My Wife is Unbeatable in the Whole World, Touch Me If You Dare!-Chapter 437 - 297: Getting to the Root of the Matter

After retrieving his transfer order from the Secretariat, Li Nuo first made a trip to the Ministry of Rites.

Officials, whenever they were promoted or reassigned, were granted a vacation varying from as short as ten days to as long as several months.

The length of the vacation was related to the distance of the reassignment.

If the distance of the promotion or transfer exceeded one thousand Li, the court would grant a month for preparation, allowing officials to visit relatives and friends, and to prepare for the long journey. Every additional thousand Li added another month to the vacation.

Although the distance from Honglu Si to the Ministry of Justice was less than one Li, there was still half a month's time.

Had it been before, Li Nuo might have chosen to rest at home for half a month, but this time he wanted to take office sooner.

He first urged the Ministry of Rites to hasten the production of his new official uniform, then returned to Honglu Si to pack up his things.

When leaving Honglu Si, Li Nuo stood at the entrance and looked back.

Reflecting on his short two months at Honglu Si, although he had been sent there to be sidelined, the unexpected gains were not insignificant. Not only did he advance an official rank, but his cultivation had also progressed by one Realm.

This place could certainly be considered his blessed land.

Upon returning to Ningxin Garden, he saw Phoenix continuing to teach his wife and Anning needlework.

Since becoming pregnant, they had become very interested in needlework, and the two were already planning to hand-sew some clothes for the unborn child.

Not seeing Yiren outside, Li Nuo went to the study and found her seated next to his desk reading a book.

Yiren reading was as rare as his wife doing so.

Li Nuo approached and discovered she was not reading about the Martial Path, but the Yin Yang Five Elements.

After moving to Ningxin Garden, Li Nuo had transferred his entire library there.

His collection was very comprehensive, not only did it contain Martial Path Classics that could be purchased in the market, but also a complete range of books from every School.

However, these books only contained basic introductory content.

Cultivation from the Schools was not achieved by mere book learning, but through practice.

For Schools like the School of Cross and Vertical and the Yin Yang School, besides practice, mentorship was also extremely important. In particular, for the Yin Yang School, which believes in not passing on its teachings to outsiders, it was nearly impossible to self-study and had to rely on transmission from one generation to the next.

With such rigorous requirements for cultivation, once a family had no successors, the lineage could easily be severed.

To this day, the number of the Yin Yang School practitioners on the continent had dwindled rapidly.

Song Yiren looked engrossed in her reading, but when she saw Li Nuo come in, she couldn't help but ask, "Are the abilities of the Yin Yang School described in this book real? Can they really foresee the future?"

Li Nuo nodded and said, "It's true."

The unique abilities of each School could not be explained by science.

Speaking of which, although the Yin Yang School was rare, he had indeed encountered one before.

The elderly man he met at the entrance of the Ministry of Justice was certainly a true practitioner of the Yin Yang School, and his cultivation was no lower than the Fifth Realm.

At that time, he could predict that Li Nuo would have more than one wife and that Jiaren would be pregnant with twins.

Keep in mind that at that time, Li Nuo and his wife were still not very familiar with each other, and the solution to her Yuqing Heart Technique had not yet been found, yet the old man could foresee the distant present, at least he was a Fifth Realm practitioner of the Yin Yang School.

Regrettably, at that time, Li Nuo still thought he was a charlatan from Jianghu.

He wanted the old man to tell his fortune, but he refused every time.

Later, Li Nuo never saw him again.

Thinking about it now, it was truly a pity.

If he had found a proper reason at that time to imprison him, he could have caught a glimpse of the secrets of the Yin Yang School.

Li Nuo looked at Yiren and asked, "Why are you reading this?"

Yiren closed the book and said, "Nothing much, just curious."

She stood up and said, "Reading makes my head dizzy, can you give me a massage…"

Li Nuo didn't refuse and took her to another room.

This was the place where two female doctors used Medical Family True Qi to regulate the bodies of Jiaren and Anning every day. The specially made bed in the room was very suitable for massages. Yiren lay on the bed, and Li Nuo brought over a chair to sit at the head of the bed, the distance and height were just right.

Recently, Yiren had been deliberately maintaining a certain distance from him, but her initiative to ask for a massage today was indeed surprising to Li Nuo.

As he massaged Yiren, he thought about other matters.

Although losing his temper at the Right Prime Minister today at the Secretariat was somewhat impulsive, Li Nuo was not afraid of him.

