Chapter 16 A Superb Viewing Spot
Chu Jichen pointed to the window beside him: "We are right in the courtyard. If Madam likes to watch the play, that is the best spot."
Shen Qingci looked in the direction he was pointing, a subtle feeling stirring within her.
Chu Jichen was incredibly thoughtful; he even thought of a good spot for her to watch the show.
Hearing voices outside, Chu Jichen maneuvered his wheelchair out of the house. As soon as he stepped out, his gaze fell on Huo Yunzhan, who was walking at the front.
Chu Jichen's eyes were dark and brooding. Because Huo Yunzhan had married Shen Qingci, he couldn't help but wonder what Huo Yunzhan and Shen Qingci were doing on every sleepless night.
He had also thought darkly several times that he should just kill Huo Yunzhan.
Kill him, and Shen Qingci will be his.
But she couldn't bring herself to do it; Shen Qingci liked Huo Yunzhan.
If Huo Yunzhan were to die, he feared Shen Qingci wouldn't be able to hold on either.
But he never expected that Huo Yunzhan would really "die," and that it was Huo Yunzhan's own doing.
Chu Jichen lifted his eyelids, his eyes filled with ruthlessness.
Since Huo Yunzhan abandoned Shen Qingci for power, status, and the daughter of a prime minister, then don't blame him for being... impolite.
Huo Yunzhan is dead, so let him die forever!
Huo Yunzhan's face was full of urgency and worry, but in front of Liu Ruolan and Prime Minister Liu, he could not act too strangely, for fear of arousing suspicion.
Upon seeing Chu Jichen emerge, he quickly took a deep breath and went to greet him.
"Your Highness, I pay my respects. Your Highness, how is my sister-in-law?"
After he finished speaking, he met Chu Jichen's cold expression. Huo Yunzhan couldn't help but shiver. He had been somewhat intimidated by this regent before, and even now, with a different identity, he was still the same.
But what he cares about most right now is...
"Your Highness, how is my sister-in-law's baby?"
Chu Jichen fiddled with the jade thumb ring on his thumb, almost crushing it, but his face remained indifferent. He simply turned his head and called out, "Imperial Physician Li."
The imperial physician Li, who was standing to the side, quickly stepped forward and said, "Reporting to the Marquis, the General's wife suffered a severe abdominal injury after falling down more than ten stone steps, and the child... is gone."
"The general's wife is still unconscious due to excessive blood loss and weakness caused by the miscarriage."
Huo Yunzhan's heart tightened, and he couldn't help but be somewhat lost in thought: "How could...this be?"
How could this happen? How could the baby have been lost?
He did it because Shen Qingci was pregnant, and at the beginning of her pregnancy, he specially found a renowned healer to carefully examine her pulse.
Only after confirming that Shen Qingci's unborn child was a boy, and ensuring that Huo Yunzhan's identity would have a successor, did he feel comfortable faking his death and taking over Huo Yunting's identity.
The identity of Huo Yunzhan is dead. In every sense, the child in Shen Qingci's womb is his only bloodline as Huo Yunzhan.
But he never expected that his only bloodline would... be gone unexpectedly?
This was completely unexpected for him; how could he accept it?
"How could this be?" Chu Jichen lifted his eyelids and looked at Liu Ruolan, who was following closely behind Huo Yunzhan: "You'll have to ask Madam Hou about that."
"Ask Lady Hou why she chose the wife of the General Who Conquers the West?"
Liu Ruolan trembled. She knew it was me. She hurriedly protested, "It wasn't me! I didn't push her!"
"The string of my prayer beads broke, and the beads spilled. I turned around and bent down to pick them up. How was I supposed to know that she was walking right behind me, so close!"
"I didn't push her!"
Chu Jichen nodded: "That's exactly what Madam Hou said before. It's quite a coincidence. The prayer beads just broke like that. And it broke on those steps at just the right time."
Liu Ruolan was furious; what she said was clearly the truth!
This regent is just too annoying! Why is he always targeting her?
And earlier, it was he who hurriedly took Shen Qingci away...
Liu Ruolan looked like she was about to cry: "What I said was true, I didn't want this to happen either!"
Her mind raced: "Are the Prince and my sister-in-law old acquaintances? Why was the Prince so anxious and worried when my sister-in-law was injured? And now, because of my sister-in-law, he's targeting me?"
Chu Jichen scoffed, "Madam, am I in a hurry, or is Madam not in a hurry at all?"
He seemed a little too lazy to deal with such questions, and simply waved to his side.
The attendant beside Chu Jichen quickly stepped forward: "Madam, it wasn't just our Prince who was present at the time."
"Everyone saw it. Several people wanted to go forward to help the general's wife, and some immediately ran to ask the monks in the temple if there was a doctor there. But the general's wife had lost too much blood, so everyone hesitated."
"If even passersby reacted like this, then only Lady Hou stood high on those stone steps, showing no reaction whatsoever."
"The Prince and the wife of the General Who Conquers the West did not know each other before. If the Lady of the Marquis has any doubts, she can investigate and ask anyone. But please, Lady of the Marquis, do not make baseless accusations against the Prince and the wife of the General Who Conquers the West."
"General Zhengxi died on the battlefield and is a hero of our Great Zhou. The general's wife is his widow and is pregnant with his only child. The hero's family and child should not be slandered by the Lady of the Marquis."
The servant's words elevated the mistakes Liu Ruolan had made to an extremely high level.
This caused Huo Yunzhan and his wife to change their expressions.
Especially Huo Yunzhan.
He is Shen Qingci's husband, and they can be considered childhood sweethearts.
He knew Shen Qingci very well.
Shen Qingci indeed...did not know the Regent.
Liu Ruolan's words were ostensibly implying that the Regent and Shen Qingci had an improper relationship, but she never considered that if the Regent really had a relationship with Shen Qingci, wouldn't he become a laughing stock?
Prime Minister Liu couldn't help but frown: "Your Highness, please calm down. Ruolan was just falsely accused of framing her own sister-in-law. In her haste, she spoke without thinking."
Chu Jichen lifted his eyelids and sneered: "I have already said this before, but I have to remind Lady Hou again that everyone knows that I was crippled seven years ago and am now unable to have sex."
Liu Ruolan had been so angry that she lost her mind, and now, being stared at by Chu Jichen with such a look that it was as if he were looking at a dead person, she couldn't help but shiver.
Everyone else's expression changed as well.
Chu Jichen hated it most when someone mentioned his legs. What's more, this forced him to use his disability as an explanation.
Huo Yunzhan reached out and pulled Liu Ruolan hard.
Chu Jichen, however, withdrew his gaze indifferently: "Madam Hou has been saying it's all the fault of those Buddhist prayer beads, but I've noticed that many people have obtained prayer beads from Putuo Temple, so why did Madam Hou's break?"
"Therefore, I sent someone to invite the abbot of Putuo Temple. Judging by the time, he should be arriving soon."
Almost as soon as Chu Jichen finished speaking, footsteps sounded outside the courtyard gate.
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