For example, in another month, the emperor would die of illness, and several of his sons would either die or be crippled in their struggle for power.
At that point, Gu Qing, the son of the Zhen’guo General who had been stripped of his family’s property, would suddenly emerge. Under the banner of “cleansing the emperor’s court,” he would fight his way to the capital and swiftly seize power.
In this tragic romance novel, after taking the throne, Gu Qing would use thunderous methods to eliminate corrupt officials. From then on, he would appoint people based on their abilities and devote himself tirelessly to governing the country. He would personally lead several military campaigns and win many battles, gradually repairing the Great Xia Dynasty, which had been riddled with wounds.
The lives of the people of Great Xia would also gradually improve.
Unfortunately, this remarkable man was merely the devoted second male lead.
He was hopelessly in love with Xia Mingyue.
Meanwhile, the scumbag Jun Molin would control Xia Mingyue and use various threats against Gu Qing, repeatedly luring him into dangerous situations. His right- and left-hand men would also die or be seriously injured one after another.
Jun Molin would then take advantage of the situation to launch military campaigns, dealing heavy blows to Great Xia.
Whenever he won a battle, Jun Molin would go and provoke Xia Mingyue, using Gu Qing’s love for her to humiliate her mercilessly.
In the end, Xia Mingyue would exchange her own life for a chance at peace between the two countries and an opportunity for Great Xia to recover and rebuild…
Looking at the entire tragic romance novel…
Xia Mingyue really had it rough.
However, the black-clothed assassins sent by Jun Molin to kidnap Xia Mingyue had already died.
Who knew whether she would still be kidnapped?
It would be best if she wasn’t.
As for the storyline between the male and female leads, it was still better not to interfere if she could avoid it.
Otherwise, what if she went from a nobody to cannon fodder?
Jing Yin shook her head, casting the unnecessary thoughts out of her mind.
She only wanted to live well.
She didn’t want to become cannon fodder.
Without thinking about it any further, Jing Yin sat cross-legged and began cultivating the body-tempering technique.
A night passed.
Jing Yin woke up early the next morning, feeling full of energy.
She went a short distance away and began practicing the body-tempering exercises.
After completing an entire set, Jing Yin could feel that all the muscles in her body had become noticeably firmer.
【Ding! The Daily Check-In function is now online. Host, would you like to check in today?】
The system’s voice rang out right on time.
Jing Yin silently completed the check-in.
【Ding! Congratulations, Host, your check-in was successful. You have checked in for three consecutive days. Rewards: 1 point and 2 pounds of cotton.】
Cotton…
It was still extremely hot during the day, but the temperature at night was getting lower and lower.
Last night, the lowest temperature had already dropped to around ten degrees Celsius.
And on the very day the emperor died, Ningtian Prefecture, which had been suffering from a prolonged drought, would experience a heavy snowfall.
The snow would bring some signs of life back to Ningtian Prefecture.
But countless refugees would freeze to death in the snow.
Going from extreme heat to heavy snow within a month was certainly an unusual bout of extreme weather for Ningtian Prefecture.
“Grandma, Mom, Tangyuan predicts that the weather will turn cold soon. We need to prepare early.”
Jing Yin took out the two pounds of cotton she had just received.
Two pounds of cotton would be enough to make two sets of padded clothing.
The family only had two thin quilts in their bamboo baskets.
Although they also had thicker clothes, the cotton inside them was only a thin layer. It had been there for many years and had long since become black, stiff, and useless for keeping warm.
All they needed to do was remove the old, hardened cotton and sew the new cotton inside.
That way, the clothes would be warmer without attracting too much attention.
“All right. Your grandma and your mother can take care of this.”
Grandma Jing didn’t ask any questions.
Zhao Xiao’e patted Jing Yin on the head before silently returning to her work.
Three more days passed in the blink of an eye.
During those days, Jing Yin had obtained a total of eight pounds of cotton from the system through daily check-ins.
That was enough for everyone to have a set of padded clothing.
The remaining cotton, together with the old blackened and hardened cotton they had removed, could be sewn into a thicker quilt.
