Chapter 76
Wang Lang asked, "Can we talk properly? Let's discuss this matter properly?"
Yao Chunnuan said, "I can't help but say this. Who told you to get drunk in the middle of the day? If you had eaten a few more peanuts before drinking, you wouldn't be so drunk and talking like this."
Wang Lang: Do you mean he is dreaming?
"Okay, go back. There's nothing to say about this. I don't agree." Yao Chunnuan stood up. She was too lazy to say more to him and didn't even want to be angry with him.
"Yao Chunnuan, I'm serious. I must take my daughter away." Wang Lang announced seriously.
Yao Chunnuan paused in her tracks. She sensed something different, a hint of reliance, a hint of a showdown. She turned slowly, "What's your claim? Is it because you're so shameless?"
"I am her biological father."
"Yes, you're her biological father, but so what? Besides giving her a seed, what else have you done? What have you done for her? Have you ever experienced the hardships of pregnancy and childbirth? Now that the child is born, how dare you argue with me?" Leaving aside the hardships of pregnancy, just take the birthing itself. She lay on the delivery bed like a frog, her belly bulging, in pain and helpless. But she couldn't show it; she endured it all silently.
"I admit that I did not do anything before, but I am willing to do my best to make up for it. You can ask for any conditions you want." He wanted his daughter back, only his daughter back. He wanted to compensate her, even if it cost a huge price!
"Haha, do you think I'm telling you this to complain or ask for something? No, I just want to tell you that you have no right to ask me for a daughter!"
Wang Lang acted as if you had no say in his qualifications. Yao Chunnuan was furious when she saw him acting so self-righteously. She threw the severance agreement he had signed in his face and said, "Wang Lang, open your eyes and see clearly. This severance agreement! You signed it when you were in exile to save your niece. You also promised that from now on, the child in my belly has nothing to do with you or your Wang family. Do you remember?"
"I remember."
"Oh, you remember it but don't want to abide by it, right? Indeed, the agreement can only restrain gentlemen, not villains." As he said this, Yao Chunnuan nodded seriously.
Wang Lang pursed his lips. "You don't have to provoke me. I can only say that it was a temporary expedient that came about because of your coercion."
Yao Chunnuan really wanted to laugh out loud. This had become a stopgap measure that she had come up with to force him to make a choice. Humph, wanting everything was simply greed.
"It's just a temporary expedient, right? But have you ever thought that this is a fragile little life. It's very likely that both we, mother and daughter, would have been gone because of your temporary expediency. When you gave her up for your niece, you were no longer qualified to have her. Damage has been spilled and cannot be undone, do you understand? Do you understand? Got it?" Yao Chunnuan deliberately stepped on his sore spot.
The more Yao Chunnuan talked, the more embarrassed he became, but he still insisted, "No matter what you say, I admit that I am wrong, but this agreement to sever the relationship is invalid. Daliang is governed by filial piety, and there has never been a case of a child refusing to recognize his biological father."
The most despicable people are those like Wang Lang. Do you think he doesn't know he's in the wrong, that he's lost the right to have his daughter? No, he does. Doesn't he know his daughter would be better off with her mother than with him in the Wang family? He knows that, too. Yet he insists on forcing her, even at the expense of encroaching on the power and interests of others. To put it bluntly, he's selfish, thinking only of himself and caring only about his own feelings.
In the end, he just wanted to invalidate the agreement in her hand. "Whether the severance agreement is valid or not is not up to you alone. You are unreasonable, but the military settlement is a place where reason prevails."
Yao Chunnuan was incredibly grateful. After arriving at the military settlement, she had worked tirelessly to manage her business and climb the ladder. She now held a higher position than he did, and held more respect than he did in front of the general. Otherwise, she would have been bullied by him using his power today. The thought of this scene infuriated her to death.
As she spoke, Yao Chunnuan had been paying attention to Wang Lang's expression. He must have understood her hint; in the military settlement, she had more power than he did.
Wang Lang said sadly, "Yao Chunnuan, why do we have to keep arguing with each other like this? We used to be husband and wife, the closest people, right? Now we have a daughter together. If you have any dissatisfaction with me, tell me and I will change it. Let's let it go, okay?"
Is this a case of using soft tactics when the hard ones don't work? Yao Chunnuan remained unmoved. To her, Wang Lang's sadness was nothing more than crocodile tears. "If you want us to avoid a tit-for-tat confrontation, it's very simple. You just need to take a step back, abide by the agreement, and stop coveting my daughter."
Wang Lang couldn't do that, so he ignored it and whispered, "Yao Chunnuan, can we get back together? This is the best way I can think of to resolve our contradictions and conflicts. In this way, our daughter won't have to leave you, and I can do my best to compensate her. Don't worry, I will definitely treat you and your daughter well in the future, and we will raise our daughter together. This way, we won't have to fight over our daughter. Believe me, if we continue to fight, the only ones who will benefit are those who will. "
Yao Chunnuan felt as if she had just heard a huge joke. "Reconcile? Do you think I don't think my burdens are heavy enough? Your Wang family is a quagmire. You're living in misery with your entire family, and you're still trying to drag me and my daughter down with you?"
Her disdainful tone made Wang Lang's face darken. He sighed inwardly. He had already guessed the answer, hadn't he? This woman was as realistic and cold-blooded as ever.
