Chapter 207

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Main Character:

Shen Yao

Shen Yao hadn't expected that upon returning to Linshan County, people from Luoyang Mansion would still be following behind her.

"It seems this King Luo's resolve isn't firm," easy to provoke; she hadn't even exerted much effort yet.

Originally Shen Yao planned to wait with her belly showing for the other party to discover it, not wanting a mole by her side — wouldn't that mean any movement on her end would be exposed immediately?

Tsk tsk tsk

"That works too; that way Host can secure the position of Side Consort the moment she enters the door," saving the trouble of extra scheming; the system felt being discovered early might yield even better results.

"Host, don't think people's hearts are that simple; the longer you drag things out on your end, King Luo might just toss you to the back of his mind and ignore you.

Men — the thing in their mouth is never as good as the obsession while they're yearning for it."

The system's words hold true for ordinary people, but applied to Shen Yao they're rather laughable.

You must know many of the pills in Shen Yao's space were good things the system deliberately rewarded her with.

King Luo is a man; what kind of woman a man likes in his heart follows an extremely standard template.

Shen Yao from head to toe is a peerless product crafted precisely to that standard template; King Luo hasn't tired of her yet, so how could he possibly forget her in a short time?

"System, what you say is right, but it doesn't suit me."

After bantering with the system with a fake smile, Shen Yao turned her head and tossed those following her to one side, ignoring them.

Let them follow if they want; anyway it'll be at least another month before the belly reacts, and by then this Linshan County might even see an Imperial Concubine's arrival.

"Doctor Shen, are we going to the medical hall or home?" The pharmacy boy's voice came timely from outside the carriage.

Shen Yao thought a moment and said, "Home. I'll go to the medical hall early tomorrow."

After a journey of boats and carriages, Shen Yao's body, even with elixirs supporting it, would be fatigued; besides she hadn't seen the several children for a stretch of time, so she had to placate them first.

The pharmacy boy nodded in assent, turned the carriage around, and returned to Shen Yao's residence.

Oh, one more thing to add: this small courtyard originally rented with money now completely belongs to Shen Yao.

After refusing King Luo's various monetary gifts, Shen Yao reluctantly accepted this consultation fee and the land deed belonging to the small courtyard.

Shen Yao isn't a squeamish person; moreover a man's pride sits there — the higher his status and power, the more he cares about face.

Shen Yao merely intended to string the other party along, play some romantic tactics; she wasn't truly planning to raise the child in her womb alone.

After telling the pharmacy boy tomorrow's medical hall time, Shen Yao walked into the small courtyard with an unchanged expression, and looking up saw the two nannies she'd bought back cleaning with tools.

"Wang Shen, Li Shen, you two rest a bit; Cheng'er and the others haven't returned yet?"

Counting the time, the small courtyard shouldn't be this quiet; at least the little ones who go to school should've finished class by now.

Wang Shen and Li Shen are both elderly; when Shen Yao originally bought them from the tooth firm, she considered that older people would be better at caring for others.

Facts proved Shen Yao's consideration was correct; Wang Shen and Li Shen managed the entire small courtyard in perfect order, and the two cooperated with tacit understanding — during the days Shen Yao was away the several children not only didn't lose weight, but each grew noticeably plumper.

"Madam, you're back; Young Master Cheng and the others went outside and haven't returned.

Heard there's something lively to watch, but in a little while they should be back; usually they arrive home at this time."

Wang Shen finished speaking with a beaming smile, and the next second movement came from outside the door.

Wei Cheng and Wei Ying led three younger brothers and sisters into the courtyard laughing; seeing their birth mother in the center of the courtyard, all of them ran over with faces full of surprise.

Shen Yao reached out and rubbed the children's little heads, asked after their recent situation, and the family of six went out that evening for a sumptuous dinner.

She slept until broad daylight; after resting well Shen Yao went to the medical hall.

The consultation fee had already been sent ahead; now seeing the medical hall's person in charge, Shen Yao mostly recounted her circumstances in the prefecture city.

Of course, her intimate relationship with King Luo needn't be overly disclosed — that's entirely personal privacy.

"Doctor Shen, you rest first; recently Linshan County has no major incidents, just several neighboring prefecture cities are stirring up water disasters, so there may be a small number of refugees coming over."

The medical hall's person in charge spoke the inside information he'd obtained, while advising Shen Yao to stock up on more grain.

Right now the news hasn't fully spread, grain prices haven't fluctuated much; once everyone knows later, that's when it'll be difficult.

Shen Yao smiled and thanked him for the info; turning homeward she didn't forget to buy extra grain.

That wasn't all; Shen Yao planned to use her own space to give the several children a bit of a golden finger.

Not forgetting this is an ancient-times natural-disaster background; she can easily protect herself, but the children? Wei Cheng and them aren't like the bun in her belly — above them sits a birth father with extraordinary power and influence.

Even if she really took Wei Cheng and the others to remarry into the king's mansion, they'd inevitably encounter setbacks.

This isn't because King Luo is bad or the mansion servants are negligent.

The restrictions of status and blood ties — certain unavoidable situations will simply arise.

