Chapter 198: This hatred stretches on without end

Cannot speak, secretly yearning—apart from the two hearts, no one knows.

Having witnessed the mortal world, years have gone by.

Du Shanü finally willingly admitted——

She is nothing but a fool so stupid there's no way to make her more stupid.

Her eloquent tongue, her self-righteousness, her thoughts and desires......

There are also times when she finds it hard to speak.

How should one describe her joy toward Chinu?

Roughly speaking, even after speaking of love and affection across lifetimes until exhausted, she still feels it lacking.

But if Du Shanü were really made to speak again, even after racking her brains and scratching her heart, she could not say more.

Oaths are easy to say.

But just a touch of the lips, and countless sweet words flow.

Du Shanü is not unable to say those words; if she truly wanted to be two-faced and treacherous, she could also deceive people to the point of losing their souls, making them unable to do without her......

But with Chinu, she does not want to say those empty, illusory words.

Scholars and poets are accustomed to turning three parts of love into ten.

But someone like Du Shanü, when truly moved, will only, and indeed only dare to, say three parts when there are ten.

She fears that in the future she will be unable to fulfill her oath, and fears that someday someone will seize upon her weakness.

Because of love arises worry; because of love arises fear......

Perhaps this is exactly how it should be, and indeed it ought to be this way.

Du Shanü set down her brush, propped her head, and gently blew on the ink still wet on the paper:

"\"...... Do you blame me or not? \""

Chinu had already been staring dumbfounded; Du Shanü asked two or three times in a row before he came to his senses:

"\"What? \""

Du Shanü laughed and asked him:

"\"Speak truthfully: today I first intercepted you in Cang Cheng—do you blame me or not? \""

Chinu's gaze remained on that thin marriage document, unwilling to leave:

"\"Yes, yes, there is some resentment...... \""

"\"It's not even blame, but resentment. \""

"\"But hearing it, it truly has Chinu's bearing. \""

Du Shanü had expected this; hearing it, she laughed again:

"\"I know, I know...... \""

"\"But I have thought further: nowadays those who still serve the Young Emperor are not few; although most of the household now knows our relationship, Ruan Jintian and others still need to be considered. \""

Ruan Jintian is willing to leak his grandfather's secret; he must still be a royalist.

"\"And this 'other person' is naturally Yu Baobao's as-yet-unidentified 'cousin'. \""

If Du Shanü today were to let her joy or anger show, making this known to everyone on the street, and furthermore resolved to severely punish A Chou, that old official, it would inevitably sow future disaster for Chinu.

Du Shanü is unwilling.

Du Shanü......

She cannot bear to part.

Thus, at that time Du Shanü would say to A Chou, 'This is not your business' and '...... I spare your life'.

She wants A Chou to know that the one making decisions is her, the one who truly wants to possess Chinu is her, and if trouble truly arises, the spearhead should be aimed at her.

From now on, no matter who says she is fickle, eating in the east and lodging in the west......

As long as she is strong enough, those words are not even enough to give her an itch.

But if someone were to target Chinu......

that would be no different than someone carving a piece out of her heart.

Du Shanü has no way.

Du Shanü is simply, too much, too much without recourse.

"\"From now on...... if I could truly sever the earth and heaven...... \""

Du Shanü finally blew the ink on the paper dry, then lifted the paperweight:

"\"I too would establish two capitals, all right? \""

The system of touring two capitals was actually a practice first adopted by the Northern Dynasty people.

This practice arose after the capital of the Yin Dynasty fell, one city lost and the populace fled.

Perhaps upon seeing this dire state, the Northern Dynasty's Ashina Khan then established the two capitals, setting the state capital as the Great Capital and the secondary capital as the Upper Capital, residing in the Upper Capital in summer and the Great Capital in winter.

If one capital falls, the other can still stabilize the people's hearts.

Later Yuan Lang usurped the dynasty, taking Jinling as the Great Capital and Lin'an as the Upper Capital, also attempting to learn this system.

But he studied it without truly understanding, and set the two capitals extremely close.

Just ask: if Jinling were already broken, another capital lies only a few hundred li away—who could bear not to attack?

