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Chapter 89 This dam, it's bound to burst, it will burst!
"What does a marriage agreement from our ancestors mean? If you don't want to fulfill it, you don't have to."

"I heard that Landlord Tang went to the Li family to break off the engagement and humiliated the Li family members, which made Li's grandmother so angry that she fell ill."

"I heard about it too. Later, it was Miss Tang Xiyue from the Tang family who arrived and insisted on marrying Li Tian'ao. She even sent Li's grandmother to a clinic for treatment."

"I heard that Miss Tang is utterly in love with Li Tian'ao. Did you see that the betrothal gifts the Li family sent to the Tang family the other day were pitifully small, but the Tang family didn't mind at all?"

"They're getting married the day after tomorrow."

"What do you think Miss Tang is after? I don't think Li Tian'ao is that handsome, and he doesn't seem to be very good at studying either."

"Haha, who knows? But I don't know Li Tian'ao. I've met Miss Tang Xiyue a few times, though. She's arrogant and domineering, and doesn't seem like a sentimental person at all. I reckon that Miss Tang wants something from Li Tian'ao, or rather, the Li family, so..."

"is it possible?"

"That's impossible. If it's really as you say, and someone can get Miss Tang to give herself to you, then they must have something much more to offer."

In fact, some people were right.

Tang Xiyue's only goal is for Li Tian'ao to rise up in rebellion, ascend the throne as the founding emperor, and for her to become the empress.

Is the position of the mother of a nation not enough for Tang Xiyue to offer herself to him?
That's more than enough!

Meanwhile, Tang Xiyue is waiting to be married at the Tang family home.

After all, the day after tomorrow is the day she and Li Tian'ao will get married.

Although Tang Xiyue herself did not like Li Tian'ao, it did not prevent her from marrying him.

What she valued was Li Tian'ao's future prospects.

As long as she marries Li Tian'ao first, becomes his legal wife, and gives birth to his eldest son.

Then, both the position of Empress and the position of Crown Prince will belong to her and her son.

Tang Xiyue's eyes were filled with determination.

Just as Tang Xiyue was filled with fantasies about what she would look like wearing the phoenix robe,

The sound outside the door suddenly broke Tang Xiyue's thoughts.

"Yueyue, Yueyue, something's happened..."

Tang Xiyue was drawing her eyebrows, and she was also fantasizing about what it would be like for Emperor Li Tian'ao to draw her eyebrows after their marriage.

Unexpectedly, the sudden sound startled Tang Xiyue.

Tang Xiyue was startled, and her eyebrow pencil swerved, ruining her perfectly drawn eyebrows.

Tang Xiyue was instantly displeased.

But judging from the voice, it was her father's voice.

And it seems like something urgent has happened.

Tang Xiyue didn't want to argue about it.

I could only wipe off the crooked lines at the corners of my eyes, then get up to open the door.

"Father, why are you always so impulsive? You're going to be the emperor's father-in-law, you need to be more mindful of your image." Tang Xiyue said with a hint of impatience as soon as she opened the door.

"Oh dear, Yueyue, what time is it now? It's still uncertain whether your father will become the emperor's father-in-law." As soon as the door opened, Tang's father's anxious face was seen.

Tang Xiyue frowned. "Father, what do you mean by this!"

Tang Xiyue sounded somewhat unhappy. In her opinion, her father saying that he couldn't become the emperor's father-in-law was tantamount to saying that she couldn't become the empress.

"Yueyue, you don't know, the imperial envoy from Cheng'an Prefecture has come to control the floods!"

"So what if you're here... What? An imperial envoy from Cheng'an Prefecture to manage the floods?" Tang Xiyue's voice suddenly rose, becoming sharp.

"Yes, an imperial envoy came to Cheng'an Prefecture today to oversee flood control. I heard he's an official from the capital, personally appointed by His Majesty, and his surname seems to be Xia."

"As soon as Lord Xia arrived, he said that there was a problem with the dam on the big river in Cheng'an Prefecture, and that he had brought methods and blueprints to repair the dam."

"Now, we've started recruiting workers."

Tang Xiyue listened to these words in disbelief, "Father, you're not lying to me, are you?"

Tang's father: "How could your father lie to you!"

"Yueyue, tell me, will it really rain heavily? Will the dam break? Is there any chance of a flood?"

"If not, then what about the grain and medicine that Father hoarded..." Now, he has hoarded almost half of the family's grain and medicine.

They were just thinking about making money through those methods.

If the flood doesn't happen in the end, he will have suffered a huge loss.

"No, that's impossible. It's bound to rain, and there will definitely be floods," Tang Xiyue immediately denied.

Regarding the Yuanshan Iron Mine, it's believed that the factors can be changed.

But rain and floods are natural disasters!

How can natural disasters be avoided?

Tang Xiyue didn't remember whether there was such an imperial envoy who came to Cheng'an Prefecture to repair the dam in her previous life.

Tang Xiyue couldn't remember.

After all, she doesn't usually care much about these things.

she thinks……

Perhaps, perhaps, this imperial envoy appeared in a past life as well.

The imperial envoy had no idea that it would rain for half a month straight, and then the dam would burst.

Moreover, that imperial envoy was probably not very capable.

Therefore, it's impossible to build any good dams at all.

Therefore, the dam will eventually breach.

Yes, that's for sure.

Thinking this way, Tang Xiyue's anxious heart calmed down.

She then shared her guess with Tang's father.

"Is that so?" Although Tang's father still had some doubts, he gradually came to believe Tang Xiyue's words.

After all, Tang's father was aware of the incompetence of the court officials.

There aren't many truly capable ones.

Even if they come to control the floods, so what?

Even if they come to repair the dam, so what? If they don't have the ability, they don't have the ability.

This dam, it's bound to break, it will break!
"Father, if you don't believe me, you can stop collecting medicinal herbs and grain, and wait and see if it rains later."

"I guarantee it will rain, and then you'll believe me."

Tang Xiyue was absolutely confident that it would rain.

Tang's father: "...Okay, okay."

Seeing how thoroughly Tang Xiyue analyzed the situation and how confident she seemed, Tang's father eventually believed her.

"Then I'll wait and see, and we'll talk about it after the rain starts."

"Okay, but Dad will have to earn less money then, so don't blame me."

Tang's father: ...
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Over here, Xia Ye looked at the people lining up to work, and his brows relaxed.

Originally, the purpose of this trip to Cheng'an Prefecture to repair the dam was to conscript laborers.

Forced labor was a way to make people work for free.

However, halfway there, His Majesty suddenly sent him money, changing his original labor service to that of a hired worker.

It was then that Xia Ye learned that His Majesty had confiscated the property of the Duke of Lu, and the national treasury had temporarily received silver.

Xia Ye thought that hiring workers was a good idea; at least they were paid, which increased the people's enthusiasm.

Look, upon learning that there was money to be made for dam repairs, and that it was paid daily, people flocked to the site, forming a long queue.

The officials of Cheng'an Prefecture were cooperating with Xia Ye's side in hiring workers, while Xia Ye led his men to see the great river.

(End of this chapter)