Ch62 - He had been a giant plug-in in the last life, so this lifetime he was really unlucky (2/2)
The system settled itself on Xue Ling’s shoulder and silently reported, “Your man’s blackening value has maxed out.”
Xue Ling nodded. “Then let him blacken. I can’t wait for him to rush over and lock me into a small black room day and night.” Having spoken, he squinted, and what was clearly a lazy appearance suddenly became more seductive, making Xia Yang who was looking on from the side also narrow his eyes. “Say, if he really tries to force me and strips off my clothing to discover that my gender is not what he expected, what would his expression be like?”
System: “…” Host, you are getting more and more wicked. What kind of play was this? The relationship between husband and wife was really puzzling. “Then what about the young man who is also coveting your ** next to you…”
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“If he really has the ability, he should go back and grab the throne to send troops to Xi Country. Kill Zhan Shaoxi on the battlefield, and then ask the Emperor to send over this Princess in order to make peace.”
System: “…” What the *! What kind of ideas wandered through its host’s mind?
“If we’re going to play, we should make it a grand game~” Xue Ling accepted the flowers that Xia Yang held in his hands, and tucked a flower behind his ear as he praised: “Yangyang is beautiful too.”
Xia Yang face was immediately full of smiles, looking incredibly young and fresh. That smiling face was so cute, it was impossible to tell that it was all black inside.
Xia Yang was a Royal Prince from neighbouring Xia Country, and the Emperor’s favorite at that. He had been surrounded by various trickery and methods since childhood, and even a white piece of paper would have been dyed to the point where no white could be seen in that kind of environment. He only knew that he needed to firmly grasp onto the things he wanted, and right now, there was a person that he wanted very much, to the point where he really wanted to kill off her nominal husband and take her away.
But he couldn’t. He had nothing now, and could not return home. He hadn’t even recoevered from his injury yet.
Looking at the person who was sitting there reading, Xia Yang clenched his fist tightly.
Xue Ling seemed to be oblivious to the two men’s gazes. After reading through the afternoon, he asked people to pack up his things and went back to his room, leaving the space to the two of them.
“Although I cannot determine your identity, I won’t let you stay in the Manor forever.” Zhan Shaoxi investigated for several days, but the identity of this person remained elusive. The longer it went on, the more he felt that it was dangerous. As long as Xia Yang was there, he would not even go to the barracks, instead following Xue Ling around all day in order to ensure his safety.
“As long as the Royal Princess lets me stay.” Xia Yang’s previous facial expression disappeared. He never showed this ‘Royal Princess’ husband’ any goodwill. Because Xue Ling seemed to ignore him, he liked to agitate him when he was idle, reminding him that even though he was the nominal husband, he could not even casually enter Xue Ling’s room.
Zhan Shaoxi was quiet when Xue Ling was present, but when Xue Ling was gone, he also would not be courteous towards Xia Yang. “This is the General’s Manor. Even if the Princess becomes even less fond of me, I am the Princess’ legal husband, and we have already received the blessings of the people of the Capital.”
On this point, Xia Yang truly did not have an advantage.
“You’re a child whose hair hasn’t even fully grown yet. It would be better for you not to get mixed up in adult matters.” Seeing that his expression had turned ugly, Zhan Shaoxi attacked him again.
Xia Yang turned away with a cold snort.
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After he left, Xue Ling came back. Zhan Shaoxi quickly cleared his expression and changed it to a gentle look. “Wife, are you not going back to rest?”
Xue Ling looked at the man with interest. In the past, the man had always been upfront about his jealousy, domineering to the point where he wanted to kill him in bed. Perhaps because he had scared him at the beginning in this world, he now did not even dare to let him know he was jealous.
Such a man really amused Xue Ling, and even inspired him to consider whether or not to string him along like this all the time. He laughed, but it was unclear whether it was a good or bad thing. “Threatening people behind my back?”
Zhan Shaoxi frowned, disapprovingly saying, “Wife, that person’s identity is a mystery. It’s not appropriate to keep him around.”
“Oh? There are people that the General can’t investigate in the Capital?” This sentence was somewhat sarcastic, and Zhao Shaoxi frowned unhappily.
“Wife, it hurts your husband when you say it like that.”
It was the first time Xue Ling had seen him act in such a spoiled manner. That tone of voice made Xue Ling unable to maintain the expression on his face, and he reluctantly showed a smile.
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Seeing him smile, Zhan Shaoxi beat the snake with his stick, taking advantage of the favourable situation to say, “Wife, we are newlyweds. Look, those people are laughing at me secretly because you picked up an unknown stranger and brought him home.”
“Are the people of the General’s Manor so undisciplined? Daring to talk about their master?”
Knowing that he was not angry, and only distorting the meaning of his words out of habit, Zhan Shaoxi laughed. “It’s not a lack of discipline, they just find my situation of being unable to obtain my wife very funny.”
“I think it’s funny too.” Xue Ling fiddled with his hair, then turned to say, “If the General is free tonight, come join me for dinner, and I’ll tell the kitchen to make something the General likes. I want to discuss something with the General.”
This was Xue Ling’s first invitation to have dinner with him. The first few times they had dinner together had all been Zhan Shaoxi shamelessly intruding, and he had not been able to eat much while Xue Ling on the other hand, had eaten his fill. Even so, Zhan Shaoxi enjoyed listening to him speak, and even if it was all words of rebuke, he was happy as long as Xue Ling was talking.
As long as Xue Ling spoke a few more words to him, he would have a little smile on his face the next morning. Many of his acquaintances were laughing at the General and his wife’s newlywed antics.
But the Heavens knew that he was rejected trying to enter his wife’s room, let alone climbing into bed.
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Xue Ling was not just impulsively teasing the man; he wanted to do some business and needed the man’s contacts and people. The heroine had gotten the Crown Prince’s attention by doing business and earning him a lot of money, which brought them closer and closer together. What Xue Ling wanted to do was rob her business, rob her of her money, and rob the Prince. When the Prince lost money, he would no longer appreciate the female protagonist.
The money that the heroine lost was the money he needed in order to stir up a rebellion. This reason alone would be enough for the Prince to lose interest in her.
Plus, he couldn’t just stay in the Manor all day. He could get nothing done like this, and always needed an excuse to go out. However, all of this needed the approval of the General, who was the head of the Manor. So, Xue Ling had people prepare a table of good wine and delicious dishes, and prepared to use a honey-trap in order to make the man agree with his ideas.
System: “…” The only thing it could do was light candles for General Zhan. His wife’s brain was always full of schemes to use on him, it was really a ‘TRAGEDY’ in capital letters!
Sure enough, people couldn’t always be winners in life. He had been a giant plug-in in the last life, so this lifetime he was really unlucky~
With this in mind, the system actually felt a little happy.
Oh, no.It must have been infected by its host’s wickedness.