Du Shanü had long wanted to curse this matter; now she finally has the chance to speak of it all at once......

"\"Having experienced this, I actually have come to understand as well. \""

Du Shanü rummaged through the chest and drew out a paper cutter, pinching a strand of her own hair and cutting it off bit by bit:

"\"If you thereafter do not wish to see them, I will no longer urge you. \""

"\"Just as Yu Baobao now resides in Cang Cheng while you dwell in Dun Cheng, from now on we shall also establish two capitals; in your capital, you shall be second only to me and above all others...... all right? \""

Is it okay?

Is it okay?

Du Shanü's gaze burned bright, but Chinu had long been unable to utter a word.

In his life, he has resented many things and hated many things.

Yet so far, he has never received such a promise.

Wife Master, she actually agreed to let him solely possess a capital city.

Just like, just like, between him and Yu Baobao, although their stations differ, there is no distinction of noble or lowly destiny.

Yu Baobao has a marriage certificate, and he does as well.

Yu Baobao is her husband, and he is as well.

He need no longer envy everything Yu Baobao owns, for what he will have will certainly be the best.

In his capital city, no one will ever again favor Yu Baobao, spit at him, point at his nose and curse him, saying "He should just follow his mother and go to the brothel to solicit customers"......

It won't happen again.

Never again.

In those days of old, the boy who clutched a broken bowl and gulped water eventually won for himself the best fate.

Du Shanü gently snipped off Chinu's hair tip, rolled it into the marriage document, and then sealed the document bit by bit.

Chinu merely stared blankly the whole time; after a long while, he finally suppressed the barely perceptible tremor in his throat and spoke:

"Wife Master" this word...... is hideously ugly.

Nowadays official documents use clerical script as standard; any noticeable scholar writes decently, unlike Wife Master, whose writing looks like flies crawling.

This is his only marriage document in this lifetime; if he had known it would be this ugly, he should have just let him write it!

Du Shanü's heart was soft; upon hearing those words, she suddenly paused: "...... o(￣ヘ￣o＃)？？？"

What the heck?

She finally managed to learn affection from others once, yet she still dislikes it?

Others don't know her background; could it be that Chinu is still unaware?

She has always relied on her past-life abilities to recognize many characters; this lifetime she has hardly touched any documents, let alone painstakingly practiced brush writing.

So she can only scribble randomly, right?

Today's slave is disobedient!

No more calling the slave "good slave"!

All day today, she will call him the bad slave......

All day long!

Du Shanü thought so in her heart, but her hand movements were ultimately a bit slow:

"Why not tear it up and rewrite it?"

Anyway, it's not too late now; paper and ink are readily available......

Fact proves, Chinu is ultimately stubborn of mouth but soft of heart.

He never wanted to change the marriage document; upon hearing this, he hurried to fetch it.

He took the marriage document steady against his chest, then immediately freed his hand to snatch the silk band from his hair.

Black hair scattered, the gorgeous ghost oblivious, only biting the silk band into his mouth, he muttered urgently:

"Wife Master, wait a moment...... I'll go to Zhuo to wash up, I'll be right back......"

Afterward, Chinu held the marriage document with both hands, head not turning, straight to the bedroom.

Du Shanü was dazed by this series of actions for a moment; when she reacted, she was suddenly startled.

She tightly guarded her own collar, watching Chinu's retreating back, she urgently called out:

"Slave! It's still daytime! Why are you going to Zhuo to wash?"

"Don't go, don't go——no, cannot——"

"I, I want to abstain from lust, I truly want to abstain!!"

?? Absolute Earth Heaven Passage: Heaven and earth each find their place, amidst them humanity establishes a fixed order and norms, severing heavenly gods descending to earth, earthly gods ascending to heaven.

? Used in this chapter, only taking its meaning of 'from disorder to order'.

? Finally recovered this foreshadowing buried since the beginning...... Indeed! The answer lies at the beginning—the so-called 'Two Capitals Patrol' always referred to two capital cities and one emperor!

? Quickly praise me, quickly praise me!!!! (*^▽^*)