The Farm Girl’s Charismatic Fortune
Chapter 224 - 220 Rewards

Chapter 224: Chapter 220 Rewards

Xuanyuan Que pinched a Fairy Technique and cast it.

Time froze at that moment.

He swiftly grabbed Ruo Xuan’s tiny hand and pulled her to her feet.

The instant the two stood up, a group of children pounced on the bed, rolling around gleefully.

The wardrobe, the soft big bed, they were all paradises for the little ones.

Ruo Xuan patted her small chest, "Fortunately, Brother Xuanyuan, you pulled me up quickly."

Xuanyuan Que frowned as he looked at the children on the bed.

He never liked others touching his belongings or his items being tainted with others’ presence, but this was the Ruo Family’s home, and although the room was prepared for him by this flower, it wasn’t right to drive people away and spoil everyone’s joy, thus dampening the flower’s spirits.

Xuanyuan Que looked at the group of human cubs on the bed and told himself, "I’ll endure it this time."

At that moment, Shopkeeper Gu hurried over, happily announcing, "Lady Xuanbao, the imperial edict has arrived, hurry and receive it!"

Ruo Xuan’s eyes lit up, and she immediately pulled Xuanyuan Que’s hand and ran out.

Ruo Xuan asked Xuanyuan Que in a soft voice, "Is your father going to reward me with gold again? Did you ask him to give me more? It’s okay to have less of the other rare treasures since the imperial gifts can’t be sold."

Ruo Xuan felt that gold and silver were the best, giving her the freedom to buy whatever she wanted!

Xuanyuan Que indifferently replied, "Yes, two hundred taels of gold, an extra hundred taels. There are rules, and it’s not good to make it public. I will give it to you privately."

Xuanyuan Que knew this flower liked gold, but the rewards of gold were regulated, with a maximum of a hundred taels; other rare treasures would also be granted.

The extra hundred taels were something he had added from his own treasury.

Ruo Xuan was overjoyed, a hundred taels of gold was equivalent to a thousand taels of silver.

Ruo Xuan let go of Xuanyuan Que’s hand and sped up her run.

Xuanyuan Que watched her retreating figure, contemplating the matter of earning silver.

In the Cultivation World, silver was worthless; he neither needed it nor was he ever short of it.

Yet this flower was so materialistic, even wanting to haggle over imperial gifts.

He always disliked trouble and being pestered. To avoid being bothered by this flower, he needed to earn silver quickly, lest one day she wants it, and he has nothing to give.

By the time Ruo Xuan ran out, the courtyard was already filled with people.

Xuanyuan Que didn’t follow, but stayed in the room with Madam Xuanyuan.

During the imperial edict reception, everyone present needed to kneel down, but Madam Xuanyuan, of high status, naturally did not need to kneel, which the villagers did not realize.

Xuanyuan Que, the War God of the Ninth Heaven, never performed a salute to anyone since he could walk, regardless of how his manners were taught; he never knelt to anyone and never initiated greetings to others.

Fortunately, The Emperor and Empress Dowager doted on him and excused him from paying respects. Nobody else dared say anything.

Granny Lei quickly pulled Ruo Xuan to the front, "Xuanbao, do you still remember how to receive the edict?"

Ruo Xuan nodded her little head happily, "I remember, how could I forget about receiving silver? I don’t know how much gold The Emperor has bestowed this time."

Granny Lei laughed, "You girl, now you only have eyes for silver."

The Emperor’s reward, ah, was a matter of glorifying one’s ancestors. Many people might not achieve such honor in their lifetimes, yet she only cared about the gold The Emperor rewarded.

Ruo Xuan, "With silver, things get done!"

Ruo Shui couldn’t help but complain to his wife, "Xuanbao’s love for silver, she takes after you!"

Madam Liu had a habit of counting her silver every night before going to sleep, even when she previously had only a few coins at hand.

Moreover, she kept meticulous records of every single piece of silver, and couldn’t sleep unless she figured out where any missing coin had gone.

