The Favorite of the Sick and Weak Lady - Chapter 15

What should I talk about?

Xiao Yu chose a story of mutual redemption and great achievements from the novels she had read.

First, she thought that if the young lady was really the female protagonist, she could stay away from the scumbag male lead in the future, lest she be deceived and have to count money for him. Second, it was naturally to seek some benefits for herself, because the male and female protagonists in the novel believed in equality for all and eventually joined hands to create a new dynasty.

She hoped Song Luoning could understand her good intentions.

In the third month of spring, not only was the grass cool, but the air and sunlight were also refreshing. Xiao Yu’s clear voice vividly described and pulled Song Luoning into a tumultuous and lingering love story, leaving her wanting more.

“That…” Xiao Yu paused, “Let’s stop here for today.”

The story came to an abrupt end. Xiao Yu stretched, “I have to continue turning the soil, or I won’t be able to finish today.”

“…” Song Luoning was stunned.

This despicable scoundrel.

She must be doing it on purpose!

Song Luoning closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and said softly, “Husband, when will you tell Luoning the rest of the story?”

If she dared to say she wouldn’t continue, she would bite her to death.

Who tells a story and stops halfway through when it’s agonizingly suspenseful?

This scoundrel, Song Luoning secretly bit the soft flesh of her inner lip, unable to show the burning anger in her heart. In her anxiety, her eyes welled up, and she looked at Xiao Yu with watery eyes.

Xiao Yu: “…”

“It’s not that I don’t want to tell you, but look at these fields waiting for me to turn. I’ll continue to tell you when I have time.”

She really wasn’t doing it on purpose.

Song Luoning clenched her ten fingers hidden under her sleeve, and her expression gradually returned to indifference. “Husband, you can go and get busy.” Her voice was faint, and her expression was faint.

It was as if the pitiful little girl who was just now distraught from not hearing the end of the story wasn’t her.

The work had to be done. Planting rice had already disrupted her plans. One day’s delay would mean a one-day delay in making tools, which would affect her ability to make money.

But hearing her say that, Xiao Yu still felt a little unbearable and gritted her teeth, “Alright then.”

At most, she would tell her the story when they got back at night.

She had to turn the remaining land herself, so Xiao Yu didn’t slack off and finished turning a mu of land by the time of You Shi (5-7 p.m.).

She took Song Luoning back home, put down her hoe, and hurried to the vegetable stand at the village entrance. In this season, there were few fresh vegetables, mostly dried ones from last year. Although dried vegetables couldn’t compare to fresh ones, they were better than nothing. Xiao Yu bought a few common dried vegetables and some heart cabbage seeds. This type of vegetable has a short growth cycle, about a month to harvest, as long as the temperature is suitable.

After buying the vegetables, Xiao Yu went to the butcher’s shop. The pork at this time was what others had left over and didn’t look very good. Besides, Song Luoning had a cough and couldn’t eat meat, so she didn’t buy any.

Back at home, Xiao Yu first soaked the dried vegetables in water to rehydrate them, then boiled water to steam the rice, which she had washed the night before.

Soon, the scent of rice filled the courtyard.

It was very tempting.

While the rice was cooking, Xiao Yu didn’t stay idle. She found an empty patch in the courtyard to plant the heart cabbage seeds she bought and began to cut bamboo strips. With the previous ones, she now had a full half a bamboo basket.

The next step was to determine the location of the husking mill. The original owner’s small adobe house had a very small courtyard, which was not suitable for placing it. She also wouldn’t feel comfortable putting the husking mill outside the courtyard.

After thinking for a while, she decided to buy another piece of residential land. There was an empty plot right next to their house. If she could buy it and build a wall around it, the problem would be solved. Building a wall shouldn’t cost much money.

Maybe tomorrow, if she had time, she could go to the village head to inquire.

At this moment, the rice was almost cooked. Xiao Yu put away the bamboo strips, moved the bamboo basket to the kitchen, washed her hands in a wooden basin, drained the soaked dried vegetables, and put them on a plate. She took the rice out of the pot, added oil, and stir-fried the dried vegetables. The meal was not luxurious, but after a tiring day, she was ready to eat two large bowls.

Xiao Yu brought the stir-fried dried vegetables and rice to the table. Song Luoning, who was sitting on the bed reading, looked over when she heard the sound.

