Chapter 187: I want it all!!!

This voice is somewhat unfamiliar.

【2> Du Shanü also couldn't recall having met any women in Cang Cheng, so hearing that voice inevitably left her a bit puzzled.

Du Shanü also did not recall having met any women in Cang Cheng, so hearing the voice inevitably left her somewhat doubtful.

But when she turned her head and saw the person clearly, she immediately curled her lips and showed a smile.

The woman before her, about forty years old, wore a somewhat old blue satin vest, and there was a recently healed scar on her forehead——

It was none other than the middle-aged woman she had rescued on the night of the fire in Cang Cheng a month and a half ago.

At that time, the flames in Cang Cheng raged sky-high; bandits came under cover of night, and this woman, quite fierce, went to tear at the bandits, only to be knocked to the ground.

She then carried the woman on her back and took her to Hei Lao Daifu's clinic for treatment......

Du Shanü gathered her wits, carefully observed the woman's demeanor, and seeing that she was healthy, she said with a smile:

"Then thank you, Auntie, for resolving this urgent matter?"

The woman seemed to have specifically inquired about Du Shanü's identity; she had originally been rather hesitant, and obviously hadn't expected Du Shanü to respond so smoothly, and she let out a big sigh of relief.

The woman slowed her tone, enunciating each word carefully, as if she had pondered it in private for a long time, revealing caution everywhere:

"It is what a common woman ought to do."

"If it weren't for you sending the common woman to the clinic and advancing the medical fees, afterwards we probably would never have seen our little Er Ni again......"

There were too many pleasantries; Du Shanü didn't take them to heart, merely idly recalling who Er Ni was.

She hadn't met many people since arriving in this world; since the voice sounded familiar, it must have been heard somewhere before.

If I'm not mistaken......

"Your Highness the Princess!"

"Do you still remember me?"

A crisp, childish voice came from behind the woman; the middle-aged woman hastily patted her waist, but that pat didn't stop the child's words—instead, it pushed the person out from the other side.

Du Shanü took a close look and laughed again——

This little girl, not yet old, was precisely the Er Ni'er she had seen when distributing funeral grain for the Deposed Crown Prince while pretending to be a princess.

Er Ni'er was not only the only girl among the children, but also the thinnest and shortest......

Yet in her eyes, she was the most unwilling to lose.

Back then, all the children wanted to collect the grain rations, but kids of that age were mostly playful and fond of movement, always trying to cut in line if they could; only Er Ni'er stuck to her place and dared to scold those much taller and stronger who tried to cut in.

Du Shanü, noticing this unusual trait, gave her the most grain rations at the time and remembered her most clearly.

Du Shanü stopped the panicked woman who wanted to hit the child, smiling as she bent down and patted Er Ni'er's head:

"It's been a month and a half, and you've grown quite a bit!"

Er Ni'er never expected the Princess to remember her; for a moment she grinned so widely she showed teeth but no eyes, looking as if she might faint from fragrance.

"Yes, yes!"

"These days, the house burned down in our home is being repaired; Mother hired an uncle to work, he previously learned a few moves at the martial hall, and I've also learned a few from him!"

"Uncle teaches me boxing; he says once I learn these, I'll surely grow tall and strong, and then Mother, if she......"

She didn't say the rest.

But Du Shanü knew what she wanted to say, and again rubbed that fluffy little head:

"Boxing is good, boxing is quite good."

"When you later master it well, you'll not only be able to protect your mother, but you might even become a great general."

Du Shanü spoke offhandedly, but to those listening, it sounded like a shocking wave.

The woman smiled apologetically over and over, while Er Ni'er gradually widened her eyes.

Er Ni'er usually thought herself clever, but now she felt her little head was nowhere near enough, no matter what.

"Can... can a woman also become a general?"

"It seems I've never heard of that."

"All I've ever heard is that women stay at home sweeping, cooking, serving their parents-in-law; even her wanting to learn boxing from Uncle was something she had to beg for a long time to obtain."

"If she were to go onto the battlefield to fight and kill......"

"Others would surely think she'd lose face, right?"

"Exactly, she'd lose face."

Er Ni'er didn't know why she first thought of 'losing face' rather than whether she could do it.

Anyway, the Princess's words should not be wrong.

"If she says it can be done, then it can be done; at most, people's gazes will be......"

Er Ni'er's expression grew somewhat bewildered; Du Shanü, who had been quite happy, upon hearing this, let her smile fade bit by bit.

She loosened her hand from rubbing that little head and asked:

"Er Ni'er, I ask you, of the two people behind me, who do you think is my husband?"

Er Ni'er looked left and right, first glancing past Yu Baobao who was nibbling on sugar cake, then toward Chinu, whose arms were crossed over his chest.

Chinu's aura was astonishing; Er Ni'er only glanced at him once before hastily withdrawing her gaze.

The former at first glance seemed gentle and kind, while the latter's gorgeous color was stern and lethal like early winter.

Er Ni'er hesitated for a few moments, then timidly extended her hand and pointed vaguely:

"It should be him, right?"

Du Shanü didn't even bother to look at whom Er Ni'er was pointing at; seeing her make a decision, she smiled and said:

"You guessed wrong; both of them are actually my husbands."

Several gasps sounded at once.

Not only the woman in front of Er Ni'er, but also the sugar cake shop's owner, and passersby who happened to be buying sugar cake and overheard this.

Du Shanü knew what they were doubting, but she didn't care; instead, she bent down once more, bringing her face close to those dazed yet faintly yearning eyes, and spoke earnestly to the child, and to herself:

"Be good, you must remember one thing—

When a woman displays great ambition, aggression, desire for control, or any complex desire, she will always be branded with the label of 'immorality' and sent to the execution grounds called 'Chastity'.

"However, if all this is placed on a man, most people will praise this vigor, calling it 'virtue' and lauding him for having the 'ambition of a hawk'.

Du Shanü nonchalantly patted her own face:

"If I swapped this face for a man's, the whole world wouldn't care about a few people in the room. But as a woman, having two husbands would be seen as a 'scandal'.

"This is naturally unfair.

"So, I've long thought of another way to break the situation—do you want to hear it?

Er Ni'er had already been stunned, nodding her head blankly.

Seeing the other person tremble, Du Shanü obviously had some realization, and she began to laugh again:

"That is, climb up, step on everyone's heads, so they know that my rights and wrongs, merits and faults, need no one else to speak for them.

"Do whatever you want—whether you wish to learn martial arts or become a general—as long as you have the ability, others may later hate, resent, and slander you, but they can only helplessly crawl at your feet.

"As for me—

Who I love, who I don't love—I have had a few men in my lifetime...

"In tens of thousands of years, they will only call it a 'wild history'.

?? Only by entering history can there be wild history... Spread the word to the little treasures! (*^▽^*)