latelenovela Chapter 425 How could such a frivolous act be possible——
Chapter 425 How could such a frivolous act be possible——
Seeing that the food was almost cooked, Nanny Ye sent the local maids away.
We need to give them time to spread the word, right?
Sure enough, on the second day, Fu Zhiyi felt that the local officials in the county government looked at him with a little more complexity in their eyes.
His attitude was also more respectful than yesterday.
He began to inquire about Fu Zhiyi's family in various ways.
Fu Zhiyi was suspicious in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face. He laughed it off.
When Fu Zhiyi finished his work at noon and returned to the backyard, he happened to see Lu Zhenzhen sending someone to deliver something to him and the people who stayed in the city.
Not only were a bunch of various medicines bought from Baicaotang sent over, but they also ordered herbal tea for the people in the county government office. Starting from the second day, a bucket of herbal tea was delivered every day, and everyone in the county government office could drink a bowl.
When the locals in the county government saw the herbal tea sent by Baicaotang and heard that it was sent by the county magistrate's wife, they all thanked her and said nothing more.
The group of people who followed Fu Zhiyi to the county government office first saw the locals happily drinking herbal tea, and thought it was something delicious, so they followed them.
Then everyone drank it and made painful expressions.
This actually made the local officials laugh, and for a while the atmosphere of confrontation and alienation between the two sides softened a lot.
Fu Zhiyi had a blank expression on his face, but after taking a sip of the cold tea brought to him by Nanny Ye, he began to look doubtful about his life.
He even began to suspect that someone was trying to poison him.
After hearing Nanny Ye say that this is a local specialty and is best for removing dampness, and that Lu Zhenzhen specifically instructed him to drink a full bowl.
Fu Zhiyi said that for the first time he could not bear the love from his daughter-in-law.
With a subtle frown, Fu Zhiyi put down the bowl of cold tea and asked Nanny Ye how the backyard was being cleaned up.
I missed my wife so much after not being with her for one night.
Upon hearing this, Nanny Ye patted her chest and assured, "Don't worry, sir. We'll clean up the mess today and bring the lady back tomorrow."
Fu Zhiyi nodded and motioned for Nanny Ye to go out.
Nanny Ye paused for a moment, and then reported to Fu Zhiyi everything she had said and done in front of the local maid yesterday.
Only then did Fu Zhiyi understand why the attitudes of his local officials and colleagues had changed slightly today.
My heart feels softer and my longing for you grows stronger.
I finally made it to the next day.
Early in the morning, he ordered people to go to the farm to pick up Lu Zhenzhen and her group. Although he was still sitting in the second hall to handle official business as he had done in the previous two days.
But he would glance outside from time to time, and he looked restless and uneasy, which was rare to see.
Everyone looked at each other suspiciously and exchanged glances, wondering what was wrong with the newly appointed Lord Fu today?
Did they discover some flaws? Or do they have something to hide?
No one knew Fu Zhiyi and no one dared to ask, but everyone was tense.
I’m afraid that Lord Fu will be unhappy and get angry with them.
As soon as the hour of Si passed, Fu Zhiyi could no longer sit still. He pushed the work in his hands aside, stood up and said, "I have some things to attend to today, so I will go ahead. Please feel free to do as you please."
The county lieutenant and the chief clerk hurriedly stood up and smiled apologetically: "Your Excellency, please go and do what you want. If you need anything else, please summon us."
He just looked at Fu Zhiyi, nodded, and hurried to the back.
Seeing that there was no one around, the few people even stood far away from the nearest county magistrate's servants.
They couldn't help but chat together: "Master Fu went to the back in such a hurry, is it because of some private matter?"
"I heard that Master Fu sent someone out of the city early in the morning. Did he go to pick up his wife?"
"Is it necessary to be so anxious when picking up the lady?" someone objected.
"Are you stupid? Is our new county magistrate's wife an ordinary person? She's a titled county lady, a third-rank imperial concubine! Master Fu is only a seventh-rank official. How can a wife like this be respected?"
"That's true! Although Mr. Fu has looked a little cold these days, he seems to be doing things in an orderly manner and not the type to act recklessly. I wonder if this county lady—"
"Shut up! Do we think we can say anything about the county lady? Whether it's good or bad, it has nothing to do with us."
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Fu Zhiyi calculated the time and went to the backyard to change into casual clothes. Then he heard someone report that Lu Zhenzhen's carriage was about to arrive at the county government office.
Suddenly, he couldn't wait any longer, so he walked to the side door and waited.
This side door was originally opened for the daily entry and exit of the county magistrate's female relatives in the backyard.
Just as I arrived at the side door, I soon saw a team of carriages slowly approaching and stopping upright at the side door.
The curtain of the carriage was lifted, and Lu Zhenzhen was about to get off the carriage, holding Dingxiang's hand.
Fu Zhiyi grabbed her waist and carried her down from the carriage.
Lu Zhenzhen looked around in panic and saw that there were no strangers around. The maids and the people who followed her were either covering their mouths and laughing, or looking up at the sky and the ground, or pretending to be very busy, and none of them looked over here.
Then he gently hit Fu Zhiyi's shoulder and leaned close to his ear to sneer: "Fourth Master, how can you do such a frivolous thing in broad daylight——"
Fu Zhiyi choked, remembering what he had said to Lu Zhenzhen, and couldn't help but tighten his grip.
Lu Zhenzhen hissed, patted Fu Zhiyi's hand, and signaled him to let go.
Fu Zhiyi reluctantly let go of her hand, put her down, and quickly held Lu Zhenzhen's hand tightly, saying with a smile: "Madam, you have come from a long way, please come with me into the house and rest for a while——"
The two of them walked hand in hand into the backyard of the county government office.
Fu Zhiyi took Lu Zhenzhen to the tidied flower hall, where they drank tea and looked at the scenery. The people coming and going in the garden actually added a bit of liveliness to the scene.
The two of them hadn't seen each other for only two nights, but it felt like six autumns, and they had endless things to say to each other.
Lu Zhenzhen talked about the interesting and embarrassing things that happened in Zhuangzi, and Fu Zhiyi listened with a smile.
From time to time, he would refill Lu Zhenzhen's tea and signal her to continue.
After finishing his words, Fu Zhiyi continued, "My local colleagues wanted to hold a welcoming banquet for me the day before yesterday, but I declined because I hadn't settled in yet. If the news of you being brought here gets out today, I'm afraid I'll have to go to the welcoming banquet tomorrow. Who knows, the wives of the county lieutenants and chief clerks might also come to visit."
"I can't refuse the welcoming banquet. I'll be there tomorrow and back soon, then I'll be released. I was injured on the way to take up my new post, and because I've been so exhausted from my duties over the past two days, my injury has recurred, so I'll have to postpone my upcoming duties for now."
"Recover at home and observe the character and abilities of these local colleagues. Furthermore, the two advisors my uncle recommended were delayed on the way and will likely arrive in a while. I've been looking through files and documents over the past two days and have a rough idea of the current situation in South Vietnam. South Vietnam isn't as peaceful as it appears, so we don't need to intervene immediately. Let's wait and see."