Chapter 545: Another one pregnant, a night visit to Wang Yi! [5]

Nightfall shrouded the world, and stars twinkled in the vast night sky.

After a full day of noise and bustle, the Governor's Mansion finally grew quiet.

Along the winding corridors and narrow, long passageways of the inner residence, exquisite lanterns were hung high, emitting a warm and soft glow like scattered starlight, illuminating the entire area brightly.

Duan Yu, who had been buried in work in the study for a long time, finally finished his tasks.

He stretched gently, loosened his somewhat stiff body, and stood up.

Two maidservants holding lanterns were waiting quietly outside the door; they bowed slightly, signaling their intent to light the way for Duan Yu.

He stepped out of the study.

Under the illumination of the lanterns held by the maids, he walked slowly along the corridor.

Before long, he arrived at Dong Yi's courtyard.

The maid guarding the door saw Duan Yu arrive and immediately ran back into the room happily to notify Dong Yi.

Dong Yi's bedroom was very warm.

Looking at Dong Yi, whose belly was growing rounder by the day, Duan Yu sat on the edge of the bed, gently stroked her protruding belly with one hand, and asked with a smile, "Tell Daddy, are you a boy or a girl?"

Duan Yu leaned his head against Dong Yi's belly to listen.

Dong Yi, covered by a thick quilt filled with down, looked at Duan Yu with a gentle smile.

"Does my husband hope for a boy or a girl?"

"I like both. As long as it's born by my Yi'er, I naturally like it."

Duan Yu stood up and answered with a smile.

Afterward, he also asked with concern how Dong Yi was feeling.

After the couple chatted for a while, Duan Yu rose to leave.

Because the child in Dong Yi's womb was getting larger, it was no longer appropriate for Duan Yu to stay the night there.

With a female physician guarding the room every day, Duan Yu had nothing to worry about.

After leaving Dong Yi's villa, Duan Yu went to Diao Chan's villa to inquire with concern.

Not wanting to show favoritism, Duan Yu had to visit every room almost every day.

However, after leaving Diao Chan's room, Duan Yu stood in the inner residence feeling somewhat lost.

Because... because he seemed to have nowhere else to go.

Just two days ago.

Good news had also come from Su He.

Su He was pregnant.

That's right, she was pregnant.

This resulted in Duan Yu feeling like an empty-nester.

Although he had several beautiful wives and concubines at home.

He now had no place to stay.

Standing in the courtyard, Duan Yu, draped in a black cloak, blew in the cold wind.

"Something's not right..."

Before he transmigrated, he had never heard of the women he slept with getting pregnant so easily.

How did he become like a sharpshooter after transmigrating?

Not to say he hit the mark every time, but after a hundred shots, he definitely hit.

First Diao Chan, then Dong Yi, and now a Su He.

Duan Yu suspected it had something to do with the 【An Inch of Time is an Inch of Gold】 entry.

He now had another worry: would those two sisters in Luoyang also...

Although there were maidservants in the house to attend to him.

It always felt like something was missing.

The maids in the mansion all seemed very afraid of him.

"Let's go."

Duan Yu, who had stood in the cold wind for a while, shook his head and lifted his feet.

The two maids responsible for leading the way in front of Duan Yu looked bewildered.

Then they looked back at Duan Yu timidly.

"General... where is the General going?" the maid asked with her head lowered.

Uh...

This question stumped Duan Yu.

"Go... go to the middle courtyard," Duan Yu said casually.

The two maids then turned and lowered their heads, focusing on leading the way.

Before long, Duan Yu arrived at the middle courtyard.

The middle courtyard was generally used for housing distinguished guests or meeting important visitors.

However, ever since Niu Yaodi and Dong Huang died, no one else had been housed there.

As he walked, Duan Yu suddenly noticed a villa lit with firelight.

A beautiful figure instantly appeared in his mind.

Oh...

How could he have forgotten her?

Thinking this, Duan Yu walked toward the courtyard.

There were no maids in front of the courtyard gate, only a small maid standing before the door leading into the room.

The small maid was clearly stunned when she saw Duan Yu.

After reacting, she immediately bowed to Duan Yu.

"Has Commandant Wang slept?" Duan Yu asked.

The small maid shook her head hurriedly: "Reporting to the General, not yet."

Duan Yu nodded and stepped toward the room.

As the maid pushed open the door, a wave of heat mixed with the scent of a woman rushed toward him, instantly giving Duan Yu a feeling like a spring breeze.

His previously empty heart seemed to be filled a little.

Inside the room, candles were lit.

Hearing the sound outside the door, Wang Yi stood up instinctively.

The person living in the room was none other than Wang Yi, who had returned with the infantry when they retreated from Jincheng Commandery.

When the infantry retreated from Yunwu County, they had brought back all the wounded soldiers and those with severe injuries from the battle.

After Duan Yu's treatment, although some of the severely wounded who were originally waiting to die were left with lifelong disabilities, the vast majority survived.

These veteran soldiers with rich combat experience, though wounded or disabled, could teach their battlefield experience to the new recruits.

As a former soldier himself, Duan Yu understood the importance of veterans very well.

On the battlefield, the vast majority of new recruits would be more or less panicked when facing the enemy for the first time.

And at this time, the role of the veterans came into play.

Calming the emotions of the new recruits, teaching them how to survive on the battlefield.

How to face enemy charges, how to arrange troops and formations.

These were all precious experiences.

They were exchanged for human lives and scars.

Moreover, the stress-bearing capacity of veterans was far stronger than that of new recruits.

If an army were composed entirely of new recruits, it might collapse when the casualty rate reached twenty percent.

But if these new recruits were mixed with a certain number of veterans, they might not collapse until the casualty rate reached thirty percent.

And if the number of veterans was large enough.

It was possible that the army would not collapse even when the casualty rate reached fifty percent.

Along with those wounded veterans, Wang Yi was also sent to Yunwu.

Because they left Yunwu in a hurry that day. ===== CHAPTER 547 =====