Chapter 756 - 530: Jiang Hu’s Decision

Chapter 756: Chapter 530: Jiang Hu’s Decision

Mu Qiurong’s room had long since been prepared, and they’d even set aside a lot of clothes to be washed.

The maid brought hot water. Knowing she might not be used to others’ help yet, Little Mi just had them prepare the hot water and leave, letting Mu Qiurong bathe on her own.

After Little Mi bathed, changed into clean clothes, and dried her hair, she came out just in time to see the maid across the hall entering Mu Qiurong’s room.

She thought for a moment, then still walked over.

When Little Mi knocked and went in, Mu Qiurong had already changed into new clothes and was having the maids do her hair.

It was obvious she was still a bit nervous and uneasy. Only when she saw Little Mi did she relax a little.

Little Mi noticed as well. She brought over a stool, sat down beside her, and said, "Don’t be so tense. We’re going to be staying in the Capital City for another half a year. If you stay this nervous the whole time, it’ll be really hard on you."

Mu Qiurong gave a shy smile. "I know, I just can’t control it for the moment."

Little Mi nodded in understanding. "It really isn’t that easy to get used to the Capital City right after you arrive. It’s fine. Just think of it this way—we’re only staying for half a year, and then we’ll be gone."

"If anyone says something snide or sarcastic in the future, just snap back at them directly. Don’t worry about offending people. We’ll be leaving soon anyway. As long as you’re not talking back to the Emperor or Empress, there’s nothing else to be afraid of."

Mu Qiurong didn’t understand. "Snide remarks?"

Little Mi crooked her finger, and a maid quickly carried the pastries and tea from the table over to the dressing table, then poured Little Mi a cup of hot tea.

She was a bit hungry. She handed Mu Qiurong a piece and took another for herself.

"Our Marquis title came rather easily, and on top of that, there were people who wanted to form marriage alliances with us before, but we turned them all down."

"So even if those people look down on us in their hearts, they still feel that us refusing those alliances made them lose face. These past two years, my brother and I have been doing pretty well, so they don’t dare do anything openly. But tossing out a few pointless, snide comments? There’s no way they’ll pass on that."

Mu Qiurong didn’t agree with Little Mi. "How is that ’easy’? Uncle Jiang managed to increase grain yields so much that people all over the world don’t have to go hungry. Everyone says that’s a great act of merit."

"And anyone who’s ever farmed knows it’s extremely hard to increase yields. It’s not something you can just decide to do and then do it."

"For Uncle Jiang to accomplish that, he must have put in a huge amount of effort."

Mu Qiurong spoke with absolute certainty and admiration.

Listening to her, Little Mi felt somewhat ashamed.

The person who truly deserved boundless honor for this wasn’t her, and it wasn’t her father either.

They had simply picked up the benefits left by their predecessors, and because the seeds had been altered by the Spiritual Spring water in the space, they were able to promote them in this world.

Still, after her father found out the truth, he decided not to keep this title.

Although they couldn’t clearly explain the matter of the seeds, and there was no way to make the Emperor revoke the title for no reason.

If the Emperor really did that, no one would care whether it was at their request; they’d only think the Emperor was burning his bridges after crossing the river, and so on.

So, after discussing it with them, Jiang Hu decided that they simply wouldn’t come to the Capital City anymore. This Marquis title would be in name only, and in time, people would slowly forget about it.

Jiang Hu was an honest man. He had always thought the increase in the family’s harvests was all thanks to Little Lucky Star’s blessing, and to protect his daughter, he naturally took all the credit on himself.

Now that he knew it was neither his achievement nor his daughter’s doing, he felt unworthy of such rewards.

But only the few people in the family who knew about the space knew of this decision.

Even Mu Qiurong had no idea that this should be their last time voluntarily coming back to the Capital City.