The cannon fodder heiress trembled with fear after being recognized as a member of her family.

The further north you go, the hotter it gets.

In some places, the ground has cracked due to the prolonged drought.

Han Cuiyin pushed open the car window and lifted the curtain, and the scene outside surprised her.

The local people have just harvested a batch of wheat, and the stubble is still standing brightly in the field.

The weather is too dry, and the next season's crops have not yet been sown.

If it doesn't rain soon, there will be no harvest this year.

The season is over, and the fields are still bare.

"Is it always dry here in the north?"

There was a bronze ball under a small table in the carriage. She didn't know what it was for until they were almost in the capital. Luo Jingqian took it out, and the carriage instantly became cool.

She noticed the temperature change, but she hadn't realized how serious it was outside.

"There was a drought this spring, which was alleviated by a sorcerer who brought rain. The Emperor sent people to bring rain again a few days ago, but it didn't work. There will be even more disaster victims this year, and I don't know how many more people will starve to death."

Luo Jingqian had only recently returned to the capital. He had a maternal grandmother who cared about national affairs, so even though he wasn't in the capital, she was never kept in the dark about these matters.

"Warlock?"

Han Cuiyin felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it.

As for rainmaking, the Realm of Immortality does possess some magical spells.

The bumps on Luo Jingqian's face had faded, restoring his previous handsome appearance.

When Han Cuiyin saw him take off his mask, she quickly lowered the curtain and closed the car window. "Your face was just healed, why did you pull it off?"

She already knew the cause of the man's illness, but even after taking his pulse, she couldn't find anything wrong.

If the root cause of his illness cannot be cured, Luo Jingqian will not be able to live in the sunlight like an ordinary person.

"It's nothing. Last time, I was out with the Fourth Prince for too long, so I sent Qingshan out. I also ran out of medicine, so everything had to be done at once. It was just for a short while. I'm not that delicate."

Not that delicate?

In her previous life, Han Cuiyin knew that Luo Jingqian had suffered from his illness hundreds of times.

His family background is good, and his every move attracts more attention.

It is common knowledge that the Duke of Dingguo's mansion has a sickly and spoiled heir.

"You have a good relationship with the Fourth Prince?" Han Cuiyin asked tentatively.

The fourth prince defied fate; it's unknown whether he was involved in this matter.

Luo Jingqian's life in this life is also different from his previous life.

"No, we're not that close, just childhood playmates. After I fell ill, all my friends gradually drifted away, but he still remembered to visit me. This time we came out on imperial orders, and it was your father... Lord Han who went to plead with the Emperor."

The father and daughter hadn't seen each other for over a decade, so their relationship wasn't good. Luo Jingqian quickly changed his address.

"Who knows what kind of money that person is going to squeeze out of me? Let's not talk about it! Do you know... the Fourth Prince's fate is extraordinary?"

Han Cuiyin is now uncertain about how things will turn out. The fact that the Fourth Prince is not dead has changed everything.

"You said he was destined to die young? My master calculated it and specifically sent me back to the capital to deal with this matter. Fortunately, nothing serious happened."

"Your master? You got the Longevity Scroll, and your sect?"

Han Cuiyin had always thought that he was a cultivator who had not inherited the Dao, and that he only learned about the Longevity Diagram by chance.

"The Longevity Scroll was lost by our sect's predecessors, and retrieving it was our sect's mission." Luo Jingqian didn't mince words. "Going to Yan Family Village was truly a matter of chance. If it weren't for you that day, I would already be buried in the Pinglian Mountains."

His face was already rotting by then, and even with medication to suppress it, he couldn't use his martial arts skills.

He used his last bit of internal energy to threaten Han Cuiyin.

Luo Jingqian felt not only grateful but also extremely fortunate.

If he were an ordinary woman, he really wouldn't have been able to leave Changxing County.

She had already sensed Luo Jingqian's gratitude while in Pinglianjiang, and for the sake of the money, she no longer cared about being threatened that day.

It's truly remarkable that the two can still speak as friends like this.

