Contentment with modest wealth

Chapter 2 Grandma, I'm a Rakshasa!
In the first month of the thirty-fifth year of the Jiayong reign, three major events occurred in the court, causing a great deal of discussion throughout the capital.

First, Yan Song, the Grand Secretary and Grand Tutor to the Crown Prince, celebrated his seventieth birthday by imperial decree, which was organized by the Ministry of Rites.

The birthday banquet lasted for three days, with guests ranging from emperors and relatives to nobles and high-ranking officials, as well as officials from all walks of life in and out of the capital. The Yan family's prestige was further enhanced.

Secondly, Shen Bo, the Vice Minister of War and Junior Guardian of the Heir Apparent, who had led troops to defend the border for many years and fought against enemy invaders, and who had turned the tide and repelled enemy troops several times, finally pacified the northern and southern borders and led his army back in triumph.

On the very day the news of the victory arrived in the capital, the emperor issued an edict promoting Shen Bo to Grand Commandant of the Crown Prince and Minister of War, bestowing upon him the title of Duke of Ying, and dispatching a fast horse to the border to deliver the edict.

The third thing happened right after that.

On the eve of Grand Commandant Shen's arrival in the capital, the eldest son of the Shen family, who was ordered to go out of the city to welcome his father's return, was caught in a sudden rainstorm on the banks of the Caohe River in Tongzhou. His horse lost its footing and fell into the water. If he had not grabbed onto the rocks on the riverbank in the moment of danger, Grand Commandant Shen would have had to suffer the pain of losing his son as soon as he arrived in the capital.

Even after being rescued, Young Master Shen suffered a head injury and fell into a coma.

Shen Bo had only one son with his deceased wife. He had been fighting on the frontier for many years and had never remarried or taken a concubine. Now that he had returned in glory, many people were eagerly anticipating his entry into the court to take charge of the government. However, before he even arrived home, he almost died without an heir!

Isn't this going to hurt the feelings of those who have made great contributions?

Isn't this clearly making people suspect the emperor?
The emperor was furious and dismissed almost all officials in Tongzhou Prefecture and the northern section of the Grand Canal.

Subsequently, Yan Song led his cabinet to propose measures such as building river embankments and dredging waterways under the pretext of strengthening north-south water transport. He further proposed a series of new policies, including opening up north-south grain transport and adjusting the national rice market.

The changes in river transport affected the fate of countless merchants and ordinary people.

A single speck of dust from Heaven falling to Earth becomes a giant rock.

As the dry northerly winds of February move southward, Shawan County on the west bank of the Xiangjiang River is experiencing a damp and cold spell, enveloped in drizzle.

Before dawn, Xie Yi had already prepared the medicinal soup and carefully carried it through the eaves where the drizzle was falling, heading towards the backyard.

The big yellow dog was soaked to the bone from the rain and kept barking at the door.

Xie Yi, annoyed by its noise, scolded it and continued through the eaves to the west wing.

Rainy days are already gloomy, and with the windows closed, the room felt even darker.

Xie Yi placed the medicine on the bedside table, opened the window halfway, then returned to the bedside, leaned closer to look at the person on the bed with their eyes tightly closed, and couldn't help but sigh and give them a push: "Hey, wake up already! It's been three days, no food or water, even an iron man couldn't endure that. You used to be so averse to any loss, but this time Li Er has caused you trouble, aren't you upset? And you still have the mind to sleep?"

But the person on the bed kept their eyes closed and did not react.

Xie Yi looked at her, her voice trembling with tears: "Although you always like to pull my ears and scold me whenever you get the chance, I can't bear to see you die. I know you've been eyeing my little bit of savings for a long time. Don't worry, as long as you wake up, I'll give you all my savings! If that's not enough, I'll go to the docks to carry rice and earn money for you to spend!"
"I beg you, don't die! Wake up! Let's go together, brother and sister, and beat those bastards who bullied you to death!"

Xie Yi was crying halfway when suddenly her wrist was tightly gripped!

"Who wants to die? I don't want to die!"

