Who is spreading rumors that my filial piety towards them has changed?

Chu Mingkong pulled the plump and beautiful pheasant baby into his arms, holding the two beautiful mothers tightly:

"I'll go to Pei Mi's place first to offer a few words of comfort, and then I'll come back to see my mothers later so the three of us can chat all night long?"

Feeling their son's large hand gradually move down from their slender waists, Xiao Zhi and Wan Hua's beautiful faces flushed, and they shyly murmured "Mmm."

Chapter 179 The Road Ahead Is Long and Difficult (5/38)

Fortunately, after the trust and suspicion between Xiao Zhi and Wan Hua in the past, many things can now be resolved through verbal communication.

Many people say that if they had calmed down and talked things out, things would have turned out differently. But such assumptions are too idealistic. There is no trust involved, so how much persuasive power do they have?

This was a huge problem that Chu Mingkong faced back then, but now it's not a problem with his two mothers. They can test whether their son's love and filial piety towards them are as strong as ever, and see how much energy he can still produce.

In short, we'll talk about this tonight. After giving them a good massage, Chu Mingkong repeatedly showed them affection before leaving the City Lord's Pavilion and heading straight to Jin Yu and Pei Mi's room.

Shamefully, Chu Mingkong actually wanted Jin Yu to continue tormenting his mother so he could see the end of it. Unfortunately, he spent quite a long time appeasing both of his mothers, while Jin Yu's situation had long since ended.

"Ahem..." Chu Mingkong knocked on the door, alerting the woman inside that someone had arrived.

Pei Mi had been tormented by Jin Yu for a long time, but she had finally "made up" with her daughter. She was now bending down to examine the exquisite carvings on the bookshelf furniture.

This was a habit she developed in the palace. Initially, she had grown accustomed to the unchanging scenery of the palace and had to force herself to pay attention to the "beauty in details" in order to pass the time and energy. Over time, it became a habit.

As she bent over, the outline of her plump, ripe, peach-like buttocks gradually became clearer beneath her palace skirt. Although there was no trace of smooth flesh color, the allure of the outline was even more beautiful, with a hint of shyness and allure.

A gentle breeze brushed past Pei Mi from behind, causing her light, silky palace dress to cling even more tightly to her full, peach-shaped hips.

Pei Mi straightened up, glanced at the doorway out of the corner of her eye, and snorted, "Don't come in!"

Jin Yu sided with Chu Mingkong, saying defiantly to her mother, "We're going in!"

Pei Mi gritted her teeth, wanting to stomp her feet and say a few bad things about her daughter, but since Jin Yu still had leverage over her, she had no choice but to swallow her anger.

Chu Mingkong had just finished comforting his mother and should have been in a state of readiness, with all his comforting skills at their peak. However, he was truly helpless when it came to Pei Mi and Jin Yu's situation.

It's hard to say whether Pei Mi was angered by Jin Yu or by him. If we attribute the anger to him as well, where should we start to resolve it?

However, Pei Mi's situation is different from that of her mother and concubines, and it is difficult to solve the problem by simply using the method of "filling the sea with silk."

Let's proceed according to the normal procedure for now, and see how things go...

After Chu Mingkong sat down, Jin Yu, who had just allowed him to enter the room, also put on a stern face. She sat down in front of Chu Mingkong, snorted, and crossed her arms, supporting her plump and soft breasts, which were so heavy that they almost dripped off her pink arms.

"Jinyu, are you angry too?"

"That's right! I trusted Chu Lang so much and gave you my whole heart, and you actually took my mother's things secretly!" Jin Yu said, her pretty face sullen, with great grievance welling up in her eyes, and her nose suddenly turned red.

Good guy!

If Chu Mingkong hadn't secretly watched how she tormented Pei Mi beforehand, he would have actually believed it.

Pei Mi was also stunned. Jin Yu hadn't been like this just now. Where did she get the ability to treat everyone with such a different attitude, and so naturally at that...?

The tea was still in the pot and hadn't been poured out, but Jinyu had already filled the room with the aroma of tea.

Chu Mingkong pretended not to know, and put on a distressed expression to deal with Jin Yu. He said with difficulty and self-reproach:

"No matter how much I explain, it all sounds like sophistry. Jinyu, how can you possibly forgive me?"

