"Why are you here?" Cen Xi asked.
"What a joke! Of course we're here today for your wedding. I remember you swore a solemn oath that you would remain single for life, and that you wouldn't marry even if the King of Hell forced you. What's going on now?"
Jun Xiaoqiao sat directly on Cen Xi's wedding bed, looking at her with bright eyes and asking.
"That's...that's a vow from a past life. What does it have to do with this life? I've already changed bodies, why would I care about such a vow?"
Cen Xi couldn't help but roll her eyes under the veil, muttering to herself, "Even if I wanted to keep my vow, no one would let me. What could I do?"
"Girl, I also thought that you probably wouldn't get married in your life, but I didn't expect Prime Minister Shen to be so resourceful."
Zhu Yanniang couldn't help but make a comment.
"It's not something I can just come up with on a whim. I've carefully considered my escape plan, but no matter how I calculate it, Shen Jinchen will always find me. I'm really miserable, okay!"
Cen Xi ripped off the veil and looked speechlessly at the two women sitting on either side of her.
Does she want to get married? Or is it really not her?
Besides, this is the princess's residence; she's marrying! She's marrying, okay!
Although not many people acknowledge this fact.
"Then why bother going to the palace? You might as well just lie down and be done with it."
Jun Xiaoqiao felt that Cen Xi was just making a mess of things.
"If I don't cause trouble, I'll be even worse off! Alright, this is none of your business tonight. I'm already in a bad mood, so don't mess with me."
The thought of living in the palace in the future made Cen Xi's scalp tingle, so she absolutely could not let Shen Jinchen succeed.
Although his reasons were perfectly valid.
But so what? She doesn't want to be the empress! He has to choose between two options, and he has to talk to her about this tonight.
"Oh, poor child, as your sister, all I can do is shed a couple of tears of sympathy for you. There's nothing else I can do. I wish you good luck."
Jun Xiaoqiao calculated the time and realized that Shen Jinchen was likely to arrive soon. To avoid being tricked by him again, he and Zhu Yanniang would better escape as soon as possible.
However, we can turn back later and eavesdrop.
She had a feeling that tonight's wedding night would be very exciting.
It was past 7 PM and a quarter past 9 PM when the door to the bridal chamber was pushed open. Cen Xi sat upright, initially thinking it was Shen Jinchen who had arrived.
The one who didn't want to come in was Jun Jianchou.
Cen Xi was momentarily stunned, fearing that his next words would be about kidnapping the bride.
"You're overthinking it. I just came to give you a congratulatory gift. You look beautiful today."
Jun Jianchou sat in a chair next to a round table in the room, holding a wooden box in his hand.
"I'm wearing a veil, how would you know if I'm beautiful or not?"
Cen Xi was speechless. To be honest, the person she feared most at that moment was Jun Jianchou.
"In my heart, you are the most beautiful no matter what. You were even more beautiful when you got married, but unfortunately I didn't have that blessing."
Jun Jianchou stared at Cen Xi with a melancholy look in his eyes, somewhat saddened.
"Didn't we agree to call each other brother and sister from now on? Can't you let go?"
Cen Xi didn't want to continue the topic, but with people sitting there, it was hard for her to ignore them.
"Yes! In our past life, we were childhood sweethearts. I fantasized countless times about you marrying me, but in the end, you ended up with someone else. You tormented me too deeply; how can I let go? Oh well! I have to let go, even if I can't. I am, after all..."
Jun Jianchou couldn't continue speaking, so he put down the wooden box and turned to leave.
"I'm so sorry..."
Cen Xi didn't know how to respond; all she could say were these four words.
"You have nothing to apologize for. Besides this gift, I also brought the thousand elite soldiers you raised at Feifeng Mountain to the capital. I've actually been raising some private soldiers myself over the years, so I'll give you a thousand guards as well! I doubt Prime Minister Shen wants to see me. Farewell!"
Jun Jianchou sighed, tossed the two tokens to Cen Xi, and turned to leave the room.
"where are you going?"
Cen Xi had always considered him a buddy and never imagined things would end this way, but she felt that Jun Jianchou was really leaving this time.
"I don't know. I will always be your last resort. If anything happens, just send a message by carrier pigeon. No matter where you are, I will help you. If Shen Jinchen can't give you happiness, I can help you too. Although I may not be able to beat him, I will do my best."
Jun Jianchou paused, looked at the slowly approaching groom, and deliberately raised his voice.
"Okay, I agree!"
Cen Xi nodded silently inside the room.
As Shen Jinchen listened to the back-and-forth conversation between the two, his gaze became deep and profound.
Jun Jianchou glanced at him only once before leaping away and leaving the princess's residence.
The door was not closed, and Shen Jinchen did not step into the room until Jun Jianchou had completely disappeared from the princess's residence.
Upon entering, I saw the wooden box on the round table.
Cen Xi had already torn off the bridal veil, and now there was no chance to put it back on, so she simply gave up and did nothing.
Anyway, she never wanted to marry the person in front of her.
What did you agree to him?
"I'll agree to anything!"
Cen Xi looked at Shen Jinchen provocatively.
"I know you don't like him, so don't use him to upset me."
Shen Jinchen chased the matchmaker and the matchmaker out of the room and slammed the door shut.
Seeing his expression, Cen Xi assumed a fight was about to break out, and couldn't help but roll up her sleeves, put her hands on her hips, and say:
"A fight?"
"Madam, I'm not interested. The night is too short. Let's continue trying to conceive."
Before Cen Xi could react, Shen Jinchen grabbed her and pinned her against the wall, saying...
"Tch, that's nothing new. I thought you were jealous."
Cen Xi was about to push him away when he suddenly grabbed her around the waist and placed her on the wedding bed.
Then his calm breath brushed against her ear:
"I was jealous. He was so openly coveting you, so we took care of him with one blow. That was giving you face."
After she finished speaking, Cen Xi's lips were sealed tightly by him.
Cen Xi pushed him away and sat up, ready to negotiate with Shen Jinchen:
“Let’s make a deal. Now that I’ve married you today, oh no! I’ve taken you as my wife, you can forget about ever ascending the throne. If you want to rebel, you’ll have to step over my dead body.”
Shen Jinchen: "..."
"What? You don't want to agree? Then let's write a divorce agreement right now. You know me, I will never live in the palace, no matter what means you use this time."
Meeting Shen Jinchen's complicated gaze, Cen Xi became even more unrestrained. She knew that Shen Jinchen couldn't let go of everything, and now that he was getting married, she could only compromise and ask Shen Jinchen to agree to this, or not!
It's either a divorce or a fight to the death; not entering the palace is her bottom line.
"You should have guessed my identity. I have responsibilities that I must bear. Cen Xi, don't push me like this."
At this moment, Shen Jinchen's eyes were quite complicated. He knew that Cen Xi liked freedom, and he could give her absolute freedom, but he could not agree to this.
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