Marrying a White Snake Wife is Super Cool-Chapter 65: What in This House Isn’t Yours? Just Take It and Use It.

Chapter 65: Chapter 65: What in This House Isn’t Yours? Just Take It and Use It.

This woman wasn’t as tall as Aunt Zhao.

After all, a woman as tall and well-built as Aunt Zhao, practically built like a mare, was a rare sight.

You’d be hard-pressed to find another like her in the entire Empire.

This woman wasn’t short, either. She had to be at least 1.7 meters tall, about the same height as his wife.

The silks and satins the woman wore were no less luxurious than Zhao Qiao’er’s.

And the material of her clothes’ lining clearly marked her as someone from an official family.

The woman was very beautiful, though not as beautiful as his own wife.

’Of course, there probably isn’t anyone in this world who could compare to my wife’s divine, world-besting beauty.’

But she was on the same level as Zhao Qiao’er.

’Truly beautiful.’

But for all her beauty, she lacked a certain feminine charm.

Not like Aunt Zhao—that is, when Aunt Zhao was alone with Lu Yuan.

’That coquettish look of hers, combined with that gorgeous, mature body...’

’It was truly...’

’It made you want to drag Aunt Zhao onto the bed and ravage her for three days and three nights straight.’

This woman, however, though beautiful, had an arrogant air about her, as if she looked down her nose at everyone.

"What are you doing here!"

Zhao Qiao’er wasn’t polite with this woman. After Lu Yuan helped her out of the carriage, she immediately raised an eyebrow and asked.

The arrogant beauty immediately raised an eyebrow and said,

"A Da Xingzi showed up here. I came with my little brother to see the commotion."

Zhao Qiao’er shot the arrogant beauty a look but didn’t say anything more at the entrance.

The group walked toward the main hall in the front courtyard.

Meanwhile, the arrogant beauty complained, rolling her eyes,

"Honestly, where did you go?!

Your people couldn’t find you, and we’ve been waiting for you at the main gate for so long.

Look how cold I am."

But Zhao Qiao’er just arched an eyebrow.

"Then you could have gone inside to wait. Who stopped you?"

The arrogant beauty rolled her eyes again.

"It’s boring inside, and there’s no one to talk to."

After saying this, the arrogant beauty’s gaze fell on Lu Yuan and, of course, Su Liyan, who were standing beside them.

What she found strangest was Su Liyan.

She frowned and said,

"Hey, since when did you have a snake..."

But before the arrogant beauty could finish, Zhao Qiao’er, snapping back to her senses, cut her off with a sharp frown.

"Hey! Watch that foul mouth of yours!

This is my niece-in-law, and this is my own dear nephew!

If you keep spouting nonsense, I’ll really fall out with you!"

Zhao Qiao’er knew what this arrogant woman was like, so she had to cut her off quickly.

Otherwise, who knew what other nasty things would come out of that foul mouth of hers.

Likewise, the arrogant beauty knew Zhao Qiao’er’s temper. Seeing how serious she was,

she stopped talking about Su Liyan.

But a moment later, the arrogant beauty suddenly let out a delicate laugh, then looked at Zhao Qiao’er and said loudly,

"Oh my~

You have family~

Weren’t they all stabbed to death by you?~~"

Zhao Qiao’er’s face darkened. She grabbed the still-laughing beauty and dragged her into the main hall.

Once inside the main hall, Zhao Qiao’er, still holding the arrogant woman, said,

"Come and meet them. This is my dear nephew, Lu Yuan~

And this is my niece-in-law, Su Liyan~"

The arrogant beauty wasn’t interested at all. She glanced at Lu Yuan and Su Liyan but said nothing.

Then, Zhao Qiao’er turned to Lu Yuan and Su Liyan with a beaming smile.

"That’s just how she is. Her mouth could curse a cow to death, but her heart is as soft as a block of tofu.

You can just call her Aunt Song."

Lu Yuan and Su Liyan nodded, about to greet her.

But Song Meiqin arched an eyebrow and said,

"Don’t!

I don’t acknowledge you!

Saves me the annoyance of you trying to claim we’re related later on!"

However, her telling them not to didn’t work; Lu Yuan and Su Liyan were naturally going to listen to Aunt Zhao.

But it was clear that this Song Meiqin was someone with a sharp, unforgiving tongue.

Lu Yuan and Su Liyan still called out in unison, "Aunt Song."

After hearing them, Song Meiqin gave a light hmph, which was taken as an acknowledgement.

Lu Yuan decided not to interrupt the two beauties as they chatted and caught up. He immediately said,

"Auntie, Liyan and I will head back for now to tidy up the East Wing."

