[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-quick-transmigration-cannon-fodder-s-record-of-c":3,"chapter-quick-transmigration-cannon-fodder-s-record-of-c-quick-transmigration-cannon-fodder-s-record-of-c-chapter-3184":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Quick Transmigration Cannon Fodder's Record of Counterattacks",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1190935,1534,"Chapter 3184: The Emperor’s Personal ATM","quick-transmigration-cannon-fodder-s-record-of-c-chapter-3184",3184,"\u003Cp>Marquis Xuanping’s household was essentially the emperor’s personal ATM. Whenever there was a natural disaster, the emperor would tell his ministers to find a way to raise disaster relief. Marquis Xuanping’s household would always tacitly hand over several dozen times more money than other households.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was how the household had managed to survive all these years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Shu’s mind was spinning. The handwriting, the golden ancestral hall, this cousin of hers who had appeared so suddenly…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Shu turned to Gu Fanlu and asked, “Cousin, where did you work before?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Fanlu replied, “I worked as a minor official in Yong County.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yong County? That was a real remote place. To be transferred to the capital from that place was, honestly, no small feat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Shu showed a look of surprise. “Then you must’ve done an excellent job. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have brought you back to the capital.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Fanlu gave a small, slightly shy smile, like a rabbit. “I didn’t do that well. I was just a little lucky.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucky? Fate was the excuse of the weak, while luck was the modesty of the strong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once they reached the marquis’s study, the servant who usually attended the marquis stepped inside to report their arrival to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Shu and Gu Fanlu waited at the door. The servant returned and said, “Master says the young master may enter. Second Miss, please return to your courtyard.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since Gu Fanlu was an outsider male, the marquis would naturally meet him first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Shu didn’t press the issue. She turned and headed back to her own courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She’d resume her cultivation first. The matter of the ancestral hall could wait. She’d bring it up with the marquis later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t a matter so large as to shake the heavens, but neither was it trivial. It could very well become the final straw that crushed the marquis’ household.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Shu felt that she should keep a better eye on this cousin of hers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lianqiao followed behind her and remarked, “The young master is so funny. Imagine, a grown man getting lost?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes,” Ning Shu replied calmly. “Getting lost actually makes him look a little cute.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one would ever raise their guard against someone like that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back in her room, Ning Shu told Lianqiao, “I’m going to rest for a while. Don’t disturb me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, Miss.” Lianqiao closed the door on her way out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Shu lifted the hem of her dress, kicked off her shoes, and sat cross-legged on the bed. Her fingers formed seals as she set up a yang gathering formation, then began cultivating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spiritual energy and fiery yang energy surged into her body. Pain spread through her meridians, and filth surfaced on her skin. The filth was impurities purged from within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stayed in her room until night fell. Lianqiao, who was worried, eventually pushed the door open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Shu rose from the bed. “Prepare bath water for me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She washed away the grime, ate a little, and waited until the rest of the household had gone to bed. Then, dressed in dark clothes, she slipped past the guards and made her way to Gu Fanlu’s quarters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The candle in his room still burned. Ning Shu leapt onto the roof and gently lifted a tile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside, Gu Fanlu was still reading. He turned the pages slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this hour, everyone else had already gone to sleep, yet he remained absorbed in his book.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the modern way of telling time, it was only nine o’clock. The night was just beginning. However, in ancient times, unless one went out carousing, it was already time for a middle-of-the-night bathroom trip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Shu crouched on the roof and quietly observed Gu Fanlu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He finally yawned, put his book away, and went to bed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even after he fell asleep, Ning Shu kept her watch from above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She could not rest easy. The many lives in the marquis’ household depended on her vigilance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While Gu Fanlu slept soundly, Ning Shu endured a miserable night on the roof, serving as a feast for mosquitoes. When dawn broke, she hurried back to her own room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After washing and eating breakfast, she said to Lianqiao, “Pack some light dishes in a food box.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Shu timed it carefully. She waited outside the study for Marquis Xuanping to return from court.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Civil and military officials had to rise very early for their court assemblies. They usually skipped breakfast and were half-starved by the time court was dismissed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For officials who lived farther from the palace, attending court assemblies meant getting up in the dead of night. It was truly no easy task.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>MTL Editor: Ran\u003C\u002Fp>",777,"2026-06-03T13:37:10.442Z",1,"novelbin.me","f062e642adc2efd96e3a0ace9ddfc90401bd0dd0a94d8d6d4997b36838331e01","quick-transmigration-cannon-fodder-s-record-of-c-chapter-3185","quick-transmigration-cannon-fodder-s-record-of-c-chapter-3183",3296,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fquick-transmigration-cannon-fodder-s-record-of-c-cover.jpg"]