Lord Fourth, Madam Has Tricked You Again - Chapter 57

Chapter 57: Deciding to Throw Caution to the Wind

Sure enough, Lord Fourth’s face became dark and his mysterious eyes were glued fixedly on Ruoyin.

For a long while, his slender lips formed into a smirk and he let out a devilish laugh that lasted for a while. “What’s the matter? Are you trying to change things up because I have not touched you for a few months?”

“No, no, I wouldn’t dare to do that~” Ruoyin really could not figure out any rhyme or reason for Lord Fourth’s deep laughter.

On top of that, she did not know if Lord Fourth was being turned on by her right now or if he had simply drunk too much.

He suddenly said nonchalantly, “Let’s do it. I’d like to see your ability.”

Ruoyin’s gaze shifted slightly when she heard this. She nodded in agreement and proceeded to teach Lord Fourth the rules to the game of “Fight the Landlord.”

Lord Fourth was an intelligent man who did not require much instruction to understand the game.

After that, a hand each was dealt to Ruoyin and Lord Fourth.

A third hand was kept face-down on the table so neither knew what it was.

Right at that moment, Ruoyin saw two bombs[1] in her deck and her eyes immediately lit up.

The gears in her mind turned as she stared fixedly at Lord Fourth.

Hmph, playing a game of cards against Lord Fourth was an opportunity that rarely came by. She had to win against him.

She would make him forfeit his pants, hehehehe…

It would indeed be exciting if that happened~

Therefore, she smirked and declared heroically, “I call landlord!”

Lord Fourth shook his head and merely let out an unenthused “mm,” indicating that it was up to her discretion.

“My Lord, aren’t you going to bid for landlordship?” Ruoyin had thought that he still did not understand the rules well.

Lord Fourth’s gaze shifted slightly, his face showing an expression as if he was dealt bad cards.

However, he immediately affected self-confidence and said, “No, I would like to fight you.”

Ruoyin smirked upon seeing his conceited look and gave a well-intentioned reminder. “My Lord, I will state the terms clearly first. An ordinary victory strips you of one piece of clothing. Having one bomb strips two. Having two bombs has double the consequence as before, so it strips four.”

“Mm.”

Ruoyin took that as a cue to start showing off. “Solo three.”

Her voice had just dropped when Lord Fourth immediately dealt a solo two, blocking any possible move by Ruoyin. “Pass” was the only thing she could say.

She then stared helplessly at what few remaining cards Lord Fourth had left. Out of shock, she instantly dealt out a bomb.

Moreover, Lord Fourth had just crushed a pair that she had just dealt again.

She pouted her lips and said angrily, “My Lord, this is just a game. Could you not be so competitive? You’re crushing me with a big hand every time I deal, and I don’t get to play at all~”

Lord Fourth darted an impassive glance at her while the impish smirk forming at the side of his mouth became even more prominent.

Directly after, Ruoyin noticed that Lord Fourth was left with only three hands.

She thought to herself that Lord Fourth really was a newbie, for he did not attempt to conceal his hand.

She had been wondering if Lord Fourth had a king bomb[2], because no joker had appeared at all.

However, she recalled Lord Fourth looking rather despondent at the beginning of the game. He would not have displayed such an expression if his hand was good.

Thus, she declared furiously, “Bomb.”

Hmph, Lord Fourth always crushed her hand. It was time to dazzle him with a bomb!

Right after the word came out of her mouth, Lord Fourth said with magnetic calmness, “King Bomb. I have only one card left.”

With that, Lord Fourth placed down the last card in his hand.

Ruoyin stared at the scene unfolding in front of her with a stupefied expression. What?

How did this go so differently from how she imagined it to be?

Didn’t Lord Fourth look so negative and helpless? How did his hand turn out to be so good?

She pouted huffily and said, “Lord Fourth, why didn’t you bid for landlordship when your deck was so good?”

“Fujin, there are altogether only a few pieces of clothing on your body. I could not possibly draw this out and let you keep your clothes on any longer,” said Lord Fourth nonchalantly. He looked up and down her body and continued, “According to you, two bombs equal to four pieces of clothing. Three bombs would then equal to eight pieces of clothing. Begin now.”

