Quick Transmigration Cannon Fodder's Record of Counterattacks

by Little Merger

Ning Shu had dropped dead. But in a burst of good fortune she became a task-taker in charge of counterattacking for pitiful cannon fodder. Thus, Ning Shu, in one world after another, took all kinds of life roles, encountered all kinds of ‘you’re heartless, you’re ruthless, you’re making trouble for no reason’ people. She encountered all sorts of white lotus flowers, green tea bitch

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Chapter 737: You're [Kneel to This Consort, Right?

[Flowing Cool Breeze] won, but he didn't feel any joy. On the contrary, he felt extremely irascible, so his facial color was very poor.

There was actually a challenger at their opening ceremony and the sect leader lost ten levels due to being killed by someone. It wouldn't be easy to get those ten levels back.

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Hence, [Flowing Cool Breeze]'s attempt to establish prestige wasn't very successful. Everyone in Supreme Dragon Sect had dark looks on their faces, especially [Flowing Cool Breeze]'s companions.

[Flowing Cool Breeze] jumped off the dueling stage and [Crotch Feels Cool From Wind] asked him, "Boss, this girl's probably seriously here to get revenge. She was so brutal. Did you really do something to cause someone to hate you?"

[Flowing Cool Breeze] was in a bad mood in the first place, so when he heard that one of his teammates seemed to be questioning him, his tone became very bad. "What do you mean by did I really do something? I didn't even do anything, yet that psycho keeps coming after me."

[Crotch Feels Cool From Wind] pressed his lips together and fell silent. When the others saw that hostility was about to develop between these two, they hastily tried to mediate.

[Flowing Cool Breeze] just turned to leave. [Lost Little Mimi] paid no attention to [Pure Frost Lotus] and hastily ran to catch up with [Flowing Cool Breeze]. [Flowing Cool Breeze] glanced at her out of the corner of his eye, then asked coldly, "Why are you following me?"

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[Lost Little Mimi] said earnestly, "You're amazing! You directly killed that female player!"

"You really feel like I'm amazing?" [Flowing Cool Breeze] scoffed. However, when he saw this girl's worshipful expression, he felt a lot better.

[Lost Little Mimi] replied like it was a matter of course, "You're amazing from the start, really!"

Ning Shu was forced to return to the newbie village since her level was that of a newbie. If she wanted to level this character back up, it'd take more time than it would to level up a new character.

So Ning Shu chose to just deleted this ID and registered a new one called [This Consort is Back].

However, she still chose martial artist as her occupation.

Following that, Ning Shu started the days of running dungeons while practicing coding again. Her skill at coding was now much higher than before. Sometimes when she went to run dungeons, she'd be able to change the code of the bosses so that it was easier for her to defeat the boss. However, recently she had been running into a bit of trouble when she went to fight bosses, which was that the moment the other players saw her, they would attack her. It made her completely speechless.

For example, right after she finished beating this current boss, a male player with the ID [Let Your Highness Be Fertilized] blocked Ning Shu's way and said, "You're [Kneel to This Consort, right?"

#comment: In this chapter, there was a [Crotch Feels Cool Without Underwear, but I think it was a typo on the author's part and the character's actually [Crotch Feels Cool From Wind]. Also, the username [Let Your Highness Be Fertilized] is homophones with 'gave Your Highness a fright.'

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Chapter 738: Levels-Killing Fiend

Ning Shu asked curiously, "Who's [Kneel to This Consort]? I don't know her?"

[Let Your Highness Be Fertilized] felt like his intelligence was being insulted and he said, "Supreme Dragon Sect has issued a bounty. Everyone that kills you will be able to get equipment. Just let me kill you down one level, then you can go. I know that you're [Kneel to This Consort]. Your new ID's [This Consort is Back] and you're still a martial artist. Stop joking around already. You're being this open about things, so who wouldn't be able to connect the dots? Stand right there and let me kill you. That way everyone can just continue on their own ways peacefully."

Ning Shu: …

She never expected for [Flowing Cool Breeze] to go with this move. A bounty!? He seriously had no shame.

For better or for worse, she was pretty high-leveled by now. She instant KOed [Let Your Highness Be Fertilized].

Whenever she encountered players that wanted to strike it rich, she killed them until they lost levels. After this went on for a while, the low-leveled players stopped trying to cause Ning Shu trouble, but now the high-leveled players were coming after her.

Ning Shu hadn't expected for Supreme Dragon Sect to spurge this much. It definitely took high quality equipment to motivate so many high-leveled players.

Ning Shu didn't bother to show mercy towards these people at all and put out every ounce of skill she had in her to teach these people a lesson. She didn't have time to be dealing with them all the time after all.

So every time players came to find Ning Shu, they would end up being killed until they lost several levels. Through this, Ning Shu earned the nickname Levels-Killing Fiend.

Ning Shu had no plans to go bother [Flowing Cool Breeze] for the time being, but she ended up encountering him at a mid-level dungeon.

In this short period of time, [Flowing Cool Breeze] had already managed to get his level back up. He was currently taking [Lost Little Mimi] and [Pure Frost Lotus] around to run dungeons.

During this entire time, [Flowing Cool Breeze] kept bickering with [Lost Little Mimi]. It was mainly because [Flowing Cool Breeze] liked teasing [Lost Little Mimi] way too much.

[Flowing Cool Breeze] felt like this little girl was way too easy to trick. She was seriously too naive, so he couldn't help but want to tease her.

For example, whenever he told her that there were herbs ahead, she would immediately run over excitedly. When she couldn't find any herbs, she would pout angrily and complain that he lied to her.

However, she just couldn't grow a better memory. She fell for his tricks every single time.

Meanwhile, [Pure Frost Lotus]'s situation was distinctly awkward. She followed behind the two of them with no way of joining their conversation, so as time passed, her gaze gradually filled with resentment as she looked at the two people in front of her.

And this was how the two parties met. When Ning Shu saw [Flowing Cool Breeze, she said with a bright smile, "Oh hey, your level's gone back up? As expected of the gaming god."

When [Flowing Cool Breeze] saw the smile on her face, waves of contempt and disgust surged up in his heart. In the past she had chased after him like he was her sworn enemy, and now she was greeting him with such a bright smile? She was seriously a complete psycho.

"Even if you change your ID, you're still just trash," said [Flowing Cool Breeze] coldly.

Ning Shu replied with a smile, "Really? I'll get strong enough sooner or later to kill you until you're forced back to the newbie village."

"It's not certain exactly who will be heading to the newbie village yet," said [Flowing Cool Breeze] coldly.

[Flowing Cool Breeze] narrowed his eyes. When he saw that her level wasn't that high, he laughed coldly. "I'll make you head back to the newbie village right now. Every time you regain your levels, I'll kill you until you're forced back to the newbie village."

Ning Shu rubbed her chin, then nodded. "That's a really good idea. In the future, I'll just keep killing you until you're forced back to the newbie village."

[Flowing Cool Breeze]'s eyes narrowed as he prepared to attack.

Ning Shu wasn't scared of him at all. This was a perfect chance to test her coding skills.

[Lost Little Mimi] moved in front of [Flowing Cool Breeze] and asked Ning Shu, "Big Sister, why are you always fighting with our sect leader? If there's a problem, just talk it out, alright?"

Ning Shu looked at the naive and cute [Lost Little Mimi]. She was this protective of [Flowing Cool Breeze]? Ning Shu suddenly said, "Because [Flowing Cool Breeze] played with my sister's feelings. I'm here to get revenge for her."

[Lost Little Mimi] was taken aback. "He played with her feelings?"

[Flowing Cool Breeze]'s expression darkened and he pulled [Lost Little Mimi] behind him. As he glared at Ning Shu, he said coldly, "This is slander! I never played with a girl's feelings."

He then pulled out his sword to slash towards Ning Shu's head. Ning Shu dodged his attack, then said coldly, "You're attacking just because you can't win with words? You're obviously just shamed into anger."

[Lost Little Mimi] bit her lips as she looked at Ning Shu, then at [Flowing Cool Breeze].

[Flowing Cool Breeze] felt that [Lost Little Mimi] was a pretty interesting girl, so he didn't want her to misunderstand. He shouted coldly at Ning Shu, "Shut up."

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Chapter 739: Say Hello to my Pet

When [Flowing Cool Breeze] saw that Ning Shu kept trying to label him as a player, especially in front of [Lost Little Mimi, he became infuriated.

F*ck! He really wanted to just destroy this nutcase of a woman. She was seriously infuriating.

"I should shut up just because you told me to shut up? Why the heck would I listen to you?" Ning Shu laughed coldly. "Why don't you freakin' try to hit me? Even if you beat me to death, I won't stop talking about it.

[Lost Little Mimi] pressed her cherry lips together as she humphed, then she turned her head away and refused to look at [Flowing Cool Breeze].

[Flowing Cool Breeze] took a deep breath. He felt like he must've committed some great crime in his past life to have encountered such a nutjob in this life, and it was even a female nutcase that was delusional.

When [Flowing Cool Breeze] saw that [Lost Little Mimi] was angry, his gaze became even colder as he looked at Ning Shu. He placed his hand on his sword, then abruptly sent a special attack towards Ning Shu. He seriously wanted to just smite her into dust.

Ning Shu smiled as she jumped out of the way, then she pointed towards the ground and the grass beneath [Flowing Cool Breeze]'s feet instantly turned into vines to wrap around his leg.

[Flowing Cool Breeze] was bound in place. When he couldn't struggle free, he used his sword to hack at the vines. However, the moment he cut down a vine, new ones would grow to bind him.

He had no choice but to struggle to stay in the air because the moment he touched ground, new vines would grow by his feet. It was seriously frustrating.

Ning Shu grinned towards [Flowing Cool Breeze] as she said, "This is my pet, how do you like it? If you get caught, you won't be able to move at all."

She had changed the code of this thousand miles vine to make it abnormally strong and nearly impossible to get free from. It was awesome.

[Flowing Cool Breeze] was eventually caught by the vines. His hands and legs were completely bound, so he couldn't even struggle against the vines.

Ning Shu slowly cracked her knuckles, then she pulled out her broadsword and approached [Flowing Cool Breeze] step by step.

Following that, she started slowly chopped away at [Flowing Cool Breeze]'s levels.

When [Lost Little Mimi] saw that [Flowing Cool Breeze] had been captured and that he couldn't get free from the vines, she turned towards [Pure Frost Lotus] and said worriedly, "Frosty, hurry and save the sect leader!"

A trace of darkness flashed across [Pure Frost Lotus]'s face as she shook her head and said, "I can't beat her, so what use is there in me heading over?"

"This…" [Lost Little Mimi] was so anxious that her eyes were turning red. "What do we do? What should we do?"

When [Lost Little Mimi] saw that the female player with the ID [This Consort is Back] was slowly approaching the sect leader who couldn't fight back at all like a demon, she took a deep breath, then made to rush over to save [Flowing Cool Breeze].

She couldn't keep watching as [Flowing Cool Breeze] was bullied like this. [This Consort is Back] was seriously too unreasonable.

When [Pure Frost Lotus] saw that [Lost Little Mimi] was about to charge over in the name of justice, she hastily pulled her to a stop. "What are you doing? What use is there in you going over there? Our levels are too low. What if we end up provoking her and she kills us too?"

"But I can't just stay here and do nothing when Sect Leader's in trouble!" [Lost Little Mimi] saw that [Flowing Cool Breeze] was still hacking at the vines and sending out countless roaring fire dragons. However, these vines seemed endless and more just grew to replace the ones that were damaged.

[Pure Frost Lotus] said, "I've already notified the other people in the sect and they're rushing over right. We should just wait for them to arrive."

"But…" [Lost Little Mimi] kept her eyes fixed on [Flowing Cool Breeze]'s figure.

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Chapter 740: Ohohohoho…

"Enough already. Even if you rush over, you won't be able to help the sect leader." [Pure Frost Lotus]'s tone contained annoyance, but [Lost Little Mimi] didn't notice and she just said apologetically, "Frosty, I'm sorry."

After saying that, she rushed over to move in front of Ning Shu and she spread her arms wide to stop Ning Shu from approaching [Flowing Cool Breeze] again.

Ning Shu: …

When she saw [Lost Little Mimi] standing in front of her with such a resolved expression, she suddenly felt speechless. She didn't even know what to say. She was abruptly hit with the feeling that she was such a villain, ohohoho…

Meanwhile, [Flowing Cool Breeze] had very complicated feelings when he saw what [Lost Little Mimi] did. This girl was seriously a fool. It wasn't like he'd actually die. This was just a game.

As he looked at this extremely simple and sincere girl, something seemed to be sprouting in his heart and breaking through his emotional barriers.

"Silly idiot, move aside! This is none of your business!" shouted [Flowing Cool Breeze] towards [Lost Little Mimi]. Her level was really low and she was an alchemist without any offensive power, so what use was there in her blocking the way?

More importantly, this game included the sensation of plan. If [This Consort is Back] actually attacked [Lost Little Mimi, [Lost Little Mimi] would be in a lot of pain.

"I won't let her hurt you!" shouted [Lost Little Mimi].

Ning Shu: …

So right now she was the villainess that was breaking up the pair of mandarin ducks? Ohohohoho…

"Big Sister, [Flowing Cool Breeze] isn't the sort of person that would play with other people's feelings. There's definitely a misunderstanding between you two, so you guys should just talk it out properly. Fighting every single time you meet like this won't solve anything. Big Sister, can you let Sect Leader go?"

[Lost Little Mimi] tried to mediate things.

Ning Shu: …

What was she supposed to do when the female lead was this kind-hearted?

What should she do? It felt like she was a villain no matter what she did.

Ning Shu then directly had a vine drag [Lost Little Mimi] away. She didn't kill off any of [Lost Little Mimi]'s levels.

[Lost Little Mimi] who was being dragged away by the vine was so scared that her face went pale and she started screaming. When [Flowing Cool Breeze] saw, he couldn't be bothered to worry about the vines around him and moved to break the vines wrapped around [Lost Little Mimi]'s arms and legs.

However, he then ended up completely subdued by the vines. Due to [Lost Little Mimi]'s actions, [Flowing Cool Breeze] ended up completely unable to fight now.

"Get out of here!" shouted [Flowing Cool Breeze] towards [Lost Little Mimi, his expression a little sinister.

[Lost Little Mimi] immediately started crying. She felt really wronged. She had come here for the sake of saving him, but he was being so fierce towards her. However, when she saw that [Flowing Cool Breeze]'s movements were completely bound, she felt a faint pain in her heart. She didn't know what this was about.

It felt really really unbearable, so she started resenting Ning Shu and shouted, "You malicious woman!"

"Thanks for the praise." Ning Shu glanced at [Lost Little Mimi, then headed straight towards [Flowing Cool Breeze]. She laughed coldly. "Let's see who's the first to head back to the newbie village."

She then started hacking at [Flowing Cool Breeze]'s body methodically. [Flowing Cool Breeze] was in so much pain that his face went pale. It didn't take long for Ning Shu to kill [Flowing Cool Breeze] enough so that he dropped two levels.

Ning Shu was very much enjoying this process and it showed, so [Flowing Cool Breeze]'s gaze filled with even more loathing and resentment as he looked at Ning Shu.

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Chapter 741: You Don't Like Blades?

[Flowing Cool Breeze] was captured by these vines and couldn't move at all, so he was like fish on the chopping board, helpless as the woman in front of him slowly hacked at his body.

His levels dropped rapidly like a broken escalator. The pain from the blades were the most infuriating part out of all of this.

[Flowing Cool Breeze] glared at Ning Shu with bloodshot eyes.

Ning Shu tilted her head as she peered at [Flowing Cool Breeze]. "You don't like blades?"

Ning Shu put away the broadsword and took out a whip. It was an ink black whip that make a sharp cracking sound as it struck the air.

[Flowing Cool Breeze]'s pupils dilated. It was clear that he was taken aback. He was finally certain that he had truly encountered a nutcase.

Ning Shu flung the whip and it struck [Flowing Cool Breeze]'s body with loud slaps. As [Flowing Cool Breeze]'s levels continued to rapidly go down, [Flowing Cool Breeze]'s entire body started burning with stinging pain.

The two little girls at the side were dumbfounded. [Lost Little Mimi] covered her mouth and started crying.

In the end, [Lost Little Mimi] couldn't bear it anymore and she shouted at Ning Shu, "You're so cruel! How can you do this?"

Ning Shu smiled. "There's nothing that a person can't do."

If she and [Flowing Cool Breeze] had switched places and [Flowing Cool Breeze] had treated her this way, [Lost Little Mimi] would probably just feel like her sect leader was a cool tyrant. It was really best to keep double standards under control.

Just as [Flowing Cool Breeze] was about to be forced back to the newbie village, his companions finally arrived.

When [Lost Little Mimi] saw that saviors had finally arrived, she sobbed as she said, "Hurry and go save Sect Leader! Sect Leader is being tortured by that woman. She's so scary!"

When the others saw [Flowing Cool Breeze]'s level, they were completely taken aback and hastily moved to destroy the vines wrapped around [Flowing Cool Breeze].

Ning Shu blew on her whip, then swung it towards [Flowing Cool Breeze] again. This caused everyone else's facial color to turn black and their facial muscles spasmed.

The burly man, [A Chrysanthemum Opening Towards the South, glared at Ning Shu as he said, "You shouldn't go too far in bullying others."

The others were also staring at Ning Shu with unfriendly expressions, but Ning Shu just scoffed. "Going too far in bullying others? Your Supreme Dragon Sect issued a bounty to have other players kill me. Isn't that what's truly going too far?"

The people from Supreme Dragon Sect eventually managed to get [Flowing Cool Breeze] out of the vines. [Flowing Cool Breeze] expressionlessly pointed at Ning Shu as he said, "I'll make you pay the price for this. I'll make it so you can no longer stay in this game."

Ning Shu patted her chest. "Oh, I'm soo scared! You should wait to say that after you get free from being a newbie."

She then pointed her whip at him as she said, "I should be the one saying that. I'll make it so that you can no longer stay in this game."

[Flowing Cool Breeze]'s facial color was extremely unsightly as he stared at Ning Shu, then he shifted his gaze away. "You've succeeded in provoking me."

[Flowing Cool Breeze] turned and left. The others frowned slightly and glanced at Ning Shu before heading to follow [Flowing Cool Breeze].

[A Chrysanthemum Opening Towards the South] grinned towards Ning Shu, revealing his white teeth. He made a neck slashing motion. "It doesn't matter who you are, you're in for it. We're serious now, so you won't be able to withstand these consequences."

Ning Shu replied in an unconcerned tone, "There's nothing that can't be withstood."

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Chapter 742: [Dis Daddy's Unrivaled in Handsomeness]

When [Flowing Cool Breeze] saw that [Lost Little Mimi] was still staring blankly, he said gently, "Girl, we're leaving. What are you still standing there for?"

[Flowing Cool Breeze] was very touched by what [Lost Little Mimi] did earlier. A girl was willing to stand up for him when he was in danger. Although her ability was very poor, his heart still felt warmed by her actions.

He used to feel that this girl was dumb, but now he felt like she was seriously dumb. She was so dumb it was cute and made people's hearts ache.

When [Pure Frost Lotus] saw that [Flowing Cool Breeze] only called [Lost Little Mimi] and hadn't paid any attention to her, she bit her lips angrily. Why did these people only see [Lost Little Mimi]? All of them were comforting her.

But if it weren't for the fact that she had called people over to save [Flowing Cool Breeze, would [Flowing Cool Breeze] have been able to escape from [This Consort is Back]?

[Lost Little Mimi] was so stupid and dumb, she only knew how to cause trouble. [Flowing Cool Breeze] only got completely captured because of [Lost Little Mimi, so why didn't [Flowing Cool Breeze] blame her?

No one was praising the person that did the right thing, but the stupid person who caused more trouble got all the attention and praise.

[Pure Frost Lotus] couldn't figure out why this was. Why? Why did [Flowing Cool Breeze] only have eyes for that stupid woman?

[Pure Frost Lotus] glanced over at [Lost Little Mimi] who was smiling and crying as she looked at [Flowing Cool Breeze] and then she saw that [Flowing Cool Breeze] was even gently wiping away [Lost Little Mimi]'s tears. Loathing and envy arose in [Pure Frost Lotus]'s heart.

Why did [Flowing Cool Breeze] only like [Lost Little Mimi]? Why?

Ning Shu put the thousand miles vine away, ran the dungeon, then prepared to head back to the city.

However, on the way back, she sensed that some people were looking at her very strangely. There were several high-leveled players, as in their level were high enough for them to be gods.

Those people were looking at her like she was a top-quality piece of equipment, so she immediately went on guard. However, a player still ended up blocking her way.

Ning Shu looked at him. She didn't know him, but his level was very high. It was only a little lower than [Flowing Cool Breeze]'s before his level dropped.

"Why are you blocking my way? You couldn't be trying to kill me, right?" Ning Shu looked at him. HIs level was pretty high, so it would take some effort to get away from him.

The player called [Dis Daddy's Unrivaled in Handsomeness] didn't seem to have any malicious intentions. He said, "It's your own bad luck. Supreme Dragon Sect has increased their bounty. Just the full attribute top-quality three-clawed swallowwing violet gold crown equipment set is enough to drive people crazy, but they're offering a lot more in addition to that."

Ning Shu had heard of this equipment. The violet gold crown, also known as the crown prince's crown, was the equipment set most popular with male players. At the same time, it was also the most expensive. It was the perfect tool for acting cool. If it was traded into rmb, it'd be worth over ten thousand yuan.

Ning Shu laughed coldly. [Flowing Cool Breeze] was sure liberal with his money. He was practically using gold to lure players so that she'd be surrounded by enemies on all sides until she was forced to leave this game world.

[Flowing Cool Breeze] had no idea that she was a part of this game from the start. If it was needed, she could register countless characters and could even change her appearance in order to stay in this game.

If she was a real player, she'd probably be so pressured by [Flowing Cool Breeze]'s method that she would never dare to enter this game again.

Ning Shu had a feeling that [Flowing Cool Breeze]'s family probably had a lot of money and the people who hung out with [Flowing Cool Breeze] probably also had pretty good family backgrounds.

Now they were joining hands to target her since she had killed so many levels off of [Flowing Cool Breeze]. If he had lost just two more levels, he really would've been forced back to the newbie village to regain his levels. He was now serious about getting revenge on her.

Today there was [Dis Daddy's Unrivaled in Handsomeness, so tomorrow there would be [Dis Daddy's De Universal Handsomest]. All the players that wanted the equipment would be coming to cause her trouble.

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Chapter 743: Twisted Woman

Towards these people that wanted to use her as a stepping stone to gain equipment, Ning Shu didn't bother to be polite and immediately released the thousand miles vine to capture the player that was blocking her way.

[Dis Daddy's Unrivaled in Handsomeness, who was captured by the vines, struggled intensely. When he saw Ning Shu looking at him with a cold expression, he said with a smile, "Beauty, I was just making a little joke. I was just wondering what the person who could tick off the great god of Supreme Dragon Sect was like."

Ning Shu grinned. "You're being too humble. You're also a great god after all."

Then she lifted her sword and started hacking away at [Dis Daddy's Unrivaled in Handsomeness]'s levels. Neither of them were saints, so there existed nothing like pity. If her skill hadn't been strong enough, these people would've swarmed over like she was a tree that dropped money, like she was a boss that dropped equipment as loot. She was way more pitiful than these people.

After successfully making the guy lose some levels, she left cheerily.

[Dis Daddy's Unrivaled in Handsomeness] grimaced as he watched Ning Shu walk away. This woman was seriously violent. It was going to be very difficult to regain the levels that he had lost.

It seemed like that equipment wouldn't be that easy to obtain.

[Flowing Cool Breeze] was making all the players turn against her, so she was definitely going to return the favor.

Since [Flowing Cool Breeze] was the ID of a great god, [Flowing Cool Breeze] couldn't bear to let go of this avatar. Even though it would take a long time to level the avatar back up, he still persisted in doing it.

So now Ning Shu spent all her time on [Flowing Cool Breeze]. Whenever [Flowing Cool Breeze] showed up at a dungeon, she would immediately rush there without rest to kill [Flowing Cool Breeze] until his levels fell. As soon as he gained some levels, she would take advantage of the time while his level was still low to kill him until he was forced back to the newbie village.

Then have him start again from the newbie village.

She couldn't help but wonder if [Flowing Cool Breeze] was physically incapable of being apart from [Lost Little Mimi]. [Lost Little Mimi] was only an alchemist—an alchemist with no combat power at all—but [Flowing Cool Breeze] still took [Lost Little Mimi] along to level up.

[Lost Little Mimi] was very happy to be able to accompany the sect leader as he made his way back to the peak. She was so excited that she seemed even more happy about him leveling up than she was about herself leveling up.

So whenever Ning Shu killed [Flowing Cool Breeze] until he lost all his levels, [Lost Little Mimi] would immediately reproach Ning Shu and call her a twisted woman.

Ning Shu very happily accepted this label and didn't even bother to talk to [Lost Little Mimi].

This was because [Lost Little Mimi] only ever looked at things from her own perspective. All she saw was that the person she liked, [Flowing Cool Breeze, had lost levels from being killed. She would never see how [Flowing Cool Breeze]'s behavior of throwing money like a nouveau riche caused Ning Shu trouble.

So Ning Shu didn't want to explain things to [Lost Little Mimi] at all, because it wouldn't get through to her.

Every time Ning Shu killed off [Flowing Cool Breeze]'s levels, [Flowing Cool Breeze] would glare at Ning Shu with hatred and loathing. That in addition to [Lost Little Mimi]'s reproachful stare made Ning Shu, who was soaking in looks of you're a bad guy, felt very refreshed.

Ning Shu knew that the grudges between her and [Flowing Cool Breeze] had already gotten to the point that they could no longer live under the same sky, so every time she attacked, she didn't hold back and was completely ruthless.

After [Flowing Cool Breeze] was sent back to the newbie village twice by Ning Shu, he finally learned his lesson. From then on, every single time he went to run dungeons, he would bring his companions along so that they could protect him.

He had finally seen through it now. This woman was a literal nutjob.

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Chapter 744: You Want to F*ck Code?

When Ning Shu saw that [Flowing Cool Breeze] had called all of his people over with such a grim expression, she burst out laughing.

[A Chrysanthemum Opening Towards the South] rubbed his head as he looked at Ning Shu. "As a person, you shouldn't go too far when doing things. You shouldn't rely so much on the fact that your level's high. We'll still be able to kill you."

Ning Shu shook her legs. "Come on then? Come on, come kill me."

[A Chrysanthemum Opening Towards the South] laughed coldly. "Looks more like you want me to f*ck you. But even if a nutcase like you was lying still for me to f*ck, I still wouldn't f*ck you."

Ning Shu: …

You want to f*ck code? Is that something you can f*ck just because you want to? Ning Shu laughed coldly.

[Flowing Cool Breeze]'s companions were pretty high-leveled. Actually, they were all great gods in their own rights, so [Flowing Cool Breeze]'s level seemed particularly pathetic as he stood next to them.

"Your level's sure low. Look, all your teammates are higher leveled than you, yet you still don't feel ashamed being the sect leader of Supreme Dragon Sect? Have a sense of shame and free up the position already," sneered Ning Shu.

[Flowing Cool Breeze]'s facial color was a little poor. When he saw that his team members were indeed much higher leveled than him, his facial color became even worse.

[Flowing Cool Breeze] had a very strong ego. This character should've had the highest level out of the team, but he had been killed too many times by this insane woman.

[A Chrysanthemum Opening Towards the South] looked at Ning Shu sinisterly. "You're trying to make us turn against each other. I'm telling you, Boss is Boss. No matter what level he is, he's still our boss."

"That's right." [Monster's Really Strong You Go First] immediately agreed, then he said to [Flowing Cool Breeze, "Boss, you'll be able to get your level back up really soon."

Beautiful and Busty: "What exactly are you trying to do? Why are you targeting us so much? If you hold some grudge against us, just make it clear! What kind of behavior is constantly attacking shadily like this?"

Ning Shu lifted her brows. She hadn't expected for [Flowing Cool Breeze]'s teammates to be this supportive of him. Well, it wasn't quite support. [Flowing Cool Breeze] probably held the role of master in this group.

[Flowing Cool Breeze]'s family background in the real world was definitely better than these people's to the point that they subconsciously curried favor with him.

However, Ning Shu's only concern was making sure that he couldn't stay in this game any longer.

She didn't bother to talk to these people since a fight was inevitable.

Hence, she released her thousand miles vine to bind these people. [A Chrysanthemum Opening Towards the South] laughed coldly. "Do you think you're the only one that possesses good things?"

[A Chrysanthemum Opening Towards the South] also had a thousand miles vine. Although the vines weren't as large as those of Ning Shu's, the two thousand miles vines became entangled as they struggled against each other.

