"But I still have to refuse your offer."
"Why? Or is it because you are concerned about the child in your belly?"
Xia Tan'er shook her head, but later realized that Xue Chen couldn't see her, so she quickly denied it.
"No, although having connections is also one of my own abilities. It is not shameful to rely on you to enter Tianheng Academy. But as the niece of the Lu family, I must use my own strength to win this ticket at the Kyushu Festival, and win The competition at the Kyushu Festival is the basis of my winning bet, not the admission into Tianheng Academy."
"And if you really want to become the best among women, relying on men is too unconvincing, and it will be somewhat untenable to serve as a role model for other women in the future."
Xia Tan'er's belief has always been in absolute strength, because only oneself and money are the most reliable in this world.
Xue Chen nodded when he heard this, and his tone of reply contained a bit of apology.
"What you are saying is that I thought too little. I thought it was enough for you to achieve this goal. I didn't think about this aspect."
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a knock on the door.
"Sir, it's time to pass on the food."
"Tan'er must be hungry. Let's go to the hall to eat first. I'll have time to have a deep chat with you later."
"Okay, I'll help you."
Xia Tan'er stood up and walked to Xue Chen. She avoided his hand and supported his arm, slowly leading Xue Chen out.
On the other side, inside the Nine Princes' Mansion.
Dong Lingjiu is sitting at his desk reviewing official documents that have been put aside for the past few days.
Suddenly, a black thing suddenly hit him. Dong Lingjiu ducked and the black thing hit the ground.
Before Dong Lingjiu could react, Feng Muchi walked in with his hands on the back of his head and an unhappy look on his face.
"Uncle Nine Emperors, why don't you catch it?"
Dong Lingjiu glanced at Feng Muchi, then looked at the ground, and then realized that the black thing just now was a small gourd made of ebony wood.
He snapped his fingers, and a secret guard suddenly appeared, picked up the small gourd on the ground, and respectfully brought it to Dong Lingjiu.
"Gourd? What's in it?"
"Medicine, Tan'er asked me to ask the Valley Master for some medicine for you."
"medicine?"
Dong Lingjiu glanced at Feng Muchi suspiciously, opened the lid of the gourd and poured out the pills inside.
"What is this for?"
"Tan'er said that she was afraid that you would be drugged at the banquet just like she did at the Spring Banquet. For example, Xiling Mo or something would take advantage of you when the Overlord took advantage of you, so she specially asked the Valley Master to prepare that for you. Plant the antidote to the medicine, just in case.”
When Dong Lingjiu heard this, he couldn't help but smile tenderly.
It turns out that Tan'er cares about him so much, and he is prepared for such things.
"That's all Tan'er said, nothing else?"
"She also said that if you really have an affair with another woman, she will cut off the roots of your descendants to make you inhumane."
The corners of Dong Lingjiu's mouth twitched. Xia Tan'er really didn't shy away from Feng Muchi at all, and she told him such things directly.
"Ahem."
Dongling Jiuqing coughed a few times to ease the embarrassment at the moment.
"In that case, Tan'er has already arrived in the imperial city. Has she gone to the Lu Mansion or to the prison?"
"neither."
Speaking of this, Feng Muchi couldn't help but sigh, pulled up a chair and slumped down on it in frustration.
"Tan'er went to another hospital and said that she wanted to check how Xue Chen was recovering. What do you think Tan'er was doing with Xue Chen and the others in such close proximity? They didn't have anything of value with them. Tan'er also said to prevent others from doing so. I doubt that Tan'er will be living in another courtyard these days until the end of the Jiuzhou event. Uncle Jiuhuang, do you think Tan'er is angry?"
