The Abandoned Wife of a Military Family: Your disguise has been exposed again.

Chapter 201 Heartbroken

Rong Zhen glanced at him. "It does look like it."

Rong Xue: "..."

He reluctantly loosened his grip on Rong Zhen's sleeve.

"Xue'er, stop fooling around!" Mu Tianji scolded his daughter.

Upon hearing this address, Rong Xue's eyes widened in astonishment, and she pointed at Mu Qingxue, saying, "Why is she also called Xue'er?"

Yun Wei coughed lightly and introduced him: "Rong Xue, this is my senior brother's youngest daughter, named Mu Qingxue. Like you, her name contains the character 'Xue' (snow)."

Upon hearing this, Rong Xue became even more furious.

Are you kidding me? This annoying guy's name even has the character "snow" in it. He's definitely going to change his name tomorrow.

"No way, no way, you're a grown man, how can you be called Xue?" Mu Qingxue exclaimed.

Rong Xue sneered, "Who says a man can't be named Xue? I think it's strange for a girl like you to be named Xue."

“Snow is soft, it would be strange for a man to be called Snow. No wonder you look like a sissy!” Mu Qingxue retorted.

“Me, a sissy? Then wouldn’t someone like you be a tomboy?” Rong Xue retorted sarcastically.

"I..." Mu Qingxue put her hands on her hips in anger, "I'm so gentle and cute, you must be blind to think I'm like a man."

"Are you blind? What girl is like you? I think you're a tomboy!" Rong Xue said sarcastically.

"Rong Xue, that's enough!" Rong Zhen snapped.

“Uncle, she said that to me first,” Rong Xue said, unconvinced.

"You call yourself a boy? You have no manners at all," Mu Qingxue mocked.

“You can’t be polite, even if you are. You’re so rude and uncouth,” Rong Xue sneered.

"Rong Xue, tomorrow you will go with General Cui to the military camp for some training," Rong Zhen suddenly said in a deep voice.

Upon hearing this, Rong Xue shrank back and immediately shut her mouth.

Seeing that the two had finally calmed down, everyone shook their heads helplessly.

They're such kids, arguing over something like this.

The banquet wouldn't start for a while, so Rong Zhen and the other men sat together and started talking, while Yun Wei sat with the women and chatted.

Before long, the banquet was ready, and everyone moved to the banquet hall.

During the meal, everyone toasted and ate to their heart's content.

When they had almost finished eating, Rong Zhen suddenly brought up the matter of hiring Mu Tianji as the Right Vice Censor-in-Chief of the Censorate.

Mu Tianji was stunned and looked at Rong Zhen in surprise.

After a long pause, he finally spoke, "The Regent thinks so highly of me, and I should not refuse. However, I am, after all, a citizen of the Moon Kingdom, and this... is not appropriate."

“When you were in the Yue Kingdom, you served as the prime minister. Now, I am truly doing you a disservice by appointing you as the Right Vice Censor-in-Chief in my Wei Kingdom. I understand your concerns. Please consider them carefully before giving me your answer,” Rong Zhen said slowly.

Mu Tianji hurriedly said, "It's not that I dislike the low rank of the official position. In fact, I am new here, and the fact that the Regent has appointed me as the Right Vice Censor-in-Chief is already a great honor. My main concern is... to avoid suspicion."

Rong Zhen nodded. "I understand, so there's no need for you to rush to answer me."

"Thank you for your consideration, Regent." Mu Tianji's expression softened slightly as he raised his wine cup. "My family has been able to live in peace thanks to the Regent. Today, I would like to offer this toast to the Regent." "You flatter me, sir." Rong Zhen raised his wine cup, clinked it against his, and then drank it all in one gulp.

After the banquet, Yunwei had the Mu family members escorted back to Qingyi Garden. As for Xuanyuan Jing, she asked Cui Shao and Rong Xue to give her a ride along the way.

