I was a conman in the Ming Dynasty.

Chapter 576 A Sheep Enters the Wolf's Mouth

Chapter 576 A Sheep Enters the Wolf's Mouth

Although everyone knew that Empress Zhou and Wang Wenzhou, being an unlikely pair of enemies, would inevitably have something unspeakable happen if they were alone together, Liu Rushi still agreed to let Empress Zhou meet with Wang Wenzhou alone.

Liu Rushi was quite thoughtful. Zhu Youjian knew Wang Wenzhou so well, yet he was willing to send Empress Zhou into the lion's den; the matter must be urgent. Moreover, Liu Rushi understood that given their adversary's nature, anything could be discussed as long as there were sufficient benefits. If they didn't discuss it, Liu Rushi feared angering Zhu Youjian, who might then send troops to attack Hanshan.

Empress Zhou sat on the edge of the bed, glared at Wang Wenzhou, and scolded him coquettishly, "Wang Wenzhou, stop pretending, there are only the two of us in the room!"

Wang Wenzhou opened his eyes, gazed at Empress Zhou with tender affection for a while, and suddenly begged for mercy: "Sister-in-law, please spare me. Although I wish I could sleep with you, I dare not! If I sleep with you, I'll probably lose my life too."

Empress Zhou blushed slightly and said, both amused and exasperated, "Stop fooling around, let's have a proper talk."

"Yes!" Wang Wenzhou nodded, put his hand inside Empress Zhou's clothes, and said with a smile, "Okay, I'll touch you and listen to what you have to say."

"Sigh..." Empress Zhou sighed. She understood what would happen when she saw Wang Wenzhou. Besides, the two of them had done almost everything except sex before. Between men and women, once something has been done for the first time, doing it again is as natural as water flowing into a channel.

Empress Zhou said earnestly, "Boxin, His Majesty also knows that he went a bit too far back then, so he specially sent me here to apologize to you in person on his behalf."

"No!" Wang Wenzhou said with a smile, "Sister-in-law, you know I like you. But you can't betray me just because I like you! Going to Fujian to fight the Red Barbarians is a life-or-death situation. Don't think I don't know that the Red Barbarians are not some barbaric people who drink blood and eat raw meat. Their firearms manufacturing technology is already ahead of our Great Ming."

Empress Zhou said softly, "You are, after all, a subject of the Ming Dynasty. Now that the country is in trouble, shouldn't you step forward? I've also read your article in the Hanshan Weekly. Are you just one of those empty talkers in the article? Just a hero in name only who claims to be patriotic?"

“Sister-in-law! Can you say one thing and do another? Who wants to be a hero? Every hero dies quickly! I just want to be a coward, with a wife and kids in a warm bed, knocking on the door of a young widow when I’m free, and flirting with a decent woman on the street. That’s life, that’s living!” Wang Wenzhou said seriously.

"Sigh..." Empress Zhou sighed, and said with a wry smile, "What will it take for you to agree to this?"

"Hehe!" Wang Wenzhou chuckled mischievously, "Sister-in-law, how about we discuss this while we're sleeping?"

Oh, my nemesis! Empress Zhou was on the verge of tears. Her nemesis was so shameless, there was nothing she could do but accept it.

Wang Wenzhou thought for a moment and then said, "It's not that I can't go to Fujian, but Zhu Youjian has no troops to assign me, so I can only use my own men, and I'll have to pay for the military expenses myself. I'm only interested in serving my country, so that's fine. The key is that if my main force leaves Hanshan, and Zhu Youjian launches a surprise attack on Hanshan, I won't even have time to cry!"

Empress Zhou gently stroked Wang Wenzhou's face and quickly said, "Boxin, don't worry, no matter what, His Majesty will not do anything that would hurt his loved ones and please his enemies."

Wang Wenzhou kissed Empress Zhou and said with a smile, "Sister-in-law, it's not that I don't trust you, it's that I don't trust Zhu Youjian. That pig Zhu Youjian can even sell his wife, what else is he incapable of?"

Empress Zhou said helplessly, "Then what will it take for you to believe me?"

Wang Wenzhou thought for a moment and said, "How about this, you have Zhu Youjian send Zhu Meichu to Hanshan. Anyway, Meichu has already been betrothed to our Liu Xiaohua. If she lives in Hanshan, no one will find fault with her. At the same time, when I am in Fujian, your two sons must also stay in Hanshan."

