[{"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-918":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},1544003,2006,"Chapter 918 - 918 912 My Mother is Xiao Qinqin","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-918",918,"\u003Cp>918: Chapter 912: My Mother is Xiao Qinqin 918: Chapter 912: My Mother is Xiao Qinqin Jin Zijin was somewhat annoyed as he interrupted her, “Haven’t I told you many times?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nothing is more important than your life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why do you always have to make people worry and be afraid?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If something happened to you, what would you have me do?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou was at a loss for words; he was right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The feeling of being cherished always warmed her heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Faced with his questioning, she lowered her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She murmured softly, “I thought I couldn’t be too cowardly, to be beaten with a board and betray you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Zijin sighed and said, “I wish you were more cowardly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You’re a lady, not a warrior ready to die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s not shameful to fear death and cling to life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In such situations, to save your own skin, betraying anyone is acceptable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don’t mind.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou felt somewhat stifled and asked, “So you don’t blame me for taking the Jade Pendant?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I actually took it because I saw how much you treasured it before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ve been wanting to find a chance to return it to you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ve always carried it close to my body, sewn into my clothes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I never anticipated that Jin Fengzhao would be so sick, to strip my clothes from my body, and then…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>when she and the Empress were fighting, the Jade Pendant fell out.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Zijin touched her face, which was red and somewhat swollen, and asked, “Did she do this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou also touched her own face and said, “She hit me once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Are you going to hit her back for me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flash of anger flickered through Jin Zijin’s eyes as he gently covered her with the blanket, speaking in a low voice, “You rest now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don’t go back today; I’ll notify the Lin Residence.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou watched him leave the room in a huff and felt a sudden lurch in her heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could he really be going to seek revenge?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oh, that image, although satisfying, wouldn’t be very graceful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wouldn’t lose his composure like that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Jin Zijin was standing in Baohe Palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Emperor sat atop the Dragon Throne, with the Empress Dowager, the Empress, and Noble Consort Sheng seated on either side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Empress Dowager seemed very agitated, constantly staring at Jin Zijin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was much she wanted to say but, overwhelmed with emotion, she didn’t know where to begin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Empress’s face was somewhat pale, her fists clenched so tightly that her knuckles turned white, betraying her outward composure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Noble Consort Sheng was teary-eyed and equally agitated, striving as hard as the Empress to maintain her facade of calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Emperor appeared much more composed, though, of course, his external indifference did not necessarily reflect a serene heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Where did you get this Jade Pendant?” asked the Emperor calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Standing alone in the center of the hall, with a calmness akin to a windless lake, Jin Zijin answered, “It was left by my mother.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Empress could no longer maintain her composure, slapping the armrest of her chair, “And from where did your mother acquire this Jade Pendant?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She refused to acknowledge that the mother he spoke of was Xiao Qinqin, even though she had already guessed it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clinging to the last shred of possibility, it was just a coincidence, Xiao Qinqin had given the Jade Pendant to another woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in reality, there was no other woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Zijin spoke plainly and unequivocally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t know where my mother got it from, but my mother is Xiao Qinqin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There is no need for you to believe me, so I need not offer any further explanation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since I had let go of this Jade Pendant once, I will not take it back now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoever wants it may take it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Humph, then what are you doing here?” The Empress’s hands trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hadn’t he left with Gu Youyou?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why had he returned so soon?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Emperor had not summoned him; maybe the Emperor didn’t even care about who was Xiao Qinqin’s child after all?\u003C\u002Fp>",687,"2026-06-06T06:55:01.400Z",1,"novelbin.me","4e9bf2f8411b1e85d91ef86260bb243f3bd7b3b1b2fd44600529962523cafd8f","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-919","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-917",1812,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-cover.jpg"]