Three Kingdoms: Madam, I am a decent person

Chapter 795 Side Story 2: Wu Ying and Xiao Qiao (Part 1)

September 3rd, the seventh year of Jian'an.

The south gate of Ye City.

A group of people surrounded them, chatting and laughing.

The leader was none other than Zhang Sui.

Standing next to Zhang Sui was a woman with a graceful figure.

It was none other than Cai Yan.

Cai Yan was holding a two- or three-year-old child in her left arm.

Two children, one older and one younger, stood beside her.

The older child was eight or nine years old, dressed in a tight-fitting short outfit with a sword hanging at his waist. Zhang Sui's shadow could be clearly seen in his eyes and brows.

This was Cai Qi, the first son born to Zhang Sui and Cai Yan.

The six- or seven-year-old girl next to Cai Qi is Zhang Ying, the second descendant of Zhang Sui and Cai Yan.

Zhang Ying was dressed in soft armor, with a soft whip wrapped around her waist, and her eyes, which resembled gemstones, darted around.

Every now and then, Zhang Ying would punch Cai Qi in the butt.

Cai Qi stared wide-eyed, looking fierce and menacing.

Seeing this, Zhang Ying raised her eyebrows smugly.

The next moment, she grabbed Cai Qi's hand and slammed it onto Zhang Sui's buttocks.

Zhang Sui looked behind him suspiciously, only to see Cai Qi withdraw his hand.

Cai Qi met Zhang Sui's gaze, pointed at Zhang Ying, and said awkwardly, "Father, do you believe me if I say it's my little sister?"

Zhang Ying smugly snorted, "Whatever you say goes! Father, do you believe him or me?"

Before Zhang Sui could speak, Cai Yan flicked Zhang Ying's forehead with her thumb.

Zhang Ying immediately covered her forehead with both hands and let out a pig-like scream: "Mom, don't you know how rough you are? You almost flicked my head open!"

After saying that, she rushed to Zhang Sui's side, took her hands off her forehead, stood on tiptoe, and said to Zhang Sui, "Father, look at Mother, she's so rough!"

Zhang Sui noticed that Zhang Ying's forehead was slightly flushed, and then looked at Cai Yan.

Cai Yan is so well-behaved and adorable in bed.

When it comes to his children, he is ruthless and extremely tough.

Zhang Sui couldn't help but recall the scene from their second meeting when she snapped a chicken's neck with her bare hands.

He was shocked for a long time.

What a seemingly delicate woman possesses such brute strength!
Seeing Zhang Ying's aggrieved expression, Zhang Sui said irritably, "That's what you get for provoking her!"

Zhang Ying pouted and pointed to the spot on her forehead where she had been flicked, saying, "Daddy, blow on it for me!"

Cai Yan still held the baby in her left hand, and grabbed Zhang Ying's arm with her right hand, pulling her directly to the side.

Zhang Ying looked miserable.

Seeing that Zhang Ying was about to cry, Cai Qi quickly stepped forward and said to Cai Yan, "Mother, that's enough. My little sister didn't mean any harm."

Cai Yan grabbed his sleeve and pulled him to Zhang Ying's side, saying sternly, "Stand properly, both of you! What kind of behavior is this, you siblings, in front of all the civil and military officials?"

Zhang Ying smirked and said to Cai Qi in a vivid voice, "What kind of behavior do you siblings exhibit in front of all the civil and military officials?"

Cai Qi looked in Cai Yan's direction with a hint of unease.

Seeing that Cai Yan wasn't looking in their direction, he breathed a sigh of relief and whispered, "Don't make a scene, or Mother will hear us and we'll both get a good scolding! And you'll get a beating!"

Zhang Ying scoffed, "Mother flaunts her power in front of us, but she's as obedient as can be in front of Father."

“The day before yesterday afternoon, I was going to ask her a question when I saw my father enter her room, hug her waist, and then she went limp and let my father do whatever he wanted to her.”

"Why isn't she fierce when she's facing her father?"

Cai Qi quickly made a shushing gesture and whispered, "Are you trying to get yourself killed? How can you say such things? Your father is about to be promoted to Prince of Ji, and everyone is watching!"

"If someone with ulterior motives hears you saying that, then your mother won't just scold you or flick your head, she'll definitely hang you up and beat you!"

Zhang Ying rolled her eyes and said, "Do you think I'm stupid? I'm just not convinced!"

How can a person have such two faces?

"Father always says Mother is the best, but I don't feel that way at all."

Cai Qi felt somewhat helpless.

Just about to explain.

But then someone said, "They're here!"

Cai Qi quickly pointed south to Zhang Ying.

Everyone looked over at the same time.

On the southern horizon, two rows of soldiers were slowly escorting several carriages.

Some soldiers were even holding up flags.

