Cannon Fodder Counterattack System

The next day, in the early morning, Chu Yue threw the trivial matters to Captain Cheng’s hands, got ready and walked and got into Ye Sinian’s carriage.

In the rickety carriage, He noticed that Ye Sinian was still sleeping. Chu Yue felt that everytime he saw him he loved this little infatuated lover more and more. At this time, when he saw his red lips slightly parted, his phoenix eyes closed peacefully, he felt an itch in his heart. He slowly bent his head to kiss those luscious lips.

His comfortable sleep was interrupted, and Ye Sinian’s eyes opened quickly. He tugged at his disheveled hair unhappily, and muttered, “You’re slacking off again!”

“The beauty is on the side, how can this general hold back? ” Chu Yue righteously grabbed the little lover’s troublesome hand, pulled it in front of him and took a bite.

Ye Sinian rolled his eyes and quipped, “Fortunately, there is no war now, otherwise wouldn’t I be a disaster for charming the general?”

Chu Yue smiled dumbly when he heard the words, and replied, “Who cares about disaster, no matter what you are, this general will like it!”

“Really?” Ye Sinian raised an eyebrow.

He loved him! He loved his devilishly charming and seductive appearance and everything about him. Chu Yue smiled and hugged him and said, “That’s natural!”

“What if… what if I can’t have a child?” Ye Sinian pursed his lips, stared at Chu Yue’s eyes and asked suddenly.

Chu Yue was obviously stunned for a moment, he looked at his little lover in his arms calmly, and smiled, hugged him tightly and said, “Then we can spend the rest of our life with only two of us!”

“You won’t despise me?” Ye Sinian frowned. According to the people of this world, a ger who couldnt have children had no value in marriage. Although he was sure that he was his lover, but…

“Your little head! What are you thinking about all day long?” Chu Yue smiled helplessly and bit the tip of his nose, lied down and pulled the person into his arms, patted his head, and sighed, “Don’t worry, it’s better if you don’t have children.”

“What do you mean?” Ye Sinian asked with a puzzled look on his face, as he laid on his lover’s powerful body.

“Duke Zhong Mansion has already reached its peak in prosperity and decline. Although I have a good relationship with the crown prince, it is only limited to him who has not yet ascended to a high position. When he reigns the world, the military power in my hands will simply be an eyesore to him!” 

Chu Yue looked at him with a very gentle expression, but what he said was extremely cold, “As the saying goes, accompanying a monarch is like accompanying a tiger, how can an outsider be allowed to sleep beside their bed? So, it’s a good thing that we don’t have children, at least we can leave the capital at that time. You don’t need to keep your child in the capital as a proton.”

A flash of clarity flashed in Ye Sinian’s eyes. In his memory, the original Chu Yue also surrendered his military power shortly after the crown prince ascended the throne, and later he stayed in the Capital until he died of old age, presumably not only because the homeland was difficult to leave, but also because the emperor’s heart was unpredictable.

Thinking of this, Ye Sinian suddenly felt a little distressed. The friend he had since childhood turned into an enemy who was eyeing him, even a cold-hearted person would not feel good, right?

He sighed, gently embraced the other’s body, and kissed his eyes. Chu Yue returned to his senses, hugged his lover’s slender waist with a chuckle, and the two exchanged a kiss without a trace of lust.

That was it, it was not bad for two people to stay together for a lifetime.

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The army headed for the capital at full speed, and after more than five days, Ye Sinian opened the carriage curtain and could see the towering city walls of the capital’s fortress from a distance.

The news that Duke Zhong, Chu Yue led his troops to defeat the Chen Dynasty’s army had long since passed back to the capital. Although the people in the Capital were very confident in Chu Yue’s ability before, they believed that he would return triumphantly, but when the news of the victory really spread and when he came back, the city was full of joy.

After all, war has never been a pleasant word.

Perhaps it was the joy and excitement of returning home, the speed of the army’s advance increased a little bit. The wheels turned sharply and the horses neighed.

Ye Sinian’s carriage followed behind Chu Yue. While passing by the gate of the camp, he could clearly see through the curtain of the carriage, the men, women, and children, who were eagerly looking towards their procession.

These people must be looking for relatives in the army, right?

But even the people who missed their loved ones dearly couldn’t help cheering in unison when they saw the dignified Chu Yue, who was riding a horse valiantly, dressed in armor.

Chu Yue, General Chu, Duke Zhong, he did not carry many titles, and he was not even very old, but he was the one who led the soldiers behind him to win battle after battle, saving the people at the border, letting the people be free from the suffering of war and let the Xia Kingdom stand proudly between heaven and earth.

Inside the carriage, Ye Sinian looked at his lover surrounded by the cheers of the people through the curtain of the window, and his eyes were slowly filled with amazement and admiration.

The more I see it, the more I like it. What should I do?

The military camp was not a place where ordinary people could come and go at will. Although Ye Sinian had a great purpose to accompany them and ignored this rule, as Chu Yue’s fiancé, he had to lead by example.

Moreover, Chu Yue really couldn’t walk away. The crown prince had already sent a letter saying that he was waiting for him to discuss important matters in the barracks, so he didn’t have much time to accompany him.

Now that he determined Chu Yue was his lover, he must abide by the marriage contract and marry him, but Madam Xue was a hundred percent unwilling to see him marry into Duke Zhong Mansion. After all, she had vowed in front of Lin Shangshu’s wife to make Du Qinghuan marry into the Lin Mansion, so if he and Chu Yue were really together, the Lin Mansion would lose face.