"System, you'll help me, right? The promise before coming over counts."

Shen Yao gazed at the void with a faint expression, while inwardly pressing the system step by step.

System: …

The system hesitated cowardly, "Yes, there was such a promise.

But Host, let the system remind you again: must not exceed maximum permissions."

Otherwise even if you kill it it's useless; impossible is impossible.

Shen Yao smiled, "No need to be nervous; it's not as exaggerated as you think.

Just asking you to send those one-cubic-meter small spaces I obtained to Wei Cheng and them respectively.

My space now has many uses I can't employ; better to put them to use again."

Such a golden finger can both give them a trump card and make them more confident.

Ancient people's superstitious atmosphere is severe; package the source of these spaces a bit, and whether psychologically or physically there are benefits.

System: ……

The System looked at Shen Yao's idle space, which was abnormally empty in most places, and reluctantly agreed, "How does the Host want to allocate it?"

"Five children, one small space of one cubic meter per person.

Although stacked together they aren't large, if utilized seriously they are also a trump card."

For example, a one-cubic-meter small space can hold about 600 catties of grain, enough for an adult to eat for a year and a half.

Of course, a person cannot live on grain alone; there are also other necessary intakes such as water and salt, balanced nutrition, to guarantee a healthy body.

Shen Yao giving the children space was not hoping they would use it to flee. With Shen Yao and King Luo, even if they truly fled they would not fall into such dire straits.

This space was more for them to freely unleash, to do whatever they wanted.

Borrowing this era's unique mythological attribute, Shen Yao reminded the System not to forget to play the god and ghost, "This can increase their acceptance."

After all, some people who become high officials always pass down a few origins tinged with the supernatural; true or false doesn't matter, it's just icing on the cake.

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Wei Cheng slept very restlessly; his dreams were filled with scenes of Immortal Qi drifting ethereally.

Huh? What place is this? Wasn't he sleeping? How could he have come here?

All sorts of questions popped up in his heart, but even more was curiosity toward the environment before his eyes.

Children are all curious, especially since this place at a glance is clearly different from other places.

Simultaneously, not only Wei Cheng, the other children also all encountered the same problem; the situations they faced were extremely similar.

A night passed; Shen Yao woke up and opened her eyes, and received the good news from the System that arrangements had been properly made.

Nowadays, large patches of Shen Yao's space have turned gray, representing temporary unusability; to restore it, she can only wait until Shen Yao completely leaves this Shijie.

"Mother"

Someone called her at the doorway; Shen Yao stood up and opened the door, and saw five exceptionally excited little faces.

Smiling, she turned sideways to make room for them, "How come you're up so early?"

Wei Ying backhandedly closed the room door, suppressing his excitement and confessing to Shen Yao that they had obtained an Immortal Opportunity, that they were Immortal Disciples.

"Immortal Disciples?"

Shen Yao was curious what excuse the System had used; she had the five children sit steady first, then asked what this Immortal Disciple business was all about.

The explaining was done by Wei Cheng opening his mouth, with Wei Ying and Wei Yun as supplements.

After the trio's narration, Shen Yao perfectly displayed the reaction she ought to have.

"Besides Mother and you few, this matter must not be spoken of further to outsiders."

The necessary reminder, though late, arrived; Shen Yao feared they wouldn't know the gravity, and explained that the Immortal's test of them must be treated seriously, so as not to betray their own specialness.

The five little ones nodded seriously; simultaneously, they also spontaneously mastered the methods related to using the space.

Seeing this, Shen Yao gave each of them a few taels of silver to carry on them for practice.

"Recently other prefecture cities have suffered floods; Linshan County will also have refugees coming.

Cheng'er, just right that you've obtained an Immortal Opportunity; the preparations that ought to be made must be started."

Store some grain and other basic survival items in the space; also conveniently notify the Shen Family far away in Qinghe Town; Shen Yao's recent life was fulfilling and busy.

"Retch, retch——"

One hand braced on the tabletop, hand covering her mouth corner, a long bout of nausea and vomiting; Shen Yao blankly realized her body had reached the time for symptoms to appear.

She had been too busy this period, to the point of neglecting that there was still a bun in her belly.

"Host, strive to act even more obviously; King Luo in the prefecture city won't be able to hold back much longer."

The System foolishly kept inciting there, not knowing if it was truly stupid or just missing a screw.

"It's already enough; wait for me to bring back a few doses of decoction, and those people watching in the dark should make a move."

A month passed; the people responsible for observing Shen Yao not only didn't decrease but showed a trend of increasing.

Even Shen Yao's clothing occasionally had the inexplicable situation of going missing and being unfindable.

Shen Yao: ……

If not for the System ventilating and reporting the news, knowing the one doing this work was King Luo, Shen Yao would have cursed the person's taste as poor; how could it be this kind of pervert weirdo.

Feigning posture, carrying a few doses of fetal protection medicine back, pretending not to know the fetal protection medicine dregs were lost, Shen Yao went to work and returned home on two points and one line daily, until King Luo, wind-and-dust weary, appeared in her home's small courtyard.