My Husband Is Not Easy To Mess With. - Chapter 51: Funds Have Arrived
Chapter 51: Funds Have Arrived
Under a tree with lush foliage.
Du Lanxi was seated.
Dou Jinzhuan knelt by his feet.
“Do you know your mistake, husband?” Du Lanxi asked gently.
“I’m sorry, Lanxi. It’s all because of me that you suffered so much injustice. If I had opened my mind earlier, you wouldn’t have had to endure that hardship. It’s all my fault. I failed you.”
Dou Jinzhuan would not cry out loud.
He would only shed tears of sadness.
Du Lanxi hugged his poor husband but didn’t let him get up, “Not that, husband.”
He had never blamed his husband for those past events.
He also hoped he could let go and stop tormenting himself day and night.
“Little A’Yao is the husband-brother I approved of, but you seem very dissatisfied with him? Does my husband not trust my judgment?”
“I’m not! I…”
Dou Jinzhuan was puzzled as to why his husband-brother kept bringing this up.
He felt a little guilty and avoided his husband-brother’s gaze, “Minister Nie is very capable. How I view him is not important.”
“No, he is the husband of my precious Lan Lan.”
“He is also the benefactor of us father and son. Without him, I would have died full of guilt towards precious Lan Lan.”
“Husbands are one body. I thought my husband would repay the kindness I couldn’t. Therefore, I died without regret.”
A hint of disappointment appeared on Du Lanxi’s face.
This was a tremendous blow to Dou Jinzhuan.
“Lanxi, I… I…”
“Is my husband unwilling to repay my gratitude, wishing for me to die with grievances?”
“I didn’t!”
Dou Jinzhuan flatly denied it, and seeing that his husband-brother was unwilling to believe him, his tears flowed even more urgently.
This time, Du Lanxi did not gently wipe away his tears.
“I was wrong, Lanxi.” Dou Jinzhuan pitifully wiped away his own tears, “I will be good to him, I will treat him as an adopted son and nurture him well.”
“Husband-brother.” (referring to Nie Yao as Du Suilan’s husband-brother, not just a son)
Du Lanxi would not let him muddle through and gloss over the matter.
If Dou Jinzhuan could not sincerely treat Nie Yao as his son-in-law (husband-brother-in-law), then he wouldn’t let him get up.
Dou Jinzhuan knelt in silence.
No matter what, he couldn’t sincerely treat Nie Yao as a family member.
Dou Jinzhuan: “Lanxi, I’m sorry. I know everything you say. But… I’ve seen everything A’Lan has done for that Nie Yao over the years. A’Lan has sacrificed so much, what about that Nie Yao?”
Yes, matters of the heart are elusive.
The amount of effort put in does not necessarily guarantee an equivalent return.
But he was A’Lan’s father.
He had witnessed all the efforts, endurance, and concessions A’Lan made for him over the years!
“A’Lan paid such a great price for him, even nearly losing his life for it!” As a father, he couldn’t suppress his selfishness and anger; he just couldn’t forgive. Dou Jinzhuan apologized through his tears, “I’m sorry, Lanxi. I truly… can’t do it…”
Agreeing to this marriage, for the sake of his husband-brother and his son (husband-brother), was all he could manage.
He truly couldn’t convince himself to do more.
“I’m sorry… Lanxi, I’m sorry…”
“Alright, alright.” This time, Du Lanxi wiped his tears for him, “You’ve worked hard all these years, husband.”
He stopped forcing the other party to change immediately.
He believed that with a child as good as Nie Yao, his husband would see his good qualities eventually.
One day, even without anyone’s persuasion, he would sincerely regard little A’Yao as family.
A mere two quarters of an hour.
The dream dissolved into smoke.
In the last few moments, the two nestled against each other.
“Lanxi, Lanxi…”
Dou Jinzhuan murmured.
This time, he wasn’t reluctant to open his eyes.
When he saw Nie Yao again, the subtle annoyance was gone. Although there was no genuine affection in his eyes, he could treat him as an ordinary person.
“Father-in-law.”
Nie Yao greeted his father-in-law, who seemed to have returned to normal.
This time, he wasn’t ignored.
Dou Jinzhuan nodded, “Mhm.”
Nie Yao was slightly overwhelmed.
He glanced at his wife, who was in a great mood, and then at his father-in-law, who was much calmer. He sighed: Father-in-law is truly remarkable.
In just one night, he was able to calm both of these difficult people. (Nie Yao is still unaware of the dream/the dream is also calming Du Suilan).
“Daddy!” Du Suilan also called out to his old father and said, “After court today, my husband and I are going to sweep the tomb for A’die. Are you coming, Daddy?”
“No.”
Dou Jinzhuan didn’t want to mourn his deceased husband-brother with others. “Quite a few tasks have piled up these days, which need to be dealt with early.”
He made an excuse.
It was considered giving Nie Yao (and others) a lot of face.
“Alright then.”
If he wasn’t going, Du Suilan wouldn’t force him.
He brought up another matter, “Daddy, Sun Ji’s eight million taels of gold were delivered to my husband’s residence yesterday. Please mention it during court today. My husband won’t be the Minister of Revenue anymore.”
In a few words, Dou Jinzhuan understood their intention.
He questioned this in front of Nie Yao, “He’s willing to let go?”
Nie Yao had killed so many people for the position of Minister of Revenue back then. During that period, the execution ground was always red with bl00d.
It couldn’t be washed clean.
“Father-in-law.” Nie Yao squeezed his wife’s fingertip, telling him not to be angry. “There are many matters in the military. In addition, Lan Lan has people who can take over the work at the Ministry of Revenue, so I will no longer do the work here. I plan to focus on managing military affairs from now on.”
After this explanation.
Dou Jinzhuan slightly lowered his guard. He asked his precious son, “Then A’Lan, whom do you plan to appoint as the Minister of Revenue?”
“Cui Ru.”
“A woman?” Only Nie Yao at the scene didn’t know Cui Ru and asked with slight confusion, “Wife, you want a woman to take over my position?”
“That’s right.”
Du Suilan saw that his husband wasn’t surprised, just simply curious.
His eyes curved into a smile, “Because you said, husband, that it’s too much of a waste for women and ge’er (men who can become pregnant) with talent to not use them, so I started using them~”
In fact, he didn’t care whether the person working for him was male, female, or ge’er; he only cared about making his husband happy.
As expected.
He didn’t play this move wrong.
When his husband heard he was going to make a woman the Minister of Revenue, after a brief surprise, there was delight.
“Wife, you actually found such a capable woman, you’re amazing!” Nie Yao rubbed his wife’s head, praising him greatly.
This world was almost entirely dominated by men.
Although Nie Yao could improve the status of women and ge’er in some areas, to ensure that women and ge’er across the world could live relatively equally, it still depended on his wife’s political skill.
His wife was always thorough in his work.
Nie Yao didn’t need to worry about Cui Ru’s identity issue, much less whether she could handle the job.
Since his wife could promote her, it meant she must be qualified.
“You are truly remarkable, wife.”
Nie Yao was proud of his wife from the bottom of his heart.
Du Suilan was very pleased.
He thought he could do more things like this in the future.
His husband liked it.
“Then will Husband reward me?”
“Of course! What reward do you want?”
“Hmm… I want…”
The two stuck together, talking and laughing, their sweetness palpable.
They completely forgot that there was a third person present.
The old father, who was the last person there, didn’t want to look at this scene for even a second. He glanced away and walked down a different path alone.
No more breakfast.
Time to go to work.