Zhao Qiao’er nodded repeatedly. If it had been anyone else, it would have been fine, but Song Meiqin...

This friend of hers had a truly merciless tongue. If she didn’t keep an eye on her, she’d spout some annoying comment at any moment.

Lu Yuan took Su Liyan’s small, soft hand and was about to leave.

Just then, the old butler came in, leading a young Daoist.

This young Daoist was a disciple of Daoist Longchuan.

He’d seen him last night. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

As soon as the young Daoist arrived, he gave Aunt Zhao a slight bow and said,

"Madam, my master asked me to give you a message."

Aunt Zhao paused, guessing it was about Xilingzi, and nodded repeatedly.

Curious, Lu Yuan didn’t rush off but stood by the door to listen.

The young Daoist then said,

"Last night, my master went to Xilingzi to take a look.

The Xingzi inside this time is no small matter. It has at least two hundred years of cultivation."

Hearing this, Zhao Qiao’er frowned slightly. ’This...’

’This isn’t just ’no small matter’...’

’This is huge...’

In all these years, it was the first time Zhao Qiao’er had ever encountered a situation like this.

The young Daoist continued,

"Originally, Master was planning to make preparations, call a few of his martial brothers, and enter Xilingzi together in a few days to deal with this Xingzi.

But the sect suddenly issued an order for everyone from Dou Shi Temple who is away to return to the sect. My master is no exception.

So, regarding the matter of Xilingzi, it’s not that my master is going back on his word, but he’s truly out of options.

My master’s meaning is that the matter at the temple this time is very urgent, and he can’t say when he’ll be able to return.

If it’s truly impossible to wait, he asks that you, Madam, weigh your priorities carefully. If you can find another expert, that’s another matter.

If you can’t, then you’ll have to abandon Xilingzi for this year."

After finishing his message, the young Daoist didn’t linger. He bowed once more to the people in the room and hurried away.

’He must be heading back to Dou Shi Temple.’

After the young Daoist left, a silence fell over the main hall.

Everyone was thinking more or less the same thing.

First, just what kind of major Xingzi had appeared over at Dou Shi Temple?

Although they had seen the government soldiers earlier and knew this Xingzi was powerful, since any Xingzi that required mobilizing the Government Office’s troops had to be a formidable one,

the reality of it hadn’t truly sunk in.

But now, in such a short time, Daoist Longchuan was recalled to his sect, Dou Shi Temple had issued an urgent summons, and his return was uncertain.

For a moment, a sense of panic settled over everyone.

This whole affair was truly no small matter.

’Of course, when the sky falls, the tall ones hold it up.’

In any case, as long as the government soldiers were involved, things wouldn’t get too out of hand.

The other matter was that if Xilingzi couldn’t be mined next year,

the losses would be enormous.

Lu Yuan understood this as well.

After all, his Aunt Zhao often handled business at the dinner table and never shied away from discussing it in front of him and Su Liyan.

The Xilingzi Spirit Stone Mine was the largest mining area in Aunt Zhao’s Guild. Half of their annual Spirit Stone output came from the Xilingzi mines.

And if the Xilingzi Spirit Stone Mine couldn’t be operated next year,

it wasn’t as simple as just earning half as much money.

The relationship between the Guild and the Court was like a farmer paying the Head Tax.

For each mining area, the Court set an annual production quota.

The Guild in charge of that mine had to hand over a fixed amount of Spirit Stones every year.

If the Guild managed to mine more than the quota in a year, the surplus belonged to them.

Likewise, if they couldn’t meet the quota,

they had to make up the difference with their own money!

In other words, if the Xilingzi Spirit Stone Mine couldn’t be operated this coming year, Aunt Zhao would have to pay for half of her entire quota out of her own pocket.

Even with her family’s substantial wealth, that would be a painful blow.

Basically, it would be like working for two or three years for nothing.

Lu Yuan watched Aunt Zhao frowning, thought for a moment, and then suddenly said,

"Auntie, can you find me two lathes and give me some Spirit Stones?

I want to tinker with something."

Snapping out of her thoughts, Aunt Zhao didn’t take out any of her bad mood from the news on Lu Yuan.

She could never bear to show even a hint of displeasure to this sweetheart of hers.

In her heart, she truly doted on Lu Yuan as if he were a precious treasure.

But in response to Lu Yuan’s words, Zhao Qiao’er couldn’t help but give him a playful glare and say coquettishly,

"You silly child, always being so formal with your auntie.

What in this house isn’t yours?

Just take it and use it. Why do you always have to ask?

If you’re so formal with me again, I won’t dote on you anymore!"