"As you wish."

The old woman waved her hand, got up,

"I'm old, I can't control you anymore."

"Grandmother can continue to enjoy her old age."

"Fan Zhengwen!"

"Your grandson is here."

"I don't care about the Fan family or anything else. I only care about myself. In the few years I have left to live, can I continue to live this comfortable life!"

"Your grandson knows. Your grandson has always known that, with Grandmother's abilities, she can live a good life anywhere."

"I don't care about having many children and grandchildren."

"Yes."

"But if all the children and grandchildren are dead, even if I have a life of luxury, it will be missing that bit of warmth. It won't be as comfortable."

Children and grandchildren, the Fan family, are just embellishments in the old woman's life;

Yes, with her abilities, she could live a prosperous life even if she left the Fan family, but the quality of life, especially the quality of her mental well-being, would inevitably decline.

She's unwilling.

She's not the kind of old woman who would sacrifice everything for her family, just like when she married that man, she was only thinking of herself.

"Grandmother, this is fate. You can't escape it. After being supported by the Fan family for sixty years, you have to give something back."

"How dare you speak to me like that?"

"These are your grandson's true feelings."

"I gave birth to children for the Fan family. I don't owe the Fan family anything!"

"When a large family is powerful, it doesn't matter; but once its power declines, everyone must be prepared to be the firewood thrown into the bonfire.

Grandmother,

You're the same."

"No one can force me to do something I don't want to do."

"Your grandson won't force you. Your grandson only hopes that Grandmother won't interfere too much."

"Heh, I take back what I said earlier. You do have a bit of Tian Wujing's style now."

"Your grandson thanks Grandmother for the compliment."

Fan Zhengwen raised his head, looked directly at his grandmother, and continued:

"In fact, your grandson is just like you, Grandmother. What we want is the life we seek in our hearts. For this, we can spare no effort and care about nothing, including family.

With your grandson's abilities, even without the Fan family, your grandson can still find food to eat."

"Then what exactly is this Fan family? In the eyes of you and me, Grandmother and Grandson, has it really become a spittoon?"

"Yes, in your grandson's opinion, our Fan family has always been using a spittoon to eat. Your grandson is full and wants to change to a bowl to eat from."

"As you wish, as you wish, as you wish!"

The old woman's figure flashed and disappeared into the room. In an instant, the temperature in the small courtyard dropped sharply, and even the geothermal heat below could not stop it at all.

The original blooming flowers quickly began to show signs of withering.

Xuan cultivators aren't strong in combat, but their various mysterious methods are indeed unimaginable.

Fan Zhengwen reached out and dusted off the dust on his shoulder, turned around, and walked out of the small courtyard.

...

As for Zheng Boye,

He didn't go to the kitchen to find Liu Ruqing at this time,

But went directly back to Qingfang Zhai.

The poetry gathering in Qingfang Zhai had ended, and the beautiful women had all left, and the courtyard suddenly seemed a lot deserted.

Zheng Fan didn't go to the table, but sat on a cushion next to a coffee table, reaching out to grab some dried fruits and slowly eating them.

After a while,

Fan Zhengwen came,

With a smile,

Still the image of a handsome middle-aged man.

"Boye."

"Brother Fan."

Fan Zhengwen sat down and said:

"The matter of renovating the other courtyard in Zhou County has fallen to our Fan family. Boye's group of people will disguise themselves and enter first."

"Good." Zheng Fan nodded.

"The remaining troops will be divided into two groups. One group will hide in a warehouse of my Fan family in Zhou County, to serve as internal and external support on that day. The other group will be arranged in a horse farm at the foot of Qishan Mountain, which can be used as a reception point."

"Thank you for your trouble."

"Boye is too polite."

"Does Brother Fan have anything else?"

"I'm here to apologize to Boye."

"It's not necessary."

"The old woman is old and will always have some eccentric tempers. I hope Boye won't take it to heart."

"It's my honor to be able to talk to the old woman."

"Thank you, Boye."

Fan Zhengwen then got up, saluted and bid farewell.

He came in a hurry and left in a hurry, just to make amends for what happened earlier.

