Powerful Minister Buddha-like Sweet Wife
chapter 1
In early summer, the breeze is gentle, the water gurgles, and the willows encircle the bank.
The rising sun in the east has just emerged among the mountains, and Weijia Village, a hundred miles away from the capital, is now filled with smoke. The men working in the fields glance at the sky, straighten up, and pack their hoes, ready to go home for breakfast.
At this time, in a house at the end of the village, leaning against the hill, a girl in the east wing just opened her eyes.
Perhaps because the girl had just woken up, her cheeks were flushed. What stands out the most is her delicate skin and serene, refined temperament, which sets her apart from the villagers.
After opening her eyes, Liu Tangxi sat up from the bed.
As she moved, her black hair cascaded down her back like a waterfall.
Liu Tangxi looked up at the dilapidated beams overhead and sighed deeply.
Nothing had changed; she was still in this strange dynasty.
Since she was here, she decided to make the best of it. Liu Tangxi intended to integrate into this world starting today.
After some thought, Liu Tangxi began to dress and get out of bed.
Liu Tangxi had crossed over in a book .
This was the fourth day since she had arrived.
After working for five years and saving a considerable amount of money, she finally took out a loan to buy a house, only to live in it for one day before inexplicably waking up here the next day.
However, although the dynasty was strange, she knew where she was.
Before going to bed, she had been reading a book called "The Empress Dominates the Pretty Queen."
The female lead in the book is a modern woman who has traveled to Huai'enhou Mansion. As a concubine daughter , she was always abused by her stepmother and stepsister. Fortunately, the female lead was wise and resourceful, helping her father solve political enemies. With Huai Enhou's support, the female lead gradually gained support at home.
Under her father's reprimand, the stepmother did not dare to bully the female lead. However, Liu Tangxi, as a vicious and thoughtless daughter, could not bear this. Seeing the concubine daughter who used to cower at the sight of her now climbing over her head, not only loved by her father but also linked with the prince she had always liked, Liu Tangxi was very angry.
On the way to the temple, Liu Tangxi asked the maid beside her to buy some medicine, intending to drug the female lead and then sell her to human traffickers. However, unexpectedly, the maid and the servants at home betrayed her. The female lead was safe, but Liu Tangxi was taken away by traffickers, far from the capital.
When reading this part of the book, readers clapped and cheered.
Unfortunately, the villain in a book often has tenacious vitality.
Even though she was sold to a remote place, the tenaciously surviving villain still lived on.
On the way to being sold to a brothel, Liu Tangxi found a chance to escape and successfully relied on the Wei family.
Wei Laosan was seriously ill and on the verge of death.
Someone told him that if he married off his youngest son, Wei Laosan's illness would be cured, and even specified the direction to find a suitable daughter-in-law.
Wei Laosan's wife, Li shi, in her desperation, believed the fortune-teller's words.
Coincidentally, under the fortune-teller's guidance, she ran into Liu Tangxi on the road. Liu Tangxi pretended to gain Li's trust successfully.
Li gave the remaining twenty taels of silver of the family savings to the trafficker.
The trafficker, knowing Liu Tangxi's identity was not simple, regretted taking the job. Now that Liu Tangxi was sold voluntarily to the farmhouse, he sold her as a favor and told people he had sold her to a brothel. No one would know since it was far from the capital.
By doing so, he wouldn't offend anyone.
Later, Li shi brought Liu Tangxi home.
Since Liu Tangxi wanted to return to the capital, she naturally would not be willing to marry into the Wei family. However, she was not stupid and knew that she was suspicious due to her unknown origin, so she planned to escape on the day of the marriage.
In the book, she indeed escaped and succeeded.
However, now something went wrong. Liu Tangxi inexplicably fainted on the night of the marriage and woke up the next day.
Then, she became Liu Tangxi.
When she opened her eyes, a strange man dressed in coarse clothes but with an undeniable aura was staring at her.
Thinking of this, Liu Tangxi raised her eyes and looked at the empty space in the house. It was already tidy, the tables, chairs, and cabinets in place, and the bedding neatly arranged at the end of the bed.
Liu Tangxi sighed deeply again.
The author truly knows how to arrange plots to create conflicts.
In the book, the person Liu Tangxi married was not an ordinary person but a villain.
Wei Laosan had three sons. The first two were honest, but the third was not easy to deal with.
Wei Hanzhou started studying at the age of ten at the suggestion of an old scholar in the village. Within a few years, he passed the imperial examinations and became the youngest top scholar in the Dali Dynasty. Later, he won the emperor's favor and became a treacherous minister.
He sided with the crown prince, constantly opposing the third prince and the heroine from Huai'enhou Mansion.
Of course, such a villain who opposes the protagonists never ends well.
The male and female leads joined forces, collected all his criminal evidence, confiscated his property, and exterminated the entire Wei family.
Thinking that this man's opposition to the third prince was due to the original Liu Tangxi, the current Liu Tangxi couldn't help but shrink back.
Out of fear in this unfamiliar time and space, Liu Tangxi had been hiding in the house for three days under the guise of a bride. During these three days, she quietly figured out the Wei family's temperament. After tidying up, Liu Tangxi went out of the house.
Seeing Liu Tangxi come out, Li shi smiled and said, "Third daughter-in-law is up. Go wash your hands and get ready to eat."
Zhou, who was stoking the fire in the kitchen, paused and glanced at her mother-in-law and Liu Tangxi standing in the yard, muttering to her sister-in-law Zhang, who was cutting vegetables: "Mother is really good to the third daughter-in-law. Anyone who doesn't know would think they were mother and daughter."
Zhang didn't say a word and continued cutting vegetables carefully.
Seeing Zhang's silence, Zhou shi felt even more displeased. She slammed the firewood on the side in half and threw it into the stove heavily.
