“This absolutely cannot be forgiven!” Tang Wan said without a second thought. “You said it yourself—if you care about someone, you should also care about their family. If this man truly cared about that woman, he would never have done such a thing. He simply doesn’t love his wife at all, so why should she forgive him?”
Ling Yu slowly tightened his grip on his teacup, though his expression remained calm and composed. “Yes, I did say that.”
Tang Wan was baffled. “Husband, are you really okay?”
“I’m fine!” Ling Yu stood up and strode toward the door. “I still have some matters to attend to. I’ll come back later.”
Tang Wan: ?
What on earth was going on?
Why did she suddenly feel worried?
After thinking for a moment, Tang Wan decided to follow him out.
But there was already no sign of Ling Yu outside.
“Bullying me because I can’t use qinggong!” Tang Wan pouted and returned to her room, planning to ask her handsome husband properly once he came back.
That wait lasted until midnight.
Her handsome husband finally returned—and, for once, he was drunk.
The moment she approached him, Ling Yu swept her into his arms and carried her to the bed. Her clothes were even torn apart…
Tang Wan internally screamed.
Those clothes were expensive!
He just tore them like that?
That was money!
So when her handsome husband reached for her trousers, Tang Wan reacted quickly and stripped herself bare first, saying, “Don’t tear them. I’ll take them off myself, I—”
Before she could finish, her handsome husband sealed her lips with his.
Tang Wan: (゜ー゜)
…
They whispered intimately to each other as the red candles burned away their last bit of life.
Yet the crisp, melodious sound of the bells still did not stop.
Tang Wan was exhausted to the point of passing out, only to wake up again.
Whenever she begged for mercy, Ling Yu would reply, “Didn’t someone once want to sleep with me? Now that I’m letting you have your fill, isn’t that a good thing?”
Tang Wan: …
It wasn’t exactly a bad thing, but your stamina is a little too terrifying!
I’m falling apart here!
Ling Yu gave her no chance to continue speaking before leaning down once more…
…
Three more days passed, and Tang Wan still couldn’t get out of bed.
When she finally managed to do so, Ling Yu started tormenting her again that night.
She had no idea where her handsome husband got such incredible energy.
This continued for over a month.
Just when Tang Wan was contemplating running away from home, Ling Yu finally stopped.
However, whenever they slept, he held her tightly, as though afraid she might transform into a butterfly and fly away.
The slightest movement from Tang Wan would wake him, and his eyes would stare fixedly at her.
Honestly!
In the middle of the night, it was a little frightening.
Cold sweat formed on Tang Wan’s forehead. “Husband, I just want to go to the bathroom!”
“I’ll accompany you,” Ling Yu said without question as he got up, thoughtfully draping his outer robe over her shoulders before carrying her in his arms.
Tang Wan was on the verge of tears. “Husband, I can do it myself!”
“No, you can’t,” Ling Yu declared firmly, acting like an overbearing CEO.
Tang Wan was so embarrassed she wanted to bang her head against a wall.
How was she supposed to pee like this?
Fortunately, once daylight came, Ling Yu behaved completely normally. He handled his affairs as usual and appeared perfectly fine in front of others.
Only Tang Wan knew that her husband seemed troubled by something and was far from normal.
That day, after seeing Ling Yu off, Tang Wan went to the medical clinic as usual.
Along the way, she kept hearing people discussing the arrival of foreign envoys.
The Heavenly Dynasty stood unrivaled, and it was normal for envoys from the southern tribes and northern frontier regions to come every year bearing tribute.
But this Feng Kingdom…
Tang Wan slowed her pace and quietly listened.
“I heard that the Feng Dynasty is a nation ruled entirely by women. Women hold all the power there. How unusual.”
“If women truly rule the country, then why are all the visiting envoys men? I don’t think that story can be true.”
“All men? How is that possible?”
“Why not? My aunt’s brother’s nephew’s younger brother works in the palace. The names of the visiting envoys are all submitted in official lists. That’s what he told me.”
…
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