Lady Wu Y衝 R醤`s husband went on a rampage in his manor after messengers of the Emperor served him the decree. Ironically the edict arrived just as he was leaving. Lady Wu Y衝 R醤`s husband was about to depart for the Imperial City to find Lady Wu Y衝 R醤. He wanted to convince her to return to the family. It grieved his heart when he comprehended the real power of the identity of Lady Wu Y衝 R醤`s ancestor and the wealth that slipped through his fingers.

　　Lady Wu Y衝 R醤`s husband had known that General Wu Ji鄋g Xi髇g was Lady Wu Y衝 R醤 ancestor. After all, the reason he married her was to borrow the power of her family. However, when W� Qi醤g Ji� denied him the use of the Wu family power, and the Imperial court didn`t seem interested in General Wu Ji鄋g Xi髇g`s descendants. Lady Wu Y衝 R醤 became useless to him. He dared to abuse her and dispelled her from his family when W� Y+ Di蝞 and W� Qi醤g Ji� became tainted by the banner of treason.

　　Never would Lady Wu Y衝 R醤`s husband have thought there was a series of circumstances behind the misfortune and happenings to the Wu family. And that there was a reason why the Imperial court seemed to ignore the descendants of General Wu Ji鄋g Xi髇g. Had he known things would play out as they did, never would he have allowed Lady Wu Y衝 R醤 to escape his grasp. Therefore he was determined to hurry and quickly bring Lady Wu Y衝 R醤 back, but sadly it was not to be.

　　When the Emperor`s messengers left after serving him the decree, Lady Wu Y衝 R醤`s husband went on a rampage in his manor, and none of his wives or children escaped his wrath. He knew that the decree was actually a warning from the Emperor. He dared not go find Lady Wu Y衝 R醤 lest the wrath of the Emperor`s fall on him.

　　Although Lady Wu Y衝 R醤 regained her family`s wealth and could leave Liu Residence, her children refused to leave. When Wu D騯 Zh� was not attending the Imperial Academy, she was being trained by W醤 Zu� Ji�, and she wasn`t the only one.

　　W醤 Zu� Ji� was a talented martial artist who had experience in the Martial World on training children. Therefore H-i T鄆 Y醤g assigned him to train Wu D騯 Zh�. When W-i Y襫g Mng and W-i W� Y鄋 heard of this, they went to observe W醤 Zu� Ji� during one of the training sessions.

　　After carefully observing W醤 Zu� Ji�, W-i Y襫g Mng couldn`t help but admire the skillful W醤 Zu� Ji�. After which he sent a request to Jiang T鄆 P韓g asking for permission for W-i W� Y鄋 also to be trained by W醤 Zu� Ji�.

　　Months had passed since the return of the four martial families. W-i Y襫g Mng knew it was time for W-i W� Y鄋 to begin his training as the Heir of the W-i family. W-i Y襫g Mng had already spoken to the Grand Prince regarding his son`s education.

　　Since Wang J衝g Ji�`s tutor reported daily to Liu Residence to tutor Wang J衝g Ji�, that meant that both daily training and tutoring sessions were being held in Liu Residence. Therefore there was no reason for W-i W� Y鄋 to continue to wander around aimlessly. W-i Y襫g Mng was also exasperated with W-i W� Y鄋 constantly hovering over him like a mother hen. He felt that it was better for W-i W� Y鄋 to go begin learning instead.

　　Since Wang J衝g Ji� had run away from home again, he had yet to begin his martial training. So, he requested permission from his parents to receive training from W醤 Zu� Ji�. Wang F鑞 Y襫g was tasked with observing W醤 Zu� Ji� to see if he was a suitable trainer for Wang J衝g Ji�. After secretly watching W醤 Zu� Ji�`s training class for several days and talking to his Imperial father and mother regarding the issue. Wang J衝g Ji� was allowed to began martial arts training under the instructions of W醤 Zu� Ji�.

　　That was how the Heir of W-i family, the Second Young Master of Wang Royal Manor, and the future Imperial Commander of the East all ended up training under W醤 Zu� Ji�. Oddly these three also became fast friends. Under the invitation of Wang J衝g Ji�, Wu D騯 Zh� and her younger sister Wu Sh
n Hu
also joined Wang J衝g Ji�`s tutoring sessions instead of going to the Imperial Academy.

　　The trio practically spent all day together every day. Each morning they were tutored under the tutelage of the tutor that was assigned to Wang J衝g Ji� by the Emperor himself. And each afternoon, they received martial training under W醤 Zu� Ji�.

　　Lady Wu Y衝 R醤`s second daughter Wu Sh
n Hu
declined martial arts lessons, after tutoring, she either spent time reading or following Jiang M韓 Yu� around.

