“Spouse, I’ve long thought that guy was an eyesore and you giving him away was for the best. It’s just a pity that those sixty two taels of silver are gone.”
“I’m tired, what should I do? Second Cousin, carry me back to the inn!” Ruan Zhu stared at him. If it was Yun Shi Yi by her side, there would have been no need for her words as he would have long been worried about how exhausting her pregnancy was and carried her.
“Spouse, others will laugh if I carry you. Let me give you a ride instead!” Yun Shi Wei scratched his head, feeling embarrassed and awkward.
“You really have a problem with your brain. Forget it, I’ll walk by myself.”
Nowadays, her belly was not small, so how would a piggy-back ride be comfortable?
She had just taken a few steps when her waist was caught by Yun Shi Wei. Her body lifted in the air, she was then horizontally carried in his arms.
“Spouse, don’t be angry. I was speaking nonsense.”
“Of course I’m a little angry. But Second Cousin, I think there are some times when you aren’t that annoying.” Ruan Zhu’s legs that were weak at the knees had finally obtained reprieve and felt much better: “Let me tell you, you must keep me happy; otherwise, if there is a day when I feel you are not pleasing to my eye, I will write a certificate of divorce[a] and hand it over to you.”
Yun Shi Wei was an honest person and his eyes were a little moist: “Spouse, I will be obedient, don’t turn your back on me.”
She extended her finger and tapped it against his head, as if chiding him: “Wanting me to not turn your back on you is not dependent on what I do, but is based on what you do. Like just now when I had ordered you to do something yet you refused; say, would I be happy?”
“Spouse, I was wrong. In the future, I will listen to whatever you have to say.”
Yun Shi Wei carried Ruan Zhu as he walked to the inn with large steps, not even acknowledging the glances that passerbys threw at them.
News arrived from the county town–over ten thousand rebels had assembled in just a few days, and in order to take on the name of ‘Red Eyebrows,’ each member dyed their brows scarlet.[b]
The head of the rebel army was a peasant that was semi-literate. He was strong, knew martial arts, had traveled extensively behind a caravan in his younger years, and somewhat had some knowledge and insight. By using the county town as their base of operations, the rebels could expand outwards. They mainly singled out prominent wealthy families, stealing their foodstuffs and dividing it to the commoners, using this to buy the hearts of the common people. The hungry citizens benefited and wholeheartedly pledged their allegiance to the head of the Red Eyebrows army.
Mao Er Town was only about five to six li away from the county town. At such a close distance, the town was naturally targeted by the Red Eyebrows. Moreover, Mao Er Town was a southern territory and there were quite a few troops sent by the imperial court defending it. Thus from the beginning, the town was also a source of threat to the rebels.
The two armies had set up on a level plain east of the town and were on the verge of exchanging blows.
All kinds of fortifications were being set up, causing logistical supplies to become strained. Recruitment for able-bodied men increased in urgency and they were snatched up left and right.
When Ruan Zhu returned to the inn from the bazaar, she heard the female guest staying in the first floor wailing as a group of officers had come to the inn during the day and forcibly recruited two of her secondary husbands.
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Husbands Seeking Love
Romance[C O M P L E T E] The day she transmigrated it, she was already the wife of two men. She later became the Queen of the country. Her life has been cherished by seven men.