"Yao Chunnuan, you don't think I can't do anything to you, do you?" Wang Lang said calmly, "I just don't want to kill you."
"Wang Lang, look at how quickly you change your expression, tut tut." His desire for control is too strong. He wants to get what he wants, and destroy it if he can't get it. He has absolutely no moral character of helping others. She would have to be crazy to agree to get back together with him.
"As for your claim of having a way to kill me, I believe it. I know you've been hiding your strength, but I've been running the military settlement for over six months, and I've earned my reputation for it. You might as well give it a try." Okay, you want to flip the table, huh? Come on, let's hurt each other. It's a fight to the death. I don't know if the fish will die, but the net is definitely going to break.
"Yao Chunnuan, you've done a really good job over the past six months. You've assisted Xing Changfeng and managed every aspect of the military settlement, and you've also built up your own power. But you were too impatient, and that exposed one of your fatal flaws."
"I'd like to hear more about it."
Wang Lang spat out four words, "Military settlement, work points, merit points, and exchange building."
Yao Chunnuan's heart tightened, but she pretended to be confused. "Go on, tell me in detail."
"To be more specific, you have a rebellious heart." Wang Lang stared into her eyes and spoke word by word.
"Haha, you can always find a pretext to accuse someone. You said I had a rebellious heart. Did I recruit soldiers or buy horses? Or did I show kindness to the people? I'm a woman, do I want to be the queen?" No matter how turbulent her heart was, Yao Chunnuan looked as if she had heard a huge joke.
"These are superficial measures, but yours is far more sophisticated. You're undermining the very foundations of the Great Beam. Names and positions cannot be borrowed from others. And by establishing such a system in the military settlements, you've weakened the monarch's influence and shifted his power downward."
Upon realizing this, Wang Lang was incredulous. A mere woman could harbor such outrageous thoughts. Even more incredible was the fact that this woman was his ex-wife. Even at the height of his power in his previous life, he hadn't dared harbor such ambitions and devious thoughts. It was a shame she was a woman. Otherwise, with ambition, means, and the ability to judge people, coupled with opportunity, she might have truly achieved great things.
This is also one of the reasons why he took the risk to confront his opponent today.
He had already made up his mind before he arrived. He wanted his daughter back most of all. The best outcome, in fact, was a reunion between him and Yao Chunnuan. Yao Chunnuan, however, was not one to surrender to the weak. If he didn't reveal a little bit of his strength, it would be difficult for her to surrender. But if he did, staying in the military settlement would be meaningless. He just didn't expect that after taking such a huge risk, he still wouldn't see the expected results. Fortunately, he had made preparations.
"Wang Lang, you're trying to steal my daughter by accusing me of something. What does the transfer of power from the monarch have to do with me? If you want to increase your influence, besides supporting your scholars, you should also support the army and the people!" Let the Daliang Dynasty take food and fodder from the Ministry of Revenue and send it to the various armies to support them! Instead of not sending any food and fodder, let the military settlements supply the army and be self-sufficient! The unfinished words at the end were a bit treasonous. There are some things you can do, but some words you can't say, so as not to give others a handle. But Yao Chunnuan believed that Wang Lang must have understood.
Wang Lang was silent. He understood the truth, but could Daliang do it?
"Wang Lang, I know you're the Crown Prince's man. Let me guess, you're so assertive today. Is the Crown Prince awakening? Even if you feel you have a backer, you can't slander me. My daughter already has a father who is a criminal, and you fabricate such a charge to slander her biological mother. Are you afraid she's not miserable enough?"
Not awake, but about to wake up. Wang Lang remained silent. As expected, he had thought he had hidden it perfectly, but she had known about it long ago. Her analytical skills and logical thinking were truly formidable. If he didn't reveal his true colors, he would probably be crushed to death by this woman after failing to get his daughter back. She had never been one for mercy.
The two sides looked at each other, and Axia felt like there was a flash of swords between them.
He was forcing her, and she was forcing him. They each held a sword and put it on each other's neck.
Yao Chunnuan thought to herself, Wang Lang was worthy of being the hero of the original novel. She had previously underestimated him. Unexpectedly, he was hiding so well, playing the pig to eat the tiger. And his vision was also piercing; he saw through her hidden intentions the moment she laid them out. Fortunately, she had set up this scheme, which allowed her to advance or retreat. Even if he pointed out her ambitions, it wouldn't matter. It wasn't a tangible thing, and he could catch her. If she didn't admit it, he would be completely helpless.
Wang Lang sighed softly. "How clever!" He had already guessed she wasn't a coward and wouldn't be easily frightened, hadn't he? He knew he had lost the bet today and would return empty-handed.
He took a last reluctant look at his daughter who was still sleeping soundly, then looked up at Yao Chunnuan and said, "You must take good care of her."
Yao Chunnuan rolled her eyes. Did he even need to tell her that? This little girl was the product of her ten months of hard work and pregnancy. Of course, she would take good care of her.
After Wang Lang left, Yao Chunnuan quickly ordered, "Go tell the general that Wang Lang is leaving!"
As soon as Yao Chunnuan finished speaking, she fainted and was slowly caught by Axia.
After all, Yao Chunnuan had just given birth three days ago, and she had just fought with Wang Lang. The fight had consumed a lot of her mental, energy, and physical strength, and her emotions were fluctuating greatly, and her body could not bear the burden.
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