Chapter 184: Bathing With Minmin
Minmin stammered when she heard that. ” Young Lord, I…I mean, I can help you scrub your back.”
” You never did though?” Jia Hao asked in confusion.
” Well, It’s something…Young Miss reminded to me.” Minmin blushed as she replied.
” Generally, All the young lords have their personal maid who serves them everywhere. However, Young Lord has no such maid.”
” It would be pretty inappropriate for your title to do such a thing. So, Young Miss asked me to serve you.”
Jia Hao was speechless when he heard that. However, he still shook his head.
” You know, Although I teased you quite a lot, I never forced you. You don’t need to do this.”
” No, Young Lord! I am…” Minmin shouted. ” I am doing this with my own volition. Please, Allow me to serve you.”
“…Sigh, Since you are asking so much.”
Jia Hao rolled his eyes as he walked into the bathroom. Standing before a bronze mirror, he looked at his own blurry reflection.
Minmin stood behind him as she helped him to take off his clothes.
She couldn’t help but admire the muscles rippling below Jia Hao’s body.
Jia Hao wasn’t a giant with a buffed body. He was pretty lean and tall, but his muscles were simply well defined. Every part of his body was perfectly proportional, making him absolutely handsome.
‘ This…This is Young Lord’s fragrance…This is…so…’
Minmin clenched Jia Hao’s robe as she couldn’t help but mutter inwardly.
” What are you doing?”
” Ah, I am sorry.” Minmin snapped back to her senses. ” I just got a bit distracted.”
” Well, It can’t be helped.” Jia Hao chuckled. ” After all, I am so handsome and perfect. You can be easily distracted by me.”
” Young Lord, Are you always like this?”
Minmin couldn’t help but be speechless. However, she had to admit that Jia Hao had the capital to be arrogant.
Jia Hao didn’t turn around as he was naked, getting into the wooden tub filled with warm water.
Minmin stood behind him as she poured water on his body. After that, she started to scrub his back.
Enjoying the massage, Jia Hao clicked his tongue. ‘ Ah, Feudalism is truly so…sinful. But I like it.’
” Young Lord, You are really so handsome and scholarly. You must have passed the Imperial Examination easily, no?”
” Well, If I had given the Imperial Examination, wouldn’t I flaunt my scholar badge on my robe?” Jia Hao chuckled.
” What? Does that mean, You didn’t take the Imperial Examination?” Minmin was stunned.
” Just because I didn’t take the Imperial Examination doesn’t mean I am not smart.” Jia Hao rolled his eyes. ” It’s just that I didn’t feel like giving it.”
” I mean, With Young Lord’s intelligence, you can easily become a third rank official.” Minmin replied. ” It’s just that Patriarch might not like it.”
” Why? Father in Law hates the officials?” Jia Hao leaned back on the edge as he asked with a smile.
The struggle between the political faction and military faction is nothing new. Those battle hardened veterans hate the scummy play in imperial politics.
Meanwhile, the ministers and officials hate the martial world and military, calling them muscle brains with no elegance.
The Emperor has his own troubles. He had to control both factions properly, without giving chance to the other party to usurp him.
” Indeed, Patriarch Cai never liked those officials and ministers. He said that they had never seen the battlefield, yet taking big decisions regarding it.”
” Not to mention, the previous Minister of Finance didn’t fund the army led by the Cai Family, leading a big fight between the military faction and political faction.”
” Heh, Minmin knows quite a lot of things, eh?” Jia Hao chuckled. He turned around and faced her, ” Have you used the shampoo I gave to you?”
” Well, Not really. It’s still inside my pouch.” Minmin shook her head.
” Then why don’t you join me bath?” Jia Hao teased her. ” Don’t tell me maids can’t do that?”
Minmin’s face turned red like an apple when she heard that. ” Th-That…I…I…”
” Hehe, I am just jok-”
” I guess…Since Young Lord is asking…I should…join you.” Minmin replied in a soft voice. ” Besides, I…I can’t bathe you properly from outside.”
” Wh-What?”
Jia Hao was stunned when he heard the reply of Minmin. He could hear the rustling of clothes, feeling Minmin was slowly undressing herself.
” Minmin, Don’t you think you are acting a bit weird today?” Jia Hao spoke hurriedly, without turning to her.
” I… I am just doing as Young Miss asked me to do.” Minmin replied in a low voice.
” She said…You don’t need to worry about it.”
Jia Hao was stunned as he saw Minmin was coming forward. She still wore her bellyband, as she stood shyly before Jia Hao.
Clumsily, she climbed into the bathtub, sitting before Jia Hao.
Both silently looked at each other before Minmin took a deep breath and started to scrub the other parts of Jia Hao’s body.
” Well, What else your Young Miss said?” Jia Hao couldn’t help but ask with a bit of a stern voice. ” If she wants to help me, shouldn’t she come here by herself? Why is she forcing you?”
” No one is forcing me, Young Lord.” Minmin shook her head. ” I am simply agreeing with Young Miss’s decision and chose to help you.”
” Well, You are bathing with your Young Lord, won’t you marry in the future?” Jia Hao chuckled. ” Won’t it be a problem then?”
” I won’t marry as I promised to follow Young Miss till death.” Minmin replied with a determined voice.
” Besides, Didn’t you say I am also your property? Would you let me marry another man?”
” Tsk, sharp minded as always, huh?” Jia Hao chuckled as he pulled Minmin into his embrace.
Leaning out, he took out the shampoo bottle from the pouch of Minmin.
” Turn around, I will help you apply the shampoo.”
“Yo-Young Lord, This isn’t appropriate.” Minmin hurriedly said. ” How can a lord help his maid…”
” Minmin, if you don’t agree, you can get out right now.”
Minmin gazed at Jia Hao for a moment before sighing, turning away to show her back to him.
Suddenly, she felt Jia Hao’s fingers massaging her scalp and applying shampoo to her hair.
” Mnn…This feels so…Good.” Minmin sighed as she could feel Jia Hao’s fingers doing magic on her hair.
” No wonder Young Miss said it’s enjoyable.”
