The Cunning Western Venom

At her husband's words, Huang Rong's legs went weak, and she nearly blacked out and fainted.

After returning to Xiangyang from the Golden Snake Assembly last time, Huang Rong told Guo Jing everything that had happened there and lavished praise on Song Qingshu, this rising young talent. Whether in martial arts or command ability, he was unquestionably among the finest of the younger generation.

She had also brought up an idea she had long held: to match her daughter Guo Fu with him. Guo Fu was the apple of their eyes, but Huang Rong had to admit that aside from her beauty, her daughter's temperament and intelligence were both rather lacking. For her daughter's future, she had worried herself sick as a mother.

Then, when she saw Song Qingshu at the Golden Snake Assembly, Huang Rong's mind began to stir. If she could successfully bring the two together, then firstly, she could find her daughter a desirable husband. With Song Qingshu's martial arts and abilities, they would no longer have to worry about Fu'er's future;

Secondly, gaining such a brilliant son-in-law as Song Qingshu—with his martial arts and the command ability he had displayed in crushing the Qing troops—would ensure Xiangyang's safety forever with his help, solving the greatest headache of their lives;

And thirdly... Huang Rong had vaguely sensed Song Qingshu's intentions toward her, and even she herself harbored certain thoughts she could not speak of to others. Thus, she wanted to establish a solid relationship between them. With the bond of mother-in-law and son-in-law, nothing else could possibly happen between them, and every potential possibility would be strangled in the cradle.

But Huang Rong had never imagined that before she could take Song Qingshu as a son-in-law, she would first take him into her bed...

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