When Shen Cui had a sullen face, the sharp beauty of her facial features was clearly visible, and she looked very difficult to approach.
The maid who was answering the question was so frightened that she stopped talking immediately and her eyes turned red.
Zhou said hurriedly: "Don't be angry, mother. I feel that if I tell you, it will be a waste of your worry. Especially since Erpang will take part in the imperial examination in a few months, at this time..."
Seeing that they were all frightened, Shen Cui softened her expression and said, "I know, I know everything. I'm not angry with you."
Just like when she was having trouble acclimatizing to the local climate before, she didn't think of informing Zhou. Zhou wasn't a doctor, so even if she knew, it would be in vain for her to worry.
Similarly, Chen Cui was not a doctor in Zhou's eyes. If she was told about the strange disease that even the famous doctors in the capital were helpless to treat, it would also be a waste of her worry.
Chen Cui did not push the purse of silver to Zhou, but took it and said, "I'll take the silver. And you said earlier that you wanted to live with me for a while, so pack your luggage when you go back today. Tomorrow we will go to the pawnshop together and decide on the new location for the academy. As for Yunchuan..."
She had been the headmaster for so many years, and everyone in the academy followed her lead. Besides, Zhou had always listened to her, so even though the topic changed a little too quickly, Zhou nodded subconsciously and continued, "I will talk to my husband about this, and I think he will agree."
If it were in the past, Zhou would not make decisions for Mu Yunchuan and would say that she would discuss it with him herself.
Now that she said this with confidence, it was obvious that her situation was indeed bad, so Mu Yunchuan always listened to her in such small matters.
Shen Cui nodded, said nothing more, and personally escorted Zhou out of the post station.
After they left, Mu Erpang, who had been silent just now, sighed and also looked worried.
Chen Cui waved her hand at him, "Your sister-in-law is right. You will pass the imperial examination and it will affect your whole life. Don't think about anything else right now. Her health... I will find a way."
The current solution is naturally to immediately regulate the academy's "rule blocker", just like before, and enter Zhou into the academy system as a handyman - Zhou is not a person who will take the imperial examination, so he cannot be a training object.
Of course, the academy can only block part of the laws and cannot completely eliminate the influence of the laws on Zhou. It can only slow down Zhou's rapid weight loss. If Zhou wants to completely break free from the shackles of the rules, he will have to rely on the [Marrow Cleansing Pill] after passing the level.
Therefore, the best case scenario is to ensure that Mu Erpang passes the exam first, and that other people in the academy also rank well. In this way, when there is enough shopping space, Chen Cui can allocate some of the money to buy Zhou a [Marrow Cleansing Pill] to save her life.
Mu Erpang trusted his mother unconditionally. He stroked his chest and let out a long breath, saying, "Since mother said so, I won't worry about it anymore. I'll go back to my room and continue reading."
After he left, Shen Cui's face darkened again. She picked up the pillow on the bed and punched it twice, gritting her teeth and saying to the system in her mind: [In the original book, Zhou didn't disappear at this time. Is that damn rule bringing the plot forward again? 】
In the original book, when Mu Yunchuan was gaining experience in the Hanlin Academy, Zhou was trapped in the Mu family's backyard, being tortured by her original identity, Shen.
Knowing this earlier, Shen Cui felt at ease letting Zhou stay with Mu Yunchuan.
After all, according to the exam progress of his fat son, by the time Zhou's "deadline" in the original book arrived, Mu Erpang had already completed the task.
The system sighed and said yes, [Move the drought forward and also move Zhou's death forward, so that next year Mu Yunchuan will be sent out to provide disaster relief, and when he comes back Zhou will have died of illness. Naturally, others will not blame Mu Yunchuan for anything, but will only say that Zhou herself is unlucky. I'll arrange a good marriage for him then. In this way, even if all our trainees pass the exams and perform brilliantly in the metropolitan and palace examinations, they will still be unable to catch up with Mu Yunchuan's speed of promotion. 】
Chen Cui hummed sullenly and said: [When I helped Xiao Xi boil medicine earlier, didn’t you ask me what I was thinking at that time? I said I would tell you later, but I will tell you now. 】
After a while, the system was speechless. After holding it in for a long time, it could only utter Lao Buyu's old catchphrase, "Host, you really dare to think so! 】
[Don’t worry about whether I dare to think about it or not, just tell me if it’s possible! 】
[It is definitely not possible now, but after the No. 1 training candidate passes the palace examination and is on the list, that is, after passing the test, the host's authority reaches the highest level, and the energy I obtain is sufficient, then it will definitely be possible. 】
[It was said earlier that the system is above the laws. 】Because she was in a bad mood, Shen Cui complained coldly.
[After all, I am an alien consciousness, so I still have to collect enough energy from this plane before I can confront the laws of this plane head-on. 】
But after all, this matter is not the system's fault. Shen Cui exhaled and said: [It works at that time! Then let’s wait until the students finish their exams and then do that. 】
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Before dark, Zhou returned home before the city gates closed and immediately began packing her luggage.
This simple matter does not require the help of maids, and they also have to prepare dinner.
When Mu Yunchuan returned home from work, two maids had just prepared dinner and brought it into the main room.
