Chapter 48: The Dilemma of Gu Mingyue, the Major Landowner

Gu Mingyue saw this comment on the screen and said softly, “The people we invited before did the same thing, but there was no improvement at all. The detection arrays they used yielded nothing.” She lowered her head, biting her lip, growing ever more disappointed in her heart. If her family hadn’t invested all their money into developing new varieties, they wouldn’t be so strapped, unable to afford more than a few higher-level cultivators. Clearly, she’d been too naive to think she could rely on luck online. For a moment, she forced a bitter smile.

Xu Zixin was pleasantly surprised to receive a call from Lu Ming. Upon hearing his concern, she replied immediately. At a glance, the branches of the lychee tree were laden with clusters of bright red fruit, lush and abundant; even before peeling one open, each lychee looked large and vividly red.

The four sword intents—Annihilation, Slaughter, Severance, and Entrapment—transformed into four barriers reaching up to the sky, resembling four towering pillars of color from afar.

“What?” Liu Yuru, who had been watching intently from the side, immediately snatched back her phone upon hearing this.

“I know you’re upset and worried about your mother right now; I won’t hold it against you. But you should at least tell me what happened. What does your mother’s suicide have to do with Yun Shu?” Lu Mingbo asked in confusion.

Perhaps because the Crown Prince accepted the People's Parasol, it gave the people of Anzhou the courage to bring forth all the things they had saved up. Faced with the man’s scrutiny, Shen Qingqiu showed no panic at all; instead, she met his gaze fearlessly.

Although Feng Luochen disdained to bicker with a playboy like Han Tianbao, he was not one to take a loss lightly, either. Suddenly, Feng Luochen picked up a large pearl from the stall. Instantly, a flash of intense greed shot through his eyes.

When disaster struck in the past, everyone was laughing at her, except Fu Huairou, who stayed by her side and encouraged her to stand up again.

The word “expired” was also something learned from Bowen, and then he picked up the holy water, intending to pour some into his mouth.

In everyone’s eyes, it was Xiao Tianqing leading the imperial consort by the hand, walking slowly. In truth, Feng Liuwu was being dragged along by Xiao Tianqing the entire time.

“She said she doesn’t want to live under someone else’s roof anymore—she wants to wrest Genesis away from the Ling family,” Leng Qingxi explained after a moment.

Seeing that no one replied, the old man with the goatee forced a smile, then stopped thinking about it. He slowly walked up to the seal and continued to ponder the mysteries of the formation within it.

Even if it was for the sake of the people’s suffering, he should not have staked everything out of pride. If these disaster victims really stormed into the city, chaos would erupt, and it would be the common folk who suffered.

Ouyang Qingkuang still smiled gently and warmly. She glanced at the unmoved Ouyang Xing; the smile at her lips deepened further.

The Chief Steward of Min sent his regards, wishing to stay a while longer in Nanyi City, but the matter of Qin Fengyi borrowing money so startled him that he hurriedly fled back to Min as if his feet were on fire.

Ye Jiarou didn’t know how she managed to walk out of the classroom under the mocking eyes of her classmates; she only wanted to find a place to cry her heart out.

Just as when Yi Feishi regained his memories, he still retained Xie Chao’s memories and feelings—the only difference being which weighed heavier in his heart.

Linlang’s method of escape was simple and direct: on Duke Yan’s way to court, she seized an unguarded moment and knocked out the maid delivering food. The maid’s build was similar to her own. Linlang examined the maid’s face for a moment, then applied makeup to imitate her features.

Though Lin Shuran had not been exposed, he nonetheless left a blemish on his record.

“I—I’ve only just gotten out. I don’t want to go home yet, and I don’t want to go to Chujie County. What right do you have to chase me away?” Du Feiyan stomped her foot anxiously.

Which consort in the harem doesn’t have two or three enemies? True, there were many who disliked her, but that was hardly something she could control.

“Long Xiao, get ready for the handover. The county is going to set up an office for economic affairs, and you’ll be the director.”