After I Married the Disabled War God As My Concubine - Chapter 225

“Throughout the ages, which Emperor did not need to use the harem to check and balance the former dynasty?”

“If the harem is really used as a bundle of interests, then what is cultivated is nothing more than just royal relatives on the distant side,” Jiang Suizhou answered warmly. “What’s truly unstable is tethering a woman to the harem and using the depth of her relationship with the Emperor as a tie. What’s more, I would also like to try something, that is to move the limelight of women out of the harem courtyard.”

Emperor Zhao Yuan considered him silently and motioned for him to continue.

“Just like General Lou, although he has no son, his daughter is a great success in the army and goes all out in the service of the court. Miss Lou is a talented field commander that’s hard to come by as well as a minister of the court. General Lou is concerned about her, so he will naturally serve more faithfully. This kind of bond, I think, is more secure than a hard-wired marriage.”

Emperor Zhao Yuan pondered for a long time and said, “Astounding, you dare to think so.”

“It’s just an attempt and a daydream,” Jiang Suizhou said.

“Then have you ever thought about who will succeed you in a hundred years?” Emperor Zhao Yuan asked.

Jiang Suizhou continued: “The Huo clan will definitely have outstanding descendants, so there is no need for me and General Huo to worry about it.”

Emperor Zhao Yuan stared at him for a moment, but Jiang Suizhou didn’t show a sprinkle of timidity, and looked at him openly.

A few moments later, Emperor Zhao Yuan smiled.

“This is the first time I’ve heard these words. It seems that your late father Emperor has taught you to deviate from the established practices,” he commented.

Jiang Suizhou lowered his eyes and acknowledged it.

Emperor Zhao Yuan looked at him, then shifted his gaze to Huo Wujiu, who was frowning but hesitant to say anything and laughed a couple of times. Afterward, he picked up his wine glass on the table.

“I am just asking,” he said. “Anyway, I don’t have long to live. However you want to stir up things in the future still depends on your plans, no?”

——

By the time the banquet ended, it was already the second watch.

The curfew in the palace was strict, and the locks were already down. After Emperor Zhao Yuan arranged a place for the two of them to stay, Huo Wujiu dismissed the other palace staff and walked back alone with Jiang Suizhou.

“What exactly did your uncle mean when he said that?” Jiang Suizhou couldn’t help but ask.

Huo Wujiu clutched his hand into his palm: “He means that he is satisfied with you.”

“Is that so?” Jiang Suizhou didn’t quite believe it.

“Of course, why would I lie to you?” Huo Wujiu glanced sideways, giving him an eyebrow raise. “Didn’t you realize that my uncle asked those questions for a reason?”

Jiang Suizhou was taken aback: “What reason?”

Huo Wujiu stopped in his tracks, turned his head and approached him with a smile.

“He’s afraid you’ll betray your love,” he said with a smile. “His words were meant to stabilize my position in the imperial court.”

Jiang Suizhou snickered out loud: “Stop talking nonsense.”

Huo Wujiu answered with a click of his tongue: “Who’s talking nonsense? On the contrary, that’s a serious answer.”

Seriously, of course,” Jiang Suizhou said.

“I can’t tell you still have that many ideas left about the imperial court, do you?” Huo Wujiu asked as he walked slowly while holding his hand.

Jiang Suizhou smiled at his words and said, “They’re quite against the norms, right?”

Huo Wujiu nodded, but shook his head again.

“What a deviation from the norm.” He said, “When the time comes, whatever you say is right, and those who refuse to listen to you are deviant.”

Jiang Suizhou smiled and said, “How could it be that easy?”

What he said just now was indeed from the heart, but he also knew that it was only because he had knowledge of the historical course of events in advance. It was for this reason that he knew what was right and wrong in this era. Despite this, he was also well aware that the course of history could not be forcibly changed. Even if he had the intention to make the era work more reasonably, he also needed to carry it out gradually and slowly.

Huo Wujiu clicked his tongue.

“How is it difficult?” he said. “I’m here.”

Jiang Suizhou raised his eyes and looked at him.

Huo Wujiu shook his hand and said, “I’ll guard the world for you. Whoever dares to oppose you or rebel against you, I’ll eliminate them. Whatever you want to do, just do it. No matter what you do, I’ll guard peace for you.”

He spoke resolutely, making Jiang Suizhou want to laugh. However, when he met Huo Wujiu’s eyes, his eyes burned a little.

He silently stared at Huo Wujiu.

Once upon a time, he had a love for this historical period, so he wanted to explore it and protect it. Later, when he had Huo Wujiu, he wanted Huo Wujiu to be safe and sail smoothly in this time and space, even if the original trajectory of history would be reversed as a result.

He never told Huo Wujiu these thoughts.

But Huo Wujiu never had the slightest doubt about his choice.

“What’s wrong?” Huo Wujiu asked.

Jiang Suizhou said, “Close your eyes.”

Huo Wujiu obediently closed his eyes: “What for?”

The next moment, a warm, cool, soft kiss gently fell on his lips.

“I will protect you,” Jiang Suizhou pressed his lips and promised tenderly.

Huo Wujiu froze, then raised his hand and clasped the back of Jiang Suizhou’s head.

Before that kiss deepened, Huo Wujiu’s voice, low and deep, intertwined with Jiang Suizhou’s breathing.

“I’ll protect you too,” he vowed.

——

Jiang Suizhou had long forgotten why he liked history.

It had been too long, so long ago. All he could remember was that in the long years of his youth, those obscure texts accompanied him through many trying times.

He shut his door, and his unfriendly siblings, his indifferent father, his weeping mother, and all those squabbles and intrigues became none of his business.

Only those old times recorded in scripts concerned him.

As for when this habit started, he had long forgotten.

Late in the afternoon.

The sun was shining brightly, and the temperature felt a bit hot.

His half brother pushed him down the stairs and forbade him from going upstairs. None of the servants in the house dared to take care of him, so he limped alone and crashed into his father’s empty study.

His feet hurt badly, but he didn’t dare to cry. In order to divert his attention, he could only pick up a book on the sofa that was flung upside-down and flip the pages.

The book was about a man.

The man, who grew up without a mother, was powerful. Before he reached adulthood, he led an army to fight off a dim-witted Emperor to protect his whole family, and succeeded in letting his family sit on the throne. Later, that Emperor retaliated against him by maiming both of his legs, but he got back on his feet and avenged himself. Furthermore, he unified the world for his family.

No one ever helped him. After achieving all these, he returned alone to the place where he grew up, as if he had never left there, but created a new era of peace and prosperity.

Jiang Suizhou couldn’t read too many words at that time, and he hadn’t even fully recognized the man’s name.

But that was the first time he felt that another person’s story was so fascinating and interesting that he forgot his pain. He even felt the power from another person through the cold text for the first time.

Since that time, Jiang Suizhou has liked reading books and history, because he remembered the wonderful feeling that afternoon.

He never knew that the book was entitled《Huo Wujiu’s biography》.

— The End —

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