Chapter 735: Become the village head——-2
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Yu Dong looked at Magistrate Li and then said in a slightly confused voice while looking at the latter with a polite expression on her face, " I thought that I refused this offer earlier, Magistrate Li. What made you think that I will accept this offer now?"
Magistrate Li knew that it was not going to be easy after all Yu Dong's plans were different than the rest of them but the thing was that the current situation was different than before it was no longer the same situation where they can let a woman like Yu Dong fall in the hands of the current crown princess.
Yu Dong could prove to be much more helpful to them than anyone but if she was to go to the other side, then Magistrate Li was worried that she might become a threat to them as well, one that will be hard to deal with, which was why she would rather draw Yu Dong to her side than watch her go and stand next to that sly fox who killed her own sister and did not even hesitate to draw her sword on her seven-year-old niece.
" I know that you want to move to the capital, Miss Yu," Magistrate Li started speaking in a slightly solemn voice as she looked at Yu Dong while the mammies started to serve the tea and cakes that were in the kitchen of the Yu family. " But the situation in the capital has changed, the crown princess has been dethroned and the empress is sick at the moment. And the one who is reigning on the imperial city is a woman that will stop at nothing because she wants to gain as much power as she can."
Yu Dong's frown became deeper as she raised her head and looked at Ye Liu who hesitated and then nodded his head before replying, " I have heard about this, some stories were running in the tea houses about how the current crown princess was a hero and the one who ran away was a coward, it seems like it happened a long time ago."
Yu Dong nodded at the response of her husband before she turned to look at Magistrate Li and asked, " But that does not explain why I have to become the village head. I mean what does that have to do with me?"
" It has everything to do with you, Yu Dong," Qiao Sha spoke up as she turned to look at Yu Dong despite being a bit miffed at being played around by her. " You might not know this or maybe you do not understand your own value, but the fact that you extracted oil and that too from rice bran is not a small thing, what's more, you even grew fruits that have never been seen before in this town much less the imperial city, its ought to catch the attention of the crown princess."
Magistrate Li picked up the teacup that was in front of her and then took a sip from it before she picked up the explanation from where Qiao Sha left it, she blew over the cup and then said, " As I said the current crown princess wants total control over the entire infrastructure of the entire country. She does not want to skip anything that will stop her from becoming the Empress, imagine she finds out that someone from this village extracted oil that is much better than the one that is exported outside to the other countries. Or what if she finds out that the strawberries that you grew are something rare and hard to find? Something that sells for ten golden taels a packet in the imperial city?"
" I am afraid she already knows about the strawberries," chimed in Qiao Sha as she took out a letter from her pocket and then waved it in front of Yu Dong. " I received this earlier this morning, my women have told me that the crown princess is already looking for the farmer who grew up the strawberries. She wants to export them to other countries at a sky-high price and for that, she will even go as far as exploiting the one who is growing them. Fortunately, they blocked the news and wiped your trail, Yu Dong or else you will have received the summons from the court, do you want to become a slave for a tyrant?"
" Of course not," Yu Dong replied she only wants to grow some vegetables and fruits and live a comfortable life with her family, she had enough excitement in her past life.
If she knew that just growing strawberries will get her into so much trouble, she would have tried to show off a little less.
" Well, then I suggest you become the village head of this place," stated Magistrate Li as she placed the cup in her hand on her lap as she continued speaking, " You might not know this but this is my territory which was gifted to me by my mother. I am the Magistrate of this place because I was exiled here by my mother on the order of her majesty, if not for the fact that I was my mother's daughter, I would have been executed. Which is why I will like you to listen to me carefully …"
" As long as you are my official, I can protect you as my person —— I can always make it sound like I was the one who appointed to you and you belong to the big river village as its village head. Because you will be appointed under me it will become hard for her majesty to call you to the imperial city since she will not like to go against me and my family with the ex-crown princess still out on the run."
" She needs as much support as she can which is why she will not come at you directly but…" Magistrate Li smiled ruefully and added, " If you are a mere farmer and merchant. I am afraid that she can call you at any moment and I will not be able to protect you or your family, just so you know the current crown princess has even less respect for the mers than the Empress."
Yu Dong's face turned dark when she heard Magistrate Li's cautious words.
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