In a season of renewal, the building is filled with the atmosphere of spring, like... Lu Wangji.
"Up so early? Didn't your stomach hurt yesterday?"
The man was now able to stand up and walk a few steps. He held Mando's waist, preventing his young wife from getting out of bed.
Mantuo's body had been severely depleted before, and even after taking Lingzhi pills, he still experienced pain during his period. Now, his young mistress was ignoring him and wouldn't let him into her chambers, which made the young genius of the Mo family somewhat anxious.
She secretly harbored resentment towards her parents; it had been almost two months since the letter was sent, and where were they?
How can you not care about something as important as getting a wife!
Lu Wangji's parents: We're raising the money! Don't rush us!
You're ignoring me.
The sickly beauty pushed her wheelchair in, looking aggrieved. The room was dark, and Mando hadn't turned on the lights. Hearing the creaking of the wheelchair outside the door, he knew it was her.
Why aren't you saying anything?
The woman on the bed could only tremble and gasp. Lu Wangji lit a candle and then saw that Mantuo was covered in sweat and her face was pale.
"What's wrong?"
The man then stopped sitting in his wheelchair. He stood up and went to Mantuo's side. Seeing the young woman clutching her stomach and biting her lip, Lu Wangji circulated his inner energy, warmed his palms, and placed them on Mantuo's lower abdomen.
"Does it hurt again?"
"Um"
Mando nodded, finally feeling alive again.
It's like this every month, it's really torturous.
Her period was unpredictable; sometimes she wouldn't have it for months, and when it did, it felt like torture. But even so, it was much better than before.
When I was at Fanghualou, I always managed to get through it by taking anesthetic powder.
Some time ago, because of this matter, Lu Wangji specifically asked Doctor Gu if there was any way to deal with it. The old man said that he should recuperate at Fengyue Tower for a year and he would be fine.
No medicine is as effective as a miracle drug.
"I need to go practice my skills."
But your stomach isn't better yet.
"Your legs are like that because you practice every day, I'm used to it, it's nothing."
Mando coaxed the man beside her. The sickly beauty was now able to act coquettishly with her, and he was no longer as naive as he used to be in bed. When they went out, other girls came up to chat him up.
But Lu Wangji ignored him and pretended to be deaf, saying, "I can't hear you, don't come here."
"Then I'll watch from the side."
"OK"
Zhan Cui looked coldly at Lu Wangji, who was reading a book beside her. "The Mo family, huh? Fine, fine. I haven't even warmed up my closed-door disciple yet, and this little brat is already trying to steal him from me."
If the two of them were to get married, wouldn't his disciple have to go to the Mo family?
Having navigated the world of martial arts for so many years, how could she let a cooked duck fly away?
"Sister, I heard that the Mo family is borrowing money everywhere," Zhang's sister-in-law, Zhan Fei, said to her older sister.
How much do you want to borrow?
"Not much, five hundred taels of gold."
"Should I write an IOU?"
"beat"
"What do you need so much money for?"
"..."
"They said it was for the sect's renovation."
"What's the reality?"
Zhan Fei raised her chin, gesturing for her sister to look at Man Tuo, who was wielding a knife, and Lu Wangji, who was reading a book nearby.
The woman twirled her hair twice and said to her younger sister...
"Lend him"
"Um?"
"Make him write an IOU, then write one. If he can't pay it back, then the most capable young man from the Mohist school will have to come to our sect to settle the debt."
The two exchanged a knowing smile, their eyes filled with unspoken meaning.
"Brother, what are my sister-in-law and her sister doing?" asked Zhang's mother, who was sitting and working by the kitchen door.
"I don't know... I have a feeling this isn't going to be anything good."
I feel the same way.
Those two women have no good intentions; I wonder who will be the one to suffer.
While the boudoir was filled with a pink, bubbly atmosphere, the atmosphere in the county government office was extremely serious—no, it should now be called the prefectural government office.
"Refugees from Jiangnan! Instead of heading to the capital, they're coming to Beining Border Town! What are those people in power thinking? Are they out of their minds?"
"My lord, the Ministry of Revenue has issued an order that they will only take the money and will not concern themselves with anything else."
"The Minister of Revenue?"
"Um……"
The advisor could tell that Wang Zheng was in a bad mood, so he didn't dare to say too much.
"Has the Emperor agreed?"
"Um……"
"My lord, you must think of it this way: the Emperor trusts you, otherwise he wouldn't have entrusted 50,000 refugees to you."
I'd rather not have this trust.
If Wang Zheng were in the capital, he would storm the Ministry of Revenue right now. What a bunch of idiots with screws in their heads! Is the border town some kind of resource-rich place?
It's already a miracle that people here can have enough to eat!
"How many refugees are there in total?" the prefect asked, pressing the bridge of his nose.
"Five...fifty thousand..."
Wang Zheng took a deep breath, took the letter, and turned to leave.
He had to ask his wife about this. Fifty thousand people! That's like creating a huge county town out of thin air for his border town!
"That's how it is, Ah Luan, what do you think... we should do?"
What do you want to do?
"I just checked the remaining land, and there isn't nearly enough fertile land for them to cultivate. There is space, but I don't know how they will be able to support themselves."
Hua Luan looked at her baby-faced husband. This was the man she had chosen herself, and he was much better than before.
I still remember him back then, full of youthful passion, running rampant in the Hanlin Academy and offending quite a few people. Now, even if he encounters such a situation, he can still find a solution.
The woman took his hand and whispered in his ear.
"Since you dislike the Xu family, then unleash that same recklessness you had before and checkmate them."
The prefect pulled the woman into his arms and said in a low voice...
"Yes, madam."
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