Synopsis and Starting Chapter Chapter 2 - Startling Her Husband
Chapter 3 - Conquering Through The Stomach
Chapter 4 - Planting Seeds
Chapter 5 - The Beginnings Of A Small Vegetable Garden And Her Livelihood
Chapter 6 - Suspicious
Chapter 7 - Zhang
Chapter 8 - Into The City
Chapter 9 - Negotiations
Chapter 10 - Silver Hairpin
Chapter 11 - There Are Many Scandals Laid Before A Widow'S Door.
Chapter 12 - What A Calculation! Corn Bread For Meat!
Chapter 13 - Superb Cutting Skill
Chapter 14 - Prey; Die To Survive
Chapter 15 - Dishonest, A Man’S Mind
Chapter 16 - Laugh, This Unkind Woman!
Chapter 17 - Rage, Sudden Rage
Chapter 18 - Sudden Disease; Witch Dance
Chapter 19 - Panic, 100-Day Limit
Chapter 20 - Pipe Dream, Words From A Dog Mouth
Chapter 21 - Life Saved By Gold Needle
Chapter 22 - Wake Up With Red Eyes
Chapter 23 - Drama By A Unique Creep
Chapter 24 - Intimacy, Change Of Addressing Term
Chapter 25 - Heal With An Open Heart
Chapter 26 - Close, Karma Is Coming
Chapter 27 - Dock, Soft As Jade
Chapter 28 - Root Sculpture, Windfall
Chapter 29 - In The Forest, All Together
Chapter 30 - Companion, A Serious Woman Is Most Beautiful
Chapter 31 - Conscience, Losing Both
Chapter 32 - Scene-Making, The Village Head
Chapter 33 - Embarrassment, Thick-Faced
Chapter 34 - Want To Go, No Way!
Chapter 35 - Bias And Calumniation
Chapter 36 - Driving Away, Punishment
Chapter 37 - Nap, The Prettiest Hand
Chapter 38 - Open An Umbrella For A Beautiful Flower
Chapter 39 - Money, Who Doesn’T Like?
Chapter 40 - A Great Idea
Chapter 41 - To Hire People, Elder Wangsan’S Whole Family
Chapter 42 - Hope, An Ox Carriage
Chapter 43 - Revenge, Stones From Above
Chapter 44 - Beautiful Blossoms And Grass, Gentle Wind
Chapter 45 - Kiss, Jealousy
Chapter 46 - Alas, Heaven Forbid Ancient Society
Chapter 47 - : Fair, Cunning Reward
Chapter 48 - Changyou, Three-Sided Attitude
Chapter 49 - Her Whereabouts Is His Home
Chapter 50 - Boiling, New House Completed
Chapter 51 - Rage, Shocking All
Chapter 52 - Theory, Unfilial Son
Chapter 53 - Retribution, Wang Yushan Defeated
Chapter 54 - Gentle Wind, Son Paying Father’S Debt
Chapter 55 - Compensation, A Satisfactory Answer
Chapter 56 - Sob, Shadow Guard
Chapter 57 - Building A Restaurant And Connections
Chapter 58 - Conquer, Laying Foundation For The Future
Chapter 59 - Encounter, Promise
Chapter 60 - Persistence, Uneasiness Of The Su Qi
Chapter 61 - Seventh Young Lord Awed By Mr. Ning
Chapter 62 - Begging And Rejection
Chapter 63 - Bean War
Chapter 64 - Windfall, Root Sculpture Business
Chapter 65 - Victory Of Bean War
Chapter 66 - A Pair Of Disgusting People
Chapter 67 - A ‘Happy’ Ending
Chapter 68 - Jian Qingyou
Chapter 69 - Su Qi’S Change
Chapter 70 - A Visit To Jian Mansion
Chapter 71 - A Sudden Stroke
Chapter 72 - A Strange Old Man
Chapter 73 - Kick Your Ass
Chapter 74 - The 'Happy' Couple
Chapter 75 - Refusal
Chapter 76 - Prepare For Soy Sauce Factory
Chapter 77 - Tong Family
Chapter 78 - Invitation
Chapter 79 - Tong Zijing’S Condition
Chapter 80 - Confession
Chapter 81 - Day One Of Therapy
Chapter 82 - Day Two
Chapter 83 - Uncle Jing
Chapter 84 - Cute Portrait
Chapter 85 - Become An Enviable Man
Chapter 86 - Tell Me Everything
Chapter 87 - Longevity Birthday Noodles
Chapter 88 - Cold Poison
Chapter 89 - Take Him Home
Chapter 90 - Brother-In-Law
Chapter 91 - A Hot Potato
Chapter 92 - Old Madam Jian’S Secret
Chapter 93 - An Amazing Play
Chapter 94 - The Biggest Loser
Chapter 95 - See Through The Vanity Of Life
Chapter 96 - Get Him A Tutor
Chapter 97 - Ji Xuyao
Chapter 98 - Happy New Year
Chapter 99 - Crush-On Of The Ladies
Chapter 100 - I Lose
Chapter 101 - The Story Of Liangzhu
Chapter 102 - The Vulgar Woman
Chapter 103 - Make It Bigger
Chapter 104 - A Decision
Chapter 105 - Would You Marry Me?