“…Then hold me tight first.” Jin Yu immediately revealed her true fox-like nature.

Chu Mingkong chuckled, not caring that his stunningly beautiful mother-in-law was right next to him. He gave Jin Yu a bear hug and pulled her from the opposite seat into his arms.

"Hold on tight, and then what?" Chu Mingkong looked down at her.

"Aren't you going to say that you acted out of necessity, in a desperate situation, out of helplessness, and out of desperation, in order to rescue your mother?"

"Uh... how should I put it? I don't think the reasons are important in this kind of thing. Just because I have the reasons I have doesn't mean that whatever I do is right, right? After all, I still did it."

Jin Yu looked at him quietly, poked Chu Mingkong's chest, and then pressed her face against his. Chu Mingkong immediately felt as if a cat was rubbing against his heart.

"You really did it, and you really did it 'throughout'!"

Chu Mingkong was a little unsure how to respond to this, but seeing that she didn't seem to object, he stroked her smooth face instead of answering.

Seeing that he remained silent, Jin Yu gestured to her lower abdomen, roughly indicating two areas.

"You usually only come this far with me, but you and my mother have reached this position. Why is that!"

Pei Mi really wanted to storm out. She was too ashamed to talk about this kind of thing with her daughter. It was one thing for mother and daughter to talk so freely, but why did she treat others like family and say the same thing to Chu Mingkong?

Is she implying that Chu Mingkong's love for her isn't "deep" enough?

Even with his thick skin, Chu Mingkong was too embarrassed to say such a thing to Jin Yu. This old strategist was indeed quite shameless. He tried to explain tactfully:

You know my sister Qingning, right?

"Qingning also made you return to your 'roots' in the end, Mingkong?!" Jinyu looked very shocked.

"No, what I mean is, Qingning doesn't know that some women can't feel their own heartbeat. Do you know why?"

"There are two mounds of fat separating me, I have to use my mouth to reach them... Qingning seems to be able to reach them easily..."

"This means that people's constitutions are different. It's not that I'm treating you less well, but rather that, by nature, Jinyu, your cultivation is... less advanced, while your mother's cultivation is more winding and difficult."

Pei Mi had little exposure to those kinds of books and didn't know any of the slang, but because she knew the background, she immediately understood what the two people meant.

The blush on her mature, beautiful face reached all the way to her ears; she was so shy and embarrassed that she wanted to disappear into the ground. She scolded playfully:

"Chu Mingkong! Don't talk nonsense!"

"Then who's better?" Jin Yu pinched Chu Mingkong's cheek, forcing him to answer.

"Of course Jin Yu is better, I love her very much!" Chu Mingkong coaxed, afraid that his words would bring up Pei Mi again, and that he would offend someone new before he had even finished comforting people about the previous incident.

Jin Yu's mother, Pei Mi, suddenly fell silent, a strange sense of resentment rising within her.

Chu Mingkong quickly changed the subject, wondering what they were even discussing. He continued to hold Jin Yu, but said to Pei Mi:

"Let me first convey my mother's apology and explain the reason behind this."

Chapter 180: A Shocking Century for Jinyu (6/38)

Jin Yu shifted slightly in his arms. Chu Mingkong thought she was getting down, but it turned out she was just adjusting her position to be more comfortable. Once she was comfortable, Chu Mingkong spoke to Pei Mi:

“My mother, Consort Wanhua, is somewhat resistant to you because of the Fifth Prince’s matter. However, this is not your fault. Rather, she is like someone who has been bitten by a snake once and is afraid of ropes for ten years. That’s why her attitude towards you today is a bit inappropriate.”

"What's going on with the Fifth Prince?" Jin Yu asked curiously. She knew about the Fifth Prince's embarrassing incident of stringing gourds together, but she knew nothing about the deeper details and inside story.

"It's roughly like this..." Chu Mingkong recounted how the Fifth Prince admired the Empress's son, and how he became so obsessed that he wanted to use his mother Wan Huatong's affairs to gain merit.

Jin Yu frowned as she listened, somewhat understanding why Consort Wan was wary of her mother. While there was reason in the other woman's actions, Jin Yu also had her own. She muttered:

"But this matter cannot be entirely blamed on my mother. She did nothing wrong, nor did she get close to the Fifth Prince. The horse she gave him was said to be a gift from the Empress."

