Cen Xi…
Cen Xi was speechless for a moment, then picked up the shoe and threw it in Wen Qihe's face.
Then he made sarcastic remarks:
"You've been found out, so you're not going to pretend anymore, huh?"
"Please grant my request, Miss."
Wen Qihe remained kneeling, ignoring Cen Xi's insults, her eyes filled with determination.
"What if I don't allow it, Wen Qihe? You've known me for quite a while now, don't you know my temperament? My things, the men I've slept with, would I let anyone covet them? Even if I don't like them, they can only be mine. Do you think I would send you to his bed?"
Cen Xi smiled, but the smile didn't reach her eyes.
"But you during the day..."
Wen Qihe subconsciously wanted to say, "Didn't you ask me to serve Prime Minister Chen during the day?"
But Cen Xi interrupted her, saying:
"Why did I ask you to help me take a bath during the day, and why did I say those things to you? Don't you understand even now? You, Wen Qihe, don't seem stupid usually, so how come you can't even see through my probing tactics?"
"You...you! You're shameless!"
Wen Qihe felt like she had been played, her chest heaving with anger. In the end, she couldn't even curse anymore, and after a long while, she finally managed to utter this one sentence.
"Is that all you've got? You're only realizing how shameless I am now?"
"Now I finally understand what you said to me when you were a slave. What about our shared interests? What about not wanting your brother to control your marriage? What about not wanting to be an old man's concubine? It turns out you wanted to be Shen Jinchen's wife."
"Oh, no, I misspoke. A concubine can only be a concubine. Miss Wen, do you know the principle of marrying someone as a wife and then making them a concubine, hmm?"
Cen Xi said, pinching Wen Qihe's chin with extreme sarcasm.
Seeing Cen Xi humiliate her like this, Wen Qihe's body went limp and she collapsed to the ground, unable to even think of a retort.
Cen Xi was thinking of kicking out this woman who was even more shameless than herself when Shen Jinchen stepped into the room.
"You've arrived, just in time. I have someone here who seems to have been infatuated with you for a long time. Just say the word and she'll become my maid. How about that? Aren't you touched?"
When Cen Xi saw him come in, she immediately smiled broadly. Without even putting on her shoes, she walked straight up to him, took his hand, gave Shen Jinchen and Wen Qihe a meaningful look, and asked with a smile.
"Wearing such thin clothes in the dead of winter, and not even wearing shoes, are you thinking of getting cold?"
Shen Jinchen gave her a cold look, then instantly picked up Cen Xi and placed her on the bed.
"With the charcoal fire burning so brightly in this room, how could I catch a cold? Don't underestimate me, I'm in very good health."
After smiling and responding to his question, Cen Xi raised an eyebrow and looked at him, asking:
"You two must have known this Miss Wen before. She wants to be your concubine and wants you to treat her the way you treated me last night. Will you accept or not? I think her devotion is enough to move the heavens, the wind, and the sand, but I don't know if it can move you."
What does my wife think?
Shen Jinchen pinched her smiling face and asked casually, ignoring Wen Qihe who was kneeling.
"Why are you asking me if I'm moved or not?"
"However, I don't mind answering your question. She's willing to be your rival's maid for your sake. I think that's a very deep affection. You might consider taking her in."
Cen Xi pushed his hand away and smiled wickedly.
"Are you telling the truth? Yesterday you said you'd castrate me if I slept with other women? Why have you changed your mind today?"
Shen Jinchen sat down by the bed, gently stroking Cen Xi's hair and asking with a smile.
“I’ve changed my mind now. I’m a woman, why should women make things difficult for each other? Look how deeply she’s in love with you. If I don’t grant her wish, it would be unfair to her for lowering herself to be my maid.”
"Also, even if I don't give it to you, she'll still be following me. And since I've had physical intimacy with you, she'll definitely be two-faced and treat me like a rival. What if she poisons me or slits my throat while I'm asleep?"
"So it's better to give her to you. If you sleep with her, I can be more lenient with the conditions and not castrate you. You just have to let me go after that."
"How about we just do business and not talk about feelings?"
Cen Xi raised an eyebrow, looked at Wen Qihe kneeling on the ground looking embarrassed, and suggested with a smile.
"You woman don't respect me at all. Don't you even know how to be jealous? Looks like you need to be trained."
Shen Jinchen's expression was slightly cold, but his movements remained gentle.
"I don't even like you, why are you jealous? Hurry up and be straightforward, do you want this woman? Whether you do or not, you can deal with it yourself. I don't want to see her again."
Cen Xi pushed his hand away again, rolled into the bed, pulled the blanket over herself and lay down, intending to go to sleep. She had completely left Wen Qihe's matter to Shen Jinchen.
"Alright, as you wish, but you must serve your husband well tonight."
Shen Jinchen smiled, his every move exuding a roguish charm, completely unlike his decisive and ruthless demeanor in the court, or his usual composure.
"You dog of a man."
After cursing at him, Cen Xi crawled under the covers and hid herself away; she didn't want to talk to this man anymore.
"Shang Se, take Miss Wen back to the Wen family. Tell Wen Qi in detail that I don't want to see her again. My wife also doesn't like her serving her, so he has to give me an extra 10% compensation. Make sure to deliver it in three days."
Seeing that Cen Xi ignored him, Shen Jinchen glanced at Wen Qihe and then called out to Shang Se outside.
"No! No! Young master, our Wen family has been..."
Wen Qihe was about to say something.
Shen Jinchen immediately interrupted her, coldly rebuking, "Go on!"
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