Chapter 14 must have hurt a lot, right?
The moment she opened her eyes, she met Chu Jichen's gaze.
Shen Qingci silently tried to withdraw her hand, and while pulling it back, she asked Chu Jichen in a low voice, "Is Your Highness also going to the mountain to offer incense today?"
This is too much of a coincidence. Last time, she plotted to lure Huo Yunzhan back to the Shen residence, and then she ran into Chu Jichen there. Now, when she plots to deal with Liu Ruolan, she has run into Chu Jichen again.
It seemed that every time she appeared to be in danger, Chu Jichen would always appear at just the right moment.
Last time, Chu Jichen said that he had planted spies in the Marquis's mansion, worried that she might do something rash.
Why this time?
Chu Jichen remained silent, but sensing her intention, he increased the pressure on her wrist.
Shen Qingci's eyelids twitched heavily several times, her gaze falling on his fingers pressing on her pulse: "Your Highness... knows medicine?"
Chu Jichen frowned slightly: "Your pulse..."
He stared intently into Shen Qingci's eyes: "It is indeed the pulse after a miscarriage."
"But...didn't you have the baby today?"
He frowned and looked down at Shen Qingci's blood-stained dress.
If the pregnancy hadn't occurred today, the child would have already passed away. So why am I bleeding so much?
Shen Qingci was slightly surprised. Could it be that he could actually tell from the pulse?
Her mind raced. The Regent was the man she had chosen for her remarriage, and he seemed to have no ill intentions towards her.
He's already diagnosed it, so why doesn't she just... tell him everything?
Perfect, we can also use Chu Jichen's influence to cover things up for her.
And incidentally, let's completely and definitively condemn Liu Ruolan for killing her child.
Thinking of this, Shen Qingci no longer hesitated and simply nodded: "Yes, I didn't conceive today. My child was lost the night Huo Yunzhan's coffin was brought into the manor, before I agreed to marry you."
She paused slightly, took a deep breath, and her eyes flashed with intense hatred: "I had someone find the abortion pills, and I drank them myself!"
"The scene at the temple just now was a play I orchestrated myself, in order to frame Liu Ruolan for the death of my child."
As Shen Qingci spoke, she kept an eye on Chu Jichen's reaction.
If he thinks she's malicious and ruthless, then she will...
"Does it hurt a lot?"
Shen Qingci's thoughts were interrupted by Chu Jichen's sudden question. She was stunned for a moment before she realized what Chu Jichen was asking her.
It must hurt a lot, right?
For a moment, Shen Qingci's mind went blank, and she subconsciously didn't understand what Chu Jichen was asking.
Was it when you took the abortion pills? Or just now when you rolled down the steps?
"Even though you didn't lose the baby just now, it must have been very painful to take the abortion pill, right?"
It is painful, of course.
Shen Qingci's eyelashes trembled slightly. Even after so many days, she still remembered the excruciating pain of feeling her flesh being torn from her body.
"Although you fell down the steps just now and did not miscarry, you still tumbled down more than ten steps."
Chu Jichen's gaze fell on the obvious bruises on Shen Qingci's wrist, his eyes darkening: "It must be hurting too, right?"
Chu Jichen's eyes darkened: "You want to deal with Liu Ruolan? How do you want her to die? I can..."
Shen Qingci quickly interrupted Chu Jichen before he could finish speaking: "I want to do it myself."
Shen Qingci met Chu Jichen's gaze quietly, smiled slightly, and suddenly said, "Huo Yunzhan is not dead."
Chu Jichen's expression changed drastically. What did Shen Qingci say? Huo Yunzhan wasn't dead? Then she...
She had a deep affection for Huo Yunzhan, and it was only after Huo Yunzhan died that she finally had a chance.
If Huo Yunzhan hadn't died, wouldn't there have been no possibility between him and her?
"The one who died was Huo Yunting." Shen Qingci lowered her eyes, her voice extremely calm: "Huo Yunzhan took Huo Yunting's identity and returned to the capital, becoming the Marquis of Yongning, Huo Yunting."
“I thought he was dead. I was heartbroken for him and tried to kill myself several times. But he despised my Shen family because they were all executed and I could no longer rely on him. So he took the identity of Huo Yunting and spent every night with his sister-in-law, Liu Ruolan, whom I just saw.”
Shen Qingci scoffed: "I learned the truth by chance and verified it several times. There is absolutely no falsehood in this matter."
"Since Huo Yunzhan is going to trample on my sincerity like this, why should I stay?"
She slightly raised her chin, her face full of determination.
“I’ve always been someone who can’t stand the slightest betrayal or deception, so after I heard him and Liu Ruolan having sex, I immediately drank an abortion pill and got rid of the child with him.”
"Since he chose to fake his death and be with Liu Ruolan, then I will have no further relationship or feelings with him."
Shen Qingci looked up at Chu Jichen again, her eyes filled with tears, but a smile played on her lips: "Now that Your Highness knows everything I've done, are you still willing to marry me?"
Chu Jichen's Adam's apple bobbed, and he silently tucked his hands into his sleeves to hide the uncontrollable trembling of his hands.
"If you're willing to marry me, I'm willing to marry you!"
He took a deep breath, his eyes darkening: "But... have you thought this through? Huo Yunzhan is not dead."
"But if you marry me, there will be no turning back."
"I will never...give up easily."
Shen Qingci smiled: "Your Highness, rest assured, I will never turn back."
She remembered everything she experienced in her past life perfectly.
Moreover, the Huo family is now involved with the Shen family's affairs.
If the Huo family is truly connected to the execution of her entire Shen family, she will not let any member of the Huo family go.
Turn around?
She turned back only to kill them, didn't she?
Hearing Shen Qingci say this, Chu Jichen finally loosened his grip slightly.
He lowered his eyes, concealing his unease, and asked only, "This time, I took you away, and now I'm involved in this whole affair."
How do you want me to cooperate?
Shen Qingci narrowed his eyes slightly: "I do need Your Highness's help with this matter. I will go back to the manor with Your Highness first. Liu Ruolan should have already come down the mountain by now. After she comes down the mountain, she will definitely go to the Marquis's manor to find Prime Minister Liu as soon as possible."
"Once she twists the truth and tells everyone in the Marquis's mansion what happened, they should come to the Prince's mansion to look for her very soon."
"At that time... we will need Your Highness's cooperation."
The carriage entered the city at top speed, heading straight for the Regent's Palace.
Chu Jichen looked at Shen Qingci, who was about to stand up: "Since it's an opera, you should sing it well from beginning to end. You shouldn't have had the strength to stand up before, right?"
Shen Qingci was taken aback and looked up at Chu Jichen.
Chu Jichen gently patted his knees: "Since I carried you onto the carriage, I should naturally carry you down as well."
Shen Qingci bit her lip, looking hesitantly at Chu Jichen's legs: "Your Highness's legs... are they alright?"
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