Chapter 9: Drought (1) (1/2)

Chapter 9: Drought (1)

Before Old Shang could answer thesat up and said with an alert voice: “I’m still awake”

“Excellent, excellent,” the other voice said heartily

Chen Rong’s carriage beganand soon arrived at the forefront of the cavalcade At this ti tidied her robe and hair, proceeded to lift the curtain

Carriages of the wang house lined the road When they saw Chen Rong’s approaching carriage, all si azes with her lucent one

Wherever her eyes went, a good nuirl who ’s carriage drove up beside wang Zhuo’s

His laughter rang out fro? Come closer, have a talk with your uncle”

He sounded very kind

“Aye,” Chen Rong replied with a bow

wang Zhuo had long lifted his curtain He was sitting in his carriage to regard Chen Rong with a pair of penetrating eyes, sighing when Chen Rong looked in his direction “Ah Rong, how I regret I didn’t heed your warning that day”

His face scrunched up at the ht’s incident would forever be a taint on their clan’s good naees or that they had conceded to leave food in exchange for stolen goods, either incident would make them face the clan’s reprehension His political future hereafter would be bleak – if he couldn’t even handle a sees properly, how could he be counted upon to govern the people on behalf of the state?

This translation belongs to ha, he ceremoniously said, “I’ve invited you over for I want to personallywise, but I am far inferior to you who are a wo this

Nevertheless, Chen Rong knew that if wang Zhuo did not want to carry a foolish, conceited, and unrepentant reputation, whether he illing to or not, he hadn’t any choice but to apologize to her

At thequickly leaned sideways to avoid his gesture She bowed her head and respectfully said, “Sir, why do you say this? Leading a clan to es would overlook a thing or two!”

Though her consolation was not veryZhuo’s face ihed twice and said to Chen Rong: “Ah Rong, whatever may come our way henceforth, you only need to tell me frankly Do let me know any concerns you have”

“Aye, sir”

He sighed again

Chen Rong glanced at a sullen wang Zhuo, bowed and said, “I’ll take my leave of you, then”

“Go ahead”

After such cala house finally understood simplicity For lunch that day, each member of the family was only presented with four to five dishes

Chen Rong had also been officially invited to the group, sharingwith them