See You Tomorrow

The book, 'Four Big Brothers Are Fighting to Marry Me After Entering a Book' had more than 800,000 words in it, and Luo Shuyu had only read it once. There are many details in it, and the System has sent Shen Mingyn many different small and large tasks.

System tasks are divided into main tasks and side tasks.

The trigger for the main tasks is always centered around the Fourth Prince, while side tasks may affect the progress or promote the main task. Thanks to the System, Shen Mingyun never has to memorize them. As long as a task is assigned, he will do it. According to him, the more points he can spend in the System shop, the better. The props he can buy can be used to his benefit. If he didn't make good use of it, it would go to waste.

But Shen Mingyun hadn't received any special hidden tasks before now, and the System had never mentioned it. This was the first time, so he was a little surprised. But thinking about it, there were also hidden missions in the games he used to play. It wasn't actually all that unexpected, and it won't affect the main tasks. If it's successful, he will get 200 points, and it won't matter if the task fails. This System is very friendly to him, and there is no punishment for failure.

Shen Mingyun was looking forward to this special hidden task. 200 points could be exchanged for a lot of good props.

At this moment, the way he had been looking at Luo Shuyu had changed. This person is exactly the kind of NPC he liked.

However, as he thought about it further, there wasn't really anything special about Luo Shuyu, so how did he suddenly trigger the hidden task? Perhaps the key point wasn't him, but the Third Prince. Shen Mingyun now regrets throwing away his relationship with the Third Prince so soon, but then again, if he hadn't offered up Luo Shuyu as a substitute, maybe this mission never would have triggered, right? Either way, it shouldn't be too difficult to destroy things. He'll be sure to complete this task well.

While Shen Mingyun was weighing the pros and cons of doing the task, Luo Shuyu was thinking about the mud on their clothes. He remembered that the novel had mentioned what Shen Mingyun and Luo Shumo had been working on.

It should be related to a water conservancy project. Luo Shumo mainly worked under the Eldest Prince and had a small position in the Ministry of Works.

They must have gone to test out Shen Mingyun's proposal to modify the keel waterwheel today. The design drawings for which were produced by the System.

However, the process didn't go very smoothly. There was an accident that happened during the on-site test today, and both of them were splashed with muddy water, which should be what Luo Shuyu saw on their clothes. In the end, after many rounds of trial and error, it succeeded.

In this matter, the Eldest Prince had done a very good job, and his work was greatly appreciated by the Emperor. Luo Shumo also handled the matter very well, and as such was directly promoted to an official position. Liu's was more confident, and the whole family praised her for giving birth to such a good son. A son that would become a pillar of the Luo family in the future.

Luo Shumo also ended up becoming one of Shen Mingyun's backers in the future. Although he was friends with the First Prince, he completely broke away from him after the First Prince was knocked down. In the novel, after Shen Mingyun became the Empress, he was also promoted to a higher official position due to his meritorious escort, and even became the beneficiary of Shen Mingyun's road.

Originally, it was a good thing that the keel waterwheel was improved, as it could solve a lot of problems for the common people. However, Shen Mingyun was greedy. He suggested that since he was the one who had provided the design drawings, he wanted to charge patent fees. He introduced it as a way for the court to make money by collecting taxes for the use of the waterwheel. Shen Mingyun's proposal was approved by a large number of officials, and even the Emperor agreed.

The new tax for the use of the waterwheel greatly increased the burden on the common people. There had been droughts in recent years and the harvest wasn't very good.

Back then, when Luo Shuyu heard about this incident, he felt that the tax wasn't very appropriate, but he wasn't involved in government affairs. Even Luo Renshou's study he rarely enters it, probably because he occasionally heard some passersbys complaining while out for a walk.

Later, he entered the Third Prince's Mansion. Because of the waterwheel tax, there was even a rebellion. Li Mingjin was sent by the Emperor to lead troops to suppress it. Many people died, and the poor suffered the most.