He had no desire or pursuit for promotion and wealth; being a Minister of Justice was enough for him. As long as he could judge cases and cultivate normally, even the Prime Minister could do nothing to him.

Apart from increasing his own cultivation, if he could capture a Sixth Realm expert, he would have an absolute trump card at his disposal.

However, the lifespan consumed to exchange for Sixth Realm cultivation was bound to be astronomically high, likely more than all the lifespan he had at the moment.

Even if he were able to obtain a portrait of a Sixth Realm expert, he would need to judge more cases, capture more people, and continue to extend his life to afford the loss of lifespan.

While thinking about these matters, Li Nuo's movements did not stop.

But soon, he realized something was off with his touch.

He snapped back to attention and looked down.

His hand was not on Yiren's head but on her chest.

Having grown accustomed to massaging Anning and without realizing it, his hand had wandered to another place.

Having been distracted just now, he had forgotten that it was Yiren lying on the bed and had relied solely on muscle memory,

No wonder the touch felt wrong.

Li Nuo withdrew his hand as if he had received an electric shock and said, "I'm so sorry, I got distracted; I thought you were Anning…"

Yiren did not react, and when Li Nuo looked down, he realized she had fallen asleep at some point.

He breathed a sigh of relief and quietly left the room.

Inside the room, the already sleeping Song Yiren's eyelashes fluttered, and her cheeks turned a gradual shade of red.

Li Nuo walked to the lakeside to wash his face with the cool lake water, reminding himself not to get distracted again when massaging Yiren in the future...

Housekeeper Wu approached from a distance and cautiously asked Li Nuo, "Young Master, did you really scold the Right Prime Minister at the Secretariat today?"

Li Nuo wiped his hands and said, "I wouldn't say 'scolded', just argued a few sentences."

Housekeeper Wu asked, "What about?"

Li Nuo replied, "Not much to it, he claimed my father framed the loyal and upright, disregarded human life, and unjustly killed the innocent, and I said he rejected those different from himself, monopolized power, abused his official position, and betrayed the trust of Your Majesty and the people…"

Housekeeper Wu's mouth hung open slightly, speechless for a while.

So, the rumors were true…

The Right Prime Minister, a figure even his father had to step back from.

He scolded Your Majesty, and even Your Majesty dared not talk back.

The First Son dared to publically scold the Right Prime Minister, which Housekeeper Wu first could not believe until its confirmation from his own mouth…

The rumors, in fact, had been understated.

After a while, he scratched his head and asked, "Young Master, how did you get into an argument with the Right Prime Minister?"

Li Nuo briefly explained.

After hearing the explanation, Housekeeper Wu sighed and said, "These years, the Right Prime Minister and your father have always been at odds. Twenty years ago, when your father and others wanted to implement reforms, several disciples of the Right Prime Minister were involved. He was originally against the reforms, and after his disciples died because of it, he resented your father even more. Back then, he also suppressed your father like this…"

Li Nuo was aware of the reforms his father and others wanted to implement back in the day.

Reforming the Imperial Examination, abolishing hereditary noble titles, removing the privileges of nobles, and reforming the land tenure system…

Each and every one of their reform measures was meant for the people of Daxia and was aligned with Confucian doctrine. He could not understand why the Right Prime Minister would oppose them.

Wasn't he a Great Scholar of the Fifth Realm? Could Vast Qi also be faked?

If it was a matter of differing political views, then what were his views?

Li Nuo suddenly became very curious.

Housekeeper Wu could not clarify the reasons.

The next morning, Li Nuo made a special trip to Honglu Si.

Many of the officials in Honglu Si were old ministers from two dynasties, even older than the Right Prime Minister, and naturally knew more.

However, even though they were older, their respect was evident when speaking of the Right Prime Minister. fгee𝑤ebɳoveɭ.cøm

"The Right Prime Minister is truly a paragon among Confucian Disciples!"

"When he first entered officialdom with just a sixth-rank official position, he dared to go against the full court of nobles and several famous families. Even after being demoted repeatedly, he never yielded…"

"Not just demotions; to advance reforms, his parents and children were assassinated, leaving only him alive. He never once bowed his head to them."

Li Nuo looked shocked and asked the several old ministers, "Do you remember the reforms the Right Prime Minister promoted?"

One old minister had clear memories of it and stroked his beard as he said, "Of course, I remember; expanding official schools, reforming the Imperial Examination, abolishing noble titles of nobles, removing privileges of famous families, land tenure reform, returning land to the people…"

After speaking, he lowered his head and sighed, "Sadly, they all failed. Of those officials who pushed for reform at that time, only the Right Prime Minister remained…"