She got pregnant after the swap marriage, and the scumbag's family regretted it so much they cr

What Gao Yan didn't say was that the clan leader gave him two hundred taels of the reward money, and the rest was divided equally among the others.

However, the Chief Secretary only verbally agreed and did not produce it on the spot. He wanted to give Lu Huan a surprise after he got his hands on it.

"The northern lands are inherently cold, so it's a good thing that the people have learned to make their own charcoal."

Gao Yan was a little worried: "Wife, do you think those charcoal sellers will hold a grudge against our village?"

Lu Huan was somewhat puzzled: "Why do you ask that?"

"Do you think that the charcoal they have will become unsellable because we teach other villages how to make charcoal?"

Lu Huan nodded slightly.

In previous years, people could survive without charcoal, relying on collecting firewood themselves; but this year is different, with unusually cold weather.

In the previous life, those merchants hoarded large quantities of charcoal and made a fortune from the disaster. The cheapest black charcoal, which used to cost ten coins a pound, has now risen to one tael of silver a pound.

Later, although the Prince of Yan executed a group of unscrupulous merchants and distributed the stockpiled charcoal, the people who froze to death would never return. It would have been better to teach the people how to make charcoal themselves than to let those unscrupulous merchants profit.

The owners of wealthy families wouldn't use the cheapest black charcoal or bamboo charcoal, so it didn't have much impact on their business.

Thinking of this, Lu Huan comforted him, "It's not that bad. I think what the Prince's Mansion wants to teach is the truly poor people, those who wouldn't spend money to buy charcoal. As for those big merchants, at most they just can't profit from disasters!"

Meanwhile, in the Prince's residence, the Prince of Yan and his chief secretary were having a private conversation in the study.

Even the Princess Consort of Yan did not overhear their conversation.

"Have you gone to see Gao Yan?"

The chief clerk's eyes were deep and unfathomable: "Your Highness, I have seen it. I suspect he is very likely the child who was kidnapped."

"In that case, you can take this opportunity to ask around among the people of Gaojia Village."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

The torment of just three days nearly drove Lu Ruyi insane. But in the end, it was still a close call; compared to her days in prison, it was nothing.

With a gloomy face, she asked, "Where did Cuizhu go?"

She had been so anxious that she hadn't noticed that Cuizhu hadn't appeared for almost two days.

Yu Zhu replied meekly, "Miss, have you forgotten? You sent her back to the manor to ask Madam for help."

"Why hasn't she come back yet?"

Yuzhu was almost in tears: "Miss, I've been serving you these past two days, how could I have had time to go back to the Lu family!"

Lu Ruyi couldn't help but feel a little irritated.

After two unlucky days, she discovered a pattern—as long as she didn't move, nothing strange would happen.

So she has been lying in bed for two days in a row. Luckily, Gao Zhongbao is not at home, otherwise he would definitely want to divorce her!

Lu Ruyi pointed to the bowls and chopsticks on the table and said, "Bring them over so I can try them!"

Yu Zhu was ready to catch the bowl at any moment. But to her surprise, Lu Ruyi ate the whole bowl of porridge on her own without any problems.

She didn't accidentally break the bowl, and she didn't choke!

Lu Ruyi burst into tears of joy: "Which plague god was passing by! Why did he have to cling to me! He's finally gone!"

She put on her clothes and shoes and ran out of the room impatiently. Smelling the crisp, fresh air outside, she didn't want to go back to that smelly room for even a second longer!

"Why did you come out!" Zhou Shi saw Lu Ruyi at a glance and scolded her from the window.

"Mom! I'm alright! Look!"

Lu Ruyi walked around the courtyard several times without falling.

Zhou was skeptical, but to be on the safe side, she still didn't want Lu Ruyi to cause trouble: "Who knows if you're just temporarily alright, or if you're really fine! Go back and stay put, don't come out and harm anyone!"

Lu Ruyi choked, then, thinking of Cuizhu who had run away, a sudden idea struck her: "Mother, how about I go back to my parents' home?"

Go back and wreak havoc on the Lu family? Fine!

Madam Zhou, in a fit of pity, said: "Why don't you go back to the Lu family home for two days? Don't forget about the shopping!"

She originally wanted to say that she could come back the day before Zhongbao's ten-day holiday, but when she remembered the food tasting, she quickly changed her mind.

No one can interfere with her family's insurance policy!

Lu Ruyi was initially happy to be able to return to the Lu family, but when she heard that she could only stay for two days, she became dejected.

But she quickly cheered herself up; she was going home to get help!

She refused to believe it; with her mother as her backing, she wouldn't be afraid of Lu Huan, an orphan!

"I won't forget! Mother, I'll pack my things and go back right now!"

Zhou didn't care at all when Lu Ruyi would return; her only concern was how much money Lu Ruyi could bring back!

She can't touch Lu Huan's things, so does that mean she can't touch Lu Ruyi's things either?

"Yuzhu, go to the front yard and tell Shigu I need a carriage. Oh, and take one tael of silver with you!"

Yu Zhu took out the purse containing money from the small drawer, weighed it in her hand, and felt that something was wrong.

"Miss, it seems there's a little less silver in your purse."

Lu Ruyi has always been extravagant with her money and has never managed a household, so how could she remember so much?

"Is that all? It's still that heartless Lu Huan! I'm definitely going to tell Dad when I get back!"

Yu Zhu sighed inwardly, determined to have a proper talk with Li Shi.

On the other side, Lu Huan turned her head away in time, thus avoiding spraying the old doctor's face with saliva.

While taking their pulses, Dr. Luo observed the complexions on Lu Huan and the other man's faces.

He smiled and stroked his beard: "Both are obedient children, they didn't cause any trouble. You don't know, we doctors hate patients who don't follow medical advice and act recklessly."

"Alright, while you two aren't completely healed, with proper care at home, you'll be able to conceive soon!"

"Doctor! What nonsense are you talking about!" Lu Huan blushed. They only had some minor health issues; it wasn't like they couldn't have children.

Gao Yan scratched his head dumbly: "Thank you, doctor! By the way, my wife's hands and feet are still a bit cold. Doctor, do you think she should take some more medicine?"

Lu Huan glared at him: "What nonsense are you talking about! You can't just take medicine like that!"

Unexpectedly, Dr. Luo stroked his beard and said, "You can buy some Angelica Blood-Nourishing Pills and try taking them for ten days."

"Buy it!" Gao Yan made the decision before Lu Huan could refuse. "Oh, and we also want to buy some frostbite cream."

Speaking of this, Lu Huan also reminded them, "The weather seems to be particularly cold this year, so it's good to stock up on supplies at home."

Dr. Luo looked thoughtfully at the significantly increased number of patients outside the consultation room.

Later, Lu Huan bought a lot of medicinal herb seeds from the medicine boy, but Gao Yan's attention was completely focused on something else and he didn't notice that Lu Huan had put that small packet of seeds into his spatial storage.

They returned to the Qin family home. Lu Huan noticed that the Qin family home felt much emptier this time.

"Where is your mother?" Lu Huan waited for a while but did not see Bi Zhu's mother, Madam Lu, which surprised him.

“Mother has gone to the estate outside the city. Father has already transferred the estate to Prince Yan, but there are still many livestock on the estate that need to be dealt with. Mother was worried that they might make a mistake, so she went to keep an eye on them herself.”