After Fan Zhengwen left, A Ming walked in and asked:

"Master, did something happen?"

Zheng Fan shook his head and said, "It's not exactly something, but I just found out that there's a xuan cultivator living in the Fan mansion. It's Fan Zhengwen's grandmother, and she seems to have some skills."

"Sounds like she's not of one heart with the Fan family?"

"An exquisite egoist."

A Ming smiled when he heard this and said, "Seems like she's one of us."

"Yeah, hey, I never thought we were so annoying."

"Hehe." A Ming smiled.

"However, Fan Zhengwen should be able to stabilize the situation, and the problem shouldn't be too big. Next, let's just wait slowly. If we can rob the princess back, this trip can be considered a successful mission to Jingnan Marquis."

"I wonder what the Chu princess will look like," A Ming said.

"She probably won't be as good-looking as that Liu Ruqing today."

"Oh, for you, a vampire, to find her good-looking, she must be really good-looking."

"What your subordinate means is that the master doesn't need to hesitate. Life is short, so you should enjoy yourself in time. Most importantly, Si Niang isn't here right now."

"I've been celibate for too long, and I've become a bit of a prude."

A Ming said, "A little dirt won't hurt."

"Ah, A Ming."

"Yes, Master?"

"You're really not suitable for being a pimp. Promise me, don't force yourself so much next time."

The last time, Ke Shi, was brought by A Ming.

A Ming nodded.

"Is there a lot of wine in the wine cellar?"

"So much that you can't taste it all."

"Then cherish this opportunity."

"I will, Master."

At this time, He Chunlai walked in and said to Zheng Fan:

"Boye, Miss Liu Ruqing has come to deliver mung bean soup."

Delivering iced mung bean soup in the middle of winter is indeed very disharmonious.

But whether or not to drink the soup is actually secondary. It's all about the person delivering the soup.

As soon as Liu Ruqing came in, A Ming and others automatically dispersed.

"Uncle, this is the mung bean soup that Grandmother ordered me to send. The soup has been delivered, but Qingfang Zhai here is ultimately not a warm hall. Just put it here as a token of appreciation."

"Miss Ruqing is still the most considerate."

"Uncle is making fun of me."

Zheng Fan picked up a spoon, took a sip, and ate a cold drink in the middle of winter. His past self would definitely have diarrhea, but his body has been trained in this life, so it's not a problem.

Liu Ruqing sat there, seeming a little hesitant.

"What's wrong?" Zheng Fan asked.

"Uncle, my younger brother's body used to be fine, but it has started to become weak in the past few years. I've asked many doctors to see him, but they haven't been able to improve his condition. The Eldest Master and Grandmother both said that you are a skilled doctor, so, I, I, I..."

It was a bit difficult to ask for help, especially from a stranger she had only met for the first time today. In addition, the aura that Zheng Fan exuded always made Liu Ruqing feel a sense of pressure. Therefore, she even started to sob as she spoke. In a moment of desperation, she cried out:

"Uncle~~~"

Hiss!!!

Zheng Boye suddenly felt that the bowl of iced mung bean soup in front of him could no longer give him "relief from the heat."

"Okay, you bring him here tomorrow, and I'll take a look."

"Thank you, Uncle~~"

"We're family, don't be so polite. By the way, your grandmother also said that you have a problem with poor blood circulation. Let me take a look at it. After I see your younger brother tomorrow, you can come over again. I'll prescribe two prescriptions for you. You're overthinking things, which has turned into a deficiency of qi, which has depressed your heart. It doesn't seem like a big problem now, but if you continue to ignore it, it will lead to serious illness."

"Uncle, you're so good."

"It's my duty, it's my duty."

Unknowingly, Liu Ruqing's face also began to turn red, like a ripe fruit, exuding a mouthwatering fragrance.

On the roof,

A Ming sat in the middle, drinking wine.

Chen Daole and He Chunlai sat on either side of A Ming.

Chen Daole said, "I think when marrying a wife, one should marry a virtuous one."