Ning Shu just laughed, then with a snap of her fingers, her thousand miles vine immediately started growing larger. As everyone watched, [A Chrysanthemum Opening Towards the South]'s vine was completely devoured by Ning Shu's thousand miles vine.

[A Chrysanthemum Opening Towards the South] frowned. "A thousand miles vine can actually be used this way?"

After running dungeons during this period of time, Ning Shu's level was already very high. At the very least, there was barely any difference between her level and those of [Flowing Cool Breeze]'s teammates.

Furthermore, she had a thousand miles vine that had extremely strong binding power. Ning Shu immediately had the thousand miles vine capture all of these people.

However, [A Chrysanthemum Opening Towards the South] and the others weren't weak either. They had a lot of very powerful equipment.

The vines couldn't get near them, so Ning Shu just stepped on the vines and lifted her broadsword to fight with these people.

[Flowing Cool Breeze, [Lost Little Mimi, and a practically invisible [Pure Frost Lotus] watched from the sides.

[Flowing Cool Breeze] clenched his fists. The feeling of being weak was seriously irritating. As he watched this ruthless and cool fight, his ego slowly started to shatter.

His teammates were all stronger than him. It was a very rotten feeling.

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Chapter 745: A Case of Unattainable Love

Due to the thousand miles vine, Ning Shu was fighting on pretty equal footing with [Flowing Cool Breeze]'s teammates. Not only did they have to focus on fighting Ning Shu, they'd also have to fend off the thousand miles vine's disturbance, so for a while, it was hard to see who had the upper hand.

Ning Shu glanced at [Flowing Cool Breeze] who was being protected by several people, then hastily had the thousand miles vine drag him over.

The moment [Flowing Cool Breeze] saw that this woman had set her gaze on him, he started having a bad feeling. A moment later, he saw a towering wall of vines flood towards him.

His first reflex was to shield [Lost Little Mimi] with his body and he tightened his grip on his sword to hack at the vines that wanted to bind him.

[Flowing Cool Breeze] only protected [Lost Little Mimi] and paid no attention to [Pure Frost Lotus] who was next to him, so [Pure Frost Lotus] was soon captured by the vines. Although she wouldn't die, it was very painful to have the vines tighten around her entire body.

[Pure Frost Lotus]'s face was red due to lack of air. She looked over and saw that [Flowing Cool Breeze] was protectively shielding [Lost Little Mimi]. So much envy filled her heart that her entire face contorted.

She also liked [Flowing Cool Breeze, but [Flowing Cool Breeze] only liked [Lost Little Mimi]. Why? Why!? What part of her wasn't as good as that stupid [Lost Little Mimi]?

Why did all of these people like [Lost Little Mimi]? They say that she was too morose so they didn't like her.

How come [Lost Little Mimi] got forgiven so easily even when she caused trouble? Was it ok just because she was dumb? And just because she tended to be a little pensive, they call her morose. Why!?

Those people's opinions of Ning Shu worsened even more when they saw that she had actually tried to launch a sneak attack on their boss while fighting with them.

[Beautiful and Busty] directly sent out an extremely bright light ball. As it exploded, it shot out intense light, scorching the vines.

When Ning Shu saw that all of the vine's stats were rapidly decreasing, she hastily put the vine away and narrowed her eyes as she looked at [Beautiful and Busty]. This milk mom actually had such strong combat strength?

The moment Ning Shu put away the vines, everyone expressed their concern for [Flowing Cool Breeze]. [Flowing Cool Breeze] shook his head to indicate that he was fine.

[Lost Little Mimi] stepped out and said to Ning Shu, "Big Sister, why are you always hurting our sect leader?"

"Because it makes me happy," replied Ning Shu with a beaming smile.

[Lost Little Mimi] pouted. "I know it's because you like the sect leader. You're doing this for the sake of attracting his attention. You're suffering a case of unattainable love and hatred born of love. But if you love someone, shouldn't you hope for his happiness?"

Ning Shu: Ha. Ha.

"Who was the one that told you this?" asked Ning Shu. This girl actually knew about unattainable love and hatred born of love?

[Lost Little Mimi] sold out her companion without hesitation. She pointed at [Pure Frost Lotus] as she said, "Frosty told me. Frosty's really smart. She saw through your thoughts ages ago."

[Pure Frost Lotus, who was coughing due to being choked by the vines earlier, stared at her companion, dumbstruck, then looked at Ning Shu who was expressionless.

[Flowing Cool Breeze]'s teammates were also looking at [Pure Frost Lotus, so her face immediately flushed red. She really wished there was a hole to crawl into.

"Frosty, don't you agree? It's bad to hurt others in order to gain their attention. If you truly like someone, you should treat them well instead of hurting them like this. Frosty, you're the one that told me this." [Lost Little Mimi] walked over to grab [Pure Frost Lotus]'s hand and said this to her with a very convinced expression.

Ning Shu really wanted to light a candle for [Pure Frost Lotus].

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Chapter 746: I'll Make You Regret Things

[Pure Frost Lotus] stared at [Lost Little Mimi]'s face. She was actually still smiling? It was that same pure grin of an innocent fool. [Pure Frost Lotus] felt the urge to just slap her.

[Lost Little Mimi] had stolen the person she liked, and now she was saying something like this to such a strong player. Was [Lost Little Mimi] thinking that she wasn't dying fast enough?

Ning Shu released an attack towards [Pure Frost Lotus] which made her drop one level, then said coldly, "Stop trying to guess my intentions." [Pure Frost Lotus] was trying to get [Lost Little Mimi] to feel animosity towards her, obviously because she wanted to get [Flowing Cool Breeze].

As Ning Shu was attacking, [Flowing Cool Breeze] had pulled [Lost Little Mimi] to the side. Ning Shu's attack wasn't very strong so the others could've entirely blocked it, but for some reason, none of them helped [Pure Frost Lotus] block that attack.

[Pure Frost Lotus] could feel severe pain. She knew that the opponent was annoyed because of what she said and was punishing her for it while warning her to be careful with what she says, otherwise she'd also face the fate of being killed until she was forced back to the newbie village.

[Pure Frost Lotus] knew that her ability was too far below [This Consort is Back]'s, so she didn't dare to show hostility towards [This Consort is Back]. Instead, she directed all her hatred towards [Lost Little Mimi]. How could she reveal the contents of their private conversation like this?

When [Lost Little Mimi] saw her good friend get attacked, she hastily ran over and worriedly asked [Pure Frost Lotus, "Frosty, are you alright?"

"How can you do that? You're attacking Frosty just because she figured out your intentions? How can you be like that!? So what if you're strong in the game? In the real world, you'll still be a woman that's undeserving of love!" shouted [Lost Little Mimi] angrily, standing up for her friend.

Ning Shu didn't speak. She didn't even bother to look at [Lost Little Mimi] or [Pure Frost Lotus] and just looked at the men who were acting like this was none of their business. She shrugged, then asked, "Do you still want to fight? [Flowing Cool Breeze] didn't lose any levels today, so I guess he got lucky. I hope you guys will be able to keep protecting him twenty-four seven from now on."

"Tsk tsk tsk. The great god [Flowing Cool Breeze] is now just a complete wimp, a piece of trash that needs people's protection wherever he goes," said Ning Shu maliciously.

[Flowing Cool Breeze] clenched his fists. His gaze was filled with rage and loathing as he looked at Ning Shu. He had never met a woman this loathsome before.

"Stop making things up! Our sect leader isn't a wimp at all! You're making use of your high level to bully our sect leader! What kind of human are you!?" shouted [Lost Little Mimi] angrily when she saw that the person she liked was being insulted.

Ning Shu looked at her. "You sure have a lot to say. Why are you jumping around so much? Is it fun?"

The sight of her was seriously annoying. Ning Shu really wanted to just KO her with a slash. However, when she saw [Pure Frost Lotus]'s dark expression and the hatred-mixed envy in her eyes as she looked at [Lost Little Mimi, she decided not to do anything.

A big bad wolf was next to the little red riding hood, so the girl would definitely suffer plenty. What a nice show of good friends falling apart.

Ning Shu was pretty sure that if she was [Pure Frost Lotus, she would fall completely to the dark side when there was a troll of a friend that trolled you so righteously in a way that made others think she was simple and cute. If a person said whatever they were thinking, wasn't it really simple and cute?

"I'll make you regret things." [Flowing Cool Breeze] looked at Ning Shu coldly. "Both in the game, and in the real world."

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Chapter 747: Attending to a Crown Prince

This wasn't simply an in-game issue anymore. The problem had already extended to the real world.

[Flowing Cool Breeze] was fed up with this woman and wanted to use his power in the real world to make this woman pay the price.

When Ning Shu heard that [Flowing Cool Breeze] wanted to make her pay in the real world, she just laughed. "If you have the ability to, I dare you to find me, [Flowing Cool Breeze]."

When [A Chrysanthemum Opening Towards the South] saw that this woman was completely unconcerned, he laughed coldly. "You're going to die a very tragic death. You've provoked our boss, so you're really going to be in for it."

Ning Shu lifted her brows. "Then why don't you pull out the great god [Flowing Cool Breeze]'s true identity in the real world for me to see? Let's see if it could scare me enough for my knees to go weak."

[Crotch Feels Cool From Wind] said, "[Flowing Cool Breeze]'s family is the wealthiest family in Qinghai City. A single word from him is enough to make it hard for you to advance even a single step in the real world."

Ning Shu burst out laughing. "It's no wonder every single one of you attend to [Flowing Cool Breeze] like you guys are attending to a crown prince. So it turns out you guys are just trying to curry favor with him."

[Flowing Cool Breeze] said coldly, "We're childhood friends. We treat each other as equals."

When the others heard [Flowing Cool Breeze] say that he treated them as equals, they didn't say anything.

Ning Shu didn't believe this at all. Treat each other as equals? Please stop joking.

"Sect Leader, you're the young master of a rich family?" [Lost Little Mimi] pressed her lips together unhappily.

"What? I can't be the young master of a rich family?" [Flowing Cool Breeze] lifted his brows as he asked this teasingly.

The corners of [Lost Little Mimi]'s lips turned down even more. "Rich people aren't good people."

"How are we not good people?" refuted [A Chrysanthemum Opening Towards the South] as he rubbed the back of his head.

[Lost Little Mimi] said obstinately, "They just aren't good people."

Ning Shu: …

"Just you wait, great god [Flowing Cool Breeze]. This consort will be killing you every single time she sees you." After saying that, Ning Shu turned and left.

"Boss, she's seriously too arrogant." [A Chrysanthemum Opening Towards the South] ground his teeth in frustration as he watched Ning Shu leave.

[Flowing Cool Breeze] said coldly, "I won't in the game tomorrow."

When the others heard [Flowing Cool Breeze] say this, they immediately understood what he intended to do. He was going to hunt down [This Consort is Back] in the real world and completely crush her so that she wouldn't be able to continue running wild in the game.

Ning Shu didn't care about [Flowing Cool Breeze] investigating her at all. It'd be strange if he was able to find anything since she was just code in the game. No one would ever be able to guess her identity.

So he could investigate as much as he wanted.

Ning Shu went to run a couple final dungeons which made her level surge up and allowed her to gain a lot of top-quality equipment. While at it, she leveled up her thousand miles vine as well.

Having gotten stronger, she immediately went to look for [Flowing Cool Breeze]. During this time that she hadn't seen him, his level had increased.

When Ning Shu found [Flowing Cool Breeze] this time, [Lost Little Mimi] wasn't with him. She didn't know if it was because they had a fight or if it was because he felt like it was too dangerous to take [Lost Little Mimi] with him.

[Flowing Cool Breeze]'s facial color immediately darkened when he saw Ning Shu. His expression was complicated since he had spent a lot of time, but he couldn't find who this person was.

Seriously, it was like this person didn't even exist! It was inconceivable. [Flowing Cool Breeze] suspected that this woman came from a family with even stronger influence than his, because what else would explain the fact that he wasn't able to find a single thing?

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Chapter 748: Just Like Shearing Sheep

Furthermore, [Flowing Cool Breeze] didn't remember having ever played with a girl's feelings. The way this woman kept persistently targeting him made him feel intense loathing for her.

Ning Shu looked left and right, then asked, "[Flowing Cool Breeze, why isn't anyone protecting you today? You actually dared to come run dungeons on your own?"

Ning Shu's tone was filled with contempt.

[Flowing Cool Breeze] narrowed his eyes as he looked at her. Suddenly, he asked, "Why exactly do you insist on following me all the time?"

"I've already told you several times," replied Ning Shu mildly as she pulled out her sword in preparation to kill [Flowing Cool Breeze].

"Then I want to know who you are and who the girl I hurt is." [Flowing Cool Breeze] kept his eyes fixed on Ning Shu's expression as he said this.

Ning Shu was a little surprised. It was the first time [Flowing Cool Breeze] had been this polite while talking to her, and he was even speaking to her like she was an equal. In the past he had always been very condescending towards her, so what was going now on?

Well, who cared what he was thinking? Ning Shu lifted her sword and moved to whack his head with it. [Flowing Cool Breeze] did all he could to fend off Ning Shu's attacks. Although it was very difficult, he managed to deal with them.

Right now, all [Flowing Cool Breeze] wanted was to level up by himself. He knew that this crazy woman would be coming after him, but he didn't want to be disgraced in front of his teammates anymore.

He didn't even bring [Lost Little Mimi].

Ning Shu's current level was much higher than [Flowing Cool Breeze]'s. She didn't even need to bring out the thousand miles vine for her to kill [Flowing Cool Breeze] until he was forced back to the newbie village.

[Flowing Cool Breeze]'s facial color was extremely unsightly as he roared at Ning Shu, "Who exactly are you!?"

Ning Shu didn't speak.

After killing [Flowing Cool Breeze] until he was forced back to the newbie village, Ning Shu felt very refreshed. She finally got to send him to the newbie village as well!

During the following days, every time [Flowing Cool Breeze] tried to level up, Ning Shu immediately rushed over to kill him. Every time [Flowing Cool Breeze] managed to regain some of his levels, Ning Shu would swoop over to hack all of it away.

It was just like shearing sheep, she sheared him as soon as his wool lengthened. [Flowing Cool Breeze] was nearly about to go crazy. However, after being bullied so badly, he wanted to keep it secret from his companions even more since it was so humiliating.

He saw that the opponent was getting increasingly stronger and felt that it wouldn't be possible to level this avatar back up.

It was seriously unbearable to have a crazy woman stalking you.

So [Flowing Cool Breeze] decided to change avatars.

Ning Shu was in the middle of practicing coding when she heard the world announcement: [A Chrysanthemum Opening Towards the South] has taken over the post of sect leader for Supreme Dragon Sect.

[A Chrysanthemum Opening Towards the South] has become the sect leader of Supreme Dragon Sect?

Then what about [Flowing Cool Breeze]?

Could it be that he's withdrawn from the game world?

But the system hasn't notified her that the task was completed yet. That meant that [Flowing Cool Breeze] hasn't withdrawn from the game.

The most likely scenario was that he had decided to start over with a new avatar.

Ning Shu entered the game's main system to check the newly register avatars and found one that seemed to be [Flowing Cool Breeze]'s.

A new avatar called [Lost Little Mastiff]?

[Lost Little Mastiff]?

There was a [Lost Little Mimi, and now there was a [Lost Little Mastiff]. Was it a matching lovers' ID?

Wasn't [Flowing Cool Breeze] trying to be the cool and aloof type? How did his style collapse so badly?

Ning Shu felt that there was a need to check whether or not this [Lost Little Mastiff] was [Flowing Cool Breeze].

She found [Lost Little Mastiff] who was currently working on leveling up. His facial features were kind of similar to [Flowing Cool Breeze]'s but when she looked again, they seemed quite different.

He had probably utilized the system setting to make his avatar only 10% based on his true appearance.

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Chapter 749: Haa, What A Pity

Ning Shu blocked [Lost Little Mastiff]'s way and shouted, "[Flowing Cool Breeze]?"

[Flowing Cool Breeze]'s body stiffened, then he stared at Ning Shu without denying it. "You're sure amazing."

He had made this new ID just a little while ago. He had been hoping to take advantage of this time to quickly level it up and had even spent a lot of money to buy good equipment. However, this crazy woman f*cking found him again.

What a psycho!

Ning Shu smiled and remarked in delight, "It really is you? Who would've thought that you'd switched avatars? And your level's pretty good too."

When [Flowing Cool Breeze] saw that the woman seemed as happy as if she had met up with an old friend, he was disgusted and creeped out. Why didn't this psycho freakin' die already?

Ning Shu then asked, "Is this a matching lovers' ID with [Lost Little Mimi]?"

[Flowing Cool Breeze: …

Just die already! Freakin' psycho!

Ning Shu ignored [Flowing Cool Breeze]'s twisted expression and said with a tone of respect, "I really didn't expect you to give up on your [Flowing Cool Breeze] avatar. That's the avatar of a great god after all."

After being killed by a psycho like you so many times, that avatar had no chance of leveling up anymore, so what use was it? [Flowing Cool Breeze] seriously loathed this woman. At the same time, he felt like it was seriously a great life tragedy to end up catching the attention of a woman this deranged.

When his thoughts reached this point, he was hit by a sense of defeat. Originally he had been planning to make this woman pay in the real world, but unexpectedly he hadn't been able to find her at all.

There were countless grass mud horses trampling inside his heart.

Ning Shu smacked her lips, then said, "Actually, I like your [Flowing Cool Breeze] ID more. Really, what drove you to insist on adopting the same style as [Lost Little Mimi]? Haa, what a pity. Why did you name yourself mastiff?"

[Flowing Cool Breeze: …

Bitch, die already! This daddy doesn't want to chat with you.

"I do count as the first person to find you after all. Don't you have anything you want to say? You probably haven't told your followers about this ID right? Creating a new avatar isn't anything to brag about after all. You must be planning to make your way back to the peak, then reappear in front of them like a god, right?" Ning Shu chatted with him like he was an old friend.

[Flowing Cool Breeze] didn't want to pay any attention to her and just let out his god beast in preparation to leave. So Ning Shu released her thousand miles vine to bind [Flowing Cool Breeze] in place, then chopped off all his levels without sparing a single one.

[Flowing Cool Breeze] was forced to walk the paths of the newbie village once again. This time, [Flowing Cool Breeze] felt way more melancholy than he did hatred. Exactly what power drove this woman to repeatedly appear to kill him again and again without any trace of exhaustion?

Ning Shu had grown to like this cat and mouse game. Every time [Flowing Cool Breeze]'s levels increased, she would suddenly show up to kill him. When he changed avatars, she'd kill him again, then again, and still again.

[Flowing Cool Breeze] had already lost track of how many times he had died at this crazy woman's hands. He didn't have any motivation to increase his levels any more. Every time he got his levels up, this woman would appear like clockwork and kill him. After she finished, she would start chatting with him like they were good friends. What a psycho!

No matter how many times he changed avatars, this crazy woman was still able to find him. What the frick was with this woman? [Flowing Cool Breeze] suspected that this woman was a hacker. What else would explain how she was so accurately able to find him!?

F*cking sh*t.

Ning Shu put away her broadsword and said comfortingly, "I believe in you. You'll definitely be able to get your levels back soon. Work hard! I have high hopes for you."

[Flowing Cool Breeze: …

[Flowing Cool Breeze] didn't appear in the game again. Ning Shu couldn't find her target anymore, so she was always slipping into the game's main system to see if there was an avatar that could be [Flowing Cool Breeze].

However, she wasn't able to find him.

She was sure that [Flowing Cool Breeze] wouldn't leave just like this. As the mighty and aloof young master of a rich family, a young master with such a strong ego, would he really leave just like this?

Ning Shu even went to Supreme Dragon Sect to look for [Flowing Cool Breeze, but she was told that he wouldn't be playing this game anymore. [Flowing Cool Breeze] wasn't the only one that never showed up again, [Lost Little Mimi] and [Pure Frost Lotus] were no longer in the game either.

Could it be that they've started developing their feelings out in the real world? It was probably going to be another love story filled with pink bubbles.

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Chapter 750: Couldn't Find Her Target

However, the things that happen in the real world was really none of her business, and she couldn't get involved in them anyways. She also didn't want to get involved in things that were outside of the task specifications. All of their past bad history had occurred in the game.

Since [Flowing Cool Breeze] wouldn't be appearing in the game again, then the rest was not her business.

However, she couldn't help but find it strange that [Flowing Cool Breeze] had given up so easily. It didn't quite feel real.

Ning Shu naturally didn't know that in [Flowing Cool Breeze]'s opinion, she was a female nutcase whose her insanity was seriously severe.

Furthermore, he was pretty sure that Ning Shu had strong influence in the real world. On top of that, he couldn't even beat her in the game.

It wasn't like this game was the only one that existed. In any case, [Flowing Cool Breeze] didn't want to see this insane woman at all.

So he took his little girlfriend and got out of there.

[Lost Little Mimi] felt that she couldn't leave her good friend behind, so she took [Pure Frost Lotus] along who had already gone dark.

In the real world, [Lost Little Mimi] and [Pure Frost Lotus] were good friends. However, it was easy to guess what would happen when two girls fell in love with the same boy, especially when one of them had already gone completely to the dark side.

Ning Shu didn't bother to run dungeons anymore since her level was already really high. She spent most of her time practicing coding, hoping to get better at it. If she managed to gain a comprehensive understanding of it, it would make completing tasks easier in the future.

Perhaps one day this knowledge would come in very useful.

After a little while, Supreme Dragon Sect also disbanded. [Flowing Cool Breeze]'s team members all left this game. After all, they kind of played this game as the crown prince's study buddies. Now that the crown prince was no longer here, there was no point in staying here any longer.

Ning Shu wasn't very sure if this task was completed because the original host had wanted to be a proper NPC but she had made a copy to take her place. She felt like if she had remained an NPC, it would've been difficult to complete the task.

The moment something abnormal occurred, it'd be very easy for the main game system to find the abnormality and she'd end up erased. However, things were different if her identity was that of a player.

Furthermore, she felt like it would be good for the original host to come back and live in the game with the identity of a player. She'd be able to interact with people and wouldn't have to be bound to a certain limited region. The game world was very large, and she'd be able to go wherever she wanted to within it.

However, this meant that she had taken the initiative to change the original host's wishes, so would the task be counted as completed?

"Ding, task complete. Leaving task world." 2333's voice appeared and a loud buzzing filled Ning Shu's head. When she woke up again, she was already in the system space.

After staying in the game for such a long time, for a moment she couldn't really tell what was real and what was not.

As usual, she decided to just sleep for a while first. In every world, regardless of the task difficulty, she'd encounter a lot of people and events.

If she didn't sort out her thoughts, once time dragged on, everything would accumulate in her heart until she couldn't take it anymore. The people with mental issues were capable of seeing things that other people couldn't like hallucinations, which caused them to fall apart mentally, so people who had to experience so many worlds on their own definitely had it worse.

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Chapter 751: Such Sweet Honey to My Tongue

After taking a nice long nap, when Ning Shu woke up again, the first thing she did was pick up the water pot to water her plants. Then she used a dust cloth to wipe all the dust from the bookshelf. Although there wasn't any dust in the system space, she still cleaned the space earnestly.

The most lamentable part out of all of this was that she couldn't sweat in her spiritual state. If she was able to sweat, it would've felt a lot more refreshing.

After working up a lack of sweat, Ning Shu said to 2333, "Let's look at how many points we got this time."

"Alright."

The stats panel appeared in front of Ning Shu.

Number: 2333

Name: Ning Shu (Primary Task-Taker)

Age: 27

Experience: 170000 (30000)

Soul: 200

Life: 60

Intelligence: 80

Charm: 3

Luck: 34

Mental Strength: 120

Martial Arts: 40

Faith: 1

Aptitude: 26

Merit: 15 (20)

Abilities: Five Rings Shooting Skill, Trashy Combat Skill, Trashy Beginner of Unsurpassable Martial Arts

Acquired Titles: Goddess of War, Altruistic Ancestor

Halos: Benevolent Mother of the World (Empress's blessing), Model Worker Sis (Chen Xi's blessing), Chief Halo (Cao's blessing)

Completed Wishes: Discharge her duties properly as an NPC. Make it so that Flowing Cool Breeze couldn't easily make use of her and for him to no longer be able to stay in this game world.

Task Completion Degree: 80%

Gained 5 attribute points.

Ning Shu saw that the task completion degree was only eighty percent and there were only thirty thousand experience points this time. This was the lowest score she had gotten since becoming an official task-taker, and she only gained five attribute points compared to the twenty-five she had last time.

She pressed her lips together. The task this time was a failure. As expected, it had been a bad idea to decide things on her own. The original host wanted to be a dutiful NPC, but she had made the original host leave her post.

From her standpoint, this seemed like a very good way of living, but it wasn't necessarily the case for the original host. The original host was code that lived relying on the game's main system. Leaving that role put her in a terrifying world that she couldn't understand.

Hence such sweet honey to my tongue was another's arsenic.

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Chapter 752: Tasks Are Also Judged

Fortunately Ning Shu had learned how to code so the original host would be able to return to her original position, otherwise this task would've counted as a failure.

In general, all the knowledge that Ning Shu gained in a world would be left to the original host. The original host would possess this ability and she would as well.

Ning Shu took a deep breath. In the future she couldn't be this headstrong.

Still, she couldn't help but feel a little crestfallen because she had gained very little from this world.

Thirty thousand experience points and five attribute points.

After a few moments of silence, Ning Shu added all five points to intelligence. The stats panel then reflected this change.

Number: 2333

Name: Ning Shu (Primary Task-Taker)

Age: 27

Experience: 200000

Soul: 200

Life: 60

Intelligence: 80 (5)

Charm: 3

Luck: 34

Mental Strength: 120

Martial Arts: 40

Faith: 1

Aptitude: 26

Merit: 35

Abilities: Five Rings Shooting Skill, Trashy Combat Skill, Trashy Beginner of Unsurpassable Martial Arts

Acquired Titles: Goddess of War, Altruistic Ancestor

Halos: Benevolent Mother of the World (Empress's blessing), Model Worker Sis (Chen Xi's blessing), Chief Halo (Cao's blessing)

When 2333 saw that Ning Shu was very crestfallen, he said, "The original host's wishes are the things she desires the most. There was no need for you to change her wishes."

"I know. I was dumb for assuming things." Ning Shu nodded.

After a moment of silence, 2333 tried to console Ning Shu again. "However, this had been the best choice in that situation. It's fine for there to be less points, your life is still what's most important. Seventy points already counts as passing for the tasks. Actually, tasks are also judged. There's also satisfactory, outstanding, and perfect. Based on these four ratings, you'd get different amounts of experience points and attribute points."

"There's a system like that?" Ning Shu was taken aback.

2333 said, "Actually, you have a task that was rated as perfect, which was the prehistoric world. You were successful in securing the future of the tribe, so you got higher amounts of experience points and attribute points. As for this task, it can only count as satisfactory. The original host wasn't very satisfied with your way of doing things, but you did finish the second half of the task, so it was rated as satisfactory."

Ning Shu nodded to indicate that she understood.

She then opened the system marketplace to skim it again for useful things that she could afford.

After browsing for a while, she found something called a calmness halo. It was a tool that could allow a player to always remain calm.

Ning Shu really wanted it, but it was extremely expensive. It costed a hundred fifty experience points. After struggling for so long, all she had in total was two hundred experience points. After buying this calmness halo, she'd be frickin' sent back to her starting point.

She pressed her lips together. After an intense silent struggle, she finally decided to buy it. If she was dead, who the frick still cared about experience points?

After pressing the exchange bottom, she saw the numbers indicating her experience points tick down rapidly until only fifty thousand were left.

On the bright side, after adding this halo, she instantly felt more clearheaded. Even her feelings of slight depression seemed to disperse and her heart felt much calmer.

However, Ning Shu knew that these things were just support. When doing tasks, she'd still have to rely on herself.

She then spent some points to exchange for fasting pills, water, medicine, and antidotes.

After preparing everything, she started cultivating her soul.

She was still training using Unsurpassable Martial Arts. The main reason was because she felt like it was a pretty good martial arts and after all this time, she had gotten fond of it. She was also sure that this secret manual was definitely very powerful, it definitely was! The second reason was 'cause she didn't have enough points to exchange for a high level soul cultivation manual.

Those secret manuals easily started at above several hundred thousand to a couple million points, so all she could do was look at them.

The lives of task-takers were also like such. The strong got stronger and gained more resources while the weak gradually became weaker until they were eliminated by natural selection.

She only stopped training once her soul felt full. Her soul was much stronger than it had been when she had first entered the system space. When would this soul be strong enough to reconverge into a physical body? It would be much more effective for practicing the Unsurpassable Martial Arts that way.

It'll definitely happen! Ning Shu silently encouraged herself. She'd continue on this path as a task-taker and become a mid-level task-taker, then a high-level task-taker. She'd walk the face of countless planes!

