SBCEJM -Chapter 106 How Many Layers Can This Green Hat Stretch Across the Imperial Family and the General’s Manor?!

In the Golden Throne Hall, Emperor Xiao Juechen had barely caught his breath before it lodged in his throat again.

There’s more?

This earth-shattering scandal actually came with sequels?!

The entire court forgot how to breathe.

The system’s voice carried a trace of pity as it spoke leisurely.

【That General Zhaowu who died for the country truly loved Consort Lin deeply.】

【So deeply that…】

The system deliberately dragged out the suspense.

【He willingly put on a bright green hat.】

【What the hell?!】

The lazy, indifferent expression on Feng Zexuan’s face shattered instantly.

【That hunter-turned-general got cheated on too? And happily became a father to another man’s kid?!】

【Boom—】

The entire court exploded.

General Chu Tiankuo’s usually stern square face was frozen in shock, his mouth hanging wide enough to fit a fist. His Adam’s apple bobbed violently.

Even the ever-steady Minister of Revenue Chu Heng couldn’t stop his goat beard from trembling. His eyes were filled with disbelief and absurdity.

The emperor got cuckolded and somehow gained a “daughter” for the crown prince.

And now General Zhaowu was a victim too?

Could these relationships get any messier?!

Xiao Juechen suddenly felt the urge to just give up entirely.

Come on then!

Bring it all out!

He wanted to see just how many layers this green hat spanning the imperial family and the general’s manor could stack up to!

Feng Zexuan hurriedly urged:

【System! Quick! What exactly happened?!】

Unhurriedly, like a master storyteller, the system began recounting the tale.

【This goes back seventeen years.】

【After the hunter married Consort Lin, they really did have over a year of blissful newlywed happiness.】

【Unfortunately, one accident changed everything.】

【One time, while hunting deep in the mountains, the hunter slept overnight in a temporary wooden shack. A tiger cub wandered in and bit off one of his… eggs.】

【Egg? What egg? A chicken egg?】

Feng Zexuan didn’t react immediately.

【The egg men keep between their legs~】

The system explained bluntly.

Feng Zexuan instantly understood.

【HOLY SHIT!!!】

Her scream exploded in her mind.

At the same time, the entire court inhaled sharply.

Several burly generals unconsciously clamped their legs together.

Just imagining it caused phantom pain throughout their bodies.

【Luckily, he survived. He happened to be rescued by a traveling physician gathering herbs in the mountains.】

【The fortunate part was that he didn’t lose the ability to sleep with women… but he completely lost the ability to father children.】

Feng Zexuan instantly grasped where this was going.

【So this general, not wanting his wife to remain childless, voluntarily ‘took in a concubine’ for her? Found another man to give her children?】

She clicked her tongue in amazement.

【My god, even third-rate drama novels wouldn’t dare write something this ridiculous. Reality really is stranger than fiction!】

The system continued spilling secrets.

【At first, he didn’t think that way. He just felt guilty toward his wife and sank into constant depression.】

【The turning point came when he realized that the friend who often came over for meals looked at his wife… a little differently.】

The court officials had already gone numb from shock.

What even was this anymore…

Standing behind his sister, Feng Zekai frowned so hard his brows twisted into knots. The moral framework he’d built since childhood felt like it was crumbling brick by brick.

【He confronted his friend directly. The friend admitted everything openly. The hunter flew into a rage and beat him half to death.】

【But even with a swollen pig-like face, the friend persuaded him, saying that since he couldn’t father children, sooner or later his wife would leave him.】

【I’m not here to break up this family. I’m here to join it.’

【After months of brainwashing from his friend, the hunter’s tormented heart finally wavered.】

【The two men had grown up together like brothers. They knew each other inside and out. And the friend was a well-educated scholar who could provide a great education for the future children.】

【I’m dying—he actually talked himself into this?! Did he even ask his wife what she wanted? What if she didn’t even want children?】

Feng Zexuan couldn’t stop herself from ranting internally.

【No helping it. Ancient people valued heirs above everything.】

Even the system sounded helpless.

【When he proposed this ridiculous idea to Consort Lin, she refused on the spot.】

【But he brought it up day after day. And the scholar was refined and handsome… eventually, after enough pushing and pulling, she gave in.】

【So… the three of them just lived together happily ever after?】 Feng Zexuan asked.

Xiao Juechen: There’s actually a setup like this?!

The ministers exchanged glances. Their faces screamed What utter indecency, yet inwardly they were scratching with curiosity like cats.

Behind his sister, Feng Zekai stood there completely dumbfounded.

Why were all the gossip bombs his sister uncovered so outrageously explosive?!

His worldview had suffered unprecedented devastation.

Still…

Setting aside conventional morality, purely from an emotional standpoint, the general’s love for his wife almost seemed… sincerely, tragically great.

Feng Huai’an frowned deeply.

This gossip was far too improper!

How could his daughter listen to this stuff every single day?!

Yet even he couldn’t help thinking—

For General Zhaowu to go this far truly required unimaginable courage and tolerance.

【Host, Consort Lin later gave birth to two children.】

【The eldest son was registered under the hunter’s name. He followed his father into the military and later died alongside him on the battlefield.】

【The younger daughter—Zhou Ruyan—was registered under the scholar’s name.】

【And that scholar is none other than the current Vice Minister of Justice, Zhou Zheng!】

【Buzz—!】

The moment those words fell, several officials from the Ministry of Justice suddenly remembered something.

General Zhaowu’s manor and Vice Minister Zhou’s residence were right next to each other!

Before, everyone had assumed they were simply brothers-in-arms with a close friendship.

But now…

Those weren’t neighboring households at all.

They were one family!

No wonder General Zhaowu publicly claimed his wife had died young from poor health!

No wonder Vice Minister Zhou always said his own wife was chronically ill and never received guests!

Ha.

Turns out it was the same “wife”!

【Host, after their daughter was born, the two fathers made a shocking decision.】

【One abandoned hunting to join the army.】

【The other buried himself in books and studied tirelessly.】

【One took the military examinations. The other took the civil examinations.】

【They swore to give their wife and children the best life in the world.】

Feng Zexuan was utterly speechless.

【This… this is way too inspirational, damn it!】

The entire court also fell silent.

The emperor got cheated on.

A general willingly accepted it.

Two men raised one family together.

And both eventually became pillars of the nation…

Every single twist trampled wildly over everyone’s sense of morality.

【My god… this is basically an ancient open marriage!】

Feng Zexuan let out a long sigh inwardly.

【A battle-hardened general. A brilliant court scholar. A beauty who escaped the cage of the imperial palace…】

【With this combination, modern audiences could make an eighty-episode urban family drama out of it.】

【As absurd as it sounds, for the people involved… maybe this really was the best ending possible.】

Feng Zexuan stretched lazily while calculating in her mind.

【The Crown Prince fell for a girl with a background this explosively complicated. What’s His Majesty going to do when he finds out?】

【Break the lovers apart… or grant them his blessing?】