Chapter 480: The Concubine Wants to Make a Thorn-Bearing Apology

"Did you guess, husband, what Mr. Xu's intention is in doing this?" Qin Zhanhong asked curiously.

After receiving this information, she also tried to speculate on Xu Zengyi's purpose, but couldn't figure it out.

Chen Wuji laughed and said: "This is actually not hard to guess. If you go to a place and find that a pack of dogs has taken over, and these dogs have several dog kings, each with their own power, and they are all wary and hostile toward you. As a person wanting to survive there, what would you do?"

"Divide them, win over a batch to deal with another batch!" Qin Zhanhong blurted out.

"But the batch you win over just wants to take advantage of you, yet still remains wary and hostile. What would you do then?" Chen Wuji asked.

"Oh, I think I get it—keep dividing them internally? Make them a scattered mess, best to first eliminate the original few dog kings, then fish in troubled waters?" Qin Zhanhong's eyes lit up.

"The young can be taught." Chen Wuji praised.

"Old Xu's goal is this: only when the water is muddy enough will those powers weaken, giving this outsider an opportunity to be relied upon and used as external aid."

Xiao Yuji felt a bit dizzy hearing this, muttering: "Saying it sounds simple, but actually doing it would be as hard as climbing to heaven; Mr. Xu's method is somewhat terrifying."

"After all, he's been a strategist for several years, a poisoner—this kind of trick is certainly within his abilities." Chen Wuji had always fully trusted Xu Zengyi's methods; to him, they were merely minor tricks.

Whether strategist or poisoner, the weight of these titles cannot be achieved with just a few minor tricks.

"No wonder my order sent to Guangyuan got only a reply from this old fogey saying he'd wait and observe, to see what happens later—turns out he had this purpose in mind." Chen Wuji murmured.

Qin Zhanhong asked: "Then, does that mean Mr. Xu's goal has been achieved?"

"Half achieved." Chen Wuji pondered, then asked: "Now the pattern in Guangyuan Prefecture is three cities occupied by four powers? With Gu Wenjie's force in Guangyuan City being the strongest, and Old Xu second in Wuyi?"

"Husband, I realize I've been underestimating you all along—just from this information, you've figured out so much?" Qin Zhanhong asked in surprise.

Chen Wuji gave a black-line look: "I'm curious what level you think I've always been at? I've at least won consecutive battles and created the great feat of defeating many with few, annihilating the enemy army—do you really think I can't even guess something like this?"

"..."

Qin Zhanhong felt a little embarrassed: "You saying that, it's indeed true, but before you said it, you seemed a bit off..."

Chen Wuji:...

He's been so diligent, yet still could be off?

"Husband, forgive me, it's my narrowness—I'll take off my clothes to perform a thorn-bearing apology for you." Qin Zhanhong puckered her moist red lips, pinching her throat to speak in a coquettish tone.

Chen Wuji instantly shuddered all over—again, again!

"Actually, there's no need to be so particular about this; a thorn-bearing apology isn't urgent. First finish saying what you need to say, then we can talk about other things." Chen Wuji lightly coughed.

Once Qin Zhanhong gets addicted, the proper business she ought to discuss surely gets tossed aside.

"Nothing else, just this." Qin Zhanhong twisted her peach-like hips, coquettishly humming: "Husband, give me a chance to make a thorn-bearing apology—I haven't been disciplined in days, I really want..."

Xiao Yuji sitting nearby silently covered her face.

No face to look, truly no face to look!

How can a woman be so wanton...

As a young lady of the Chen Jun Qin Clan who received instruction from renowned teachers since childhood, how did she become like this? Could these things not be innate?

"Give, give, give, must give!" Chen Wuji laughed, doubling over.

When his waist is strong and powerful, he truly likes Qin Zhanhong's pose.

Putting it in newer terms, the emotional value given is just right.

"Husband, you're so good... I'm really going to love you to death, I'll go prepare things now." Qin Zhanhong sprang up, shouting from afar to Yan Qiushui and Shen Lu: "Qiushui, you two guard outside, the master has big business today—no one is to see him."

"Yes!"

Shen Lu glanced oddly at the former young lady, quickly catching up with Yan Qiushui out the moon gate: "Sister, is what the lady said the kind of thing I'm thinking?"

"Not obvious yet!" Yan Qiushui's face flushed a little.

"Doing that in broad daylight..." Shen Lu's face turned slightly red, "The lady never used to be like this; she must have been corrupted by Deputy Commander Chen, the lady truly can't bear it—how did my proper lady become... so casual?"

"Shut your bird mouth, stop spouting nonsense. A few days ago a crowd washed the ground in front of that courtyard for half a day, and even now you can still smell blood—do you also want to be washed?" Yan Qiushui's expression tightened, she hastily lowered her voice to scold: "Xiao Lu, we are maids, not the ladies of this manor."

Shen Lu shrank her neck, hurriedly closing her mouth tightly.

Xiao Yuji glanced at Qin Zhanhong, who had already hurried away, somewhat bewildered: "Husband, is Old Qin really planning to make a thorn-bearing apology?"

"You believe that too? Probably off to concoct some strange oddities again!" Chen Wuji laughed.

He now had Qin Zhanhong's pulse roughly figured out—ordinary things he couldn't imagine, but speaking of these crooked tricks, he could definitely come up with a whole bunch.

Those toys Chen Wuji thought wouldn't exist in this era have all been found by her; if she comes up with any new strange method, he wouldn't find it odd.

Chen Wuji likes having innovative ability in these areas, daring to try different wives.

After Qin Zhanhong left for a while, she returned holding a bundle of rope and a willow branch: "Husband, are we doing this in the courtyard or in the room?"

"Did you forget I still have over twenty personal guards constantly by my side?" Chen Wuji said speechlessly.

If we start right in the courtyard, even if Qin Zhanhong is willing, I wouldn't dare.

Chen Wuyi's bunch of kids are all masters of appearing and disappearing—no one knows where they're hiding right now.

"Oh, right, too bad—looks like we can only go to the room, how boring!" Qin Zhanhong actually still felt some regret, she grabbed the somewhat dazed Xiao Yuji: "Little roast chicken, let's go, to the room, accompany me to make a thorn-bearing apology for the husband."

"What does your thorn-bearing apology have to do with me? I don't want it!" Xiao Yuji shouted in resistance.

Although she hadn't guessed what the two items Qin Zhanhong held were for, she knew they couldn't be anything good, so refusing was absolutely the correct choice.

"Are we not good sisters anymore? Sharing hardships, sharing blessings!" Qin Zhanhong said with a wicked smile.