Luo Shuyu also inadvertently overheard Li Mingjin talking with some of the officials who dealt with the matter, and found out that the problem with the waterwheel tax was so big that it became known as the 'Waterwheel Incident'. The imperial court complained about how he handled it, and he was impeached by the Imperial Censor on several occasions. The aging Emperor was annoyed, and ordered Li Mingjin to reflect at home for a month. Because of this, Li Mingjin, who had nothing to do, drank outside every day. While he was out one night, he was accidentally drugged. This led to, him sleeping with Luo Shuyu, and conceiving.

This matter deeply involved Li Mingjin, so Luo Shuyu tried his best to recall the details in the novel. The novel contain so many words because the author explained many things carefully. For Luo Shuyu, it expanded his knowledge greatly. He also deliberately memorized the description of the design drawings, and as long as he concentrated, he would be able to recall them perfectly.

Luo Shumo took after Luo Renshou in temperament, and he did a good job on the surface. There was not much conflict between him and Luo Shuyu.

He smiled and replied to his earlier question: "It's just some fortifications. I need to discuss some countermeasures with Father."

Luo Shuyu saw that they appeared flustered and not happy, so he deduced that their waterwheel improvements hadn't been successful yet.

"Alright, then I won't bother you." Luo Shuyu had an idea in mind: "I'll be leaving."

When Luo Shuyu walked out of Luo Renshour's study, Shen Mingyun chased after him and grabbed his arm. Thinking about how Shen Mingyun was originally a man, Luo Shuyu quickly distanced himself.

"Cousin, just talk if you have something to say. I'm not used to being close to other people." After that, he slapped his hand away: "Please respect yourself."

Shen Mingyun cursed in his heart. This Luo Shuyu, who used to look so indifferent, was about to become the Third Prince's wife and suddenly became so hot-tempered. Didn't he just touch his arm? It wasn't like he was going to kill him. He was shocked by the hidden task just now, and subconsciously wanted to tell him about the Third Prince, but now that he got to this point, he wasn't sure what to do.

Shen Mingyun plastered a smile on his face: "I just wanted to tell you something, why are you acting so distant?"

Luo Shuyu's face was cold: "Then speak."

If it wasn't for the task, he definitely wouldn't choose to talk to this person. Shen Mingyun said: "Luo Shuyu, I just wanted to warn you about the Third Prince's reputation, don't misunderstand other's good intentions."

Hearing this, Luo Shuyu sneered: "Cousin is really kind."

Shen Mingyun was certain that Luo Shuyu didn't know that he was the one who had sent his eight characters to that imperial concubine, but Luo Shuyu's laughter made him uncomfortable.

"Of course I'm kind. Listen, if you don't want to marry the Third Prince, I can help you."

The weasel had no good intentions in sending the chicken New Year's blessings. Luo Shuyu didn't know what his game was, but he decided to play along a bit: "Oh? How can you help me?"

"I can help you escape the marriage." Aren't TV dramas often written like this? When the heroine is being forced to marry someone she doesn't like, most of the time, doesn't she run away from marriage?

Luo Shuyu was amused by Shen Mingyun. In the past, he had heard him swearing, but now he's talking like a lunatic: "Help me refuse the edict and escape marriage? Do you know how serious of a crime this is? You are talking about something that could affect the entire family. Cousin, you really must think before you speak. The best case scenario would be Father being dismissed from his position, while the worst would be beheading, confiscation of properties, and even execution of nine generations. You yourself is within the nine generations, and would be beheaded too." He made a gesture of slicing his neck, and his eyes pierced Shen Mingyun like icy arrows.

Scared by Luo Shuyu's eyes, Shen Mingyun took a step back, smiling awkwardly: "He he, I was just speaking casually. If you really don't want to marry, we can find ways to have the Third Prince withdraw the engagement."