Her earlier feelings of depression were now replaced by hot-blooded excitement. Ahead was another new journey.

Our goal was the vast sea of stars!

"System 2333-sama, let's enter the task world," said Ning Shu to 2333.

When 2333 saw that Ning Shu's earlier gloomy air was gone, his tone became more relieved. "Alright, work hard Ning Shu!"

Ning Shu felt her head go blank. When she felt sensation again, she found that she was currently lying on a wooden bed and all around her were ancient era style furniture and decoration.

She was pretty sure that the background for the task this time was the ancient Chinese era. She just didn't know what the original host's wishes were.

#comment: Ohohoho, this halo will come in very useful, in various ways in the future~

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Chapter 753: Prince on a White Horse

Ning Shu saw that everything around was very exquisite. The original host was wearing a silk lapel skirt with flower embroidery that was so fine the design seemed painted. It seemed that the original host had a very high status.

Ning Shu closed her eyes to start receiving the storyline.

The original host's name was Wei Lingxian. She was the first wife of a first rank General Who Inspires Might, An You. She had given birth to one son and one daughter, was respectful towards her mother-in-law, and kind to the servants. The married couple cared for each other and there was not a single mistress in the back courtyard. In this ancient era where the norm was to have three or four wives, this was a very rare blessing.

When a citizen uprising occurred in Cloud Province, An You was sent to quell the uprising. Cloud City was the territory of the current emperor's brother who was born of a different mother. When the emperor heard this news, he had urged An You to go stop the rebellion.

When An You finally made it to Cloud Province, he found that Prince Yan's entire family had already died in the uprising. On his way back, he encountered Prince Yan's orphaned children. One was Prince Yan's daughter, Princess Mingzhu, and the other was his youngest son.

For the sake of protecting his only bloodline, Prince Yan had commanded his beloved daughter, Princess Mingzhu, to protect the young prince and escape from the estate that was being attacked by the citizens.

In a single night, Princess Mingzhu had lost her family. If it weren't for fulfilling her imperial father's wish, she would've gone after her family.

She had traveled with her maid in disguise, but they encountered bandits. Just as all hope seemed lost, they were saved by An You.

An You had appeared in front of Princess Mingzhu like a deity from the Heavens. He brought Princess Mingzhu, who had lost everything, a sense of safety and warmth. In her time of despair, he brought her hope and granted her new life like a deity, allowing her to once again feel warmth.

An You was thinking that since he had failed to save Prince Yan's family, he had a duty to look after Prince Yan's orphaned children, so he protected them and saw them back to the capital.

An You saw that Princess Mingzhu was in great pain from losing her family, so he took special care to console her. Princess Mingzhu was about the same age as his daughter, only about sixteen years old, yet she had to face something like this, so he forced himself to be patient and comfort her.

An You's care and protection made Princess Mingzhu's feelings soon grow from respect and admiration to love. She had feelings for An You, but due to her status, she had no choice but to suppress her feelings.

When they got back to the capital, An You brought Princess Mingzhu and the little prince to his general's residence to continue looking after them since he felt responsible for them.

The general's residence was very welcoming to them. An You even built a separate courtyard just for Princess Mingzhu for her to live in, saying that he would definitely make sure she felt familial warmth.

Princess Mingzhu soon became good friends with An Lingyun who was the same age as her. Everyone in the general's residence really liked this fragile yet strong girl who had shouldered the burden of protecting the future of Prince Yan's family.

Wei Lingxian's son, An Yu, was seventeen years old and in the season of spring youth, so he naturally fell for the gentle Princess Mingzhu. With his younger sister's encouragement, he eventually got up the courage to confess to Princess Mingzhu, but the one Princess Mingzhu loved was An Yu's father, An You.

When Wei Lingxian found out what was going on between her husband and Princess Mingzhu, she was very unhappy with Princess Mingzhu and did things to hinder An You and Princess Mingzhu. She even went to the palace and convinced the empress dowager to bestow Princess Mingzhu a marriage. The empress dowager arranged a good marriage for Princess Mingzhu with the son of an aristocratic family in the capital.

However, Princess Mingzhu fell apart upon finding out about this and kneeled in front of the empress dowager to beg her to take back this marriage bestowment. She even told the empress dowager that she liked An You and would only accept An You in this lifetime.

The empress dowager was taken aback and furious. A princess of the imperial family was actually going to be a mistress, and for a man that was old enough to be her father!? It would damage the entire order of the current society, so the empress dowager naturally didn't allow for it.

However, Princess Mingzhu said that she and An You were truly in love. It was true love. There could be no sin in true love.

Princess Mingzhu begged to be fulfilled. She knelt in front of Wei Lingxian and confessed that she loved An You, was willing to be the mistress, and stay by An You's side like a powerless pet. She only asked that Wei Lingxian could forgive her.

Wei Lingxian was so angry that her entire body trembled. An Yu who liked Princess Mingzhu naturally didn't agree, and the old madame didn't dare to let a princess be a mistress, so she refused for the life of her. An Lingyun blamed her good friend for hurting her older brother and trying to snatch her father.

When An You saw that everyone disapproved of his feelings for Princess Mingzhu and that everyone was in so much pain, he took the initiative to set out on a long campaign with these feelings of sorrow.

Princess Mingzhu secretly snuck out of the capital and traveled alone to the battlefield to find An You. An You had been depressed due to these past events, and after suffering a defeat, he had decided to commit suicide. It was at this time that Princess Mingzhu appeared in front of him.

This fateful meeting after such a long painful separation made their feelings burst forth uncontrollably, and they vowed never to part again.

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Chapter 754: I Kindheartedly Took in My Daughter's Good Friend…

The two returned together, but what greeted them was still massive opposition. Princess Mingzhu became everyone's target of attack, but she didn't care about having a status and accepted all the grievances she had to suffer silently in hopes that her sincerity could make them finally accept her. In the end, she managed to move the old madame who had been against this the most.

Princess Mingzhu became An You's mistress. Everyone was moved by Princess Mingzhu's bravery, fearlessness, and desire to be with An You even if it called for her death. Even the empress dowager ended up supporting her.

Meanwhile, Wei Lingxian started humiliating Princess Mingzhu in all sorts of ways and tormenting her. This woman who had pretty much lost everything took all her anger out on Princess Mingzhu, but Princess Mingzhu just silently endured everything in hopes that her true love would finally move Wei Lingxian.

Meanwhile, An Yu who liked Princess Mingzhu had his heart broken and in a fit of anger, got married. Following that, he ignored his new wife and rushed towards the battlefield.

An You knew about his son's feelings and to protect him, headed to the battlefield with Princess Mingzhu. During the chaotic battle, for the sake of saving An Yu, he ended up killed by an arrow. It was only then that An Yu forgave his father.

When Princess Mingzhu saw that An You had died, she said wanted to die on the same year, month, and day as An You. She asked An Yu to take care of her younger brother, then sorrowfully committed suicide.

When the empress dowager found out about how Princess Mingzhu died, she was touched by Princess Mingzhu's resolution and unwavering love, so she had Princess Mingzhu and An You buried in the same grave, leaving Wei Lingxian, this main wife, in an extremely awkward position.

Princess Mingzhu, who had eloped to the battlefield and had intercourse with a man during the time of mourning for her deceased family, actually ended up gaining the reputation for being courageous, strong, and unwaveringly loyal in life and in death after she died.

It put on an extremely fake 'tragic love' hat on this story that was basically about an old man and a naive young girl hurting everyone in the name of love.

Wei Lingxian ended up unloved by her husband, not respected by her children, and labeled as a jealous woman. She wouldn't even be buried with her husband when she died because there was already a woman next to him.

Even if these two were already dead, they still made Wei Lingxian a laughingstock and forced her to live in suffering. She was now a woman that didn't have a single thing. For as much as she was envied in the past, now she was pitied.

Her children both liked the mistress and even the woman her son married had a pit in her brain and was supportive of Princess Mingzhu. Her daughter-in-law even told her not to be so cruel towards Ming Zhu.

Ning Shu: …

Yup, this story could be summed up as: I kindheartedly took in my daughter's good friend who was orphaned, but my daughter's good friend snatched my man and even stole my son's heart, causing my entire family to fall apart and my husband to die.

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Chapter 755: What's With Wei Lingxian's Wish?

This was the story of a hero rescuing a beauty. To Princess Mingzhu, An You shone with the halo of a hero.

And a life-saving grace must of course be repaid with the body.

Ning Shu: Ha. Ha.

She was a noble princess, yet she'd so easily drop to her knees to kneel to people. She was clearly supposed to be living in the imperial palace, but she insisted on staying in the home of a subject and pressed the heavy responsibility of rebuilding Prince Yan's legacy on a child who hadn't even reached the age of seven while she spent her time enjoying romance.

And she even had a servant that had no sense of class status.

Ning Shu had a premonition that a wave of utter stupidity based on the name of true love was about to attack.

However, Ning Shu only really fell apart when she saw the original host's wish, because this was what the wish looked like.

Wei Lingxian's wish: …

There was no content at all. Fudge, if you don't have any tasks or demands, how am I supposed to counter attack for you?

"2333, what happened?" asked Ning Shu. "What's with Wei Lingxian's wish?"

2333 said, "The original host doesn't even know what she should wish for since she has so many complaints that she doesn't even know where to begin to voice them. She had respected her mother-in-law, carefully supported the entire family so that An You wouldn't have any worries while he was out on campaigns. Towards her two children, she was naturally so loving it doesn't even need to be said, but she ended up with nothing. No matter how good she was towards her mother-in-law, her mother-in-law only cared about her son and her grandson and had agreed to Princess Mingzhu becoming her son's mistress. As for her husband, after nearly twenty years of mutual love and having no mistress, he now tells her that he had found his true love. On top of all that, both her children support the mistress."

"What wishes could a person who had lost everything wish for? Her heart's pretty much dead." 2333 then said, "This is a task that's near mid-level difficulty. The tasks in which the entrustor doesn't have any specific demands are the hardest to carry out."

Ning Shu: …

Fudge. This was the meaning of no regret for the sake of love, going mad for the sake of love, and for true love, giving up everything including family.

This task was seriously troublesome.

She scratched her head and some strands of hair fell into her hand. Every time An You set out on a campaign, the original host would wait anxiously for him to return, hardly even eating. She was always worried that something would happen to An You on the battlefield, but she still had to maintain a calm demeanor and carefully manage the entire residence.

Ning Shu got off the bed and glanced towards the copper mirror. Wei Lingxian had harmonious and dignified features. It was clear with one glance that she was a composed and generous woman who understood propriety well and look after the family skillfully. She was a woman that was capable of bringing her family to higher heights in the feudal society.

For Wei Lingxian's sake, An You hadn't taken any mistresses, so that had caused all the other married women in the capital to greatly envy Wei Lingxian. Wei Lingxian had once talked to An You about taking a couple mistresses, but An You had refused to.

An You, the General Who Inspires Might, ended up being called henpecked, but Wei Lingxian found it very sweet.

She never imagined that An You would actually end up going into spring heat in his old age and having undying feelings for a woman who was about the same age as her daughter. What did that make her?

The difference between humans and animals was that humans had rules and morals, responsibilities and a sense of justice. If one acted based on just instincts and did whatever they wanted, then they were just animals.

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Chapter 756: Daughters Were Sweet Little Angels

The large engraved doors were pushed open and the creak interrupted Ning Shu's line of thought. A maid with simple graceful looks walked in. She was probably only about seventeen and she looked to have a calm personality since her steps were light and steady as she walked into the room.

When Zhu Er saw Ning Shu sitting in front of the copper mirror, she walked over with a smile. "Madame, you're awake?"

Ning Shu nodded, then said, "Help me with my hair."

Zhu Er combed Ning Shu's hair, then skillfully started pulling it into a hairstyle as she said, "Madame, your afternoon nap was quite long this time. It's already time for the evening meal. Old Madame sent this servant over to call you."

Ning Shu nodded, then stood up. Zhu Er quickly pulled the fallen hair off the ivory comb and hid it in her palm to keep Ning Shu from seeing it.

"Zhu Er, I've aged again, haven't I?" Strictly speaking, Wei Lingxian already counted as a middle-aged woman since her son was already seventeen.

Zhu Er said with a smile, "Madame is forever the most beautiful in Zhu Er's heart."

Ning Shu shook her head. A figure that was lithe like a butterfly suddenly drifted in.

"Mother." An Lingyun reached out to pull Ning Shu's arm. "Grandmother had this daughter come see how Mother was doing today. Did you fall sick? Are you alright?"

Ning Shu looked at An Lingyun. She was an adorable and pampered girl. The moment Princess Mingzhu came to the general's residence, the two had become good friends.

When her mother was in pain, An Lingyun had kept running to Princess Mingzhu's courtyard. Even if she didn't bother to comfort her mother, she still shouldn't head to the courtyard that caused her mother so much pain.

They all say that daughters were sweet little angels, but in the end, everyone was touched by Princess Mingzhu's sincerity and all accused the original host of being envious and malicious.

When An Lingyun saw that Ning Shu was staring at her with a scrutinizing and indifferent look in her eyes, she uneasily swung Ning Shu's arm a little. "Mother, what's wrong?"

Ning Shu smiled graciously and said, "Mother was thinking that Lingyun's already a big lady now. It's about time for you to have your own family. Mother is thinking about what kind of in-laws to find for you."

This An Lingyun was a naive young lady as well. She had grown up in a harmonious and perfect family, so she had no idea how much Princess Mingzhu becoming her father's mistress would hurt her mother. This wasn't just an issue of an additional pair of chopsticks.

That was why naivety born of ignorance was the most hurtful. An Lingyun was like such and Princess Mingzhu was also like such.

When An Lingyun heard that Ning Shu wanted to find her an in-laws family, she was a little embarrassed, but she still outright said, "Lingyun wants to find a man like Father that's majestic and tall and treats Lingyun like Father treats Mother, with complete devotion."

When Ning Shu heard what she said, before she could even reply, she felt an intense wave of sorrow and numbness fill her body along with fear; fear of the destruction that Princess Mingzhu's arrival would soon bring.

Even Ning Shu was affected by the sorrow, helplessness, hatred, and pain that radiated from her body.

Ever since her soul had gotten stronger, she was rarely affected by the original host's emotions anymore, but these feelings were surging forth like colossal waves and caused her heart to clench in sharp pain. It was so bad that Ning Shu doubled over in pain and had to clutch at her chest. It felt like countless thin needles were stabbing at her heart.

It was so painful. Veins bulged on her forehead and there didn't seem to be a single trace of warmth in her body.

It was so cold!

Ning Shu staggered and An Lingyun hastily moved to support her. When she saw that her mother's face was deathly pale and that her forehead was covered with cold sweat, she asked worriedly, "Mother, are you alright?"

Zhu Er also came over to support Ning Shu. Ning Shu said weakly, "Help me to the bed so I can sit for a while."

An Lingyun and Zhu Er helped Ning Shu to the bed. Ning Shu pressed on her heart as she took deep breaths to calm her emotions.

A cool feeling flowed into her heart and calmed the pain and helpless fury that filled her heart. Ning Shu knew that this was the effect of the calmness halo that she had spent a hundred fifty million points on.

The original host had lived her days with these emotions pent up in her heart? How painful must it have been?

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Chapter 757: An You is Someone with Great Fortune

The intense emotions gradually receded, but Ning Shu's entire body still felt weak and she was covered with cold sweat.

Ning Shu decided it was best to start practicing Unsurpassable Martial Arts as soon as possible to improve the health of this body.

"Mother, are you alright?" An Lingyun looked towards Ning Shu worriedly. She had never seen her mother like this before.

Her mother, who had always been strong like a pillar, had suddenly become like this, so she was very flustered.

Ning Shu used a handkerchief to wipe at the cold sweat on her face as she said, "I'm fine. I'm going to rest for a while. You should eat first with your grandmother. Go, Mother wants to rest for a bit."

In the end, An Lingyun left hesitantly while glancing back at Ning Shu worriedly.

Zhu Er wet a handkerchief and helped wipe Ning Shu's face as she asked, "Madame, should we call a doctor over to take a look? Your facial color doesn't seem good."

Ning Shu shook her head. Her heart was still pulsing faintly in pain.

After a while, footsteps came from outside the house, then a huge group of people came in. The person walking at the very front was an old grandma that was leaning on a redwood clutch. She was wearing dark red clothing and on her forehead was an embroidered black headband that had a grandmother's green jade stone inlayed in the center.

It was clear with one glance that she was a strict old madame of high status.

An Lingyun was supporting the old madame and next to them was An Yu who had a slender physique, fair skin, and an elegant air.

An Yu and An Lingyun both greeted Ning Shu. "Mother."

"Mother, Grandmother's come to see you," said An Lingyun.

When Ning Shu saw Shen Shi, she pressed on Zhu Er's hand and tried to get up, but the old madame walked over while leaning on her crutch to press Ning Shu back down. "Don't get up. Your facial color isn't good. Have you been overworking?"

Ning Shu went with the flow and sat back down respectfully. She said with a fatigued expression, "Many thanks for your concern, Mother. Daughter-in-law is indeed a little tired."

The old madame sat down on the chair by the bed and said, "I know that you're worried about An You. It's alright, even this old lady isn't worried, so there's no need for you to worry. An You is someone with great fortune."

Ning Shu: …

Such fortune that you'd probably end up with the fate of being a white-hair person seeing off a black-haired person.

Ning Shu just forced a smile, then beckoned An Lingyun. When An Lingyun walked over, Ning Shu took her hand, then turned towards Shen Shi. "Mom, Daughter-in-law's health hasn't been very good lately, and Lingyun is no longer a child, it'll soon be time to find her an in-laws family. It's time for Lingyun to start learning how to manage a home. Could I trouble you to teach Lingyun?"

As Ning Shu spoke, she had to gasp for air. Her face was pale and wan and her forehead was covered with sweat, making her seem especially haggard. An Lingyun and An Yu both felt uneasy at the sight of this.

"Mother, you should just rest up. Sister and I will be fine," said An Yu worriedly.

Ning Shu looked over at An Yu and her pupils dilated. He had confessed to Princess Mingzhu with An Lingyun's encouragement and ended up being rejected. After that, the original host had summoned An Yu and told him not to get involved with Mingzhu because she was an imperial princess, someone whose status was way above the likes of them.

An Yu had just been rejected by the woman who was gentle like water in his heart, then he was lectured by Wei Lingxian like this. When he found out that his mother had even entered the palace and convinced the empress dowager to bestow Princess Mingzhu a marriage, he started hating the original host for hindering things.

And so she became resented by her own child which tore another chunk of flesh off Wei Lingxian's heart.

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Chapter 758: Life Is Seriously Hard When There Are No Guidelines

In response to An Yu's concern, Ning Shu just smiled then looked towards Shen Shi. Shen Shi had both hands on her clutch as she leaned on it while considering this, then she nodded and said, "Alright. You should rest up well. For the time being, I'll teach An Lingyun how to manage the household."

Ning Shu struggled to get up, then opened the drawer to take out the ledger and the key to the storehouse. She placed them on the table, then said, "I'll have you trouble you, Grandmother."

Shen Shi nodded, then had An Lingyun take the ledger and key. When she made to stand, the maid next to her immediately moved to assist her.

Shen Shi then said a few more words of comfort to Ning Shu like telling her to focus on recovering and that An You was fine so she shouldn't make herself sick from worry.

Ning Shu just nodded, maintaining a respectful and obedient attitude in front of Shen Shi. An Lingyun hugged the ledger as she said, "Mother, I'll help carry over your meal."

Ning Shu smiled. "Alright."

Once the group left, Ning Shu had Zhu Er close the door. "I'm going to sleep for a while. Don't bother me no matter who it is that comes."

Zhu Er nodded, then closed the door and stayed outside the door to guard the room.

Ning Shu sat cross-legged on the bed. The original host had managed the general's residence neatly and skillfully. Every expense and income was logged meticulously and all the records would be given to Shen Shi to look over. Whenever the original host encountered some large expense, she would consult Shen Shi beforehand.

Rather than say Wei Lingxian was the one managing the general's residence, it'd be more accurate to say that Shen Shi possessed the true power over the household.

Shen Shi felt that she understood everything about this daughter-in-law of hers. Meanwhile, for the sake of this family, Wei Lingxian harbored zero selfishness and looked after her mother-in-law with full filial respect.

Shen Shi was very satisfied with her daughter-in-law, so when her son didn't take any mistresses, she didn't say anything. This made Wei Lingxian feel even more respect and love for Shen Shi.

An You was often sent on campaigns, so Wei Lingxian interacted with her mother-in-law even more than she interacted with her husband. They were like true family, but when things involved her own son, Shen Shi abandoned Wei Lingxian.

In reality, this was something that didn't even require consideration.

However, Ning Shu had no desire to work to the bone for this general's residence while everyone else just enjoyed the fruits of her labors. Everything here had been in perfect order. Those who were hungry had food, those who were thirsty could immediately get warm water, and the clothes were fresh and clean every single day.

This environment was brought about by the original host's careful hard work, but in the end, all of these people pointed at her and called her deranged and malicious.

Those who were fed and content only became spoiled, so this time, they can just deal with things themselves.

Ning Shu started practicing the Unsurpassable Martial Arts, but there wasn't much result. However, with the help of the calmness halo, she was no longer affected by the original host's emotions as much.

The original host harbored a lot of intense resentment and sorrow. Ning Shu sighed. When a person's heart was no longer with you, no matter what you did, it was to no avail.

Ning Shu really had no clue how to go about this task. Should she take revenge on An You and Princess Mingzhu? On everyone that's hurt Wei Lingxian?

But the people that hurt Wei Lingxian were all the people she cared about the most? However, if she didn't do anything, how was she supposed to complete this task?

Ning Shu realized that even though she had become Wei Lingxian, there was no guarantee that she'd be able to deal with this situation any better than Wei Lingxian had.

Forget it, she'll just have to deal with things as they came. The main issue was that there was Princess Mingzhu, this pure, wonderful, and innocent true love to deal with.

Princess Mingzhu was the daughter of a prince and the niece of the current emperor. In this feudal society in which the lives of the imperial family were on par with that of deities, dealing with a noble status princess and making the princess suffer while keeping up her own reputation of being virtuous was going to be a bit hard.

The original host was originally a virtuous wife skilled at housekeeping who supported the entire family, but due to Princess Mingzhu, she ended up being labeled as malicious and envious for tormenting Princess Mingzhu. Meanwhile, Princess Mingzhu's act of enduring everything silently and remaining kind ended up obtaining the sympathy of everyone in the general's residence.

Ning Shu: …

It was unbelievably irritating. This task was seriously balls-breaking.

There was no direction at all, and Ning Shu couldn't get a handle on what the original host felt towards An You. Was it hatred, love, or a mix of both?

Life was seriously hard when there were no guidelines.

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Chapter 759: Even Crows Knew to Support Their Aging Parents

So then Ning Shu started the recovery life. The old madame called a doctor to take a look at Ning Shu. When the doctor checked her pulse, he said that her heart meridians were damaged due to heart flames and too much worry.

In plain terms, the original host was worrying about too much.

When Old Madame came to visit Ning Shu, Ning Shu said, "Mother, I don't know why but I can't shake off this bad feeling. I've never had this feeling before. Mother, did something happen to An You?"

Shen Shi rapped the ground with her walking stick. "What could possibly happen to him? An You's not dealing with anything big, it's only a citizen uprising, a bunch of citizens taking this chance to riot, what could possibly happen?"

Ning Shu saw that the old madame seems a little worn out. It was probably because she was having to manage the residence and teach An Lingyun how to manage a household.

In response to the old madame's rebuke, Ning Shu immediately said, "Yes, Mother. This daughter-in-law must be overthinking."

When the old madame saw that Ning Shu's face was wan due to illness, she couldn't very well ask Ning Shu to get up and start managing the residence again.

At the same time, An Lingyun who was forced to learn how to manage the residence by the old madame was overwhelmed by all the work. She ran over to find Ning Shu and cried, "Mother, hurry up and get better. I really can't do it."

Ning Shu reached out to stroke An Lingyun's head and said with a smile, "You're my daughter. Your mother could do it, so you can definitely do it as well. It was like this as well when Mother first started learning. Mother was nearly brought to tears due to your grandma's rebukes, but isn't Mother still handling everything perfectly well now?"

What exactly was An Lingyun thinking to have actually called her own mother malicious? Did they think the original host's crazy actions truly had nothing to do with them?

Ning Shu didn't feel any maternal affection for these two children. In her opinion, they were just white-eyed wolves. The original host had given birth to them with much pain, then worked hard to raise and educate them. The original host didn't have a husband to keep her company and still had to respectfully take care of her mother-in-law while also looking after two children.

In the end, all of this couldn't stand up against just a couple words from Princess Mingzhu. Was it because Princess Mingzhu was simply too pure and wonderful, or because they felt like the original host's crazy manner made them lose face?

Even crows knew to support their aging parents.

An Lingyun pouted, her eyes glimmering with pitiful tears, but Ning Shu's eyes were indifferent as she spoke with an amused and affectionate smile, "Lingyun's a big girl now, you can't cry anymore. Although things are hard now, it's at least better than having to suffer it at your in-law's house."

An Lingyun pouted harder and burrowed into Ning Shu's arm as she said in a spoiled tone, "Mother, I want to stay with you forever."

Ning Shu chuckled. "What girl stays at home forever?"

When An Lingyun saw that Ning Shu showed no signs of retracting this decision, she had no choice but to continue learning how to manage the residence. However, since she was young, she wasn't very good at it and was very flustered, which made the servants in the residence feel restless as well. In the past, they had always known what they needed to do each day, but now An Lingyun had taken over. An Lingyun was completely at a loss as to how to deal with this enormous residence.

Shen Shi was already very old, but when she saw how much An Lingyun was panicking, she had no choice but to gather up her energy and start managing the household. This made Shen Shi much more worn out than before.

Even An Yu was coming to Ning Shu to complain, saying that his clothes had been sent over before they were ironed and sometimes there wasn't even any water to drink.

Ning Shu looked at this child. He had handsome looks that were quite similar to An You's, except that his features were still contained a bit of youthful tenderness. In the ancient era, by seventeen, men were supposed to start undertaking some sort of responsibility, but An Yu didn't have anything he needed to do and just spent his days leisurely practicing martial arts.

After being rejected by Princess Mingzhu, while he was depressed, he ended up making some bad friends and got addicted to gambling. After that, he even started stealing some of the original host's money to go gambling.

He was yet another kid that had been spoiled rotten.

In response to An Yu's complaints, Ning Shu just said, "Your younger sister just started learning to manage the house, so you should be more forgiving towards her for the things she's not doing well yet."

"Mother, are you feeling any better?" asked An Yu. Ning Shu said, "Mother is fine, you don't need to worry."

Ning Shu watched as An Yu left. Every single one of them were people soaking in honey. This ma'am was obliged to wait upon you guys? What a joke!

Zhu Er walked in and reported happily, "Madame, the general has returned in triumph!"

Ning Shu made a happy expression and said hastily, "Help me get dressed."

"Yes!" Zhu Er immediately got busy helping Ning Shu with her hair and with getting dressed.

When Ning Shu got to the residence doors, the old madame was already there waiting. The old madame's face was also filled with joy. When she saw that Ning Shu's facial color had improved slightly, she said, "Look. I told you that You er would be fine."

Ning Shu gave a long, relieved exhale, then said happily, "It's good that husband is back. It's very good."

So the two of them, the two children, and all the servants in the residence waited at the entrance.

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Chapter 760: Embodiment of All the Good Things in the World

Ning Shu looked in the direction of the imperial palace. An You and Princess Mingzhu were probably in the palace right now. The empress dowager felt heartache for the pair of siblings and wanted to arrange a place for them to stay.

An You had been looking after this delicate Princess Mingzhu who had no one to rely on this entire way back and felt that he was dutybound to continue looking after her. Hence he earnestly requested for the empress dowager to allow the princess and prince to stay at his residence for the time being.

Ning Shu practically wanted to vomit blood. What exactly was with this storyline. How exactly did the empress dowager end up being okay with an unmarried imperial princess staying at the residence of a subject, especially when the princess was still in the mourning period?

Was this just for the sake of making it convenient for An You and Princess Mingzhu to hook up?

In addition, during this entire time as they were traveling from Cloud Province back to the capital, they were both riding on the same horse. An You had found this perfectly proper because his feelings towards Princess Mingzhu were only those of fatherly affection.

In response to this, Ning Shu could only give a polite laugh. Men and women should not even touch hands when they give or receive things, but those two had been hugging the entire way here. Princess Mingzhu would often stare infatuated at this man who was old enough to be her father.

This storyline made Ning Shu want to vomit.

It was just a story that eulogized a mistress.