Empress Zhou shook her head with a wry smile. That bastard Wang Wenzhou was going to use her own son as a hostage.

Empress Zhou thought for a moment and then said, "Alright! I promise you, after I return to the capital, I will have the Emperor send them over."

"Okay!" Wang Wenzhou nodded and said affectionately, "Sister-in-law, don't worry, I won't mistreat our sons! Although they are not my biological children, I will treat them as my own."

Empress Zhou glared at Wang Wenzhou with resentment. What a scoundrel! Not only did he take advantage of her body, but he also had to take advantage of her verbally.

Wang Wenzhou was silent for a while, then suddenly spoke up: "As a Ming citizen, although I am not patriotic, I cannot stand other countries having ulterior motives towards our Ming. As the saying goes, even if your own sister is ugly, you can only sleep with her and have sex with her yourself."

Wang Wenzhou complained, “My actions in the Ming Dynasty were sometimes quite excessive. But I really did not wrong Zhu Youjian! But Zhu Youjian was always wary of me, not only sending people to secretly monitor me, but also carrying out assassinations from time to time.”

"Boxin!" Empress Zhou quickly said, "I can tell you with certainty that the Emperor never intended to kill you!"

"No, no, no!" Wang Wenzhou said seriously, "Sister-in-law, don't lie to me. I slept with his wife. How could he not want to kill me? Is he even a man?"

"Pfft..." Empress Zhou closed her eyes in anger, too lazy to look at Wang Wenzhou.

Wang Wenzhou kissed Empress Zhou and said, "Sister-in-law, I suddenly remembered something."

"What?" Empress Zhou asked.

Wang Wenzhou said with a smile, "It's like Wei Sheng embracing a pillar!"

"Wei Sheng embracing the pillar" is an idiom, and idioms often have a story behind them. Legend has it that during the Spring and Autumn Period, a man named Wei Sheng made a promise to meet a woman under a bridge. However, Wei Sheng waited a long time, and the woman didn't appear. Then it started raining heavily, and the water rose. Wei Sheng was a man of principle; he had made the promise, and he was determined to wait for the woman, even if it meant death. So he embraced a pillar and continued to wait. In the end, this lust-driven fool drowned.

Empress Zhou looked at Wang Wenzhou with a puzzled expression, not understanding what he wanted to say.

Wang Wenzhou continued, "Zhu Youjian keeps fooling me, saying, 'If you won't betray me, I won't betray you!' But sister-in-law, do you think Zhu Youjian will drown like that big idiot Wei Sheng?"

Empress Zhou was speechless. She finally understood that Wang Wenzhou was explaining to her why he didn't trust Zhu Youjian and insisted on sending his two sons as hostages.

Looking at the Empress beneath him, Wang Wenzhou found his sister-in-law increasingly amusing; she was fun to play with no matter what. Suddenly, he thought of the future. If he couldn't change history, Empress Zhou would commit suicide when Li Zicheng captured Beijing.

Wang Wenzhou felt very sad thinking about this. He hadn't slept with his sister-in-law enough yet, how could he bear to let her die!

Wang Wenzhou said in a serious tone, "Sister-in-law, do you believe I can tell fortunes?"

Empress Zhou rolled her eyes at Wang Wenzhou, thinking, "I'd never believe you."

Wang Wenzhou said with a smile, "Really, sister-in-law, from the first moment I saw you, I knew that sooner or later I would sleep with you."

Empress Zhou was both amused and exasperated. "You rascal, you've been up to no good all along!"

Wang Wenzhou said tenderly, "Sister-in-law, don't blame me. It's really not my fault that I slept with you. You know, when you like a girl, isn't it all about sleeping with her?"

Empress Zhou was on the verge of tears. "My darling, how could your sweet words be so awful?"

Wang Wenzhou suddenly said solemnly, "Sister-in-law, listen carefully to what I'm about to say. If one day you feel like you can't go on living, never commit suicide! You must know that no matter what, I will always love you. Just secretly bring our son to Hanshan to find me."

Empress Zhou was puzzled. Why would Wang Wenzhou, that nemesis, suddenly say something so inexplicable?