Seeing him come back, one of the two maids went to the kitchen to bring dinner, while the other went to bring hot water for him to wipe his face and wash his hands.
Mu Yunchuan wrung out a hot towel and wiped his face, which showed a bit of fatigue. While wiping his hands, he asked, "Where's the wife?"
The maid said, "The old lady invited you to stay with her for a while. You are packing your luggage in the room now."
His stepmother and Zhou were really in love, so Mu Yunchuan was not surprised. He nodded slightly and then asked, "How is Madam feeling?"
"Since she met the old lady and the second master, the lady has been smiling all the time. When we left the room just now, I heard her humming a little tune while packing her luggage."
The expression on Mu Yunchuan's face softened a little.
Earlier, he and Zhou were separated from each other soon after they got married, so naturally there was no love between them. He was more grateful for Zhou's selfless dedication to him.
But humans are not plants. After three years of living together day and night, their feelings for each other are naturally different.
Mu Yunchuan thought that life would continue to be peaceful like this, but he didn't expect that half a year ago Zhou got a strange disease and was visibly getting thinner day by day.
Although the doctors said that Zhou was in good health and had no other illness, she could naturally feel herself getting weaker.
She didn't want Mu Yunchuan to worry about her, so she pretended to be indifferent, whether in front of others or behind others. She smiled and said, "Thinness is considered beautiful in the capital. Last time, when the wives of the imperial scholars gathered, they asked me about my 'secret recipe for losing weight'. They found out that I didn't have any 'secret recipe' and that I ate and drank as much as ordinary people, which made them very envious."
She said so, but the smile on her face began to fade into her eyes.
In order to make her happier and remind Shen Cui to pay attention to the wind direction outside, Mu Yunchuan immediately told Zhou after knowing that Cuiwei and her group had arrived at the post station outside the city.
He didn't speak loudly when talking to the maid, but he always came home at a fixed time, so Zhou was busy in the house for a while, thought he should be back, and then came out.
After coming out, Zhou saw Mu Yunchuan coming back and the maid standing by the side. She smiled and asked, "Did Ah Tao tell you everything?"
When Mu Yunchuan saw her, his expression softened a little.
"Mom wants me to move in for a few days, you see..."
Mu Yunchuan stretched out his hand towards her, and Zhou gave it to him. The two of them held hands and sat down at the table.
As Zhou thought, Mu Yunchuan did not stop her. He just said, "Go ahead. Don't you miss your mother and Erpang too? We haven't seen each other for three years. It won't hurt to stay for a few days."
As the couple was talking, Zhou conveyed Chen Cui's message for him to come and pay his respects later when he was free, and they quickly finished their dinner.
Later that day, Zhou went to bed earlier than usual because she was out for half the day.
When Mu Yunchuan finished reading the official documents and returned to his room from the study, she had fallen asleep and did not wait for him as usual.
He was not annoyed. He just looked at Zhou's increasingly thin face, tucked the corner of the quilt for her, and his eyes were deep and thoughtful.
After sitting in front of the bed for about two quarters of an hour, Mu Yunchuan also went to bed and fell asleep.
He had a dream.
He dreamed that at the beginning of the new year, he was sent by the court to provide disaster relief. He was away for half a year, and when he came back he found out that Zhou was gone.
In his dream, he mourned for Zhou with an expressionless face. Not long after, the emperor arranged a marriage for him.
He was the first genius to win six top honors in a row since the founding of this dynasty, and he also made great contributions to disaster relief. However, he came from a poor family and had no foundation in the court.
That marriage just made up for his shortcoming in background. Within a few years, he entered the Wenyuan Pavilion and became the first upstart of the dynasty.
After studying hard for half a lifetime, all we do is to stand out and leave our name in history.
The scene made his heart beat wildly.
The dream was real and unreal, and when he was half asleep and half awake, Mu Yunchuan vaguely heard a voice saying in his ear: Don't let Zhou leave home, all this will come true!
Mu Yunchuan woke up from his dream in a sweat. When he opened his eyes, he met Zhou, who looked worried.
It was already bright outside, and Zhou had already gotten up and dressed neatly. "Today is my husband's day off, and I wanted to let you sleep a little longer. But as the time I had agreed with mother was approaching, I wanted to let you know. But you didn't wake up no matter how I called you just now. Are you having a nightmare?"
Mu Yunchuan nodded and propped himself up to sit up.
Generally speaking, people will gradually forget their dreams after waking up.
But when he closed his eyes and recalled the scene in his dream, it was still vivid in his mind. The truth frightened him.
Seeing that his face was pale and there was a layer of sweat on his forehead, Zhou wiped his sweat with a handkerchief and said distressedly: "Are you tired from official duties? Then I should still..."
Seeing that Mu Yunchuan remained silent, it seemed that the situation was really not good, so Zhou called two maids in and asked one of them to go and get a doctor, and the other to go to the city gate to apologize to Shen Cui on her behalf, saying that she would not go to the academy for the time being. As for Zhou herself, she naturally had to take care of the "sick" Mu Yunchuan at home.
Before she finished her arrangements, Mu Yunchuan said, "No! You have to leave home today!"
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