nashuaworldcup Chapter 684 Dog Food
Chapter 684 Dog Food
Chapter 684 Dog Food
Wang Wenzhou held Empress Zhou and said with a bitter smile, "Sister-in-law, don't lie to yourself! Haven't you realized that Zhu Youjian has become shameless, using you and the children as tools? In Zhu Youjian's heart, you and the children are all people he can abandon!"
Wang Wenzhou continued, "Sister-in-law, you know me. I would never bear to hurt you, nor would I hurt your child. Perhaps Zhu Youjian saw this and that's why he shamelessly sent you to Hanshan."
"Sigh..." Empress Zhou sighed. She knew Zhu Youjian's intentions, but what could she do now that things had come to this?
"Boxin! I'm begging you! Even if you don't care about me, you have to care about our son and stop committing murder!" Empress Zhou gently stroked her lower abdomen.
"What?! Our son? Sister-in-law, what did you say?" Wang Wenzhou could hardly believe his ears.
Empress Zhou blushed all the way to her neck, and said softly, "Boxin, I learned that I was pregnant as soon as I returned to the capital from Hanshan last time."
"Pfft..." Wang Wenzhou was completely dumbfounded. After this son was born, was he mine or Zhu Youjian's?
"Boxin, you must do good deeds for our son! We can't let him bear such a bad reputation!" Empress Zhou said earnestly, "I know you want to take revenge on Zhu Youjian, and I've asked him why he sent someone to assassinate you. But the Emperor is innocent; this wasn't done by the Emperor at all. It was done by your former follower, Wang Qiang!"
Wang Wenzhou said with a wry smile, "Sister-in-law, please don't try to excuse Zhu Youjian. I know that little bastard Wang Qiang. No matter what, he would never harm me!"
"Is that so?" Empress Zhou thought for a moment and said softly, "I heard that a few days ago, he led men to ambush your convoy and was injured by your men."
"Heh!" Wang Wenzhou sneered, "Isn't this all Zhu Youjian's doing? Wang Qiang wouldn't have done that without his orders!"
Empress Zhou thought for a moment, then said with deep emotion, "Boxin, even if the Emperor orchestrated your father's birthday banquet, you still cannot do this! The proper order of ruler and subject, father and son—if you do this, you will be condemned by the people of the world! How will our son face the world in the future?"
As Empress Zhou spoke, she began to shed tears.
"Sigh..." Wang Wenzhou sighed. In fact, he didn't want to start a war. The people of Hanshan still had a lot of resistance to the rebellion. After all, they had been citizens of the Ming Dynasty for generations, and Zhu Youjian hadn't killed their babies and sons.
Wang Wenzhou thought for a moment and then said, "Sister-in-law, for your sake and for our son's sake, I can continue to be my local tyrant in Hanshan. But Zhu Youjian has to withdraw the two military camps near Hanshan! He has deployed 30 troops near Hanshan. Isn't this forcing me to rebel?"
Empress Zhou rolled her eyes at Wang Wenzhou and said irritably, "If the Emperor hadn't sent troops, you would have already raised an army and marched to Beijing!"
"Hehe..." Wang Wenzhou said with a wry smile, "How can you blame me? It's Zhu Youjian who's so disloyal! All I did was sleep with his wife, and he did the opposite, killing my whole family!"
As Wang Wenzhou spoke, he began to embrace Empress Zhou and weep bitterly. As he cried, Empress Zhou's clothes became increasingly undressed.
"Sigh..." Empress Zhou sighed. This rascal has nothing on his mind except sleeping with women.
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The next day, after much pleading and cajoling from Empress Zhou, Wang Wenzhou agreed to temporarily refrain from launching a military campaign and maintain the status quo.
Therefore, Empress Zhou agreed to accompany Wang Wenzhou to the Ming army camp to reward the troops. Wang Wenzhou did this to sow discord between Sun Chuanting and Zhang Chengze, fearing that these two, for the sake of military merit, would disregard Zhu Youjian's orders and attack Hanshan without authorization.
