Chapter 183 Uncontrollable Emotions
Shen Qingci slowly lowered her eyes, a faint smile of complete control curving her lips.
Emperor Yongming's reaction was even better than she had expected.
It seems that her carefully laid plan has already begun to show results.
Together with Yuanbao, she quietly slipped out of the secret passage and returned to the Regent's Palace.
As soon as she returned to her bedroom in the main courtyard, Shen Qingci couldn't wait to vividly recount everything she had overheard in the Taiji Hall to Chu Jichen.
She first used a high-pitched voice, imitating the Prime Minister's wife's tone of being both anxious and angry, yet forced to be humble: "Your Majesty, please understand! The Prime Minister... everything he did was for Your Majesty!"
Then, she cleared her throat, leaned back, and mimicked Emperor Yongming's blustering yet cowardly demeanor. She slammed her hand on the table and shrieked, "I am the emperor! This world belongs to me! That old scoundrel dares to try and seize my throne? Dream on!"
She acted so vividly, perfectly capturing the thoughts and ugly behavior of the two men.
After the performance, she turned around with a smile and looked at the man on the soft couch who had been watching her with a smile the whole time. She was about to have a good discussion with him about how to deal with the situation next.
But as soon as she turned around, before she could even speak, she was suddenly pulled away by an irresistible force!
In the blink of an eye, she was caught in Chu Jichen's arms and pressed against his lap!
Immediately afterwards, a kiss filled with laughter and burning heat descended upon me!
"Hmm..."
Shen Qingci's eyes widened, her mind going completely blank!
This man!
She finally managed to catch her breath and quickly pushed him away, asking in a mix of shame and anger, "Chu Jichen! What...what's wrong with you now?"
Chu Jichen simply looked at her with a smile, his deep phoenix eyes filled with undisguised laughter and affection.
“There’s nothing I can do.” His voice was hoarse, with a hint of languor after being aroused. “My queen… just now, she was just… too interesting.”
"I...cannot control myself."
Shen Qingci: "..."
She looked at him in disbelief, finding it utterly absurd!
She gritted her teeth, secretly thinking to herself: Where does he get so much uncontrollable passion?
Didn't he also live a solitary and detached life during the years before he got married?
How come these days, just because they're married, they can't control their emotions at the drop of a hat, as if they could...
Shen Qingci's cheeks flushed even hotter than before.
She thought that she and Huo Yunzhan were childhood sweethearts and deeply in love.
Even in the early days of their marriage, Huo Yunzhan... had never been so... reckless.
Chu Jichen looked at her shy and annoyed expression, yet her face was flushed with a cute blush, and couldn't help but chuckle softly.
"Qingqing... is she cursing me in her heart again?"
"How dare I?" Shen Qingci glared at him playfully, unwilling to dwell on the topic any longer.
Her eyes darted around, and she quickly said in a serious tone, "By the way, Your Highness. I've been calculating the days, and the poison I gave Liu Wenyuan should be... ready to take effect soon."
"I tampered with the poison that Physician Li gave me. Physician Li said that if the antidote is not obtained by the third day after being poisoned, the poison will rapidly worsen, causing unbearable pain. If I calculate it... that's tomorrow."
"If Liu Wenyuan's condition worsens tomorrow, the Prime Minister's wife... will surely come to beg me again."
"At that time, we will be able to..."
Chu Jichen listened to her plan and nodded, his eyes full of indulgence: "Alright, everything will be done according to the Princess's wishes."
Shen Qingci knew that Chu Jichen must also have his own plans in the dark.
But she didn't ask any further questions, and he didn't say much either.
A tacit understanding had long been formed between the two.
All she needed to know was that Chu Jichen was ambitious, capable, and... irreconcilably opposed to her enemies.
That's enough.
After all, their enemies, though different in their paths, ultimately meet the same end.
On the afternoon of the second day, neither the Prime Minister's wife nor Liu Ruolan, whom Shen Qingci had anticipated, appeared.
The one who came uninvited was... Huo Yunzhan.
As soon as he was invited into the front hall, before he even sat down, he immediately dismissed everyone around him and urgently requested to speak with Shen Qingci alone.
Upon hearing this, Shen Qingci raised her eyebrows slightly, inwardly sneering.
Huo Yunzhan, that fool, does he really think that just because Chu Jichen is "poisoned and unconscious," he can act with impunity?
He probably didn't know that in this heavily guarded Regent's Palace, speaking to her "alone" and speaking directly into Chu Jichen's ear were... essentially the same thing.
But that's alright.
She was also curious to hear what other disgusting and shocking things this man could say.
She nodded and calmly agreed.
When Huo Yunzhan saw that she agreed so easily, his eyes instantly flashed with wild joy!
He thought to himself: Just as I expected!
Now that Chu Jichen is in trouble and his life is uncertain, that bitch Shen Qingci must be regretting it! Regretting leaving him and the Huo family so decisively back then! She must want to come back to his side now!
After Shen Qingci dismissed all the servants in the hall, Huo Yunzhan could no longer contain himself. He stepped forward and looked at her intently with what he thought was a deep affection, his voice filled with suppressed excitement:
"Qingci! Yesterday...you deliberately made things difficult for Liu Ruolan, and you refused to hand over the antidote because of the poison in Liu Wenyuan's body. Was it...was it because of me?"
"You...you still can't bear to part with me, can you?"
Seeing that Shen Qingci remained silent, he took it as a tacit agreement and became even more agitated, saying, "Qingci! I know I was wrong! I regret it! I... I really shouldn't have done those foolish things back then!"
"Don't worry!" he assured him confidently, "After I get back, I will immediately divorce that wicked woman, Liu Ruolan! From now on, you will be the only one by my side!"
"I know you may still be clinging to the title of 'Regent's Consort' and are unwilling to return to the Marquis's residence for the time being, and that's alright!" His voice was filled with self-righteous "magnanimity" and "tolerance." "I can wait for you! I will remain chaste for you! When you've had your fun and want to come back, I..."
Shen Qingci felt an indescribable wave of nausea surge up from her stomach, almost making her vomit on the spot!
She finally couldn't hold back and let out a cold laugh, directly interrupting his disgusting monologue.
“Huo Yunzhan,” she looked at him, her gaze as if she were looking at a disgusting bug, “who… gave you your confidence?”
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