"You can take Qingyi with you tomorrow and buy whatever you want without worrying about anything. I will never go back on my promise. However, the day after tomorrow, the entire Shen family will be coming to the Princess's residence to pay their respects. You will need to cooperate with them then."
Shen Jinchen gave Cen Xi a meaningful look before answering.
"I heard that the Shen family has a whole house full of girls, and you don't like any of them. Growing up together as childhood sweethearts, isn't that a good kind of love?"
Cen Xi looked at Shen Jinchen with great interest, waiting for him to continue.
“Those are all my sisters. How can Cen Xi think like that? Even now, you still don’t intend to accept me?”
Shen Jinchen coldly scrutinized Cen Xi, observing the subtle changes in her expression.
"What does this have to do with whether I accept you or not? I bet there are girls in the Shen family who like you. Aren't you hurting their feelings by acting like this? Now that you've married me, you can only be a member of my princess's household. If you want to take any concubines, you know what I mean."
Cen Xi looked at Shen Jinchen with an expression that said "I understand immediately."
"Heh, I get it. Cen Xi, you've been with me for so long, why haven't you gotten pregnant?"
Shen Jinchen licked his teeth and gave a mocking laugh, then asked the question that had been on his mind for a long time.
"I only have lustful appreciation for you, nothing more, so why should I get pregnant with your child?"
Cen Xi answered matter-of-factly. Originally, she did have some of that, but after leaving Feifeng Mountain, she was provoked.
Now that she has discovered Shen Jinchen's ambition, she has become his disciple, leaving no room for sentimentality.
"So, if I have another woman, you'll leave without any hesitation?"
To verify what Jun Xiaoqiao had said, Shen Jinchen asked a follow-up question.
"Yeah, you should hurry up and go find someone, your sister will do too, or I can personally try to match them up?"
Cen Xi raised an eyebrow, looking like she was about to kill someone.
"Looks like we didn't get enough last night. How about we try again tonight?"
Shen Jinchen scooped Cen Xi up and threatened her.
“Alright, Prime Minister Shen doesn’t mind if it’s dirty, I can even put my menstrual belt in your mouth.”
Cen Xicai refused to accept his threats; when it came to being ruthless, she was just as capable.
"That damned woman, how could she say such a thing?"
Shen Jinchen picked Cen Xi up again and slapped her bottom repeatedly.
Cen Xi was shocked. This was the same method that Ms. Li had used when she was a child.
Today, she encountered something unprecedented again. My God, how could there be such a man, and this man is her husband.
"Have you no shame? Don't try this adult-beating-child trick on me, or I'll bite you to death."
Cen Xi struggled to break free from Shen Jinchen's grasp, clutching her buttocks and screaming.
"If you keep saying those nonsensical things, this is how I'll punish you."
Shen Jinchen rarely saw Cen Xi blush, so he thought this method was very effective.
"Shen Jinchen, you...you are shameless."
Cen Xi's eyes widened, and he almost roared.
"No one is as shameless as you. From now on, you are not allowed to use contraception. If you do, I will spank you every time. If you are not threatened, I will drag you to the imperial court and beat you, making you lose face for the royal family at the grand banquet."
Shen Jinchen was really determined this time, and he finally found a way to teach Cen Xi a lesson.
“Shen Jinchen, your belly is on my body, I don’t want to have your child.”
Cen Xi was now furious, and she wanted to strangle the man to death.
Unfortunately, when Emperor Taizu arrived, she couldn't handle him and had to rely on this dead man, if it weren't for his slight usefulness.
She really wanted to draw her sword and confront him in the middle of the night.
"Stop grimacing like that, Cen Xi. I think you should just accept your fate. You can't beat me, and you're unwilling to risk your life, so you can only be my wife for the rest of your life. Stop making futile struggles."
Shen Jinchen seemed to have suddenly become enlightened today, and he scolded Cen Xi without holding back.
"grass."
"Let's have a fight. If we don't fight today, we're cowards."
Cen Xi's fiery temper flared up. Damn it, other couples are still all lovey-dovey on their second day of marriage, but these two are about to start fighting!
Cen Xi should never have gotten married.
Getting married is just asking for trouble!
Whew! Whew! Whew!
She took several deep breaths, but still couldn't calm her anger.
"I'm not fighting you. There's blood flowing like a river down there. Don't you even care?"
Shen Jinchen looked at her with a dark expression, seeing her as a crazy woman, and couldn't help but go to get her a menstrual belt.
So unreliable, yet still dreaming of traveling the world.
Pshaw! What an arrogant woman.
Even after all that commotion, Shen Jinchen had a smile on his face as he left.
He has finally found a way to get along with Cen Xi.
If she's going to make a scene, then you have to make an even bigger scene than him to keep her in check.
This was the first time Qingyi had ever seen the usually gentle and shrewd Chen Xiang with such a wicked smile.
She was stunned for a moment, and the room quieted down. Could it be that Shen Jinchen had beaten her princess... her princess?
"Qingyi, get me a menstrual belt."
After calming down, Shen Jinchen gave an instruction to the bewildered Qingyi beside him, and then headed towards the study.
"Oh, okay."
The dazed woman in green mechanically turned around and went to the storeroom where Cen Xi kept her clothes. She took two menstrual pads and brought them into the room for Cen Xi.
"Qingyi, how did you get in here? Where's that damned man?"
Cen Xi ripped off the menstrual belt and asked with burning anger.
"Prime Minister Chen has gone to his study, Princess. You... you should go and change your clothes, shouldn't you?"
Qingyi couldn't bear to look at the pool of blood on the ground, so she said weakly.
"It's all because of this bastard. If anyone gets married like me, I'll definitely burn incense for them."
Cen Xi exhaled twice before going behind the screen.
In the study, Shen Jinchen tapped his fingers several times in front of his desk.
Fengqin thought that their master was thinking about some important imperial plans.
The question he asked made his leg twitch.
"Where is Zhu Yanniang lately?"
"Young master, could it be that you've been angered by the mistress and are now contemplating suicide?"
It's no wonder she thought that way. Cen Xi's attempt to force women into Shen Jinchen's life was quite obvious, so she assumed that Shen Jinchen planned to take Zhu Yanniang as a concubine to annoy the mistress.
"I'm asking you, where is she now?"
Shen Jinchen's eyes were as cold and sharp as knives.
"I heard she went to the Flower Alley last night. If you really want to find her, I can go and look for her."
Feng Qin replied weakly, her face contorted with constipation, "Is my young master serious?"
"Go and find her quickly, preferably within half an hour."
Shen Jinchen felt it was necessary to ask Zhu Yanniang why Cen Xi couldn't get pregnant; his intuition told him it was definitely related to Zhu Yanniang.
Because that woman has been promiscuous for so long, and her belly hasn't made a sound at all, there must be something going on.
"Oh, okay."
Fengqin didn't expect the young master to be in such a hurry, but she also knew Shen Jinchen's methods of punishing his subordinates, so he quickly ran away.
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