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Chapter
14

Parting
Weis

(Bad
Pun-I couldn�t resist)

AN:
I tried to change to more correct way of referring to Lu Ling Qi, so in this chapter I have begun to refer to her as Ling
Qi. You know,
the right way. Would have last chapter
but I already had it written and rereading it one more time was going to drive
me insane.

�Hello?� Xiahou Yuan knocked lightly
and slowly began to open the door to Dun�s bedroom. It was always a very dangerous endeavor; Dun
was always so damned possessive. He was
more concerned about walking in on something that he really shouldn�t be
seeing, but the door was open right? And
there wasn�t any sound indicating anything was going on�.and Lu Ling Qi was a vocal woman.
�Come on in.� Xiahou Dun turned to the
door as his brother entered his domain.
Yuan stepped inside the room and was
pleasantly surprised to find it semi-clean.
His brother never really cared to waste his time cleaning up after
himself, mainly because it always fell on his young brother�s shoulders when
they were growing up. Yes, I was so
damned gullible. He had agreed to pick
up all the toys when they were kids because he didn�t want Dun to get in
trouble, which just meant that his elder brother took advantage of him and
never put away anything. Something that obviously worked its way into his adult habits. Yuan could never be upset about it; Dun had
always protected him from all those kids that teased him for being a plump
youth. To this day Dun still watched
over him and if helping him have the girl he wanted was the only way to pay him
back, then he wasn�t going to give up on them. �I�m ready to leave, I just wanted to say
goodbye.�
Lu Ling Qi
looked up at her brother-in-law from the desk and gave him a brief smile. �Then I better go find Liao.�
�He is looking for you. Last time I
saw him he was heading for the stables.� Yuan couldn�t help but let his curiosity
get the better of him, so he looked at the paper she had been writing on. It kind of looked like formations.
�Well I�ll give you two some time
alone.� Ling Qi pushed the paper under a book. The last thing she needed was Yuan ratting her out to Cao Cao. It definitely wouldn�t look good if he knew
she outright lied about knowing this stuff.
Tracks covered, she turned to leave.
�Hey, you�re family too.� Yuan wrapped
his arms around the girl and gave her a squeeze. �Take care of yourself little
sister. Make sure this one doesn�t get
into to much trouble, eh?�
Ling couldn�t help but smile as he
hugged her. Yuan was such a sweetheart. �I will. You take care too; those Yuan children might
start throwing money if things get desperate.�
�I�ll keep that in mind.� Yuan
chuckled and let her go see her own family. After she was far enough away he
whispered to Dun, �So what�s with the strategy lesson?�
�She asked for it.� Dun shrugged. �Cao�s putting some
pressure on her and she doesn�t know any of this.�
Yuan wanted to smile but somehow
repressed it. Way to go Mengde! �That�s good. At least you don�t have to train with
Cao now, he�s so bitchy when he loses a duel. Get�s into his
ambition quotes really quick.�
�Tell me about it.� Dun knew he was in
no condition to handle Cao Cao either. His cousin was a furious fighter and he hated
to lose.

