"I would choose the one I liked."
That was Xu Shi's answer.
"Quit speaking in riddles."
Xia Ke'an said helplessly, "Hurry up and tell me—which world do you prefer?"
"No matter how you looked at it, this world was better, wasn't it?"
Xu Shi smiled. "Although there were no extraordinary powers, all of you were still here, and everyone's lives were much smoother."
"And there were blue skies, white clouds, starry nights, and a bright moon."
Six carriages had already stopped in the outer courtyard of Marquis Chu's residence, all bound for Tang Garden. Chen Afu handed Steward Luo two basins of braised dishes and a large basin of sticky rice dates as he was packing up. She also told him that she wanted to stop by Laohuai Village to sign tenancy agreements with the tenant farmers there.
Dongmei said sadly, "Although Taotao doesn't know how to fall in love, he is a very devoted child."
"That's right, it wasn't just usury..." Lance said in a grave voice, a thought suddenly surfacing in his mind.
At present, only the two of them remained, while the cultivators still had three people. If Zhuhong did not pull herself together soon, they would very likely fall into the hands of those human cultivators.
This was the plan Rong Zhao had devised at the temple—show weakness. Now, she and her mother consort had completely lost the Emperor's favor and had even incurred the Crown Prince's dislike. The Emperor was her biological father, so perhaps he would not be cruel enough to force her to become a nun. But once the Crown Prince ascended the throne, that would no longer be the case. Her fate would have only one outcome: becoming a nun.
Not letting them leave the beginner village for three months was simply