Chapter 80: The Coachman Has a Life in His Hands
【Wow, that's really vicious!】
[Like mother, like daughter. Her mother taught her that way. That prince was an illegitimate son of a powerful family; they wanted to rise to the top, even if it meant being a concubine.]
"Ah? I see. So, if he's an illegitimate son, why is he here?"
[It's all because his stepmother wouldn't give him a way to survive. She wouldn't let him take the proper path of the imperial examinations and insisted on sending him to the countryside. Then his uncle, who was going to the imperial estate, brought him here. These past few days, his father has found him, wanting him to make connections and earn a lot of money.]
So what are his plans?
[Of course she refused, claiming she wouldn't acknowledge him, and also that he loved the peasant girl and wanted to be with her forever.]
Are you love-struck?
"Not really, they just want to live a normal life."
[Since the two of them are in love, should I help them tonight?] It's already night, when should we start?
If you want to help, hurry up. The girl will be making her move soon after these three finish their walk.
Do you think Rong Er will follow me?
Why don't you just call out and you'll find out?
Ji Yingying called out to Rong Er, and Rong Er actually came out.
"Hehe, Rong Er, are you going to protect me from now on?"
"yes"
"Haha..." Ji Yingying laughed hysterically. She had a day when she was a bodyguard too. After laughing, Ji Yingying immediately asked, "Then who pays your monthly salary?"
Rong Er looked up at Ji Yingying, his expression meaningful.
"You mean, I'll pay your salary from now on?"
He slowly nodded under Ji Yingying's gaze. At that moment, Ji Yingying felt as if a bolt of lightning had struck her head.
"So how much do you earn per month?"
He slowly stretched out his hand, a large palm, five...
"Fifty or five hundred? Or perhaps five thousand?" How much is her salary anyway?
If it's five thousand, I'll send the person back immediately.
Five taels
Upon hearing that it was five taels, she immediately breathed a sigh of relief. It was only 105 taels, or 105 bushels of rice, for a fourth-rank official.
However, he's too amazing. He lives a life of swords and knives, yet his monthly salary is so low. It's a bit heartbreaking.
"How about this, I'll give you ten taels of silver a month, but I won't give you rice or anything like that. I'll add an extra tael for holidays. Do you think that's acceptable?"
"As the master arranges."
"Alright, go do something for me. There's a peasant girl who was framed by her cousin. As for that man, you handle him."
"yes"
After the person left, Ji Yingying didn't worry about it. Coincidentally, Minister Gong had arranged dinner, which included chicken, Ji Yingying's favorite dish, stir-fried until it was fragrant.
Do you think those two will end up together?
It's probably not possible.
【Why? 】
Because the two are cousins, and their mothers are sisters, if they were to get together, their children would likely be born with birth defects.
Good grief, they're not attracted to each other romantically, they're attracted to family ties! Wasn't he with his uncle? How come he didn't know she was his cousin?
[I really don't know, because the girl's mother got separated from her family and is no longer alive, so she had no idea that her relatives were here.]
[I remember the imperial edict issued by the Tianyou Dynasty forbade cousins from marrying. It seems these two won't be able to be together in the end. What a pity! I thought it was going to be a sweet love story, but it turns out to be a family drama.]
[Host, do you want to stop this?]
What benefit would it bring me?
That's their business. Ji Yingying won't meddle in this kind of thing. What if they don't need it?
Yes, you can earn points for doing good deeds.
What the heck? Why didn't you say so sooner?
Ji Yingying found a pen and paper and wrote two letters. When Rong Er returned, Ji Yingying asked him to deliver the letters to the young man and the young woman.
"Send these two letters to them, and make sure they see them."
"yes"
Does it work?
[As long as you gain points, it will work. Just wait and see, host.]
Alright, so it seems lovers end up as siblings!
The night passed, and the next morning Uncle Wang led his men back with a lot of large bamboo.
“There’s quite a lot. Cut it open…” Ji Yingying explained the blueprint: “The water flow might not be strong, but it will still be effective.”
After splitting it in half and clearing the middle, we started collecting water. And let me tell you, with many hands make light work, we managed to get the water flowing in by the middle of the morning.
Water flowed into the fields without needing to be carried, and the crowd cheered loudly. In fact, they had thought of this before, but had not succeeded, and did not know why.
After Minister Gong told Ji Yingying about this, Ji Yingying immediately said, "That's because you're missing me."
After saying that, she put on her veil and went to the watermelon patch. The soil in the watermelon patch was very wet, and many leaves had been cut off.
"I don't have any compound fertilizer here. Let me see what kind of fertilizer I can put in."
After two days of research, Ji Yingying decided to use wood ash instead, and at the same time, someone from the palace came to summon her back.
She had no choice but to hurry back. These past two days weren't without any gains. For example, the girl was reunited with her maternal uncle's family, and after her beloved became her cousin, she finally gave up completely.
Her cousin, on the other hand, got what she deserved. Rong Er simply threw that scoundrel into her room, leaving her with no choice but to marry him.
[Host, the driver has a life on his hands.]
What? Who did he kill?
He killed his own brother and then inherited his brother's wife, son, and fortune.
Why was he the last to inherit his younger brother's wife and son's property?
[Because he loved his brother's wife, he killed his brother so he could sleep with her. Didn't his sister-in-law know her husband was dead?]
[I don't know. They're twins, they look alike, especially their lips, you can't tell them apart at all. Back then, the older brother had his eye on that girl, but the younger brother also fell for her. Who knew the younger brother would ask to marry her first.]
He dared not speak, and so his younger brother married her. He watched his brother and sister-in-law's loving relationship day after day. Finally, one day, he couldn't bear it any longer. With a cruel heart, he tricked his brother into coming to his house, where he and his wife hid in a fire, and he himself became his brother.
[Didn't the sister-in-law recognize her own husband?]
She recognized him, but her younger brother was already dead. She had a young child and was pregnant again. She wanted to die, but what would happen to her two children after she died? Besides, she wanted revenge; for years, she had been secretly investigating how her husband had died.
Did you find it?
No, do you want to help her?
How can I help? I don't even know if he reported his brother's death to the police.
【Yes, it's an arson case. You can have Lord Gongsun investigate. You'll get points for solving this case.】
[You shameless bastard, you've gone to such lengths to get me some gossip, making me eat gossip every day.]
[Well, I'm a gossip-eating system. What else can I do besides gossip?]
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