Chapter 106 - A Deadly Trap
Chapter 107 - Fall Into The Trap
Chapter 108 - Help Me
Chapter 109 - It’S My Fault!
Chapter 110 - Assassins!
Chapter 111 - Feel-Out
Chapter 112 - Reconsideration
Chapter 113 - Buying Servants
Chapter 114 - Mingyue And Caixia
Chapter 115 - An End Of The Connection
Chapter 116 - Vinegar
Chapter 117 - You Forget?
Chapter 118 - Former Servants
Chapter 119 - Being Forced Out
Chapter 120 - Another Mo Qianxue
Chapter 121 - Dream Broken
Chapter 122 - Chuyi'S Narrative
Chapter 123 - I Don'T Mind
Chapter 124 - A Stupid Thing
Chapter 125 - Poison Triggered
Chapter 126 - An Impasse
Chapter 127 - Plan B
Chapter 128 - Poison Removed
Chapter 129 - Love Palm
Chapter 130 - Nanny Mo
Chapter 131 - Run!
Chapter 132 - The Xie Family
Chapter 133 - Secret Internal Strength
Chapter 134 - Fake Truth
Chapter 135 - Toll The Bell
Chapter 136 - Man Up
Chapter 137 - Lady Is Back
Chapter 138 - The Empress
Chapter 139 - White Silk
Chapter 140 - Beggars In The Way
Chapter 141 - Who Is She?
Chapter 142 - Backbone
Chapter 143 - Grind Her Heart
Chapter 144 - Three Peach Blossoms
Chapter 145 - Old Trash
Chapter 146 - Invitation
Chapter 147 - Don'T You Trust Me?
Chapter 148 - Let Them Do It
Chapter 149 - The Empress’S Parrot
Chapter 150 - Manager Feng’S Report
Chapter 151 - Pay Rise
Chapter 152 - New Arrangement
Chapter 153 - Reshuffle
Chapter 154 - Lu Zhengyang
Chapter 155 - Learn Sword
Chapter 156 - Inside Spy
Chapter 157 - Bait
Chapter 158 - Vice Commander
Chapter 159 - How Did He Die?
Chapter 160 - A Halidom
Chapter 161 - The Seven Days
Chapter 162 - Questioning In The Face (1)
Chapter 163 - Questioning In The Face (2)
Chapter 164 - Questioning In The Face (3)
Chapter 165 - Questioning In The Face (4)
Chapter 166 - Lord Ning Is Here (1)
Chapter 167 - Lord Ning Is Here (2)
Chapter 168 - Peach Blossom Party (1)
Chapter 169 - Peach Blossom Party (2)
Chapter 170 - Peach Blossom Party (3)
Chapter 171 - Peach Blossom Party (4)
Chapter 172 - Dance Competition
Chapter 173 - Poem Competition
Chapter 174 - Fake Servant Girls
Chapter 175 - You, Or Him?