After a while, Zhang shi finished cutting the vegetables and glanced at the pot.
"Second sister-in-law, the fire is too big."
Zhou shi snorted and reluctantly pulled out a few burning sticks of firewood from under the pot, extinguishing them in the ashes below.
"Isn't this a waste of firewood? Mother will scold you again if she knows." Zhang shi frowned.
Hearing this, Zhou shi became even angrier.
"Yes, yes, it's all my fault. I'm seven months pregnant and still working in the kitchen, but an unknown person bought from who knows where can lie in bed and sleep!"
Seeing that the pot was cooler, Zhang shi took a small spoon and poured a spoonful of oil from the jar into the pot. After adding some green onions, ginger, and garlic, she poured the vegetables into the pot.
Soon, the fragrance wafted out.
After Liu Tangxi finished washing, she smelled the aroma from the kitchen and walked over.
Seeing Zhou shi stoking the fire, Liu Tangxi said, "Second sister-in-law, let me do it."
Zhou shi, who was holding the fire, saw Liu Tangxi wearing the newly made coarse clothes and felt even more annoyed. Liu Tangxi was bought from outside and cost twenty taels of silver, with a few more taels spent on the banquet a few days ago. Additionally, her mother-in-law had made her two new sets of clothes.
Looking at Liu Tangxi's delicate face and graceful figure, Zhou shi became even more angry.
Although she was a legitimate daughter-in-law and the other was bought, it looked like the other came from a big family while she was a servant girl.
"No need, third sister-in-law, you rest well. You and the third brother just got married, you must be tired." Zhou shi said strangely.
The word "tired" was emphasized heavily.
Hearing this, Liu Tangxi glanced at Zhou shi big belly, did not respond to her, but walked to her and whispered, "Second sister-in-law is heavily pregnant, please rest."
Zhou shi wanted to say something more, but at this moment, Zhang shi said to Zhou shi , "Alright, second sister-in-law, you are heavily pregnant, the kitchen is too small, and the smell of oil and smoke is heavy. You go out and rest. Let the third sister-in-law take over."
Hearing this, Zhou shi didn't say anything further. After looking at Liu Tangxi, she supported herself on the stove and got up.
Seeing this, Liu Tangxi quickly reached out to help her.
Zhou shi didn't seem to expect Liu Tangxi to help her. She stiffened and wanted to refuse, but when she turned her head and saw Liu Tangxi's sincere expression, she didn't say a word and stood up with Liu Tangxi's help. However, when she walked out of the kitchen, her face looked much better.
After Zhou shi went out, Liu Tangxi sat in her seat and started stoking the fire.
She grew up in the countryside and didn't leave home until she went to college. So, she was very skilled at stoking fires and cooking. Although she hadn't done it for many years, her hands were a bit unfamiliar, but she soon became accustomed to it.
Seeing Liu Tangxi's proficient movements, Zhang was slightly surprised.
She looked down and glanced at Liu Tangxi's hands as she stoked the fire.
Liu Tangxi's hands were truly delicate, indicating she had never done any rough work. Not only that, but they were also well-maintained, suggesting she had been well taken care of daily.
She should have lived a wealthy life before; something must have happened for her to be sold.
But seeing her stoking the fire skillfully, she didn't seem like someone who had never worked at all.
Zhang shi was a reticent person, but at this moment, she couldn't help but ask, "Where is the third sister-in-law's home?"
Liu Tangxi paused with the firewood in her hand, looked up at Zhang shi, and covered her forehead in pain, saying half-truthfully, "I can't remember. I remember being sold and knocked out. When I woke up, I was here."
Zhang shi was stunned.
Although Liu Tangxi had been here for a few days, Zhang shi was busy preparing for Wei Hanzhou's wedding before they got married and had no time to talk to Liu Tangxi. And Liu Tangxi had almost never left the room after getting married, so it was the first time the two were speaking formally.
She only felt that Liu Tangxi seemed different from the day she first came, but she didn't expect her to have lost her memory.
Thinking of Liu Tangxi fainting on the night of the wedding, Zhang shi pursed her lips. Looking at Liu Tangxi's delicate face and the prominent scar on her forehead, there was sympathy in her eyes.
"Forget it. It must not have been a good thing. Although our family is poor, our parents are kind and good people, and the third brother is talented. The future is bright, and your good days are yet to come," Zhang shi said.
Liu Tangxi nodded and replied, "Thank you, sister-in-law, for comforting me. I am also grateful to my parents-in-law for taking me in, and to my...husband."
Although the word "husband" was common, Liu Tangxi always felt awkward saying it.
Zhang shi smiled and didn't say anything more.
After a while, Zhang shi opened the lid of the pot and checked the vegetables. "Third sister-in-law, there's no need to add more firewood. The vegetables are almost ready. Go to the study and ask the third brother to eat."
"...Okay."
Liu Tangxi responded on the surface but felt heavy-hearted. Compared to asking Wei Hanzhou to eat, she would rather do the chores in the kitchen.
Her husband, although only a scholar at this time, had sharp and intimidating eyes. Every time he looked at her, it made her feel as if he could see through her entirely.
Putting down the firewood in her hand, Liu Tangxi walked out slowly. As soon as she stepped into the yard, she saw Zhou shi feeding the pigs with her big belly.
For some reason, seeing this scene, Liu Tangxi's anxiety lessened a lot.
As Zhang shi said, although this family was poor, everyone was kind. Even Zhou shi, who liked to say a few words about her, was not a lazy person.
Liu Tangxi was about to walk over to help, but before she could move, Zhou shi had already finished feeding the pigs.
Feeling a bit regretful, Liu Tangxi pursed her lips and walked towards the study of the future greatest scholar in the entire Dali Dynasty.
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