Unlimited estates for rural beauty-Chapter 686: The Second Child was Born (1)

Feng Xuxu picked up a letter that had just been placed on the table, gave him a suspicious glance, and waved the letter in her hand, "Who sent this?"

Xuan Yue took the heavy coat that her master had just removed, hung it on the rack, turned around, and left the room, carefully closing the doors of the hall behind her.

Having removed the heavy coat, Dugu Chen turned around and saw his spouse holding the letter, sitting next to the brazier, warming herself while speaking, "Yes, that’s an urgent dispatch from Lou Qianyu, I’ve already read it. This is for you to see."

Feng Xuxu opened the envelope, took out a pile of letters, and read them word by word. She flipped through one after another until, after some contemplation at the end, she set aside the letters in her hand and placed them casually on the table. She then walked over to the chair next to her spouse and casually sat down.

"Wife, what do you think of the conditions Lou Qianyu has offered?"

"You’ve already taken notice, so why ask me?" she rolled her eyes and reached out to warm her hands by the fire.

Dugu Chen smiled shallowly, "I just wanted to hear your opinion."

"If it were up to me, this deal would certainly work."

"That’s what I was thinking as well."

"I hope you’ll successfully resolve this issue tomorrow at the court session."

Dugu Chen twisted his sword-like eyebrows, "Hmph, who would dare to oppose the decisions I want to make?" He paused and then said, "I’ve already written back, telling Lou Qianyu that I agree."

Feng Xuxu was surprised for a moment, then laughed helplessly, "That’s the domineering Charm King I know."

"Called what?"

"Hehe, my spouse, my spouse," she said while a sly smile slowly spread across her lips. Her heart quivered, and she hurriedly corrected herself.

"Hmph, that’s more like it. Go, pour me a glass of water," he said, sitting up straight and commanding his grinning spouse with a hint of pride.

Feng Xuxu was about to get up but then furrowed her brows, turned to look at him with a smug expression on his face, and narrowed her eyes. She reached out to grab his ear and whispered menacingly into it, "You want to drink water?"

"No, not at all," he said with a grin, turning his neck as he followed his wife’s hand movement, slowly edging closer to her.

Feng Xuxu gritted her teeth, "For trying to outsmart me, dare you do it again?"

"I wouldn’t dare do it again."

"Hmph, I’m thirsty, go pour a glass of water," she let go of his ear and sat back down, glaring at him with furious eyes.

With a desire to cry but no tears, Dugu Chen obediently stood up to pour water for his wife and personally brought it to her, "Your majesty, your water is ready."

"That’s better, sit down," she said, taking the warm water from his hand and sipping it in small mouthfuls. Dugu Chen shook his head with an amused smile and poured himself a glass as well.

The next morning, in the Jinluan Hall.

Eunuch Wei read the letter from Lou Qianyu out loud in the hall without missing a word, glanced at the reactions from the ministers below, carefully put away the letter, and retreated back behind the emperor, standing with his chin lifted, perfectly still, not glancing sideways.

After listening to the letter, the ministers were silent for a moment; then, like a drop of cold water falling into a pot of hot oil, they exploded into discussion.

"What does the King of Luo mean by this? Drought? Out of silver? Out of grain? Troops disheartened? People migrating?"

"Ah, the most important part – the King of Luo wants to pledge allegiance to Xueyan Country."

"Yes, yes, yes, I heard it too; that’s the gist of it."

"The key point is that it’s not just Luo Kingdom suffering from the drought, but also several small neighboring countries. Fortunately, our country built reservoirs in advance, or else we’d be in a bad situation too," someone added.

The other ministers all sighed, secretly admiring the emperor’s great invention and were profoundly impressed by the emperor’s foresight.