Don't try to say that all ancient era men had at least three mistresses because An You had promised Wei Lingxian that she would be his only wife for life. He had said that having a wife like Wei Lingxian had made his life perfect. Wei Lingxian had believed in this shared vow, but one day, Princess Mingzhu showed up.

This Princess Mingzhu was, in plain terms, just a mistress.

Princess Mingzhu's arrival brought the general's residence great waves. She and An You's unrestrainable feelings for each other hurt everyone.

An You thought that marrying Princess Mingzhu without divorcing Wei Lingxian would be the best solution, but it just hurt both women.

They would soon be able to see this Princess Mingzhu who was rumored to be the embodiment of all the good things in the world.

Ning Shu smiled brightly. She glanced towards the dark clouds gathering in the horizon. It seemed like it was about to rain soon. At this current moment, her mood was just like the weather.

The sound of horse hooves came. Everyone was shocked. Ning Shu looked over, then she also stiffened in shock.

Why the frick was An You and Princess Mingzhu still riding on the same horse in broad daylight? It didn't really matter in Cloud Province, but this was the capital! Ning Shu seriously couldn't understand why those two were so not bothered by this.

Was the powerful storyline eliminating everything else? This was the feudal society that had a strict sense of what was proper.

Since all of the story occurred in the general's residence, was everything else being blurred away?

An Yu and An Lingyun didn't really mind the woman their father was hugging, but when Old Madame saw this, she first glanced towards Ning Shu with an affirming expression in her eyes.

She was comforting Ning Shu.

Ning Shu suddenly got the feeling that this old madame was truly the most amazing figure in the back courtyard of this general's residence. Her husband had passed away early on, but she had still managed to raise her son into an outstanding general and have her daughter-in-law treat her with upmost filial respect.

That glance just now was truly very touching. The original host would've thought that her mother-in-law was on her side.

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Chapter 761: I Hope to Become Part of This Family

An You's procession reached the door. An You got off the horse first, then he helped Princess Mingzhu off the horse. The two didn't hesitate at all to make body contact.

"Mother." An You first greeted the old madame. The old madame nodded repeatedly. "It's good that you're back."

Ning Shu looked towards An You while maintaining a smile. An You was a handsome and valiant man who gave off a mature charm. Dressed in martial attire, he gave people a very strong sense of safety.

"Lingxian." An You reached out to take Ning Shu's hand with a gentle expression, causing Ning Shu's smile to completely stiffen and her hair to rise on end.

"Thank you for looking after the family." An You squeezed Ning Shu's hand.

"Father, Mother missed you so much that she even fell ill, but she got better the moment you came back," said An Lingyun sweetly.

An You looked over at his daughter, then recalled about Princess Mingzhu and said to everyone as explanation, "This is Princess Mingzhu. She's the daughter of Prince Yan and next to her's the little prince."

The moment everyone heard this, they quickly knelt down to salute her. Princess Mingzhu hastily said, "Everyone, there's no need to stand on ceremony. Seeing you guys, my heart's filled with envy and yearning. I hope to become a part of this family."

Ning Shu: …

Old Madame Shen Shi's facial color changed drastically. Originally she had thought that this was just an ordinary citizen that was rescued from the civilian uprising, but unexpectedly it was actually an imperial princess of the third rank. She had actually rode on the same horse as her son? She showed no knowledge of the proper distance between men and women.

"Princess Mingzhu will be staying in this residence for the time being." After An You said that, he turned around and said to Princess Mingzhu, "You can just treat this residence as your home from now on."

When An Lingyun saw her father treating Princess Mingzhu so well, she stomped her feet childishly. "Father doesn't love Lingyun anymore and only likes this princess now."

Ning Shu berated An Lingyun. "Don't be so rude towards the princess."

"It's fine," Princess Mingzhu hastily said. "I really envy you guys. When I see you guys, I can't help but recall my relatives in Cloud Province. They're already no longer in this world."

An Lingyun immediately responded sympathetically, "It's okay. From now on, I'll be your good friend."

Princess Mingzhu nodded with a touched smile. She glanced towards An You and An You smiled back at her.

Ning Shu looked at Princess Mingzhu. She had a quiet and elegant beauty, was lively and poetic, gentle and beautiful, delicate yet strong, and courageous and determined.

Everything beautiful seemed to have been added to her, but it still couldn't cover up the things she did.

The group respectfully welcomed Princess Mingzhu into the general's residence. Ning Shu saw that An You kept consoling Princess Mingzhu this entire time, and even An Lingyun and An Yu kept hovering around Princess Mingzhu.

Ning Shu just watched without saying anything. When she looked to the side and saw that the old madame's brows were tightly furrowed, she smiled faintly. There were some things that she refused to have to deal with on her own.

An You specially had a courtyard made open for Princess Mingzhu and added a lot of good things to the courtyard for the sake of giving Princess Mingzhu a sense of familial warmth.

An You came to look for Ning Shu to have her take out some money to make the courtyard as comfortable as possible. After all, Princess Mingzhu was an imperial princess.

Ning Shu barely stopped herself from rolling her eyes. She was deeply concerned that there was something wrong with An You's brain. He actually insisted on bringing such an ancestor here to cause the family so much trouble.

It was such a childish gesture. Why in the world did An You feel like he was duty bound to look after Princess Mingzhu?

Since she was an imperial princess, she should just stay in the imperial palace properly instead of staying in a subject's place during this time of mourning.

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Chapter 762: A Pure White Lotus, This Great Buddha

Perhaps Princess Mingzhu truly didn't know about these things. In Cloud Province, Prince Yan was the sky. Princess Mingzhu had lived the life of a true princess. No one ever demanded anything of her, so her life was simple and perfect.

After this misfortune happened to her family, Princess Mingzhu chose to still remain simple.

This was just a pure white lotus, pure to the point that she didn't know how the world worked and didn't know shame.

Ning Shu smiled very virtuously as she said, "Lingyun's the one managing the residence now, so if there's anything, you should talk to her. This wife feels that Lingyun's no longer a child anymore, so this wife had her start learning to manage the residence."

An You nodded, then left to find An Lingyun.

After that, An Lingyun very generously took out a huge sum of money and even went with Princess Mingzhu to buy things, saying that there was no need to be polite.

When Ning Shu found out about this, she just smiled faintly. She was practically unreadably calm like she was just watching a show.

Old Madame's facial color wasn't great, but she couldn't really say anything. After all, could she possibly refuse to give the money? What if they ended up being accused of not treating an imperial princess well? What if it ended up making the empress dowager displeased?

Not everyone was like Princess Mingzhu and didn't have to care about the eyes of the world.

Since her own son invited back this great Buddha, even if she had to suck back her tears, she still had to kneel and worship properly.

Speaking of which, it was also ironic. She was clearly an imperial princess, but the general's residence actually had to take care of her. In addition, the emperor and empress dowager hadn't given the general's residence any compensation either.

Prince Yan's funeral wasn't held and Prince Yan's coffin was never brought back to the capital. All of these issues faded out with time. Princess Mingzhu didn't even burn any paper money for her father and her deceased relatives in Cloud Province.

It was all romance and love. A princess of the imperial family wept endlessly, wanting to be the pet of an old man, wanting to become the mistress of an old man.

After an entire day's busy work, Princess Mingzhu's little courtyard was finally more presentable.

Ning Shu called An Lingyun, who had played almost crazedly today, to her. As she looked at this young girl who was beautiful as a delicate butterfly, her heart was completely cold and indifferent.

"Mother, did you need me for something?" asked An Lingyun.

Ning Shu exhorted, "Prepare vegetarian dishes tonight. Princess Mingzhu just lost her family and must mourn for them. Lingyun, you're already a grown lady now, there's some things that you should already know."

In the ancient era, filial piety was extremely important. Of all virtues, filial piety was the most important and it was by filial piety that a person's moral conduct was measured. Families that were strict would even prohibit lust during mourning. If a child was born during the mourning period, it'd become a great stain on an official's track record.

From this standpoint, in reality, Princess Mingzhu was a very heartless person to actually have illicit sexual relations with a man during the mourning period. Wonder if Prince Yan would be angry?

However, the innocent and naive Princess Mingzhu wouldn't know these things.

This was just a world for romance, so there was no need to mind these fine details.

"When you have free time, consult your grandmother more. Your grandmother is a very impressive woman," said Ning Shu mildly.

An Lingyun nodded, then went to arrange it.

During dinner.

Old Madame Shen Shi looked at the table full of vegetables, then asked Ning Shu, "Today's not the fifteenth, so why are we eating vegetarian dishes?"

The old madame believed in Buddhism, so on the fifteenth of every month, she'd only eat vegetarian food in order to pray that An You who was often out on campaigns would be safe. At the same time, she hoped to help atone for An You's crimes of blood and avoid calamity.

Her longtime custom had suddenly been interrupted, so she was very unhappy.

However, Ning Shu said, "Mother, Princess Mingzhu is currently in her mourning period so it's truly not suitable for her to have dishes with generous amounts of meat and fish."

At this time, Princess Mingzhu had just walked in, holding the little prince's hand. When she heard what Ning Shu said, she was very touched. "Madame, thank you for taking me into consideration, but I want to become part of this big family, so there's no need for everyone to hold back on my account."

Ning Shu: Hahaha.

Ning Shu could clearly see the old madame's face darken. Shen Shi looked at the pitiful-looking and pure Princess Mingzhu. Inwardly, she was very uncomfortable with the fact that a person who was in her mourning period for her family was actually staying in someone else's home.

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Chapter 763: The Same as Princess Mingzhu

Based on Princess Mingzhu's status, no matter how one looked at it, it wasn't appropriate for her to stay in the general's residence. Not only was there the difference between a monarch and a subject, there was the difference between men and women as well as her unmarried female reputation.

They were clearly taking her into consideration and had especially made vegetarian dishes so that she could show filial piety towards her family, but she was actually saying that they didn't need to hold back on her account.

Even though the deceased required proper honor! Old Madame Shen's facial muscles trembled as she forced down overwhelming feelings of annoyance and disgust.

"Princess, you don't like the food I've prepared for you?" An Lingyun felt a little wronged. She had specially prepared this for Princess Mingzhu and Princess Mingzhu's parents had passed away.

Princess Mingzhu hastily explained in a touched tone, "That's not it, Lingyun, do you know how touched I am? But I want to be like you guys, I don't want to be treated specially like an outsider. I want to become part of your family. Your family is so warm. There's an amiable grandmother, an outstanding father, and a noble and dignified mother."

An Lingyun immediately forgave Princess Mingzhu and An Yu also added, "Don't worry about anything while staying here. We'll take good care of you."

An You walked in, dressed in water blue garments, and said, "Everyone, there's no need to worry about Princess Mingzhu all the time. Just treat her as a member of the family. There's no need to exclude her or give her special treatment. Allow her to feel the warmth of a family."

"General." Princess Mingzhu looked towards An You infatuatedly, her eyes filled with emotion. However, when she saw the composed and dignified madame, she started feeling sorry for herself again. He already had a wife, a noble and dignified wife.

However, she couldn't help but long for his warmth. She wanted to be enveloped in his warmth. God, please just allow her to enjoy the general's warmth a little more. Heavens, please forgive her greed.

When the old madame heard what her son said, her brows furrowed so much they could practically suffocate.

On the other hand, Ning Shu was laughing inside. An You looked old, but inwardly he was completely immature. He never got guidance from a fatherly figure and had never felt much burden from responsibility. His mother was indulgent and his wife yielded to him, so in reality, he never had to face much harshness from the world.

Essentially, he was the same as Princess Mingzhu.

He embarked on a campaign to flee from his own feelings, but how could someone who was burdened with love problems focus on the battles seriously? He completely disregarded the trail of accumulating solder bones behind him.

He, who had triumphed in every battle, actually lost this time. The humiliation in addition to the emotional torment drove him to commit suicide, but in the end, Princess Mingzhu rushed over just in time and he decided to live again.

Then he ran back saying that he wanted to be with Princess Mingzhu.

Ning Shu only wanted to ask, how's your face? How in the world is your face so thick?

An You was just an elderly that knew no shame, a husband that knew no loyalty, a father that deserved no respect, a son that was not filial, and a subject that had no intelligence. He was a man that was the definition of gold and jade on the outside, shabby material on the inside.

It wasn't possible to see during normal times, but as soon as some things happened, his true character would become revealed in its full entirely. There was for example, this matter of Princess Mingzhu. He displayed complete lack of intelligence.

Ning Shu said, "The princess has a high and noble status. How could she ever be like us?"

"I can, why can't I? I want to become friends with everyone, we're all equal," said Princess Mingzhu firmly.

Jesus ah. Ning Shu was completely speechless.

An Yu's gaze as he looked at Princess Mingzhu grew even brighter while An Lingyun's expression filled with adoration. Ning Shu narrowed her eyes as she looked at her children. It seemed that she needed to do a little something.

Everyone sat down, but the atmosphere was very strange. Old Madame Shen Shi's facial color was very poor, but An You didn't notice at all and just looked on with a smile as his children chatted happily with Princess Mingzhu.

Ning Shu saw that the old madame's hand was trembling with anger as she clenched her chopsticks. It was clearly taking a lot for her to endure this.

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Chapter 764: Such Admirable Love Ah!

Ning Shu glanced over at the little prince who was sitting next to Princess Mingzhu. The little prince was very thin and his face was filled with exhaustion. Even as he ate, it seemed like he had the will but not the strength. He hadn't said a word since he had entered the general's residence.

However, Princess Mingzhu didn't notice any of that. In her heart there was only love, and love.

She exhorted the little prince every day that he needed to restore the glory Prince Yan's residence, but she never thought about the fact that her own actions would ruin the little prince's future. During her time of mourning she had illicit sexual relations with a man and gone to the battlefield on her won despite being a woman. She was clearly an imperial princess but she insisted on becoming someone's mistress. With an older sister like this, the little prince would have to face all sorts of strange looks.

This humiliation would be branded onto him for an entire lifetime.

So such admirable love ah!

Ning Shu ate very little at this meal. After the meal, everyone headed back to their own courtyards. Princess Mingzhu kept looking at An You infatuatedly. When An You saw her like this, something in his heart stirred like something had broken out. His heart filled with great joy but also intense uneasiness. He said hoarsely, "Princess, rest well."

After obtaining this sentence, Princess Mingzhu reacted like she had just obtained the entire world and happily took the little prince's hand to walk back to her courtyard.

Perhaps An You had truly been only treating Princess Mingzhu like a daughter, but he couldn't resist the fact that such a wonderful woman admired and had feelings for him. Compared to the dignified and imposing Wei Lingxian, Princess Mingzhu's naivety and purity gave him a completely different stimulation.

An You followed Ning Shu back to her courtyard. When Ning Shu saw that An You seemed to want to go to bed with her, she completely fell apart.

Neither of them spoke, so the atmosphere was a little awkward. Finally, Ning Shu said, "Husband, you must be tired. You should rest early."

Fortunately, An You also didn't seem to have any intentions of tumbling with her and just lay down next to her.

Ning Shu sighed in relief. Good thing they didn't have to tumble. This was someone else's husband after all, not her husband. Although this body was his wife's, the soul was still hers.

She was only here to complete the tasks. After completing the tasks, she would be leaving this world, so she didn't have the right to use this body to do things that were unreasonable.

For example, consider this messed up situation. If one day your mother and your girlfriend swapped souls and only OOXX would fix this situation. Would you OOXX your mother's body which contains your girlfriend's soul, or OOXX your girlfriend's body which contains your mother's soul?

It would be a very difficult choice, because both choices were morally wrong.

Ning Shu flipped over so that her back faced An You. She had been thinking hard about how to complete this task this entire time. She had been feeling pretty lost ever since she entered this world because there was no clear goal for her to work towards.

She really had no idea what the original host wanted, so it left her very bewildered.

Ning Shu scratched her head a bit, then took a deep breath to calm down and tried putting herself in Wei Lingxian's shoes.

What if she was Wei Lingxian, an authentic woman of the feudal era who followed the Confucian morals and obey in turn three men: father, husband, and son? In this era, society placed a lot of bindings on women and required for women to be faithful until death. This type of thinking was deeply rooted in Wei Lingxian's beliefs.

In that case, a divorce wasn't possible. A woman who was divorced by the husband in this society would have to endure enormous pressure. Some women would even feel too humiliated to keep living and choose to commit suicide.

That was why no matter how deeply An You had hurt her, An You was still Wei Lingxian's husband.

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Chapter 765: A Woman's Thoughts is as Hard to Pinpoint As a Needle in a Haystack

Ning Shu's heart was filled with curses. How did she end up with a task like this? She wasn't truly a woman of the feudal era so no matter how she tried to put herself in Wei Lingxian's shoes, she was still a bit biased.

However, she didn't want to presumptuously give another result that the original host couldn't accept. After all, as a person of the modern era, Ning Shu's opinion was:

Fricking just kick An You until his tool broke, then ripped apart that white lotus Mary Sue bitch, get divorced and enjoy the rest of her life free and unfettered, or find a new man that truly loved her!

However, the environment didn't allow for that.

Moreover, finding another man wouldn't be that easy and the likelihood of finding one that truly loved Wei Lingxian, who had gone through a divorce, was very minute. It wasn't that Wei Lingxian wasn't good, but because this was what the era was like.

That was why she had to preserve her position as the main wife. She couldn't make any mistakes and had to keep the public opinion on her side.

Then there was Wei Lingxian's children. Ning Shu didn't even know how to treat them. These two kids were undoubtably white-eyed wolves. They were both on Princess Mingzhu's side and for Princess Mingzhu, even criticized their own mother.

Ning Shu was completely disappointed by these two children, but they were flesh from Wei Lingxian's body, children that Wei Lingxian had happily worked hard to raise.

Protecting one's children was maternal instinct. No matter how deeply these two kids hurt Wei Lingxian, would Wei Lingxian really be willing to see the task-taker bully her children without the slightest scruple?

It was alright for a parent to scold and punish their own children, but other people weren't allowed to touch them.

Back when she was counterattacking for the empress, she had changed the little boy's fate and allowed the little boy to become emperor. Empress Xiao Xiao had even given her an empress halo for it, so it was evident that children were very important to most women.

Blood ties weren't things that could be cut.

Fuck. She really felt like dying.

What the heck was with this task?

"2333, what kind of task is this?" Ning Shu directed the anger that suddenly surged up towards 2333, "How many times have you already trolled me!?"

2333: …

"These sorts of tasks are random, so it really doesn't have anything to do with me," said 2333. "Just do your best to figure out what Wei Lingxian's thinking."

"Then what do you think Wei Lingxian wishes for?" asked Ning Shu.

2333 immediately fled. "I'm just a system, how could I possibly understand how humans think? Especially when it's a woman."

Ning Shu: Fuck.

Chapter 766: I Know that I'm in the Wrong, But I Won't Change

Ning Shu was kept up all night by these worries and yanked out quite a lot of hair. She was still stuck on the question of what meaning was there in a woman's life. They get married, give birth to children, and labored for the family, but these men didn't even care about these things in the slightest.

After they encountered their true love, they would immediately forget all these years of mutual support.

What was so bad about just having a nice stable life? Why'd he insist on being 'unable to restrain his emotions' and causing so much chaos?

Wait, a nice stable life?

A streak of realization flashed through Ning Shu's heart. That was right, Wei Lingxian hated Princess Mingzhu the most because Princess Mingzhu's appearance caused everyone in the general's residence to fall into mad hysteria. Love and hate went entirely out of control.

The father didn't act like a father and the son didn't act like a son. The father and son even fought over the same woman.

The entire general's residence had been ruined because of this woman.

What Wei Lingxian wanted the most was to return to the days before Princess Mingzhu had come. Those ordinary, but stable days.

Although she had to work hard to support the general's residence and had to worry about An You who was out on campaigns, during those days, Wei Lingxian's heart was peaceful and calm.

All that women wished for was a family. A stable place to call home.

Those were the most beautiful days to Wei Lingxian.

Ning Shu gave a long exhale. Her heart finally settled down since she had figured out what to work towards.

"Why are you still awake?" An You's voice came from next to her.

Ning Shu shifted towards the side a little. "General, this wife is worried about An Yu."

"What's there to worry about?" An You's voice was hoarse due to sleepiness.

Ning Shu felt seriously speechless. "An Yu's already seventeen. He's almost reached the age of marriage and having children, but he still has no occupation nor any record of accomplishments. This wife recalls that you had already been to the battlefield by the age of seventeen."

An You replied, "That's indeed true."

Ning Shu said, "That's why this wife was thinking if it was possible to find An Yu something to do. He likes practicing martial arts, so this wife was thinking about having him join the army."

"Join the army? You can bear to do that? Mother probably won't agree," said An You.

It's not my kid, why wouldn't I bear to do it?

Ning Shu was silent, so An Yu said that he would consider it.

The next day, during breakfast, An Yu talked to Old Madame about having An Yu join the army. The old madame didn't agree. If he joined the army, she would barely be able to see him once every couple months. She'd miss her grandson too much.

Meanwhile, An Yu clearly hadn't expected for his father to suddenly have him join the army.

An Yu looked towards the gentle Princess Mingzhu.

Princess Mingzhu had covered her mouth in shock. She said to An You, "It's really dangerous to join the army. Why are you having An Yu join the army?"

Ning Shu smiled gracefully and said slowly in a dignified tone, "Men have a duty to guard the home and defend the country, as well as pursue their own great aspirations. Princess, why can't An Yu join the army?"

Princess Mingzhu's eyes widened in shock as she looked at Ning Shu. "But An Yu is your son! How can you be this indifferent to whether he lives or dies?"

Princess Mingzhu's brows were tightly furrowed and the exclamation 'how can you be so coldblooded' was written all over her face.

The old madame's face filled with displeasure that was directed towards Ning Shu. The old madame had gotten old. She no longer had the decisiveness of youth. Back when she was young, hadn't she also hardened her heart to force An You out onto the battlefield, which was how he became a first rank general?

Fudge, but the way Princess Mingzhu said things made it seem like she wanted An Yu to immediately go die. Ning Shu looked at Princess Mingzhu. Her casual actions and words were all capable of causing enormous disagreements and sharp opposition.

Was she truly innocent? Or was she actually purposefully manipulating people's opinions to hurt others?

Ning Shu just wanted to have An Yu leave the general's residence so that he wouldn't end up fighting with his dad over a woman.

Ning Shu looked towards An Yu and asked, "An Yu, what do you think? Didn't you want to become a heroic man like your father?"

An Yu looked towards Princess Mingzhu, but Princess Mingzhu was looking at An You.

Ning Shu was pretty dumbfounded to see An Yu like this. Princess Mingzhu had only arrived at the general's residence yesterday, but An Yu had already become like this.

Princess Mingzhu's charm was seriously nothing to sneer at. She looked gentle and fragile, which was the type that aroused men's pity and cherishment the most.

An Yu said, "Allow this son to think about it."

Ning Shu didn't say anything else. She really didn't want to deal with these two kids, especially when she recalled what happened during the original storyline. It was seriously stifling.

Every time one little thing happened to Princess Mingzhu, everyone would immediately criticize the original host.

Princess Mingzhu was always like, I know that I'm in the wrong, but I won't change. What we have is true love, it's not wrong. Then she'd try to use apologies to smooth out all the damage she inflicted.

In reality, just thinking about it was terrifying. You couldn't avoid her because she would repeatedly come to confess and apologize to you. She'd voice her remorse again and again and innocently, relentlessly, cut your heart up.

During the entire breakfast, the old madame's facial color wasn't good. She made no attempts to conceal it and allowed her displeasure to show right on her face for Ning Shu to see.

The old madame unusually didn't show such an attitude towards her daughter-in-law, so it was clear that she was extremely unhappy this time.

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Chapter 767: Send Him Away, Send Him Away!

After breakfast, Ning Shu followed the old madame to her room. The old madame sat down and ignored Ning Shu to start drinking tea.

Ning Shu walked over and helped refill the old madame's teacup, then said mildly, "Mother is angry with Daughter-in-law's decision to send An Yu to the army."

The old madame humphed.

Ning Shu didn't mind the old madame's displeasure and continued, "This daughter-in-law would like to say something that comes from the heart. Mother, you should know what this daughter-in-law is like. This daughter-in-law has called you mother for almost twenty years, you're like this daughter-in-law's birth mother. This daughter-in-law has only chosen to do this because there was no other choice."

The old madame's expression loosened up slightly, and she finally asked reluctantly, "What reason requires you to send An Yu to the military?"

Ning Shu pressed her lips together worriedly, then said, "Everyone in the general's residence is of subject status in comparison to Princess Mingzhu who's a monarch. Furthermore, the princess has yet to wed. If her reputation is damaged in the general's residence and the empress dowager blames us, how is the general's residence to withstand it? An Yu and Princess Mingzhu's ages are similar. An upright gentleman should take the initiative to avoid causing controversy, especially since Princess Mingzhu is still in the mourning period for her family. If something like this spreads, it'd be a terrible scandal. Daughter-in-law is only doing this as a precaution."

As Ning Shu spoke, her face filled with helpless heartache. "An Yu is this daughter-in-law's son, flesh from this daughter-in-law's body. How could this daughter-in-law not feel heartache in sending him away? But this is for the residence's sake, and also for the sake of tempering An Yu. This daughter-in-law wasn't able to sleep the entire night due to worry about this. After considering things at length, this seemed to be the only way."

The old madame furrowed her brows and continuously rolled her clutch between her hands as she contemplated things. She had evidently come to understand the likely consequences.

Finally, she rapped the floor with her clutch. "Then let's go with this."

The old madame had An You send An Yu to the military as quickly as possible, and she even wanted him to be sent to the Profit Province army which was quite a distance away from the capital.

Profit Province's military was the most formidable out of all the troops. All the troops there were skilled fearless veterans and wily old foxes. If An Yu, this little pretty boy went there and didn't work hard, he'd probably end up suffering a lot.

An You indicated to have An Yu be placed in the capital's cavalry, that way he could look after him a little. However, Ning Shu insisted for An Yu to be sent to Profit Province. After all, if he's in the capital, they'd be able to see each other all the fudging time. How could that be allowed?

The old madame glanced at Princess Mingzhu, then saw that her grandson's gaze as he looked at Princess Mingzhu was obviously very different, and so she immediately nodded to this. She waved her hand; send him away, send him away!

If they dragged things on any longer, something bad might actually happen.

Ning Shu did this completely on purpose. She wanted to make An Yu suffer. Who asked for him to take his mother's care for granted? White-eyed wolf.

An Yu didn't even have a chance to say goodbye before he was bundled up and sent away. Perhaps in his heart, he had some hazy feelings towards this Princess Mingzhu who he had seen a couple times.

But even if there were some feelings, she'd frickin' make sure they were all grinded away.

An Yu won't die. After all, he was a supporting male lead. But even if he didn't die, he'd probably still lose a couple layers of skin.

The moment An Yu left, Ning Shu felt much lighter. She looked towards the beautiful and pure Princess Mingzhu and smiled, especially when she heard Princess Mingzhu ask, "Why didn't you see An Yu off?"

Ning Shu's smile became even more dignified. "Princess must not be aware of this, but if us womenfolk go to see him off, the military men of Profit Province will look down on An Yu and target him even more."

Princess Mingzhu's expression was filled with disapproval. "Since you know that those people don't have good intentions, why did you still insist on sending An Yu there?"

Ning Shu: …

There was no way to communicate.

A while after An Yu left, Ning Shu discovered that An You was a little off. He would often stare into space, then show an expression of frustration and suffering. Otherwise he'd reveal an insuppressible expression of sweetness.

Ning Shu knew that some things would inevitably come, like it or not. This was the storyline, it was impossible to fight against it. What she had to do was just to do her best to minimize the damage.

She had to make sure the general's residence didn't end up falling apart, so she chose to save the two children and give up on An You.

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Chapter 768: This Wasn't a Matter of Money!

Meanwhile, An Lingyun and Princess Mingzhu quickly became good friends. Since An Lingyun was now managing the household, she often took out some money to go shopping with Princess Mingzhu.

When Princess Mingzhu lived in Cloud Province, she lived a very wealthy lifestyle, so she had very high quality taste. The things she took a liking to were all very expensive and rare, so An Lingyun also started following her example and also started spending a lot.

When Old Madame happened to check the ledgers, she was given a huge shock and hastily went to tell Ning Shu.

Ning Shu looked at the ledger, then looked towards An Lingyun who was shifting in place uneasily. Princess Mingzhu was also standing next to An Lingyun with a pitiful expression.

"Lingyun, where did all this money go? You're in charge of managing the household, so you possess control over the livelihoods of everyone in the general's residence. Using this money means that the people in this residence might not be able to eat." Ning Shu spoke in a gentle tone.

An Lingyun wrung the handkerchief she was holding with her head lowered.

"What happened?" asked An You as he walked in.

