Lin Zhixue returned to the study with a gloomy face. He had to think of a way to get Luo Jiaojiao back to Yangchenghou Mansion.

Only if Luo Jiaojiao returns to Yang Chenghou Mansion to plead for herself, will her father-in-law not abandon her!

Otherwise, he is now surrounded by enemies in the court and without the Yue family as his support, his official career will be over!

But how to make Luo Jiaojiao go back willingly? Just now when he persuaded Luo Jiaojiao to go back to her parents' home, she seemed unwilling.

His wife was spoiled by her parents. She was too willful and didn't know how to consider the overall situation. She was really not as good as Gu Yingxue in terms of how to help him...

For some reason, Lin Zhixue suddenly thought of the past. At that time, both his wife Gu Yingxue and his father-in-law Gu Xiucai were truly wholeheartedly planning for him.

It's nothing like the current Yangcheng Marquis Mansion, where the first thing they think of when encountering something is to distance themselves from him!

And Luo Jiaojiao had no sympathy for his hard work and difficulties, and just kept throwing tantrums. If she was sensible and knew his current difficulties, she should have run to her parents' home and begged them to help him.

Really not as good as Gu Yingxue...

For some reason, Lin Zhixue suddenly compared Luo Jiaojiao and Gu Yingxue. The more he compared them, the more he disliked Luo Jiaojiao. He used to think that her arrogance and willfulness were her true nature, but now he just thought she was too annoying!

Hey!

Lin Zhixue sighed and watched the sky outside gradually darken.

Lin Zhixue was feeling a little irritated and wanted to go for a walk in the garden to relax.

He was walking somewhat listlessly on the path in the garden when he suddenly heard the sound of a woman sobbing softly on the rockery. Lin Zhixue could not help but walk over.

Liu Yiyi was startled when she suddenly saw someone coming. After she saw clearly who it was, she called out in a timid and weak voice with tears on her cheeks.

Lin Zhixue then recognized this man. He was the skinny horse from Yangzhou that Luo Jiaojiao had found for him after she threw his third brother's wife into the well and drowned her.

Lin Zhixue looked at her in some confusion, not understanding why she was crying so sadly here?

Looking at Liu Yiyi's delicate appearance with tears in her eyes, Lin Zhixue felt a little reluctant for some reason, so he asked with concern:

"What's going on here?"

After hearing this, Liu Yiyi showed an expression of humiliation on her face. Her husband had been hanging out in brothels recently and not coming home all night long. She was alone in the empty room every night and felt lonely and unbearable. How could she tell him about this?

Thinking of this, Liu Yiyi cried even more sadly and weakly. Today she was wearing a pink gauze dress with lotus pattern, and her delicate body, like a willow swaying in the wind, trembled slightly because of her crying.

Lin Zhixue couldn't help but feel distracted when he saw this, and he took out his handkerchief and wiped her tears gently.

Lin Zhixue's hand accidentally touched Liu Yiyi's delicate skin, which seemed to feel very good, making Lin Zhixue's Adam's apple move again and again, and the strength in his hand increased a bit.

Liu Yiyi was crying so hard that she accidentally opened her chest, revealing a faint cleavage that was fully exposed to Lin Zhixue.

He hadn't slept with Luo Jiaojiao for almost three months. Now seeing Liu Yiyi like this, his eyes couldn't help but darken, and he stared at Liu Yiyi.

When Liu Yiyi saw Lin Zhixue like this, she, who came from a thin family, knew very well that Lin Zhixue was now in love.

She was already angry with Lin Sanlang, and she hated Luo Jiaojiao, the woman who brought her into the Lin Mansion. She had a strange desire to take revenge on her husband and Luo Jiaojiao.

Liu Yiyi put Lin Zhixue's hand on her face without hesitation, and then climbed up Lin Zhixue's neck with both hands.

Liu Yiyi always has a fascinating fragrance on her body, and Lin Zhixue, a hot-blooded man, can't resist her seduction.

He didn't care whether the person in front of him was his brother's wife or not, and he roughly dragged Liu Yiyi to the deepest part of the rockery.

He had been having too many unhappy things during this period of time, and now that his suppressed emotions were released, he instantly stopped caring!

Liu Yiyi didn't expect that Lin Zhixue, who usually pretended to be affectionate towards Luo Jiaojiao, actually had such a beastly side.

