[{"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-626":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},1543961,2006,"Chapter 626 - 626 637 Highway Robbery","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-626",626,"\u003Cp>626: Chapter 637 Highway Robbery 626: Chapter 637 Highway Robbery Madam Lin walked ahead while Xie Qinyun made faces at Gu Youyou and Lin Qianqing from behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Madam Lin occasionally turned her head to instruct them, teaching them about matters related to the palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They nodded earnestly in agreement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whatever Madam Lin said was accepted as correct anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Youyou, after the banquet, the Empress will likely speak with you about visiting the Empress Dowager to treat her leg ailment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You’re smarter than your cousin; you should know how to handle this, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou was momentarily stunned, then nodded lightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Madam Lin hummed in satisfaction and said, “It might not only be after the banquet; you could be summoned to go before it starts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just be adaptable to the situation.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No problem at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou continued to nod.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While the Empress was hosting the banquet, Jin Zijin was also busy with his own matters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the woods, two bored, masked men in black were casually conversing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I heard that Gu Youyou entered the palace today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brother, you agreed to this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After pulling down the black cloth covering his face and putting a wild grass in his mouth, he said, “Taking this chance to have a look is good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not today, someday we’ll be summoned.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Empress Dowager has bad legs, and the more famous she gets, the less she can avoid treatment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, there’s no need to avoid it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yue Rujing laughed and said, “That’s true.” Then he became slightly worried, “But healing the Empress Dowager is not like healing others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou’s medical theories are really frightening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wouldn’t be foolish enough to use some shocking and unorthodox methods to heal, would she?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t worry, Youyou knows what she’s doing,” Jin Zijin replied, climbing out of a ditch and glancing toward the entrance of a nearby grove.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yue Rujing said, “As long as she knows what she’s doing, that’s good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Empress Dowager’s leg problem is a chronic issue; I’ve even examined it myself.” He sighed and shook his head, “It’s hopeless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at her age, the Empress Dowager has attendants, so whether she can walk or not doesn’t really matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She just needs pain relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why trouble ourselves over this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Zijin replied indifferently, “Before his ascension to the throne, he and the Empress Dowager relied on each other for many years; she is to him more than a birth mother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, this Empress Dowager is different from the previous ones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She has no natal family, no relatives involved in politics—her heart is only with the Emperor, so the Emperor also trusts her deeply.” With a slight chuckle, as if recalling something, he added, “What a great accomplishment it would be to cure the Empress Dowager!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Isn’t it clear that some intend to use this opportunity to gain favor with the Emperor?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that ailment…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>isn’t so easily cured.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Considering what his brother implied…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yue Rujing pondered, narrowing his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Brother, you’re not planning to use this opportunity to have Gu Youyou curry favor with the Empress Dowager, are you?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she cures the ailment, that’s great, but if not…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyway, it’s already like that; if she doesn’t succeed, it won’t matter much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m just worried that in her eagerness to achieve quick results, she might resort to her shocking and unorthodox methods and end up making things worse!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Zijin looked pensively at Yue Rujing, sizing him up, and asked, “Do you still have doubts about Youyou?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You trust her so little?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yue Rujing originally wanted to proudly claim it was because he cared about her, but when the words reached his mouth, they weren’t so bold anymore, turning into another sentence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is that woman trustworthy in her actions?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Zijin: “…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Short-sighted!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yue Rujing was stunned before he realized that his brother was scolding him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Brother, how can you talk about me like that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You’ve changed…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Startled birds flew up unusually in the grove ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Zijin immediately spat out the grass from his mouth and put on his hood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Enough, tell everyone to be ready.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They’re coming.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The approaching riders galloped into the grove, drawing nearer and nearer until a rope trap in the leaves sprang out, launching three feet off the ground, catching the lead rider unawares and sending both rider and horse tumbling over.\u003C\u002Fp>",726,"2026-06-06T06:54:57.874Z",1,"novelbin.me","67d9606935ca5bd51fb158909685b05044a2da6c85c1f450706353f983e52424","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-627","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-625",1812,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-cover.jpg"]