I did it all for the Han Dynasty!

Chapter 26 Let's have a duel!

The two people in the room were Madam Lu and Madam Zhou, Zhou Ang's wife.

Zhou was short in stature, with dark skin, gray hair at her temples, and droopy skin around her eyes. Even with a thick layer of rouge and powder on her face, her ugliness could not be concealed.

Taking Lu's hand and stroking her smooth, jade-like skin, Zhou said with seven parts envy and three parts jealousy, "Sister, you truly deserve to be raised in a prominent family. Looking at the skin on your arms, how could you tell that you've already given birth?"

Next, Zhou turned her attention to Lu.

The hem of the robe cinched at the waist in a flowing arc, the deep folds cascading down the crossed knees like melting spring snow from the eaves. Suddenly, a gentle breeze swept through the corridor, causing the wide sleeves, bound with silk ribbons, to billow slightly, revealing a glimpse of red gold on a fair wrist, which shimmered against the floral pattern between the distant mountain-like eyebrows.

"What a vixen! No wonder my husband can't forget her."

Zhou stared at the rounded shape of Lu's front and waist, and immediately thought of many different ideas.

"Sister, please listen to me."

While Zhou still held Lu's wrist with one hand, her other hand quietly moved back to support Lu's lower back, slowly lowering it while her fingers gradually tightened...

"Liu Miao's infamous reputation has spread throughout most of Huainan! They say he's called 'Lord Wilderness' and shamelessly went to propose marriage to a woman whose husband had just died, only to be chased out by her son with a knife!"

"Tell me, if you marry someone like that as a concubine, how can your reputation be good?"

Zhou's eyes darted around, and she brought up Lu Yi's matter again.

“I know the logic, ‘a woman should follow her husband wherever he goes,’ but sister, you must ultimately think about your child, right? If your son grows up and wants to take up an official post, but is ruined by Liu Miao’s reputation, wouldn’t that destroy half of your life’s hard work?”

Zhou kept rubbing Lu's erect penis, and occasionally patted it.

"Why not come to my house and secure a future for your child! Although you are petite and pitiful, your 'lump' is hard and big, you're definitely destined to have a boy! I'll teach you a few tricks, and you can have another Zhou boy, then you'll live a comfortable life, won't you?"

Seeing that Zhou was going too far with her words and her hands were becoming increasingly handsy, Lu suddenly stood up with a flick of her sleeve!
The celadon teacup on the table was tumbled and fell, the water droplets from the broken porcelain wetting the lotus-colored hem of her dress. Her fingertips dug deeply into the red brocade cuffs of her sleeves, her knuckles turning bluish-white beneath the silk, yet she maintained the demeanor of a noblewoman—only her jaw clenched so tightly it trembled, and the hem of her dress, embroidered with dogwood, rose and fell with her rapid breathing like waves, just as the autumn wind on the Wei River whipped up a thousand layers of raging torrents.

“Madam Zhou, I have been tolerant of you because you come from a local gentry family in Shuxian County and have a long-standing relationship with my uncles and elders. What are you trying to do?”

Madam Lu smoothed out the clothes that Madam Zhou had messed up and said loudly, "Although I have been a widow for many years, I still know the words 'precepts for women' and 'etiquette'!"

"You're something else! Even though you're a married woman, you come up here and spout such lewd things! You even talk about sharing a husband, you really have no shame!"

"And what are you really up to, speaking ill of my husband behind his back?"

“My husband is a descendant of the Prince of Langya, a true member of the Han imperial family! He is also the Prefect of Jiujiang, personally appointed by the Emperor! Instead of going after that hypocritical and deceitful man, you dare to come to his door and speak ill of him?”

"Moreover, my husband is a hero who stands tall and upright! He always takes it upon himself to restore the Han Dynasty! Even his marriage to Lady Sun Wu was for a long-term plan! What do you, a short-sighted woman who only thinks about bedroom matters, know?"

Zhou was shocked by Lu's ungratefulness and immediately became furious: "Well, you shameless woman! You think you're some kind of pure and virtuous woman just because I praised you? Bah!"

"That Liu Miao and Liu Zhongshan are lecherous, you must be no good either! You must be a shameless slut with a slutty voice! Who knows what kind of wanton behavior you have in bed!"

At this moment, Zhou was completely looking down on people.

"Let me tell you, I'm here on behalf of my husband to advise you, which is a sign of respect! And you, you actually put on airs? Don't you know? Even if you marry into the Zhou family and become a concubine, you're still just something to be used to entertain guests! You really don't understand your place!"

The Lu family is different from the Zhou family.

Although both were women, Madam Lu had lost her husband early in life and was of a quiet and reserved nature, often staying at home reading, playing the zither, and cultivating her character, rarely interacting with outsiders. Madam Zhou, however, as Zhou Ang's wife, had been receiving guests as the main guest for many years and had heard far too many hurtful words; at this moment, she had completely overwhelmed Madam Lu!
Madam Lu wanted to refute, but being of a gentle nature, she ultimately couldn't utter many vulgar words.

Her eyes were red like peach petals soaked in morning dew in March, tears hung on her chin, about to fall, her fingertips twisted the white handkerchief, leaving deep marks, and her pearly teeth left crescent-shaped marks on her red lips.

Zhou continued firing, his nostrils practically pointing skyward.

"Oh! My sister! My dear sister! Was this the same pose you used to seduce Liu Miao that day? Don't just stand there, loosen your belt and take off your robe! Let me see just how much you revealed in front of those men that made Liu Miao lose his composure and even sing 'Jianjia' for you in public!"

After Zhou finished speaking, she actually stepped forward and tried to pull Lu's belt to reveal her snow-white skin and embarrass her in public!

However, Zhou soon discovered that the snow-white light that made her jealous did not appear in her eyes. Instead, her eyes were black and there was a starlight shimmering in them!

"Husband?"

Lu had no idea that Liu Miao would appear at this moment!

Liu Miao touched the tip of his nose somewhat embarrassedly.

"Madam, I'm so sorry..."

"The main problem is that your corridor is too long. If it were shorter, the slap would have landed on her face much sooner."

Lu Shi, who had been holding back her tears, suddenly burst into tears and hugged Liu Miao.

"My husband, she, she..."

"Yes, I heard everything. It's alright. I'll leave the rest to my husband."

Zhou, realizing what had happened, covered her cheek and questioned Liu Miao in disbelief, "You, a grown man, dare to hit a woman like me? You! You! Aren't you afraid of being ridiculed by the world?"

"Ok?"

Liu Miao gently patted Lu's thin back while looking at Zhou with a puzzled expression: "Why are you laughing at me?"

"Does hitting women prove that I have the utmost respect for them and regard them as equals to men?"

Liu Miao flexed his wrists, feeling rather regretful.

"When I read those books of sages and saints, what I can't stand the most is that all those sages and saints say that there is a difference between men and women."

"We all have two eyes and one mouth, what's the difference? And who says women are inferior to men? This kind of disrespectful attitude towards women is wrong and must be changed!"

Liu Miao was eager to try.

"Therefore, I, Liu Miao, am probably the man who respects women the most throughout history!"

"Although you are short and ugly, and have a disgusting smell, it doesn't matter! That's just how I, Liu Miao, respect women!"

"In that case, let's have a thoroughly enjoyable duel!"

(End of this chapter)