Chapter 596: No Changes for a Hundred Years

"Prefect Zhuang has a really good plan." When Chu Jinnian heard the word 'eliminate', his voice became even colder.

"I dare not." Zhuang Qisheng kowtowed twice more, "I was foolish, I will never dare to do it again, Lord Chu, please forgive me this time because I have nothing to hide."

"Of course, Magistrate Zhuang's official position cannot be saved, but as for his life, whether Magistrate Zhuang is willing to keep it or not depends on Magistrate Zhuang himself." Chu Jinnian glanced at Zhuang Qisheng.

Zhuang Qisheng was stunned for a moment, then came to his senses and kowtowed hurriedly, "I will obey your orders, Lord Chu. I will go through fire and water without hesitation."

"Then please ask Magistrate Zhuang to report to Lord Wei and tell him that we have found the Miss Zhuang who built the waterwheel. This Miss Zhuang is a very scheming and profitable person, a real businesswoman." Chu Jinnian said in a deep voice.

Zhuang Qisheng was stunned again.

What Chu Jinnian said was clearly not the same person as the Zhuang Qingning he met, and Zhuang Qisheng was also very puzzled as to the purpose of his saying this.

But since Chu Jinnian asked him to say so, he had no reason to ask the truth, and hurriedly replied, "Yes, I understand. I will definitely follow Lord Chu's wishes and convey this message to Lord Wei."

"If Lord Wei has any further instructions in the future, I will definitely inform Lord Chu."

"Yeah." Chu Jinnian nodded slightly.

Seeing that Chu Jinnian had no intention of speaking again, Zhuang Qisheng hurriedly said, "If you have no other instructions, I will take my leave now."

After saying that, seeing that Chu Jinnian had no intention of stopping him, Zhuang Qisheng hurriedly climbed onto the carriage, called out to the servants who were now covered in wounds and trembling with fear, and drove the carriage away in a hurry.

"A bully who only fears the strong."

Jing Zhao still spat fiercely at Zhuang Qisheng's departing back, and then walked up to Chu Jinnian and said, "Master, I will order someone to keep an eye on him."

Since we have to ask him to do something, there is no reason to just leave him alone.

"Yes." Chu Jinnian nodded slightly, "Miss Zhuang, send a few more people over here."

"Yes." Jing Zhao understood and bowed in response.

Chu Jinnian walked into Zhuang Qingning's yard and watched Zhuang Qingning placing food on the table. There were various kinds of food, very rich.

"You are so kind. You remembered that I didn't have breakfast this morning and I'm hungry now." Chu Jinnian was not polite at all. He took the milk cake and took a bite.

It was soft and sweet, with a mouthful of rich flavor that made him unable to help but praise, "Delicious."

"As long as it tastes good. When I was adding milk in the morning, I found that there was not enough milk. I was worried that the milk cake would not taste good." Zhuang Qingning smiled and scooped a bowl of red dates and yam rice porridge for Chu Jinnian, and ate it with some cold dishes brought by Xiangqiao.

The two of them sat at the round table, facing each other, eating their meal attentively.

Zhuang Qingning scooped a mouthful of porridge and said in a deep voice, "If you have something to say, just say it."

Chu Jinnian smiled and said, "How do you know I have something to say?"

"You usually talk the most during meals, but you didn't say a word today. That means you have something on your mind. You must have something to say to me, but you feel like you can't say it, so you are hesitant."

Zhuang Qingning said, "So I just asked you to see what the big deal is."

Speaking of which, it is really a remarkable thing.

Chu Jinnian touched his nose and put down the spoon in his hand. "Looking at the current situation, I guess I have to go back to the capital."

"Oh?" Zhuang Qingning scooped the last mouthful of the red dates, yam and rice porridge in the bowl and blinked. "Before you came, this Ning Ming prefect had just left. He said that he felt a sense of familiarity with me at first sight, so he wanted to adopt me as his adopted daughter. I thought he had ulterior motives, so I didn't agree. His cold words angered him, and he left in anger."

"You said you wanted to go back to the capital now. Could it be that your return to the capital is related to this prefect Zhuang and this waterwheel?"

Chu Jinnian nodded, which was considered as an admission.

Zhuang Qingning pursed her lips.

The waterwheel was well-known, and Zhuang Qingning knew about it himself.

At this time, agriculture was the foundation, and anything that could help agriculture was considered a huge matter in the eyes of the court and the emperor.

Once these things come to the attention of the court, they may be used by various factions in the court, and they may even compete for fame and fortune, causing chaos.

It seemed that what was originally a simple task to help the villagers resist drought would inadvertently drag her into the vortex of power struggle.

Sure enough, no matter how much business or farming one does, in the end it will all turn into the same power struggle.

Zhuang Qingning couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Seeing Zhuang Qingning's depressed look, Chu Jinnian thought she was very worried about the fight, so he reached out and tucked her hair behind her ears, "Don't worry, I will definitely take care of this matter when I return to Beijing this time."

"Not that I'm worried about that."

Zhuang Qingning clenched the spoon in his hand and sighed even more dejectedly, "Xiangqiao is diligent and careful, but her knife skills are not as good as yours."

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"You sweep the yard more cleanly. If you go back to Beijing, I'm afraid Xiangqiao will have to do this job."

Zhuang Qingning frowned and looked at Chu Jinnian, "Can you come back earlier this time?"

She had gotten used to Chu Jinnian accompanying her every day, to his sweet words, and even more used to looking at this stunning face every day. When he suddenly left and returned to the capital, Zhuang Qingning felt that she might not be able to get used to it.

No, you need to be more confident and eliminate the possibilities.

It turns out that she is still thinking about his help with the work.

But Chu Jinnian doesn't care about these now. As long as he is thinking about him, even if it's just a strand of his hair, he will be very happy.

"Okay." Chu Jinnian smiled and stretched out his hand to scratch the wing of Zhuang Qingning's nose. "I promise you this time that I will come back early."

"I can't break my promise like I did last time."

"Don't worry, I won't."

"Don't get hurt again."

"I promise."

"Then... pinky promise?" Zhuang Qingning stretched out her small, white and tender fingers.

"Okay, pinky promise." Chu Jinnian stretched out his finger and hooked it with Zhuang Qingning's little finger.

"We'll make a promise to each other for a hundred years. Whoever changes will be the winner..."

"Big Bad Wolf!"

Chu Jinnian and Zhuang Qingning looked at each other and both chuckled.

After breakfast, Chu Jinnian swept the yard carefully, helped Zhuang Qingning cut the mutton into thin slices for the hot pot at noon, and had a hot pot with Zhuang Qingning at noon.

After Jing Zhao had packed up everything, Chu Jinnian reluctantly said goodbye to Zhuang Qingning and left.

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