PNB Chapter 138 Converting merit into crime
Chapter 138 Converting merit into crime
The next day, Gu Lingyue woke up because of hunger. After waking up, she remembered the madness with Long Shang last night, and her cheeks turned red instantly.
Last night, she was held in Long Shang's arms and tossed around. In the end, she was too tired to cooperate, but Long Shang insisted that she say with her own mouth that he was very strong. She was so angry that he ended up bullying her severely.
Until she fainted.
Gu Lingyue turned around and found herself lying in Long Shang's arms, with her body covered with dense kiss marks. Fortunately, she felt fresh and did not feel any soreness. It seemed that Long Shang had already cleaned her and passed on his internal energy to her.
She glared at Long Shang with resentment on her face. This bastard was really going too far!
As she was thinking this, her stomach started to growl.
Long Shang woke up as soon as Gu Lingyue opened her eyes, but because he was too crazy yesterday, he was afraid that Gu Lingyue would be angry, so he pretended not to wake up.
At this moment, he felt Gu Lingyue's resentful eyes and heard the sounds from her stomach. He couldn't bear to see her starving, so he opened his eyes and said in a flattering manner, "Yue'er, are you hungry?"
"Hmph!" Gu Lingyue rolled her eyes at him and turned her head away angrily.
Long Shang knew that he had bullied someone badly last night. He chuckled foolishly and said, "Yue'er, take a rest first. I will go cook dinner right away."
After saying that, Long Shang quickly stood up, put on his clothes, kissed Gu Lingyue on the cheek, and walked out of the room.
Only after hearing the door open did Gu Lingyue get up and put on her clothes.
She looked at the kiss marks on her body and felt a little funny.
That man was really stingy. He gave her his internal energy but didn't remove the kiss marks on her body.
She finally understood that you should never say that a man is not capable in front of him, especially a man who has been hungry for a long time.
After Gu Lingyue got dressed and washed up, Long Shang walked in pushing a cart.
"I was afraid that you would be hungry and anxious waiting, so I made some simple food. Please sit down and eat quickly." Long Shang greeted.
Gu Lingyue went forward to take a look and found that he had actually prepared noodle soup with ham and eggs, and also mixed a cold dish, and it all looked very good.
Gu Lingyue smiled and sat down, humming to him twice, "I'll consider this your merits to atone for your sins."
"Thank you for the compliment, madam." Long Shang said with a smile, handed the bowl to Gu Lingyue, and took chopsticks from the cart to pick up some food for her.
"Hmph!" Gu Lingyue rolled her eyes at him, picked up the chopsticks, took a bite, found it tasted great, and began to eat it voraciously.
The two of them left the space after having their meal. It was almost noon at this time, and Tang Zhenhong sent someone to invite them to the main hall for dinner.
The two of them had just finished their meal and were not hungry at all, but Gu Lingyue wanted to ask about the medicinal herbs prepared by her uncle, so she went to the main hall with Long Shang.
There was no female member of the Tang family in the main hall today except for the men. Gu Lingyue asked, "Why didn't my two sisters-in-law come to eat?"
Tang Zhenhong was also a little confused and looked at Tang Wenqing.
Although Tang Wenqing was very angry, he was too embarrassed to show it in front of Gu Lingyue and Long Shang, so he just said, "Your sister-in-law is feeling a little unwell today, so she won't be coming to dinner."
Tang Minghan looked at Gu Lingyue and said with a smile, "Your second sister-in-law is pregnant. She has been cooking in the small kitchen in her yard recently. She just sent someone over to tell her that she couldn't come."
Gu Lingyue understood. The reason he came here yesterday was probably to meet her.
"Brother, is my sister-in-law okay? Do you need me to go and check on her?" Gu Lingyue asked.
"It's okay, she's just free." Tang Wenqing said lightly, obviously very disappointed with Zhong Wanqian.
Gu Lingyue didn't ask any more questions, but Tang Zhenhong said, "Your second brother already has a child, so you should hurry up."
Upon hearing this, Tang Wenqing scratched his hair in annoyance.
They got married earlier than his second brother. Who would have thought that his second brother's wife was pregnant, but his wife's belly was not moving at all. He had been trying very hard, so why couldn't she get pregnant?
"Grandpa, we're not in a hurry. If you want to have a great-grandson, your second daughter-in-law will give birth to one soon. We'll talk about it in a few years."
Tang Minghan glared at him angrily, "A few years? Do you want to wait until I'm dead?"
"Pfft, pfft, pfft!" Gu Lingyue quickly pretended to spit a few times, looked at Tang Minghan and said, "Uncle, why did you say such unlucky words when there was nothing wrong? Don't say them again in the future."
Tang Zhenhong roared angrily, "I'm not even dead yet, and you're talking about death all the time. Do you want me to die without anyone?"
He had two sons, one of whom had already died. He could no longer afford to see his son die.
At this time, Tang Zhenhong regretted mentioning the child.
Seeing this, Gu Lingyue said tentatively: "Brother, if you don't want to have children, I can give you a checkup."
Upon hearing this, Tang Minghan and Tang Zhenhong's eyes lit up.
Yes, their Yue'er knows medicine, maybe she can really help.
Thinking of the envious look in his wife's eyes when she learned that his second son's wife was pregnant, Tang Wenqing finally nodded in agreement.
Speaking of children, thinking that He Xueqi was pregnant and there was no war now, Tang Zhenhong asked Tang Wenqi and Tang Wenle to go to Yizhou to replace Tang Wenjin, so that his wife would not give birth before the second child came back.
Tang Wenqi and Tang Wenle nodded in agreement.
Seeing this, Gu Lingyue didn't mention the matter of medicinal herbs, thinking of talking about it after dinner.
The servants brought the dishes to the table one after another. Since Gu Lingyue and Long Shang had just finished their meal, they ate some symbolically.
Before the meal was even finished, a man dressed as a general walked in. "This humble general greets His Majesty! Princess! Old General! General!"
"Deputy General Deng, let's have something to eat together." Tang Minghan said with a smile.
This deputy general is called Deng Liang. He and the deputy general who was bitten at the beginning of the battle are Tang Minghan's right-hand men, and they have a good relationship.
"I've already eaten. I came here to talk to you about buying herbs."
"There are no outsiders here, so you can speak." Tang Zhenhong said.
Deng Liang glanced at Long Shang and continued, "I'm following the general's orders and buying medicine on credit from major pharmacies. The pharmacies in Youzhou City simply don't have enough medicine. If you go to other towns to buy medicine, you have to pay in cash, but the money allocated to us by the court..."
Deng Liang stopped talking here, Tang Minghan also fell silent, and even Tang Zhenhong looked grim.
When they set out, the emperor clearly asked the Ministry of Revenue to allocate food and money, but now the war is over and the food and money have not arrived. If Yue'er had not robbed the enemy's food, they would still be starving.
But even if they have food now, buying medicinal herbs is a huge expense. The annual funding from the court for their army is insufficient, and sometimes they have to subsidize themselves. Now they have no way to come up with so much money at once.
The others also felt bad. There were so many soldiers, brothers who had been through life and death with them. They couldn't just watch them die.
At this time, Long Shang looked at Gu Lingyue.
Gu Lingyue understood what he meant. All his belongings were in her hands. However, she didn't plan to use that money. She had other plans.
Gu Lingyue smiled at him, then looked at Tang Minghan and the others and said, "Uncle, don't worry about the money. I'll find a way. You just need to buy the herbs."