The flag prominently displays the characters "Liu" and "Wu".

Zhang Sui smiled and said to Cai Yan beside him, "Honey, we're here. Now you don't have to worry all the time, right?"

Cai Yan smiled at Zhang Sui and said softly, "The journey from Mianyang to here is long. I wonder if she, a frail woman, has suffered any damage?"

"She must have brought the child this time, right?"

"It's been so long since I last contacted her."

"I heard her first marriage didn't go well." "How's her second marriage?"

Zhang Sui said, "I'm afraid there won't be a second marriage."

Cai Yan looked at Zhang Sui with a puzzled expression.

Zhang Sui said, "Your friend was previously married to Liu Zhang's third brother, Liu Mao."

"Although Liu Mao died of illness before your friend arrived."

"However, she was also Liu Mao's wife in name only."

"Who would dare marry her?"

Cai Yan frowned and said, "But I heard that her elder brother, Wu Yi, is a general under Liu Zhang, a veteran of two reigns, and highly regarded. With such a background, how could Liu Zhang possibly force her?"

Zhang Sui said, "If her brother Wu Yi truly cared about her, why would he have married her off to Yizhou, a place thousands of miles away?"

"And what's more, she married a sickly man."

As soon as Zhang Sui finished speaking, he regretted it.

Because Cai Yan was like that before she met him.

This sounds somewhat like an attempt to sow discord between her and her father, Cai Yong, during his lifetime.

Just as Zhang Sui was about to explain, Cai Yan smiled at him and said, "Husband, it's all in the past, I won't mind."

Reaching out her small hand, Cai Yan grasped Su Sui's hand and said softly, "Besides, I now have a husband."

Zhang Sui breathed a sigh of relief.

The convoy slowly approached and stopped about a hundred paces away from Zhang Sui.

The two rows of soldiers dispersed.

Behind Zhang Sui, a hundred of his personal guards quickly stepped forward and disarmed the soldiers.

The curtains of several carriages were lifted.

Several figures emerged from the carriage one after another.

The leader was a slightly chubby middle-aged scholar.

As soon as the middle-aged scholar came out, he strode towards Zhang Sui.

Zhang Sui led the group to greet them.

The middle-aged scholar bowed first and said, "This sinful subject Liu Zhang greets the Great General!"

Zhang Sui quickly helped Liu Zhang up and said with a smile, "General Liu, you've worked hard!"

Liu Zhang looked Zhang Sui up and down and said, "It is truly my honor to arrive before the General is to be conferred the title of King of Ji."

"I had heard that the general was young but had a dignified bearing."

"Now it seems that the meeting was more real than the rumors suggested."

"The general is truly a young hero."

"It's a pity we couldn't meet sooner."

At this moment, a dozen or so people surrounded Liu Zhang from behind.

Liu Zhang introduced them one by one.

He came all the way from Mianyang in Yizhou to attend the ceremony where Zhang Sui conferred the title of King of Ji, bringing with him a group of civil and military officials as requested by Zhang Sui.

Among them were Zhang Song, Fa Zheng, Zhang Ren, Wu Yi, and others.

After arriving in Ye City, none of these people will go back.

Liu Zhang's position as Governor of Yi Province was replaced by Zhuge Liang by Zhang Sui.

Liu Zhang was then promoted to General Jianwei.

Zhang Sui also introduced Liu Zhang and his group to the officials he had brought to greet them: Gu Yong, Lu Xun, Chen Jiao, Lu Su, and others.

After the group got to know each other, they followed Zhang Sui into Ye City.

Just as the group turned around, a woman wearing a veil and a beautiful long dress rushed to Cai Yan's side.

Cai Yan and the woman looked at each other, their eyes both slightly moist.

Seeing Cai Yan's tears, the woman quickly reached out her slender, fair fingers and gently wiped away the tears, choking back sobs as she said, "Don't cry, be good!"

"Today is a very joyous day."

“I originally thought that my sister and I would never see each other again in this lifetime.”

"Who knew this day would come!"

The woman's name was Wu Ying. She was Wu Yi's younger sister, the third sister-in-law of Liu Zhang, the former governor of Yizhou, and also a close friend of Cai Yan.

The two met in Luoyang when they were young.

The last time we met was ten years ago, also in Yecheng.

At that time, Cai Yan was considered a jinx by her husband's family, the Wei family, because her ex-husband Wei Zhongdao had passed away. They often insulted her.

Outraged, Cai Yan severed ties with the Wei family and went to Ye City alone to seek opportunities to make a living, where she was all alone and helpless.

Wu Ying also received a marriage arranged by her elder brother, marrying Liu Mao, the third son of Liu Yan, the governor of Yizhou.

The two parted ways in Ye City.

After that parting, neither of them contacted each other again.

(End of this chapter)