Chapter 584: Protecting the King

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

As it turned out, Xiong Xiyuan had made the right choice.

As soon as his memorandum was delivered, the emperor immediately issued a transfer order.

At the same time, Luo Han’s approval letter for becoming the mayor of White Foothill City and the fief of Seventh Prince Luo Cheng was also delivered.

Among these things, there was also the emperor’s imperial decree for Luo Cheng to be conferred the t.i.tle of king.

Since he had a fief, he naturally had to be conferred the t.i.tle of king.

To Luo Cheng’s surprise, the order the emperor gave him was to serve the king diligently.

Luo Cheng smiled when he saw this.

When Li Xiaoran walked in, she saw that Luo Cheng was still reading the imperial edict, so she sighed.

“Husband, are you dissatisfied with this t.i.tle?”

“Not really. I just feel that this is very ironic!” Luo Cheng said, “My father has always been focused on serving the people. Now, he gave me the order to serve the king diligently. What do you think he means?”

Li Xiaoran said, “Perhaps he just wants you to be a compa.s.sionate ruler like him? After all, we have our own fief now!”

Luo Cheng was stunned when he heard Li Xiaoran’s words.

Then, Luo Cheng smiled.

“Xiaoran, you’re right! I was overthinking things!”

Li Xiaoran thought of something and said happily, “I know what you’re worried about, but we live our own lives, so we should make ourselves comfortable!

However, I really didn’t expect Old Master to let Luo Han become the mayor of White Foothill City. In the future, we won’t be restrained in terms of the fief’s management!”

Luo Cheng thought of something and asked, “How’s the situation after your psychological intervention with Luo Han these past few days?”

For the past few days, Li Xiaoran would take time out to counsel Luo Han every day.

Because Li Xiaoran could empathize with Luo Han’s emotions and see through his thoughts, it was very easy for her to guide him.

Li Xiaoran said, “There’s no big problem anymore. Luo Han is very capable. After I told him about his psychological and emotional problems, he realized it and quickly adjusted his mentality. Once he became vigilant, those small emotions and hints would be no problem for him!”

“That’s good. I was really worried that if he kept acting like that, he wouldn’t be able to take office!” Luo Cheng heaved a sigh of relief.

Luo Han also looked at himself in the bronze mirror. He seemed to have regained his vigor.

The current him didn’t seem to have changed much from before, but deep down, he had already changed a lot.

Thinking of the news from home, Luo Han sneered.

As expected, some people were unworthy of him treating them as family.

As long as he didn’t treat them as family, he wouldn’t feel so uncomfortable.

Some people deserved his attention much more!

Some people weren’t worth caring about, so he would ignore them.

That was all he needed to do!

Zhao Yan had his eyes on a place, so he went to the village to rent it.

This place was a cold and damp col. In the past, there had been a family living here, but they had already moved away.

The environment here was too cold and damp for them.

However, this was a good place to plant mushrooms or fungus.

Zhao Yan used the stupidest method. He collected all the wood that had mushrooms or fungus in the past and store them in this col to see if they could be cultivated.

Zhao Yan’s luck wasn’t always so good.

At least this time, he had failed.

The wood he brought back didn’t react at all and there was no sign of mushrooms growing.

After that, Zhao Yan went to find the place where the mushrooms grew on the mountain. After he dug the soil, he brought the soil back to the col to see if he could nurture some mushrooms.

However, this also failed in the end.

This time, Zhao Yan was a little dejected.

Zhao Yan muttered to himself, “Am I using the wrong method?”

Feeling dejected, Zhao Yan brought the basket up the mountain to take a look.

Zhao Yan was infuriated by the mushrooms all over the mountain.

“What’s going on? They’re clearly the same. Why are you guys growing fungi? Why can’t I grow fungi?

After shouting a few times, Zhao Yan vented his frustration. Then, he went to pick mushrooms patiently.

Compared to Zhao Yan, Zhao Lijun’s situation was surprisingly smooth-sailing.

After Zhao Lijun left White Foothill City, he pa.s.sed by two more cities and finally arrived at a place called Anyu City.

As soon as he entered the city, he happened to see a restaurant hiring people.

Seeing this, Zhao Lijun immediately applied.

The owner saw that Zhao Lijun was a capable person, so he let him stay and work as a waiter.

Zhao Lijun was diligent and attentive. Soon, he received the shopkeeper and his boss’ recognition. After that, they promoted him to be the manager.

Currently, Zhao Lijun earned one tael of silver a month and his life was quite comfortable.

Li Xiaoran also began to get busy these few days.

After Luo Cheng received the decree, things started to get busy.

Li Xiaoran didn’t need to help, since Luo Cheng had other people to help him. The reason Li Xiaoran was busy was that many people found various excuses to see her every day.

Who didn’t have a few relatives or friends in the same village?

Relatives, friends, all kinds of people came.

In the beginning, Li Xiaoran would meet with them, but later on, she realized that these people were either here to get some benefits or to take advantage of her, so she simply ignored those people. Instead, she stayed in the medicine hut and continued to write her training plan.

She had been thinking about this plan for a long time, but she hadn’t perfected it yet!

After Luo Han became the mayor of White Foothill City, Li Xiaoran simply moved her study to the medicine hut.

The medicine hut was much more quiet and cool!

After writing the last word and reading the training plan several times to make sure that there were no problems, Li Xiaoran stretched.

Seeing the stream flowing not far away, Li Xiaoran took off her shoes and socks and sat on the wooden stake. Then, she soaked her feet in the stream comfortably.

“Looks like you’re quite relaxed!” Luo Cheng had been running outside until he became thirsty. When he returned, he saw Li Xiaoran’s comfortable appearance from afar.

Li Xiaoran turned around and smiled at Luo Cheng as she said, “Husband, you’re finally willing to come back? You aren’t busy today?”

Luo Cheng walked over with a smile and replied, “I’m still busy today, but there’s something I need your help with!”

Li Xiaoran asked curiously, “Oh really? There’s something you can’t handle and need me to help you with?”

Luo Cheng said, “As you know, as soon as the decree was issued, many people came to offer to serve me.. Therefore, I need you to help me screen the people who came!”