Chapter 69: Having Fun Being Mischievous? (Compensation for the Third Episode)

After seeing Luo Qingyu off, Lin Yue quickly shut the door and began to discuss the matter with Xiao Jingyun.

"Hey, Xiao Jingyun, your son wants to find someone to deal with me, you know?"

Xiao Jingyun asked in confusion, "I told you earlier to ask the Elder Duke Cui to step in. Didn't you?"

Lin Yue: "...... I completely forgot. But that's not the point now. The point is that your son went looking for a sorcerer named Yuan Huaizhi, who is a military strategist for the enemy state. Have you ever heard of him?"

Xiao Jingyun replied, "The enemy state's military strategist is called Wumeng. They say he practices witchcraft and often performs rituals to pray for rain, but not even a flash of lightning ever appears. So you see, it's all useless and just bluffing."

"Don't worry just yet. As far as I know, even if the other party wants to use sorcery to harm you, they would need your birth date and time, or an intimate personal garment. Your birth date and time are fake, and as for personal garments, let's not even mention—"

Lin Yue interrupted him: "What if they do have one?"

Xiao Jingyun felt a sudden chill over his head, and asked incredulously, "Have what?"

Lin Yue said with a trembling heart: "An intimate personal garment..."

Xiao Jingyun: "..." ???

Lin Yue suddenly burst into laughter: "Hahaha, that's impossible. But back then, the original owner was brainless and gave him a handmade embroidered sachet. Does that count?"

Xiao Jingyun: "..." !!!

"You find this very funny?"

Lin Yue feigned ignorance: "What?"

Xiao Jingyun: "Hmph!"

Lin Yue: "Heehee, I was just teasing you on purpose, so what? You didn't leave the capital back then because you caught those two in a scandal, did you?"

Xiao Jingyun frowned, suppressing his breath as he said, "There was no scandal. Don't talk nonsense."

"It's just a sachet, so it shouldn't be much of a problem."

Lin Yue laughed again: "What if there were hairs placed inside the sachet?"

Xiao Jingyun: "..."

"Having fun playing around, are you?"

Lin Yue: "Oh, come on, tell me quickly, I'm worried to death over here!"

Xiao Jingyun: "You already have a solution in mind, otherwise you wouldn't have been probing me on purpose."

"All right, tell me. What are you planning to do?"

Lin Yue giggled: "Aww, you're so smart, truly worthy of being my nominal husband."

Xiao Jingyun: "There's no need to emphasize the word 'nominal'. If you need my help, just say it directly."

Lin Yue: "Actually, it's nothing much. It's just that if I accidentally beat your son half to death, don't hold it against me, okay?"

Xiao Jingyun: "Aren't you unable to hit him?"

Lin Yue was stunned: "You even know about this?"

Xiao Jingyun smiled: "It's fine, your husband will come back and beat him for you."

Lin Yue said with surprise: "Oh my, now it's your turn to play around?"

Xiao Jingyun coughed and said with a straight face: "No."

Lin Yue laughed and teased him: "Would you say this counts as getting a new wife and turning into a deadbeat dad? But why do I like this temperament of yours so much—you judge matters on their own merit!"

Xiao Jingyun replied, "That child has been poorly disciplined. You don't need to hold back."

Lin Yue said decisively, "I would like to help, but that child has terrible empathy skills. To put it bluntly, it must be a genetic issue."

"Of course, you probably won't understand genetic issues. It just means he is far too self-centered and will sooner or later ruin himself by his own hands."

Xiao Jingyun fell silent. What he had always worried about most was failing to educate this child properly.

Realizing she might have gone too far, Lin Yue added, "Still, it's not entirely impossible to set him straight. I'll do my best."

"Consider it done for your sake."

Xiao Jingyun pressed his lips together, his tone sincere as he said, "Thank you."

Hearing this, Lin Yue suddenly felt a bit embarrassed and quickly brought the conversation to an end.

Xiao Jingyun put away the small mirror as well and stepped out of the tent.

He said to Liang Xing, "While there are still merchant caravans passing by, withhold one month's military pay to stockpile rations. Tell the soldiers that once the battle is won, this king will return three months' worth of pay to them."

Liang Xing said with a solemn expression, "Why make this decision so suddenly? With a major battle looming, this is very likely to shake military morale."

Xiao Jingyun replied, "It's only one month of military pay. If any of them have an urgent need for it, they can withdraw it at any time with no obstruction."

"Handle the batch of war spoils we previously confiscated privately, just in case of unexpected needs."

Seeing this, Liang Xing said, "Then I must come up with the best excuse for them. What should I say?"

Xiao Jingyun said, "Just tell them that we will issue three months' military pay all at once when the time comes, so they can use it to take a wife when they return home."

Liang Xing said incredulously, "That's a brilliant method! How did you ever think of it?"

"It's simply marvelous. Moreover, by stating clearly that those who are already married can make withdrawals freely, everyone will be busy mocking the bachelors and won't worry about any other issues."

As Liang Xing spoke, he patted Xiao Jingyun on the shoulder with excitement, feeling that the problem before them was no longer a difficult one.

After he left, Xiao Jingyun stared blankly in the direction of the capital for a while.

How did he think of it?

He had a little wife waiting for him to return.

Only... she hadn't yet told him how she planned to defuse this crisis, had she?

Thinking of this, Xiao Jingyun involuntarily touched the place over his heart. The mirror grew warm along with it, as if reminding him of something.

His tanned cheeks suddenly blushed. Quickly putting his hand down and pretending nothing was amiss, the irregular beating of his heart betrayed that not everything was as calm as it appeared on the surface.