The Challenge of a Farmhouse Son-in-Law-Chapter 473 - 483: Climbing Over the Wall

She rose to fetch an extra blanket from the chest.

"Ah..." Gu Youyou felt someone embrace her from behind and cover her mouth, startling her into a cry.

"Don’t yell, it’s me."

A moment later, Jin Zijin’s familiar voice came from behind her.

Having been thinking about him, and then he appeared, Gu Youyou was ecstatic.

"I’m freezing to death, let’s get under the covers first and talk there."

Since her arrival in this era, she had never spent a winter night alone, and now she realized how difficult it was.

When Gu Youyou had first arrived, it was summer, and she would cover herself with a thick blanket every day, so she hadn’t felt cold.

But half a year later, when the weather turned cooler, she moved into Jin Zijin’s thatch-roofed house, and every night she had him to warm the bed, she almost forgot how severe her cold toxin was.

The maids and old women outside had all fallen asleep, and those who hadn’t were made to sleep by Jin Zijin.

The two clung together under the blankets, intimately exchanging their affections.

Gu Youyou, panting, poked her head out from the covers and asked, "The Lin Residence is supposed to be well-guarded, especially this part where my grandmother stays. It looks secluded, but the guards are actually the most numerous. How did you manage to get in?"

Jin Zijin simply said, "Are you looking down on me?"

"...I’m just worried about you. It would be awful if you were caught." How embarrassing, right?

"Don’t worry, I won’t get caught." He said, "Your uncle has made arrangements. From now on, I’ll come every night."

"What...?" This revelation from him shocked Gu Youyou, leaving her stunned for a long moment.

What kind of uncle was this? He agreed to his unmarried niece’s nightly rendezvous with a man?

And even deliberately let him in?

Yet he nonchalantly captured her delicate chin, kissed it, and teased her with a smirk, "It has a certain charm, doesn’t it?"

Gu Youyou: "..."

A wife is not as good as a concubine, and a concubine is not as good as a stolen encounter, or so they say?

Moreover, he had to maintain his celibacy, so in reality, it was an unfulfilled theft.

Gu Youyou’s expression darkened, and she bit him, demanding, "Tell me, what agreement have you reached with my uncle?"

Jin Zijin only said, "What agreement do we need? He wants to protect you, so he’s on the same side as us. Besides..." Jin Zijin’s expression turned grave, "As an emperor, who would want someone out of his control? The Art of Sovereignty is about absolute dominance. Both overtly and covertly, he is the one most eager to root out the Dao Family, and your uncle, being his favorite minister, naturally aligns with him."

Gu Youyou understood that the ’he’ he referred to was the Emperor, but his words carried a strange tone.

After a moment of thought, Gu Youyou asked, "So you’re saying, as the Dao Family’s head disciple, you’re also a target the Emperor wants to uproot."

Jin Zijin paused for a moment before giving a bitter smile, "Yes, I too am a target to be uprooted."

"Zijin!" Seeing him like this, Gu Youyou felt a vague unease.

He laughed, "What’s there to fear? If the sky were to fall, there would be tall men to hold it up. The former State Preceptor hasn’t been toppled yet, so why would he bother with me? In The Art of Sovereignty, the most important thing is to know how to balance and utilize resources, and in that, he is exceptionally skilled."

Gu Youyou took a deep breath and began to imagine all sorts of maneuvers for power.

It seemed her future life would be very interesting indeed!

...

Her great warmer had returned, and she slept incredibly soundly that night.

Xiang Chun heard some noise and hurried into the room to serve her.

"Miss, did you sleep well last night?"

Gu Youyou, getting dressed, replied with a smile on her lips, "Quite well."