eurekapd Chapter 144 General's Concubine 28
Chapter 144 General's Concubine 28
Time quickly came to February of the following year, and the two children born to Jiang Chunxi were already two months old.
That night, Yue Zhen came to Jiang Chunxi's yard, or rather, the yard where they lived, with a heavy heart.
After all, since arriving at the border, Yue Zhen had been living with Jiang Chunxi unless he was in the military camp, and had never slept in the front yard alone.
When Yue Zhen came in, Jiang Chunxi was holding her son in her arms, and her daughter was held by her wet nurse.
Because she disliked this pair of evil creatures, Jiang Chunxi directly made herself have no milk. Why was she unwilling to feed this pair of evil creatures? She was unwilling to give them even a drop of milk. If it wasn't for show, she wouldn't even hug these two evil creatures.
Jiang Chunxi gave her son to the wet nurse. Since there were two children, there were naturally two wet nurses.
"Take the young master and young lady down!" Jiang Chunxi said to the two wet nurses, then signaled Hongying with her eyes to go out as well.
After Hongying and the two nurses left with the children, Jiang Chunxi came behind Yue Zhen, put her hands on both sides of his temples and gently asked, "General, is there any movement from the barbarians? It's only been a month since the last time the barbarians attacked. Could it be that the damn barbarians are going to attack again?"
Because of the invasion of barbarians, Jiang Chunxi went back to the military camp right after she finished her confinement. It was only in the past two days that she had time to come back to the mansion to rest and watch her two children perform.
"Although our army suffered heavy losses the last time the barbarians invaded, the barbarians are not much better off. I estimate that the barbarians will not make any moves in the short term, at least within a few months. After all, we need to recuperate, and so do the barbarians." As he spoke, Yue Zhen took hold of Jiang Chunxi's hand that was massaging him, pulled her to the front, and let her sit next to him.
"I just received a letter from the capital," Yue Zhen continued, "This is the tenth letter in the past two months. They were all written by the young lady. The young lady wanted to take the two children back to the capital to be raised by her."
When he received the first letter, Yue Zhen directly wrote back to refuse. Although he no longer cared about Liu Yaozhu poisoning her grandmother and believed that Liu Yaozhu had admitted her mistakes and was able to correct them, Yue Zhen was still unwilling to give the child to Liu Yaozhu to raise.
After all, I am still worried that Liu Yaozhu will harm the two children.
But as Liu Yaozhu sent her letter after letter, every sentence told how difficult it was for her in the mansion, how her grandmother bullied her, and how none of the servants in the mansion took her, the young lady, seriously, she could hardly hold on any longer.
If Yue Zhen didn't send the child back to her to raise and help her regain her status as the young lady of the general's mansion, she would probably be bullied by the servants in the mansion and would not be able to survive.
Of course, Liu Yaozhu emphasized that she had no complaints about the old lady's torture of her and was willing to endure it. After all, she was the one who made the mistake first, and it was only right for her to let her grandmother vent her anger.
She just couldn't accept that none of the servants in the mansion took her seriously. This was what made Liu Yaozhu collapse. So if Yue Zhen could send the child back to her to raise, the servants in the mansion would definitely not look down on her as a young lady anymore.
She asked Yue Zhen tearfully, "Do you have to watch her being bullied by servants and not be able to live?" Is it really necessary for Liu Yaozhu to die before Yue Zhen will believe the difficulties she is facing in the mansion?
Yue Zhen did not doubt Liu Yaozhu's words. After all, if his grandmother really tortured Liu Yaozhu for what she did to him, it would be normal.
Now the entire general's mansion's finances are in the hands of my grandmother. Since my grandmother doesn't like Liu Yaozhu, the servants in the mansion naturally won't take Liu Yaozhu, the young lady, seriously. It is normal for them to look down on Liu Yaozhu, the young lady.
Yue Zhen was naturally angry. No matter what treasonous things Liu Yaozhu had done, the master was the master and the servant was the servant. How dare those damned servants bully their master by committing treason?
But isn't he at the border?
As for writing back to question my grandmother...
Yue Zhen didn't think about it. His grandmother was already dissatisfied with Liu Yaozhu. If he wrote a letter back to express his dissatisfaction to his grandmother, it went without saying that his grandmother would be even more angry with Yaozhu, and Yaozhu's life in the mansion would become even more difficult.
"What?" Jiang Chunxi panicked. "General, the two children are still young, and it's freezing cold now. If we send the two children back to the capital at this time, how can they bear the long journey and the cold weather?"
As she spoke, Jiang Chunxi started to cry: "The general wants to give the two children to the young lady to raise. I have no objection to this. After all, I already knew that when I have children, I will definitely give them to the young lady to raise."
"It's just that the two children are too young at the moment. It's definitely not appropriate to send them back to the capital now. So I beg the general if you can wait a few more months, at least until the weather warms up, before sending the two children back to the capital."
Yue Zhen naturally had no reason to disagree with Jiang Chunxi's request. After all, in this kind of weather, he was worried about sending the two children back to the capital!
Yue Zhen then hugged Jiang Chunxi into his arms: "Chunxi, thank you, thank you for being so considerate and sensible. I promise you that when we have children in the future, I will definitely let the child stay with you to raise, and then make you my concubine."
Although Yue Zhen had feelings for Jiang Chunxi, he could only make her a concubine at most. Jiang Chunxi's status was there, and even if Liu Yaozhu was not there, he would not be able to make a concubine his principal wife. After all, according to the court law, a concubine could not be made his principal wife.
"As long as I can stay by the general's side, I will be satisfied. It doesn't matter if I am a concubine or not," Jiang Chunxi said. "It's just that the general said that I can raise my own children in the future. Isn't this just to make me happy?"
"Of course not," Yue Zhen assured, "Don't worry, when I said I would let you raise the child yourself, I was not kidding you. You don't need to worry that I would go back on my word or break my promise."
"I feel relieved when you say that, General," Jiang Chunxi hugged Yue Zhen's waist, "Then you have to work harder, after all, I still want to give birth to a few more children for you."
Jiang Chunxi's hint was so obvious, if Yue Zhen remained indifferent, then he was not a man, and he immediately picked up Jiang Chunxi and walked to the bed.
When Liu Yaozhu received Yue Zhen's letter, she was naturally furious. She wanted to wait a few more months before sending the child back, but how could Liu Yaozhu agree to that?