Unlimited estates for rural beauty-Chapter 706: Grand Finale (10)

Feng Xuxu came to her senses, blinked her big eyes, and nodded in agreement, "Yes, who told you to dress so... um, sexy."

"Hehehe, hearing my wife’s words, will I be getting a treat tonight?" He tossed the washcloth aside, freed his hands to wrap around her, and charged his gaze with electricity as he looked at her intently.

Looking up to see her husband’s dissatisfied expression, she curled her lip in a small sneer, as if to say it wasn’t him who tended the ’fields’ every night, pushed away his heated body, took a few steps out, and sat on the stool, resting her chin in her hand, her gaze fixed on the candle on the wall.

Dugu Chen raised an eyebrow, and followed suit, sitting beside her. He waved his hand in front of her face, but it failed to capture her attention, so he pushed her gently, "Wife, what’s the matter?"

Feng Xuxu rotated her dark pupils, glanced at him, and then withdrew her gaze to continue staring at the wall’s candle. Just as Dugu Chen was going to ask again, she lazily said, "It’s nothing, I was just thinking about the matter of those seven gardens."

"Didn’t you hand over the plans for the gardens to Xiu Bingxi? Is there still something amiss?"

"Nothing’s amiss, I’m just worried, maybe I’m overthinking it." She sighed, stretched out her fair jade fingers, and helped herself to a cup of plain water. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Upon hearing this, Dugu Chen smiled knowingly, tenderly stroked her hair, and his cherry lips parted slightly, "Is my wife afraid someone will come and sabotage them?"

"Mm."

"Hehehe, my wife is overthinking, who would have the audacity to damage the Empress’s gardens? It seems that person doesn’t want to live if they were to commit such a foolish act."

Feng Xuxu thought it over, and her husband’s words did make sense. She consequently relaxed, felt much lighter, looked at her husband with a smile, pressed a quick kiss on his face, and ran off laughing.

The news that several tribal nations had pledged allegiance to Xueyan Country spread like the wind across the nation. By the time the common people of Xueyan learned of it, they were thrilled, and the king’s praises were sung in every street and alley. However, for a certain someone, it was exceedingly grating to hear.

In the damp and gloomy underground chamber, someone knelt, confessing to a person seated on a chair, their head hanging low, large beads of sweat continuously rolling down the face. From the side, one could see the person’s face was deathly pale, their lips trembling, body quivering like a sieve, prostrated on the ground, eyes wide with terror, staring at the damp earth.

"Hmph, to think that those minor tribes could defeat the army stationed in Luo County is utterly ludicrous. You didn’t use your brain to think that Luo County, with hundreds of thousands of soldiers, compared to a tribe of just over ten thousand - even the most foolish mind would know who would win. Your actions of moving ahead on your own were simply idiotic."

When the person on the ground lifted their head, they saw, to their astonishment, that it was Luo County’s richest man, Zi Weijiang.

"My lord, I thought that by harassing Luo County, I could provide a good opportunity for revenge. But I hadn’t expected Fan Ji’ao to be so cunning..." Zi Weijiang wanted to say more, but at that moment, a wave of malice swept him towards the wall, and with a ’bang,’ his body slid slowly down, "puh," spitting out blood, coughing as he struggled to get up and knelt back in place.

The person in the chair adjusted their sleeve, never sparing a glance at the person on the ground. In the silence of the underground chamber, only their breathing could be heard. It seemed like a very long time passed before a pleasing and deep voice resonated through the room, "Let this not happen again."

Upon hearing this, Zi Weijiang’s suspended heart finally settled down. With his head bowed, he slightly closed his eyes, relieved internally, grateful that his master hadn’t killed him on the spot. He swallowed, hastened to respond, "Thank you, my lord, for sparing my life."