　　Wu Sh
n Hu
wanted to become a scholar and later on an official of the Imperial court. Since Jiang M韓 Yu� was also a scholar, she felt there was much she could learn from her.

　　After receiving permission from Wang F鑞 Y襫g, Jiang M韓 Yu� and her teacher Elder Lai immediately jumped right into beginning the groundwork for the transitioning period. When Wang F鑞 Y襫g saw their devotion to the transitioning of slaves, he turned matters over to Elder Lai and Jiang M韓 Yu�.

　　Wang F鑞 Y襫g directed the financier for the University that the Emperor sent to both Elder Lai and Jiang M韓 Yu�. With the funds to begin. Elder Lai wasted no time in beginning the building of the University in the Imperial City. Elder Lai and Jiang M韓 Yu� began searching high and low for teachers for the Universities. Wu Sh
n Hu
quickly became Jiang M韓 Yu�`s shadow and followed Jiang M韓 Yu� and Elder Lai around everywhere they went.

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　　After receiving the packed that Liu Ti醤 Q� left behind for him and finding four ancient sacred tea processing techniques in it. Doctor Ru quickly resigned from Wang Royal Manor and accepted Liu Ti醤 Q�`s offer to become Liu Residence tea master as well.

　　The ancient sacred tea processing techniques that Liu Ti醤 Q� left for Doctor Ru was from her paternal grandmother tea collection she had inherited in her past life.

　　Doctor Ru family had praised him to the high heavens when he brought the tea processing techniques back to the Ru Family. The Ru family wanted to run over to meet Liu Ti醤 Q� immediately. However, Liu Ti醤 Q� was still unconscious, so Doctor Ru diligently began teaching four apprentices as agreed upon in exchange for the tea processing techniques.This tale has been pilfered from Royal Road. If found on Amazon, kindly file a report.

　　In the rear of the residence away from everything, Construction Manager Kuo had begun building a Research/Chemist Pavillion for Doctor Ru. After the completion of the training of all his apprentices, only then could Doctor Ru began the research of the Mythical Beast Medicinal Pills. Therefore Doctor Ru worked his apprentice very hard.

　　Liu Ti醤 Q� had left behind the Mythical Beast Medicinal Pills to be given to the Doctor. When Wang F鑞 Y襫g found out that Liu Ti醤 Q� left Mythical Beast Medicinal Pills for Doctor Ru, he commandeered one of the pills and fed it to her. Sadly she still didn`t wake.

　　Liu Ti醤 Q� understood Wang F鑞 Y襫g character very well. She knew that there was no way that he would allow Doctor Ru to carry away the Mythical Beast Medicinal Pill she promised him while Liu Ti醤 Q� was sick. So instead of leaving behind one pill, Liu Ti醤 Q� had left behind two.

　　For approximately one year, Doctor Ru split his time between the Tea Pavillion and The Residence hospital, diligently training his apprentices to the best of his ability. Due to the sincere gratitude, Doctor Ru felt towards Liu Ti醤 Q�. Doctor Ru spared no effort in training all of his apprentices as promised. The only thing he held back was his family`s secret tea processing and hand rolling techniques.

　　Doctor Ru pushed all of his apprentices very hard. After one year of training, H騯 Dao and L� Qi醤g passed the Imperial exam to become doctors with flying colors and became certified doctors. The four apprentices also passed the Imperial exam to become official Professional Artisan Tea Makers with flying colors. Doctor Ru immediately began grooming them to become Tea Masters.

　　As per the instructions left behind by Liu Ti醤 Q�, after H騯 Dao and L� Qi醤g became doctors, they immediately began training two new people to become doctors in between caring for Liu Ti醤 Q� as well as two new Assistant Doctors.

　　When news of the first slave doctor and Professional Artisan Tea Makers became known, it causes a massive uproar that shook the Imperial City, and news quickly spread throughout the Tolling Lands. Although for months, there were many talks concerning this matter. To actually see it come into fruition shook the hearts of the people.

　　It was at that very moment that it finally registered on the populace that change had come to the Tolling Lands. These two crafts were dominated by the upper-middle class. Very few doctors lower than the upper-middle class could be found in that profession. Not one person lower than the upper-middle class could be found in the Tea Profession. Even the upper-class and nobles were in the Tea Profession as Tea Masters.

　　The news of slaves becoming certified Professional Artisan Tea Makers bought hope to the commoners and worry to the upper-class. A multitude of people stood outside of the Imperial Exam Hall the day that the results of the Exams were released, both rich and poor, nobles and commoners alike. They all waited to hear the results of the six slaves of Liu Residence that took the Exams.

