The Challenge of a Farmhouse Son-in-Law
Chapter 414 - 424 Yue Residence’s Instructions

Chapter 414: Chapter 424 Yue Residence’s Instructions

"You’re being unreasonable!" Yue Rujing was so angry that she huffed and puffed.

"You’re making a scene for no reason!" Gu Youyou retorted, unwilling to show weakness.

"You’re petty and narrow-minded!" Yue Rujing shouted loudly.

"You’re beyond reason!" Gu Youyou turned and went outside, taking a cloth to wipe the vertical signboard.

"You... you..." Yue Rujing almost bit her tongue, running out of words.

He truly wasn’t cut out for arguing.

No, it was that he couldn’t argue with Gu Youyou; this woman was sharp-tongued and quick-witted.

"Ah, forget it. I didn’t come here to argue with you today; I came to ask for your help," Yue Rujing said, deflated like a punctured ball, and followed behind Gu Youyou.

Gu Youyou paid him no attention and just kept doing her own thing.

Jin Zijin arrived and said in a deep voice, "Whatever you have to say, say it to me. If you’re here to plead for Yue Ruxue, I don’t think Youyou can do it, and I won’t let her go."

Gu Youyou paused for a moment, not saying a word.

She had known that Yue Rujing would come for this, but if Zijin said no, then it was no.

"Senior brother!" Yue Rujing had a dispirited look, "Axue is still young; you’ve watched her grow up."

Jin Zijin said, "It’s precisely because of that that I have this attitude."

"Senior brother, I..."

Jin Zijin raised his hand, interrupting him, "Indulging her blindly will only encourage her arrogant and disdainful nature. Ajing, I know you cherish your sister, but this overindulgence isn’t helping her; it’s harming her. Yi Can is a good man, and he is still young, with a bright future ahead of him.

This marriage arrangement, apart from being rushed, has no other issues. It’s your father’s decision; he has always been accurate in judging people and will not harm Yue Ruxue."

Only now did Gu Youyou know that the Yue Family had decided to marry off Yue Ruxue, and it was urgent—within this month.

The man was just a junior military officer; no matter what prospects he may have in the future, his current status was far from worthy of Yue Ruxue.

For her, it was a step-down marriage, and to marry in such haste was indeed a heavy punishment for someone with her proud temperament.

...

Jin Zijin’s attitude towards Gu Youyou had changed greatly; he no longer hid many things from her, such as the conflict initiated by the soldiers stationed at the border of Nanzhao Country and Lingnan. He said it was not a coincidence, but manipulation by the State Preceptor.

Unversed in political affairs, yet capable of instigating trouble among soldiers of another country thousands of miles away, it showed that the State Preceptor was even more formidable than Gu Youyou had imagined.

Her decision not to go to the Lin Family in the capital was the right one.

Wherever she went, misfortune followed, which made her feel somewhat guilty. Jin Zijin, however, told her that this trouble was deliberately stirred up by him and Yue Rujing, but they did not know that his reach had extended to Nanzhao Country.

If so, it was just as well; he had finally exposed this part of his strength, and it was worth it.

Gu Youyou didn’t understand the so-called political tactics, so she didn’t say much.

She only knew that the power struggle between the two sides was truly affecting innocent people; that father and son were really hacked to death by Nanzhao soldiers in a brutal manner.

The town at the junction of the two countries was called Wangxian Town. The border wasn’t as neatly drawn as the Chu River and Han border on a chessboard, so this town was a mixture of residents from both countries.

Their reasoning was that this father and son, registered residents of Zhuzhao Country, had insulted a young widow from Nanzhao Country. However, other residents from Nanzhao said the father and son had a good relationship with the widow’s late husband, and on that day, they were just repairing the leaky roof. The men had only fixed half of it when Nanzhao soldiers burst in, caught them, and without a word, hacked them to death.