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�Liao!� Ling Qi
trotted up to him as he emerged from the stable.
�Where have you been?� Liao asked with
a gentle smile.
�With Dun..�
she saw his raised eyebrows and continued. �He�s teaching me about
formations. I need to practice Dome and
Dart tomorrow in front of Cao Cao of all people. You were leaving, so I asked him.�
Liao looked up at Cao Cao who was off in the distance lecturing his son Cao Zhi. He had once
again underestimated the man�s ability.
How brilliant to wrap all of his current problems into one decisive
campaign. He had to attack Yuan Xi and
Yuan Shu, that was inevitable, but to use that as a reason to get Liao and Yuan
out of camp was shear brilliance. Of
course Dun wasn�t healthy, but he was still an able commander, forcing him to
stay behind would infuriate him and he would never see through his cousin�s
schemes. Ling Qi
was too busy obsessing on her training to notice anything short of a severe
natural disaster. They were both
oblivious. What blew his mind was the
clever usage of formations to chase her to Dun and in turn he suspected she
would help him practice. The army would
be gone for a month, ample time for the newlyweds to take comfort in each
other. Wow. �I�m proud of you; your
father would have never done that.�
Ling Qi
smiled. She hadn�t been receiving many
compliments lately, and after hearing them nonstop for her whole life to this
point it was beginning to take a hit on her self-esteem. �I really didn�t have
a choice.�
�Ling, promise me something.�
�Anything Liao.�
�Try to be yourself. I know I�ve told you this before, but perhaps
you�ll give some more thought to it now.
Ruling with fear only creates resentment. If you want your men to follow you, you have
to show them that you�re human.�
�What do you mean?� Ling Qi looked up at him.
�If your father had shown his men an
ounce of the compassion that he showed you and I, they wouldn�t have despised
him so much.�
Ling Qi put
her hands on her hips and snapped, �Zhang Liao, of all people are you telling me that my father deserved to be betrayed?�
�No�all I�m saying is that I don�t
want you to make the same mistakes he did.
Save your fury for the enemy, let the people that are your allies and
family see the real you. Especially your husband.�
�He is just as bad.�
�No, he�s worse. When you get as old as us you get stuck into
the habits and it�s hard to break out of them.
Look, I need to leave now, but think on this. We�ll talk when I get
back.�
�Be careful.�
Liao gently took her face in his hands
and kissed her forehead. �You too. Try to interact with your men a bit, that will go along way to making things easier.�
�But daddy always said��
�I know. Officers don�t mingle with the peons. Give it a try..for me.�

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�This is not only nepotism, but it�s
just irrational.� Cao Zhi looked up at his father�s
annoyed glare.
�Try and pretend that you have some
interest in battle.� Cao Cao growled.
�Oh good now you�re offended. Fantastic. I don�t know why you even ask me for my
opinion.�
�Zhi, the only
irrational thought here is that you stay behind and sit out. Be a man for once.�
�There is nothing immasculine
about anything I do. You�re the one with
the insecurities, not me. Don�t worry
father, I like women.� Zhi had enough of all the gay
references thrown around by his brothers and cousins.
�Son, I don�t have the luxury of
appointing you a court position. I need
officers, and you need to put down your pen and pick up a sword.�
�Father�� Zhi
clenched his fists. �You are not in need of another officer. If you are so desperate for generals, why not