Xie Yi froze, looked up, and saw Lu Jia on the bed gritting her teeth and blurting out: "As long as I have a breath left, even if I have to risk it all again, I will definitely inflict a thousand times more pain on her Jiang family!"

Xie Yi's mouth dropped open: "Sister?..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Lu Jia clenched her right fist and slammed it into the bed, startling him who still had tears on his face!
"Are you possessed?!"

Xie Yi jumped up.

Lu Jia was burning with anger.

The moment she saw Jiang Shi, all the hatred that had been suppressed for over a decade surged forth. It was Jiang Shi who abandoned her in the wilderness when she was five years old, who tricked her into coming to the capital to marry in place of Lu Ying, and who, once she entered the deep and treacherous Yan family, secretly instigated the entire Yan family to bully her and provoked Yan Qu to beat her—all of this was done by Jiang Shi!

The deaths of her mother and younger brother were also orchestrated by Jiang Shi!

How could she possibly control herself from seeking revenge?
Even if she were pierced by a thousand swords, she would never allow the Jiang family to live!

Are you awake or not?

Xie Yi stared wide-eyed at Lu Jia, who was baring her teeth, but Lu Jia only wore a face full of resentment, without opening her eyes at all.

Xie Yi quickly reached out his hands and tentatively shook her arms: "My dear aunt, are you possessed by a ghost?... Wake up! If you don't wake up, I'm going to go get the peach wood sword from Li Chang's father!"

"If I don't kill you today, I'm not a Lu!"

Sensing the force on her arm, Lu Jia realized that Jiang was still struggling in her death throes, so without saying a word, she slapped her. With this force, Jiang suddenly sat up!
……

Lu Jia gazed at the house, its outline gradually emerging in the dim light of the day.

Standing in front of the bed was a boy of about twelve or thirteen, his clothes patched up. His face was not clear because he was backlit, but his eyes were big and bright, like the shimmering water of the Xiangjiang River under the sun.

If it weren't for the fact that his eyes were wide open at the moment, this face could truly be described as handsome.

Her throat tightened: "Yi-ge'er?!"

Xie Yi panicked even more: "You're not serious? You don't even recognize me? What's wrong with you?"

Lu Jia jumped to the ground and shivered violently in the cold wind of the room!

Then she quickly walked to the door, looked around the courtyard, and her expression kept changing!
Xie Yi was completely flustered and chased after her with the shoes in hand: "My dear sister, no, my dear aunt! Put your shoes on right now! You've only just woken up. If something goes wrong later, Mother will chop me up!"

Lu Jia looked down at his head, gently stroked it, and then her hand slid down to skillfully pinch one of his ears: "It really is you! You're actually alive!"

Xie Yi, who was helping her put on her shoes, almost fell head over heels when he heard this!
"I've been watching over you day and night for three days and three nights, and you only pulled my ear after I woke up, and now you won't even let me live? You heartless woman!"

Lu Jia giggled!
She turned away from his incessant cursing, strode back into the room, saw the bowl of medicine by the bedside, picked it up without a word, and gulped it down!

Xie Yi was shocked!
With trembling hands, he handed her a handkerchief to wipe her mouth, his teeth chattering: "Why are you so happy? What, what the hell are you?"

"Rakshasa demon!" Lu Jia patted his shoulder and said loudly, "This old lady has been through hell and hell, and I'm back to cause trouble!"

After saying that, she grinned and said, "Don't worry, you've served me well, so I won't mess with you!"

Xie Yi: ! ...

"Oh right," Lu Jia remembered, "Where is Mother?"

The boy shuddered twice, then came to his senses: "We're going to the Zhang family's place."

At this point, he jumped up again: "The Zhang family wanted to sell you to the Li family, to lure that beast Li Er to see you, to capsize your boat, and to make you fall into the water!"
“These past few days, your mother has been busy taking care of you and hasn’t had a chance to argue with them. This morning, seeing that you were still asleep, I couldn’t hold back any longer and went to the Zhang family before dawn. I’m afraid they’ve already started fighting by now!”

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