But it was exactly what she wanted. She was born into a skinny family and was addicted to matters between men and women. Her husband was not at home these days and she was so depressed that she came here to cry.

Now that she has a man, why does she care whether this person is her husband or not? She actually has the idea that it would be better if he is not her husband!

Soon, waves of men’s low roars and women’s suppressed moans could be heard from deep within the rockery…

Gu Yulang returned to Gujia Village in a trance.

It was already late at night and the whole village was in darkness. Only the lights were still on at the Gu family's house at the foot of the mountain at the entrance of the village, obviously waiting for his return.

When he saw the direction of home, Gu Yulang's pounding heart suddenly calmed down.

The carriage stopped at the door of Gu's house. Before Zhang Dayong's eldest son Zhang Yuanshan could knock on the door, the door of Gu's house was pulled open by Yang!

"Master!"

Yang was a little nervous. If Gu Yulang didn't come back tonight, she planned to go to the capital overnight!

Zhang Yuanshan quickly bowed to Gu Xiucai, Gu Yiyao and others:

"Master, young lady, I went to the palace gate to welcome Master after receiving the notification from the Xie family. As soon as Master left the palace, I took him out of the city and rushed back before the city gates were closed."

Zhang Yuanshan reported very respectfully why he was here, and his eyes were full of gratitude and admiration when he looked at Gu Yiyao.

Even though Gu Yulang is now the lord, in Zhang Yuanshan's heart, Gu Yiyao is his master, and he should obey Gu Yiyao's orders the most.

"Uncle? What uncle? My husband, are you the uncle?"

Gu Yulang held an imperial edict in his hand and said to the Gu family members who were looking at him eagerly:

"Go back to the house and talk!"

The Gu family members sat on the chairs in the main hall and looked at each other in surprise. It had only been three months, and their Gu family had already received two imperial edicts!

"Duke, Marquis, Earl, Viscount, Baron, His Majesty has actually conferred upon you the title of Earl! It can be inherited for five generations!"

Gu Xiucai looked at Gu Yulang in disbelief, then turned to Gu Yiyao and handed the imperial edict in his hand to her.

Master Gu Yulang was also somewhat incredulous.

At first, the emperor did not believe that it was possible to produce 40 dan of grain per mu.

Xie Tingzhou asked the emperor to send special investigators to Gujia Village immediately to conduct a special investigation. He also looked through the fish scale book that recorded the land, and ordered people to roast sweet potatoes in the imperial kitchen and present them to the emperor.

The emperor tasted the roasted sweet potatoes himself. Looking at the news verified by multiple sources, the emperor was stunned for a long time and was as excited as Wang Maolin!

He looked up to the sky and shouted that the people would no longer have to go hungry, the soldiers would no longer have to go hungry, and his great Deng would become prosperous and strong!

The emperor originally wanted to confer him the title of baron.

But in the end, under the persuasion of Xie Tingzhou and Wang Maolin, the emperor conferred him the title of earl and specifically allowed it to be inherited for five generations!

Generally, the earldom is hereditary for three generations, but this time there were two more generations!

"Brother, from now on you will be a baron, lower than a marquis but higher than a first-rank official!"

Gu Yubai looked at Gu Yulang in disbelief. Wasn't their Gu family becoming wealthy too fast?

Gu Yiyao thought that the advent of sweet potatoes would attract the emperor's attention, but she didn't expect that the emperor would attach so much importance to it that he directly conferred the title of earl on her uncle, which could be inherited for five generations!

Gu Yiyao thought that Xie Tingzhou must have made a lot of efforts in this. In fact, she always knew that one of the Xie family's secret guards was missing on the day of digging sweet potatoes, and he had gone to deliver a message to Xie Tingzhou.

Xie Tingzhou hasn't come over these few days, and she thought that Xie Tingzhou didn't intend to do anything for the Gu family.

Originally, she didn't expect Xie Tingzhou to help the Gu family much. She just needed to treat her mother sincerely in the future. Unexpectedly, Xie Tingzhou was quite reliable. He must have done a lot in the past few days to make the emperor so efficient and the Gu family issued such an imperial decree.

"Boss, you can just lie at home and do nothing for a year and still receive a salary of 2000 taels of silver?!"

Tap the screen to use advanced tools Tip: You can use left and right keyboard keys to browse between chapters.

You'll Also Like