[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law":3,"chapter-the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-1244":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The Challenge of a Farmhouse Son-in-Law",{"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},1544679,2006,"Chapter 1244 - 1239: A Satisfactory Consultation Fee","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-1244",1244,"\u003Cp>Lin Qianqing hurried away, and that painting is still in that room to this day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he was bored, he would sit in Lin Qianqing’s room, where the pitch-black painting always stood out conspicuously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou glanced at him and said, \"Are you referring to this room? This room is clean and regularly disinfected; it’s specially designated for performing surgeries.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Surgery?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou said, \"Yes, some diseases cannot be cured just by medicine; surgery is a must. Like your condition, and also the kind of illness Yuancheng had that you’ve inquired about, both require surgical intervention.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And... what about that pitch-black painting?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Pitch-black painting?\" It had been so long that Gu Youyou had thoroughly forgotten about that painting and naturally didn’t know what he was referring to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>King Jin responded, \"Qianqing said that you painted it, pitch-black, a Star Map.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou recalled and uttered an \"oh,\" saying, \"That one you’re talking about, your wedding gift.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, the wedding gift,\" King Jin affirmed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking back now, every one of his weddings had become so ironic, with only the one with Lin Qianqing retaining a shred of dignity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou started to laugh, saying, \"Qianqing likes living freely, always curious about how vast the world truly is. Although the map I gave her is much larger than the world we see, in the grand scheme of the universe, it’s just a drop in the ocean. We are but ephemeral beings within the cosmos, with no one knowing the true extent of this world.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>King Jin couldn’t help but smile wryly and said no more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What do you plan to do after you’ve recovered?\" After a while, Gu Youyou asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>King Jin chuckled bitterly and said, \"Do you think someone like me deserves this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not at all,\" Gu Youyou replied succinctly, catching King Jin by surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou said, \"Why would you think so? There’s no such thing as getting what one deserves. It’s a fact that you’ve been schemed against.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>King Jin was taken aback and even more astonished by Gu Youyou’s words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, she was different from ordinary women, no wonder someone like Jin Zijin had set his sights on her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She certainly had her exceptional qualities! To be outplayed by Jin Zijin, he had no grounds to feel wronged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if he were to lose to Jin Zijin, he would concede wholeheartedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In dynastic histories, struggles for legitimate succession always had winners and losers; nothing to be so worked up about.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What he could not accept was the Ducal Residence harboring a rebellious heart, seeking to usurp the throne through him, stepping on his back to steal the state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt a surge of hatred rising to his heart, fists clenched tightly, declaring, \"Such a nation-stealing traitor deserves death by everyone’s hands. I am a member of the Jin Imperial Family, not a man of the Jin Ducal Residence. Rest assured, I will provide you with a diagnosis fee that will satisfy you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou and what Jin Zijin thought, he too was well aware.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since that incident when he was twelve, he was forever estranged from the throne of Zhuzhao Country.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s only now that he has come to see it clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>King Jin returned to his residence and spent a few days recuperating before resuming his daily routine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today, he dressed himself in clean and neat clothes, spruced up regally, before entering the Imperial Palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ever since Jin Wei first arrived at Prince Jin Residence, he stopped regarding himself as a person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His beard grew unkempt and his clothes wrinkled, and when hunger or thirst struck, he wouldn’t always remember to eat or drink.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During those days, he was tormented to less than human, having lost much weight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every time he visited the Imperial Palace, the Empress would find him listless, which led her to cry countless times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, seeing a radiant King Jin before her, she could hardly believe her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>",656,"2026-06-06T06:55:09.765Z",1,"novelbin.me","e57b71e3b41534c87bbad650d4cb3ea4cc3b91dca516b9bcb954a19b4ba23faa","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-1245","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-1243",1812,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-cover.jpg"]