“Come and eat.” Xiao Yu put down the food.

Song Luoning sat down, her gaze falling on the food.

Xiao Yu didn’t speak, and neither did she. The two of them ate in silence.

After the meal, Song Luoning put down her chopsticks. “Hus…”

“Don’t say ‘bathe,’ or you can forget about knowing the end of the story.” Xiao Yu reminded Song Luoning before she could speak.

Song Luoning pursed her lips and closed her mouth. Who knew if this scoundrel was telling the truth?

But considering how hard she worked today, she didn’t have to bathe every day.

“Husband, will you tell Luoning the end of the story tonight?” Song Luoning asked.

Seeing that the young lady was no longer obsessed with bathing, Xiao Yu nodded. The story was originally prepared for her, so she would naturally tell it to her when she had time.

It was already having an effect. The young lady was beginning to be considerate of her hard work. Although the result was achieved through her threats, she had finally gotten a hold of Song Luoning.

This was a good start.

“Then Luoning will wait for you, Husband.” Song Luoning lifted her skirt and sat on the bed, but this time she pulled down the bed curtain.

It was hazy in the light of the pine oil lamp.

Xiao Yu collected the dishes and chopsticks. She actually wanted to take a bath herself today, but she was afraid Song Luoning would change her mind again, so she gave up. She went back to the room, spread out the bedding, blew out the pine oil lamp, and continued to tell the story. Song Luoning listened intently to the exciting parts.

Xiao Yu suddenly stopped.

“Song Luoning, if you were the female protagonist, would you choose the powerful and influential Prince Ning or Prince Qi, who grew up in the cold palace and was ostracized?”

Prince Ning was powerful and the female protagonist’s childhood sweetheart, but later, in the struggle for the throne with Prince Qi, he married the general’s daughter to gain the general’s support, betraying his vows to the female protagonist.

Prince Qi was the male protagonist in the book. He and the female protagonist redeemed each other and supported each other, eventually creating a beautiful story.

The prototype of Prince Ning was very similar to the male protagonist in this book. Xiao Yu really wanted to know if, after hearing this story, Song Luoning would still choose someone like the male protagonist.

Song Luoning pondered for a moment. “I wouldn’t choose either of them.”

“…”

What’s going on?

Xiao Yu was stunned.

Why wasn’t Song Luoning following the script? All the things she had been holding in her heart, who was she going to tell them to?

Song Luoning paused, her thoughts drifting away for a moment. After a long while, she looked up at Xiao Yu and said, “Prince Ning is faithless and unrighteous, so he is naturally not a good person.”

Not so stupid, after all.

But why wouldn’t she choose the male protagonist? Could it be that Song Luoning’s name really matched the female protagonist’s?

“Prince Qi seems to have deep affection for the female protagonist and they support each other, but what he valued was nothing more than the female protagonist’s resourcefulness. If the female protagonist hadn’t been with him, wouldn’t she have died by his sword long ago?”

“…”

The book only mentioned that the male and female protagonists supported each other and made it to the end. That’s right, everyone overlooked that the male protagonist wanted to kill the female protagonist at the very beginning. It was precisely because the female protagonist saw through this that she feigned submission and later developed feelings for the male protagonist.

In other words, if the female protagonist hadn’t been useful to the male protagonist, wouldn’t she have been killed by him long ago? The female protagonist played an indispensable role in the male protagonist’s success.

The end of the book mentioned that the brothers who had fought alongside the male protagonist were suspected by the emperor because their achievements were too great, so they chose to return to a life of seclusion. And the female protagonist didn’t become the empress, but was willing to be the woman behind the emperor, silently supporting the male protagonist.

If they were truly in love, wouldn’t it have been better to create a beautiful story of an emperor and empress?

Could it be that the female protagonist also didn’t become the empress because she was afraid of the male protagonist’s suspicion?

She didn’t expect Song Luoning to be so perceptive. She hadn’t even finished the story, yet Song Luoning had already thought of this.

Worthy of being the young lady.

When the cunning rabbit is dead, the running dogs are cooked.

So, in the book, Song Luoning didn’t marry the male protagonist in the end but chose to be the woman behind him because of this!

Why did the young lady make the same choice as the female protagonist? Could it be that Song Luoning is really the female protagonist?

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