bother Uncle Ren some more? At least he�s good at it.�
Cao closed his eyes and rubbed his
right temple. Zhi
was protesting his appointment as commander for the simple reason that he just
didn�t see the glory of war. Zhi never wanted to be put in the position where he had to
change out of his robes and into armor, he wanted to be the family intellectual
and that was it. Cao couldn�t have one
of his children unable to command. War usually found a way of putting the one incapable
person in the way of a pivotal victory.
If it came down to it, he at least wanted to know Zhi
had seen action. �Zhi,
this is not a permanent post. You need
the experience and I will happily let you return to your tranquil garden and
serene willows when you return.�
�Oh that is priceless, using my own
poetry to insult me.� Zhi threw up his hands. �Xu Huang and Xu Zhu can�t be
happy with this! Honestly would you be?�
�Xu Huang
and Xu Zhu are soldiers; they will do as they are
ordered.� Cao crossed his arms and
sighed. There had to be something wrong
with this generation, they were all so damned opinionated and insubordinate.
�How can they be? They know me; they know I am not bloodthirsty
or even aggressive! Send Dian Wei
instead, he�s itching to bludgeon someone!�
�No, you are the one who needs the
experience Zhi.
Those are my orders and you know I never rescind an order.�
�Father I am the wrong man for the
job. This duty should fall to someone
whose passion is to destroy�not someone who pities everything that is in the
path of this calamitous force you are endorsing.� Zhi
looked around the field and spotted someone who fit the description
perfectly. �Like Lu Ling Qi, she�d love to go play barbarian and drum in a new world
order of chaos.�
�Someone who wants
to see me dead.�
�I�m beginning to understand why.� Zhi saw his father�s flash of anger. Yes, that one was a bit too far.
�Zhi, go do
your duty. This discussion is over.�
�Yes father.� Zhi
saluted and walked over to his horse.
Cao rolled his eyes at the
salute. It was a sloppy mockery of what
any soldier would expect, but Zhi didn�t really grasp
the importance of that formality. In his
mind respect was shown with a bow, not a hand signal. Cao watched the boy leave and join his
generals, neither of which seemed to mind the young man leading them. Xu Zhu loved hearing Zhi�s
eloquent poems and stories and was thrilled to have the entertainment along for
the ride. Xu
Huang was confident enough in his abilities as a general to know that he could
handle teaching the young lord while commanding the army. Hopefully the young man would come home with
a greater appreciation of the aspects of war instead of writing a treatise on
the glory of peace. With a shake of the
head he looked over to his other commander, Cao Pi. Pi was the exact polar opposite of his
sibling, not a shred of reluctance or unfortunately, humility. He was currently
bragging to his men about the swift victory that he would bring and they
cheered his speech. Pi was always so
full of shit. At least he would have two
veteran, unexcitable generals with him. Then there was Ang,
who was pestering him from a distance. One
son would come home and lament, one would return with an inflated ego and the eldest
would be sending enough letters complaining about his assignment to wear a rut
in the road. Ang
had been getting more creative with his pleas.
One of the most recent letters, which had arrived only three hours
before, told of Ang�s �longing to be with his family�
and his �intense desire to glorify the name of his prestigious father.� It was
promptly followed an hour later by a short note: �I miss you papa, come visit
and I�ll buy you a prepubescent concubine.�
Smart ass.

Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

�Well that was an excellent meal,
thank you Kin.� Cao Cao looked up and complemented
the chef who beamed with pride.
�I agree. Best cashew chicken I�ve had.� Xiahou Dun
nodded without looking up at the man.
�Thank you my lords.� The man
retreated back into the kitchen to brag to his wife.
�Well now that everything is so quiet
around here�� Cao frowned annoyed with the echo of his voice in the usually
filled to capacity dining hall. �Perhaps you would like to meet your new nieces
and nephews.�
Ling Qi looked
up realizing that he was addressing her. �Oh�� She saw Dian Wei�s
look of disgust and then turned to Cao�s bizarrely
gentle expression. �That would be nice.�
�Take a lot of paper if you intend to
keep track of their names.� Dun chuckled.
�You know, it wouldn�t kill you to
come and see them as well.� Cao replied.
�Are you kidding? One more person
drawing breath in that harem of yours will deplete the room of oxygen.� Dun
looked over to his wife. �Enjoy, I�ll be training when you�re done.�
Ling Qi
watched her husband get up and leave, laughing to himself. What exactly had she just gotten herself
into? Cao stood and instantly Dian Wei was on his feet, the proper response for
such a devoted dog. Reluctantly she
stood and took the arm he offered her.
Why was he being so nice? �I don�t really know all that much about
children�I don�t have to hold anyone do I?�
�No�they�re just curious about
you. All the concubines are jealous that
Dun has found a wife and is leaving them alone.�
�They want him to�� Ling Qi struggled with the verb she needed. Borrow? Use? Screw? Spank? �Visit them?�
�Your husband is referred to as the
handsome dangerous one.� Cao said dryly.
Ling Qi
noticed the agitation in his voice. Someone was jealous. Ha! That�s what you
get for sharing your whorehouse with your cousin. Wait�that is disturbing. Almost like thinking
about Dong Zhuo and daddy sharing Diao Chan. God I hope this isn�t the new trend, I can
barely handle Dun. �So what do they call you then?�
�Master.�
�Oh.� She smirked knowing that is was
proper for her to call Dun �husband� or �master� but instead she chose
�asshole�. Thank god he was amused by
it.
�Well here we are. Brace yourself.� Cao
smiled knowingly and opened the double doors to his harem antechamber.
�DADDY!� A little
girl ran over and hugged his lower leg and looked up at him with sparkling
brown eyes. �Did you bring me something?�
Cao sighed and picked up the child, no
more than eight. �Just your new aunt.�
�Oh.� The girl refocused on Ling Qi and frowned. She dressed
weird. Like the ladies that could twist themselves into knots.
�This is your Uncle Dun�s new wife, Lu
Ling Qi.�
�Ewwww�
Uncle Dun�s mean.�
�More so now that he
lost an eye.� Ling Qi responded and jumped
back when the child began to scream.
Cao put the girl back down on the
ground and watched her run into the main chamber screeching for her nanny.
�Perhaps you could refrain from scaring my children while you�re here.�
She shrugged. �Sorry.� She followed
him into the main chamber and stopped in her tracks. The room was huge, but it was covered in
children of all ages and gender. Was Cao
Cao trying to personally populate the Wei kingdom?
Cao smiled as his children surround
him and began tugging at his cape for attention. They were definitely not as annoying now that
he only had to put in appearances in their nursery. Unlike the first few where he had to live
through the annoying early years in the confines of a smaller home. Not surprisingly Pi had been the one he had
contemplated killing since the stupid child never stopped hitting his younger
brother Zhi to make him cry. Damned instigator. �Hello little ones.�
Various voices and affectionate
phrases chirped back. Ling Qi started to do a head count but gave up after she reached
twenty-five. At that point ludicrous
became a proper numerical term. She
noticed a couple of pre-teens giving her the evil eye. A few concubines shuffled in from the
courtyard to look her over. She
instinctively flashed the Lu glare and saw then turn
away.
�Now children, I want you to meet you
new aunt, Lu Ling Qi.
She just married your Uncle Xiahou Dun.�
Ling Qi was
not expecting the sudden silence that befell the children. Apparently the name of Xiahou Dun was enough
to scare the shit out of them. What the
hell did he do to these kids? �Hello.�
�Hi!� One boisterous little boy jumped
off the plush couch and ran over. �I�m Cao Su.�
�Nice to meet you.� Her curiosity got the better of her. �So why are you all scared of your Uncle.�
�He�s mean!� chanted the little
sobbing child from earlier.
�You�re repetitive.�
�Your husband thought it was funny to
tell them some ghost stories.� A woman emerged from the silk curtains at the
end of the room. �And then he yelled at them for crying. Good luck with your own children, my dear.�
�Ling Qi,
this is Lady Bian. Cao Pi�s
mother.�
�Oh.� She raised her eyebrows. For some reason she thought all the older
children were Lady Ding�s kids. So if
this Lady Bian woman was here, she was a
concubine. Well�.Pi must have made one
hell of an impression on the old man.
�Hello.�
Lady Bian
picked up the crying little girl and rocked her back and forth. �That and he has a nasty habit of returning the concubines damaged.�
Ling Qi
looked over as some of the concubines whispered between themselves. So that was it. Of course if Dun was rough
with a few of them they would come home and talk to everyone in their little
world about it. Can�t really blame him
though, if I had to deal with these women for more than five minutes I�d be
hitting them too. Just like those damned
Qiaos. �Occupational hazard.�
�Hardly.�
Lady Bian sneered and gave Cao a gentle kiss on the
cheek.
�We should be going, there isn�t much
light left and I�m sure Dun is growing impatient.� Cao smiled apologetically to
his pleading children and pushed his way through them to the door.
�Don�t look so haughty, my dear. It is only a matter of time before you end up
here.�
Ling Qi
smiled her cockiest smile and smoothly answered. �I am capable of a lot more
than just spreading my legs on command.�
�With him, you better not wait for him
to command you to do it.� Lady Bian walked off with
the child in her arms.
With a cold glance in the direction of
the other concubines, she turned her back on the sub-world of the harem and
walked out the door. What the hell was
that? Was Cao trying to subtlety threaten her or simply trying to show her how things would
have been if Dun hadn�t married her? Was
this her fate if Dun got killed? He was
a cunning son of a bitch that was sure and his true motive of this visit wasn�t
to introduce her to the family. So what was he up to? She smiled as he offered
his arm again, his face only a sweet expression that did little to fool either
one of them.
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