The Challenge of a Farmhouse Son-in-Law-Chapter 487 - 497 Praise

Yue Rujing chuckled with a hint of pride, feeling that it was a matter of honor.

In Beijing, the Yue Family might not be much to speak of, but in the south, they were absolutely a force no one dared to provoke, their power rivaled that of the Emperor’s own troops.

He failed to notice, however, the ironic expression on Jin Zijin’s face.

For an Emperor to behave thus, no wonder he was walking on thin ice. He spent his entire life balancing various powers, and even as an Emperor, he was constantly on edge, still having to dance to other people’s tunes.

"Oh right, I let him in on the old man’s senility," Yue Rujing said.

Looking up, Jin Zijin wore a look of mild surprise and sincerely praised, "It’s rare for you to be so astute."

With the compliment, Yue Rujing scratched his head a bit embarrassed and said, "I always hear you talking about how the Emperor wants to be a peaceful ruler, navigating between different forces, and I thought the same applies to our Dao Family.

If Tianzong and Xuanzong are balanced, then he can sleep without worries. Now that the old man of Tianzong has become muddled and Xuanzong’s old man is still sharp, this balance is broken. To maintain the balance between the two, he must protect us. That way, our actions in Beijing are also more secure, aren’t they?"

"Not bad, you’ve made quite some progress."

Receiving his senior brother’s praise once again, Yue Rujing started to feel a little elated. His mind raced, planning his next steps.

"So, should we extend our reach to the National Advisor Residence?"

Jin Zijin’s face fell, and he gave him a rap on the head, saying, "You’re being foolish again just after being praised. We’ve only been here a few days. Do you think the National Advisor Residence is somewhere you can just reach into? You should focus on getting Jisheng Hall up and running."

"I’m just a clerk, and the boss isn’t in a hurry," Yue Rujing complained, shrinking his neck.

"Youyou, a sheltered young lady, can’t conveniently show her face often. She told you, she can’t be paying you for doing nothing, so you have to handle this matter."

Yue Rujing’s mouth twitched, almost about to erupt.

That shameless Gu Youyou, a profiteer who’s stingy with silver yet demands relentlessly, and to top it off, has the audacity to call herself a sheltered young lady?

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As the old matriarch of the Lin Family hailed from a farmer’s background, their residence in Beijing had a more rustic air than other grand households.

While others grew flowers, they cultivated vegetables. Where others kept birds and mandarin ducks, they raised chickens and big white geese. In other estates, the ponds were filled with beautiful lotuses and koi, but in theirs, they grew edible lotus roots in addition to bighead carps.

Now there was a new sight, as the newly arrived cousin had planted some strange things in her yard, rumored to be medicinal herbs.

"It’s still snowing from time to time in January, what kind of medicine is the cousin growing?"

"Haven’t you seen the greenhouse the cousin set up? There’s also a brazier inside. Rumor has it some precious things need careful nurturing." freeweɓnovel.cøm

"Gee, she really doesn’t consider herself an outsider, using up so much charcoal like that. The old Madam must have given her a good amount of silver, right?"

Another maid scoffed, "Don’t underestimate her. Haven’t you heard? People with Lin Family blood are no ordinary folks. Though our cousin may have been born a farmer’s daughter, her abilities are indeed rare in this world."

"What kind of unparalleled abilities does she have?" The maid was brimming with gossip.

"Ever heard of the Divine Doctor from Lingnan?"

The maid shook her head.

The scoffing maid said with a laugh, "No wonder, you haven’t even heard of the Divine Doctor from Lingnan. Let me tell you, our cousin is a Divine Doctor, granted a plaque by the Emperor himself, and is the only one who can curb the typhoid epidemic. You know, even Imperial Physicians are helpless against it."