The Lady's Sickly Husband

C123. I Don't Mind

Mo Qianxue went to visit sister Fang, so Ning Shaoqing turned to his study and began to sketch and scribble on the paper.

When Mo Qianxue went back, Ning Shaoqing had already finished washing with the assistance of Chuyi and leaned on the couch.

Seeing Mo Qianxue got back, Chuyi quickly made the bed. This time, she didn't order Mingyue or Caixia. She herself brought some water and served Mo Qianxue, who readily accepted it. Since she had accepted the troubles that this body brought to her, then certainly she could accept the benefit that it gave her, including smoothening the pride in Chuyi's bones.

Pride was a good thing, but it shouldn't go too far.

Fortunately, Chuyi was a smart girl and quickly understood by a little hint.

It takes a life time for a person to get used to poverty but a second to comforts. Now the latter was the case for Mo Qianxue.

At present, she was enjoying Chuyi's service and comfortably leaning on the back of the chair after washing her feet. Then, Chuyi gentle-handedly finished the rest of the chores and went out.

In the room there were only Ning Shaoqing and Mo Qianxue.

She opened her eyes while Ning Shaoqing looked over, the two smiling at the same time.

Ning Shaoqing moved a chair to the desk, and she sat on it.

Before her eyes was a strange picture.

Mo Qianxue looked up in confusion, then Ning Shaoqing, pointing to the picture, began to analyze for her the power structure of Tianqi dynasty. When Mo Qianxue went out, he had been working on this network of political power.

In addition to the royal family, most of the power of the Tianqi dynasty was controlled by noble families. After the founding of Tianqi dynasty, four super noble families and four first-class noble families were entitled.

The four super noble families were the Ning, Xie, Su, and Lu familes.

The four first-class noble families were Feng, Lan, Tong, and Gui families.

The masters of a super noble family didn't need to kowtow when meeting the Emperor and enjoyed special privileges that were exclusive to the royal family.

As for the first-class noble families, although they weren't granted with the exclusive privileges, they still enjoyed the ones exclusive to nobilities.

However, four hundred years ago, the whole Lu family had been massacred overnight due to unknown reasons, leaving only the other three super noble families.

Thirty years ago, the the Lan family had lost contact with its master, been harassed by feuds among it members and quickly declined. Now only the shadow of its former shelf could be seen. The fame remained, but the power had long lost. Hence, the ones of the four first-class noble families with real power were the Feng, Gui, and Tong families.

The couple didn't mention about returning to the capital, but their talked all about it.

Due to the privileges of the nobilities, actually the Tianqi dynasty didn't regard the imperial power as the supreme one. Nowadays, the Ning family mastered the economy of the world, the Su family military power, and the Xie family the power in the imperial harem.

In a word, the power was divided to three families, creating a situation seemingly calm but in fact carrying rolling undercurrents. One slight movement would arouse a dramatic outcome.

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After going back to their room, Chuyi and Shiwu also had a long talk.

Looking at the earth wall and simple wooden bed, Shiwu said, "Chuyi, do you think lady and lord will live in the poor remote village for a lifetime?"