Which one do you love alone?

  Xiao Congrong didn't want to be narrow-minded, so he had to work hard to understand this world.

  Suffering from the inconvenience of traveling, it's a pity that I couldn't better understand this world in person. Fortunately, Chu Qingcang is a talkative person and knows a lot about the outside world. With the addition of Cui Yanzhi, who is careless and has a loose tongue, Xiao Zongrong quickly understood the countries around him.

  Like all histories, the world was divided into four or five parts. The Wu Shi Dynasty surrounded by Huyan State, Puyang State, Xianyu State, Kun Sun State, Guliang State...

  Among them, Hu Yan and Wu Shi were the largest. Both sides had ambitions to replace each other, but unfortunately, their strengths were not superior to each other. There were often wars, but they were always stuck in a stalemate.

  The Wu State had a good relationship with the Pu Yang State and the Xianyu State. The two emperors of Wu even married their princesses to the princes of these two states as concubines. One of the two imperial concubines was originally a princess of the Xianyu State, but she was married into the Wu family. It is not clear whether it was due to the water and soil being incompatible or something else, but she gave birth to a child within two years and passed away.

  Hu Yan Guo then won over the Xun Sun Guo and the Gu Liang Guo, in order to get the two countries to support his attack on the Wu Shi, he even gave up his own national road, and built a commercial bridge for the Xun Sun Guo and Gu Liang Guo which were located next to his country.

  Xiao Congrong was very impressed by the broad-mindedness and vision of King Huyan, a country's prosperity depends on the openness and freedom of commerce, this alone is something that Emperor Wu II cannot match.

  Bathing one or two princesses with imperial grace can open up the economy and make a country prosperous. When the country becomes strong, the royal family can become strong too. This logic is well-known to modern people and not surprising at all. However, it's surprising that King Huyan has such advanced thinking, which makes Xiao Zong look at him with new eyes.

  Although Chu Qingkuang didn't have such broad vision, he still admired Huyan's bold move from his own experiences traveling around the country for many years. It was a national policy that required withstanding opposition from numerous stubborn officials to implement!

  In a year or two, no results can be seen. With the passage of time, Xiao Zong believes that Wu Shi will definitely not be able to withstand Hu Yan Guo. If the Wu family does not reform, they will inevitably be replaced and their fate is sealed.

  For Wu Shi, Wu Er Di, Xiao Cong Rong has no good feelings, whether or not the destruction of her family is irrelevant to her.

  Her only concern was Chu Qingchuan. If the country were to perish, the Chu family's property would definitely be seized by the Hu Yan Kingdom. Chu Qingchuan was a refined and elegant young master. Given his current affection towards her, she did not want to see him become destitute and homeless. Not to mention that she was materialistic, but she still liked seeing him so carefree and suave.

  It may be many years later that she is a poor person with a broken leg under someone else's fence, or first do good for herself and wait until she really has the ability to help others.

  Wu Guanzhi's medicine is good, and his inner skill and mental method are also good, but Xiao Congrong has encountered a bottleneck.

  The cultivation of Wu Guanzhi's heart method started without any mistakes, but the more I practiced, the more I felt like I had walked into a detour, circling around and ending up back where I started, not much different from when I first began.

  She was so frustrated for a while that she wanted to give up, but Chu Qing said let her not be in a hurry, come slowly, and she persisted in practicing for a few more days.

  She had the inner power, but nobody knew, not even Hua Junzi, Mo Yu and Qiao Yan who were very close to her. Xiao Zongrong knew that Chu Qingkuang was doing this to avoid drawing their attention, and also to protect her. She felt grateful in her heart, but also a bit worried, as she couldn't find anyone else to ask about how to cultivate effectively except for Chu Qingkuang.

  She practiced for a few more days, but still felt like she was going around in circles. She stopped and didn't tell Chu Qingyan that she had been thinking deeply about whether her injured leg was the reason why her inner strength and mental method weren't working for her.

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  Wu Guanzi taught her a method of acupuncture with golden needles before he left, saying that her legs still had sensation and were not entirely incurable. He told her to cooperate with the massage using Tianxin stone and assist it with some acupuncture with golden needles, maybe she could recover, who knows.