The moment An You walked in, Princess Mingzhu's gaze never left him. An You met her gaze, then immediately looked away. A dim expression then appeared on Princess Mingzhu's face. It caused An You's heart to ache faintly with pain, but he forced himself to endure it.

Ning Shu told An You about what happened today. An You frowned but didn't say anything.

Ning Shu then said, "Lingyun, you should be recording the purpose every time you take out some money. What did you use this money to buy? You're no longer a child, you can't be so willful."

When Princess Mingzhu saw that her good friend was being scolded, she abruptly fell to her knees. Her kneel caused everyone present to freeze in shock.

Ning Shu was the first to snap out of it and she immediately dropped to her knees. After a moment of hesitation, the old madame also knelt down. An You saw that even his mother had knelt down, so he knelt down as well.

An Lingyun looked completely bewildered, but since everyone in the room was kneeling, she knelt down too.

"Princess Mingzhu, please forgive us. You're a princess, how can you kneel to us? We truly cannot afford to take this," said Ning Shu. "If the empress dowager finds out that you suffered grievances in the general's residence, the entire residence would suffer punishment, so please Princess, forgive us."

When Princess Mingzhu saw that An You was kneeling in front of her, she felt her heart clench with pain. Was this the distance between her and her sky god?

She didn't care about the fact that she was a princess at all. Even if she had to be like nothing but a cat or dog, as long as she could stay by his side, she'd be happy. However, he had a magnificent wife, a son and a daughter, and a residence filled with warmth that she could only long for.

Princess Mingzhu felt like her words were stuck in her throat. In the end, she finally said, "Madame, please don't blame Lingyun. Lingyun had gone out with me. If it's because of money, I'm willing to take out my money, so please don't blame Lingyun."

The hell? This wasn't a matter of money. This ma'am is educating her daughter, what the fudge did it have to do with you?

Based on Ning Shu's usual explosive temper, she would've already gotten out a whip to start whipping people, but in this task, she had to maintain her calm and avoid falling into the same situation of crazed anger and depression that the original host had ended up in.

When An Lingyun heard Princess Mingzhu plea for leniency for her sake, she was very touched. Meanwhile, An You couldn't tear his eyes away from Princess Mingzhu. He felt like this woman was the kindest and most unaffected woman he had ever seen.

But… Between them, there were too many things. Taking one step forward would destroy everything.

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Chapter 769: Voices From the Shadows

And so, this matter ended up being dropped. An You personally spoke and said that this wasn't something to worry about and that it wasn't a huge deal to buy some things for Princess Mingzhu.

When Ning Shu heard this, she inwardly scoffed. Did the entire freakin' residence owe Princess Mingzhu something? If she said anything in disagreement right now, would rumors spread tomorrow that the general's residence was mistreating an orphan?

Fudge. It was seriously infuriating, so irritating, but she still had to maintain a calm smile. The calmness halo sent a wave of cool energy into her heart which made her mood completely flip.

Meanwhile, the old madame was so infuriated that her entire body was trembling, but An You, despite being her son, didn't notice at all.

Ning Shu originally wanted to join forces with the old madame and take advantage of this time before the situation worsened to exterminate Princess Mingzhu to preserve the general's residence.

Opposing Princess Mingzhu was actually tantamount to opposing the entire imperial clan, so it'd take strategy.

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However, the little prince suddenly fell sick and fainted in the classroom. This time, Princess Mingzhu went crazy. The little prince was the future of Prince Yan's residence. She cried heartbrokenly for an imperial physician to come save her younger brother.

When Ning Shu saw Princess Mingzhu wailing heartbrokenly like the sky was falling, she couldn't help but roll her eyes. This girl barely looked after her younger brother most of the time. They had been rushing about the entire way back to the capital from Cloud Province, but as soon as they got here, she had the little prince enrolled in the imperial family school.

She only knew to tell the little prince that he had to revive the reputation of Prince Yan's residence. On Mingzhu's birthday, the little prince didn't go to school and went to buy a present for his older sister, but he ended up getting beaten by Mingzhu.

After things were explained, Mingzhu then hugged the little prince and apologized while crying.

Wonder how big the traumatic shadow inside the little prince's heart was?

The imperial physician diagnosed that the little prince had caught a cold. Colds were infectious and in the ancient era, were capable of taking lives. When An You saw how hurt and in despair Mingzhu was, he ignored the old madame's opposition and insisted on staying behind to look after the little prince.

An You was so vigorous about it. His own mother had probably never enjoyed such treatment when she fell ill.

Hence, An You started staying in Princess Mingzhu's courtyard all day every day. The two had affection for each other from the start. After this period of time while the little prince was ill, the two almost broke through the last barrier.

Even though they didn't, their gestures still contained the honey sweetness of lovers.

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Ning Shu felt that there was a need to have a good talk with her daughter about the money issue.

After eating dinner, Ning Shu went on a walk with An Lingyun. Ning Shu looked over at An Lingyun's sweet and delicate face. The original host truly spoiled her children, causing them to grow up so ignorant of the ways of the world. With the influence of the main lead halo added on, they lost all ability to think logically.

Ning Shu had seen many brainless idiots kneel down to the halo.

Right now, she didn't know how to communicate with An Lingyun. Lecturing her would only cause her to rebel, but if she was gentle, An Lingyun would never remember. People didn't know pain when the stick wasn't hitting their own body.

An Lingyun and Ning Shu just kept walking silently. As they were walking through the rock garden, they heard voices from the shadows. Ning Shu stopped walking and had An Lingyun stay quiet.

It seemed to be An You's voice: "There are many things that we can indulge ourselves in, but there are many things that we can not! To me, you're too perfect, too beautiful, and also too young, too noble. You're a princess of the imperial family and I'm already past forty, with wife and children. I have no way of giving you a perfect, flawless love. Even though I have no way to give it to you, I still indulged myself and gave you hope. I truly deserve to die!"

Princess Mingzhu was in great anguish: "You've returned to your original world again. All of your responsibilities, family, identity, and status, they've all come back to surround you again.

"Don't worry, I have at least this bit of pride. I won't continue to bother you!"

"What are you saying?" An You's handsome face was filled with pain. He grabbed her wrist and shook her as he said, "You truly don't understand my feelings. Right now, I'm not worried about myself, I'm worried about you! Your future, your prospects! Those are much more important than my affairs. Just because I love someone, doesn't mean I have the right to ruin her!"

Princess Mingzhu's eyes filled with sparkling light.

She laughed even as tears overflowed her eyes. Her voice trembled as she said, "I'm already very satisfied to be able to hear you say that you love me. You've said the word love. You've voiced your true feelings, that's enough."

#comment: If only I wasn't translating this passionate speech for the hate targets.

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Chapter 770: My Master, My Lord, My God, My Faith!

"An You, I love you too! I'll forever remember how we first met. You soared over on horseback, descending from the sky like a god to save me. From that day on, in my heart, you became my master, my lord, my god, my faith, all that I feel and all that I see! I can't do anything about it, this is all that fills my heart! So, if you want me to keep a distance from you, that's alright! If you want me to control my gaze, that's alright too! You want me to stop talking to you as much as possible, I will do so. But there's one thing you have no right to control, nor have any ability to control, and that's my heart!"

Princess Mingzhu looked towards An You, her eyes filled with love and tears. Her pupils seemed to burn with scorching light and determination. "The love I've given, I'll never take back, nor will I repent. Even if this love was just a game to you, to me, it's everlasting!"

An You's pupils trembled slightly as he looked at Princess Mingzhu. He was too touched. After these words, he couldn't bring himself to say anything. Compared to her decisiveness and determination, he seemed so lacking in comparison! He felt so inferior in front of her. Contained in these feelings of inferiority and very intense pain, there was the extremely sorrowful love. This love was something he had never felt before in this lifetime.

An You stared at Princess Mingzhu. Underneath the illumination of the moon, her cheeks shone with a hazy pearl-like glow. Her face was filled with passion and despair. An You couldn't speak, he couldn't think. He was completely astounded and captivated.

He possessed such sincere, pure, and intense love. He was terrified, but also delighted.

Ning Shu: …

My master, my lord, my god, my faith.

What the frick was all of that? After hearing what Princess Mingzhu said, Ning Shu felt a toothache so bad it felt like her teeth no longer existed.

This degree of shamelessness once again refreshed Ning Shu's view of the world.

"They-, they!" An Lingyun pointed at the two. Ning Shu looked over and saw that An You and Mingzhu had come together and were now kissing.

Ning Shu pulled An Lingyun, who was frozen in shock, away from this scene and to her room.

An Lingyun was so angry that her face was ashen. "How could Mingzhu do this? How could she snatch Father away? I've always been thinking of her as my sister-in-law!"

Ning Shu's facial color darkened and An Lingyun immediately shut her mouth. However, her face was filled with indignance. Indignance that Mingzhu had deceived her.

Ning Shu took in An Lingyun's behavior. Despite what just happened, An Lingyun didn't say a single word about how it was unfair towards her mother.

How was she supposed to save a child like this?

It was seriously the scariest to encounter na?ve and stupid people like this. They hurt people the deepest.

She felt exhausted.

Chapter 771: I'm Defeated

Ning Shu never thought that the two would confess their feelings for each other so soon. How long has it been? Princess Mingzhu had only come to the general's residence for about a month.

However, this was already enough for the two's feelings for each other to ignite to the point that they couldn't control themselves.

An You clearly knew about his responsibilities, identity, and status, but he still continued on without any second thoughts. He no longer tried to suppress the surging feelings in his heart and threw himself into this passionate love like a moth to flames.

As for Princess Mingzhu, there wasn't even any need to elaborate. Her god, her lord, her master had responded to her feelings. It was enough to make her go mad with happiness.

As a spectator, Ning Shu seriously couldn't figure out how these two people's love was touching. She only felt very disgusted.

She seriously couldn't understand how their love ended up getting everyone's admiration and acceptance. Did logic get eaten by a dog?

An Lingyun was very angry about the fact that Princess Mingzhu had deceived her, so whenever she saw Princess Mingzhu, she avoided her.

When she saw that Princess Mingzhu's face was flushed beautifully in happiness, her anger completely exploded.

When Princess Mingzhu saw that her good friend was treating her like this, her happiness at getting her feelings returned faded slightly.

She wanted to get everyone's blessings, especially since An Lingyun was An You's daughter.

Princess Mingzhu blocked An Lingyun's way while weeping. "Lingyun, why are you treating me like this? Did I do something wrong? If I did something wrong, please tell me. When you ignore me like this, I feel really sad. Really really sad. I don't want to lose a friend like you, so please, tell me."

An Lingyun pushed Princess Mingzhu's hand off her wrist and said coldly, "Princess, I always thought of you as my friend. I never thought that you actually liked my father!"

Princess Mingzhu's face filled with shock and dejection when she heard An Lingyun reveal the secret she had been suffering so much to keep hidden. She shook her head with a pained expression. "Lingyun, I don't want to lie to you. I truly couldn't control myself. Before I knew it, these feelings had sprouted and only sank their roots ever deeper. My feelings towards your father are already too strong for me to suppress and control. Even if ahead was an abyss of ten thousand feet, I'd still jump down without hesitation."

An Lingyun was stunned. "You-."

"But, my mother." An Lingyun's face was filled with conflicted feelings. That was her father, her mother's husband!

Princess Mingzhu grabbed An Lingyun's hand and said humbly, "Lingyun, ever since I arrived, I've never thought of wanting to destroy your family. I just want to stay at your dad's side and look on from afar. Just looking from afar is enough for me."

An Lingyun couldn't get any words out. As she looked at Princess Mingzhu's pure and beautiful face, the teardrops that hung on her eyelashes pitifully, her heart softened. "I'm seriously defeated."

Princess Mingzhu immediately started smiling through her tears. She grabbed An Lingyun's hand happily. "Lingyun, thank you for forgiving me! Thank you!"

"I'm just awed." An Lingyun shook her head helplessly.

Ning Shu, who had witnessed all of this from a nearby corridor, clutched at her heart. She almost coughed a mouthful of blood.

The girl wants to become your stepmom ah! How can you forgive her so easily?

When she saw that the two girls were now walking together holding hands again, the veins on her forehead pulsed hard. Seriously, what kind of skin did Princess Mingzhu have on her face for her to be able to say these kinds of things without flushing?

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Chapter 772: Required Allies

She was stealing someone else's husband with such an innocent helpless expression like justice didn't allow her to look back.

Did An Lingyun possess no ability to tell right from wrong?

It was seriously infuriating! Ning Shu hammered at her chest. Truly, the longer you lived, the more you saw.

"Madame?" Zhu Er looked at Ning Shu worriedly. "Madame, are you alright?"

"I'm fine, go find the old madame." Ning Shu coughed. She had to talk to the old madame.

What she needed to do was to protect the entire general's residence, not destroy it. The residence was already like a little boat getting tossed around by a storm, she couldn't sink the boat just to get revenge on a couple people. The general's residence was Wei Lingxian's life.

That was why she had to find allies, and the old madame would be a strong one.

The old madame lost her husband and had to support her entire family herself. She raised An You to be an outstanding man and even found him a virtuous wife like Wei Lingxian so that An You could work towards his aspirations without having to worry about the home.

The old madame was the most skilled at manipulating people's hearts. All these past years, she had barely ever gotten into an argument with Wei Lingxian. The reason for this aside from Wei Lingxian's natural virtues and filial respect was because the old madame never got involved with affairs between An You and Wei Lingxian.

Even though An You didn't take any mistresses, the old madame didn't show any disapproval, which set Wei Lingxian at ease.

And she felt even more respect towards this mother-in-law of hers.

Ning Shu walked into the old madame's courtyard. When she heard the old madame's personal maid say that the old madame was napping, she didn't say anything and waited outside for the old madame to wake up.

The maid carried over a chair for Ning Shu and Ning Shu smiled faintly before sitting down.

After about two hours, there finally came movement from inside the room. It was clear that the old madame had just woken up. After another while, the maid finally called Ning Shu to enter.

Ning Shu dusted off her clothes a little before walking inside. The old madame was currently drinking tea. When she saw Ning Shu and noticed her slightly red eyes, she was taken aback. "What happened?"

"Mother, this daughter-in-law wishes to talk to you about something in private," said Ning Shu.

The old madame had the maids in the room all leave before turning to Ning Shu. "Go ahead. There's nothing between us that can't be said."

Ning Shu opened her mouth and told the old madame about everything she saw yesterday night in full. The moment the old madame heard about this news, her hand which was holding a teacup trembled so hard, the tea spilled out. Ning Shu stepped forward to take the teacup from the old madame's hand and place it on the table.

The old madame's face was filled with exhaustion. "Doesn't An You understand his own status? If he does this, what are you and Princess Mingzhu supposed to do?"

The old madame's expression darkened. "This can't be allowed."

Ning Shu wasn't surprised at all by the old madame's attitude. The old madame was a widow that had single-handedly raised her son. The difficulties she had to endure during this path was unimaginable. The fact that the general's residence was as prestigious as it was today was largely due to the old madame's efforts.

There was no way an imperial princess could become the mistress of a general. This was completely challenging the imperial family's dignity. However, if An You divorced his wife to then marry her, then the label of being a Chen Shimei would be pinned onto An You's head. Moreover, Wei Lingxian hadn't done any unacceptable things, nor did she violate any of the seven grounds for divorce. On the contrary, she had given birth to two children and kept the general's residence in perfect order.

She was well-known for being virtuous. If An You divorced Wei Lingxian, how would other people look at the general's residence?

The old madame was a woman who had lost her husband, so she greatly valued reputation and integrity.

Meanwhile, Princess Mingzhu was someone who didn't know anything about the world, so how could she possibly handle the responsibilities that came with being the main madame of a general's residence? She seemed born to be a mistress.

That was why the old madame had been so against Princess Mingzhu and An You in the original storyline. However, the old madame was more rational compared to the original host. The original host had fallen into a whirlpool of endless pain and despair, which caused her actions to become a little crazed.

The room was quiet. Neither Ning Shu nor the old madame spoke, so the atmosphere became stiflingly heavy.

The old madame closed her eyes. When she opened her eyes again, she looked towards Ning Shu and asked, "What do you think should be done about this?"

#comment: The seven grounds for divorcing a wife in ancient China are if she does not obey the in-laws, if she has no male child, adultery, jealousy, disease, if she talked too much, and theft. There are only three conditions in which a man couldn't divorce his wife, which is if she has no family to return to because her parents had passed away, she had observed a full, three-year mourning period for a parent-in-law, or her husband was poor when they married and is now rich.

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Chapter 773: Mingzhu Isn't a Picky Child

The old madame asked for Ning Shu's opinion because if this matter wasn't dealt with properly, it would destroy the general's residence.

Insuppressible fury and disappointment showed on the old madame's face, but she forced herself to endure it. She was rapidly turning the Buddhist prayer beads as she took deep breaths.

Her son was actually doing something this irresponsible at this age? The old madame had felt a lingering shadow in her heart since the first time she had seen them ride on the same horse.

If An You had yet to have taken a wife, then an imperial princess beccoming her son's bride would definitely help her son's future greatly. However, the current Princess Mingzhu would very likely bring a calamity so bad, the entire general's residence would perish.

The old madame forced her breathing to stabilize, then she asked Ning Shu, "Lingxian, how do you feel about this?"

"This daughter-in-law's heart is a mess right now, but this daughter-in-law is even more worried that something will happen to the residence. If Princess Mingzhu wasn't an imperial princess of the third rank, this daughter-in-law would've helped An You arrange the marriage, but Princess Mingzhu is the child of Prince Yan, and this is actually happening while she's still in her mourning period. The empress dowager will probably blame this on the general's residence."

Ning Shu's face was filled with worry and hurt. "This daughter-in-law had sent away An Yu as a precaution, but this daughter-in-law never thought that An You would actually be like this. This daughter-in-law never thought-."

"Mother, what do we do?" Ning Shu kicked the ball back to the old madame. "This daughter-in-law has no idea what to do. There's the general's residence, An You, Princess Mingzhu, and Lingyun who's friends with Princess Mingzhu."

The old madame started working through the prayer beads even faster until the string snapped and the round beads scattered onto the ground. The old madame abruptly opened her eyes. "We're heading to the palace."

This was what Ning Shu was thinking too. Even if Princess Mingzhu wanted to run by herself to the battlefield, she couldn't be allowed to do it from the general's residence.

Ning Shu returned to her courtyard to put on her third rank imperial mandate madame garments. When she came back out, the old madame had also finished changing into those garments and had gotten on the carriage.

After sending a tablet into the palace, a short while later, Ning Shu supported the old madame and they started walking to the empress dowager's palace.

Once they greeted the empress dowager, the empress dowager started asking how Princess Mingzhu was doing. The old madame said respectfully, "Princess Mingzhu is doing quite well. It's just that this subject is worried about not being able to look after her well enough and neglecting her."

The empress dowager said with a smile, "Mingzhu isn't a picky child. We'll have to trouble the general's residence with looking after Mingzhu."

The old madame's facial color dimmed for an instant.

Ning Shu watched from the side as she wondered how exactly such illogical things could happen. Why should the general's residence be responsible for looking after Princess Mingzhu?

The old madame hesitated for a moment, then said, "Your Imperial Highness Empress Dowager, this subject is truly worried because this subject's grandson, An Yu, is planning to consult a matchmaker soon. However, Princess Mingzhu is currently mourning for her family. This subject is worried that the joyous celebration would collide with Prince Yan's departed spirit."

When the empress dowager heard this, she froze for a brief moment like it was only now that she remembered that Princess Mingzhu was mourning for her family.

Ning Shu no longer even had any strength left to criticize this scenario. In this world, all that there was other than love was just love. Everything else could completely be ignored.

The old madame said a couple more words to the empress dowager. When she saw that the empress dowager seemed a little worn out, she tactfully withdrew.

From start to finish, Ning Shu didn't say a word and just kept the old madame company.

After leaving the imperial palace, the old madame's back seemed to hunch over slightly with exhaustion.

Ning Shu felt that this old madame was pretty strong.

An You was just an unfilial son.

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Chapter 774: I Just Want to Kill Myself

Like father like son. Wei Lingxian's children were just like their father. They came resent their own mother just because of a woman.

The moment the old madame got back to the residence, she headed off to rest. However, Ning Shu was still wondering when the empress dowager would summon Princess Mingzhu back to the palace.

Ever since An You and Princess Mingzhu confessed their feelings for each other, An You rarely came to Ning Shu's courtyard anymore. An You was worried that Princess Mingzhu would be angry. It was only after he obtained such intense and sincere love that he realized his feelings towards his wife were only respect, not love.

He slept in the study every night, saying that he was reading about the art of war. Ning Shu acted like she didn't know anything since it was much more comfortable to sleep alone.

The empress dowager soon sent people to the general's residence, saying that six weeks had pased since Prince Yan had passed away. The forty-ninth day was almost about to arrive, so the emperor had invited a senior monk to carry out the ritual. As Prince Yan's successors, Princess Mingzhu and the little prince should enter the palace.

When An You and Princess Mingzhu got this news, An You snuck into Mingzhu's courtyard at night and found that she was crying alone. His heart instantly clenched in pain and he hugged her from behind. Princess Mingzhu was startled and started struggling.

"Mingzhu, it's me," said An You in a low voice. Princess Mingzhu immediately stopped struggling, but she kept crying.

An You turned Mingzhu around. When he saw that her tears were overflowing like rain, his heart filled with unbearable pain and he couldn't stop himself from kissing her eyes. "Don't cry anymore. Do you know? Whenever I see you cry, I feel so useless to the point that I just want to kill myself?"

"No!" Mingzhu covered An You's mouth. "You're not allowed to talk about yourself this way. I'm going to enter the palace tomorrow. An You, I can't bear to leave you. I don't want to enter the palace. Leaving the general's residence, leaving you, makes me feel like I'm about to die."

An You said, "It's fine. You'll come back."

Mingzhu hugged An You. "I feel happy and blessed, but it's also so painful. An You, I'll definitely work hard so that everyone will approve of us."

"Mingzhu, you're wonderful."

The next day, Ning Shu just watched An You and Princess Mingzhu. They looked like they were reenacting the scene of the white maiden being locked into the Thunder Pagoda for eternity.

Princess Mingzhu cried brokenheartedly in front of the palace nurse that the empress dowager had sent as if heading to the palace to kowtow to the deceased prince and participating in the ritual for her father was like asking her to go die. The nurse didn't even know what to say.

At the side, An You looked like he was silently enduring great pain. Ning Shu felt like he was constipated.

Although the two were in much pain, the carriage still had to leave. An You couldn't stop himself from taking a couple steps forward as if he wanted to run after the carriage.

Inside the carriage, Princess Mingzhu lifted the curtain and kept looking towards An You who was standing at the entrance of the residence as tears spilled down her face.

The old madame's face was completely black during this entire process. Meanwhile, Ning Shu just watched it like it was a show. She didn't feel much except a bit of bafflement and disgust.

Ever since Princess Mingzhu entered the palace, An You became very dispirited and would often sigh and space out. He caught lovesickness that only Princess Mingzhu could cure.

He even got thinner. Ning Shu felt like it was seriously exaggerated. Was he seriously trying to prove the saying, one day apart was like three autumns of separation?

The ritual took seven days, so Princess Mingzhu should be returning today. An You got up early in the morning to wait by the residence doors. He even cleaned himself up carefully, so he looked very valiant which was a complete contrast to how dispirited he had looked the past few days.

However, he waited all the way until the sun went down. Princess Mingzhu never arrived. He had waited for an entire day, facing the scorching heat of the sun, but water never came.

Ning Shu: So passionate, so touching- As if!

The old madame had Ning Shu call An You inside to have dinner. Ning Shu went, but An You ignored her and just continued staring in the direction of the imperial palace with longing.

In response to this, Ning Shu expressed that it was up to him whether he wanted to eat or not. After all, she wasn't the one that'd suffer. With Princess Mingzhu out of the residence, she was now fully enjoying her food and sleep.

However, in front of the old madame, she of course had to act like she was so severely worried about An You to the point that she couldn't even stomach a meal. So she didn't eat any rice and only ate the side dishes.

#comment: In Chinese, eating (a meal) is written as eating (rice), so Ning Shu couldn't eat (rice) and only ate the veggies and meat and all the other delicious dishes lmao.

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Chapter 775: Rescue Princess Mingzhu

The sky gradually darkened, but An You continued to wait by the residence doors. When An Lingyun saw her father like this, she felt heartache for him. At the same time, she was moved by the sincere love between her father and Princess Mingzhu.

When Ning Shu saw the touched, pitying, and amazed expression on An Lingyun's face, she felt her hand itch with the desire to just slap her.

Did her mother even hold any place in her heart?

An Lingyun ran to the entrance to say to her father, "Father, head inside to eat a little first."

An You waved her away without saying anything, so An Lingyun lifted her skirt to run back inside the residence to say to Ning Shu, "Mother, you should go persuade Father. If Father continues on like this, his body won't be able to take it."

Ning Shu: …

In this moment, Ning Shu seriously had no idea what to say. The frick? What did it have to do with her if An You died? It'd be best if he died. He should hurry and die, die already!

When An Lingyun saw that Ning Shu wasn't speaking and had a cold expression on her face, she just sighed.

Inwardly, Ning Shu scoffed. You soon won't have the time to worry about these trifling matters of love.

An You continued to wait. The old madame leaned on her crutch as she stood at the door looking at An You. She sighed, then muttered about how this was all so wrong.

In the end, Princess Mingzhu managed to bribe a young eunuch and the young eunuch came to the general's residence to say to An You who was still waiting at the doors, "General, the empress dowager is keeping Princess Mingzhu in the palace. She says that Princess Mingzhu can only leave the palace once the mourning period is over, so Princess Mingzhu wishes for you to come up with some way to save her."

An You had starved for an entire day without drinking any water, so when he abruptly got this news, he was so taken aback that his body swayed. He grabbed the young eunuch and shook him as he bellowed, "Why is it like this? Why?"

The delicate eunuch was frightened when An You shook him so hard and he hastily said, "I don't know. I don't know anything!"

An You's eyes then rolled back and he fainted. Ning Shu cried out in alarm and quickly ran over. While at it, she snuck in a kick, but An You didn't react. It seemed that he had fainted for real.

The old madame's face was filled with anxiety and worry, as well as frustration and disappointment. An You was near forty, but he was actually acting like a brainless young brat, going so crazy over a woman.

Ning Shu got An You inside, fed him some water, then called a doctor. The doctor straightforwardly diagnosed this as anger attacking the heart in addition to general fatigue.

In any case, Ning Shu just continued to pour water into An You without pause.

"Father's so pitiful." An Lingyun clenched her fists. "He doesn't have any way of seeing Princess Mingzhu."

"Father, you have to wake up. Princess Mingzhu's still waiting for you to save her," said An Lingyun towards the unconscious An You.

Ning Shu: …

Someone this moronic existed? The fudge? Was the empress dowager trying to kill Princess Mingzhu or something, for her to actually be in need of rescue? Someone needed to be rescued from the imperial palace?

This was seriously disgraceful. How exactly had this girl been educated?

The old madame pressed on her heart like she was about to have a heart attack. Ning Shu hastily told the maid to help the old madame back to rest. The old madame didn't try to resist and just said to notify her if An You wakes up.

Ning Shu nodded, then said coldly to An Lingyun, "You should go rest as well. I'll look after your father."

When An Lingyun saw Ning Shu like this, she was dissatisfied and asked, "Mother, say, why won't the empress dowager let Princess Mingzhu come back to our residence?"

Ning Shu really wanted to roll her eyes. She couldn't help but feel that An Lingyun wasn't living in the feudal society where the imperial word was Heaven's law. Why would the empress dowager have to explain her actions to you?

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Chapter 776: Commit Mariticide

"Princess Mingzhu is an imperial princess in the first place, so what's wrong with her staying in the imperial palace? It's just like how you're someone of the general's residence, so you live here. Why don't you go live in a scholar's residence?" said Ning Shu coldly.

"But." An Lingyun then said, "But Princess Mingzhu has already come to think of the general's residence as her home."

"If you think of a scholar's residence as your home, does it become your home?" Ning Shu's tone became even colder.

This girl's head seriously wasn't screwed on right.

An Lingyun choked due to Ning Shu's words and she felt really uncomfortable. "Mother, could it be that you don't like Princess Mingzhu? But she's so wonderful."

Ning Shu: "Go rest. I'm going to wait until your father wakes up." Hurry and scram, this ma'am feels like hitting someone now.

An Lingyun had no choice but to leave.

Ning Shu pulled off An You's clothes, revealing his muscular and scarred body. She then flipped him over and stabbed an acupuncture needle in the back of his waist.

An You groaned softly in his unconscious state and his body instantly became covered with cold sweat. Ning Shu pulled out the needle and sat by the bed to wait for An You to wake up.