In her past life, she was infatuated with the good looks of the Duke of Dingguo's heir. Even though she knew it was a trap, she still walked into it. She had only heard people say that the heir was extremely handsome, ranking first among noble young men, and even the best in the Great Ye Dynasty.

At that time, she was like a drifting duckweed, and her biggest wish was to find a good-looking man to marry and have a warm home.

The Geng Lichun of that year was him. She waited for him in vain. When they met again in the capital, she naturally didn't want to pay any attention to him.

She encountered danger several times, and Luo Jingqian, who transformed into Geng Lichun, saved her each time.

Thinking of the messy affairs of her past life, Han Cuiyin simply decided not to think about them and changed the subject:

"I was inconvenienced the past two days, but we're about to enter the capital. Now it's time to tell you what you haven't mentioned yet. If it's useful, I'll give you a rainmaking technique to alleviate the drought here."

She didn't like to pry into the affairs of other people's sects.

What Taoism is like is irrelevant to her.

Qingyun's sect, Hehuan Sect, is a Taoist sect, so they can become friends.

She didn't care about the conflict between Taoism and Buddhism.

She is willing to help others to the best of her ability and to do good deeds.

After all, the fact that she had a chance to start over in that great battle in the Realm of Immortality was largely due to the merit she possessed.

"In that case, thank you, young lady. The Taoist techniques have been lost; you are very generous."

Luo Jingqian was sensible and did not inquire about the origin of the technique, nor did he intend to investigate it further.

Han Cuiyin felt a little better. She looked away from that handsome face, lest she be influenced by him and give away all the good things she had collected in the past.

"When I said that the inner quarters of the capital are nothing more than a few types, it doesn't really matter to you if you don't want to stay in the Han family. If you want to avoid trouble, you can marry me."

After Luo Jingqian finished speaking, the tips of his ears turned bright red, but his face remained expressionless.

"..."

Han Cuiyin remained silent. She pointed to the dark face and said, "Putting aside family background, would your parents and family approve of this face of mine?"

"They will only respect my decisions and will not interfere. Even if someone does interfere, they are not important family members, so I don't need to pay attention to them."

Luo Jingqian said solemnly.

"Forget it, just tell me about the methods used in the inner quarters of the capital."

"Alright." Luo Jingqian didn't press the matter further, and then said, "Those methods used in the inner quarters, to put it bluntly, are all about vying for resources. What you described that day was just superficial, merely low-class tactics used by young ladies..."

Even if you manage to marry into one of the top families in the capital, things may not go smoothly.

Men fight in the court, women fight in the backyard.

It all comes down to who has the better skills.

......

Han Cuiyin understood immediately: the competition for resources here was different from that in the Immortal Realm; it wasn't something that could be decided by force.

Here, strategy and wisdom prevail; no matriarch uses her fists to fight for the sake of the family's interests.

"Actually, you don't need to talk about court affairs. I won't get married. As long as I understand these methods, I won't be harmed."

In her past life, she had no one to teach her, and she couldn't even hear the barbs in other people's words.

Sometimes, a soft knife can be the most agonizing.

"What I've learned is actually based on the power struggles among the concubines in the palace. Your Han family's situation is much simpler. Princess Mingxia is sweet on the outside but bitter on the inside. As long as you remind people of your mother being divorced and remarried, you will be invincible."

Han Cuiyin nodded, "I know that, and I'm already doing it."

"Furthermore, in my opinion, instead of pretending to be docile, you should let your fists do the talking. It's quite common for women to practice martial arts in the Great Ye Dynasty, so there's no need to worry."

What Luo Jingqian said was mostly theory, something he had heard from his maternal grandmother. He didn't know how to actually do it and would have to go back and ask her later.

"I was originally thinking of playing dumb to fool others, but it seems I need to reveal something to avoid everyone taking advantage of me."

Now that we've been reborn, living freely is the most important thing.

Her martial arts skills are also quite strong. If she were to fight those at the Innate Realm, the outcome would be uncertain.

Han Cuiyin suddenly understood, and her face darkened even more.