　　It had seemed as if the whole city was holding its breath waiting to exhale. When the results were finally released, and it became know that the slaves score very high on the exams. The commoners took to the streets in celebrations. News of the construction of the Imperial Skills, Crafts, and Intellectual Attainment Universities had torn through the city when the construction began.

　　The commoners saw that if slaves could do it, then so could they. They were anxious to change their lives and fates. So when the commoners saw the results of the slaves, the whole city took on a festive aura as the commoners took to the streets to celebrate the change that had come to the Tolling Lands.

　　No one had been able to figure out what was wrong with Liu Ti醤 Q�. Even after the high temperature of her body dissipated, she still never woke up. The Emperor had sent Imperial Physicians and several `Godly Doctors` to take a look, but not even they could figure out what was wrong with her. So once or twice a day, Doctor Ru, H騯 Dao, and L� Qi醤g checked on her and closely monitored her health.

　　Housekeeper Gao, Zhou Yu, and SMng H� P韓g diligently kept her fed and clean. After several weeks passed and Liu Ti醤 Q� didn`t wake. In an effort to prevent atrophy, Wang F鑞 Y襫g created a regime consisting of specialized massage techniques, body movement, and stretching to be performed on Liu Ti醤 Q� daily.

　　Eventually, SMng H� P韓g found out about Liu Ti醤 Q�`s gender. Wang F鑞 Y襫g sat the quiet little girl down and explained things to her. He then shamelessly and mercilessly threatened the life of her brother to buy her silence.

　　All SMng H� P韓g had left in the world was her brother. Her brother SMng Sh� loved her so much; he sold himself into slavery to save her. Secretly in her heart SMng H� P韓g vowed on pain of death, never would she reveal the Young Master`s true gender, not even to her brother. She refused to take a chance with his life. Wang F鑞 Y襫g was scary. SMng H� P韓g knew that if she gave Wang F鑞 Y襫g reason to suspect or become suspicious of her, he would immediately kill her with no hesitation or remorse. Therefore she became very careful of her actions.

　　When the wine season came, all the grapes were carefully stored in a designated Charmed Underground Storage. The tools, barrels, qvevri`s, and implements for winemaking that Liu Ti醤 Q� had ordered were carefully stored upon delivery. Liu Ti醤 Q� was the only one who knew of grape winemaking in Liu Residence.

　　Being that Liu Ti醤 Q� was indisposed. The only thing that could be done was to carefully store things away until Liu Ti醤 Q� awakened.

　　Wang F鑞 Y襫g carefully took care of all the matters of Liu Garden Residence and continued to oversee the carrying out of all the instructions Liu Ti醤 Q� left behind as he waited for her to come back to him.

　　As he waited, time continued to march on. However, life for Liu Ti醤 Q� had gotten very rough.

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　　Time seemed to fall away. All of the issues of yesterday, the year before, and the life before, all seemed to fade into the background. With every ounce of her being, Liu Ti醤 Q� fought to stay in the void.

　　She felt the least distraction, or one split second of inattention she would get sucked out of her void. Liu Ti醤 Q� no longer felt just tired; she was way beyond exhaustion or fatigue. Liu Ti醤 Q� did think there was a word to describe how she felt.

　　That was why she fought to push Wang F鑞 Y襫g out of mind, along with everything else. She was afraid that if she dwelled on her love for him, she would get distracted. But no matter how she tried, she couldn`t get Wang F鑞 Y襫g to fade into the background. She missed him and her family so much it became a physical ache.

　　Liu Ti醤 Q� couldn`t help but to think about Wang F鑞 Y襫g; she longed to lay her head on his shoulder once more and rest. Liu Ti醤 Q� ached for Wang F鑞 Y襫g to wrap his arms around her and hold her once more.

　　Liu Ti醤 Q� longed to feel Wang F鑞 Y襫g`s killing intent and the cold aura that constantly seem to emanate from him. She longed to smell his unique scent that she could never describe or put the finger on; it was unique and belonged only to him.

　　Intense loneliness encompassed Liu Ti醤 Q�`s heart and soul. Locked in her void as she was, Liu Ti醤 Q� couldn`t see anything outside of the void. The void was like an obscure warped oblique space separated from the world.

　　At times she screamed, yelled, shouted, cried, and went crazy, but alas, there was no one around to hear other than herself. Liu Ti醤 Q� felt as if the loneliness of facing the infinity of time would drive her insane.

　　From the moment Liu Ti醤 Q� arrived in the void, she was aware that time was distorted in the void. Time seemed to stretch into infinity, and Liu Ti醤 Q� had lost all sense of time. It seemed like centuries since she been in the void. Even though Liu Ti醤 Q� knew that it was impossible, that didn`t stop her from feeling as if she was losing her grasp on reality.