[{"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-519":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},1543904,2006,"Chapter 519 - 519 529 Tian Jizi's Intentions","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-519",519,"\u003Cp>519: Chapter 529: Tian Jizi’s Intentions 519: Chapter 529: Tian Jizi’s Intentions Upon hearing Jin Zijin’s decision, Yue Rujing did not sleep well all night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you reveal your identity now, you won’t be able to participate in the struggle for the position of State Preceptor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By then, you’ll have no hand in the matters of the Dao Sect, yet you’ll still be mired in the struggle for succession.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You must think this through; you might end up in a dilemma,” Yue Rujing warned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Zijin replied indifferently, “It is precisely because I have thought it through that I am discussing it with you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yue Rujing naturally knew Jin Zijin’s temperament, which was why she was so anxious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You will become the target of all, your emergence will stir up dormant forces from all sides.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And you know what’s going on with the Dao Family; if our master is becoming senile and you don’t fight for our cause, our generation will have lost,” she said gravely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Zijin looked up at Yue Rujing and asked in a deep voice, “Do you know what our master’s intentions are?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master?” Yue Rujing was confused by the abrupt question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What do you mean by our master’s intentions?” she queried.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Zijin explained, “The Dao heart is no longer pure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Our master’s greatest wish in this life is for the Dao Sect to distance itself from worldly power and return it to the Imperial Court.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To cultivate purity, one must refine their character, not fight over power and possessions to the death.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tianzong and Xuanzong have been fighting for many years now, and it’s not just over the Youying Pearl or for the Dao Sect’s supreme power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They’ve caused harm, not just to members of our sect, but by dragging ordinary people, and even the imperial power, into the mire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They have strayed from the original intention of joining the Dao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, our master intends to completely extract the Dao Sect from the quagmire of imperial power, to truly abstain from governance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ajing, this is an opportunity,” he concluded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yue Rujing nodded, then shook her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She understood everything up to that point, but not the last statement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What opportunity?” she asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Zijin smiled cryptically, “You will find out in time.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright then!” Yue Rujing sighed, conceding, “Whatever you say, brother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since you’ve thought it through, let’s keep our distance from the affairs of the court.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yue Rujing and Jin Zijin went to the back hall and spread out a lifelike blueprint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blueprint, when unfurled, was as large as half a wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Brother,” Yue Rujing pointed at a spot and said, “If you take your rightful place, the Xiao Family will definitely stand with you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They command a force of one hundred thousand, and with the twenty percent of the forces I can bring from Lingnan, we will command a force of three hundred thousand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The one hundred and fifty thousand troops belonging to the fifth prince are remnants of the third prince’s faction; any intelligent person would not give them the chance to rise again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We’ll set them aside for the moment, out of consideration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Additionally, the fifteen thousand from the Empress’s natal Ducal Residence are definitely our enemies, and we won’t consider the Emperor’s two hundred thousand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fifteen thousand troops guarded by the General of the East Sea…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The general used not to be involved in the court’s succession struggles, but earlier this year, his son married the legitimate eldest granddaughter of a minor branch of the Ducal Residence!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Zijin, with his hands behind his back, slowly walked in front of the blueprint, his sharp eyes never leaving the paper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a moment, he chuckled, “So, you mean to say that the general is supporting the Empress?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three hundred thousand troops, exactly matching our own.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Exactly,” Yue Rujing nodded and said, “Who wins or loses will ultimately depend on the Emperor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Our Zhuzhao Country boasts of one million soldiers, but I’ve done the math and can only account for nine hundred and fifty thousand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The remaining fifty thousand, I once heard my father mention inadvertently, are also in the Emperor’s hand, and they are all valiant warriors who only take orders from the Emperor himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one knows exactly where these fifty thousand are hidden.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Zijin raised an eyebrow but then said with a smile, “So it seems he’s not as useless as he appears on the surface, eh?”\u003C\u002Fp>",742,"2026-06-06T06:54:57.040Z",1,"novelbin.me","f88ce9a19d4c94b418cc3505e7fdd2eaab85130d3bc565b2aa71ff37ddb736bf","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-520","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-518",1812,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-cover.jpg"]