With several days of cultivation and the nourishment from the Spirit Spring Water, Jing Yin’s body had also improved tremendously.
Jing Yin didn’t keep the technique to herself.
She taught part of the body-tempering technique to Jing Zhao.
Having one more person cultivate meant having one more means of survival in such an environment.
Besides that, she also obtained two pounds of eggs from the crafting missions issued by the system.
As for the crafting mission…
She had been required to make a delicate little stool.
Jing Da had done most of the work.
Jing Yin merely made a few random adjustments, and the little stool was finished.
As for whether it was delicate?
Jing Yin rolled her eyes.
If she thought it was delicate, then it was delicate.
However, the system seemed particularly enthusiastic about crafting missions.
Besides crafting missions, there were also rescue missions.
Tangyuan had finally managed to drag back a half-dead wild chicken.
It was proudly holding its head high, waiting for her praise.
But then the system immediately issued a mission to save the wild chicken, claiming that the chicken would lay eggs for them in the future.
Emmm…
Forget about how a rooster was supposed to lay eggs.
The chicken had such serious injuries.
What was she supposed to use to save it?
The Spirit Spring Water had already been used up.
The Golden Sore Medicine was also long gone.
She only had one antidote pill left.
Heh~
The system really only cared about issuing missions.
It didn’t care about anything else.
So Jing Yin didn’t hesitate at all.
She chopped up the chicken.
The system was so angry that it ignored her for an entire day.
【Ding! The Daily Check-In function is now online. Host, would you like to check in today?】
The system’s voice sounded utterly lifeless.
After Jing Yin completed the check-in, however, the system suddenly became energetic again.
【Ding! Congratulations, Host, your check-in was successful. You have checked in for seven consecutive days. Rewards: 1 point, 5 cubic meters of additional storage space, 2 pounds of cotton, 2 bottles of Spirit Spring Water, and 2 pounds of high-quality animal feed.】
The items were placed inside her storage space.
Over the previous few days, Jing Yin had taken almost everything out of her space.
Only one strip of dried meat and one bamboo tube of water remained.
She wasn’t particularly curious about the Spirit Spring Water.
But what was this animal feed?
【Host, animal feed is extremely suitable for feeding spirit pets. It will make your spirit pet’s fur smoother and softer, while greatly increasing its combat power…】
The system rarely had so many good things to say.
For some reason, Jing Yin suddenly remembered how, before the apocalypse in her previous life, financial managers would speak eloquently while recommending financial products to her, praising them to the heavens.
Oh.
So it was a garbage product.
Jing Yin quietly listened.
Finally, the system revealed its true purpose.
【Host, if you buy ten pounds of animal feed from me, I’ll give you one ‘Rapid Cultivation Pill’ for free. How about it? Cheap, right…】
Oh.
So it really was trying to sell her something.
Jing Yin looked at her points.
Up until now, she only had eighteen.
She had obtained four points from her check-ins over the past few days and two points from completing missions.
Eighteen points…
Buy animal feed?
It was a fox.
She still thought it was better for it to eat meat.
Jing Yin said nothing.
She walked a little farther away, disguised herself, and then handed the two pounds of cotton to Grandma Jing.
Grandma Jing wasn’t curious anymore.
She simply took the cotton and immediately said, “May the Fox Immortal protect us.”
“Silver, there are more and more refugees on the road. What do you think we should do?”
Jing Da’s face was full of worry.
If they wanted to take another route, part of the journey would still require them to join the main group of refugees.
Even if they tried their best to avoid crowds, they would still encounter quite a few people.
“We’ll be careful. We won’t cause trouble, but we won’t be afraid of trouble either.”
After cultivating for some time, Jing Yin had made astonishing progress in the body-tempering technique.
With the assistance of the Spirit Spring Water, she was already completely different from when she had first transmigrated.
If she encountered those assassins again…
Emm.
In a one-on-one fight, she was sure she could at least die a little later than before.
【Host, how about this? If you buy ten pounds of animal feed from me, I’ll give you one ‘Rapid Cultivation Pill’ for free.】