Chapter 1479: Power is a great tonic

Sun Daoning was furious and asked directly: "Tell this official honestly, have you already ruined the Ding family girl?"

"What is called ruining?"

Chen Guanlou was almost angry to death.

He pointed at his own face and asked back: "Who exactly is ruining whom. Old Sun, I'll give you a chance, change your way of saying it."

Sun Daoning stared at his face for a long time, and couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"That's true! With such a handsome face, saying you ruined someone is indeed not very fair. However, you can't mess around like this, you are making it very difficult for this official!"

"Asking you to cross out a name, and you just keep talking nonsense with me, is it interesting? It's not that difficult. For so many years, have I ever really made things difficult for you? Have I ever added trouble to you? Every time you were in trouble, didn't I rush to the front, shielding you from the wind and rain, and solving problems for you! I know you want to maintain official authority, but there's no need to make things difficult for me! You and I, the friendship between us, is it necessary to act? Who are you acting for!"

Chen Guanlou had no gate on his mouth, spitting out whatever words came to mind, directly poking through the window paper.

Sun Daoning was half-dead with anger, clutching his heart and wishing he could beat the other party to death.

He wanted to maintain some official authority, was that wrong?

As an official, and in the Ministry of Justice yamen, it's normal to set a high posture and lecture a few words. Just this, and he couldn't take it, and kept talking nonsense with him!

"If you don't know how to talk, don't talk next time! This official has reason to suspect that before being killed by His Majesty, I will be angered to death by you first! Can you be more polite, and anger me less! If I'm angered to death, it won't do you any good. As long as I'm here for a day, you can be reckless for a day. If I'm not here, the first thing the new Minister of Justice will do is deal with you."

Sun Daoning was also earnest.

Chen Guanlou silently took out a pill and fed it to Sun Daoning.

"Health-nourishing pill, produced by Yuquan Palace, hundreds of taels each. The Emperor eats this kind of pill. Chew it, chew it and you won't 'die young'! I hope you can live to be a hundred."

So that he can continue to act recklessly in the Heavenly Prison!

Sun Daoning looked at the pill, a pill worth hundreds of taels, and felt quite moved in his heart.

The dedication and indulgence over these years had still yielded results.

Chen Guanlou had many faults, but he also had many advantages, and knowing how to repay kindness was his greatest advantage.

Old Sun didn't stand on ceremony, took the pill, and swallowed it immediately. He didn't suspect at all that the pill might be poisonous; he trusted Chen Guanlou! Although he often didn't like him, it didn't affect the trust and cooperation between them.

"Alright, alright, this official will help you cross out the name. Are you planning to take her into your room, or how will you settle her?"

"I definitely won't take a concubine. I'd have to be crazy to take a concubine!" Chen Guanlou said. "Settle her outside, and go rest there when I have time."

"Are you planning to keep a mistress outside?" Sun Daoning frowned slightly.

"Not entirely. My interest in her will last at most a year or two. After that, give her a sum of money, and she can find a way out for herself."

"You, you are indeed heartless! Outsiders all say you are long-term, but in reality, you are more heartless than anyone else. The women around you come and go, and none of them are the same. Yet your luck is surprisingly good; this official still can't figure out why the young lady of the Marquis Mansion would take a fancy to you, and be willing to have children with you. One wasn't enough, and she wanted to have a second child with you."

Sun Daoning really couldn't figure it out!

In his view, there were so many good men in the world, and the young lady of the Marquis Mansion had plenty of choices. In the end, she chose the irresponsible and unreliable Chen Guanlou.

Absurd!

Chen Guanlou smiled smugly. "You are just too stubborn, commonly known as an old pedant, so you don't understand the thoughts of young people. Someone like me is the best choice for the young lady of the Marquis Mansion."

"Best in what way?"

"Do you know what is most important for the young lady of the Marquis Mansion?"

Marriage!

Sun Daoning almost blurted out.

With the words on his lips, he finally came to his senses.

The importance of marriage is only aimed at ordinary women. The young lady of the Marquis Mansion is not an ordinary woman, so naturally, it's a different matter.

"It's power!" Chen Guanlou solved the puzzle for Old Sun. "Standing in the position of the young lady of the Marquis Mansion, no matter or person can surpass power! Choosing me is the wisest decision. Because if there is one man in the world who doesn't covet the power in her hands, doesn't covet the power of the Marquis Mansion, doesn't cause trouble, and doesn't become an obstacle on her path to power, that man can only be me!"

He was very smug!

Giving a thumbs up to his own noble character!

In this era, a man like him who has no desires, and is unmoved by the temptation of holding power, simply cannot be found.

The old farmer in the mountains who harvested three or five dou more rice this year is already thinking about taking a concubine. The essence of taking a concubine is actually to show off power. Power in this family!

Farmers living a bitter life are all thinking about power. Yet he, Chen Guanlou, has never thought about the power of the Marquis Mansion, which can be called a great freak, a rare species in the world.

Actually...

If it weren't for the Xiao Changsheng Dao Fruit, he would have long ago developed greed!

He is also a vulgar person, wanting wealth, power, and women.

It is only because he already possesses the greatest opportunity in the world, the priceless Xiao Changsheng Dao Fruit, that he can turn a blind eye to other temptations and be a person not controlled by desire.

Sun Daoning seemed to be seeing Chen Guanlou for the first time, looking him up and down, clicking his tongue in wonder.

"Are you really unmoved? Have you never thought about returning to the clan in three generations?"

"I am not what you think, I am not that petty!" Chen Guanlou sneered. "I didn't want children in the first place, and it just so happens that the young lady of the Marquis Mansion doesn't need me to help raise children. She and I are a perfect match, the best choice."

Sun Daoning gritted his teeth. "How can you not want children? Carrying on the family line is your task. You are a member of the Chen family, how can you have such absurd thoughts."

He couldn't figure it out.

Chen Guanlou chuckled, smiling without saying a word, and didn't explain.

He has the Xiao Changsheng Dao Fruit, forever and ever, living as long as heaven and earth, why would he need to have children to carry on the bloodline. It's superfluous!

Sun Daoning couldn't be on the same frequency as him and couldn't understand.

In the end, he could only attribute it to being unorthodox and ignorant! He would regret it sooner or later.

After finishing the business, Chen Guanlou took Ding Hongxing's household registration information to the local county yamen to handle the household registration and set up a separate household for her.

This dynasty does not forbid female households!

However, very few people can get it done. The law doesn't restrict it, but people will restrict it.

Anyone else walking into the county yamen's household department and saying they want to set up a female household would be beaten out on the spot.

Chen Guanlou is different; he is famous, and even if they haven't seen him, they have heard his great name.

Plus, with silver paving the way, the people in the county yamen's household department handled it immediately, set up a separate household for Ding Hongxing, and issued new household registration information. From today on, all the crimes of the Ding family have nothing to do with the good citizen Ding Hongxing.

She is no longer a family member of a criminal official.

That night, Ding Hongxing held her newly minted household registration identity, crying and laughing. She entangled Chen Guanlou all night, like a spider demon. ===== CHAPTER 1480 =====