Chapter 105: We are a team arent we (2/2)

”No, they were harmless. Just your typical nosy neighbours, it can not be easy in court how was today's meeting?”

”Unproductive, Deputy Sun is as stubborn as it gets. He has the other officials following his lead”

Su Liya froze as she heard him mention Deputy Sun, ”not just the officials but also the army?”

Lu Yaozhu looked up, ”You have heard something?”

”Yes, it was nothing good. Deputy Sun and the Lau family are bad news, Yaozhu”

Lu Yaozhu gazed at her thoughtful but while she thought he was considering her words about deputy Sun. His thoughts were far from that.

Lu Yaozhu thought, 'There it is again, she called me Yaozhu. Is she even aware that she has done so? Has our relationship grown that she was now comfortable calling me by my name and not general'

She said a few more things but none of that registered in his head. Lu Yaozhu expected hearing her call his name to feel a little awkward but it felt good. He was happy to hear his name out of her lips. Su Liya noticed that he had stopped eating and glanced at him, ”You are not eating what is wrong? Did I step out of bounds by talking about politics? I know that women are not supposed to talk about these things”.

Lu Yaozhu laughed, ”you didn't step out of bounds, it just that I.... I am sometimes amazed by what you say”.

Su Liya's cheeks heated up, she laughed nervously, ”Is that a good thing, because if not you do not need to listen to my nonsense just ignore me”.

”But I like hearing your nonsense, who cares about social convention. Unlike most officials, I believe that everyone's opinion should be taken into consideration even women. I was raised by my Imperial aunt, who by the way is the smartest woman I know. My father always said that if she wasn't a woman, she would have become the Duke of Wu, not him. It is a pity that she held back by the Emperor”

Su Liya looked down at her arms self-consciously, and nodded ”Imperial mother is very fair in her treatment of everyone, after that incident although she was suspicious of me, she treated me respectfully”.

”Well, that is my Imperial aunt for you, as to that bit about women not talking about politics. That is just pathetic to me, it doesn't apply to me. Like I said, the day we got married, husband and wife are one. We live or die together, you have proven time and time again to be a smart woman. I would be stupid not to listen to you”

Su Liya tilted her head to the side and mattered ”you know how to say the sweetest things. Since you said something that nice, I will give you bonus content. Apart from mismanagement of public funds, Deputy Sun is in bed with the bandits and has some hold on the battalion stationed here”.

Lu Yaozhu wasn't shocked, he had suspected as much and his spies had discovered that but he didn't say anything to her. He just smiled and replied ”there is no need to give me any bonus since I didn't properly fulfil my end of our bargain last time”

”What do you mean?”

”While the brother Ling didn't marry Zhu Fenfang as the main wife, he still brought her in as a concubine.”

”What about the commandery Princess? Did the grand princess refuse, Imperial mother?”

”No, she didn't, everything went as planned on that end. Commandery Princess Xia and brother Ling would be married in five days as planned but Zhu Fenfang still got into the royal family albeit as a concubine”

Su Liya was silent for a few seconds, she hadn't expected this but it looked like things were still progressing according to the original plot. All they had achieved was just twisting the plot a little but not changing it.

”It would seem that a union between those two is destined to happen. That's alright certain things aren't left to human control but ones faith”.