[{"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-913":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},1543998,2006,"Chapter 913 - 913 907 Helping Xiao Qinqin Inquire","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-913",913,"\u003Cp>913: Chapter 907: Helping Xiao Qinqin Inquire 913: Chapter 907: Helping Xiao Qinqin Inquire “But…” Just as His Majesty was about to order her to be punished with flogging, Gu Youyou suddenly remembered something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With his hand raised, the Emperor lowered it and asked in a low voice, “But what?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the Empress’ end, anxiety turned into astonishment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be that the girl had really lied to deceive her?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then how did that Jade Pendant end up in her hands?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou thought of the story that Lun Yu had told her, the story’s conclusion—Xiao Qinqin still had questions for Jin Moning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou lifted her head to look at this elderly man with streaks of grey at his temples and suddenly didn’t know what to say.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She sighed and said, “There is someone who wants to ask His Majesty whether she has always been treated as a pawn in the struggle for power?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Emperor visibly started, staggered, and nearly lost his footing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the Emperor’s reaction, Gu Youyou suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lun Tong hadn’t asked this question for her, but now she had the opportunity to ask it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if she were to be beaten to death by the flogging, she would have done one thing as Zijin’s mother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The noble consort staggered, her eyes wide with shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who’s asking?” The Empress’ reaction was even more vehement than the Emperor’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wasn’t foolish—the Jade Pendant of Xiao Qinqin was in Gu Youyou’s hand, and now these words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides Xiao Qinqin, who would ask such a question?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was no longer the reckless young girl willing to throw caution to the winds for love; she naturally knew why she had received so much of the Emperor’s affection and why she held the honored position of Empress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was all because of the power their families wielded behind them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of Xiao Qinqin’s tragic and pitiful death, who had even asked such a foolish question at the end, she suddenly felt that she didn’t hate her as much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, they were all the same, merely pawns in the Emperor’s power struggle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back then, when the Xiao Family was prestigious, the Emperor married Xiao Qinqin and doted on her greatly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the Xiao Family’s downfall, he married her and showered her with the same immense favor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that time, they didn’t understand—Xiao Qinqin died too early, she would never understand, but Jin Yushu now understood, yet she had resigned herself to her fate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unable to have this man’s love, at least she was the Empress, the most noble woman in the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had to rely on the title of the Empress, and her family, the Ducal Residence, to push her son onto the throne.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a woman, a life like this was worth it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Emperor paused for a long while before gradually closing his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when he opened them again, his face was once more filled with a harsh expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who told you that?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who told you that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was exactly what the Empress wanted to ask as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone in the room turned to look at Gu Youyou.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou, adhering to the principle of never betraying her own but rather those outside her circle, promptly sold out Lun Tong without any hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The man known in the jianghu as ‘Bai Xiaosheng’ has two hobbies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He likes to change his appearance and enjoys collecting various interesting stories, which he writes into booklets for his collection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As it happens, I also share the hobby of writing stories, so I had the fortune of getting to know Lun Tong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the time, I exchanged a story I wrote with Lun Tong for one of his stories.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lun Yu had then come to Qi Mountain in the guise of Lun Tong to find her—her statement was faultless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Emperor trembled slightly and asked, “Where is the booklet?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The booklet has been burned,” Gu Youyou said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lun Tong mentioned that such stories, if they spread, could bring about fatal danger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So after letting me read it, she suggested that I burn it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What story?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, before the Emperor could speak, the already perturbed Empress asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou honestly answered, “It’s the story of a woman whose husband betrayed her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She turned from love to hate and regretted it for a lifetime.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Empress froze, and the Emperor froze as well.\u003C\u002Fp>",735,"2026-06-06T06:55:01.400Z",1,"novelbin.me","61bd60f295e06ea2023b2dda4e4f98281b08b895f00717ba42d13d59024f3942","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-914","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-912",1812,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-cover.jpg"]