Actually, it was just that the princes and nobles below sent a batch of horses, and then each of them was given one in the mother's name; it wasn't that only the fifth prince was given one..."

So it was this cheap? I thought it was a fine horse specially awarded as a reward.

Speaking of that beautiful mare, she's still being kept at the Xiaoxiang Qin Academy. Unfortunately, there's no stable on the spaceship's floating boat, and they were afraid the horse would run off and fall into the ravine, so they had no choice but to leave her there. They'll ride her again in the future.

Chu Mingkong said:

"I understand this principle, and so does my mother, Consort Xiao Zhi. It's just that emotional things can't be forgotten with a laugh. I don't want everyone to feel uncomfortable and awkward living together."

So I thought I'd let my mother-in-law rest at Qingxin Mansion for a few days first, and then I'd take her to stay at one of the other mansions so we wouldn't be upset every day when we see each other.

Jin Yu got up from Chu Mingkong's arms and went to hug her mother, Pei Mi.

"Mother, what do you think?"

"When you're under someone's roof, why should you complain? Just follow Chu Mingkong's arrangements, or find another place to stay," Pei Mi said calmly, without mentioning anything about Wan Hua's prejudice or wariness towards her, simply stating that it was fine.

Jin Yu was caught in the middle and had a difficult time.

She wanted to live with Chu Mingkong every day, but if her mother moved to another place, wouldn't that mean she would be neglected?

You can't say that having a lover means you've forgotten your mother!

But if she goes to live with her mother, she will have less time to be with her lover. Although they are both in Tianya City, they can meet as soon as they go out, which is very different from having to travel by carriage for a long time to meet.

She was caught in a dilemma, not knowing what to say, so she could only hug her beautiful and elegant mother, their equally smooth and tender faces pressed together.

Chu Mingkong had considered this situation on his way here, but unfortunately he couldn't come up with a solution.

When discussing this with my fellow mothers and babies, I thought that after a while they might find that the other person wasn't as annoying as they imagined, and they might be able to accept living together. But this idea is too idealistic, and we also have to take into account the possibility that they might not be able to accept it.

If all these assumptions can't be fulfilled when the time comes, wouldn't that just make Jinyu heartbroken?

"Anyway, I'll take you to visit a few other mansions tomorrow. Maybe you'll like them? If not, you can make do for a few days. I'll find a courtyard near Qingxin Mansion, buy it, renovate it for a while, and then hide you away there. That way, when you miss each other, you can see each other as soon as you step out the door. How does that sound?"

After much deliberation, Jin Yu decided that this was the most practical option and agreed on behalf of her mother.

"Hmm, this is alright."

"What 'um'? Am I staying here or are you staying here? You're just saying 'um' for me!" Pei Mi rolled her eyes at her daughter and slapped her pert, soft bottom.

Chu Mingkong breathed a sigh of relief; this compromise was acceptable to everyone.

Back in the capital, although Chu Mingkong could easily run up to that Taoist temple to find Zuo Qiuchi, he didn't really like her living out of his sight. Therefore, he can now completely understand Jin Yu's feelings.

"Speaking of which, I used to address her as Empress Pei, but now that I don't use that honorific anymore, what should I call her, Mi'er?"

“Call me Mother like I do, isn’t that the most natural thing to do? Don’t you want me, Chu Lang?” Jin Yu raised her eyebrows and glared at Chu Mingkong.

"I wouldn't dare, or rather, I'd be reluctant. Jinyu is so interesting; I'd definitely have to greedily claim her for myself!"

"What a coincidence! I also think you're funny and make me happy~"

On Jin Yu's pretty face, her beautiful eyes curved into crescent moons with joy.

The sweet nothings the two exchanged made Pei Mi feel a pang of heartache. Before you say such mushy things, can you at least let me leave for a moment?

Returning to the issue of address, Pei Mi would rather Chu Mingkong be impolite and call her by her name, "Pei Mi," than call her "Mother." It just felt strange to have him call her "Mother"...

Especially later, when he called her "Mother" while pressing her down and... no, there was no "later"!

Chu Mingkong tentatively asked, "Then from now on I'll call you 'Mother'?"

"Whatever you like, it's an insignificant form of address." Pei Mi said coldly, giving Chu Mingkong no pleasant look, lest he take advantage of the situation and push his luck.