  Qiao Yan couldn't bring herself to do it, sometimes Chu Qingcang helped her with the acupuncture, but more often she was afraid of troubling Chu Qingcang, so she would refer to Wu Guanzhi's medical book and do it herself. After a few times, she became familiar with it.

  Having nothing to do and unable to go anywhere, a medical book became her greatest pastime. She memorized it so thoroughly that she could recite it from memory, and eventually the contents were etched in her mind as if they were her own. The prescriptions on it could also be applied flexibly, and sometimes when she was in a good mood, she would even prescribe nourishing medicines for Hua Junzi and others just for fun.

  Chu Qingxiang knew that she had a photographic memory and was also very interested in medicine, so he tried every means to collect many medical books for her to read. There were books on difficult diseases, imperial court medical records, and even a book of Gui Guzi's medical secrets, which he said was the masterpiece of a medical god from years ago, with only one copy left in the world...

  Xiao Congrong accepted the good intentions of those who came to him, and indeed there was nothing else he could do at the time. Firstly, he had no other choice, and secondly, his illness made it impossible for him to entrust others with the task, so he had to take matters into his own hands. He worked hard to master medical skills, and even if he couldn't cure himself in the end, having a skill would be better than doing nothing at all!

  Having read a large number of medical books wasn't entirely useless, she discovered that the ancient art of healing emphasized that if there was no free flow then there would be pain, and if there was free flow then there wouldn't be pain. Connecting this to her own leg, she deeply agreed with it, feeling that not being good at cultivating the inner skill method given by Wu Guanzhi was due to a lack of 'free flow', so how could she make her meridians 'flow freely'?

  She studied for a long time and felt that it was still more realistic to start from internal force.

  One night, lying in bed and turning over the issue, she thought that she had a good internal force but didn't know how to use it, which made her feel very disappointed. Thinking of not living up to Old Master Hou's kindness, she suddenly had an idea - hadn't Old Master Hou left her a scripture? It seemed like an inner skill and mental method too, why not try practicing this one?

  Think and do, work hard to practice that scripture, only to find that after this period of studying medicine, many sentences in the original scripture that were not understood before are now clear at a glance. It's only then that I feel that the effort put in during this period has not been wasted, otherwise even if the scripture is stored in my brain, it's useless if I don't understand it.

  At first, she started practicing internal energy according to the method taught in the scriptures. After a lap, she couldn't bear it anymore. When the internal energy reached her broken leg, she was sweating profusely from the pain.

  After resting for a while and practicing again, it was still the same! She steeled herself, knowing that Old Master Hou wouldn't harm her, and leaving this scripture behind must be helpful to her, so she persisted in continuing to practice.

  One day I didn't make it, the next day I re-thought the entire scripture again to see if my method was wrong and continued practicing. One evening before bed, I massaged with Tianxin stone and got an acupuncture treatment, then thought about this scripture while lying in bed, and suddenly found that when my internal energy reached the broken leg, it didn't hurt as much, slowly sinking down, and amazingly made it to below the calf!

  Xiao Congrong was overjoyed, almost jumping up, tears streaming down her face. Heaven rewards those who are diligent, she felt that she had found a way to cure her legs and had hope of standing again!

  From then on, she massaged and applied acupuncture every day in this way, and also practiced internal skills and mental methods. She felt that her legs were getting better day by day.

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  Before she could confirm whether she could get up or not, she subconsciously hid this matter from Chu Qingyan. If it was good, then it would be a surprise for him; if it wasn't, then she would just be disappointed herself and wouldn't let him be disappointed along with her.

  As time spent together lengthened, she also gained a certain understanding of Chu Qingkong. Although she didn't know why he liked her, she began to believe that he had no ill intentions towards her.

  Who would be so persistent in being good to someone?

  Temporary superficial work can be done, but details cannot be disguised at all times.

  His kindness towards her seems to be from the heart, every bit of it is sincere and natural, without any pretence, all reflected in the small details of everyday life.

