As soon as Yuwen Sheng said this, Zheng Quchi, Wei Yao, and Wang Zebang all turned to look at him.
Wei Yao and Wang Zebang looked at each other with obvious remorse. General, how could you say something like "living off a woman" so brazenly?!
Zheng Quchi was stung by the word "dowry" and was speechless for a moment.
Zheng Quchi: "..." Did she say this was part of her dowry?
Wang Zebang suddenly seemed to understand, and tears welled up in his eyes: "What an extravagant dowry! No one can match it nowadays."
Thinking back to how he once thought that the lady was just a peasant girl with nothing, that her status, background, appearance, and even her character were not good enough for the general, he now felt not only humiliated but also so ashamed that he wanted to dig a hole and bury himself.
The general has excellent judgment; he has a keen eye for talent.
Disliking Yuwen Sheng's smug look, Zheng Quchi deliberately said, "No need to thank me. You married into our Zheng family, so it's only right that we give you some of our family's assets."
Yuwen Sheng immediately agreed, saying, "Madam is right. Everything I have belongs to you, and so do I."
Zheng Quchi gasped.
Good heavens, they're not ashamed at all, but proud of it.
"How can anyone say such shameless things so matter-of-factly?" She couldn't stand it anymore.
Wei Yao and Wang Zebang were also somewhat fed up, but they didn't dare to complain like their wife did, because the general was reluctant to discipline his wife, but he could easily control them.
Yuwen Sheng smiled slightly: "When you proposed to me, you vowed that you would do any kind of work to support me. I thought that if you promised me but couldn't do it, I would twist your neck. But you have always kept your promise and let me do whatever I asked. I am very happy."
He thought, this must be what it feels like to be pampered.
Zheng Quchi subconsciously touched his neck and swallowed.
I almost forgot that this person was ill, a madman who was not to be trifled with.
Her words back then did indeed have a hint of "I'll give you whatever you want," but she never imagined that her blind husband, whom she thought was easy to take care of, would have such a big appetite and insatiable desires.
Besides, everyone knows that when you reach marriageable age and are pressured to get married, you'll naturally use sweet talk and make all sorts of promises in order to trick someone into marrying you. You can't take it seriously... but he did.
If she had lowered her standards even slightly back then and truly decided to be a scumbag—no, a scumbag woman—would her neck still be safely on her body now?
Didn't he say he didn't want to be "Yuwen Sheng" anymore? How come ever since she spread the "rumors," he seems to have started to resemble Yuwen Sheng "resurrected from the dead"?
However, after years of hard work, she has saved up some money and is not afraid that he will squander her fortune.
Hearing their conversation, Wang Zebang and Wei Yao vaguely grasped how these two seemingly disparate people had ended up getting married. To sum it up, it was probably a case of one deceiving with his looks and the other with his sweet talk, and in the end... a match made in heaven.
"Say what you will, you've finished looking here, now follow me."
She turned around and led them back to the ground. The first thing to be completed in the garrison city was five warehouses for metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. These warehouses were not only heavily guarded, but she also built them in a very secluded place under the steep cliffs, accessible only through a secret passage.
To keep the method of entering the secret passage a secret, she only taught it to the blue and red teams; the rest of the team was unaware of it.
This was their first time visiting the warehouse, and Wang Zebang and Wei Yao looked around curiously the whole way, while Zheng Quchi whispered to Yuwen Sheng, "Is anything bothering you?"
After all, the "Phoenix Tears" was still inside him. Although feeding Shenmu Meng had temporarily suppressed it, she was always worried that it would become ineffective, so she would always check on his condition from time to time.
"I feel a bit weak from walking too long. Could you help me?" Yuwen Sheng frowned slightly, his lowered eyes veiled by a row of black eyelashes, their misty appearance obscuring his features.
Zheng Quchi believed him and said, "Can you help me walk? Or I can carry you on my back."
“That works too.” He looked up and said with a smile.
Zheng Quchi's expression froze. Seeing his current energy and demeanor, he knew he had been tricked.
"Yuwen Sheng, can you be serious for once?" She glared at him and then strode away, unaware that Yuwen Sheng's gaze held a gentle and beautiful flower, quietly blooming in a smile.
The three of them quickly arrived at the warehouse. Zheng Quchi took the lead, boldly pushing open one of the doors and turning around to say, "Take a look."
Those bright, sparkling eyes, brimming with a thousand bushels of stars, blinked as if to say, "Look, my beloved, this is the empire I have conquered for you. Are you satisfied?"
Yuwen Sheng's gaze was drawn to her, and he was in no hurry to look at the storeroom. However, Wei Yao and Wang Zebang curiously glanced inside and were instantly stunned.
The spacious and flat warehouse was devoid of any clutter or shelves. Instead, rows of crossbow carts were neatly arranged, their massive mechanical structures resembling works of art designed for slaughter, leaving one speechless with astonishment.
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