An You slept through the entire night and only woke up the next morning. When he woke up, his face was wan and yellow. He paid no attention to Ning Shu who had stayed up the entire night to look after him. He pulled off the blankets and made to head into the palace to look for Princess Mingzhu.

However, he was only able to take two steps before he collapsed to the ground. After an entire day of not eating anything, An You was already starved to the point that he didn't have any strength.

The old madame walked in, leaning on her crutch. When she saw An You like this, she lifted her crutch to hit him, but she couldn't bring herself to when she saw how haggard he looked.

"An You, what are you doing? You're so muddled now that you can't even see things clearly! It's impossible for you to be with Princess Mingzhu," said the old madame sternly.

An You said, "I have been muddled, and I don't want to see things clearly. It was only after I met Mingzhu that I finally feel like I haven't lived in vain, that this lifetime is filled with brilliant and splendid colors, even if it's for a short time.

What's brilliant and splendid should be fireworks. These two seriously deserved their end of dying. Ning Shu used her most pained and constipated expression to look towards the old madame. "Mother."

The old madame forced An You to drink some porridge. As An You drank the porridge, his gaze landed on Ning Shu and he abruptly got up to grab Ning Shu's wrist with a crushing grip.

"It was you. It was definitely you!" shouted An You.

Ning Shu's facial muscles trembled. It felt like An You had spat on her face. Frick, it was disgusting! She really wanted to just kick his crotch, but she forced that impulse down and said in a trembling voice, "Husband, I don't know what you're saying? What was me?"

The old madame leaned on her clutch and shouted, "An You, let go of Lingxian first. If there's something, talk it out properly."

Ning Shu yanked her hand out of An You's grasp and went to hide behind the old madame.

"You were definitely the one that enacted some scheme. Why else would the empress dowager summon Princess Mingzhu to the palace right after you two visited? It was you! It was definitely you!" An You pointed at Ning Shu, his face filled with pain and hatred. "If there's anything, you should just direct it towards me? Why did you target Princess Mingzhu? Have you thought about how painful it must be for her to be in the palace all alone?"

"Wei Lingxian, I was truly blind in the past to not see your true character. Princess Mingzhu is just a lonely woman. Are you that unable to tolerate her? Where's your grace, your magnanimous?"

Ning Shu: …

I fricking want to commit mariticide now.

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Chapter 777: Once He Starves!

An You's angry bellow and blame didn't just make Ning Shu want to kill him, the old madame was also completely baffled. She said in disbelief, "An You, Lingxian's your wife, how can you talk to her like this? Furthermore, we had entered the palace together. She didn't say anything in front of the empress dowager at all."

"Mother, I'm your flesh and blood. How could you defend this malicious woman? If it weren't for her, why would Princess Mingzhu have entered the palace?" An You had completely lost all rationality. He just wanted to vent the anger he felt. The pain had gotten so bad that he couldn't see anything clearly.

He only wanted Mingzhu.

Ning Shu looked at An You's scarlet eyes and almost deranged expression, then lowered her head in a wronged manner without saying anything.

"You guys wanted to break us up, that's why you two went to the palace, isn't it?" said An You angrily.

The old madame shook her head. "Lingxian and I went to the palace to have the empress dowager bestow a marriage for An You. Once there's a good candidate, the empress dowager will give a grand marriage bestowment."

An You was taken aback for a moment, then he pressed his lips together hard and stood up to rush outside the room. "This son doesn't care! This son is going to the palace to find Mingzhu!"

"I won't allow it!" said the old madame sternly.

An You was in pain, but also helpless. He dropped to his knees and knocked his head against the ground repeatedly, kowtowing to the old madame. "Mother, this son begs you! This son can't lose Mingzhu. Without Mingzhu, there'll be no happiness left to speak of in this life."

Ning Shu rolled her eyes. Then for the last half-lifetime, were you suffering every single day? All those days of gentle mutual support with Wei Lingxian were fake?

The fudge. When Ning Shu saw An You act like he had gone crazy due to love, she felt like her awkwardness cancer was completely flaring up.

"You- You!" The old madame was so angry she looked about to develop epilepsy. "Are you planning to abandon the general's residence and abandon your wife and children to break into the palace? Do you think the imperial palace is a place you can break into whenever you want? Princess Mingzhu is an imperial princess. In the palace, she'll live a glorious and splendid life. You're a man that already has a family, can Princess Mingzhu possibly become your mistress?"

An You felt like bucket after bucket of cold water had been poured on him. He started shivering uncontrollably.

The old madame was angry, but her heart also ached. This was her son after all. "An You, forget Mingzhu, alright? She has a noble status, so her future husband will definitely also be a dragon among men. Could it be that you want to ruin her and ruin the general's residence?"

When the thought that Mingzhu was going to become someone else's wife occurred to An You, he started howling even more in pain like a trapped beast.

When Ning Shu saw him like this, she said, "Mother, An You's emotional state is unstable right now. We should let him rest more."

The old madame closed her eyes, then had the room locked. They couldn't allow An You to go out in his current state.

More wrinkles had appeared on the old madame's face. She sighed as she looked at Ning Shu. "Lingxian, it's been hard on you."

Ning Shu shook her head. "All this daughter-in-law wants now is to protect the general's residence and the two children."

"You're sensible. An You has never suffered any sort of setback since youth and his campaigns have also always gone smoothly. I thought that An You would be able to safely and smoothly live out the rest of his life like this. I never imagined that he would do something like this at this age."

"What spell did Princess Mingzhu cast on An You for him to be so enchanted by her?" The old madame was practically grinding her teeth. Her tone contained resentment.

On the surface, Ning Shu maintained a deeply worried expression, but in truth she was completely indifferent.

An You was locked up. Ning Shu brought him every meal. When An You saw Ning Shu, his expression was very cold and he swept all the food off the table right in front of her.

Ning Shu's expression remained indifferent. She didn't have anyone clean the mess up and just locked the door back up.

The old madame looked very worn out. When she heard that An You still wasn't eating, she spat, "If he won't eat, just forget it! He'll know to eat once he starves!"

Ning Shu just smiled faintly without saying anything.

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Chapter 778: Love Worthy of Admiration

However, Ning Shu never expected for An Lingyun to actually secretly open the door and let An You out. The moment An You got out, he rushed towards the palace.

When Ning Shu went over to deliver the meal and saw An Lingyun in the room, her facial color rapidly changed. She grabbed An Lingyun by her collar and dragged her to the ancestral hall, then kicked her legs so that she felt to a kneel.

"Mother!" cried An Lingyun in pain. She felt like her kneecaps had shattered. She looked at Ning Shu disbelievingly, "How can you treat me this way?"

Ning Shu said coldly, "Reflect properly in front of our ancestors. The entire general's residence is going to be destroyed because of you."

Lingyun didn't get it, but she was scared of how cold Ning Shu's expression was. She was about to say more, but she saw her mother quickly walk out and lock up the ancestral hall. "If you can't figure it out, then continue kneeling until you do."

Ning Shu headed straight to the stable, grabbed a horse, and leapt onto its back to head towards the imperial palace.

It was seriously a case of going mad with love. What kind of place was the imperial palace for An You to break into just because he wanted to? An You had already lost all rationality. All that there was in his head was Mingzhu.

Exactly what kind of power would make someone become so crazed and stupid? Was it really love? If it was, then love was truly frightening.

The current An You barely had any human characteristics anymore.

When Ning Shu reached the palace doors, she saw that An You was currently fighting with the guards and shouting that he wanted to see Princess Mingzhu.

"Let this general in! This general must see Princess Mingzhu!"

"General An, you don't have a permission tablet, nor did His Majesty give a decree summoning you, so you can't enter the palace. If you insist on trying to break in, I'll have no choice but to treat you as an assassin and take you down."

"I just want to enter the palace to see Princess Mingzhu and the little prince to see if they're doing well. I'll be out right away," said An You, restraining his temper.

When Ning Shu heard what he said, she was stuck between tears and laughter. Was the imperial palace your frickin' house for you to enter and leave as you pleased? And he mentioned Princess Mingzhu in every single breath. Had he considered Princess Mingzhu's reputation at all?

Did An You truly love Princess Mingzhu? He seriously didn't seem to care about her reputation.

Ning Shu hastily got off the horse and yanked An You back. When An You saw her, he immediately demanded, "What are you doing here? Are you also here to stop me?"

"I'm telling you, I won't go back before I see Mingzhu!" An You tried to shake off Ning Shu's hand, but he found that her grip was unnaturally strong, he couldn't shake it off at all.

She could care less about him trying to get killed, but there was no way she'd let him drag the general's residence down with him.

Ning Shu had never seen someone go crazy. He looked like he had caught rabies from being bit by a crazed dog.

She had learned something new once again.

Once again, she's witnessed how love worthy of admiration required such hysteria.

Of the love Ning Shu had seen, it was all either just mutual hurt, or trampling on others without any principles, or hysteria that ignored everything else.

What the hell? Love was something between two people, so why did so many people have to be dragged into the love battlefield?

The fudge?

Ning Shu didn't bother to respond and directly knocked him out with a hand chop. She got An You onto the horse, then dug out a purse to give to the guards, saying, "I apologize for this, please pardon us. General An had gotten drunk."

The guard weighed the purse in his hand to estimate the amount of money, then generously treated it like this entire event never happened.

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Chapter 779: The General's Residence Will Be Fine

Ning Shu rode her own horse as she led along An You's horse. An You was lying unconsciously on the horse's back. Ning Shu swung the horse whip in annoyance and it hit An You hard.

He was seriously irritating. How did such an extreme person exist?

An You gave a muffled groan due to pain, but he still didn't wake up.

When they got back to the general's residence, the old madame was waiting for them anxiously. When she saw that An You was unconscious, her facial color worsened. Ning Shu explained, "Grandmother, An You was trying to break into the palace, so I had someone knock him out."

Ning Shu didn't want to tell the old madame that she was the one who knocked him out.

The old madame sighed, then had servants get An You off the horse and carry him back to his room. She said to Ning Shu, "Lingxian, what you did was right."

"As of now, you and I are only ones that the residence can rely on." The old madame grabbed Ning Shu's hand and patted it. "An You is truly blessed to have a wife like you."

He's blessed? But An You truly was ignorant of how blessed he was.

That was why it was so ironic. It was supposed to be the men who protected the family and sheltered them from storms. They were supposed to show filial respect towards their elders and educate their children, but in this residence, it was the women that had to support the family.

Crazy men were truly scary.

The reason why she was able to remain so calm was because she didn't love these people, so her heart wasn't disturbed at all. People who fell into the whirlpool of emotions would lose all rationality.

Ning Shu said to the old madame, "The general's residence will be fine."

The old madame had been worrying too much lately. She was exhausted and barely had any energy, but An You didn't see any of that.

Ning Shu walked into the room. She saw that An You was lying on the bed with tears in the corners of his eyes. She snorted, then undid An You's clothes, flipped him around, and used an acupuncture needle to stab his waist area again.

An Yu gave a pained, muffled groan and his body became covered with sweat. Ning Shu expressionlessly pulled out the needle, dressed him again, then locked the door.

During dinner, Ning Shu and the old madame were the only ones at the table. The old madame sighed, then said, "You should let Lingyun out."

Ning Shu put down her chopsticks and said respectfully to the old madame, "Mother, Lingyun's no longer a child, but she's still so ignorant of the world. If she marries into her in-laws family like this, the marriage probably wouldn't establish friendly relationships and would only establish hatred. How could she be so ignorant how her act of letting her father out would bring calamity onto the general's residence?"

The old madame sighed, then waved her hand as she said exhaustedly, "Then just do whatever you think is best."

Ning Shu saw that the old madame didn't want to eat anymore even though she had barely eaten anything, so she ladled a bowl of soup to pass to her. "Mother, drink some soup, alright? It's bad for your health if you don't eat anything."

Ning Shu truly didn't want anything to happen to the old madame. The old madame was a genuine noblewoman of the feudal era. There were some things in which she still needed the old madame's advice on.

Although this body was that of a general's wife, in front of the imperial family, it was nothing.

The old madame only drank half the bowl of soup before she stopped and went back to her own room to rest.

Ning Shu went to the ancestral hall to check on An Lingyun. The door opened with a creak and revealed the dim room. An Lingyun wasn't kneeling on the ground and was sitting on the praying mat. When she saw Ning Shu walk in, she hastily asked, "Mother, are you here to let me out?"

Ning Shu closed the door, then looked at An Lingyun as she asked, "Do you realize your mistake now?"

"Mother." An Lingyun tried to childishly tug at Ning Shu's sleeve, but Ning Shu avoided her and just looked at her coldly.

An Lingyun looked at her mother's face that was faintly illuminated by the flickering candles and saw that her eyes were scarily indifferent. An Lingyun felt very wronged. "Mother, you don't love Lingyun anymore."

Ning Shu took a deep breath, then said mildly, "I asked you a question: do you realize your mistakes now?"

"I, I understand my mistakes!" said An Lingyun quickly. "Mother, can you let me out?"

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Chapter 780: Kneel Properly, Our Ancestors Are Watching You

Ning Shu pointed towards the rows of ancestral tablets. Her voice was like thunder as she said sternly, "Then tell me, in front of our ancestors, what mistake you've made?"

An Lingyun was frightened by Ning Shu's stern manner and started crying. "Mother, don't be like this. Lingyun's scared."

Ning Shu just kept looking at her. As An Lingyun cried, she kept peeking at Ning Shu and found that her mother's gaze was as cold as a glaring cold blade that was flying towards her. At the same time, it was like a well that reflected the moonlight, eerie and frightening.

An Lingyun was scared, so she cried even louder. "Mother, I know my mistakes, I really do! I shouldn't have let Father out!"

"And?" asked Ning Shu.

"There's more?" An Lingyun looked at Ning Shu in confusion.

Ning Shu's heart filled with so much fury that she was about to explode. During all this time doing tasks, Ning Shu had never felt so helpless and angry.

Sometimes, when naivety was treated as cuteness, it could take a person's life!

The only thing Ning Shu was gratified about was that she had managed to send An Yu away ahead of time, otherwise the current chaos that would be going now would be unimaginable.

These kind of love hate entanglement were seriously stupidly hard to deal with.

Ning Shu reached out and wiped away An Lingyun's tears. An Lingyun immediately smiled through her tears. "Mother."

Ning Shu said with a smile, "Kneel properly. Don't try to slack off. In this hall, the spirits of our ancestors are watching you. I'll let you out when you finally come to understand things."

"Mother." The smile froze on An Lingyun's face as she looked at Ning Shu disbelievingly.

Ning Shu turned and left the ancestral hall, then locked the door behind her. Inside the room, An Lingyun finally reacted and started hitting the door shouting, "Mother, let me out! Mother! I'm scared."

Ning Shu stood outside the door and listened to An Lingyun's heart-wrenching cries. Her heart pulsed with uncomfortable emotions. There was heartache, resentment, and also hard to describe melancholy.

This was clearly the original host's feelings.

"Mother! Mother! How can you treat me this way? I hate you! I resent you! You didn't use to be like this, Mother!" An Lingyun slapped the door as she sobbed. She didn't want to stay in the ancestral hall. She couldn't shake off the feeling that a pair of eyes she couldn't see were staring at her. "Mother, Mother! Lingyun hates you! Mother, I've wronged! Please let me out!"

Ning Shu stood at the door and said, "In the past, Mother has indulged you too much, which led you to become completely incapable of distinguishing right from wrong. Starting today, I will no longer indulge you."

When An Lingyun heard what Ning Shu said, she started sobbing even harder. Someone that has always loved and doted on her suddenly no longer treated her well at all. It was extremely hard to accept. An Lingyun was very angry and even felt resentment towards her own mother, so she shouted, "Mother, you're just angry! I let Father out and he went to find Princess Mingzhu, that's why you're angry! And you're taking all your anger out on me!"

Ning Shu: …

"That's right, I am taking my anger out on you. Who asked for you to be my daughter? I gave birth to you and raised you, so what's wrong with me taking my anger out on you? It's not me that owes you, you're the one that owes me," said Ning Shu mildly.

"Mother, you-" An Lingyun was stunned.

"Kneel properly, our ancestors are watching you," said Ning Shu.

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Chapter 781: You Hate Princess Mingzhu?

Ning Shu had Zhu Er get her a praying mat, then she knelt down at the entrance of the ancestral hall as she said to An Lingyun, "Kneel properly. You're not the only who's done something wrong, I've also made mistakes."

An Lingyun peeked through the seam of the door and saw that her mother was kneeling on the ground. She didn't know what to say, so she just called out, "Mother."

"Kneel," said Ning Shu coldly.

Since Ning Shu was outside, An Lingyun felt much calmer. She knelt on the praying mat and looked around. The ancestral hall felt abnormally creepy.

Zhu Er draped a cloak on Ning Shu. Ning Shu closed her eyes and repeatedly revolved her energy in order to extinguish the anger burning inside her heart. She had to remain calm, she had to stay calm.

If not, how was she any different from the original host?

Even she, as an outsider, would feel so angry and irascible, so Wei Lingxian must have felt like she was roasting in fire. These emotions were fully capable of driving a person insane.

She couldn't help but feel like there was some sort of power pushing her to go insane with despair. The saying that if the Heavens wished to extinguish humankind, first they had to drive them mad seemed true.

"Mother, are you there?" An Lingyun couldn't help but ask this after a few moments of complete silence.

Ning Shu responded, "Yes."

An Lingyun's heart calmed down again.

An Lingyun asked Ning Shu, "Mother, what did you do wrong?"

Ning Shu said coldly, "I doted on you two too much, which caused you two to grow up with no sense of right and wrong and no knowledge of the world, so you two decide on what's right and wrong subjectively based on whatever you feel. This has implicated the entire general's residence. I'm ashamed to face the An family ancestors."

An Lingyun bit her lips without speaking. She felt wronged but also fearful. Her loving mother shouldn't be like this.

Ning Shu shifted her knees slightly, then closed her eyes and silently chanted the Unsurpassable Martial Arts.

Ning Shu felt that there was a need to exchange for a secret manual that could allow a person to remain calm, something like a mind-clearing chant.

An Lingyun would speak from time to time to confirm that Ning Shu was still outside. As long as Ning Shu responded, she would feel reassured.

"Mother, you hate Princess Mingzhu?" asked An Lingyun.

Ning Shu said mildly, "Lingyun, you need to look at some things with your own eyes. Put yourself in Mother's shoes, if you were me, how would you feel?"

Ning Shu then said, "Actually, there's no need to put yourself in my shoes. Let's say in the future, you get married, then your husband falls in love with a woman and this woman's status is very high so you have to face the possibility of being divorced. Not only this, the children that you've worked so hard to raise will be soon calling someone else mother."

"The husband you love doesn't love you, the children you love doesn't love you. You face a future of getting old without anyone to rely on and dying alone. After you die, no one will burn paper money to remember you and the husband you love will be happily in love with someone else. Would you like the woman that stole your husband and children?" Ning Shu's voice was calm, very calm.

However, these words seemed to boom like thunder in An Lingyun's heart. Her entire body trembled and her voice choked with sobs as she cried, "Mother, I-"

Ning Shu sighed, then said, "Lingyun, this matter is nowhere near this simple. Think about it properly. Mother hopes that the general's residence will stay safe, that you and your brother will stay safe."

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Chapter 782: Like a Moth to Flames

This was the original host's wish, to lower the damage of this calamity as much as possible.

As for Wei Lingxian's desire to return to the days without Princess Mingzhu, that wasn't possible. Once things have happened, they've happened.

Wei Lingxian cared about these two children, so Ning Shu was doing her best to make them understand things better.

Fudge, it was seriously difficult for a person that hasn't even given birth to a child yet to educate children.

"Mother, Princess Mingzhu said that she has never considered stealing Father from you. She said that she's willing to stay by Father's side without any status. She said…" An Lingyun couldn't bring herself to continue.

Ning Shu didn't get angry and just said, "And what kind of person do you think Princess Mingzhu is?"

"Princess Mingzhu is a very approachable person. She's pure and beautiful, and also brimming over with talent. She even knows how to compose poetry," said An Lingyun.

Ning Shu said, "No matter how approachable Princess Mingzhu is, she's still an imperial princess. She has a noble status, so we're inherently not equal. She can choose not to bicker about things, but if she did, then our actions would immediately become a grave insult to the imperial family."

Throughout this entire night, Ning Shu and An Lingyun kept speaking occasionally. Ning Shu had knelt in front of the door for an entire night, so when she got back up, her legs were completely numb. After she opened the door, she found that An Lingyun had fainted. She touched her forehead and found that she was having a fever.

Ning Shu calmly had Zhu Er bring An Lingyun back to her room. In all honesty, she preferred having An Lingyun stay bedridden like this compared to seeing her bounce around all over the place.

She fed her cold medicine. When the old madame came and saw that her granddaughter had fallen sick, she sighed hard. She rebuked Ning Shu for locking An Lingyun up in the ancestral hall all night and causing her to fall ill.

Ning Shu didn't say anything, so the old madame continued muttering about how everything was so messed up.

Before An Lingyun even recovered, An You woke up and immediately started raising a ruckus about wanting to get out, so Ning Shu had people directly seal the windows to prevent An You from escaping.

The old madame just closed her eyes in response to what Ning Shu did. The corners of her eyes were wet with tears, but she didn't say anything.

Ning Shu entered the room and looked at An You. "An You, it's best if you stay in this room until you calm down."

An You looked at Ning Shu expressionlessly. "Do you think you'll be able to keep me trapped with this?"

Ning Shu said mildly, "I know that this can't keep you in. I just want you to think things through properly. You carry the responsibility for all the lives in this residence on your back. Are you sure you want to use so many lives to trade for fulfilling the love between you and Princess Mingzhu?"

"If the emperor and empress dowager blame us, Mother is already so old, she won't be able to take it. There's also our son, An Yu's future, and Lingyun's future happiness. You had charged out with reckless abandon. Have you ever considered how that would affect the rest of her life? If you continue making rash decisions like this, once Lingyun's reputation is ruined, who could she marry?"

An You clearly had so many responsibilities, so why was he able to still be so willful and insist on throwing himself towards this so-called love like a moth to flames?

In the end, he just had no regard for others.

However, humans didn't live just for themselves.

An You covered his head, in pain, and roared, his expression twisted. Ning Shu paid no attention to him and just locked the door.

An Lingyun's fever became very severe and she was starting to speak incoherently in her sleep. Ning Shu wiped her down, then fed her another dose of cold medicine. This was much more effective than drinking Chinese herbal medicine.

Ning Shu remained calm and unhurried, which made the old madame's anxiety ease slightly. She felt that this daughter-in-law was very strong. She was dealing with something like this even as she continued to manage the residence.

She took Ning Shu's hand and sighed. "Lingxian, don't worry, I'll forever be on your side. If it weren't for you being here, these old bones would've long given out."

This was because she had no relationship with these people, none at all, so she wasn't anxious in the slightest. Since she felt no heartache, she was naturally able to remain calm.

An You no longer acted hysterically anymore. He ate when Ning Shu brought food and no longer had outbursts of rage. He seemed to have restrained all of his feelings.

He'd often space out and sometimes he'd clench his fists. It was clear that he was struggling intensely with something in his heart. On one hand, there was his family, and on the other hand there was the only woman he loved. It felt like there was a knife that was forcefully cutting his heart in two.

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Chapter 783: The Imperial Family's Majesty

Princess Mingzhu was waiting in the palace for her god to come save her. She felt like she was about to suffocate in this place. Everyone here were so cold and apathetic, it had none of the general's residence's warmth.

Princess Mingzhu really missed An You. The empress dowager had her pray for blessings in the worship hall and wouldn't let her go out. Princess Mingzhu was in great pain because the empress dowager wouldn't let her return to the general's residence.

Every time palace maids brought meals to the worship hall, Princess Mingzhu would kowtow to the palace maids and beseech them.

"Please, I'm begging you, won't you let me go find An You?"

"I'll give you money, can you let me out?"

"I need to find my younger brother, where is he? He'll be very sad without me by his side."

When the young palace maids saw a princess kneel down to them and kowtow, they were so frightened that their faces went pale. They immediately knelt down and kowtowed, asking the princess not to make things hard for them.

However, once this scene repeated every single day for a while, these palace maids got used to Princess Mingzhu's kneeling and kowtowing. Their eyes even contained traces of disdain.

She was a princess, yet she was kowtowing to servants like them. All she talked about was General An, General An. She talked about a man all day, it was seriously shameless.

Her younger brother was clearly doing fine in the palace, but she was acting like they had done something to her younger brother, as if this imperial palace was some place terrifying.

The empress dowager was just having Princess Mingzhu pray for blessings for her deceased relatives, but this Princess Mingzhu was always crying and weeping like she was completely heartbroken. It made the empress dowager very vexed.

In the past, the empress dowager hadn't interacted with Princess Mingzhu much. After she arrived from Cloud Province, after that brief meeting, Princess Mingzhu was bundled up and sent to the general's residence.

Every time Princess Mingzhu saw the empress dowager, she would abruptly drop to her knees, then repeatedly kowtow hard without seeming to have any sense of pain. Afterwards, she's tearfully say something like, Your Highness Empress Dowager, you're so benevolent, so noble and kind, you've definitely also experienced such unforgettable love, blah blah blah. Then with tears streaming down her pained face, she'd ask to be allowed to go find General An.

The empress dowager was about to have a heart attack due to being angered by Princess Mingzhu, especially since every time Princess Mingzhu talked to her, she insisted on tugging at her skirt and tilting her head up to look towards her in such a lowly manner. It was like if she made her words just a slight bit harsher, Princess Mingzhu would burst out crying.

There was no trace of the imperial family's majesty at all. The empress dowager was so angry her lungs were about to explode. She directly locked Mingzhu up in the worship hall. When she heard that Princess Mingzhu kept asking for An You, she started feeling that the general's residence had impure motives.

Ning Shu and the old madame were summoned to the palace by the empress dowager. Right after they said their greetings, the empress dowager started roaring at them and berating them.

The old madame and Ning Shu lay prostrate on the ground. The old madame's entire body was trembling. Ning Shu saw out of the corner of her eye that the old madame's forehead was covered with sweat.

#comment: Mm, but the imperial palace is a terrifying place.

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Chapter 784: Truly Charming

Ning Shu pressed her lips together without saying anything. Based on what the empress dowager said, it seemed the empress dowager believed that An You was purposefully enticing Princess Mingzhu in order to climb socially.

The old madame's forehead became covered with even more cold sweat and the back of her clothes were soaked through. Ning Shu only spoke once the empress dowager finished speaking. "Your Highness Empress Dowager, please forgive us. Ever since Princess Mingzhu came to the residence, this subject has been treating her like this subject's own daughter and this subject's husband treated Princess Mingzhu with even more due respect. Perhaps it's because Princess Mingzhu had just lost her relatives and An You was the one that rescued her which made her become a bit reliant on An You. We certainly did not have any thoughts of doing such an audacious thing."

The empress dowager was also only infuriated by Princess Mingzhu's constant weeping. Now that she had vented her anger, when she saw the old madame kneeling on the floor with her forehead pressed to the ground, it seemed very pitiful. Moreover, An You went on many campaigns for the nation, so she couldn't lose the subject's faith, hence she said, "I hope that's the case. Once Princess Mingzhu is out of the mourning period, I'll arrange a marriage for her."

"Many thanks for your forgiveness, Your Highness Empress Dowager." Ning Shu kowtowed.

The empress dowager rubbed her forehead as she waved Ning Shu and the old madame off. Ning Shu then helped the old madame out of the imperial palace.

When they were getting on the carriage, the old madame staggered. Fortunately, Ning Shu reacted fast enough and supported her, otherwise she would've fallen off the carriage.

The moment they returned to the residence, the old madame went to rest, then grandiosely fell sick. She was so severely ill that it seemed like she wouldn't ever be able to get up again. It was like An You had just recalled his mother's existence since he ran to kneel in front of the old madame and cried in repentance.

The old madame straightforwardly said, "The empress dowager won't agree to allow you two to be together. After Princess Mingzhu gets out of her mourning period, the empress dowager will be arranging a marriage for her. Furthermore, the empress dowager already feels like you have enticed Princess Mingzhu and was almost about to punish the entire residence."

"No, Princess Mingzhu and I are truly in love! She's going to marry someone else?" An You's eyes widened.

The old madame's face was ashen and her pallor got even worse. "Even if I die, I won't agree to your relationship. So unless I die!"

An You's expression was filled with unbearable pain and his eyes were scarlet red. He took several heavy breaths, then finally asked, "Mingzhu, is Mingzhu doing well?"

"Of course she's doing well. She's a princess who belongs to a life of luxury after all," said the old madame, barely holding back her anger.

Ning Shu just stood at the side like an outsider as she watched her own husband cry in helpless pain over another woman he could never obtain.

Oh my, seeing you suffer makes my heart feel so light.

