Chapter 93 I can't wait to marry you
Chu Jichen led her to a dilapidated courtyard. Once inside, he gestured for her to be quiet and then moved two small pebbles aside.
Shen Qingci curiously leaned closer and, through the small hole, saw what appeared to be a stone chamber below, with a person lying unconscious on the ground. It was... Huo Yunzhan?
Shen Qingci was somewhat uncertain, simply because she didn't know what had happened. Huo Yunzhan's entire face was swollen, almost completely losing his previous handsome appearance.
Chu Jichen gave a wink to the guards, and soon someone entered the stone chamber.
A bucket of ice water was poured over him, and Huo Yunzhan shivered, slowly waking up.
Shen Qingci's eyelashes trembled. Seeing Huo Yunzhan being treated like this, she felt no pity whatsoever, only excitement and pleasure.
"Wake up, His Majesty is here to see you!"
A look of excitement suddenly flashed in Huo Yunzhan's eyes. "Your Majesty?"
His Majesty came to see him?
He's saved!
The door was opened again, and a man dressed in a black brocade robe with dragon patterns walked in. His face was no different from the emperor that Shen Qingci had seen in the main hall before.
As soon as the emperor entered, he frowned: "Has the Regent gone mad? He actually imprisoned the Marquis of Yongning in a place like this. This place is dark and damp, not even as good as the imperial prison!"
Shen Qingci raised an eyebrow slightly. This emperor must be an imposter from Chu Jichen's men. He immediately berated Chu Jichen upon entering, all to make Huo Yunzhan confirm his identity through the emperor's dissatisfaction with Chu Jichen.
Of course, she didn't think Huo Yunzhan would ever imagine that someone would be so audacious as to have someone impersonate Emperor Yongming.
Sure enough, Huo Yunzhan almost immediately struggled to his feet and grabbed Emperor Yongming's leg, pleading, "Your Majesty, please save me!"
The emperor was startled and kicked Huo Yunzhan away. He then frowned and asked, "What are you? Are you a human or a ghost?"
Because his face was so swollen, Huo Yunzhan's speech was somewhat unclear: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty... Your humble servant is Huo Yunting!"
"Marquis Yongning, Huo Yunting?" The emperor frowned. "How did you become such a grotesque figure? Did Chu Jichen torture you?"
Huo Yunzhan disregarded all else and said urgently, "Your Majesty! This humble subject has confirmed it! Shen Jingxuan does indeed have a very powerful private army! And he has entrusted that private army... to Shen Qingci!"
Shen Qingci's eyelids twitched suddenly, and she gave a silent, cold laugh.
She knew it.
Once Huo Yunzhan sees the emperor, he will definitely use this as a bargaining chip to get the emperor to rescue him and make a deal with the emperor.
She really married a good husband.
How did you confirm that?
"Your good-for-nothing brother married Shen Qingci specifically for this matter, yet he spent more than half a year trying to find out even the slightest bit about that private army? Now that your brother is dead, you've found out so quickly?"
When Huo Yunzhan heard the emperor scold him like this, a dark look flashed in his eyes, but he quickly said, "It was Your Majesty and Prime Minister Liu who were brilliant. After Ruolan accidentally caused Shen Qingci to miscarry, seeing Shen Qingci's strong reaction, they immediately adjusted their strategy and used every means to force Shen Qingci to leave the Huo family."
"Let her hate the Huo family so much that she will never want to go back or bow down to them again."
"Thus, they were forced to expose their hidden private army."
Shen Qingci's eyelashes trembled uncontrollably. They matched.
Just as Chu Jichen had guessed.
She said that Huo Yunzhan and his family always used despicable means to provoke and provoke her.
So that's what it was for.
How despicable.
"After Shen Qingci left the manor, I deliberately had myself, my mother, and Liu Ruolan take turns to disgust Shen Qingci, and then arranged for people to sneak into the small courtyard where Shen Qingci lived at night."
"Your Majesty, I dispatched nearly a hundred men, all of whom were martial arts masters, but they were unable to breach the courtyard where Shen Qingci lived!"
The fake Emperor Yongming's eyes lit up immediately: "Really?"
Huo Yunzhan nodded confidently: "Furthermore, I have successfully made Shen Qingci suspicious about the massacre of the Shen family. She will definitely be willing to enter the palace to investigate the Shen family's affairs."
"She is still a third-rank noblewoman. Once the mourning period is over, His Majesty can have the Empress, the Empress Dowager, and the concubines in the palace find a way to summon the noblewoman to the palace."
"We'll create some chance encounters then. Knowing Shen Qingci as I do, she'll definitely find a way to seize the opportunity and take the initiative."
Emperor Yongming lifted his eyelids and smiled, a somewhat lewd smile: "That's a good idea."
"This Shen Qingci does have some good looks."
"If I could get her to come to me willingly, I might just have some fun with her..."
The last three words, "have some fun," are quite meaningful.
Huo Yunzhan gritted his teeth. The emperor was right; Shen Qingci was indeed... somewhat attractive.
He was determined to use all sorts of schemes to get Shen Qingci into the palace, but deep down he was still somewhat reluctant to let her go.
After all, he had heard about the methods the emperor used against women like that.
But thinking back to what Shen Qingci had done to him recently...
He remembered the promises the Emperor and Prime Minister Liu had made to him...
Huo Yunzhan took a deep breath: "It should taste pretty good. My younger brother mentioned it before. Your Majesty should try it; you'll definitely like it!"
Shen Qingci's gaze suddenly darkened. Huo Yunzhan!
She never imagined that this man would be so heartless as to talk about their sex life with others.
Huo Yunzhan, unaware that every word he uttered had been clearly heard by Shen Qingci, still spoke with urgency: "Shen Qingci would never know that she has already fallen into our trap."
"Once she enters the palace, we'll put on a few more shows together, and we'll make her obediently hand over that private army."
"At that time, what His Majesty promised me..."
Emperor Yongming glanced at him: "Don't worry, I am the emperor, and naturally my word is my bond!"
"As long as I obtain the Shen family's elite troops, along with the soldiers I've secretly bribed, and Prime Minister Liu..." He laughed heartily, "My reclaiming of imperial power will be just around the corner!"
"But don't worry, I know that the most important thing right now is to get you out of here!"
"You wait here, I'll go and negotiate with the Regent right now!"
Emperor Yongming turned to leave, but the guard who had previously splashed a basin of ice water to wake Huo Yunzhan came back in and delivered a swift chop to Huo Yunzhan's neck. Huo Yunzhan's eyes widened, and he immediately fainted.
Shen Qingci let out a long breath, a bloodshot look spreading through his eyes.
Chu Jichen's eyes were also dark and brooding as he stared intently at Shen Qingci: "Kill him?"
Shen Qingci gritted her teeth and sneered, "Why kill him? What's the fun in killing him so easily?"
"It would be more interesting if he could witness me marrying you and see all his schemes come to naught."
"I can't wait to marry you."
She was thinking frantically that once she became the Regent's Consort, the first thing she would do was to meet the Huo family.
Their reactions are sure to be very interesting!
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