Chapter 192 Watching the Show
Shen Qingci frowned deeply.
Could it be that... that so-called "dark unit" will only show up when she is truly in dire straits and her life is in danger?
She didn't want to risk her life again.
After all, in her previous life, she never saw even a trace of that secret unit until she was killed by Huo Yunzhan and Liu Ruolan.
Certainly, the incident happened suddenly, and the enemy did not give her any chance to catch her breath.
But this also shows that risking one's life to test something is... far too foolish and far too unworthy.
Her great revenge has yet to be fulfilled.
As Shen Qingci was lost in thought, she suddenly heard the barely perceptible sound of a wheelchair rolling over a bluestone slab behind her.
She slowly turned around and saw Chu Jichen maneuvering his wheelchair, slowly approaching from outside the moon gate.
In his hands, he was also holding a bowl of sweet soup that was as white as jade.
"Why has Your Highness come?" Shen Qingci quickly stood up to greet him. "What brings you here?"
"Iced mung bean soup." Chu Jichen came to her side and handed her the white porcelain bowl, his eyes full of gentle smiles. "It's hot now. I noticed you didn't have much of an appetite at lunch earlier, so I had the kitchen specially make some for you."
As Shen Qingci looked at him, the irritation she felt due to the "Dark Department" matter gradually dissipated.
She took the bowl of mung bean soup, which was still slightly cool, but deliberately scolded him, saying, "Your Highness is really quite idle these days."
“This is the life I’ve always dreamed of.” Upon hearing this, Chu Jichen raised his eyebrows and looked at her intently. “However… if the Princess Consort could stop running around so much that I often can’t see her, that would be… even better.”
"I didn't run away!" Shen Qingci glared at him. "I was just watching the fish for a while under the eaves."
"Hehe..." Chu Jichen chuckled softly, his voice hoarse and magnetic. "What I'm talking about isn't... just now."
Not just now? When was it then?
The absurd yet enchanting scene from last night flashed through Shen Qingci's mind!
she……
You can't blame her! Did she try to run away? But her back is still her back!
Who...who else would be like him, demanding endlessly every night, seemingly without ever getting tired?!
Especially now, the two of them have "left Beijing to seek medical treatment" and are hiding here.
Chu Jichen no longer had to deal with those complicated court affairs, and suddenly he was free. He wished he could stick to her all the time!
How...how can anyone bear this?!
Chu Jichen looked at her, her face flushed with a cute blush, and his smile deepened.
He stopped teasing her and instead asked, "You've been here for three days now, are you bored?"
Shen Qingci looked up at him with a puzzled expression.
Chu Jichen spoke slowly, his voice carrying a mysterious allure: "If you find it boring, tonight... I'll take you to see a good show, how about it?"
Watching a play?
She does like that.
What play?
Chu Jichen, however, kept everyone in suspense, only shaking his head: "You'll find out then."
...
As night fell, Chu Jichen personally put an ordinary human skin mask on Shen Qingci.
Then, led by Yuanbao and Yelan, they passed through several intricate secret passages and finally appeared outside a somewhat familiar mansion.
It wasn't until the guards led them silently over the high wall and into the courtyard that Shen Qingci finally realized what was happening!
This place... is actually the residence of the Marquis of Yongning!
"Why did you bring me here?" she asked in a low voice, puzzled.
Chu Jichen simply gestured for her to be quiet.
He personally took her hand and led her, easily navigating the familiar path, to the back window of the main house in the courtyard.
Shen Qingci's eyelashes trembled uncontrollably.
This place... she knew it all too well.
On several occasions, she stood here and listened with her own ears as the adulterous couple made love inside the house, shamelessly indulging in their debauchery.
As she was lost in thought, Huo Yunzhan's anxious and impatient voice came from inside the room.
"Why is there still no news from the Prime Minister's residence?" He paced back and forth, his voice filled with suppressed anger. "Ruolan! Your father... how is he?"
"How should I know?!" Liu Ruolan's voice was also filled with sharp frustration.
Ever since she was publicly humiliated by that bitch Shen Qingci that day, she has never dared to return to the Prime Minister's residence!
She was afraid that if she went back, her mother would force her to kneel down and apologize to that bitch!
Of course she knew that if her father really didn't wake up, her Liu family... would be finished.
But a sliver of hope still lingered in her heart! She hoped that Shen Qingci, that bitch, was just bluffing!
Later, Shen Qingci took Chu Jichen out of the city to find medicine, but they were attacked and kidnapped.
She was overjoyed when she heard the news.
How she wished... that Shen Qingci would never come back! Ideally... he would just die!
But she was also afraid...
They feared that if something really happened to Shen Qingci, no one would be able to cure the poison in her father's body.
If Father never wakes up again, the Liu family is truly finished.
She is now Huo Yunzhan's wife in name only. Huo Yunzhan impersonated Huo Yunting for the sake of her Liu family's power.
If the Liu family is destroyed, she will have no one to rely on...
How will Huo Yunzhan treat her?
A thought, once again, uncontrollably sprouted wildly from the depths of Liu Ruolan's heart—
She must get pregnant as soon as possible!
From the very beginning, when she guessed that the person beside her was Huo Yunzhan in disguise, this was the idea she had in mind.
As long as she can conceive his child and give birth to a son or daughter for him, no matter what happens to the Liu family in the future, her position as the Lady of Yongning Marquis will be... completely secure!
But who could have imagined that Huo Yunzhan, that good-for-nothing, would be so useless! In just a few days, he developed such an embarrassing illness due to excessive indulgence!
She repeatedly felt despair, and even... considered divorcing him and finding someone better.
But unexpectedly...
In a dramatic turn of events, Huo Yunzhan suddenly recovered!
Now that he's back to normal, her best option right now is naturally... to hold on to him tightly and get pregnant with his child as soon as possible!
Liu Ruolan's thoughts raced through her mind in an instant, and the panic and irritation on her face were instantly replaced by a deliberate gentleness and coquettishness.
She stepped forward, took the initiative to reach out and link her arm with Huo Yunzhan's, her voice softening slightly:
"My lord, please rest assured," she said softly. "How could my father... possibly get into trouble so easily?"
"What's more..." Her voice lowered, her eyes gleaming with excitement and triumph, "I recently received some incredibly good news from my sister's trusted nanny in the palace—"
"My elder sister, Consort Shu," she said slowly, emphasizing each word, "is pregnant!"
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