The virtue here not only refers to virtuousness, but also to a clean background. As a member of the Chen family, even if the family has declined, he still maintains his integrity and would not marry a widow.

"Heh..."

A Ming chuckled,

Said:

"You look down on widows?"

"No... no, I just think..."

He Chunlai said, "I've heard that widows are actually a bonus for our Boye?"

A Ming said directly: "It's not a bonus, it's a threshold."

He Chunlai and Chen Daole both tacitly picked up their wine glasses and drank, not daring to continue this topic. After all, they were newcomers, and they were different from old-timers like A Ming who dared to joke about Boye at will.

Liu Ruqing left, but the fragrant breeze remained.

Zheng Fan scraped the bottom of the bowl with a spoon, gathered the remaining mung bean soup together, and made it into the last spoonful, which he sent into his mouth.

Tonight,

Zheng Boye slept very well again.

The next morning, Liu Ruqing came early. Today, Liu Ruqing changed into a slightly more serious outfit, a purple jacket with a white fox fur scarf, which looked dignified without losing its original flavor.

But because Zheng Boye's sleep quality had been too good in the Fan mansion these past two days,

It caused Liu Ruqing to wait for half an hour after she arrived, but Zheng Boye had not yet gotten up.

Now, Liu Ruqing was anxious. Large families have many rules, and female family members have rules for going out to visit their parents' homes, such as what time to go out and what time to return.

If she waited any longer, she wouldn't be able to leave the mansion today.

Liu Ruqing could only walk to the door and call out:

"Uncle~~~"

Finally,

Zheng Boye woke up.

Zheng Fan had free access to the Fan mansion. Fan Zhengwen was a refined person, and his intention was to build a good relationship with Zheng Fan. Therefore, he regarded his mansion and the female family members in the mansion as an extremely elegant "hunting ground" and gave it to Zheng Fan to play with. He wouldn't be too enthusiastic, but he would give you absolute freedom.

But when Zheng Fan was about to go out, a steward-like person personally called for the Fan mansion's carriage.

One, a very large carriage, with the Fan mansion's guards opening the way and accompanying it.

Liu Ruqing was not qualified to call for this kind of carriage now.

However, the carriage that Liu Ruqing had originally called was detained by the Fan mansion's steward, who said that the gentleman was a distinguished guest of the Fan mansion, and the master had ordered that the gentleman's safety be protected.

Liu Ruqing had no choice but to get into the carriage with Zheng Fan.

The space inside the carriage was very large, but there was only one seat. At the same time, the corners were specially treated, so only one person could sit in it openly, and everyone else who came in could only kneel at that person's feet.

Zheng Boye got in first, and then Liu Ruqing came in.

Zheng Fan didn't get up to show gentlemanly etiquette, because this era didn't like the fake stuff, and animals were popular.

Most importantly, Zheng Fan also knew that Liu Ruqing wouldn't dare to let her uncle kneel while she sat.

The carriage moved forward,

Liu Ruqing knelt at Zheng Fan's feet, which was originally the posture of a maid.

Zheng Boye sat upright, but he would occasionally lower his head to look at the person in front of him.

At this point, Zheng Boye had a new understanding of the extravagance of wealthy families. Details, details, details, look at the details of these people!

Liu Ruqing's younger brother, Liu Zhong, lived in a small house, which Liu Ruqing helped rent. Her younger brother usually attended the Fan family's private school.

The carriage stopped at the entrance of the house. The surrounding Fan mansion guards who were accompanying them directly climbed over the wall and entered, controlling a servant woman and a gatekeeper.

Liu Ruqing was stunned for a moment, and Zheng Fan could only comfort her:

"These people are too radical, let everyone go."

The people were released.

Liu Ruqing knew that her younger brother's health was the most important thing. The more the Fan family valued Zheng Fan, the more it meant that Zheng Fan's medical skills were more skilled.

This woman really didn't know that the man she had knelt for all the way didn't understand medical skills at all, and the most prescriptions he had ever prescribed were "drink more boiled water."

It was also because the gatekeeper and servant woman were controlled first, so no one notified the inside. Liu Ruqing and Zheng Fan went straight in. Well, it wasn't really straight in, after all, the depth of this house wasn't actually very big.

