Chapter 104 She knew exactly what he was thinking.
Chu Jichen watched Huo Yunzhan's hurried figure, raised his eyebrows slightly, and asked in surprise, "Why...did he just leave?"
He actually quite hoped that Huo Yunzhan would make a scene in front of everyone.
The bigger and more intense the commotion, the better.
Only in this way will Shen Qingci lose all hope in him and feel disgust towards him.
Only then could he openly and legitimately attack Huo Yunzhan.
He had even prepared the riding whip.
But then he suddenly... ran away?
As Chu Jichen was thinking, he met Shen Qingci's ambiguous gaze.
Chu Jichen touched his nose, feeling inexplicably guilty: "Now that we're out and everyone has seen us, Qingqing, why don't you say hello to everyone?"
Shen Qingci looked at the guests around him as instructed.
Immediately, a woman smiled and said, "Your Highness looks so beautiful today. You and the Regent are a match made in heaven."
Immediately, someone chimed in, "Your Highness, rest assured. We've all heard how the Marquis of Yongning's family has bullied you. We all know what's going on. No matter what the Marquis of Yongning's family says, we trust Your Highness."
"Yes, the Princess Consort did not make a mistake in handling this matter. After the Princess Consort became a widow and completed the hundred-day mourning period, marriage was no longer her concern. The fact that the Yongning Marquis's family came to make trouble is truly the most ridiculous thing in the world."
Chu Jichen scoffed, "Do you need to judge her case? To make decisions for her?"
Someone laughed: "That's right, that's right! Now that the Princess Consort and the Regent are married, the Prince will protect her. The Yongning Marquis's Mansion wouldn't dare to oppose the Prince!"
Shen Qingci couldn't help but smile. No wonder the steward said that most of the guests today, apart from a few who were very close to Chu Jichen in court, were Chu Jichen's subordinates. He also told Shen Qingci that these subordinates were usually somewhat unruly, but today they were even more lawless.
This kind of atmosphere is actually not unfamiliar to Shen Qingci.
Previously... her father and elder brother had interacted with the soldiers in the camp in this way.
Like brothers, like family.
Shen Qingci's eyebrows curved into a smile, a hint of nostalgia on her face. She simply cupped her hands in thanks to them and said, "Thank you all!"
Chu Jichen looked up at Shen Qingci and saw that she had a smile in her eyes, so he smiled too: "Let's go, I'll take you back to your room first."
Shen Qingci returned to the main courtyard with Chu Jichen, and then Chu Jichen left again.
Wan Qing lowered her voice: "Huo Yun..."
She paused, looked at the servants in the courtyard, and then quickly changed her words: "The Marquis of Yongning is acting rather strangely today."
"I thought he was going to make a big scene, but he just left like that."
Shen Qingci's eyelashes trembled, a hint of mockery in her eyes, and she lowered her voice to almost a whisper: "He probably guessed it, guessed that I already know that he is actually Huo Yunzhan and not Huo Yunting."
Huo Yunzhan's expression and reaction earlier were far too obvious.
It was so obvious that it would be difficult for her to pretend she didn't see it.
Wanqing's eyes widened: "He knows?"
She frowned, increasingly confused: "If he guessed this, shouldn't he be making a scene even more?"
After all, in doing so, her young lady was practically remarrying right in front of her husband who had faked his death.
Shen Qingci shook her head: "Huo Yunzhan guessed it, but he will definitely think that I loved him so much before, and was even willing to risk my life for him. There must be a reason and a hardship for me to choose to remarry Chu Jichen so quickly."
Shen Qingci curled her lips into a smile, a hint of sarcasm rising in her heart: "He might even think that I'm jealous because I found out about his affair with Liu Ruolan, so I'm deliberately retaliating against him like this."
"He will definitely think that I am just angry with him, and that I will forgive him once I find an opportunity to explain and coax him."
"For him, my remarriage to Chu Jichen wouldn't be a big deal. After all, everyone knows that Chu Jichen is impotent. In this case, this might actually be an opportunity. If he can appease me and get me to find out about Chu Jichen for him, why wouldn't I do it?"
Shen Qingci let out a long breath, feeling inexplicably sad.
The sad thing is that even though she had completely given up on Huo Yunzhan, she knew him too well. As long as she was sure that the person in front of her was Huo Yunzhan, she could immediately guess what he was thinking, even if he just made a single glance.
It was precisely because she could guess what he was thinking that whenever Huo Yunzhan was plotting something, she always felt that having liked Huo Yunzhan was the biggest mistake she had made in both her lives.
Wanqing was stunned: "Has he gone mad?"
"Where does he get his confidence? He actually thinks you're just being stubborn with him, and that you'll forgive him?"
Shen Qingci chuckled. Where did that confidence come from?
Perhaps, it was she who gave it to me.
Wan Qing glanced at Shen Qingci and knew that Shen Qingci was probably the most heartbroken person at this moment.
Fortunately, her young lady is now married to the Regent.
Once she marries the Regent, she can finally get rid of that scoundrel Huo Yunzhan completely.
Regardless of Huo Yunzhan's reasons for not causing a scene at today's wedding, it's a good thing for Shen Qingci.
She immediately changed the subject: "Miss, have you noticed the new house the Prince has prepared for you?"
"Huh?" Shen Qingci was still thinking about Huo Yunzhan, somewhat bewildered: "New house? What's wrong with the new house?"
"I didn't notice."
She had been wearing a red veil all the time, so nothing could be seen.
After the veil was lifted, she didn't have much of a chance to look around the new house.
Not long after, they went to the front hall.
Wanqing smiled and said, "This servant noticed that although the new room is larger, the furnishings and decorations are exactly the same as Miss's boudoir in the Shen residence!"
Shen Qingci was taken aback, somewhat astonished: "Exactly the same as the boudoir in my Shen residence?"
Wanqing nodded. She had always been by Shen Qingci's side and had been married twice with him. As an outsider, she felt it more deeply: "The prince's love for the young lady is truly beyond words."
"On this wedding day, almost everyone puts Miss's feelings first. True feelings are revealed in the details. The Prince is truly wonderful to Miss."
Shen Qingci's focus, however, was elsewhere. She frowned deeply and asked, "How did he know how my boudoir was decorated?"
"Ah..." Wanqing was stunned for a moment; she had never thought of this before.
Wanqing blinked: "Perhaps... they found a maid who used to serve in the mansion but was dismissed before the incident at the Shen mansion?"
"Or...did they sneak into the Shen family mansion to take a look?"
Shen Qingci's eyelashes trembled. That was true. Although the Shen residence was sealed off, for Chu Jichen, the seal was practically non-existent...
There were also servants dismissed by the Shen family.
After Wanqing's reminder, she suddenly remembered that when they were in that small courtyard, Chu Jichen had found the former chef of the Shen family to cook for her.
Shen Qingci narrowed her eyes. Since Chu Jichen had already hired someone, he must have hired more than one cook.
If she also sought out other people, could she meet with them and inquire about what exactly happened before the incident at the Shen residence? Perhaps she could glean some clues from their conversations.
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