Chapter 379
“The Lady is back!” The servants that had disappeared all suddenly reappeared . The respectful voice gradually became louder .
“Lord Husband!” Lu Lingqi’s voice grew louder as she approached . Her voice was full of longing .
“I’m doomed . ” Liu Mang should be longing for the owner of that voice as well . After all, they were newlyweds . Liu Mang also knew about her rus.h.i.+ng out to Shouchun because she was worried about him . This action caused him to feel extremely moved . However, at that particular moment, Liu Mang was only feeling indescribable fear .
How could he not feel fear? There was another woman in his study room . On top of that, it was Lady Zou and not some simple servant . This was Zhang Ji’s widowed wife . This was the same person that caused Cao Cao to lose so much . He is also unable to use bringing Zhang Lei in as an excuse as he was literally caught with his pants down . If Lu Lingqi were to see him in such a state, his death would not be far .
“Quick, Miss Zou! Lady Zhang!” Liu Mang no longer knew how to address her . “Ah whatever! Quickly go and hide! My family is about to come in!”
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“Why are you still standing there? Hide!” Liu Mang shouted as he tried to wear his pants . Unfortunately, the pants during ancient times were quite troublesome to put on . His panicked state simply made the task even more difficult .
Zou Rong saw Liu Mang trying to put on his pants hurriedly and ran around the study . However, she found that there was nowhere to hide . The only possible hiding location was on top of the bookshelf but it was not possible for a delicate person like her to climb it .
Liu Mang carelessly wore his pants . He was only able to use his s.h.i.+rt to cover up his private parts and prevent it from swaying around . Once he was done, he raised his head in time to see Zou s.h.i.+ running around and returning to him . “Why haven’t you hidden yourself yet? When my family comes in, the both of us will be dead!” Liu Mang was truly scared of his family’s fierce tiger .
It is said that a single mountain could not have two tigers . Unfortunately, Liu Mang’s home really did have two tigers . The first one was Lu Lingqi . Although she could not work well in a kitchen, she was actually able to go on the battlefield . She inherited her martial arts skill from Lu Bu . If she had been a man, the Little Conqueror would have been her . She could handle halberds and Liu Mang would definitely not want to mess with her .
Besides that, there was another, stronger tiger . This tiger would also definitely be on the way to Shouchun . This tiger was Da Qiao . He initially thought Da Qiao was a gentle and kind person before marrying her but then he found out that Da Qiao was like a sharp knife . Even though she was unable fight like Lu Lingqi, she had her own ways to surpa.s.s others . This trait of hers made Liu Mang tremble .
Although Da Qiao was the third wife, Liu Mang knew that she was the real boss . Lu Lingqi may be good at martial arts but she was soft hearted . On the other hand, Yuan Fang was a woman from a wealthy family that strives for nothing while his concubine followed feudal society . All of them were influenced by Da Qiao . Besides that, Da Qiao was also very knowledgeable . The amount of books she had read even made her father lament that she was not a man . She was able to completely see through how men think, including Liu Mang .
Da Qiao’s talent had been used in Liu Mang’s backyard instead of in political areas . This showed how much suffering Liu Mang had to endure . If Lu Lingqi were to see this Lady Zou, Liu Mang would be beaten up at most . On the other hand, if Da Qiao were to see this, Liu Mang would need to write apology letters or else he would be forced to stay in the study room . 1
With Da Qiao’s ability, his wives have formed an alliance . At home, Da Qiao was the Lord . Lu Lingqi was the general . Yuan Fang may not have strived for anything but women would not like their husbands to have so many women .
“Sister . I beg you! Please hide!” Liu Mang already wanted to cry . All of this was Jia Xu’s fault . Now, Liu Mang was not only anxious about Jia Xu’s presence but also had a sense of grudge against him . Liu Mang believed that he was being toyed with .
It was unfortunate for Jia Xu as this was a misunderstanding . Liu Mang was the one that called his wives over and he did it before accepting Jia Xu into the city . He did it as he believed that Yangzhou was now more stable and also to placate Yang Hong . As Jia Xu came after this, it was not possible for him to know about that arrangement . All he wanted was a bargaining chip that he would get if Lady Zou managed to sleep with Liu Mang . Unfortunately, Jia Xu’s actions ended up pus.h.i.+ng Liu Mang into misery . Liu Mang swore to humiliate Jia Xu if he managed to survive . Liu Mang could not help but clench his teeth as he thought about this .
Liu Mang started to give up . If he had truly cheated on his wives, he could at least die in peace but as he was set up by Jia Xu, he only felt wronged .
“Lord Husband!” The voice continued to grow louder but Lady Zou was still standing in front of Liu Mang . Liu Mang’s pants was also still in a mess . Based on how loud the voice was, Lu Lingqi was just outside the door .
Liu Mang’s heart turned cold . This time, he was really finished . His death penalty would come the moment she pushed the door open . Fortunately, good people do not live long and Liu Mang have already done many virtuous deeds . 2
The moment Lu Lingqi was about to step into the room, she was suddenly delayed . “Milady . His Majesty is currently reading in the study room . He said that n.o.body is allowed to disturb him unless something serious happened . ”
“Studying? Serious matters? It was not this busy even when my father was around . Now, the danger to Yangzhou has pa.s.sed . What military matters could there be? Step aside!” Lu Lingqi’s position was high regardless of whether she was in the Lu Bu’s Army or the Liu Mang’s Army . When they had to break out of encirclement, she also joined the fight . As a result, the servant did not recklessly continue to stop her . Although Liu Mang was a good Lord that is not overbearing, he was certainly not paid enough to deal with this . He wouldn’t even be able to save enough money for a wife .
This is why Jia Xu told him about this plan that could bring him wealth and not harm his Lord . All he needed to do was lead Lady Zou in and make love . After that, Liu Mang would be happy and he might get a raise .
He never expected Lu Lingqi to arrive . This was the most he could do to help his Lord and it had already used up all of his courage . He hoped his actions managed to warn the two in the study .
“Milady?”
“Step aside!” Lu Lingqi was not supposed to have arrived so early . Regardless of how fast Yang Hong rushed he would take care of his own family which was the frail Yuan Fang . However, Lu Lingqi could no longer wait and rushed ahead as she was too worried about Liu Mang . She initially wanted to surprise Liu Mang and had sent someone to inform Liu Mang . By doing this, Liu Mang would come to her . Unfortunately, the informer had been stopped at the study . Lu Lingqi did not believe that Liu Mang was unable to hear this message and believed that something fishy was going on . Without thinking too much, she pushed the door open .
“This is truly bad luck!” The servant could no longer do anything else . It was up to the Lord to find an explanation . He had been prepared to hear the angry voice of Lu Lingqi but that anger did not come .
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Personally, I’d take apology letters over domestic violence . First, they used a Chinese idiom that describes how good people live shorter lives than bad people . Now, the ‘fortunate’ part about good people living shorter lives is that Liu Mang considers himself a good person . In other words, his execution would be swift and painless as opposed to a long torturous one a bad person would otherwise suffer .