Chapter 496: Anything Less Is Not True Love
”How much raise do you want for your monthly salary? 100 taels or 1000 taels?” Liu Yusheng asked in amusement.
Liu Zhiqiu’s eyes immediately widened in surprise, “Can I have a thousand taels for a month? That would be the best! … No, no, if I really take a thousand taels, Father and Mother will break my legs, just one, one hundred taels!”
After shrinking the number ten times, Liu Zhiqiu gritted his teeth just to say the number.
Of course he wanted to take a thousand taels, but he didn’t have the guts.
Who wants money in death, huh?
”Okay, then I’ll give you one hundred taels.” Restraining a smile, Liu Yusheng earnestly raised the wages for her second brother, and then went to the guest room to check on Li Junyue’s condition.
As soon as she left, Liu Zhiqiu immediately inclined his body to Feng Qingbai’s side, and lowered his voice sneakily, “Axiu, let me talk to you about business.”
Feng Qingbai raised his eyebrows. “What business?”
”When you separated from Nannan, you didn’t know anything that happened to her every day, right? I can tell you one by one, are you interested? Do you want to hear them? Ten taels each.”
”Is this the business you want to discuss with me?” Feng Qingbai’s mouth twitched.
”Otherwise, what can I talk to you about? Are you going to buy it or not? I know that Aunt Hong must have often reported the situation to you, but there were times that Aunt Hong wasn’t present. The situation absolutely wasn’t that perfect. What I have is exclusive intelligence. Don’t you want to know more about Nannan? Ten taels is really not expensive!”
”Liu Zhiqiu, do you often hang out with Qian Wanjin?” He learned ten percent of Qian Wanjin’s mercenary face.
It made him itch to punch him.
”Don’t care who I hang out with. Buy it or not?! I can tell you how many times Nannan said Brother Axiu, ah!”
”Buy it!” Feng Qingbai took out some silver bills and slapped them on the table, the blue veins on his forehead jumping in an instant.
If he weren’t Shengsheng’s Second Brother, he would have strangled him!
Liu Zhiqiu counted a few hundred tael denominations of silver bills, and his eyes stretched smilingly. “If you and Nannan want to settle down, you still have a lot to struggle with. With just my uncle’s level alone, that’s a hurdle you have to go through. 500 taels, and I will help you flatter my uncle every day!”
”…” Feng Qingbai slammed down another 500 taels.
His face turned blue.
”Liu Zhiqiu, it’s a shame that you only stay in the winery to help deliver goods!”
”You flatter me. Gold will shine wherever it goes.”
Liu Yusheng was unaware that her man was raging due to her second brother’s simplest tricks outside. After entering the room, she began to observe Li Junyue’s changes.
Her grayish complexion obviously faded, and the dark purple on her lips also lightened.
It was just that her breathing and pulse still made her appear dead. Her heartbeat rate hadn’t changed either.
Even so, it still showed that the spiritual spring water she let her ingest was useful.
Her Second Brother also fed Li Junyue spiritual water before, but she spat out almost all of it. It was probably only some residues mixed in her saliva that entered her stomach, so after she entered a dead state, she did not really die.
If nourished slowly by the spiritual spring water for a long time, her pulse and breathing could be restored. By then, maybe she could be saved.
It was just that the length of time for that to happen couldn’t be determined.
With a preliminary treatment plan in mind, in the next few days, Liu Yusheng began to continue to feed Li Junyue some spiritual water, and at the same time bathed her with diluted spiritual water.
Seeing that the skin color of the person who was no different from the dead, returned to normal little by little, even if her breathing or pulse was nowhere to be seen, it was enough for people to behold.
Liu Zhiqiu didn’t say anything, but the light in his eyes couldn’t deceive anyone.
Li Junyue has improved, and he was happy.
On a certain day, Liu Zhiqiu leaned on the pillars of the corridor, thinking about life. When he saw Feng Qingbai walk past him without looking sideways, he quickly detained him.
”Axiu, shall we have a chat?”
”Want to sell me intel again?” Feng Qingbai’s face was pale.
His exclusive scoops were nothing but fabricated.
Shengsheng never would have said, “I miss Brother Axiu so much”, “I miss Brother Axiu to death.”
If Shengsheng really missed him, she would only hide it deep in her heart.
Thanks to his years of being in charge of the court, he has never lost a fight against those old, crafty officials, those giant predators. Surprisingly, Liu Zhiqiu, a straightforward thinker, coaxed him into believing him!
”Don’t be like this, let’s just have a casual conversation.” He pulled the man to his side and let him sit with him. “Axiu, you were only twelve years old when you left, right? How did you know that you liked our Nannan?”
Feng Qingbai’s eyes flashed, and he sat down unhurriedly.
”Naturally, because I missed her all the time. I wanted to see her and wanted to be with her. I can endure any hardship, endure any loneliness, and brave any danger just to be with her. I can do without everything, except her.”
”You’re that obsessed?” Liu Zhiqiu was horrified.
Feng Qingbai nodded solemnly, “Anything less is not true love.”
In the end, Feng Qingbai incited someone to fall into contemplation. He got up gracefully and swaggered away.
He was telling the truth. As to whether it would be misinterpreted by someone, that was a personal matter.
It wasn’t he who intentionally misled him.
On the fifth day of the acupuncture treatment, Li Junyue’s body began to recover a seemingly non-existent pulse. With a mirror placed under her nose, a light mist appeared.
The first stage of the treatment plan was over, and Liu Yusheng began to prepare for the second set of plans.
Stimulate Li Junyue’s brain nerves with her golden needles to stimulate her brain to recover.
The length of time it would take to succeed, or the chances of success, Liu Yusheng couldn’t predict.
Naturally, it was impossible for them to spend all their time in Xuzhou doing nothing.
Not to mention her, Feng Qingbai’s affairs could not be left behind for too long.
In the end, Liu Yusheng decided to take Li Junyue to the capital for treatment close by.
As for Liu Zhiqiu, he didn’t plan to follow them.
”Nannan, I will leave her to you. I won’t accompany you. There are a lot of things to do at home, and I can’t leave them all to my parents and Aunt Hong. I’ll return to Xinghua Village.”
”Are you really not coming with us to see what happens? Can you be at ease?” Liu Yusheng quipped.
”There’s nothing to worry about. I brought her here in my best attempt to save her. I’ll leave the rest to fate. I did everything I could,” Liu Zhiqiu said with a smile.
He still preferred to live a free and easy life.
As for the rest, just be true to his conscience.
”In that case, we will leave for the capital tomorrow,” Feng Qingbai said.
There was still a concubine grand ceremony in June. Although it was a matter of the harem, as the regent, he also needed to appear to deal with matters related to Feng Mohan.
Without him watching, he was worried that Feng Mohan would do something wrong.
The most likely thing would be Feng Mohan on the verge of escaping.
The concubine registry meant that someone would be enlisted to serve his bed. Consort Liu would never let go of the opportunity to let the ladies of the Liu family rise up to the throne. Feng Mohan couldn’t avoid this.
The most likely way to do so was to not make an appearance.
By then, the grand ceremony that attracted the attention of the world would turn into a laughingstock all over the world.
The royal family couldn’t tolerate such a stain.
Night fell, and they were preparing to part ways. The three practiced drinking at the dining table.
Liu Zhiqiu frequently persuaded them to have a toast, until everyone was drunk.
Peek-Aboo 
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