In fact, Wang Wenzhou's actions were somewhat unnecessary. Sun Chuanting and Zhang Chengze were truly incapable of attacking Hanshan. Their troops were lucky to have enough to eat; without pay, who would risk their lives?
Wang Wenzhou had no idea that the Ming Dynasty's treasury was empty! Back when he was in the capital, the treasury still had tens of millions of taels of silver. He never imagined that these civil officials of the Ming Dynasty would be so wasteful!
At the Ming army's northern camp in Hanshan, Sun Chuanting and his subordinate generals welcomed Wang Wenzhou's arrival. Zhang Chengze also came to join in the fun, wanting to see what tricks Wang Wenzhou was up to.
Sun Chuanting and Zhang Chengze had no idea that Empress Zhou, as Zhu Youjian's secret envoy, had already arrived in Hanshan.
Although Zhang Chengze's father, Zhang Zhiji, was also killed by Zhu Youjian, Zhang Chengze did not listen to Wang Wenzhou's deception and engage in rebellion with Wang Wenzhou.
In Zhang Chengze's view, the nobles shared the fate of the Ming Dynasty. Although there were some conflicts between the nobles and Zhu Youjian at present, these were internal disputes, and the nobles could not rise up in rebellion at this time. If the nobles rebelled, they would not only be rebelling against the Ming Dynasty, but also against the nobles themselves.
Wang Wenzhou's sedan chair stopped, and Wang Wenzhou, with his arm around Empress Zhou, slowly stepped down from the chair.
"Pfft..." Sun Chuanting and Zhang Chengze were completely dumbfounded. Others might not recognize Empress Zhou, but they did. What was going on?
Wang Wenzhou, with his arm around Empress Zhou, strode forward and said, "Little Sun, Little Zhang, you've worked hard! You've been guarding my doorstep, so as your master, I can't be too stingy. That's why I came here today to bring you some dog food!"
"Ahem..." Zhang Chengze coughed a few times and said awkwardly, "Boxin, how can you speak like that? And who is this?"
Although Zhang Chengze knew Empress Zhou, he didn't know how to greet her at this moment.
Empress Zhou blushed all the way to her neck, and she quickly said, "Lord Wang, your concubine Zhou Li greets the General."
Wang Wenzhou said with a smile, "My baby knows I'm here to deliver dog food to you guys. She's afraid you crazy dogs might bite me without thinking, so she's following me to protect me."
Wang Wenzhou brought Empress Zhou over to comfort the troops, also fearing that Sun Chuanting might take the opportunity to kidnap him.
Sun Chuanting quickly said, "Please come in! I have prepared wine and dishes to welcome Lord Wang."
"Haha!" Wang Wenzhou laughed and said, "Little Sun, where's your wife? I miss her, let's call her over!"
"You, you..." Sun Chuanting was so angry that his face turned red with embarrassment, and he pointed at Wang Wenzhou.
When Wang Wenzhou was in Shaanxi, he once harassed Sun Chuanting's concubine.
Wang Wenzhou hugged Empress Zhou and kissed her, then said with a smile, "Sister-in-law, what do you think? Should Xiao Sun call his wife out to serve me?"
"Sigh..." Empress Zhou shook her head with a bitter smile. "Lord Sun, Wang Wenzhou is a mad dog. The Emperor has even abandoned all shame for the sake of the Ming Dynasty. You should also abandon all shame."
"Lord Sun, it's inconvenient for me to be alone. Could you please have Madam Sun come out and keep me company?" Empress Zhou said softly.
"I will obey Your Majesty's decree... I will immediately send someone to inform my wife!" Sun Chuanting nodded helplessly; he could not disobey the Empress's order.
The banquet had been prepared, and everyone took their seats.
Sun Chuanting's concubine, Wang Lin, sat blushing beside Wang Wenzhou, while on Wang Wenzhou's other side, of course, was Empress Zhou.
"Cheers!" Wang Wenzhou took a sip of wine with Empress Zhou in his arms, and said in a serious tone, "I've come here to deliver dog food to tell you all that you can guard the door, but don't bite people randomly!"