Chapter 246

Du Shanü was not unaware that Chinu and Afang......

Now, the two harbor half a lifetime of grievance and half a lifetime of hatred toward Cang Cheng.

But how could Yu Lve be punished?

Since Yu Lve has this merit, there's no way to punish him.

Moreover, I don't know whether it's because there is a natural difference between civil and military officers, but that old brat simply can't tell good from bad.

Du Shanü then said to Yu Lve, 【Cousin Yu, having traversed the same rut once, you know the bumps; you should change course...... I wish to appoint you as county magistrate of this city, I wonder what your thoughts are?】.

Yu Lve returned a slight fist salute, then immediately agreed, 【Of course it's excellent! I've long seen the city's soldiers drilling unpleasantly; if I were to do it, I would surely make the troops stronger and the horses sturdier!】.

What hints, what thoughts, what polite words of loyalty spoken in two sentences to set her at ease......

None of them existed.

Du Shanü said to let him do it, and he did.

Before meeting this person, Du Shanü thought the allusion of 'Han Xin commanding troops, the more the better' was the beginning of calamity after the black dragon and heroic eagle's mutual scheming.

But after meeting this person, Du Shanü seriously doubted that such a thing; most military officers would do it.

His words clearly meant to let the other party not repeat past mistakes, not to commit disloyalty again!

How could it just be 'Of course it's excellent' 'If I were to do it, how how'......

Does that sound like something to say?

«The Yu family's minds seem to be a single thread, and they even share the same thread. »

Du Shanü sighed, then continued:

«After I thought it over carefully, if they were truly smart, how could they dare to bully you in my presence? »

Even A Chou knows she only argued with Chinu after she left!

Although in the end he couldn't help but start fighting with Chinu, he also couldn't help what happened afterward.

Who is like Yu Lve, who just glances and doesn't care, then straightaway raises objections?

Chinu remained silent, yet drew closer to Du Shanü a bit, evidently seeking support.

Chen Weifang, after hearing all this, finally saw the gloom on her face lift a little:

«Now nothing has happened, so naturally I'll follow the mistress's words. »

«Then, when someone seizes military power and rushes to our home's Saner, killing the person before us, the mistress can only hug the corpse and weep, only then realizing how formidable a military officer is. »

Eh eh eh!

What death talk, saying this all day, Afang really doesn't mind the ill omen!

Du Shanü couldn't help but show a dissatisfied expression: «Nonsense! (`へ′*)ノ!!! »

Chen Weifang also knows these words are heavy, but fortunately they were just meant to provoke Du Shanü; no one took them seriously, so she didn't continue.

Chen Weifang merely gave Du Shanü's shoulder‑resting Chinu a resentful glance, then went straight on:

«I'll go to the tin‑refining room, order people to pass on what the Wise Lord said, and meanwhile prepare and test the medicine. »

Du Shanü nodded repeatedly; after the person left, she heard a faint sigh coming from her own neck.

Du Shanü didn't lower her head, but simply held Chinu at her side tighter, coaxing:

«It won't happen, truly it won't. »

«I now see clearly that Yu Lve isn't very scheming. »

«Even if he later acts impulsively...... would good slave slave still stand there getting beaten to death without running? »

«Besides, besides you still have me. Could I bear to watch you get hurt? »

I can't bear to.

It's she who can't bear to.

Du Shanü soothed gently; as usual, even if not comforted eighty‑ninety percent, she'd still be comforted fifty‑sixty percent.

However today, Chinu leaned against her shoulder, refusing to lift his head no matter what.

He kept clutching Du Shanü tightly, squeezing extremely tight, extremely tight, as if wanting to break and tear their bones and blood, then meld them........

Chinu loves so deeply, hates so deeply, that it makes Du Shanü's breathing feel slightly strained.

Du Shanü called softly:

«Good slave slave? If you strangle your Wife Master to death, then someday you'll have no Wife Master, right? »

Chinu still refused to let go, his breath pressed extremely low, spraying onto Du Shanü's neck side, turning into a scalding torrent.

Du Shanü startled, hearing Chinu at her shoulder suddenly murmur softly:

«...... When will I ever be able to rely on my father to attain noble status? »

Chinu had said this countless times before in the bedroom.

But Du Shanü could tell that this time Chinu's plea was more earnest than all those previous times combined.

Chinu......

Chinu has always been ruthless and coldly beautiful.

Chinu, also always been Chinu'er, refusing to be a bit smarter.

He urgently longs for a child, thereby to steady his foothold, thus securing his status and no longer being driven away by others......

But he never once considered——

Du Shanü loves him.

Du Shanü loves him.

«I actually aspire to be an empress...... »

Du Shanü gently stroked his head and smiled:

«If it were an ordinary vulgar novel that exalts women, you constantly pester me for a child, and readers would surely mock me, saying 'Loving a man to this extent, even if an empress came, she'd have to bear a child for a man,' and the like. »

Chinu was indulging in lamenting spring and sorrowing autumn; hearing the words, he understood only partly, and also felt somewhat dissatisfied:

「Nonsense, nowadays I am actually asking the Wife Master for a title, seeking a child to lean on, for I want to rely on my son for honor, I cannot bear not to bear a son for the Wife Master...... What a joke, what is the Wife Master doing? 」

「Could it be only because a woman becomes pregnant and gives birth? But this is precisely what proves that a woman is different from others. 」

Among wolf packs, the maternal line is honored; the she-wolf is quick-witted, capable of bearing offspring, able to guarantee the pack's numbers, and therefore holds absolute decision‑making power.

【Birth】, this is indeed one of the powers granted to women by the Heaven.

If women do not bear children and let men do so, then at that point the functions of men and women will be completely swapped; would not the women of the future become the men of the past?

What kind of 【female supremacy】 is that?

The so‑called honoring of women is not blindly pursuing that men bear children, trying the pain of women bearing children, nor is it specially declaring that women of this dynasty have physiques and wisdom equal to men......

but rather to honestly face one's own shortcomings and flaws, and thereby tell the world that women can likewise stand out and suppress an age.

Du Shanü......

Du Shanü has never been someone who does not want children.

Even in her heart, that would be the first treasure she bore that is utterly worthy of heaven and earth.

That child will certainly be the one most favored by heaven and earth, the existence for which she would be willing to risk her life.

However, however.

Du Shanü also hopes Chinu knows that the reason this child can be born is also because she loves him.

Du Shanü said all this, and in the end she merely hopes Chinu knows——

She loves him, that's all.

Even if there are children later, it is merely 【big heart gives her a small heart】, that's all.

Children are certainly important.

But without her meeting Chinu, everything is merely an illusion.

She is not a person given to licentious indulgence, nor is she someone who wants to bear a child at the sight of every person.

Chinu wants to seek a child to lean on, but what he should most know is that he himself is the child's support.

Chinu, Chinu fundamentally need not especially crave any child.

Even if she later has children with Chinu, there will be no such thing as father relying on son for honor; only the son relying on the father for honor......

Or rather, the father is noble, then the son is noble.