The confrontation between Xue Baochai and Empress continued for the entire afternoon.
A battle between two wise men was a battle that required a lot of effort. Moreover, both of them were intelligent and scheming, and their wills were firm and unwavering.
Fortunately, they were both very skilled and it was not too strenuous. Seeing that the sun had already set, Sun Lang opened the curtain and said with a smile, "Let's call it a day."
Seeing Sun Lang come in, Xue Baochai and Lin Daiyu both stood up. Sister Bao smiled and said, "Since my husband has said so, let's call it a day."
She did not look at Empress. Instead, she looked at Sun Lang and said with a smile, "Husband, what do you want to eat tonight?"
Sun Lang smiled and said, "As long as it is made by you, I will like it."
Lin Daiyu laughed. Sister Bao lowered her head and blushed. She rebuked, "Husband, you only know how to coax people. You always say these strange things …"
Emperor Concubine leaned her body against the back of the chair. Seeing the three of them chatting and laughing, she suddenly said, "The intimacy between you two husband and wife shouldn't appear in front of an outsider like me. It's quite an eyesore."
"Alright, General Tensei is choking on the dog food. Keep a low profile." Sun Lang said, "How about this, you two go back and cook first. I will talk to her again."
Big Sister Bao looked at the Emperor Concubine curiously but didn't ask. She pulled on Lin Daiyu's sleeve and led her out. Little Sister Lin turned her head and said, "Big Brother, come back soon …"
Sun Lang sent the two of them out of the tent and watched them leave. Then, he turned back. Empress was still sitting on the chair and did not look at him. She said coldly, "How come the grand marshal has time to talk to me?"
Sun Lang sat opposite her and smiled, "Don't be so serious. Although we can't be friends, we can still be friends. Don't be so tense all day. After all, there is still a long way to go. You can't always be like this, right?
Right? "
Empress seemed to understand the hidden meaning in his words. He raised his eyebrows and asked, "What do you mean?"
Sun Lang smiled and waved his hand. "It's nothing, it's nothing. Look, now that we've settled this matter, we're going to be officials of the same palace. We used to be comrades-in-arms, but now we're colleagues. Very soon, we're going to be dragging each other down, stirring up the dung pit, and fighting for power and profit in the imperial court. We're going to see each other all the time. Wouldn't it be bad if others saw us pulling a long face all the time?"
Empress stared at him for a while and said, "No!
What are you plotting? "
Sun Lang smiled. "Look, you're not speaking with your conscience anymore. You've always been the one scheming against me. When have I ever schemed against you?
Even when I said 'be careful, I'll ask your father for your hand in marriage', I was just trying to scare you. I never intended to actually do it. I was just joking. After all, I'm not an idiot, right? "
Empress sneered, "No conspiracy?
You went out a total of four times in the afternoon. What did you do? "
Sun Lang chuckled. "As expected of General Tensei. You've been here all afternoon, yet you still know how many times I went out. I just went out to get some fresh air and relax. I didn't do anything else."
Only a ghost would believe this … Empress sneered in his heart. Get some fresh air?
Just strolling around casually. Did he have to run faster than a mouse and make the person in charge of watching him dizzy in just a few moves?
Empress said indifferently, "You went out four times in the afternoon. Each time you went out, the time was longer than the last. Each time you went out, your expression was more serious than the last. I heard that you spent half of the afternoon in a daze. Did you encounter some difficult problem?
Tell me, so I can help you think about it? "
Sun Lang smiled. "I'm not afraid that you'll laugh at me, but there was an accident in Mingzhou."
Empress's expression changed after hearing that. He smiled and said, "Is there a fire in your backyard?"
Sun Lang sighed and said, "I'm sorry for making a fool of myself. You don't know that there's a Taoist in Mingzhou whose Taoist name is White Snow. I don't know what's wrong with this Taoist White Snow today. He was talking nonsense in the city. I couldn't stop him at all. He said something vicious like 'Master Sun is fated to be in love', 'Women are in trouble', 'Shuraba is inevitable', and 'How can the harem be won'. I was so scared that I couldn't think straight …"
Empress did not know what he was up to. He said coldly, "Since when do you believe in fortune-telling?
Everything depends on people. Otherwise, everybody should worship fortune-tellers and ask about fortune all day long.
At the beginning of the Heaven's Origin War, the court killed many liars who claimed that they could predict the future. You should know that, right? "
"You'd better believe it. Let me tell you, this Taoist White Snow is very good at fortune-telling."
Sun Lang said mysteriously, "Let me tell you something. You can ask him for fortune-telling. You don't need to know anything else. Even if you are fated to be an emperor or not, as long as he says that you can be one, you'll be safe!"
Empress said coldly, "Cut the crap. I don't believe in such things.
