Chapter 63 Shen Qingci is his
From the moment he learned that Shen Qingci had left the Yongning Marquis's residence, he could hardly contain the beast within him that was about to break free of its cage.
Only one thought kept recurring in his mind: Shen Qingci was his.
"I'll take you to see the next room." Chu Jichen took a deep breath and maneuvered his wheelchair toward the secret door leading to the next room.
The place next door is much larger than this one, and it's a completely different world, with pavilions, towers, bridges, and flowing water. Everything you see and use in the courtyard is exquisite.
Shen Qingci lowered her head and looked at Chu Jichen, her eyes narrowing slightly. It had only been yesterday that she had asked Wanqing to arrange for people to prepare the courtyard.
But these things can't be prepared in a short time.
"When did Your Highness prepare this courtyard and all these things?"
Chu Jichen made no attempt to conceal anything: "Half a month ago."
Half a month ago?
That means... she just agreed to marry him not long ago?
Chu Jichen seemed to know what she was thinking, and only responded softly, "Indeed, we started preparing when you agreed to marry me."
“I guessed that you probably wouldn’t be able to get married from the Yongning Marquis’s residence. So I bought this courtyard first, originally intending to furnish it for your wedding.”
Shen Qingci's eyelashes trembled slightly, and she couldn't help but murmur softly, "Arranged for my wedding?"
"Um."
Chu Jichen curled the corners of his lips: "However, it's good that you've moved in early. It'll be a good opportunity to see if there's anything we need to buy. If there's anything we need, you can just tell me or instruct the housekeeper."
Shen Qingci lowered her eyes and smiled: "It is I who am to marry the prince, how can I let the prince prepare everything?"
"There's no need to worry about so much between us. It was originally my turn to marry you. As I said, all you need to do is bring yourself and marry me. Leave the rest to me."
Chu Jichen led Shen Qingci around the courtyard for a while, and then left.
Wanqing looked around the main courtyard and couldn't help but click her tongue: "The prince is so good to the young lady. All these things are such fine things."
Shen Qingci responded softly, "Have someone carry out my dowry, take it directly to the next room, and then carry it from there to this side."
"Anyway, we had already completely broken ties with the Yongning Marquis's Mansion before we left, so we don't care about this trip."
Those dowry items were the last things her parents left her, and she had finally managed to get them back from Liu Ruolan. She absolutely could not leave them in the Marquis's mansion and let them benefit from them for nothing.
"yes!"
Wanqing immediately went to give the instructions, and by evening, all the dowry items had been brought in.
Wanqing walked around the courtyard and then went to the steward to ask for the key to the small storeroom in the courtyard, intending to put all her dowry in the storeroom.
"Miss! Miss!"
Shen Qingci was reading in the room when she heard Wanqing's exclamation: "As soon as I opened that small storeroom, I found a full 120 loads of things inside! All the chests and boxes are decorated with the character 'double happiness' and tied with red silk flowers!"
Shen Qingci was taken aback and went to see as well, and everything... was just as Wan Qing had said.
Shen Qingci quickly summoned the steward, who slapped his forehead and said with a smile, "These things are all the betrothal gifts that the Prince has prepared for Miss!"
“Previously, Miss lived in the Marquis’s mansion, which was not very convenient. But the Prince said that everything that is necessary should be provided. So he had the betrothal gifts brought here first, and then Miss can take these betrothal gifts, along with her dowry, back to the Prince’s mansion from here.”
Dowry...?
When she married Huo Yunzhan, the betrothal gifts were only forty-eight loads.
She is now... remarried.
How... how can I be worthy of these things?
Shen Qingci took a deep breath and smiled: "Okay, I understand. I'll talk to the Prince about it later."
Chu Jichen is the regent, so he naturally needs to have a certain level of prestige.
One hundred and twenty loads of betrothal gifts were indeed quite a grand affair.
She'll bring it back to the Regent's Palace then, but it won't go into her private treasury; it'll just be a formality.
...
Suddenly found herself in a completely unfamiliar place, Shen Qingci thought she would be unable to fall asleep.
Unexpectedly, perhaps because the incense in the room was somewhat familiar, she slept very well.
Except for one thing: she had a strange dream.
In her dream, she received an enormous, soft pillow that was incredibly comfortable. The pillow even sprouted arms that embraced her and kissed her forehead in the dream...
The next day, when Shen Qingci woke up and thought about the dream, she couldn't help but find it a little funny.
How could a soft pillow possibly grow arms to hug her? Or even kiss her?
No wonder it was a dream.
Shen Qingci was lost in thought when Wan Qing tiptoed in.
Seeing that Shen Qingci's eyes were open, Wan Qing exclaimed, "Oh, so Miss is awake!"
Wanqing hurriedly stepped forward to help Shen Qingci change her clothes: "After I arrived here yesterday, I arranged for people to keep an eye on the Marquis's every move."
"Shortly after we left yesterday, Liu Ruolan took a carriage and headed straight for the Prime Minister's residence!"
Wan Qing pouted: "Huo Yunzhan has already treated Liu Ruolan like that, he even physically assaulted her, and Liu Ruolan still wants Prime Minister Liu to help him?"
"What's she after? Logically speaking, Liu Ruolan comes from a good family, and now that Huo Yunzhan is no longer successful, even if Liu Ruolan divorces and remarries, she should be able to marry into a good family. Why does she have to hang herself on this crooked tree?"
Shen Qingci was also somewhat surprised. In her impression, Liu Ruolan shouldn't be such a patient person.
Now that Huo Yunzhan has been imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison for offending the Emperor, what a wonderful opportunity this is!
Wouldn't it be perfect for Liu Ruolan to take this opportunity to divorce Huo Yunzhan?
However, if that's the case, Liu Ruolan would inevitably be accused of kicking someone when they're down.
Shen Qingci stroked his sleeves, thinking that perhaps getting the Liu family to rescue Huo Yunzhan was part of a deal between Liu Ruolan and the Huo family...
As Shen Qingci was thinking, she heard a commotion outside: "...Fire!"
Shen Qingci and Wan Qing exchanged a glance. A fire? Where is the fire?
Could it be that the Huo family tracked them down here and set a fire?
Shen Qingci quickly stood up and had just stepped into the courtyard when she saw the steward walking over at a brisk pace.
"Butler, I just heard someone say there's a fire? Where is the fire? Is it in the neighbor's yard?"
As Shen Qingci was speaking, she saw thick black smoke rising in the distance.
That direction... it's not the courtyard arranged by her people.
"It's not our courtyard, the place on fire... is the imperial prison!"
Shen Qingci was taken aback: "The Heavenly Prison?"
Huo Yunzhan seems to be imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison right now!
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