"Younger brother, younger brother, your older sister has come to see you, younger brother."

Liu Ruqing reached out and knocked on the door.

At this time, her younger brother's bedroom door was still tightly closed, which made her think that something was wrong with her younger brother's health, and she was very anxious.

Who knew that there was a sudden noise inside, as well as the sound of a cup falling to the ground and breaking.

Liu Ruqing's face immediately changed, thinking that there were gangsters in her younger brother's bedroom.

Zheng Boye immediately stepped forward and kicked open the bedroom door.

Good heavens,

The two people inside were talking to each other.

One of them was a young man with a thin body, but he looked a bit like Liu Ruqing between the eyebrows;

As for the other;

"Mingyan, why are you here? Why are you..."

Liu Ruqing exclaimed.

The other young man was called Fan Mingyan, and he was the son of the Fan family's third branch.

Zheng Boye felt very surprised that he could see this scene of Jin Dynasty style when he accompanied Liu Ruqing to help her see a doctor this morning.

So, there was a reason why Liu Zhong's body was not good.

Liu Ruqing was both angry and ashamed. She was angry that her younger brother had secretly done this kind of thing, and she was ashamed that it was actually a member of the Fan family. For a moment, she was so angry that she spat out a mouthful of blood, and her body fell backward.

Zheng Boye quickly grabbed her.

When Liu Zhong saw his sister being hugged by a strange man, he immediately stepped forward.

But Zheng Boye immediately glared at him.

Liu Zhong was so frightened that he shivered. He was already weak and frail, so he sat down on the ground.

Zheng Boye simply picked up Liu Ruqing completely and said to the people around him, "Return to the Fan mansion."

In the carriage back,

It was even more comfortable than when they came.

Zheng Fan was sitting, and Liu Ruqing was being held in Zheng Fan's arms.

The carriage was shaking, and there was always some contact. The beauty of this was not as refreshing as the torrential rain of Wushan, but it also had the graceful charm of a small bridge and flowing water.

The funniest thing was that Zheng Boye discovered that Liu Ruqing was actually awake. After all, she had just fainted from anger, and there was no serious illness.

But because she had broken her younger brother's ugly affair in front of her "uncle", and because her posture was too embarrassing, Liu Ruqing still closed her eyes and continued to pretend to be unconscious.

But there was no way that these details could not be discovered by Zheng Boye, and Zheng Boye deliberately didn't point it out, but instead found it even more interesting.

At this moment, the carriage suddenly stopped.

"Get out of the way, this is the Fan family's carriage!"

"What's so great about the Fan family's carriage? Do you know which noble person is sitting inside? Get out of here, and quickly make way!"

Zheng Fan frowned slightly, feeling that the quarrel at this time was disturbing his pleasure. He immediately lifted the car curtain and said to one of the guards outside:

"Let's make way."

Not to mention that he was sitting in the Fan family's carriage at this time, so there was no need to get angry with others for the sake of the Fan family's face. Even Zheng Fan's current identity in the Chu Kingdom was not suitable for making trouble.

At this time,

Inside a carriage opposite:

"Okay, okay, Sister Mi, let's let them go first."

"How can that be? Why..."

At this time, a coachman responded, "Miss, the carriage opposite has made way."

The woman immediately smiled and said, "Heh, they know what's good for them."

Saying that,

The woman reached out and grabbed the hand of the young woman beside her,

And smiled:

"Good sister, you have to change your temper, otherwise, how will you be able to hold on and not be bullied after you marry into their family?"

"I know, Sister Mi."

"Alright, alright, do you think I'm annoying?"

"No, of course not."

The carriage began to move forward again because the Fan family's carriage had made way.

"Good sister, your identity is your own, but after you marry into someone else's family, people won't dare to bully you openly, but who knows how they'll mess with you behind your back? You have to be tough from the start and set the rules for them."

"Sister Mi, I'm not married yet. It's embarrassing for you to say these things."

"I know, I know, ah, why is our Princess so thin-skinned?"