Chapter 77 also attracted me, Your Highness.
Is it because Huo Yunzhan arranged for someone to impersonate Huo Yunting, and he himself reverted to Huo Yunzhan's identity, that Shen Qingci hesitated and wavered?
Does she really like that man that much?
Chu Jichen could barely contain his violent rage, and the hand around her waist tightened little by little.
He couldn't help but take a deep breath, his voice trembling slightly: "Oh? So eager to marry me?"
"Do you want to marry me, or do you not want Huo Yunzhan to die?"
Um?
Shen Qingci looked up in surprise. She didn't want Huo Yunzhan to die? How could Chu Jichen have such thoughts? She wished she could kill Huo Yunzhan with her own hands!
Noticing the hand tightening around her waist, Shen Qingci suddenly had a guess: Could it be that Chu Jichen was... jealous?
If she hadn't clearly known what Chu Jichen had done to her while she was asleep, and hadn't known that Chu Jichen liked her, she probably wouldn't have thought about it in this way.
Shen Qingci narrowed her eyes: "Your Highness is mistaken. I want to marry Your Highness, but at the same time..."
Chu Jichen's hand suddenly tightened.
It hurts a little.
But Shen Qingci simply raised her face and smiled at Chu Jichen: "At the same time, I also want to use Your Highness's hand to kill Huo Yunzhan."
Her eyes blazed with undisguised hatred: "Huo Yunzhan is utterly disgusting!"
"It's not just disgust, it's hatred too."
"Just you wait and see. Once I clear my father's name, I will definitely kill Huo Yunzhan with my own hands."
She took a deep breath and lowered her voice: "Huo Yunzhan has confirmed that my father has a private army because of the people I previously placed in the Huo family to protect me when I left, as well as the guards you arranged in the next courtyard."
"He will try every means to get close to me and investigate the matter of the private army."
“I proposed during the day that if I wanted to return to the Huo family mansion, I would have to bring Old Madam Huo and his brother and sister-in-law to apologize to me. He will definitely agree in order to investigate the private soldiers.”
“This is the opportunity I’ve been waiting for. I want to personally expose that at least one of him and Huo Yunting is an imposter.”
"Only by exposing this secret can Huo Yunzhan's identity continue to die."
"Only then can I successfully marry you in ten days or so."
She reached out and gently pressed against Chu Jichen's chest: "I remember you have a master of disguise by your side. Could you get me some medicine to remove the disguise?"
"The more the better."
Chu Jichen stared intently at Shen Qingci, as if trying to discern something from her face.
But no.
Chu Jichen narrowed his eyes but remained silent.
Shen Qingci chuckled, then stood up directly from Chu Jichen's lap: "What is Your Highness afraid of? Are you afraid I'll go back to Huo Yunzhan?"
"He's so filthy, how could I possibly go back to him?"
"My greatest wish now is to investigate the wrongful conviction of the Shen family and clear my father's name."
She tilted her head, making no attempt to hide her purpose in marrying Chu Jichen: "Does Your Highness not know how tempting you, the Regent, are to me? If I marry you, I will be the Regent's Consort, wouldn't that make things much easier for me?"
Chu Jichen's Adam's apple bobbed: "Yes, I can help you investigate. Besides, you are the Regent's Consort. With that status, you don't need to be afraid of anyone. I can back you up."
Shen Qingci smiled and said, "Yes, only Your Highness can give me these things, so of course I won't miss such a good opportunity."
After she finished speaking, she looked Chu Jichen up and down with a half-smile.
"Of course, what attracts me is not just the position of Regent's Consort."
"And Your Highness... you too."
Shen Qingci's lips curled up slightly: "Has anyone ever said that Your Highness is very handsome?"
Chu Jichen's eyelids twitched. What was Shen Qingci doing? Was she seducing him?
But ironically, she didn't actually have to do anything; he would willingly take the bait.
He could even clearly feel how fast his heart was beating, and that all the blood in his body was uncontrollably rushing to one spot.
Chu Jichen silently placed his hands on his knees, using the wide sleeves of his robe to cover them. The last time he came in the dark of night and slept in the same bed with her, he knew that Shen Qingci was not asleep.
He deliberately pulled Shen Qingci into his arms, intentionally letting her feel the changes in his body.
He just wanted to see her reaction.
He thought she would be scared, disgusted, or resistant.
The result... was not.
But that time, if Shen Qingci had asked, he could have covered it up by saying he was asleep and knew nothing.
But now that he's awake, if Shen Qingci finds out, he won't be able to explain himself.
He was still afraid after all, afraid that Shen Qingci would abandon him.
No, you're the first one.
Meeting Shen Qingci's somewhat surprised gaze, Chu Jichen pursed his lips: "At first, I was not favored, and no one cared about my flattery."
"Later, I became disabled. When people mentioned me, they would at most say, 'It's a pity that you became disabled at such a young age.'"
"Later, when I became regent, no one dared to discuss my appearance to my face."
He didn't want to dwell on the matter any longer, so he took a deep breath and said, "It's getting late, you should get some rest. I'm going back to the Prince's residence."
After he finished speaking, he didn't pay attention to Shen Qingci's reaction and directly turned the wheelchair around and left.
Shen Qingci looked at his slightly disheveled figure in the wheelchair and smiled slightly. If she wasn't mistaken, Chu Jichen's previous evasiveness was probably due to his unusual reaction.
But in fact, she had already seen it.
Shen Qingci turned around and let out a long breath.
She was pretty good at pretending, wasn't she?
Having experienced all that in her past life, and being reborn, she witnessed firsthand the disgusting side of Huo Yunzhan, who once claimed to love her with all his heart. How could she possibly fall in love with someone again so easily?
Sometimes she feels disgusted with herself.
Even though you don't actually like someone, you pretend to.
But she really had no other choice.
With the Shen family gone, she had no leverage to rely on or to contend with the Huo family or Prime Minister Liu.
She could only try to rely on others and depend on them.
If it wasn't Chu Jichen, it would have been someone else; it's just that Chu Jichen appeared at the perfect time.
Moreover, after spending this time together, she felt that if it were Chu Jichen, it wouldn't be so hard to accept.
Even if Chu Jichen isn't as unsuitable as the matchmaker initially said...
Shen Qingci turned and got into bed, unaware that in the distant pavilion, Chu Jichen looked over the towers and gazed intently at the reflection of Shen Qingci's image in the window of her bedroom.
“Yuanbao, did you hear that earlier? She said that what attracted her was not only the position of regent, but also me as a person.”
She also said that I am very good-looking.
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