An You knelt in front of the old madame and said, "I'll give up on Princess Mingzhu."

The old madame's facial color relaxed and she seemed conspicuously relieved. She closed her eyes and soon fell deep asleep.

Ning Shu and An You left the room. An You who was walking ahead suddenly stopped and turned around to look at her as he said, "You satisfied now?"

Ning Shu almost burst out laughing, but she managed to reply in a composed manner, "Husband, this wife doesn't understand what you're saying. There's nothing I'm unsatisfied with. All this wife wishes for are steady days. This wife wishes for the general's residence to be stable, for our children to be safe, and for a place to call home."

An You gave a cold humph without saying anything. He turned and left, never to enter Ning Shu's courtyard again.

Ning Shu went to check on An Lingyun. She was still very out of it, but when she saw Ning Shu, she softly greeted her. Ning Shu just told her to rest properly.

The next day, An You said that he was going on a campaign. The old madame sighed but didn't say anything, which indicated approval.

Meanwhile, Ning Shu just rolled her eyes. Going on a campaign in this sort of time was clearly an act of running from his feelings. He was going to fight even though he was emotionally unstable on a battlefield where things could completely change in an instant. How did An You have any right to go on a campaign with how irrational he was right now?

This was being irresponsible towards the solders and the nation. Ning Shu had fought in battles before and knew how much a commander-in-chief influenced the entire battlefield. It was no wonder that An You ended up being defeated.

An You just briefly told his family, then set out on a campaign the next day like he was flying. Ning Shu went to send An You off and saw that he was riding on horseback with a stern expression and in shining armor. It was truly an outstandingly valiant sight.

It was no wonder Princess Mingzhu kept calling him god and lord. Like this, An You truly was charming.

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Chapter 785: Bribed a Eunuch Again

After An You left, the general's residence quieted down. That intense scorching atmosphere also gradually calmed down like it was cooling off.

The past peace seemed to be restored. After going through such crazed hysteria, once it suddenly became so peaceful, Ning Shu finally understood what Wei Lingxian desired the most in her heart.

It was this peace.

Princess Mingzhu's appearance was like a hurricane. Everything that she touched was destroyed.

After An Lingyun recovered, Ning Shu had her continue to manage the residence. An Lingyun's personality became much more settled down than before. Sometimes she would stare into space thinking about something. She was no longer as lively as she used to be.

Some things required personal pain to understand. Ning Shu only made a comparison, but it made An Lingyun's attitude change. Lately, she hadn't mentioned Princess Mingzhu at all.

Although the old madame recovered from her illness, she was still very tired.

At the same time, Ning Shu didn't think this matter would be over just like this. However, she didn't know if the event in which Princess Mingzhu ran to the battlefield would still occur since she was currently in the tightly guarded palace.

Meanwhile, when Princess Mingzhu heard that An You had gone on a campaign, she froze in shock. Why? Why did An You head to the battlefield?

Why didn't he come to save her? Princess Mingzhu was very hurt and knelt on the praying mat crying. She curled up in a circle in a very pitiful manner.

The nearby maids ignored her. Their faces contained disdain.

As Princess Mingzhu cried, she gradually became more and more resolved and made a decision, which was to head to the battlefield to find An You.

She couldn't accept this separation. Even if she was going to die, she wanted to die by An You's side.

Ning Shu, who was in the general's residence, got news that Princess Mingzhu had snuck out of the palace. She had bribed a eunuch and disguised herself as a young eunuch to get out.

Ning Shu didn't even know what to say about this. How was it so easy to get out of the palace? Everything was for the sake of the storyline. Any incongruencies in logic were negligible.

Furthermore, Princess Mingzhu even left a letter saying that she was going to go find An You and asking the empress dowager for forgiveness.

When the old madame heard about this, she almost fainted. It was absurd! She had already gotten her son to give up on Princess Mingzhu, but this woman kept sticking to her son like a leech.

Ning Shu took advantage of the time before the empress dowager punished them to take the initiative to head into the palace. She said to the empress dowager that she was willing to be divorced to allow An You and Princess Mingzhu to be together.

In addition, she explained that she never thought Princess Mingzhu would do this.

Originally the empress dowager was still angry since Princess Mingzhu actually slipped out under her watch and ran to the battlefield to look for a general. To say that they still didn't have any involvement would be treating her as blind! Furthermore, she had already said that she would arrange a marriage for Mingzhu as soon as her mourning period was over, but now Mingzhu had actually ran off with a man! It was seriously a slap on her face.

She was originally still very angry when she saw Ning Shu, but the other party had offered a divorce herself, which truly surprised her.

This was undoubtedly a good idea. Princess Mingzhu had run off with a man and already had no reputation left. However, allowing an imperial princess to be a mistress was obviously not possible. Now that the first rank general's wife had offered to step down herself, it was undoubtedly the best way to resolve this situation.

The empress dowager shook her head and said, "You're General An's main wife and original match. How can you divorce just like this?"

Ning Shu nodded. She wasn't surprised by this outcome because she knew that the empress dowager wouldn't dare to do this. If this precedent was started, how was the empress dowager supposed to face the titled women and noblewomen of the court?

Moreover, if General An's main wife took the initiative to leave, it'd seem like the imperial family had forced her to do so even though Wei Lingxian hadn't done anything wrong.

In this matter, no matter how one looked at it, it was Princess Mingzhu that was being unreasonable.

Ning Shu returned to the general's residence, then sighed in relief. Finally, the general's residence wasn't in danger anymore. This was completely Princess Mingzhu's own doings.

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Chapter 786: She'll Be Coming Back

News of An You's defeat reached the capital. The old madame directly fainted and the general's residence started becoming disturbed again. The atmosphere was filled with suffocating anxiousness and despair.

Meanwhile, An Lingyun was in trouble as well. Because she had spent extravagantly with Princess Mingzhu before, there was barely any money left on the account book. There wasn't even enough to maintain the basic operations of the general's residence.

Everything that Princess Mingzhu took a liking to were exquisite and expensive,a and both An Lingyun and Princess Mingzhu were people who didn't have any concept of money. Whenever they encountered something they liked, they'd just buy, buy, and buy.

They spent money like it was water.

Originally, the old madame wanted to take out her personal savings to make up for this, but Ning Shu didn't allow it and directly had the number of servants serving in the general's residence be decreased.

Ning Shu had An Lingyun choose which servants would leave the residence.

All of the servants knelt in front of An Lingyun and begged her not to sell them.

An Lingyun had never experienced anything like this before. Every single servant was crying desperately and kneeling in front of her. It was an extremely pitiful sight.

An Lingyun looked towards Ning Shu and asked hesitantly, "Mother, are we really going to sell them?"

Ning Shu said mildly, "Yes, because the general's residence can no longer afford to keep them. Your father's salary isn't very high and the income from the store is only enough to pay the residence's wages. You've already been managing the residence for so long, could it be that you didn't notice that?"

An Lingyun said, "Most of those things were bought for Princess Mingzhu."

"I know, but back then, the one paying was you." Ning Shu then said, "Pick the people. These servants can't serve in the general's residence anymore, but they'll be able to go to a different residence and serve a new master."

An Lingyun struggled with the decision. She had never had to go through anything like this and was so scared that she started crying. She looked towards Ning Shu for help, but Ning Shu only shook her head at her.

In the end, An Lingyun finally chose a couple servants and sold them to the procuress. An Lingyun accepted the silver the procuress gave her. They were tiny little pieces of silver.

The servants that were sold immediately revealed expressions of resentment towards An Lingyun. If it weren't because of their status, they probably would've already started cursing at An Lingyun.

An Lingyun never thought that the servants who were usually very respectful towards her and always calling her second miss would actually look at her in such a frightening way like they wanted to eat her alive.

An Lingyun took a step back fearfully. Ning Shu pulled her behind her and had the procuress take the servants away.

"Mother," said An Lingyun, feeling wronged.

Ning Shu said, "Don't be scared. From now on, our residence will have to start decreasing our expenses. Lingyun, you have to learn to do all of these things."

"I understand." An Lingyun felt inexplicably smothered.

After that, Ning Shu, the old madame, and An Lingyun started discussing how to decrease their expenses. The old madame canceled the bird's nest drink she had every day, Ning Shu also canceled the bird's nest drink she had once every two days. With this, quite a lot of money was saved.

An Lingyun bit her lips, then said, "There's a lot of things in Princess Mingzhu's courtyard. How about we sell all the things in her courtyard?"

Ning Shu smiled as she looked towards An Lingyun. An Lingyun had finally started learning how to be calculating.

"No need to touch them. Princess Mingzhu will be coming back," said Ning Shu in a confident tone.

The old madame's facial color immediately worsened.

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Chapter 787: Don't Die, You Can't Die!

Meanwhile, on this side, after much difficulty, Princess Mingzhu made it to the battlefield, just in time to see An You lift his blade in preparation to cut his own throat. She screamed as she ran over to hug this man who was covered in blood.

At first, An You didn't recognize this dust-covered woman, but when he heard Mingzhu's voice, his body stiffened. His voice trembled as he called in disbelief, "Mingzhu?"

"It's me! It's me." Princess Mingzhu's tears fell like rain as she hugged An You.

The two gazed into each other's eyes as their feelings for each other once against burst forth. They hugged each other hard.

An You said, "Originally, I wanted to die, but after seeing you, I suddenly don't want to die anymore."

"Don't die, you can't die!" cried Princess Mingzhu as she leaned into An You's chest while sobbing.

Following that, the two decided to drag out their ignoble existences.

And then enact spiritual interaction.

An You and Princess Mingzhu returned to the capital. They knew that enormous waves awaited them ahead, but neither of them felt any fear.

An You and Princess Mingzhu rode on the same horse. Princess Mingzhu turned around and looked up at An You with a smile.

What happened with An You and Princess Mingzhu infuriated His Majesty. He directly abolished Princess Mingzhu's status as a princess of the state and demoted her to the status of commoner. At the same time, he demoted An You from being a general of the first rank to being only a third rank general.

An You was happy with this price in exchange for obtaining Princess Mingzhu. Any price was worth it to be together with the person he loved.

Princess Mingzhu very calmly accepted this imperial decree. In her heart, if she had to choose between An You and her rank as princess, she would choose An You.

Without the status of princess hindering her, she would be able to join the general's residence and be together with An You.

Princess Mingzhu hugged her little brother, the little prince- Actually, no, since Mingzhu was now a commoner, she wasn't the little prince's older sister anymore.

Princess Mingzhu weeped as she told the little prince to work hard in order to uphold the honor of Prince Yan's residence, then she headed off to the general's residence with An You without even looking back once.

The entire family stood at the residence doors to wait for the two to return. Ning Shu had a smile on her face, but An Lingyun was stomping her foot unhappily. "How can she be so shameless?"

"Could it be that you're not awed by her bravery in wishing to be with the person she loves whether in life or in death?" Ning Shu lifted her brows as she looked towards An Lingyun.

"What she did was eloping! So shameless!" An Lingyun spat. During this period of time, she had gone through a lot and come to understand a lot of things.

The old madame sighed. When she saw the two people that were riding on the same horse, her expression immediately darkened.

"Lingxian, no matter what, I'll always be standing on your side," said the old madame to Ning Shu.

Ning Shu didn't respond to this. It was impossible to predict what would happen with the female lead halo around.

However, when she saw that An You's face was a little yellow, she couldn't stop the corners of her lips from hooking up slightly.

Furthermore, based on how intimate the two were acting, they had probably already had bodily contact.

The two got off the horse. The first thing Mingzhu did was kneel down in front of the old madame. It gave the old madame a huge shock and she took a couple steps back, her face ashen.

"Old Madame, I love your son. I love him more than I do myself. I wish to become part of the general's residence. Old Madame, I'll respect you properly and love you like I love An You. I'll respect you and honor you, so please accept me. Old Madame, I'll definitely move you with my sincerity."

"Get up." Even the facial muscles on the old madame's face were trembling.

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Chapter 788: I Couldn't Control My Feelings

Mingzhu then said to Ning Shu, "Madame, I truly do love An You, please allow us to be together! Please forgive me for being unable to control my feelings. I won't monopolize An You. You can just treat me as a dog or a cat."

If she was really a dog or cat, she would've already been beaten to death with sticks ages ago.

Ning Shu extended her hand and slapped Mingzhu's face hard, then said with a conflicted expression of pain, "Sorry, I couldn't control my feelings right now. Can you forgive me for not being able to control my feelings?"

Mingzhu covered her face as tears streamed down her face. She looked at Ning Shu through her tears and shook her head. "Madame, I'm fine."

She sure was good at enduring. With how she looked, it was like she was the one being bullied.

An You's facial color instantly worsened and he shouted at Ning Shu, "What are you doing!? How could you hit her!?"

Ning Shu said, "I couldn't control my feelings just now."

"You!" An You furrowed his brows. "What are you bullying Mingzhu for?"

"An You, I'm fine. Please don't blame the madame."

"That's enough, head inside." The old madame interrupted and stopped the dispute. She glanced at the weak and delicate Mingzhu and found the sight of her seriously loathsome.

While they were eating, when the old madame saw Mingzhu sit down directly, she gave a cough and said, "Princess Mingzhu, do these dishes suit your appetite well enough?"

Mingzhu hastily said, "Mother, I like all of them a lot."

"There's no need for you to call me mother, it's not suitable. Although you're a princess, you've already been demoted to being a commoner and you're also a mistress, so call me old madame," said the old madame mildly.

The words put Mingzhu on the spot and she nodded with a wronged expression. An You couldn't stop himself from saying, "Mother, we should just keep treating Mingzhu like we did in the past."

"It's fine." Mingzhu smiled towards An You, which made the old madame's facial color darken again.

Ning Shu snorted. In the past, Mingzhu had the noble status of a princess, but right now, she was only a mistress whose status as a princess had been taken away.

There was something wrong with An You's brain as well. He actually wanted his mother to worship his mistress?

Mingzhu could feel clearly how much this family rejected her. The old madame didn't like her, the madame didn't like her, and even her good friend, An Lingyun, now looked at her with loathing.

The sudden status change made Mingzhu feel horrible, but when she looked over at An You, her heart became filled with courage again. She'll definitely be able to make these people accept her again through her sincerity.

After dinner, An You and Mingzhu prepared to head to Mingzhu's courtyard. Mingzhu saw that Ning Shu and An Lingyun were standing together nearby and looking at her, so she uneasily said to An You, "You should go to your madame's courtyard after all. It's been a long time since you two have seen each other."

An You grabbed Mingzhu's hand. "Can you bear to push me towards another woman?"

She couldn't bear it, she couldn't! Mingzhu mumbled, "You're the one I love, of course I can't bear to."

"Don't worry, I'll be loyal towards you, towards our feelings." The moment An You entered the house, he impatiently kissed Mingzhu's lips. Mingzhu reflexively emitted a ripple-like sound.

"Is there really no need to go to your madame's place?" Mingzhu's thoughts were fading even as her heart filled with happiness.

"There's no need, you're the one I love," said An You. "I can't betray our feelings."

The meaning was clearly that this daddy has already dumped that ugly old woman, yet he was making it sound so nice.

An You was clearly bery excited on top of Mingzhu's young body. He huffed and puffed and thumped for a good while and soon released in estacy. As he laid on top of Mingzhu, he panted to catch his breath.

Meanwhile, Mingzhu had just started feeling it a little, but An You was already done. Mingzhu felt like she was left in midair and couldn't go up or down. It was a very unpleasant feeling, but when she saw how tired An You was, she couldn't really ask him to go again.

When she saw that An You had actually fallen asleep, she felt a little unhappy, but the excitement that she would be able to stay by An You's side suppressed this little but of unhappiness.

#comment: And that's why I like this arc Xp. Ning Shu's sure picking up skillz.

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Chapter 789: Mingzhu is Also Your Mother

Early the next day, it was originally the time for Mingzhu to offer tea to the elders in the family and the main wife of the family, but An You and Mingzhu both slept until almost noon, leaving the old madame and Ning Shu to wait in the main hall for a long time.

Ning Shu didn't really care about this, but the old madame's facial color was very bad as she gripped her crutch. In the end, she consoled Ning Shu, saying, "Since she doesn't want to go through this ritual, then just forget it. Her status will only be acknowledged once you, the main wife, drinks her tea, but since she herself doesn't care, there's no need for us to bother."

Ning Shu nodded.

An Lingyun was already starving and she couldn't stop herself from asking, "Mother, why don't I get someone to call Father?"

Ning Shu looked towards the old madame and the old madame had her personal maid go call them.

It took quite a while for An You and Mingzhu to finally come. The moment Mingzhu entered the room, she saw that everyone was looking at her so her face flushed beautifully.

Meanwhile, Ning Shu took note of An You's slightly yellow face and smiled meaningfully.

"Mother, sorry, I've made everyone wait. You all still have not eaten yet, right? Let's eat, let's eat." An You was a bridegroom last night, so his complexion was glowing. Although that was the case, Ning Shu was still able to see that his facial color was tinged slightly yellow.

"Father, don't you know that everyone was waiting for you two for a really long time?" An Lingyun pouted as she grumbled.

An You doted on this daughter quite a bit, so when he heard this, he didn't say anything. However, at the side, Mingzhu immediately knelt down to An Lingyun and said, "Lingyun, this is all because of me. I was a little tired this morning so I slept for a little longer. I'm sorry."

An Lingyun's facial color instantly worsened. "Get up, don't kneel."

"It was my mistake. I was the one that made everyone wait, I apologize. Can you forgive me?" Mingzhu looked towards An Lingyun as if she was waiting for An Lingyun's forgiveness and would not get up before getting it.

An Lingyun: …

"Lingyun, you're so kindhearted, so please forgive me," said Mingzhu.

An Lingyun was about to die from fury. Mingzhu was clearly the one that came late, but now if she didn't forgive her, she was the one that was being mean?

Ning Shu inwardly laughed without any restraint. Some things, a person would only understand when it happened to them. Mingzhu had been like this in the original storyline as well. She treated her knees like they were made of iron and dropped to her knees for every little thing. After she squeezed out a couple drops of cat pee, everyone ended up on her side and blamed the original host for everything.

Now that this scenario was happening to An Lingyun, how would An Lingyun feel?

Probably not too happy.

Although Mingzhu was simple, she could sense when people disliked her. In this room, An Lingyun was the first to speak. Mingzhu sensed that An Lingyun disliked her, so she did this out of instinct.

She instinctively tried to use the power of the surrounding people to help herself get out of this tricky situation.

So now, An Lingyun was the one being targeted.

Ning Shu just stood at the side without speaking and watched.

"Lingyun, please forgive me," said Mingzhu again towards An Lingyun.

An You pulled Mingzhu up from the ground and said to An Lingyun, "This was my idea, so don't blame Mingzhu. Mingzhu is also your mother, so be more respectful towards her."

Mother? My mother's Wei Lingxian. When the fudge did a mistress also become my mother? An Lingyun was suffocating from anger. When she saw that her father was so protective of Mingzhu, she felt even more envious and angry.

"Lingyun and I are friends, so there's no need to call me mother." Mingzhu hastily waved her hand dismissively.

An Lingyun became even more furious. The frick? A good friend stole my father? In any case, currently An Lingyun felt like there was something disgusting stuck in her mouth but she couldn't spit it out. It was such an unpleasant feeling.

"Lingyun, it's quite late, so have the food be brought up. Everyone's hungry," said Ning Shu to An Lingyun.

An Lingyun pouted very unhappily as she had the servants bring up the food.

This was Mingzhu's first meal in the general's residence as a mistress, so based on customs, she should've attended to the entire table as they ate. Mistresses, in plain terms, were just servants.

However, Mingzhu sat down next to An You and sweetly helped him get food.

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Chapter 790: Does Everyone Hate Mistresses a Lot?

Princess Mingzhu didn't notice the fact that her status was no longer the same. She was no longer Princess Mingzhu and was just a mistress. The main wife even had the right to sell her, but she continued to live inside her own world, not knowing anything and not caring about anything.

The old madame's face was black during the entire course of this meal and her ivory chopsticks struck her bowl very loudly. An You finally noticed that his mother didn't seem very happy, so he asked, "Mother, do these dishes not suit your taste?"

The old madame: "Haha."

After breakfast, An You left with Mingzhu. The old madame slapped her chopsticks down hard. She was so furious her voice was trembling. "What kind of education did she have? I've never seen someone with such unacceptable behavior!"

All Ning Shu could do was console the old madame and tell her not to be too angry. It was natural for An You to treat Mingzhu like she was a precious pearl.

It was easy to love, but only continuing to love would make it true love.

Ning Shu took An Lingyun along to participate in all sorts of noblewomen gatherings to allow An Lingyun to see more of the world. At the same time, it would give An Lingyun a chance to meet her potential mother-in-law.

A lot of noblewomen looked towards Ning Shu with sympathy. In the past, An You didn't have a single mistress, but now a shameless Princess Mingzhu had suddenly appeared. All of them warned Ning Shu that she had to make sure the mistress kept to the rules. Right now, Mingzhu was nothing but a commoner so there was nothing to be afraid of.

Ning Shu just smiled and nodded as a response, so the other madames' eyes filled with even more sympathy. Her own husband had been stolen by another woman, but she still had to stay strong and smile like she was fine with this. They started talking about how to sort out mistresses that didn't know their place. Every single one of them spoke between gritted teeth.

As long as they were the main wife, they'd feel extreme pain and hatred towards the mistresses they had to share their husband with.

An Lingyun listened from the side. She felt like an entire new world had been opened to her. The tricks were either to sell the mistress, make sure the mistress would never be able to give birth, or slowly torment the mistress by having her carry over tea and pour water.

While they were heading back, An Lingyun asked Ning Shu, "Does everyone hate mistresses a lot?"

An Lingyun had grown up in a simple and happy environment, so she had never seen what a family with a lot of concubines and mistresses was like. Hence, she had no idea how much harm a mistress caused the main wife.

Meanwhile, the main wife still had to act magnanimous and help the husband accept mistresses.

Ning Shu didn't reply directly. "Of these madames, who do you think will be easy to get along with? I think Madame Li is good. I heard that Madame's son is about the same age as your older brother."

An Lingyun was taken aback slightly, then her face immediately flushed and she said embarrassedly, "Mother!"

"No need to be embarrassed. It's natural for children to eventually reach the age of marriage," said Ning Shu.

"It'll be good for you to interact with these madames more so that you'll be mentally prepared once you get married. There's no way your future husband would only have you as his only woman, so it's good to listen to their stories more," said Ning Shu mildly.

A shadow immediately fell on An Lingyun's heart. "Can't they be like Father and have only one wife? How can these men be so fickle…"

An Lingyun's voice faltered, because her father now also had a mistress, and he had even entered the cluster of flowers in old age.

An You's actions hurt Wei Lingxian even more than the how those men with harems hurt their main wives.

Since he wouldn't be able to do it, why give Wei Lingxian that hope?

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Chapter 791: Time Was like a Butcher Knife

Ning Shu didn't care that An Lingyun didn't like hearing about this and relentlessly continued stabbing her heart. "Unwed men also have chambermaids. Before you even marry over, men already have women by their sides. Once you marry over, those chambermaids will be promoted to concubines or mistresses."

"The reason your father doesn't have a chambermaid is because he's often out on campaigns," said Ning Shu mildly.

An Lingyun's facial color worsened like she had stepped on dog sh*t. She stared at Ning Shu almost blankly as she said, "Mother."

"Of course, you'll also have a loving relationship with your husband, although you have to share him with others." Ning Shu's words stabbed An Lingyun's heart again and again.

Ning Shu then said, "You're the daughter of a general, so you'll naturally be the main wife. That's why you have to work hard when managing the residence. Once you get married, your in-law's home will be your home. There are some things that the general's residence wouldn't be able to get involved with. Married daughters are spilled water after all."

An Lingyun: …

Ning Shu paid no attention to how dejected An Lingyun was and started discussing with the old madame regarding the son, An Yu's marriage.

The old madame took a liking to Minister Su's daughter, but Ning Shu immediately rejected this. In the original storyline, this Su Li was An Yu's wife, but she had actually revered Mingzhu and admired Mingzhu's courage in being so determined and faithful towards her love.

Mingzhu was clearly the person in her husband's heart, but she was actually supporting her love rival and helping her oppose Wei Lingxian, her true mother-in-law. She was always criticizing her mother-in-law for being so cruel to Mingzhu. How many holes must've been in this girl's brain?

It was another unbelievably na?ve woman with no sense of right and wrong.

Ning Shu directly stated her reasoning. "This Su Li is Minister Su's only daughter, so it's hard for her not to be spoiled. Meanwhile, An Yu is the eldest son, so his wife will be the eldest daughter-in-law. In the future, she'd have to take up the heavy responsibility of looking after the general's residence. This daughter-in-law has seen this woman before. She's a na?ve and lively child."

The moment the old madame heard this, she eliminated Su Li from the selection. Naivety meant stupidly. How could someone who didn't know how the world worked be expected to manage the home correctly and interact with other madames? Could it be that they should allow her to offend everyone?

Ning Shu never considered establishing any rules for Mingzhu, nor did she have Mingzhu give her greetings. As for An You's doting love towards Mingzhu, Ning Shu just acted like she was blind and couldn't see anything.

Towards this, Mingzhu was overjoyed. Although the madame didn't say anything, Mingzhu felt that the madame had already forgiven her.

Meanwhile, An Lingyun who had been very protective of Mingzhu in the original storyline was now seemingly unintentionally making things hard for Mingzhu. When Ning Shu saw what An Lingyun was doing, she got the feeling that An Lingyun seemed to be practicing. She was probably polishing her skills in preparation to deal with mistresses.

For example, if Mingzhu wanted to eat something, An Lingyun would tell the servants to delay things and not bring it over. When Mingzhu asked about it, An Lingyun said that the general's residence didn't have money and couldn't afford something that expensive. Even the old madame didn't have the money to eat swallow's bird nest anymore.

Mingzhu first made a huge scene in a wronged manner and An You stepped out to protect Mingzhu again. However, An Lingyun just said directly, Father, you've been demoted and don't get much from your salary. The general's residence currently isn't doing well.

Being told this by his own daughter dealt An You a heavy blow.

In the end, the matter was dropped. Mingzhu had her personal maid go buy it.

Using one's own money didn't go into the account books. However, though Mingzhu got to eat what she wanted to eat, she felt very unhappy.

An Lingyun also felt very unhappy whenever she saw that there were good things in Mingzhu's courtyard. She was the one that had spent money to buy most of the things there. Now the entire general's residence was working to save money, but Mingzhu still had so many good things.

A mistress actually had more things in her house than her mother.

Ning Shu just silently took in An Lingyun's chancg. That was why people only knew pain when the stick struck their own body. Right now, would An Lingyun still enthusiastically welcome Mingzhu into this large family?

All humans were selfish. They'd always compete hard when things touched upon their own possessions.

The general's residence was now doing worse than before, but Mingzhu was still living very well. Would An Lingyun be able to accept this?

An You and Mingzhu had been lovey-dovey for a while. In the past, they would be stuck together all day, but recently, An You would occasionally sleep in the study.

Ning Shu looked at An You's slightly yellow face. His brows were tightly furrowed like he had something on his mind, while Mingzhu's gaze contained a bit of blame.

Inwardly, Ning Shu was laughing her head off. Time was like a butcher knife, it was capable of destroying all true love and feelings.

In the original storyline, An You and Mingzhu had both died, creating a legendary true love.

But what did death count for? What did they die for? If they had lived, they would be able to love each other for so much longer. Only love that survived the ravaging of time could count as true love.

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Chapter 792: Needed to Take Medicine

Love and lust, love and lust. With love, there naturally came lust. However, the current An You seemed like he couldn't really satisfy Mingzhu.

Since he was old, he should really just be more decent and stop trying to act like a willful youngster. Did he really think that he was a vigorous young lad?

Lately, An You has been very distressed, very very distressed.

Although he felt really satisfied after making love, Mingzhu wasn't and always wanted another round. However, for some reason, his body wouldn't cooperate. He felt very humiliated facing Mingzhu's gaze filled with silent complaints, so he decreased the amount of times they made love.

An You felt that there was something wrong with his body. It wasn't that he couldn't do it, but he just couldn't keep at it for long. Before he thought that it was just because he was too excited. After all, Mingzhu was so young and beautiful.

However, after tumbling with Mingzhu this many times and continuing to face the same problem, he was starting to get worried.

He even secretly went to see a doctor. The doctor checked his pulse and said that his kidney was weak, so he prescribed some medicine to strengthen An You's kidney and improve the yang in his body.

For the sake of keeping this matter concealed, An You pretended that he was sick and needed to take medicine.

When Mingzhu found out that An You was sick, she started wailing like An You was about to pass away. It made the old madame's facial color completely darken.

