Female Supremacy and Rise to Power: Lin Shu's Imperial Examination Adventures

"Hmm...this...this might not be appropriate!" Song Yun blushed as soon as she thought of the words "climbing into someone's bed," but she couldn't help but feel a little tempted.

“Tsk, silly son, what’s wrong with that? You’re husband and wife, it’s only natural for you to sleep together. Listen to me, you should do this tonight…” Madam Yun looked at Song Yun with a look of disappointment and said in his ear.

"Ah! This won't do, this won't do! Father, I can't do this!" Song Yun waved his hands repeatedly.

Madam Yun patted his back and said, "What's so difficult about that? You can't even take off her clothes, lie on top of her, and sleep with her? How did I end up with such a stupid son?"

Song Yun clutched his sleeve, remaining silent. Wouldn't his wife be angry?

Madam Yun added, "Don't worry! It will definitely work. That's how women are. I won over your mother the same way back then. Otherwise, with your mother's body, how would you have come to be?"

Upon hearing this, a small flame of desire to climb into bed was ignited in Song Yun's heart.

Just then, a commotion came from the courtyard. The two hurriedly went outside. Song Ling got up to open the door, and Lin Shu followed closely behind.

When Song Yun saw Lin Shu, he ran over to her, hugged her arm, and smiled sweetly. Lin Shu looked away and gently ruffled his hair. He then nuzzled Lin Shu's hand like a puppy.

"Hey! Boss Song? Today's the day to pay back the money! Hurry up and pay back the money!" A group of fierce-looking women walked in and addressed Song Ling.

"Ladies, could you please grant me some more time? My family is indeed facing difficulties lately," Song Ling said with a forced smile.

"Stop talking nonsense! We don't care if your family is poor or not. Paying back debts is a matter of course!" one of the fat women said viciously.

After saying that, he looked at Song Yun, his eyes lighting up, and said in a lewd tone, "If you really don't have any, there's still a way. We can use this young man to pay off the debt!"

"Cough cough... No, ma'am, my son is already married, and besides, we would never sell our son..." Song Yun pleaded, bowing deeply.

"Hmph! Stop pretending! When we were selling the house and land, you said you wouldn't sell! But in the end, you still obediently signed the agreement, didn't you?" The fat woman glanced at Song Ling with disdain, then turned to stare at Song Yun with a lecherous look.

"My lady!" Song Yun hid behind Lin Shu, disgusted by their gazes.

"Why are you hiding? I'm not going to eat you. I'm counting on you to make me happy later!" The fat woman said, reaching out to touch Song Yun's face.

Unexpectedly, Lin Shu grabbed her wrist the moment her hand approached. The fat woman seemed to only then notice Lin Shu, her eyes widening as she opened her mouth to curse, "You pretty boy, get out of my way, or I'll arrest you too! That Spring Breeze Pavilion doesn't just take in young men! Hehe!"

Lin Shu pulled Song Yun behind her to the side to avoid being sprayed with the fat woman's saliva before saying, "Ha! Selling my husband? Pretty boy?"

As Lin Shu spoke, she exerted force on her hand, and with a "click," the fat woman's hand fell limply to her side. Lin Shu then said with a wicked smile:

"Oh dear! It's broken!" she said, then took out a handkerchief from her bosom and carefully wiped her slender fingers.

Then a heart-wrenching cry erupted:

"Ah...ah...my hand...you little bitch, I'm going to kill you..." The fat woman rolled on the ground in pain.

Hearing her shrill curses, Lin Shu took a few steps forward, half-squatting in front of her, and said, "Tsk! Is that so? I was going to spare your life, but alas..."

Seeing the murderous intent in Lin Shu's eyes, the woman, disregarding her pain, quickly scrambled to her feet and kowtowed, pleading, "Young lady, young lady, I was wrong, I deserve to die, please spare my life... We don't need the money, we'll leave right now... we'll leave right now..."

After saying that, seeing that Lin Shu did not speak, she quickly asked the women who came with her to help her up and was about to walk out.

Lin Shu didn't really want this man dead, and she didn't stop them from leaving when she saw them about to go. Suddenly, as if she had thought of something, she said, "Gentlemen, please wait. I wonder how much money my mother-in-law owes you?"

"Five...five...fifty taels of silver!" the plump woman said, holding up five fingers on her good hand.

Lin Shu took out a one-hundred-tael silver note and handed it to the plump woman.

The plump woman tremblingly accepted the silver note, looked at it, and was somewhat frightened. "Young... young lady, you gave too much! I..." she said, and was about to return the silver note to Lin Shu.

"I'll buy your hands." Lin Shu's voice was cold and clear, her tone leaving no room for doubt.

Looking at Lin Shu's cold expression, the woman felt that her voice was somewhat eerie, and she hurriedly led her people away in a scramble, as if a vengeful ghost was chasing them.

After everyone left, the Song family fell silent. Song Yun clung to Lin Shu, her eyes sparkling, looking at her with adoration.

Song Ling's husband and wife also realized what was happening and looked at Lin Shu gratefully: "Shu'er, thank you so much for today... cough... cough cough..." They even changed their address, which shows that they have truly accepted Lin Shu.

Song Yun hurriedly stepped forward to support her mother, frowning and asking in confusion, "Mother, I've been wanting to ask you what happened. Even if your old illness has relapsed, surely you wouldn't be so poor that you've sold the house and land and still don't have money to buy medicine?"

Lin Shu also looked over at the right time.

Song Ling sighed, her lips moved, but she ultimately said nothing.

"Let me tell you!" Seeing Song Ling's difficulty, Madam Yun quickly recounted what had happened.

It turns out that Song Ling's younger sister, Song Jiang, became addicted to gambling last year. After selling her own son, she set her sights on her sister's son, Song Yun. Taking advantage of Song Ling and her husband's illiteracy, she tricked them into signing a usurious loan agreement, threatening to use Song Yun as collateral if they couldn't repay. This is why, upon hearing that Lin Shu was a scoundrel, she still wanted to marry her son to her. The elderly couple, who thought they could simply sell their house and land to pay off the debt, were unaware that the agreement had been tampered with…

"Mother, you're so foolish. You know what kind of person Second Aunt is, and you still dared to put your fingerprint on the contract she brought?" Song Yun stamped her foot after hearing this, looking at her with a face full of disappointment.

“Oh! Xiaoyun, don’t blame your mother. She didn’t know it was a contract. Your second aunt came to your mother with a piece of paper, saying that she had changed it and now wanted to start a small business. She knelt on the ground and begged your mother to lend her five taels of silver, saying that it was a loan agreement…” Looking at his wife’s sad appearance, Madam Yun couldn’t bear it and continued, “How could your mother have imagined that her own sister would scheme against her like this?”

"Mother, I..." Upon hearing this, Song Yun also realized that what she had just said was inappropriate.

Just as he was about to speak, Song Ling interrupted him, patted his hand, and said, "Never mind, it's all in the past."

Then he looked up at Lin Shu and said, "My dear daughter-in-law, I will pay you back the money slowly."

Just as Song Yun was about to say that she didn't need to pay it back, her father stopped her, glared at her, and Song Yun immediately pouted, looking angry.

Looking at him, Lin Shu almost laughed, but knowing it concerned her mother-in-law's pride, she said, "It's alright, let A-Yun pay it back!"

Song Yun was delighted upon hearing this, ran over and threw herself into her arms, then turned to her parents and said, "It's decided then..."

……