After everyone had left, Yunwei looked at the man sitting in his seat and asked, "Do you really want my senior brother to take a position in the imperial court?"

"Mm." Rong Zhen nodded.

"Is it because of me?" Yunwei couldn't help but ask.

Rong Zhen had drunk quite a bit of wine, his handsome face slightly flushed. Upon hearing this, he propped his head up, glanced at her, and said with a smile, "Of course I have to consider your feelings, but your senior brother is a talented person. If he is willing to serve my Wei Kingdom, it would be a good thing for the court."

“But my senior brother is, after all, a citizen of Yue Kingdom. Is it really appropriate for him to serve Wei Kingdom? Even if my senior brother is innocent, what will others think?” Yun Wei said with concern.

Rong Zhen nodded. “Your concerns are not without merit, but if your senior brother is willing, I can go against the majority opinion and hire him. But the problem is, your senior brother is not willing.”

Yun Wei thought about it and agreed, "That makes sense."

Although his senior brother was disillusioned by the Yue Kingdom's court, he was still a citizen of Yue Kingdom. If he were to switch allegiance to another country's court, it would be tantamount to betraying his own country.

How could my senior brother, who had once been loyal to the Yue Kingdom's court, possibly accept this?
“I’m not forcing him, but he is indeed a talented person and is in his prime. It would be a real pity if he didn’t pursue an official career now,” Rong Zhen said.

“I know you cherish talent, but there’s nothing we can do about it,” Yun Wei said.

My senior brother's position is awkward. It's fine for him to be an ordinary citizen in Wei, but if he were to take up an official position, it would definitely attract criticism. My senior brother is such an upright person, he simply cannot stand it.

Rong Zhen understood what she meant and stopped discussing it. Instead, he took her hand and said, "What I'm curious about is that you call him senior brother, which means that he, like you, is from the same school and should specialize in medicine. Why did he choose the path of officialdom instead?"

Yunwei sighed, "I started learning late. When I met my senior brother, he was already an official in the Yue Kingdom court. But my master was not only good at medicine. He was full of talent, but he just didn't like being an official. In addition to teaching my senior brother medicine, he also taught him academics. But my senior brother was good at academics, while his medical skills were only so-so."

"Then what about your master now..." Rong Zhen asked hesitantly.

“My master passed away a few years ago,” Yun Wei said, her expression somewhat somber.

Rong Zhen squeezed her hand, feeling very apologetic. "I'm sorry."

"It's nothing," Yunwei shook her head. "Master died of old age. He was already ninety years old when he passed away."

Upon hearing this, Rong Zhen felt relieved and asked, "Then what country is your master from?"

He had naturally heard the rumors about Doctor Hua. It was said that Doctor Hua had miraculous healing skills and could bring the dead back to life and heal the wounded. However, his whereabouts were elusive and few people had ever seen him, so he assumed that it was just something someone had made up.

Unexpectedly, there really was such a person, and he was even Yunwei's master.

“My master is also from the State of Wei,” Yunwei said.

Rong Zhen was surprised, "Your master was also from Wei?"

Yunwei was silent for a while before recounting what happened back then. "When I was eight years old, my adoptive parents passed away one after another. The family's land was seized by those uncles and aunts, and they even sold me to a local landlord's family as a child bride. I couldn't bear the abuse, so I ran away. Just when I was about to starve to death, I met my master."

My master loved to travel the world freely. He originally wanted to find me a good family to adopt me, but he discovered that I had some talent in medicine, so he changed his mind and took me as his last disciple.

After that, I followed him everywhere.

My master was very selfless and taught me everything he knew. All my skills came from his teaching.

Later, we went to Xizhou and also to Yue Kingdom. When we arrived in Yue Kingdom, our master's health was quite poor, so we stayed there until three years ago when he passed away. He left a will asking me to take his ashes back to Wei Kingdom for burial, so I returned to Wei Kingdom.

Firstly, to fulfill his master's dying wish; secondly, to avoid being recruited by Emperor Zhaoxing.