Chapter 848 One who stays near ink gets stained black.
In Jinyu Pass, people from Daqi are rarely seen. The locals don't pickle sauerkraut, and if they want to stew a delicious pot of sauerkraut and pork bones, chive blossom sauce and fermented bean curd are the soul of the soup.
Lin Yuesha scooped up a spoonful of soup; it tasted perfect.
“In the harsh winter of Jinyuguan, it is difficult to find any leafy green vegetables, so we can only make some pickled sauerkraut.”
The pickled cabbage was pickled by Granny Hua, and there were several jars of pickled cabbage in Yunzhao Pavilion. Qi Heng asked someone to fetch them for him.
“I’ve heard about it from your older brother.”
Qi Heng offered an explanation, attributing it to his pseudonym.
"You must have asked me specifically, otherwise my older brother wouldn't have told me."
The sauerkraut soup was steaming hot. Lin Yuesha took a sip and immediately felt warm all over. She laughed and said, "My older brother is very honest. I'm warning you, don't use your scheming on him."
Because, every calculation is accurate.
Qi Heng remained silent, seemingly having succeeded in his disguise; Lin Yuesha was still completely unaware.
At first, he felt no psychological pressure and cheated Lin Yuesha, and then he enjoyed the process.
As the revelation of his identity drew closer, Qi Heng began to feel nervous. He even considered making Xiao Qi's clone disappear under some pretext. However, he knew very well the position his stepbrother held in Lin Yuesha's heart. If he did that, the little girl would be more heartbroken than anyone else and wouldn't be able to recover for a while. He couldn't bear to do that.
The hole I dug myself, I have to fill it no matter what, I just hope that day comes later.
"You're acting strangely. Did I say something wrong?"
After eating and drinking her fill, Lin Yuesha noticed that Qi Heng's mood was off and he was visibly depressed, so she assumed that things weren't going well for him in Helian City.
"No, I was just wondering, since you're so attached to your family, will you go back to your parents' house every few days after you get married?"
Qi Heng cleared away the dishes, opened the stove, and threw in two sweet potatoes to roast.
"Is this your concern?"
Although she missed her family, Lin Yuesha didn't visit her parents' home often after getting married.
The Great Qi Dynasty was different from modern times; it had many rules and regulations.
Although she is her parents' daughter, her stepbrother will get married in the future and take a sister-in-law into the family. The relationship between sisters-in-law has always been difficult.
“I go back to my parents’ home every few days. My mother thinks I’m not doing well and is worried about me.”
Lin Yuesha had thought about this problem and understood it clearly.
After all, Chen was not her stepbrother's biological mother. Although they were close, there was a barrier between them.
"I go home every day. What if my sister-in-law thinks I'm here to freeload? Wouldn't that be a terrible injustice?"
In some matters, we can't always stand on our own side; we should consider others more.
Her parents and elder brother and sister-in-law lived together, and she often went back to her parents' home. She was inevitably seen as overstepping her bounds. That's just how it was in this era; women had many little thoughts.
"I was just asking; you probably won't have the chance to go back to your parents' home."
Qi Heng suddenly realized that chatting about everyday matters and gossiping with relatives and friends, even in its mundane and down-to-earth way, could be quite interesting.
Unfortunately, he had few relatives, and even his most trusted subordinates were probably traitors.
It's so hard to trust someone.
"You're right."
Lin Yuesha had a deep understanding of herself. She followed her husband wherever he went, marrying a rebel and plotting a rebellion with Qi Heng.
If she succeeds, her entire family will benefit from her success, and she will become the most honored woman, marrying a nobleman as the old monk of Yutan Temple said.
If she fails, then she'll just have to wait and see if fate will arrange for her to time travel again.
Lin Yuesha could never understand how she, a hardworking woman who had made her fortune through business, could get involved in matters of national importance. This was largely due to the saying "one is influenced by one's surroundings."
What would it be like to be an empress? She wanted to try it out.
“The Great Qi has seventy-two palaces. You see, the Prince of Luo’s villa is already quite large. The imperial palace is at least several times the size of the villa.”
Throughout the Xiao family's history, every leader has been obsessed with large-scale construction projects, hiring the most renowned craftsmen to build pavilions and towers one after another.
Within the inner palace, there are also observation decks with more than ten floors. Standing on these decks, one can overlook the entire capital city.
"You seem to really look forward to it."
No wonder men are ambitious to rule the world, become the chosen ones, the rulers of all people, sleep with all the beauties in the world, and live a life of extravagance and debauchery.
"What is there to look forward to in a place shrouded in misfortune, where countless dead people have died?"
Qi Heng shook his head. He had said that he only wanted revenge, to protect the people he wanted to protect, and incidentally, to rebel, so that no one above would be holding him back and he could call the shots from now on.
As for government affairs, he had no interest in doing manual labor.
As a leader, one should not be overworked and burdened with countless affairs, but rather know how to recognize and utilize talent.
Prince Luo and Xu Da are both capable men. In the future, one will be a civil official and the other a military officer, managing the government. He can then travel around and enjoy life without worry.
"You're so heartless."
Lin Yuesha stared at Qi Heng for a few seconds, silently mourning for Luo Wang and Xu Da, seemingly imagining the two of them working so hard that they were going bald from staying up all night.
"How about I stay in the palace and you keep me company?"
Qi Heng nodded thoughtfully; doing so was indeed somewhat unethical.
"No, let's go sightseeing instead."
Lin Yuesha chuckled twice. She only verbally expressed sympathy for Luo Wang and Xu Da, but in her heart, she still put her own interests first.
To prove she wasn't a malicious person, she even emphasized, "They've cheated me so many times, am I not allowed to fight back?"
Better to die than to die myself; if there's a bad job, of course we'll just grab a strongman to fill in.
Qi Heng nodded and gave Lin Yuesha a high five. In the main kitchen of Helian City, the two of them had the same idea and reached a consensus, so they made the decision happily.
As soon as she stepped out of the large kitchen, Lin Yuesha suddenly realized what she had been thinking.
With Prince Luo and Xu Da sacrificing themselves in front of her, Lin Yuesha felt quite at ease. However, if no one plotted against her, she would become the one Qi Heng tricked. Therefore, Lin Yuesha couldn't help but feel a sense of shared sorrow.
Xu Da must be protected, otherwise if the sky falls and there's no tall person to stop it, she'll be the next unlucky one.
As she turned the corner outside, Lin Yuesha bumped into Yun Luo, who was in a hurry.
Despite the freezing weather, she was still dressed in that light gauze. Lin Yuesha glanced at her and was about to leave quickly when Yun Luo called out to her, "Are you the wife of the young general of Daqi?"
On Jin Yuguan and Helian Cheng's territory, Yun Luo's revelation of Lin Yuesha's identity was already quite unfriendly.
"Yes, who are you?"
Lin Yuesha stopped in her tracks, pretending not to recognize Yun Luo.
Hanlu must have already found Yunluo and told her about her plan to get into Yuwen Kun's bed. Judging from Yunluo's smug expression, she seemed to be quite pleased with herself.
"We might still be sisters in the future, so please take good care of us, Mrs. General."
Yunlu never imagined that Hanlu would become Helian Cheng's male concubine. He whispered in Helian Cheng's ear, arranging for Yunlu to be given to Yuwen Kun so that she could leave with City Lord Yuwen and return to Sishui City, where she would have the opportunity to get close to a noble person.
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