Chapter 586 Fruit Spirit 6

After returning to her room, Ning Yan was no longer drunk. Under the guidance of the wedding attendant, she completed all the wedding procedures. After washing up, the couple went to bed.

About the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, Gou Min'er's voice came from inside the curtain.

Ning Yan got out of bed, changed into a black dress, pushed open the window, and flew out of the Gou residence.

Transforming a fruit spirit into a human is very simple; it only requires reversing the flow of spiritual energy within the body.

She completed this miraculous process three days ago, and now she is a woman.

Fortunately, the changes to her appearance after the transformation were not too drastic; her features were just softer. But the original owner's face was so outstanding that she looked good in men's clothing and equally good in women's clothing. No one would doubt her gender.

As long as she doesn't deliberately wear women's clothing and cover her chest, no one can tell she's a woman.

The Gou family business is so large that it needs someone to inherit it. She also needs an heir, so tonight she plans to borrow a seed from someone.

As for her partner, she had already decided on one.

After leaving the Gou residence, she headed straight for the most popular brothel in the city, where the man she had her eye on was kept.

The man came from the border to seek refuge with his relatives, but unfortunately he couldn't find them. Instead, he was targeted because of his good looks. He had no choice but to disguise himself as a woman to avoid the wealthy woman, but ended up being mistakenly sold into a brothel.

Ning Yan happened to see him and rescued him. She gave the madam money to temporarily keep him in the brothel. The two had already agreed that once she successfully conceived a child, she would send him away safely and give him another thousand taels of silver.

Ning Yan quickly flew into the brothel and entered Jiang Yan's room.

The brothel's main hall was bustling with activity, but Jiang Yan's room had long been dark, and he was already in bed.

Ning Yan didn't waste any words. She took off her shoes and got into bed. As soon as she slipped under the covers, the man pressed himself against her. His body temperature was extremely high, and even his breath was hot. Ning Yan cursed inwardly, "Have you been tricked?"

"Hmm..." The man tugged at her clothes urgently.

Ning Yan: "Just you wait, I'll go settle accounts with the madam tomorrow, um..."

That's incredible.

Ning Yan quickly noticed something was wrong. The man on top of her seemed to be much taller than Jiang Yan. Jiang Yan was a weak scholar, otherwise he wouldn't have been forced to dress as a woman when chased by several servants.

But the man on top of him was all muscle, with eight-pack abs and strong limbs. He kissed people fiercely and ruthlessly, which was completely inconsistent with Jiang Yan's personality.

"Um……"

Ning Yan: With that speed and his clumsy movements, he's obviously a noob. Oh well, it's not a loss anyway, so let's just leave it at that.

Just as she was thinking this, the man started moving again, and Ning Yan instantly lost all interest in him.

Just then, there was a knock on the door. "Second Young Master, I've found the person. May I come in?"

The man froze. His subordinate had just returned with someone. Who was this person on his bed?

"No, no need, you may leave."

Xuanfeng, standing outside the door, looked at the door with confusion, but he soon understood.

Because the commotion inside was so loud, he quickly picked up the woman he had knocked unconscious and carried her back to the next room.

It's his fault for being too slow, which caused the young master to just find a woman to relieve his lust. He'll go and accept his punishment once the young master is better.

Ning Yan was now even more certain of her guess, but where was Jiang Yan, whom she had originally arranged to be here?

Half an hour later, Jiang Yan woke up rubbing the back of his neck. Damn it, if he found out who knocked him out, he would definitely tear that person to pieces.

...

At the fourth watch of the night, Ning Yan got out of bed. Knowing that someone was guarding the door, she left through the window and went around to the backyard. There, she finally realized where the problem lay.

She went to the wrong courtyard.

Jiang Yan's room is next door.

Since it was her fault, she naturally had to keep her promise. She flew up to the window and entered Jiang Yan's room, leaving a thousand taels of silver notes by his pillow before leaving.

After that, they had no further contact.

Back at the Gou residence, on the bed, Gou Min'er's voice continued. She casually stuffed a fake pregnancy pill into Gou Min'er's mouth.

Once the person on the bed stopped, they called for water to be prepared.

The maids carefully carried the water in, their heads bowed and not daring to lift them. They thought to themselves, "The young master is really something! He's made it to the fourth watch of the night on our wedding night. I wonder how our young lady is doing."

After the water was prepared, the maidservant, who was supposed to help the two masters wash up, was sent away by Ning Yan.

After washing herself clean, she took a blanket and slept next to Gou Min'er.

When she woke up, Gou Min'er was already up. She quickly got dressed and combed Gou Min'er's hair and drew her eyebrows while she sat in front of the dressing mirror.

"Miss, am I doing the right thing? That's how it's written in the storybooks."

Gou Min'er recalled the pleasure of last night and suddenly felt that living like this with Ning Yan wasn't so bad.

Then let him live a little longer.

"Don't call me Miss anymore, you should call me Wife, my husband."

Ning Yan stood behind Gou Min'er, looking tenderly at the beauty in the mirror, "Yes, madam."

After tidying themselves up, the two went to the main courtyard to serve tea.

The Gou family naturally wouldn't make things difficult for Ning Yan, and the tea ceremony went very smoothly. After having breakfast with their family, the young couple returned to their own courtyard.

No one noticed that the bride, who had been tormented all night on her wedding night, showed no discomfort whatsoever when walking.

She lived comfortably in the Gou family, unaware that Chong Lingfeng, whose virginity she had taken, was going crazy when he woke up and couldn't find her!

Chong Lingfeng is the younger brother of the city lord of Ziyue City. This time, he was sent by his own brother to negotiate cooperation with the Sima family.

The Fruit Spirit World is also a world of imperial power. The Jing Kingdom has a total of twenty-seven cities, and twelve of these cities have city lords who are members of the royal family. This is similar to the vassal territories of other ancient kingdoms. The other cities are all appointed by the royal family, but most of them are managed by the most powerful families in the area.

Because the world is full of countries, if a country's military strength is low, its territory will be seized by neighboring countries.

Therefore, in most countries in the world, civil officials are weak while military officials are strong.

The Kingdom of Jing originally had thirty-two cities, but the previous emperor was incompetent and eight cities were taken away. Later, the new emperor ascended the throne and managed to reclaim three cities, leaving the Kingdom of Jing with only 27 cities.

There are twenty-seven city lords in the twenty-seven cities, and the city lord is the highest official in a region.

Subject to imperial rule, they were required to pay a certain amount of taxes each year; those who failed to do so were dismissed, and the position was given to the most capable.

A country needs money to maintain its army, guard its borders, and prevent invasion.

It is well known that farmers do not pay much tax, which has led to the rise of merchants.

The traditional social hierarchy of scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants, as seen in other ancient worlds, does not apply in this world. In the Fruit Spirit World, civil officials are ranked lower than military generals, and merchants are only ranked after scholars.

In places like Feijue City, the Bai, Gou, Liu, and Su families are all renowned large merchants. The more developed the commerce, the more prosperous the city, and the wealthier the people. As people become richer, it naturally drives consumption, and the more they consume, the more taxes they collect.

Therefore, the heads of these four families had a lot of influence with the city lord.