Chapter 176 - A New Master
Chapter 177 - Tea Ceremony
Chapter 178 - The First Talented Lady
Chapter 179 - A Fake Husband
Chapter 180 - A Fake Husband (2)
Chapter 181 - Put Her In Jail
Chapter 182 - Bad Luck
Chapter 183 - Can’T Get Out Now
Chapter 184 - The Emperor’S Reaction
Chapter 185 - The Night Before
Chapter 186 - The Witnesses
Chapter 187 - Mr. Jia
Chapter 188 - The Three Madams
Chapter 189 - Acquired Daughter
Chapter 190 - Impossible!
Chapter 191 - She Is Innocent
Chapter 192 - A Good Opponent
Chapter 193 - New Master Ning
Chapter 194 - Reunion
Chapter 195 - Reunion (2)
Chapter 196 - The Aftermath
Chapter 197 - Comers From Heimu And Ruoshui
Chapter 198 - The Death Of The Founder
Chapter 199 - The Secret Of The Token
Chapter 200 - Tell Him Everything
Chapter 201 - A Visit To Mother (1)
Chapter 202 - The Heartless Master
Chapter 203 - A Startling Conspiracy
Chapter 204 - Ning Shaoqing’S Former Fiancé
Chapter 205 - A Visit To Mother (2)
Chapter 206 - A Visit To Mother (3)
Chapter 207 - Make It Clear
Chapter 208 - A New Chess Piece
Chapter 209 - The First Encounter
Chapter 210 - All Is Worthwhile
Chapter 211 - Her Life-Savior
Chapter 212 - Caught By Surprise
Chapter 213 - Making Invitations
Chapter 214 - Daunt Away Master Mo
Chapter 215 - Mo Sisters
Chapter 216 - Stay Here
Chapter 217 - Junzhu Susu’S Wish
Chapter 218 - A Battle For The Box
Chapter 219 - Lan Ruomeng’S Invitation
Chapter 220 - The Power Of Love
Chapter 221 - The Flower-Appreciating Party
Chapter 222 - Yuwen Hanlei
Chapter 223 - Teach Her A Lesson
Chapter 224 - Two On-Looking Men
Chapter 225 - A Cheap Drama
Chapter 226 - Who Are You, Madam?
Chapter 227 - Slap!
Chapter 228 - Let Old Madam Take Care Of It
Chapter 229 - Make Matches
Chapter 230 - An Interesting Book
Categories Genre: Adventure, All, Drama, Historical, Josei, Ongoing, Romance, Shoujo Status: Ongoing Alternative names: 农门病夫君的娘子, ______
Total Chapters in book: 230
Estimated words: 503134 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 2516(@200wpm)___ 2013(@250wpm)___ 1677(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 503134 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 2516(@200wpm)___ 2013(@250wpm)___ 1677(@300wpm)
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LIST OF LAST 10 CHAPTERS:
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Chapter 210: All is Worthwhile
Translator: Antonia
After the exchange of courteous words, they shifted the topic to the two new poems of Mo Qianxue.
Mo Qianxue modestly answered a few questions and brought their attention to the Book of Songs to further discuss the aesthetics of poems and the like.
Meanwhile, Yunyao had served all the dishes and stayed in the room to wait the table.
Somehow, Mo Qianxue felt that Yunyao was absent-minded… The way she looked at Lu Zhengyang was a little weird…like…
It seemed that having stayed in this mind-blowing place for too long, she became as sensitive as others. Mo Qianxue shook her head to rid of the thought, raising up her cup with a grin.
Mo Qianxue was a veteran in business dinners. Today, Ning Shaoqing was the host, while she was the owner of the restaurant as well as his fiancé. Certainly, she took the initiative to entertain others. The air was subtle but quite lively.
Ning Shaoqing, Lu Zhengyang, Su Jinyu were all well-informed and knowledgeable people with in-depth understanding in literature. Su Qi, however, ever since Mo Qianxue and Junzhu Susu entered the room, never talked after making a toast and leaned on the broad chair back, eyelids slightly drooping down, making him look unruly and careless.
Ning Shaoqing, Lu Zhengyang and Su Jinyu didn’t said serious stuff anymore and lingered on discussing poems and literature to kill the time.
