Haunted by Dreams of Turmoil... No, Scrap It All

Things took a sudden turn.

Ren Tianye, who was sipping his tea, paused in surprise.

Beside him, Deputy General Wang Ming's eyes were already filled with anger. He said coldly, Nonsense! Who would steal your lousy gold hairpin?

The Great General has never even seen you. Stop framing him!

It was you, it was your Great General who stole it! He stole it, and he still refuses to admit it?

Xiaotao was like a mad dog, biting at Deputy General Wang Ming and shifting this completely fabricated blame onto Ren Tianye.

This only made the flames of fury burn brighter in Wang Ming's heart.

The chivalry in his bones had always kept his heart kind and righteous, but that did not mean he could accept such baseless accusations.

Moreover, this was an accusation against the Great General.

That was the Great General!

Holding the vital town of Yunji City of the Great Yu dynasty, with nearly ten thousand troops under his command, if he wanted wealth, there were countless ways to get it. Would he need to steal a gold hairpin from you?

He was about to scold her coldly.

But Ren Tianye waved a hand to stop him.

The astonishment on Ren Tianye's face had long vanished, replaced by a look of pure amusement in his eyes.

To think! Who would have thought!

This invitation from Su Xiu turned out to be a trap!

Fortunately, he had never held high expectations for Su Xiu. Even if he did marry her, he wouldn't spoil her, so his state of mind remained quite peaceful.

He adopted the posture of someone watching a good play.

Miss, Miss, you must stand up for your servant.

I have followed you since childhood, you know my character best. If Xiaotao hadn't seen it with her own eyes, how would she dare to slander your future husband?

It is this Ren Tianye. Seeing that my gold hairpin was valuable and could be sold for several taels of silver, he harbored evil intentions and stole it.

You, you must seek justice for me!

Xiaotao cried as she spoke, looking incredibly aggrieved.

Su Xiu's jade-like face instantly became covered in frost.

She slowly stood up. The gentle warmth she exuded earlier was completely gone, replaced by a fierce anger. Her posture was like that of a matriarch who held the power of life and death in her hands.

Ren Tianye, I truly never imagined... that a dignified Great General like you would have such poor moral conduct.

The item in Xiaotao's hands was just a small gold hairpin, worth only a few pieces of broken silver. To covet even such a trivial amount of wealth shows how terrible your character is.

With you acting like this, how can I trust you to manage major household affairs after I marry you?

How can I safely leave the troops you command and Yunji City in your hands for you to manage?

These words made Ren Tianye pause in surprise.

He just felt that these words sounded incredibly familiar.

Hmph! Su Xiu snorted coldly again. Given your behavior, I must set some rules with you before we marry.

First, without my permission, you are not allowed to touch me. I will only consider giving you a chance when I am in a good mood.

Second, from now on, all affairs, big and small, inside and outside the home, must be managed by me. Of course, I, Su Xiu, come from the Su Manor and have been taught by great scholars since childhood, so I will not treat you harshly.

In the future, I will give you a monthly allowance. As long as you don't spend it recklessly, it will be more than enough.

Third...

Su Xiu originally intended to finish in one breath, but seeing Ren Tianye wearing a smiling expression instantly infuriated her.

What are you laughing at?

Do you think what I said is wrong?

Or do you think you know better than me how to manage a household properly?

Ren Tianye's smile was starting to slip.

He said, Isn't there a third point?

Go on!

Third... no, there are four rules in total.

Third, you need to apologize to Xiaotao, a formal apology. She is my maid, and in the General's Manor from now on, she will be equivalent to me.

Disrespecting her is disrespecting me.

Hearing this, Xiaotao instantly straightened her back, like a victorious little rooster.

Fourth is that letter of guarantee I asked you to sign last time. Today, you must sign it, whether you want to or not!

This actually surprised Ren Tianye.

What letter of guarantee?

Deputy General Wang Ming quickly whispered, It's from that night when this lowly maid Xiaotao came, and later Su Hong of the Su family arrived.

Ren Tianye remembered.

At that time, there was quite a commotion outside the General's Manor. He was originally going to investigate, but Su Hong offered a large amount of money and goods, acting respectful and submissive.

He had also learned early on from Deputy General Wang Ming that although the Su family was nominally ruled by the Su family's grandmother, Su Hong actually handled all affairs, big and small.

Su Hong was essentially the de facto controller of the Su family.

Since Su Hong behaved so well and was an ambitious man intending to make the Su Manor even stronger, he felt quite at ease with Su Hong.

He had considered it giving Su Hong some face.

And so, he hadn't paid attention to what happened that night.

He certainly hadn't expected that it involved some letter of guarantee.

What exactly did they want him to guarantee?

That he would support his parents after marriage, and also support the bride's parents?

Or did they want a house, a carriage, and double the bride price?

For a moment, he couldn't figure it out.

Su Xiu snorted coldly, Why are you playing dumb?

With that, she handed over the letter of guarantee.

Ren Tianye opened it and looked.

And laughed!

When he saw the last line, In the event of a divorce, half of the troops and soldiers shall be given to Su Xiu, he laughed even louder.

What on earth are you laughing at?

Hahaha... Ren Tianye burst into loud laughter. Soul entwined, dreams lingering, the winds and clouds surge...

What do you mean? Su Xiu frowned, feeling that Ren Tianye's reaction before her was wildly different from what she had imagined.

Shouldn't Ren Tianye obediently sign it right now, so he could embrace her, a famous beauty of the Northern Frontier?

Why was he laughing?

And laughing so strangely?

What was all that about souls entwined and winds and clouds surging?

What did it mean?

I shouted the wrong thing! Ren Tianye explained, and then called out, Wang Ming!

Your subordinate is here!

Where are my personal guards?

Deputy General Wang Ming immediately gathered his breath and shouted loudly towards the outside of the hall, Where are the General's personal guards?

Naturally, the more than one hundred personal guards they brought couldn't all come into the manor, but Ren Tianye's life was precious, so they didn't dare to stray far.

They were basically distributed at intervals along the path they had taken.

At Wang Ming's shout, the personal guards immediately rushed in. In the blink of an eye, over a hundred personal guards poured in one after another.

The hall of the Su Manor was quite spacious.

Especially since they were meeting Ren Tianye, they had directly used the main hall. It was well-lit from all sides, with a dining table in the middle, making it look open and airy.

However, once the over one hundred personal guards entered, it instantly felt packed to the brim. The dense, dark crowd looked like black clouds pressing down on a city.

Furthermore, every guard had drawn their sword. The gleaming blades formed a continuous array, radiating waves of powerful, icy killing intent.

Su Xiu and Xiaotao had never seen such a display before.

The color drained from Su Xiu's cold and arrogant face. For the first time in her life, she felt that things were developing drastically differently from what she had anticipated.

She couldn't help but ask, Ren Tianye, what are you doing?

Ren Tianye did not answer. Wang Ming had already spoken: Drag these two out and behead them!

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