  Xiao's family was beheaded when it had already entered early autumn. When she recovered and moved down from the Tingyu Building, the weather had already cooled down. Chu Qingcang bought her several large boxes of clothes, which were all high-quality silk fabrics, worth a lot just by looking at them, covering everything from autumn to winter to spring and summer.

  There were also jewelry and exquisite hairpins in several boxes. When they arrived, Chao Yan was shocked.

  Xiao Zongrong's hairstyle was always done by himself, he wasn't used to troubling others when his hands could move, usually like modern times, he would tie up his long hair into a neat ponytail, occasionally braiding a few strands and tossing them behind his head, everything was for convenience.

  No complicated hairstyle, no bangs, revealing a smooth forehead, and because of the hardships in prison, his cheeks and chin have become somewhat pointed, losing a lot of childishness, but instead having a refreshing and neat appearance.

  Xiao Cong Rong likes this version of herself. In the past, Xiao Cong Rong's face was a bit round and looked innocent and lovely, but it always felt like it didn't quite fit her. Now, except for her eyes being a bit bigger, she feels overall similar to how she used to be, and that suits her better.

  She is extremely generous and open-minded in material terms, and also has no pettiness in spiritual terms. Apart from finding medical books for Xiao Zhenzhen, she was afraid that she would be bored, so she found all sorts of new and interesting things for her. Whenever she heard about something interesting or some incident happening in the capital, she would rush to tell her immediately.

  Xiao Congrong moved out of the small courtyard, he also left a room for himself in the yard, most of the time he came over to live, occasionally staying overnight at Tingyu Building.

  Everyone has their own secrets, Xiao Zongrong never asked him about his outings, even if he went to see a woman, she thought it was very normal.

  What virtue and ability does she have? It's already good enough that someone has taken her in, but can she really expect them to truly like her and love only her?

  In ancient times, from the emperor to the three palaces and six courtyards, which official didn't have three wives and four concubines? Chu Liuxiang's rear courtyard had no women, but that didn't mean he didn't need them, so Xiao Yu understood this very well.

  Although this era is not as modern and diverse, it's still a time of beauty. However, the idea of giving up an entire garden for just one flower seems out of place with the current environment. Xiao Zhen is content with her simple life, lacking in talent and virtue, and doesn't dare to think that someone would make such sacrifices for her.

  But for her to share a husband with others as an independent woman of the 21st century, she absolutely cannot do it. It's not about being magnanimous or not, but rather a matter of mutual respect.

  You have me in your heart, I have you in my eyes, two people with a common mind can live together.

  A woman who can tolerate her loved one getting out of her bed and into someone else's is a saint!

  Xiao Congrong felt that she was not a saint, and no matter how strong she was, she was still a woman who could not tolerate such a man. She couldn't imagine herself fighting for the favor of such a man, so it was better to give up and not humiliate herself by liking him.

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  There was a precedent set by Xiao Congrong in the past, who was willing to become a concubine for Wu Mingyuan Ning, but ended up having her leg broken due to 'jealousy and rivalry'. Now, it's difficult for Xiao Congrong to make her point clear.

  Although her bloody performance in the heavenly prison has regained some reputation for her, saying that she doesn't want to marry again and even less wants to serve a husband with others is somewhat far-fetched. At least Hua Junzi and Mo Yu are not convinced.

  It all started from dinner one evening, when Xiao Zongrong was having a meal with Chu Qingkuang. Since she moved out of the small courtyard, it had become quite common for the two to have meals together, and sometimes Hua Junzi and Mo Yu would join them as well.

  Two people were eating, Qiao Yan walked in and said: "Young master, Hua Da Ge said that there are guests at home, let you go see!"

  "Oh!" Chu Qing furrowed her brow and looked at the half-eaten meal, then told Qiao Yan: "Go tell him to wait a minute, I'll be right there after I finish my lunch!"

  "Brother Hua said he has to rush back and wants you to go see him quickly, it's very urgent! Very urgent!"

  Chu Qingcang got up discontentedly and said to Xiao Zongrong: "Rong'er, you eat first, I'll be right back!"

