting late, I have to go back. I haven't had a good rest these past two days because of something going on at the Academy of Classics."

Ji Mingzhao's arms suddenly felt empty, and his heart seemed to be empty too. When he heard Gu Qingyuan was going back, he couldn't help but ask her, "Then why don't you stay here tonight?"

"If I stay, maybe neither you nor I will be able to sleep well."

Ji Mingzhao understood her implication, stood up and said, "Then, I will take the young master out."

Gu Qingyuan nodded and did not refuse.

Ji Mingzhao and she walked to the yard together. Just as they were about to leave, Gu Qingyuan retracted her foot and told Ji Mingzhao, "It's so late. You should go to bed early. You can embroider the pillow tomorrow."

"It's okay. I can't sleep at night either. I'll embroider for a while and then go to sleep."

"Okay, then I'll go back first."

Gu Qingyuan walked out of the bamboo garden and waved to Ji Mingzhao, "You should go back too."

Ji Mingzhao watched her leave before turning back.

The servant of Zhuyuan asked in confusion: "Master, why didn't you tell my young master that you were pregnant? I think she would be very happy."

"We can't tell her yet." Ji Mingzhao looked at his slightly curved belly and said softly, "The young master has entered the Academy of Classics and is very busy with official duties. I don't want her to be distracted by me."

Although the servants didn't understand, they didn't ask any more questions.

He just couldn't understand why their master always looked noncompetitive and even tried to please others, even though he saw that the young master liked coming to Bamboo Garden the most.

If their master told the young master that she was pregnant, the young master would definitely be very happy.

"You all should go back and rest early. I'll just stay here alone."

Hearing Ji Mingzhao's words, the servant quickly smiled, said "Okay", and went back to the house quickly.

After Ji Mingzhao sent Gu Qingyuan away, he went back and his mind was full of how she had just kissed him.

He couldn't help but touch his lips, as if her breath was still there, giving him some aftertaste.

He picked up the unfinished pillow and continued embroidering.

……

After the third princess returned to the palace, she touched her sleeve and found that the jade pendant that symbolized her status was missing.

She called the people in her palace and asked, "Has anyone seen my jade pendant?"

"Replying to the Third Princess, we didn't see it when we were cleaning the yard."

"Yes, I didn't see it when I was cleaning the Third Princess's room today. Did the Third Princess leave it somewhere else?"

The third princess slammed the table, and the palace servants standing in the room trembled in fear.

"You better not think of this. If I find out who took my jade pendant, I'll skin him alive!"

She got down from the chair and asked her maid Hehua to search them one by one.

After He Hua finished searching, she came to her side and reported, "Princess Third, I didn't find your jade pendant on them."

"Forget it, let's all go down."

She waved her hand and those people went back to their own business.

Seeing her furious expression, He Hua said carefully, "Third Princess, I remember you seemed to have left the palace. Could it be that you left it outside?"

Lotus' words reminded the Third Princess. She thought for a moment and said, "You make sense. I'll go outside and take a look."

At the same time, the Academy of Classics.

After a day of drying, the books that were wetted by the firefighting were dry. After drying, the books looked a little wrinkled, so Gu Qingyuan took people to flatten the books.

After pressing it for a long time, I still couldn't restore the book to its original state.

Gu Qingyuan suddenly remembered a life hack she had seen before, and quickly asked someone to put all the books in the ice cellar to freeze them.

"Will this work?" someone asked doubtfully.

Ding Xiang immediately accused her, "How dare you doubt Master Gu's words? Why don't you just do as Master Gu says? Master Gu is smart and resourceful. This will definitely work. We just need to do it. And if Master Gu hadn't come up with a solution, we would probably have lost our heads just based on this fire!"

Dingxiang said a lot of words in a row, and then looked at Gu Qingyuan flatteringly, waiting for her praise.