With an expressionless face, Madam Liu tore the money pouch from his waist, "On this bright and auspicious day, the noble son who regards money as mere dirt doesn’t cherish silver, so from now on, your monthly allowance will be just five coins!"

Madam Liu took all the loose change out, put it into her own pouch, leaving only five coins, and then stuffed it back into his hands.

After all, men turn bad once they have silver, so why would he need so much of it?

Let’s not let it benefit some vixen outside one day!

She had long wanted to give him only five coins, and finally she found an excuse.

Ruo Shui was dumbstruck!

His monthly pocket money was only fifty coins, and she would still occasionally send him to buy soy sauce or salt, or to buy candied haw and sugar figures for the children, almost making sure he spent all of his fifty coins.

Now it suddenly became five coins a month, what would happen when Xuanbao asked him to buy sugar figures next time? Wouldn’t he have not a single coin left?

You should know that every time Xuanbao bought sugar figures, she would insist on buying one for each of her brothers, and now that their family’s situation has improved and there were plenty of delicious foods, her brothers didn’t even like sweets anymore, she still insisted on buying them, and all the sugar figures ended up in her own belly!

"My dear!" Ruo Shui gently tugged at Madam Liu’s sleeve, "Five coins are too few!"

Madam Liu looked up at the sky as if she hadn’t heard.

Ruo Shui wanted to say more but at that moment, the honor guard arrived with the decree, a soft voice sounded, "The Imperial Decree has arrived, Lady Ruo Xuan, receive the decree!"

Granny Lei hurriedly led Xuanbao to kneel down, followed by the Ruo Family members, villagers, and guests who all knelt down in a rustle.

"By the Mandate of Heaven, the Emperor decrees: Xishui Village’s Ruo Family’s daughter, Xuanbao, is intelligent...."

What followed was a string of praises for Xuanbao, commending her for cultivating the third season of rice that yielded a thousand catties per mu, benefiting the common people and so on.

Ruo Xuan just wished the eunuch delivering the decree would quickly get to the point.

Her little knees were already sore from kneeling!

"....Her merits are boundless, truly a model for all under heaven! I am pleased, and my ministers admire her, thus I confer upon her the title of Princess Wuyou, setting an example to all under heaven. Additionally, I bestow one hundred taels of gold, one hundred mu of fertile land in the Capital City, a Princess Residence in the city, ten boxes of gold and silver jewelry, a quantity of silk and satins, let it be known!"

"Thank you, The Emperor, long live the Emperor, long live, long, long live!" Ruo Xuan expressed her sincere gratitude and received the Imperial Decree.

Madam Liu quickly passed a purse to the eunuch who came with the decree, and invited him and the other decree bearers to join them for a celebratory feast at their home.

As Eunuch Sun had already come to deliver decrees on two occasions, the Ruo Family had repeatedly earned merits and caught the Emperor’s eye, and had good relations with the Empress Dowager and the Ninth Prince. Now with a Commandery Princess among them, they could reach new heights at any moment.

Seeing that the Empress Dowager was also attending the feast and that he was ordered to observe how the Empress Dowager was being treated there and what the Ruo Family was like, he felt no rush to pay his respects to the Empress Dowager, and was keen on building a good relationship with the Ruo Family, so he readily accepted the invitation.

Although he was a eunuch from the palace, with seemingly low status, he was a eunuch serving near the Emperor, and even high officials from the Capital City wouldn’t dare to disrespect him.

Ruo Shui invited him to the main table.

By that time, Lady Xuanyuan, having received the decree, was brought over by Ruo Xuan to sit at the main table.

Eunuch Sun wouldn’t dare sit on equal terms with the Empress Dowager!

In the end, it was Ruo Shui who opened two tables for him and the decree bearers, and then they felt comfortable to enjoy the feast.

That feast left not a single villager feeling at ease.

All because Ruo Xuan had become a Commandery Princess, truly a shock to the villagers.

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