As Lord Fourth was speaking, he was also thinking, Mm, this lady’s body seems to have become even more beautiful.

Ruoyin covered her chest with her arms. “My Lord, you, you, you… You’re a very cunning man! I was deceived by your expression!”

Sob sob sob, Lord Fourth was so crafty that she wanted to go back to the village[3]!

Lord Fourth reached out to hold her chin. “All’s fair in war~”

The manor seemed to have become dimmer, so he could not see too clearly.

He applied a bit more force and he lifted her head up slightly.

This time, finally, he could enjoy the woman’s pretty countenance.

Although the blush powder here did not have much chemicals, Ruoyin still wanted to play it safe and maybe had not put any powder on since getting pregnant.

Even though she was bare-faced, she was still elegant and pretty, and she could be said to have natural beauty.

Her eyebrows were long and curvy, and her delicate nose was slightly upturned.

Her face was a smooth white jade and had two smudges of blush on either cheek, inevitably pulling one into a reverie.

His Adam’s apple leaped a little and he inched closer to her.

At this moment, their faces were only several centimeters apart, to the point Ruoyin could tell there was some faint, diluted wine smell when he breathed upon her snow-white face.

“Did you drink, my Lord?” asked Ruoyin with surprise.

She had thought that Lord Fourth’s face was a little red because he had just come back from outside and the day had been too hot.

It was only after smelling the faint fragrance of wine that she figured out he had been drinking.

It was no wonder that Lord Fourth was so accommodating today. He played “Fight the Landlord” with her and even beat her with a trick up his sleeves!

“You’d know if you taste it.” Lord Fourth lowered his head and kissed Ruoyin’s sweet, scarlet lips.

Back when she was still in her unstable first trimester, Lord Fourth did not dare to be overly intimate with her, let alone to kiss her.

This was to avoid having intercourse with her in a careless moment of excessive wantonness.

Now that Chief Physician Feng had examined her and determined that the position of her fetus was stable, he did not need to worry about this.

Ruoyin was caught off guard by Lord Fourth’s kiss. The fragrance of wine from Lord Fourth wafted into her scarlet mouth and she definitely tasted it: he’d had some wine for sure!

Ruoyin’s eyebrows were slightly furrowed at this moment, her expression beautiful and composed.

The eventual meeting of the harmonious couple, after being separated for ages, was akin to dry firewood brushing against a raging flame.

Lord Fourth was the tall branch and Ruoyin was the fiercely raging fire. A burning flame between them could be ignited at a single touch.

Lord Fourth kept kissing Ruoyin until she was left breathless before letting her go. There was a faint radiance that shone through his pair of mysterious eyes.

Even the inside of Ruoyin’s beautiful eyes glowed with a unique kind of golden ripple.

She was still a little afraid, but Nanny Liu had taught her recently that after the three months, she would be suited to serve Lord Fourth and could even give herself the chance to sway him with some pillow talk.

At this moment, Lord Fourth gazed at the woman in front of him, appreciating her beauty with a calmness that transcended the heat of the moment.

He bent his body toward Ruoyin’s ear. His slender lips parted slightly as he said mesmerizingly, “Don’t play dumb. Start now.”

Ruoyin started blankly for a moment and then decided to throw caution to the wind.

She started loosening the buttons at the front of her body.

The first piece came off, followed by the second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth…

Fortunately, her Manchurian garment was composed of complex pieces. Even though it was summer, her clothes had rather numerous layers of small pieces inside and out.

Upon reaching the seventh piece, Ruoyin was really at wit’s end as to how to proceed because she was left with only an attractive red undershirt up there, and a girdle down there.

“It so happens there are only two pieces of garments left,” said Lord Fourth with exceptional charm and an intention to not let her get away.

[1] Bomb in Dou Dizhu means four cards of the same rank, beating everything except King Bomb.

[2] A king bomb in Dou Dizhu is a pair of colored joker and monochromatic joker, a hand that beats everything.

[3] Lord Fourth is being compared to a city person who is usually more cunning, while the people from the village are more innocent.