He said that you are fated to be in love … Hehe. He's not wrong, is he? You ungrateful man. "
Sun Lang slapped the table and said, "Hey, watch your mouth. Who's ungrateful?"
General Tensei said disdainfully, "Whoever has two wives in his hometown and a concubine in Mingzhou is ungrateful. If it's not you, is it me?"
Sun Lang waved his hands and said, "You can't say that. A concubine? That sounds awful."
Empress said coldly, "Is that so?
Do you mean that you want Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai to be your concubines? "
"What concubines? That sounds awful. That's why your feudal society is so backward. Do you know what freedom, equality, democracy, and human rights mean?"
Sun Lang said with a smile, "I'm a foreigner. Marriage is an important event in my life, and I have to follow the rules of my hometown.
In my hometown, everybody is equal, unlike your hometown, where there is a hierarchy. Therefore, no matter how many wives you marry, they are all equal in status. There is no difference between a wife and a concubine. How about it? Is it much higher than your hometown? "
Empress said casually, "Brilliant. Truly brilliant. Why don't you tell them that if you have the guts?"
Sun Lang said with a smile, "Of course, I have to tell them. If I don't tell them, do you think I'll tell you?"
Empress sneered, "If you tell me, I'll beat you to death."
Sun Lang rubbed his fingernails and said nonchalantly, "You'll beat me to death because you don't care about me. If you don't care about me, why would I tell you this? People who really care about me won't be willing to beat me to death."
Empress kicked the table aside with a cold face. "Get out of here. Who cares about you? You can go find them."
Sun Lang crossed his left leg and dragged the table back. "Don't be impatient. You know, right now, we can be said to be absolutely irreconcilable. We can't wait for each other to die immediately.
But as for me, although I can kill you with a finger, there will be endless troubles in the future. I still need time to prepare. "
"As for you, you don't have any way to deal with me. So, like your father, you have to pretend to be polite with me first and then find an opportunity to deal with me. This is the reason why you came to Mingzhou while holding your nose."
He blew away the crumbs on his fingernails and said indifferently, "So, it's foreseeable that we won't be able to fight for a long time. We can only trip each other up and disgust each other. It's just a few tricks. No matter how you count them, there's no meaning to it …"
Empress frowned. "What are you trying to say?"
Sun Lang smiled and said, "To put it simply, I've thought about it. Since we can't do anything to each other for the time being, let's not make things so tense. We're all famous people, so let's not make things so ugly. Even if we have to fight to the death in the end, we have to maintain our poise and dignity. After all, you know that I'm a person who always keeps his poise …"
"Bah." Empress saw through his intentions immediately. "What do you want to extort from me this time?"
Sun Lang sighed and said, "How is this extortion? You see, we need to ease our relationship. You're the one who wronged me first, so of course you have to show your sincerity first. It's worth it to use something insignificant to ease the tension between us, isn't it?"
General Tensei said coldly, "What do you want this time? You can tell your wife. We can discuss it during the negotiation. As long as it's reasonable, I don't mind agreeing to it."
Sun Lang grinned and said, "I don't think we should bother her with such trivial matters."
Empress said coldly, "So, it's something that you can't let her know?
There are only a few things that you don't dare to let Xue Baochai and the others know about. Then, which one is it? "
Sun Lang's smile remained unchanged, but he snorted in his heart.
— — Damn, this woman is quite shrewd … But that's exactly what I need.
Empress thought for a while and suddenly laughed. "Could it be that your backyard is on fire and you're panicking? You want me to help you ease the situation and resolve the crisis?
You're so desperate that you're willing to do anything? "
Sun Lang said calmly, "I admit that Sister Bao's matter is difficult to handle, but it's my family matter. There's no need to trouble Your Highness. I just want to borrow some east wind …"
Empress frowned and said, "Borrow east wind?
What east wind? "
Sun Lang waved his hand and said, "Why is your memory so bad?
Didn't I tell you the story of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms?
In the Battle of Red Cliff, Cao Wei's fleet was invincible. Zhou Yu, the governor of the resistance army, was helpless. At the critical moment, fortunately, Zhuge Kongming went to the Seven Stars Platform and sincerely prayed. Finally, the heavens and earth were moved and the Dongfeng-21 was borrowed from the heavens to help Zhou Yu defeat Cao Wei's fleet. Have you forgotten this story? "
Empress had a subtle expression and said, "… No, this seems to be a bit different from what I heard before."
"Anyway, it's just that meaning. The Romance of the Three Kingdoms is actually the same person. It's artistic and a little exaggerated." Sun Lang waved his hand and said, "Anyway, it's fine as long as you understand the meaning."
"So, what do you want to borrow from me?"
Sun Lang's face showed a faint smile. He looked at Empress and said calmly, "Holy sword."
"Lend me a holy sword … It can be anyone's."