  After he finished speaking, he hurriedly left. Qiao Yan stayed behind, and Xiao Zongrong added a sentence with concern, asking: "Qiao Yan, what happened? Is it urgent?"

  "I'm not very clear either, but looking at Wang's happy expression, it should be good news! After all, Miss Shui Pei is better, everyone is happy... Maybe it's a letter from the old master, urging the young master to return and get married!"

  Qiao Yan spoke quickly, without thinking of hiding anything. Xiao Zong was taken aback for a moment and didn't ask more questions. He felt slightly disappointed in his heart, so Chu Qingchuan had a fiancée in his hometown!

  Qiao Yan poured water for her, and suddenly lost her voice: "Ah, no! If Master wants Miss Shui Pei to marry the young master, Madam will definitely not let Miss Shui Pei be a concubine. But Qiao Yan also can't bear to see you become a concubine again, last time you were a side consort was already humiliating enough, and you suffered so much, this time no matter what, I won't let you suffer again!"

  Xiao Cong Rong furrowed her brow, when did she say she wanted to marry Chu Qing Kuang?! Not to mention being a concubine, there wasn't even an idea of marrying him, where did Cui Yan get this idea from!

  "Oh dear... How can this be good! No wonder Master has sent several letters, but Young Master has been dragging his feet and refusing to return. He must be in a difficult position too! He likes you so much, he can't bear the thought of making you a concubine... But Miss Shui Pei saved him, and it's not possible for her to become a concubine either! What can be done about this?"

  The clever swallow jumped back and forth in the house, making Xiao Zong unable to bear it, saying: "Who said I want to marry Chu Gongzi? We are not the kind of relationship you think, don't misunderstand!"

  "You don't want to marry the young master? Oh dear, Third Miss, did Chui Yan's careless words offend you? Please don't be angry with me! If the young master finds out I spoke carelessly, he'll definitely drive me away!"

  Qiao Yan was frightened by her words and quickly begged for mercy: "Third Miss, I really didn't mean to! I also did it for your own good, you're alone and have suffered so much, becoming a concubine would be a humiliation to you!"

  Xiao Congrong cried and laughed, saying: "It's not a matter of being wronged or not, I really didn't think about marrying Chu Qingkuang! Don't think wildly! I'm already grateful for his hospitality, always thinking about how to repay him, there's no such thing as an ulterior motive. Qiao Yan, don't overthink it!"

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  "Really?" Xue Yan blinked her eyes in doubt.

  "Of course it is! I've been a concubine once and I know the pain of serving the same husband with other women. I've sworn to never be a concubine again! If I'm going to marry, I'll only marry a man who doesn't take concubines, a man who only wants one wife... If there's no such man, I'd rather not marry at all and live alone for the rest of my life!"

  "Then aren't you very pitiful?" Qing Yan said sympathetically.

  Xiao Zongrong smiled and said: "What's there to pity? Compared to that kind of life in pain and resentment, I think a person can still live freely!"

  "But you need someone to take care of you!" Qiao Yan still looked worried.

  Xiao Zongrong smiled lightly: "This is temporary, haven't you noticed that I can do a lot of things by myself now? With time, I think I'll be able to do even more, and there will come a day when I won't need anyone to take care of me!"

  "Third Miss, you're so strong and resilient. I, Cui Yan, can't imagine how to live without marrying someone. No wonder the young master likes you, you're indeed different from us!"

  Qiao Yan's face was full of admiration, unaware that Xiao Zongrong and the person standing outside the window were exchanging glances.

  There, Hua Junzi's face was deep in thought, her eyebrows slightly furrowed as she looked at Xiao Congrong. She had heard their entire conversation, and her slender eyebrows were furrowed tighter and tighter, as if she had a thousand words to say!

  As soon as Chuiyan had taken away the bowls and chopsticks, Hua Junzi slowly walked in and asked: "Third Miss, were the words you just spoke to Chuiyan true? Were they your genuine thoughts?"

  Xiao looked at him calmly and quietly, saying: "You just heard a lot, I don't know which sentence you are referring to, but I can only answer you that everything I said is true!"

  "You don't like Gongzi, is that true?" Hua Junzi asked with a frown.

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