Chapter 31 You really want to defile this prince?

Before my fingers even touched the edge of my undergarment, my arm was suddenly grabbed.

Bang.

Suddenly, the world spun around her, and Shen Chu was slammed hard onto the bed.

She looked up and met Pei Yuan's cold, peach-blossom eyes, and a chill instantly ran down her spine.

Did this guy not drink the hangover soup she added?

Pei Yuan gripped her arm tightly, his face full of disgust.

"You've repeatedly used the excuse of sleeping to undress me, and you still say you have no interest in me?"

"You really want to defile this prince?"

Shen Chu... Ha, can we say that she was already defiled?

A sharp pain shot through her chin as Pei Yuan's jade-bone fan, held against her chin, pressed against her throat.

"This time, it wasn't me who arrested you first, was it? What excuse do you have now?"

Shen Chu blinked and gave a forced smile.

"If I said I was here to help Your Highness refuse the marriage proposal, would Your Highness believe me?"

"Heh, guess whether I believe you or not." Pei Yuan leaned forward slightly and pressed his jade fan down.

Shen Chu instantly felt a chilling killing intent.

Suddenly, the door was pushed open.

"Sixth Prince, Qing Shuang is here... Ahhh!"

When Shen Qingshuang entered, she saw the Sixth Prince, whom she had been longing for, disheveled and leaning over the person on the bed.

The person on the bed with a smiling face was...

Bang.

The food box in Shen Qingshuang's hand fell to the ground.

"Damn you, Shen Chu, you bastard! How dare you seduce the Sixth Prince!"

"I'll beat you to death, you bastard."

Enraged, she lunged at him without a second thought.

Before she could even reach the bedside, she collapsed limply to the floor.

Shen Chu could see clearly that Pei Yuan raised his sleeve and struck a golden barley seed the size of a fingernail, which landed squarely on Shen Qingshuang's sleeping acupoint.

"Tsk, the Sixth Prince really has no mercy for women."

"She's too noisy, and she even accused you of seducing this prince. What a joke! You think you can do that?"

Chen Chu.....

Pei Yuan looked over coldly, his voice as sharp as a steel knife scraping bone.

"Chen Chu, is this the reason you came up with to refuse the marriage? To give me the same reputation as you for being gay?"

Shen Chu hadn't figured out how to help him refuse the marriage proposal, so now was the perfect opportunity to go with the flow.

"Isn't this a good idea?"

She thought it was quite good. Back then, Pei Yuan called her the "King of the Homosexuals," and she didn't deliberately correct him. She just wanted to use this as an excuse to avoid those families who wanted to marry their daughters to her.

Unexpectedly, Pei Yuan's expression changed instantly, as if he had fallen into an ice cave, with cold air emanating from his body.

The jade-bone fan was pressed down, and a sharp blade suddenly popped out.

The cold blade pressed against her neck, and she could even feel the pain of the blade cutting through her skin.

Pei Yuan's eyes were like a cold pool, and his voice was even colder, "What I hate most in my life is homosexuality. I spared you last time because I was merciful."

Who would have thought you'd harbor such thoughts about me? Looks like you're tired of living.

His thumb rubbed the bone handle of the jade fan; if he pressed his finger down a little more, her blood vessels would be severed instantly.

Despite her nervousness, Chen Chu's smile was even brighter.

"Your Highness, I only wish to help you refuse the marriage proposal. I have absolutely no improper thoughts about you. If Your Highness does not believe me, you may kill me directly."

Pei Yuan looked at her coldly.

She suppressed her nervousness, smiled back at him, and tried her best to appear open and honest.

But Pei Yuan noticed that her raven-feather-like eyelashes trembled slightly, her face was pale, and her small, straight nose twitched slightly with nervousness.

Ah, clearly still afraid.

He stroked the jade-bone fan, but couldn't press it down no matter what he did.

Has anyone ever told you that your laugh is extremely annoying?

For a moment, Shen Chu was bewildered, but the smile on her lips deepened. This was a habit she had developed over the years; the more nervous she was, the brighter her smile became.

"Your Highness is the first. People in the capital say that I stand like an orchid and a jade tree, and smile like the bright moon in one's arms."

