Chapter Sixty-One: Treating the Marriage of Children as a Transaction (Part Two)

The constables fell silent. Wasn't Lady Yun actually quite perceptive? This hardly seemed like someone who minded at all! Yang Yuanyi also paused in awkward silence for a moment, cleared his throat, and said, "Anyway, that's the situation with Cao Silang. The staff at Seven Winds Residence mentioned that Cao Silang was never much valued in the Cao family. Half a year ago, he suddenly came to Shanyang County and never left. They found it puzzling, thinking he might have given up on himself, believing he couldn't compete with the others in the Cao family."

The Fourth Prince snorted coldly, cast a glance behind Mu Ximei, and said icily, "I hope you'll say the same in front of the Eighth Prince!" With that, he turned and walked away.

Someone looked back at Huan Luo and saw that she had no intention of meeting his gaze; she was still nervously staring at the ground. After a quick internal struggle, curiosity overcame all other emotions and seized control of him. Gritting his teeth, he left Huan Luo for the moment and hurried ahead.

The purple-haired girl continued into the depths of the forest without looking back, clearly uninterested in interacting with him. He had no choice but to follow, afraid she might suddenly abandon him if she got upset.

Mu Ximei noticed the two eunuchs hesitating, neither daring to make a move, while the Crown Princess glared from the front, eyeing them like a hawk. If they didn't act, the Crown Princess would surely make trouble for them later.

"I'm already married into the family. There's no need for you to pine over keepsakes. Hand over the silk undergarment," Lu Qingyi said, extending her hand.

To her surprise, Lin Hanxi didn't even look at her. She pushed the food box aside and fixed her emotionless, beautiful eyes on Liuer, saying nothing. She simply stared, making Liuer feel increasingly uneasy.

At that time, the Tyrant Body of Lietian still had a certain inertia; unless Lietian deliberately provoked it, the body’s power would remain dormant.

"It's really true!" Zhou Chu couldn't take Su Fazhao's strange gaze any longer. He suddenly realized that things seemed to be slipping beyond his control.

In the pitch-black night, the watchtower’s fourth drum sounded. Under the cold moonlight, only the Lu family’s residence was still brightly lit.

"Moreover, I want to use this opportunity to absolve my own guilt! I haven't slept for nights. So, if the Thirteenth Princess Consort could scold or beat me, I would actually feel a bit better!" Leng Yu, seeing the Empress Dowager still hesitating, kowtowed heavily before continuing.

Jinmu and Lishi chatted happily, even agreeing on where to meet next. Then they went their separate ways.

"It's only what you say. How would we know the truth? Looking at you now, how can we believe you’re truly here to help us?"

"Tianxuan!" Mizhui turned and caught the nearly unconscious Tianxuan, panicked, she hurriedly took a pill from her pocket and placed it in his mouth.

What on earth had happened in their village? The two retreated and counterattacked, but each time the blade struck, it would rise again, pursuing them relentlessly.

There was really no other choice. The Jin invaders had split into two forces and attacked the Yangtze and Huai regions. The Kong family army fled south at night, losing all their possessions on the way, barely surviving by looting. Although Qizhou was large, it was all mountainous and terribly poor. If the troops had two meals a day, that was considered good—nutrition was out of the question.

Ning merely had a headache and a slight fever. She was worried, but it was too late to go to the hospital, and she truly didn't want to go through the trouble with Fu Yunting.

Macau laughed smugly, and didn't forget to look down on Wakaba, the chain-smoker.

The generals of the Sizhou army were thrown into turmoil. For Wanyan Xiyin and his men, perhaps it wasn't a big deal—they had never fought before and had no direct impression. But in Jiankang years ago, the Sizhou army’s very first battle after its formation was against Yelü Mawu, and they had barely made it through.