Chapter 46: The Cat Battalion Army Sets Out, Mandarin Ducks Play in the Water (Seeking Monthly Votes)

Li Jia Fei Zhai, the base of the Cat Battalion.

Li Jiangjun is currently seeing off the warriors under its command.

Great Zhou establishes a post station every 70 li; there are 67 post stations from Tongzhou to the Capital, with two cats dispatched to each station.

During the time Pei Shaoqing was in seclusion, Li Jiangjun had basically subdued all the domestic and stray cats in the entire city, carefully selecting 136 of them for comprehensive training.

Today, the day for them to set out has finally arrived.

136 cats of various colors and breeds sit squatting in the courtyard with serious little faces, each carrying a small parcel on their back containing dried fish and dried mice.

Li Jiangjun, fat and stout, clearly a head taller than the other cats, stands on a stone mill, looking down at its kind from above, its mouth meowing incessantly.

The gist is as follows:

"To eat the master's food is to be loyal to the master's cause. During this time, the master has generously provided for you with dried fish; today is the time for you to repay that kindness... The master has said that once he conquers the world, we cats will be the auspicious beasts of the nation.

Those two-legged beasts will have to provide for us four-legged beasts in every household, and there will be endless small dried fish to enjoy! You can have as many litters as you want, and your own children will no longer be sent away or thrown into latrines to drown, because today we have shed blood for the master and performed meritorious service for the master!"

Li Jiangjun's meowing grows increasingly sharp; after finishing the last word, it tilts its head back and lets out a loud cry.

"Meow~"

"Meow meow meow! Meow meow meow meow!"

The group of cats immediately responds in competition, the meowing endless.

As a Demon, Li Jiangjun is like a deity in the eyes of these cats; naturally, there is no cat that does not believe its words, and no cat that does not eat the pie it has drawn for them.

Li Jiangjun turns its head to look at a Sanhua cat squatting quietly by its side and says, "My beloved consort, lead the army and set off. Remember, travel at night, walk along the woods beside the official road, and absolutely do not walk on the main road."

In the parcel on the Sanhua cat's body is the only copy of the route map, because the other cats cannot read it, but those cats only need to walk the path once to remember the way back.

The Sanhua cat's mission is to go to the Capital and act as an undercover agent beside Wan Guifei; it just so happens that it can lead the other cats to their posts at the stations along the way, and two cats will go with her to the Capital to help her pass on information.

"Meow~" The Sanhua cat, which can understand human speech but cannot speak it, meows once, then reluctantly leans in to rub against Li Jiangjun a few times.

Although Li Jiangjun often prides itself on not being a person of sentimental attachments, at this moment, it is inevitably reluctant to part.

"My beloved consort, go first. When I follow the master to kill our way into the Capital, that will be the day of our reunion."

The Sanhua cat meows once, jumps down, and walks away, looking back every three steps, with the other cats following one after another.

Fortunately, it is deep in the night; if someone had seen this scene during the day, they would likely have been scared out of their wits.

Li Jiangjun stands quietly on the stone mill, watching its beloved consort and the army depart, until an orange cat, a cow-patterned cat, and a black cat jump up and surround it, rubbing against it, at which point the reluctance in its heart dissipates quite a bit.

Although one beloved consort has left.

It still has three more!

Li Jiangjun is a cat that values emotions.

With the departure of one female cat, it can only tearfully use the method of mating with more female cats to dilute the extreme psychological pain with a moment of physical pleasure.

It is a pity there are no more Spirit-Awakening Pills, otherwise it could enlighten more beloved consorts to work for the master's hegemony.

"My beloved consorts, attend to this King as I retire for the night."

The master is not here, so it will secretly overstep its bounds for a moment.

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In the bedroom, behind the screen.

The wooden tub filled with flower petals steams with heat.

"Take off your clothes." Even though they are already in an intimate relationship where they have touched and guided each other, Xie Qingwu's heart still trembles when saying this, and she can only stiffen her face and pretend to be calm.

Pei Shaoqing starts undressing directly, while smiling and asking, "Why, is my wife not going to take hers off?"

"You take yours off first." Xie Qingwu glares.

Pei Shaoqing chuckles, strips naked in front of Xie Qingwu, and is already aroused below.

"Shameless." Xie Qingwu spits, rolls her eyes, and says, "Hurry up and get into the tub."

