Upon hearing that Mu Xinghe had been promoted, the Qiao family was naturally overjoyed. At only nineteen years old, he had already achieved the rank of fifth grade, truly a young man of great promise.
Qiao Lian'er instructed her servants to prepare a family feast, without inviting any outside guests, and to keep a low profile as much as possible.
Once Mu Xinghe becomes a fourth-rank official, he will be able to attend the morning court session and meet the emperor. Her plan will begin from that time.
Yes, she wanted to participate in politics and gain some control over domestic affairs, and Mu Xinghe was her entry point.
It wasn't just because of her promise to Pei Er; more importantly, she wanted to make her life more meaningful, to have more in her hands, and to give the Qiao family a better future.
She didn't think there was anything wrong with it; everyone has ambition, as long as they strive for it through legitimate means.
Qiao Xi'er also took a couple of sips of wine, her beautiful cheeks flushed slightly, and her eyes were filled with tenderness and satisfaction. She felt very proud to have such a husband.
Da Yong and his comrades are still on their way. The troops have been assigned horses, and the journey is already halfway over. They will arrive in about half a month.
The herdsmen raised the animals for ten days, then began selling their house and land—selling everything, leaving not a single acre behind.
The villagers of Datian Village were surprised by this unusual behavior.
"What are you doing? Have you been pecked silly by geese? You've sold your house and land. Where will you live and what will you eat?"
The way the herders look at the villagers has changed; it's now a condescending gaze, a kind of contempt for the lower classes.
"What are we doing? Sell it and go to the capital. After all, the Mu family has produced an official in the capital. Of course we should go and seek refuge there. What are the houses in the countryside? Xinghe has hundreds of houses. Even if each member of the Mu family gets several, they still can't finish them all."
"Maybe one of them can even run several shops," said the eldest son of the eldest son of the Mu family.
"Not to mention that Xinghe is an honest and upright person, even if he had these things, would he give them to you? Have you forgotten how you treated him back then? You still have the nerve to ask him for benefits." The villagers mocked.
“It’s normal for families to have conflicts and friction. Your family is always arguing. Mu Xinghe’s roots are in the Mu family. He can never change the fact that he is a member of the Mu family. Without the Mu family, he wouldn’t exist. If we go to the capital, would he dare to ignore us? Humph, then we’ll ruin his future. He’ll have to treat us like ancestors.”
Seeing the shepherd's family act so shamelessly, the villagers couldn't help but feel indignant.
"Shameless! How dare they even think of such a thing! Everyone remember this: no matter how cheap the Mu family's house and land are, we will not buy them."
"Yes, we won't buy it. We won't give them the chance to go to the capital and cause trouble for the Mu and Qiao families."
The villagers all said.
The shepherds were hoping the villagers would take over, and seeing the villagers so united, their faces turned slightly pale.
“It doesn’t matter if they don’t buy. There are people from other villages and people from the town. We don’t have to worry about selling our land.”
The shepherds sprang into action again.
The wealthy families in town love to buy land, and in just one afternoon, half of it was sold.
The next day, the house and land were sold out, and the shepherd family reluctantly bought three cheap carriages, and the whole family of more than twenty people went to the capital together.
“Let them go, they’ll definitely be utterly defeated by Lian’er. When they come back, the house and the land will have been sold, and there will be no place for them here.”
"That's right, we'll just wait and see them make a fool of themselves."
Everyone in the village had witnessed Qiao Lian'er's abilities. For the Mu family to dare to cause trouble for her was tantamount to being reckless and offering themselves up for execution.
General Guan's troops have arrived. The troops that were transferred away were the city defense troops from the south of the city, so these troops are here to fill that vacancy.
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