Mo Qianxue analyzed to herself that Su Jinyu must be the default future master of the Su family since he was the eldest young lord.
Su Jinhan was his brother, while Lu Zhengyang and Ning Shaoqing were friends. Both sides were equally powerful. They didn’t seem to have gathered merely to spend some leisure time together in sharing views on literature. Probably they had already reached certain agreement before she came in. Now they were talking about the Book of Changes.
Mo Qianxue was bored to hear their conversations and felt improper to interrupt them. She turned to look at Susu, only to find that Susu, who had always been a carefree girl, should now be bowing her head, silent as a cat missing its tongue, and smiling shyly like a real lady.
Mo Qianxue finally came to the realization that there had been already something wrong with Junzhu Susu when they walked in. By more careful reminiscence, she found Junzhu Susu mostly became unusual when her eyes met Su Qi.
Mo Qianxue glanced at Su Qi, who now looked at ease. Yet, as much as Mo Qianxue knew him, he must be bearing some bitterness right now.
Two carefree people, once meeting each other, became like this. Mo Qianxue dared to bet her life on an inside story.
The idea suddenly occurred to her. Why not make a match of them?
All the people present were on a busy schedule. After another moment of chatting, Su Jinyu stood up and said goodbye.
As he was leaving, Su Qi should go with him too. Seeing this, Lu Zhengyang also found it appropriate to say goodbye.
They didn’t get up immediately because a Junzhu was still here. Certainly they should wait until Susu left first.
Mo Qianxue pulled the hand of Susu, who was still in a daze, and also intended to say goodbye, when Ning Shaoqing smiled and said, “Later, I’ll send you back.”
Of course Ning Shaoqing didn’t want Mo Qianxue to sit in the same carriage with Susu hand in hand.
Nevertheless, he would never tell her the reason, adding, “Junzhu Susu must be tired after you hung around for a day. Don’t bother Junzhu anymore, or Princess Jing won’t forgive you…”
Mo Qianxue was exactly waiting for this excuse, but here, under so many watchful eyes, it’d be better for her to be reserved, so she stayed bashful silent for a while before replying, “That’d be nice. Then, please, master Ning, arranges someone to escort Junzhu Susu back.”
To escort Susu back home, Ning Shaoqing would either pick a few of his own guards or choose one from the three guests. Hopefully, Ning Shaoqing wouldn’t do it rigidly according to rules.
His lips curling up, he smiled like a fox and said spoiling, “Yes, of course.”
As the two ladies were well arranged, the men turned around to go.
“Wait.” Ning Shaoqing stopped Su Qi who was walking behind Su Jinyu, “Lord Jinhan, would you please escort Junzhu Susu back home?”
Among the three men, the eldest lord Su, with a sensitive identity, already married and had just mentioned that he had important things to mind. Lu Zhengyang was a son of a merchant, so his profession and status made him too humble for the task. Only Su Qi was suitable to do it.
Mo Qianxue laughed shrewdly in secrecy. Ning Shaoqing did know her mind.
Su Qi and Susu, how would you guys thank me for such a good opportunity?
Although there weren’t deadly strict rules to forbid contact between men and women, it was indeed improper for unmarried men and women to stay together without a justifiable reason. People would gossip in a disapproving way.
Hearing Ning Shaoqing’s request, Su Qi stilled momentarily and was about to refuse when Su Jinyu nonchalantly looked back and said, “Brother, you send Junzhu Susu back to her mansion, and I’ll go first.”
With these words, Su Qi had no other options.
The refusal at the tip of his tongue turned to a yes, and he said to Junzhu Susu and bowed thirty degrees, a standard posture of a gentleman, “This way, please.”
Seeing everyone leave, Ning Shaoqing and Mo Qianxue brought their eyes onto each other, affection oozing outward. Ning Shaoqing gently hugged Mo Qianxue, his chin softly rubbing against Mo Qianxue’s head.
The warmth around her infinitely magnified Mo Qianxue’s feelings. Her usual toughness already melted out and vanished.
