Chen Changgong's expression shifted between light and dark. He could not believe it. How had this happened? He could sleep with anyone—wives of other high officials, even—but why did it have to be these two women?
But who could have imagined it? He had suspected the origins of the two women, yet never could he have suspected imperial consorts. What imperial consort would personally come out to do such a thing? He would never have thought of it, not even if beaten to death.
He knew this was a trap laid by Jin Kingdom.
He had previously considered defecting to Jin Kingdom because Wei Kingdom's situation had looked dire. That sister and brother had reduced Wei Kingdom to such a state that the army's morale and fighting spirit had been drained away. There had been no need for him to hold fast and be buried with them. Later, once the chaotic situation had become clear, he had remained steadfast in his position as a Wei Kingdom defending general because Wei, Qi, and Qin had formed an alliance, and the army's morale had risen again. If he held out for a while, Qi Kingdom's reinforcements would arrive. Then he would have every confidence of successfully defending the pass to the death.
In the end, whichever side he chose, he was planning for his own future.
And what Jin Kingdom was doing now was reducing, as much as possible, the gains he could reap from holding firm as a Wei Kingdom defending general. It was filling his future in Wei Kingdom with uncertainty. They were forcing him to defect to Jin Kingdom!
"As long as the General is willing, my sister and I can serve the General from now on. If the General is unwilling, my sister and I can disappear at