Pei Yuan scoffed, put away his jade fan, and stood up abruptly.

"I will trust you this once. Remember, you have two days. If you can't resolve this marriage, I will settle all your old and new scores with you."

He left with a single sentence, gave Chen Chu a cold glance, and turned to leave.

Shen Chu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, reached out and touched her neck, her brows furrowing slightly.

The blade sliced ​​through the surface of her skin, but she clearly sensed that Pei Yuan had indeed intended to kill her, though she didn't know why he had let her go in the end.

This guy is really unpredictable and hard to fathom.

Shen Chu tugged at her clothes, stepped over the unconscious Shen Qingshuang on the ground, and went straight out of the guest courtyard.

Hongxiu leaned over and reported the commotion at Qingzhu Courtyard, "Young Master, you should go and take a look."

Shen Chu sneered and went straight to Qingzhu Courtyard.

In the Green Bamboo Courtyard, Marquis Changning had just been doused with cold water by Aunt Qiao and was changing his clothes in a disheveled state.

Chen stood there dumbfounded, while Aunt Qiao wept sadly in a corner.

A warm hand gently removed the basin of water from her hands and then pulled her into an embrace.

"Don't be sad, Auntie."

Aunt Qiao looked up and saw Shen Chu's gentle and calm face. She couldn't hold back and burst into tears in her arms.

"Ah Chu, sob sob, the Marquis is not clean anymore."

A smile flashed in Chen Chu's eyes. It had long been unclean, but her aunt refused to open her eyes and take a proper look.

She suppressed the upward curve of her lips and turned to look at the crowd.

"I'm so sorry that such a shameful thing has happened in my family. I won't keep you any longer."

The group exchanged glances and then took their leave.

Shen Chu looked troubled. "My father and the young master are not usually like this. Please be kind with your words."

"Don't worry, Lord Shen, we will not say a word out of turn once we get out."

When the Marquis of Changning, who had just changed his clothes, heard this, he almost bumped his head into the door frame.

He knew all too well the rhetoric of these seasoned veterans in Beijing; they wouldn't say a single careless word, but they would say a lot of careless things.

Is his hard-earned good reputation about to be completely ruined?

No, he won't allow it!

At that moment, Madam Chen rushed out and grabbed Shen Chu, "It was you, it was you who drugged the Marquis and Yan'er, wasn't it?"

Upon hearing this, Marquis Changning looked at Chen Chu with a face full of suspicion and kicked him.

"You unfilial son, how vicious you are! How dare you drug me and Yan'er!"

One sentence caused the guests who were about to leave to turn around and look at Chen Chu, their eyes filled with speculation.

After being kicked by the Marquis of Changning, Shen Chu released Aunt Qiao and knelt on the ground with a wronged expression.

“Father, I am just a son of a concubine. Even if I am appreciated by His Majesty and am to enter the court as an official, I have no roots or foundation in the court.”

Without the help of his father and his younger brother, the Crown Prince, he would not have been able to go far in the future.

"I drugged you and the heir, making you look foolish and turning the entire Marquis's mansion into a laughingstock of the capital. What good would that do me?"

One sentence dispelled the doubts in the eyes of the guests.

In the imperial court, it is difficult to rise above one's station without the support of one's clan or the help of family members and brothers.

From this perspective, Shen Chu indeed had no reason to harm Marquis Changning.

When Chen saw that everyone no longer suspected Shen Chu, she became anxious.

Things had come to this point, and she could not allow Shen Chu to remain unharmed.

We must convict Shen Chu of drugging them so that we can clear the name of the Marquis and Yan'er.

Shen Chu, that bastard, is the one who should be infamous.

Chen gave Wang's mother a wink.

Wang Mama immediately knelt down on the ground crying, "My lord, this morning I saw that the maid named Hongxiu who was by the eldest young master's side acting suspiciously, always hovering around the wine."

"It must have been the eldest son who instructed her to drug the drink, intending to embarrass the heir apparent. The eldest son wanted to take the heir's place, but unexpectedly, he harmed the Marquis instead."

These words aroused suspicion in Marquis Changning and the others regarding Shen Chu.