Mo Qianxue reached out to hug back. Once the softest part of her heart was touched, she suddenly felt very exhausted, only wanting to put aside everything and to hug Ning Shaoqing like this. She hoped that time could halt for the moment and that there were only them in the world embracing each other tight and never releasing their hands or going back to the conspiracies.
With no words said, no more movements made, the whole room was filled with love and affection.
The guards at the door, nanny Mo, Chuyi and Shiwu all bowed to look at their own feet.
After a while of silence, Ning Shaoqing released Mo Qianxue and took her hand to go downstairs.
Getting inside the carriage, Mo Qianxue leaned on Ning Shaoqing again, while he brushed her hair with his fingers.
Feeling her exhaustion and attachment towards him, Ning Shaoqing asked softly, “What’s the matter?” The ear-pleasant sound was as soothing as cello. Mo Qianxue couldn’t help speaking her mind, “I’m just too tired! I want to stay in your arms, quietly like this, as if there were only the two of us in this world.”
Mo Qianxue’s light tone sounded somewhat lonely, “To be honest, in this month after I’m here, I’ve been more tired than the last decade. There are rules and plots in every step. I should think again and again before taking any action. This isn’t at all a life I want.
Sometimes, I really wanted to leave this place, this messy bustling capital city, and take you back to the Wang village, to our little house there, where I can smile or cry whenever I want to. And when I’m not happy, I can point at you and scold you like a crazy woman before other villagers or to stay in your arms at any time…”
Mo Qianxue said sadly, and Ning Shaoqing felt very sorry. He wanted to tell her that they could stay together everyday after their wedding in a few months.
However, before he said it, Mo Qianxue covered his lips with her hand.
She stared at him and said lightly, “Moving to the Ning mansion now seems merely to transfer from a small cage to a bigger one… The plots between women in the inner courtyards are sometimes filthier, more disgusting and invisibly ruthless. I fear our love may be grinded out by the cage…”
The Ning family, as a super family, certainly had complicated inter-personal relations in the mansion. His seniors included a grandmother, a father and the favored concubines even if Xie had moved to the domestic temple. There were also loads of others such as his elder and younger sister-in-law, aunts and so on…
Mo Qianxue had spent the last night pitying on herself while complaining the social customs, because there were already people trying to give concubines to Ning Shaoqing. What she didn’t spell out was what should she do if he had concubines in the future? Although she had expressed her attitude in a resolute way, she didn’t want to leave Ning Shaoqing after all.
Ning Shaoqing grabbed her hand and kissed it deep for a long while. After the silence, he said seriously in an irrefutable tone, ordering the driver, “Go out of city.”
Even though the driver didn’t understand why Ning Shaoqing changed his mind after just ordering to send Miss. Mo back to the Founder mansion, he didn’t ask and immediately turned around to drive in the direction of the city gate.
Getting one mile away from the city gate, to everyone’s surprise, Ning Shaoqing suddenly flew out of the carriage, holding Mo Qianxue in his arms, and galloped the best horse that Saber had prepared in advance to dash into the forest.
Gust came in the face…
Mo Qianxue’s worries were also his. When he was a child, he was never allowed to show his emotions, and his only way to vent it out was riding a horse and shouting everything out in a forest.
The wind was blowing in her ears, and Ning Shaoqing’s words were also floating.
“The hardships we’re going through are for a best future for us and our children.
There are many things forced on us in life. You may feel better after the wild galloping and violent wind.
As long as I, Ning Shaoqing, am here for one day, I’ll protect you and love you for one day…
No matter if there will be other women in the mansion, I swear that except Mo Qianxue I won’t sleep with any other women or even get near to them…
Ning Shaoqing only loves Mo Qianxue…”
Mo Qianxue had never expected the gentle Ning Shaoqing could be zealous and crazy like this and couldn’t help responding, “Mo Qianxue also loves Ning Shaoqing only…”
She suddenly felt that all the exhaustion and sufferings were worthwhile.
Total Chapters in book: 230
Estimated words: 503134 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 2516(@200wpm)___ 2013(@250wpm)___ 1677(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 503134 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 2516(@200wpm)___ 2013(@250wpm)___ 1677(@300wpm)
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