Although, since that public confession, the Lin Mansion had already lost face.

Speaking of which, even if Madam Xue didn’t touch him, he wouldn’t let her go.

Du Qinghuan’s mother, Ye Lian, was a ger. His mother’s family, the Ye family, was originally from a scholarly family in Jiangnan. The family was rich, but lacked descendants. In the end, only Ye Lian, a lonely ger, was left, so Ye Lian’s uncle called the shots. He promised him to Marquis Du, who was considered a talent in the capital at that time.

Ye Lian married Father Du, and all the property of the Ye family was brought into the Marquis Mansion as a dowry. Although Ye Lian had long since passed away, according to the tradition of the Xia Kingdom, those dowries should have been inherited by Du Qinghuan.

But the strange matter is that Ye Sinian had never heard of the dowry when he was in the Marquis Mansion. In the system data, when Du Qinghuan married the son of the merchant, he was carried over in a hurry, not to mention the dowry, there was no status as a regular wife.

This batch of dowry seems to have disappeared from the air.

Ye Sinian leaned lazily in the carriage. Chu Yue was afraid that he would be uncomfortable, so he ordered someone to pad the inside of the carriage with soft, cozy cushions, making it very comfortable to lie down.

The sweetness of his lover made him feel a little more restless and agitated by the fate of the original owner. A cold light flashed in Ye Sinian’s slender phoenix eyes. He couldn’t say what kind of despair the original owner had at the last moment of his life. It was such a dirty house, but he knew that he would take back everything one by one.

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They had already heard the news that Duke Zhong, Chu Yue was returning to the court, but Madam Xue was not too anxious. She had been in the position of Marquis Madam for more than ten years, and had been in charge of the backyard for a long time. How could she still remember the dowry of the short-lived first wife?

When she first came to power, she really lived a low-key and honest life for a while, but the Marquis knew nothing about the trivial matters of the backyard, and he only was interested in the matters of the court. Anyway, how could she bear the appalling dowry?

Besides, Ye Lian’s old servant had long been sold by her, the dowry booklet had been burnt down by her, and Du Qinghuan, who was raised by her, was even weaker than flowers. So, who would know about this know?

What she was thinking about now was how to destroy the marriage between Du Qinghuan and Chu Yue, after all, she had promised to marry Du Qinghuan to Lin Chen, Lin Tanhua!

The words Du Qinghuan said in public made the Lin Mansion lose face, and the imperial decree from the emperor made her no longer dare to make any moves. After that, Du Qinghuan left the Capital to find Chu Yue, and she had no chance of doing anything.

Madam Lin was furious at her, and the Marquis Mansion offended the Lin Mansion, which meant that they lost their qualifications to join the Sixth Prince’s party. She was also scolded by the Marquis. If they couldn’t make up for it, then they had no chance of gaining glory and wealth!

Therefore, only by completely destroying the marriage of Du Qinghuan and Chu Yue, they might get the opportunity to follow the sixth prince.

After all, the emperor was already seriously ill, and the crown prince had not come out because of his illness. At such a critical moment, the sixth prince was winning the limelight. In her opinion, this clearly showed who would succeed to the throne finally!

In their minds, the sixth prince was already the next emperor, and they naturally wanted to curry favor, but Chu Yue, Duke Zhong, would definitely stand by the crown prince. For the benefit of those in the Marquis Mansion, Du Qinghuan must not marry Chu Yue!

Madam Xue clenched the handkerchief in her hand fiercely, her eyes gleaming viciously. Now, that was the only way!

Ye Sinian didn’t care what little tricks his stepmother had up her sleeves. After he returned to the Marquis Mansion, he didn’t even bother to do the superficial greetings and stuff, and instead he took people into his small courtyard directly.

Not to mention how Madam Xue’s and Du’s father were angry and furious, he was also in a bad mood at this time.

His slender fingers pointed at the account book that was spread out in front of him, Ye Sinian raised his eyebrows slightly, and asked, “Is the thing here?”

In front of him, a middle-aged woman kneeling on the ground nodded and said, “Back then, the young master felt he wouldn’t live longer, so he let this old slave sneak these out of the Marquis Mansion, and only send them back one by one when the young master grows up.”

Nodding, Ye Sinian looked at the woman who had experienced years of wind and frost kneeling on the ground with a heavy gaze and said solemnly, “You have worked hard these years, go down and rest first.”

The woman couldn’t help sobbing, and was helped out by the servant girl who served Ye Sinian.

His eyes crossed the names of objects and jewelry that seemed to be extraordinary in the account book. Ye Sinian frowned. He thought that the original owner’s mother would leave him a considerable amount of wealth, but he never imagined that the amount would be this large.

Thinking of the Marquis Mansion which was unable to make ends meet at first, became so extravagant these years, Ye Sinian pursed his lips, the darkness in his eyes almost poured out.

He couldn’t figure it out, while using the huge wealth left by the original owner’s biological mother, they treated the original owner harshly and even pushed him into a fire pit. How black-hearted and shameless were Madam Xue and his so-called father?

The mood that was originally good because of Chu Yue was completely destroyed, and fury surged in his heart. Thinking of how the original owner had unfairly suffered in the chaotic backyard of that merchant’s son, the corners of Ye Sinian’s lips curled, revealing a wicked smile.

Suddenly, he felt like killing someone.

How could this be good?