The corners of Luo Shuyu's mouth twitched, and he gave Shen Mingyun an unexpected response: "Why are you so sure that I don't want to marry the Third Prince? I, myself, want to get married beautifully. Could it be that Cousin has some thoughts towards the Third Prince?"

Shen Mingyun: "How could I have any thoughts about such a cruel person!" Only a fool like you would be willing to marry him.

If it wasn't for the System points, would he even be here?

Luo Shuyu stared at him with displeasure: "Shen Mingyun, pay attention to your words. Li Mingjin is not someone you can speak out loud about."

Shen Mingyun thought he was being eloquent, but to Luo Shuyu, his words were full of loopholes.

He said: "You really don't know how to tell good from bad. I'm only warning you."

"Well, thank you very much." Luo Shuyu didn't want to continue talking to him, so he turned around and left without caring what Shen Mingyun was muttering behind his back. It was most likely cursing him out again.

After returning to Ruyi Courtyard, Luo Shuyu immediately thought about Shen Minyun's words just now.

In his previous life, he didn't have many direct confrontations with Shen Mingyun. This time, he had taken the initiative to mention Li Mingjin to him, and even said some malicious slander about him. He even wanted to 'help' him escape this marriage. What does it mean? He wants to ruin his and Li Mingjin's wedding?

As far as he knew, apart from doing tasks, Shen Mingyun would not take the initiative to approach anyone.

He remembered that in the novel, there was one time where Shen Mingyun and the Fourth Prince fell off a cliff together. They were both rescued by nearby villagers, but the Fourth Prince was injured, so Shen Mingjin had to buy food and water. He very reluctantly completed tasks in order to buy supplies from the System's shop. But the assigned tasks were to do things like helping the elderly in the village and teaching kids with runny noses how to read. While outwardly, he taught them kindly, internally he was ridiculing them for being dirty and sloppy.

Shen Mingyun had never bothered to give face to people he didn't like, so this sudden show of favor from him must have another purpose.

Luo Shuyu thought about it, and wrote out a line on a paper. Shen Mingyun's task must be preventing the wedding.

He remembered very clearly that there was no task regarding him and Li Mingjin in the novel, and from the time that he got married, he had no interactions with Shen Mingyun. As for whether he had any tasks related to the Third Prince after they got married, he didn't know.

No matter what, he has to be careful about this person now. His System is very evil, and it shouldn't be some sort of immortal artifact.

Now, he needed to write down the System's description of the waterwheel and give it to Li Mingjin. He knew that Feng-momo was a trustworthy person, he spent the night writing down the contents of the novel about the waterwheel. As long as he concentrated, he could recall those words clearly in his mind, without an error.

He wants to give these to Li Mingjin, but how should he explain where he got this information from? Would he be regarded as a spy sent by someone else?

Looking at the finished designs, Luo Shuyu was a little worried. Would Li Mingjin be able to trust him completely?

Qing Wang reminded Luo Shuyu: "Young Master, it's time to rest."

Luo Shuyu finally decided to set up an appointment with Li Mingjin. The designs are too important to just be handed over to others at will. Although Li Mingjin's reputation at the moment wasn't that great, compared to how it was in the later years of his last life, it's completely not worth mentioning.

If Li Mingjin wants to fight for the throne, he will do his best to support him.

Luo Shuyu sent out the letter asking to meet, and it was brought over to Li Mingjin that same night.

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Third Prince's Courtyard.

An San flipped into the study through the window again.

Li Mingjin, who hadn't fell asleep yet, opened the letter that carried the smell of sandalwood, and the corner of his mouth raised into an inconspicuous arc.

In the letter, Luo Shuyu asked to see him tomorrow at Fumanlou at noon.

Did Wangfei miss him and want to see him? It had only been a few days since they last separated. Was he acting spoiled to him?

An San, who was about to leave, was suddenly stopped: "An San, what clothes do you think I should wear tomorrow?"

An San looked at the Third Prince who was folding the letter while wearing a smug expression.

"…" Don't ask me, this is not a part of my job.