Pei Shaoqing steps on the stool and enters the tub, feeling the hot water surround him, and lets out a long, comfortable breath, staring intently at Xie Qingwu, "Wife?"

Xie Qingwu purses her lips, blushes, and slowly removes her dress, gradually stripping down to only her white inner garment on her upper body and white Silk Stockings on her lower body, her graceful curves fully revealed.

Pei Shaoqing has never seen her without a stitch of clothing; just as he is looking forward with a dry mouth to Xie Qingwu continuing to undress, she steps toward the tub.

He immediately expresses his criticism of this behavior.

"How can my wife serve her husband in the bath while wearing clothes? Aren't your clothes dirty? Take them off too."

"Shut your mouth, don't push your luck, otherwise wash yourself." Xie Qingwu hums, standing by the tub and testing the water temperature with her toes; the Ice Silkworm Silk at the tips of her toes is soaked into a dark color.

As her whole body enters the water, the entire pair of Silk Stockings is soaked, including the inner garment on her upper body; after getting wet, it clings tightly to her skin, becoming somewhat transparent, and the pattern of her Bellyband is clearly visible.

Xie Qingwu quickly notices this, immediately blushing, kicks Pei Shaoqing under the water, and scolds him in shame and anger: "Turn around, you are not allowed to look back."

Pei Shaoqing reluctantly turns around.

Feeling Xie Qingwu's warm, delicate body press against his back, her fine, smooth little hands gently scrubbing his shoulders, and her long legs wrapped in White Silk and her little feet rubbing against his legs from time to time.

Comfortable, too comfortable!

Soon he is no longer satisfied with this, "Wife, the water is almost getting cold, when will you wash the front?"

Xie Qingwu says muffledly, "Turn around."

Pei Shaoqing hurriedly turns around to face her.

Xie Qingwu's face is covered in a layer of water mist, presenting a faint pink color, looking as if it would break at a touch.

"What are you looking at? It's just a bath, don't you think of anything else." Xie Qingwu warns him with a fierce glare, but her heart is already surging with waves.

Although she has long been accustomed to it, feeling the scorching touch on her thighs still makes her heart tremble.

Pei Shaoqing says, "Your husband has always been a person who knows how to repay kindness with an abalone; let me help my wife wash too."

As soon as the words fall, he pounces directly.

"Don't! Pei Shaoqing, let me go!" Xie Qingwu struggles in a panic, water splashing everywhere in an instant, and she shouts in shame and anger: "Bastard! I'm going to kill you!"

"Wife, if one hears the Dao in the morning, one can die without regret in the evening!"

"Don't! I beg you, don't do this, give me a little more time." Xie Qingwu was unable to resist, shifting from her initial threats to pleading, tears shimmering in her eyes.

But she soon discovered that Pei Shaoqing only intended to strike at the target through an intermediary, so she breathed a sigh of relief and began to cooperate willingly.

"I am lustful, but I still disdain forcing others against their will," Pei Shaoqing said afterwards, holding her in his arms to comfort her.

She was his intimate comrade-in-arms, and it had been difficult to build their affinity to this level; how could he let her become alienated just for a moment of carnal pleasure?

She had to be willing to give her body to him of her own accord; only then could the two of them be truly and thoroughly bound together.

All this dawdling now was merely to accelerate this process while satisfying his own desires.

With the afterglow still lingering on her face and her eyes slightly dazed, Xie Qingwu panted lightly; after recovering, she gritted her teeth and pinched him a few times, saying, "You scared me to death just now."

Having witnessed Pei Shaoqing's various abilities and truly realizing her current situation, she actually no longer minded becoming a real husband and wife with him.

Otherwise, she would not have agreed to attend to his bathing.

But her original husband had died at Pei Shaoqing's hands after all; even if she did not mind, she felt that Pei Shaoqing might not be able to let go of his guard and truly accept her.

Therefore, while occasionally giving him some sweetness to improve their relationship, she had to hold her bottom line to avoid Pei Shaoqing thinking she was a ruthless and fickle slut, which would lead to him looking down on her and becoming even more guarded.

To achieve the husband-and-wife relationship she envisioned.

She must wait for a suitable opportunity.

Both of them were cautiously moving toward each other.

As for love, they certainly did not have it at the moment; all they had were their own calculations of interest, both wanting to turn their fake act into reality for their own considerations.

After all, the prerequisite for love to grow over time is both the "time" and the "act" itself.

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