"vomit…!"
Cen Xi was about to complain a few more times in a sarcastic tone when suddenly, Shen Jinchen turned pale, vomited blood, and was about to fall backward.
Cen Xi panicked and quickly helped him up, asking:
"What’s wrong with you?"
"When I was killing the wolf king, I was surrounded by the other wolves and lost my breath. I'll be fine after a while."
Shen Jinchen forced a smile at Cen Xi.
"You...! Then you...!"
Cen Xi was so angry that he couldn't utter a single word.
Does this man even care about his own health? He's already like this, and he still had to do strenuous exercise last night.
"Ah-Xi, the moment I see you, I can't help but want to be intimate with you, I want to look at you anytime, anywhere, and I want you to love me as intensely as I love you. Unfortunately, I am ultimately powerless and can only prove in that way that I have the most intimate relationship with you."
"Ah-Xi, let's stop fooling around, okay?"
Seeing that Cen Xi was angry again, Shen Jinchen couldn't help but wrap his arms around her waist again, seeking comfort in his heart.
"Do you need to take medicine? You're the doctor yourself, how do you plan to take care of yourself? What about the cloak you said you'd give me? Here, give it to me, we can wear it to the market."
Cen Xi rested her head on the other's chest, remained silent for a while, and then raised her head to look at him and ask.
"You've already taken the Qi-nourishing pills, so you're forgiving me?"
Shen Jinchen looked at her, suppressing a smile.
"Otherwise what? Give me the cloak!"
Cen Xi pouted and asked him for the gift he had mentioned.
"Fengqin, go and get the cloak that Benxiang prepared."
Shen Jinchen hugged Cen Xi tightly for a while before smiling and speaking to Feng Qin outside.
"Alright!"
Feng Qin responded cheerfully, then darted back and forth like the wind, quickly entering the house with a white cloak.
"Do wolves also have white coats?"
Cen Xi stared wide-eyed at the snow-white fur. The wolves she had seen at the zoo before were all gray. How could there be such a pure, impure white?
"When I first saw you, I was quite surprised. I thought to myself, this pack of wolves is really good, just what I need to do with them. I also thought that you must look very beautiful wearing such a cloak."
"Indeed, my wife will look even more stunning in it."
Shen Jinchen took the cloak from Feng Qin and put it on Cen Xi. The emotions that were about to burst forth between his brows made him completely lose control again.
She was like a fairy untouched by worldly affairs, breathtakingly beautiful, the kind of woman every man would want to keep to himself and not let anyone see.
"Why did you take it off? Didn't you say it looked pretty?"
Cen Xi saw this man, who had dressed her in the cloak and then giggled for a while before taking it off, and asked him, puzzled.
"There's no need to wear such expensive things here. I have a black cloak over there, you can wear it."
Shen Jinchen made up an excuse in a serious manner, because he didn't want his wife to be stared at by all the men.
"Wear this. Nice things are meant to be worn. Since you gave it to me, it's mine. I can do whatever I want with it. Why are you acting so strangely today?"
Cen Xi always felt that Shen Jinchen was very strange.
Shen Jinchen: "..."
Watching Cen happily fasten her cloak and dash out in a flash, he could only smile helplessly.
"Young master, now that you've appeased the mistress, can you give me my hard-earned money? If you don't send the money back to the capital soon, Zhuzhu might become someone else's concubine."
After Cen Xi left, Feng Qin, who had been hiding in the shadows, emerged from an inconspicuous spot, knelt down in front of Shen Jinchen, and pleaded and acted pitiful. If he didn't seize this opportunity now, he would never have another chance.
"Ha! Didn't you borrow money from others and send it back to the capital? Why are you still begging and pleading?"
Shen Jinchen looked at him and sneered.
"Those were all borrowed! They have to be returned. Young master, it's not really my fault. The mistress is too capable. You had to pretend to be pitiful to coax her back. I'm just a lowly guard. How could I possibly last a few moves against her?"
Fengqin, with a tearful face, continued to pluck the tiger's fur. He had no choice but to pluck it; he was about to go bankrupt. If he didn't ask the young master for some money, he wouldn't even be able to support his wife in the future.
"Prepare two carriages in half an hour. You will receive the money I promised you before. If you can't even handle this, half of it will be deducted from your monthly salary from now on."
Shen Jinchen had just appeased the person and was in a good mood, so he let the kid off the hook.
"Yes! It's no big deal. Young master, please wait. I'll have the carriage ready for you in less than half an hour. I already knew you might be staying here for a while, so I had someone go to town last night to buy two carriages. They should arrive in a little while."
Feng Qin is always meticulous in his work; he had already thought this through long ago, so Shen Jinchen didn't need to give any instructions.
"He's quite clever; he knows where to get the money with my token."
Seeing that he was so cooperative, Shen Jinchen didn't make things difficult for him anymore. He tossed him a token and walked in the direction Cen Xi had left.
Cen Xi went to the side room after leaving the house, hoping to find the people in the courtyard.
Given what happened yesterday, how could Cen Xi possibly care about them? Now that I think about it, they must have been terrified.
We need to go and find out what's going on.
But as soon as she reached the door, she hesitated to step inside.
Her face flushed slightly, and she seemed a little shy.
Last night, Shen Jinchen did that kind of thing with her without any regard for the consequences. Even if she had a thick skin, she wouldn't dare to go in as if nothing had happened.
"Princess, Princess, are you alright?"
Seeing Cen Xi standing hesitantly at the door, Eunuch Qin was very worried. He disregarded his own fear and came out to grab her hand and ask her questions.
"It's alright, are you all okay?"
Seeing them all acting like frightened birds, Cen Xi was somewhat puzzled.
“Yesterday, after you entered the room, we were all taken to this side room by the Prime Minister’s guards. Eunuch Qin was worried that something had happened to you, Princess, and tried to rush in to check on you this morning, but they grabbed him and threw him into the middle of the courtyard. Princess, it seems the Prime Minister dislikes us. You should send us away.”
Su Nianniang glanced at Cen Xi's expression, then nervously recounted what had happened from yesterday until now.
She harbored some probing intentions, and made no attempt to hide them.
She wanted to see how Cen Xi would deal with them.
"That's just the kind of person he is, and he's made you suffer. Father-in-law, please don't provoke him anymore. Just stay here in my Princess's Mansion and enjoy your retirement. You will all have a place in the Princess's Mansion in the future. You are my people, and I won't let him bully you again. Nianniang, don't talk about leaving or not. Xiaoyu and Jiuyi talk about their mother all the time. What will happen to them if you leave?"
Cen Xi naturally understood the implication: since they wanted a guarantee, then she would give them one.
To say something like that, Su Nianniang is indeed clever; it's just hoped that she won't have too many ulterior motives in the future.
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