However, An You was very touched. He was moved by how worried Mingzhu was about him, so he hugged her in front of everyone and wiped away her tears while saying sweet nothings to her. Finally, Mingzhu smiled through her tears.

Ning Shu: …

She felt so speechless. This guy's elderly mother, main wife, and his daughter was in this room. Couldn't he watch his behavior a little?

How could there possibly so many feelings that they couldn't control?

Ning Shu sighed. She felt that she was destined to be alone this entire lifetime. This so-called love seriously made people want to fall apart.

At the same time, when she couldn't even guarantee her own life, love was something she couldn't even hope for. What could be more stable and beautiful than love after all?

In any case, Ning Shu expressed that she was severely disgusted. Were these two planning to start tumbling right here and now?

Ning Shu sniffed at the medicine the maid brought in, then her lips hooked slightly.

When An Lingyun saw Mingzhu acting like this, she felt even more disgusted. The moment she got out of the room, she spat, "Damned vixen."

An Lingyun started to find the things that filled Mingzhu's house an eyesore. Whenever she recalled that they were all bought with the general's residence's money, she'd feel her heart ache. She was always trying to find reasons to take things from Mingzhu's house.

Mingzhu thought that An Lingyun had forgiven her, so she generously gifted all the good things to An Lingyun.

However, when An Lingyun asked for things every single time she came, Mingzhu became unhappy. These things were hers, what right did An Lingyun have to ask for them?

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Chapter 793: A White Jade Hairpin

Right now, Ning Shu pretty much didn't need to do anything. An Lingyun handled managing the residence and she didn't need to attend to An You. She was practically living the retired life ahead of time.

Ning Shu watched as An Lingyun and Mingzhu got into an argument because of a white jade hairpin. Mingzhu was used to using the skill of crying and weeping, then kneeling for every single little thing.

An Lingyun had been going around with Ning Shu to attend gatherings, so she gradually learned quite a lot. No matter what, Mingzhu was a senior in her family. If she allowed a senior to kneel to her, that meant she no longer wanted her reputation.

An Lingyun started to feel even more strongly that Mingzhu was very malicious, to use this method to ruin her reputation. So the moment Mingzhu knelt down, An Lingyun knelt down as well.

An Lingyun's reaction made Mingzhu feel like she had swallowed a fly. She felt wronged and resentful. Why was An Lingyun treating her this way? She treated An Lingyun so well and gave her all her good things, so why was she still so greedy and insatiable?

The general's residence had clearly used to be so warm. An Lingyun had been her friend as well, so why did things become like this? She had already explained that she just wasn't able to restrain her feelings, that she wanted to become part of the general's residence, so why was An Lingyun being like this?

Mingzhu felt that An Lingyun had betrayed their friendship.

Of course, in the end, An You had to mediate this conflict. An You naturally stood on the side of the one he loved and naturally gave the jade hairpin to Mingzhu.

An Lingyun was angry, very angry. This was her father, so why was he always on this woman's side? Why!?

In this moment, An Lingyun was just like how Wei Lingxian used to be. She felt envy, hatred, discontent, and hurt. Her father didn't even think about things before choosing Mingzhu's side. He didn't even ask about what happened. This bias made An Lingyun felt very hurt.

Ning Shu saw that An Lingyun was so angry that her entire body was trembling as she knelt on the ground, but An You was just hugging and consoling Mingzhu. She inwardly sighed, then walked over.

Ning Shu pulled An Lingyun off the ground. When An Lingyun turned around and saw her mother, the tears she had been holding back instantly overflowed.

Ning Shu looked at An You as she said, "Husband, the residence's stores aren't doing well, and after you were demoted, your salary decreased as well. The general's residence is truly not doing well these days. Lingyun is now managing the household and so she's always thinking about ways to cut down some expenses. An Lingyun was the one who bought this white jade hairpin for Mingzhu and she was thinking of asking for it back to sell it in order to support the residence's expenditures."

When An You saw his main wife, he was taken aback for a second. He felt like it had been a very long time since he had seen her. Most of the time, this woman didn't even give off the slightest trace of presence and she also hadn't said anything about the fact that he doted on Mingzhu.

An You felt a little uneasy. If the other party had made a ruckus wanting to stop him from being together with Mingzhu, he wouldn't feel guilty at all. Now as he listened to her calmly state the facts, he actually felt ashamed.

An You took the white jade hairpin from Mingzhu's hand and gave it to An Lingyun.

Mingzhu's facial color instantly worsened. This wasn't just about a hairpin. Right after Wei Lingxian spoke, An You changed his mind about giving the hairpin to her. This made Mingzhu feel very uncomfortable and she started feeling threatened.

An Lingyun held the white jade hairpin, as she looked towards Mingzhu, her eyes filled with ridicule.

Mingzhu immediately knelt down in front of Ning Shu. Ning Shu just looked at Mingzhu calmly and magnanimously accepted her kneel, because right now Mingzhu was nothing but a mistress. Did she really think that she was still Princess Mingzhu and that people would be terrified as soon as she kneeled?

"Madame, I was at fault. I never thought that the residence's situation was like this. Tomorrow I'll take out my private savings to help the residence," said Mingzhu nobly.

Ning Shu smiled faintly. "Very good. It's good that you think this way. After all, you are a member of the general's residence."

Mingzhu smiled through her tears as she knocked her head hard against the ground. "Many thanks for accepting me, Madame. Thank you."

Ning Shu smiled with even more dignity.

Ning Shu pulled An Lingyun to her courtyard, then took out a hairpin from her accessories box to give to An Lingyun. An Lingyun hastily waved her hands to reject it. "I don't want Mother's hairpin. I was doing that on purpose. I wanted to take Mingzhu's hairpin on purpose."

Ning Shu pulled An Lingyun's hand and said, "No matter what you do, you have to find a good reason for yourself beforehand and make sure that you're on the advantageous side. This way, while making things hard for someone, you wouldn't end up falling into a trap. Your father currently dotes greatly on Mingzhu, so naturally everything Mingzhu says is right. You're a young lady, you shouldn't interfere with your father's harem. You should just let your father dote on whoever he wishes to."

"But Mother, I can't accept this." An Lingyun stomped unhappily. "Right now, Mingzhu is the only one in Father's eyes. Could it be that you don't feel upset by this?"

Ning Shu looked at An Lingyun. "It's important to stay calm no matter what you face. What benefits would meeting force with force like this bring? So what if you can vent the resentment in your heart? Your father will still be on Mingzhu's side."

"Don't fight with Mingzhu anymore. She's your father's concubine while you're of the younger generation. It's not good for your reputation," exhorted Ning Shu.

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Chapter 794: Couldn't Really Do It Anymore

An Lingyun knew that her mother had her best interests in mind, so she nodded quietly.

Soon, Princess Mingzhu personally came to Ning Shu's courtyard to offer her a bag of silver. Ning Shu had An Lingyun take it.

An Lingyun curled her lips in disdain. It was such a tiny amount of money. Back when Mingzhu had first come to the residence, everything they bought for her was paid with banknotes. This little bit of money couldn't even pay off a single banknote.

Mingzhu's steps were much lighter as she left. It was clear that she thought the residence had accepted her relationship with An You and gave her their blessings.

Ning Shu shook her head. Bickering with someone that lived completely inside their own world like this was just asking for trouble. The moment you said something or raised your voice just a little, she'd immediately kneel down in remorse and ceaselessly ask for your forgiveness.

I've wronged, I've apologized, so you should forgive me. If you don't forgive me, that puts you in the wrong and you're the one at fault.

Nothing hurt people like them more than having their true love destroyed.

Although the people of the residence had allowed her to be together with An You, Mingzhu now had a new distress, which was the issue of her intimacy with An You.

It was like this every single time! As soon as she started to feel it a little, the love-making would end. Sometimes Mingzhu would keep hugging An You, wanting more, but An You seriously couldn't do it again and was always evading it, saying that he was tired.

A shadow was growing in Mingzhu's heart. She felt that An You had gone off to find some other woman. However, ever since she came to the general's residence, An You had always been with her. He never even went to Wei Lingxian's courtyard.

Although she didn't want to admit it, she was starting to think that An You couldn't really do it anymore. An You was her first man, so she didn't know what other men were like. Due to her feminine bashfulness, she couldn't voice her true feelings either.

She didn't want An You to think that she was a licentious woman.

Meanwhile, An You could sense Mingzhu's dissatisfaction, but although he had the desire, he truly didn't have the strength. He had already drunk so much medicine, but it was all useless. An You didn't know what had happened to his body. This feeling made him very uneasy.

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Chapter 795: Happier Than a First-Time Father

An You knew that if things continued on like this, there would eventually come a day when Mingzhu would complain. He loved Mingzhu and wanted to give her the best of everything, but what exactly was wrong with this crappy body? It didn't use to be like this.

An You saw a lot of doctors and was given a lot of prescriptions, but no matter what he ate, it was useless. He had even taken medicine prescribed by famous doctors and was practically a walking jar of medicine by now, but none of it changed the issue of his lack of endurance.

Ning Shu just watched silently as An You drank large bowls of medicine. He drank more medicine in a day than he ate, causing his face to look completely green.

On the surface, Ning Shu was dignified and composed, but inwardly she was nearly rolling on the floor with laughter.

When she saw that An You often slept in the study now and Mingzhu had an expression of silent complaint, she just smiled coldly.

The current An You no longer had the ability to love hard and f*ck hard, so he couldn't drive Mingzhu to tears with ecstasy.

Ha. Ha. Ha.

Ning Shu really wanted to stretch her waist lazily to express her pleasant mood, but when she considered her dignified and magnanimous image, she gave up on this idea.

Although An You finished really fast, Mingzhu still got pregnant. Furthermore, Mingzhu didn't even know she was pregnant and one day, ended up throwing up so hard she passed out during a meal. When a doctor came to take a look at her, he said that it had already been two months.

Although the old madame didn't like Mingzhu, for better or for worse, that child in Mingzhu's belly was her grandson. It was always better to have more children, so she even took out her private savings to buy a lot of nourishing foods for Mingzhu.

With how delicate and fragile Mingzhu looked, the old madame couldn't help but worry. She sincerely hoped that this child would be able to come into this world safely.

When An You learned that the person he loved had gotten pregnant, he was extremely excited. He was even happier than a first-time father and picked up Mingzhu to spin her around. The old madame was startled and hastily had him set Mingzhu back down.

When An Lingyun found out that Mingzhu had gotten pregnant, she become unhappy. The current An Lingyun was no longer as simple as before and she thought a lot about the future consequences that this child's arrival would bring. The first thing she thought of was that this child might threaten her and her older brother's position.

Although the child was born of a mistress, the child would have the right to inherit possessions of the general's residence. It was still alright if it turned out to be a girl, but if it was a boy, then it'd be a threat to her brother.

When she saw how happy her father was, she became even more worried. It felt like her father would be extremely biased towards this younger brother or sister.

However, her mother still looked so unconcerned, so she couldn't help but ask, "Mother, aren't you worried?"

"What's there to be worried about? There's nothing to worry about." In reality, Ning Shu was a little surprised that Mingzhu had actually gotten pregnant. In the original storyline, Mingzhu hadn't ever gotten pregnant.

In reality, this child wouldn't clash with An Lingyun and An Yu, so she didn't want to get involved in this child's matters.

An Lingyun stomped her feet without saying anything. She looked a little conflicted, so Ning Shu said, "Lingyun, this child is your sibling. Your ages will be very far apart, so there are some things you can do, and some that you can't, you understand?"

Ning Shu took in An Lingyun's expression. Her brows were furrowed in conflicted hesitation. It was clear that she minded this child a lot.

The feeling of having a sibling that didn't share the same parents was very strange. When An Lingyun heard what Ning Shu said, she heaved a long sigh, then said, "Mother, I understand."

Inherently, An Lingyun was kindhearted.

She would fight to obtain what she needed, but it was on the premise that it didn't hurt others.

Mingzhu's pregnancy made An You very happy since they would have a child together. However, the more important point was that he wouldn't have to make love with Mingzhu for a long time. In all honestly, An You was now a little scared of sleeping with Mingzhu. He was scared of seeing Mingzhu's disappointed gaze.

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Chapter 796: Uh, What Happened?

Right now, An You just wanted to take advantage of the time while Mingzhu was pregnant to hurry and fix his own body so that he could give Mingzhu a completely new him.

After getting pregnant, Mingzhu became even more conspicuously spoiled. On top of that, since her health was a little delicate, she threw up whatever she ate. Nowadays, she was always hammering An You with her fists and An You always accepted her little hits with a smile.

It felt both sweet and bittersweet to Mingzhu.

Ning Shu paid no attention to the two that were constantly flirting and just called An Yu back from Profit Province's military.

She said that she was going to arrange a marriage for him and wanted him to come take a look.

An Yu happily ran back, then bumped into his dad hugging Princess Mingzhu in the garden. Princess Mingzhu was even covering her stomach with one hand.

An Yu was dumbfounded, he couldn't understand what was going on at all. Why was his dad so intimate with Mingzhu?

Uh, who could tell him what exactly happened?

When the old madame saw her grandson after such a long time, especially after so many things had happened to the residence, she started crying.

Ning Shu saw that An Yu had changed a lot. He had become tan and there was even a faint scar on his face. He was also much more well-built and looked a lot sharper.

As expected, he had changed from this experience.

An Yu was still confused over what was going on with An You and Princess Mingzhu. His father didn't even greet him when he came back.

So he went to ask his sister about what happened between their dad and Princess Mingzhu.

An Lingyun now loathed Princess Mingzhu a lot. When she heard that her brother was still calling that lowly mistress a princess, she spat and said, "She's not some princess anymore, she's nothing but a mistress."

Following that, she told her brother everything, about how Mingzhu had rashly ran to the battlefield on her own and got together with An You. At the end, she said that Mingzhu was already two months pregnant.

When An Yu finished listening, he completely fell apart. His image of Mingzhu as the ideal woman who was gentle like water immediately shattered. In the blink of an eye, she had already become his father's mistress and was about to give birth to a child.

An Yu pressed his lips together, then inwardly heaved a sigh. What kind of courage must it have taken to rush to the battlefield? If she had ran to Profit Province's military, she definitely would've been dragged into the tents by those tough old soldiers and treated as a military prostitute.

During this past period of time, An Yu had gone through a lot of suffering in Profit Province's military. That place had no rationality, no right or wrong. All that was there was the fist and seniority.

When he had first gone there, he had refused to accept it. While trying to argue, he was knocked down, then everyone ran up to kick and stomp on him. The scar on his face came from a time they were sent to suppress bandits; a bandit had gotten him.

That one cut almost took his life. The last thing that flashed through his mind had been Mingzhu's face. He had never imagined that things would be like this.

It was ridiculous.

Ning Shu called An Yu over and said, "Grandmother and I helped you take a look at a woman and wanted you to come home to take a look at her."

An Yu looked at his mother. She was talking to him calmly about these matters without any trace of hurt showing on her face. She had even stepped up to support the residence when it faced such a crisis.

"Mother, I'll leave the decision to you two," said An Yu indifferently. "It's fine as long as the girl can support the family like you, Mother."

Ning Shu took in An Yu's expression, then directly asked, "You still can't forget about Mingzhu?"

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Chapter 797: If a Pretty Boy like An Yu…

When An Yu saw that his mother knew about his hidden feelings, for a moment he was so embarrassed that he didn't know what to say, especially since Mingzhu was now his father's woman.

"I-I didn't," stammered An Yu, but he saw that his mother continued to just look at him.

Deny it, just keep denying. Ning Shu kept looking at An Yu with a deadpan expression.

An You felt even more embarrassed and finally shrugged. "In the past this son did like gentle women like Mingzhu, but she's already Father's woman now. This son doesn't have any thoughts towards her."

Ning Shu was a little surprised since this child had been very infatuated with Mingzhu before. He had changed a lot now. He didn't seem to be the same as he was in the original storyline.

Ning Shu was now extremely glad she had frickin' sent him away early before he had become completely infatuated with Mingzhu. The environment had probably influenced An Yu some too. The current An Yu was much more intelligent and well-rounded than before.

Those scars on his face and hands showed what he had been through.

A strange question suddenly popped into Ning Shu's mind and she glanced towards An Yu's lower half. All the men in Profit Province were rough guys. They usually didn't have women there, so if a little pretty boy like An Yu headed over… Did he get pushed down?

The more she thought about it, the more she felt it was possible and the look in her eyes became even more strange.

An Yu: …

After leaving his mother's courtyard, he bumped into Mingzhu who was standing in the corridor and feeding fish. An Yu wanted to avoid her, so he turned around to leave.

"An Yu." Mingzhu called out to An Yu. An Yu turned around and greeted, "Aunt."

The moment Mingzhu heard what An Yu called her, her expression stiffened. After all, she was even younger than An Yu. However, the fact that he called her this way meant that he accepted her, right?

"Are you doing well in Profit Province's military?" asked Mingzhu.

An Yu cupped his fist in a salute and said, "Many thanks for your concern, Aunt. Everything is pretty good."

"Actually, there's no need for you to be so polite with me. I've always thought of you as a friend." When Mingzhu saw how distant An Yu was being, she felt a little uncomfortable. Then she noticed that An Yu's face had a faint scar. "It looks like you're not doing very well, you must've suffered a lot."

Mingzhu took a couple steps towards An Yu. When An Yu saw that she was supporting her waist while walking towards him, he quickly took a few steps back and said, "It's nothing for grown men to suffer a little bit."

"In truth, I didn't agree with you going to Profit Province's military back then," said Mingzhu. "I really can't understand why Madame sent you to such a harsh place."

An Yu frowned slightly and said, "Aunt, you should continue feeding the fish. I'll be leaving now."

Mingzhu watched as An Yu walked away, then frowned slightly, feeling a bit wronged. Why was he like this? She sighed. She was pretty sure that An Lingyun had said bad things about her to her brother, that must be why An Yu was avoiding her like this.

Mingzhu rubbed her stomach. Suddenly, for some reason, she felt a little depressed and worn out, especially when she saw how imposing An Yu was. That young and healthy body made Mingzhu's heart feel strangely restless.

"Mingzhu, you're here! I was looking for you everywhere." An You walked over worriedly.

Due to drinking so much medicine during this period of time, the smell of medicine hovered around An You all the time. The moment Mingzhu smelled this, she covered her mouth and started retching.

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Chapter 798: Will Soon Have a Beautiful Sister-in-law!

When An You saw that Mingzhu wasn't feeling well and was throwing up, he reached out to pat her back, but the closer he got, the harder Mingzhu's retched. She hastily lifted her hand to stop An You from getting any closer. "Stay away, I feel like throwing up."

An You's facial color stiffened and he stopped moving forward, but his heart was clutching in pain. He was hurt by Mingzhu's attitude.

When Mingzhu saw An You's disbelieving expression, after she finished throwing up, she said, "There's a medicine smell around you. The smell of it makes me feel nauseous."

An You pressed his lips together and it was a few moments before he finally said, "Go bathe first." After saying that, he stiffly turned around and left.

Mingzhu watched as An You walked away desolately and parted her lips, but in the end, she didn't call out to him.

Ning Shu didn't know about this happening between An You and Mingzhu. She was currently going with the old madame and taking An Yu to see his future wife.

Ning Shu found this situation seriously strange. She herself had never gotten married before, but she was already looking for a daughter-in-law.

An You was very satisfied with his future wife. She was a gentle and beautiful girl that looked very sensible.

Ning Shu was also very satisfied, because the current An You was no longer infatuated with Mingzhu.

An Yu decided to return to the Profit Province military after getting married. The old madame agreed with this. She could sense that her health wasn't too good and would be able to die without regrets if she could see a great-grandson.

The group returned to the general's residence and saw that Mingzhu was waiting at the door. Mingzhu's gaze swept across An Yu's face, then she asked Ning Shu, "Madame, did you guys head out today for some business?"

Ning Shu said with a smile, "We went to see An Yu's fiancée today. An Yu will be getting married very soon."

"That's right, I'll soon have a beautiful sister-in-law!" An Lingyun smiled happily, almost purposefully doing it for Mingzhu to see. In the past, she had thought of Mingzhu as her future sister-in-law. She had never imagined that Mingzhu would be as shameless as to like her father and do so many absurd things.

Now, whenever she attended gatherings, she would hear other people laugh at the general's residence. Due to Mingzhu, they even looked at her weirdly.

When Mingzhu heard this news, she stumbled backwards slightly in shock, then forced a smile and said, "Congratulations."

"Thank you, Aunt," replied An Yu politely.

Mingzhu then turned and left. The old madame leaned against her crutch and spat, "Mannerless thing."

Ning Shu lifted her brows. She felt like Mingzhu's current state was a little off. Could it be that all pregnant women became this weird?

Because both sides were rather satisfied with each other, An Yu and Li Nianlei's marriage was quickly approved.

The family got together and chose an auspicious date based on the ecliptic calendar, then prepared to formally propose marriage. An You was a little unhappy because his family never told him that his son was getting married. They only notified him once they finished deciding everything.

Mingzhu sat at the side without saying anything and glanced over at An Yu from time to time. His tan skin and muscular body gave him an imposing aura and the scar on his face added a sense of bravery to his charm. His current imposing aura was even stronger than his father's.

Mingzhu didn't know if it was her misperception, but the current An You seemed a little dispirited. That feeling made Mingzhu feel like An You wasn't her god, not her lord, not her master.

An You felt like the entire family was ignoring him. Since his dignity as the head of the family was challenged, he said provokingly, "This Li Nianlei lost her mother early and even has a younger brother to take care of. Women who lost a relative can't be married."

Ning Shu almost burst out laughing. The fudge? You had sexual intercourse with a woman who was still in the mourning period for her parents, yet you still had the face to say this about others?

"Father, I'm very satisfied with this Li Nianlei. She's a sensible woman who knows how to take care of others and she's been looking after her younger brother all these years. Her brother will soon be taking the imperial exams. She's an intelligent and capable woman."

Mingzhu's facial color became unreadably dim.

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Chapter 799: Marriage Proposal Went Successfully

An You was the master of the house, the backbone of this family, the one who was supposed to support the entire residence and protect the family. However, due to Mingzhu, An You even wanted to abandon his family and his duties, which caused his position in this family to drop rapidly.

Right now, An You disapproved of An Yu marrying the Li family's daughter on the basis that she had lost her mother early, but his opposition didn't cause any ripples. No one cared about his words.

An You seemed to also realize this and he frowned, feeling very uncomfortable.

After the date was agreed on, An Yu got ready to head to the Li residence to propose marriage.

As Ning Shu took in how valiant and handsome An Yu looked on horseback as he prepared to set out, she suddenly had a feeling of pride like her son had already grown up.

As An You looked at his son, he suddenly found that his son seemed like a stranger. Since he was often out on campaigns, Wei Lingxian had always taken care of everything at home. In the blink of an eye, his son and daughter had already reached the age of establishing their own families.

An You wanted to give An Yu a few exhorts, but he didn't know what t say.

An Lingyun told her brother to make sure the proposal was successful and come back with her future sister-in-law. An Yu laughed candidly, then cupped his fist to say to the family, "This grandson, this son will definitely succeed."

The old madame smiled happily and a smile also appeared on Ning Shu's face.

This kind of life was truly filled with happiness.

An You was standing with Mingzhu. He felt like he was an outsider. This was clearly his family, but it felt like they had no relationship at all.

An You suddenly felt a sense of loneliness that he had never experienced before.

Mingzhu's eyes flickered with fragments of light as she looked at the tall and lofty An Yu.

The marriage proposal went very successfully. Following that, the birthday matching, the giving of betrothal gifts, and the presentation of wedding gifts were soon completed. The two families picked an auspicious date that was half a month later for the marriage. Next was simply to send a bridal sedan chair to fetch the bride. With things already at this point, the two family's marriage was already pretty much set in stone.

The day of the wedding soon arrived. The entire residence was lively and decorated with bright red lanterns. An Lingyun was smiling excitedly as she instructed the servants to make preparations and even the old madame came to help.

An Yu was in crimson bridegroom attire with a black official's hat on his head and red strings decorating his shoulders. It was a very festive attire. Ning Shu nodded in satisfaction. He looked very handsome.

In contrast to how lively the general's residence was, Mingzhu's courtyard was much more quiet. Mingzhu was leaning against the door while being supported by a maid as she watched the people busying about. She felt like an outsider.

"Miss, should we head back inside? It's windy by the door," said Mingzhu's personal maid.

Mingzhu watched as An Yu passed by in his marriage attire. He looked handsome, tall, and seemed to be radiant with delight.

Mingzhu suddenly realized that when she and An You got together, they didn't go through any form of ceremony at all. When she saw the bridegroom and bride hold that red ribbon ball together and walk past everyone that was cheering and laughing merrily, she suddenly felt like a large hammer had struck her heart.

She didn't have a wedding, didn't have a dowry, and no siblings carried her out on a sedan chair. She didn't have that trailing wedding skirt, nor that bridal sedan chair. She didn't have anything.

As Mingzhu listened to the voices of the wedding ceremony, she felt that her life was a waste. What had she been trying to obtain? She didn't have anything.

An You didn't give her anything. He said he loved her, but she didn't get anything.

Mingzhu looked at the bride whose face was covered by a veil and felt poisonous vines grow in her heart. As the thorns pricked her heart, her heart filled with envy and bitterness.

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Chapter 800: We Didn't Have a Wedding Like This

She watched as An You and Wei Lingxian sat together to accept the new couple's kowtows. She didn't even have the chance to sit side by side with An You. They were the true happy family.

When she saw the smile on Wei Lingxian's face, a feeling of pain that was hard to put into words welled up in her heart.

Everyone was happy, Mingzhu was the sole person who had such a bitter expression on her face. That pained expression of hers completely ruined the atmosphere. When the old madame saw that Mingzhu was being like this, she had Mingzhu head back to her own courtyard. Who was she pulling this face to show?

Mingzhu felt even more wronged when she was driven away and her expression filled with even more sorrow like someone had bullied her. An You was currently drinking with people, so he didn't notice her at all.

This liveliness had nothing to do with her. She would never be able to experience this kind of liveliness.

Ning Shu was talking with other married women with a smile. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Mingzhu's desolate expression. Mingzhu probably understood by now that her relationship with An You hadn't gotten people's approval and blessings. She had just been subjectively assuming everything.

Mingzhu's current status couldn't even count as a mistress because she hadn't been added to the family history. She should've been a noble mistress, but she didn't complete the tea offering ritual. When the old madame saw that Mingzhu didn't seem to care, she naturally didn't bother to remind her about the adding her name to the family history.

That was why, falling in love was easy. It was continuing to love that was hard.

An You and Mingzhu had died in the end, which was why their love was labeled as true love.

As Ning Shu looked at An Yu, she felt a gratified feeling rise up in her heart. It was clearly happiness due to seeing her son take a good wife and form his own family.

After that loud lively day, the general's residence finally quieted down. Mingzhu and An You lay together on the bed. Mingzhu said to An You, "An You, we didn't have a wedding like this."

An You hugged Mingzhu. "Once you give birth to the child, I'll hold one for you."

A hard to describe sense of anger and exhaustion suddenly flooded Mingzhu's heart and she turned so that her back faced An You.

An You hugged Mingzhu and said consolingly, "Mingzhu, you're pregnant now, so you shouldn't worry too much. It's not good for your health."

Mingzhu was very angry, but she also couldn't pinpoint why she was angry. After a while, when she turned around, she found that An You had actually fallen asleep.

An Yu got married today, so as An Yu's father, he had to greet all the customers which was naturally a lot of work. If it was a normal day, An You definitely would've continued consoling Mingzhu, but since he was too tired today, he fell asleep.

However, in this moment, all the strange unhappy emotions that were accumulating in Mingzhu's heart suddenly exploded forth and her entire body pulsed with grievances and sadness. Mingzhu couldn't even lie to herself anymore. An You was all that she had left in this life, but she had just found out that she wasn't all that An You had.

This made her very angry and unwilling to accept things. There was even a faint sense of regret.

"Wake up! An You, wake up!" Mingzhu started slapping An You's face hard. An You opened his eyes and caught Mingzhu's hand. He could feel stinging pain come from his face. Mingzhu's nails seemed to have left scratches on his face.

"What are you doing? Mingzhu, what's with you!?" Anger appeared on An You's face, but anyone would be angry when they were suddenly hit.

When Mingzhu saw An You being so fierce towards her, tears immediately overflowed and she started crying. "An You, you actually yelled at me? How can you treat me this way?"

An You reached out and pulled Mingzhu into his arms as he exhaustedly comforted Mingzhu. "Are you not feeling well? Don't cry, as soon as you cry, my heart feels like it's breaking."

Mingzhu leaned into An You's chest and was enveloped by the lingering smell of medicine. She felt nauseous, but An You kept hugging her tightly. The strong scent of the medicine caused her stomach to churn violently, so she abruptly pushed An You away and leaned over the side of the bed to throw up.

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