Chapter 58 I, Yunxi, will never be a concubine.
Xiao Shenjing knew how cunning Yunxi was. Now that he had caught her, he naturally didn't want her to slip away again right under his nose.
The bodyguards sent to monitor Yunxi were all masters of light-footed skills and were proficient in the Turtle Breathing Technique.
Even though Yunxi's hearing is better than that of ordinary people, it is still difficult for her to detect.
Upon hearing the report from the guards, Xiao Shenjing was truly amused by Yun Xi's words.
She was the only one who dared to speak of defying the emperor's authority in such a grand and dignified manner.
"Young Master." At that moment, a knock sounded at the door.
As soon as Dao entered, the guards behind him knelt down and reported, "Master, the proprietress here has a stomachache and needs to go out to see a doctor."
Xiao Shenjing toyed with the cup in his hand, and after a moment, waved his hand.
Yunxi and Hongxiu only remembered this matter after they had eaten and drunk their fill. Just in case, she even whispered it in Hongxiu's ear.
"A contraceptive soup?" Hongxiu was so surprised that she raised her voice.
Yunxi pressed her lips and shushed.
Yunxi's words put Hongxiu in a difficult position. The girls Hongxiu recruited were all virgins and did not have any readily available contraceptives; they would have to go to a clinic to get the medicine.
At this point, Yunxi was naturally unable to leave, so Hongxiu decided to take a risk.
She pretended to have a stomachache and, with Yunxi's help, arrived at the gate.
There were eight guards with swords standing at the entrance.
Hongxiu cried out twice, clutching her stomach, and said, "My lords, my stomach is really hurting. Please take me to the clinic."
When these people went to report, Yunxi was unusually uneasy.
However, he quickly realized that Xiao Shenjing shouldn't be so suspicious; he would never have imagined that his godmother would buy contraceptives.
Thinking about it this way, I gradually relaxed.
Sure enough, the guards released Hongxiu very quickly.
Seeing this, Yunxi also wanted to try, but as soon as she stuck out her toes, the guard drew his knife with a 'whoosh'.
Yunxi gave an awkward smile, obediently raised her hand, and took a step back.
Just now, fearing that her godmother would notice something was wrong, Yunxi gritted her teeth and pretended that nothing was wrong as she walked.
After going back, it took her half a day to walk that short distance.
The more she walked, the more she felt something was wrong. Then she looked up and saw Xiao Shenjing standing on the third floor, looking down at her.
Yunxi coldly withdrew her gaze and walked towards the kitchen on her own.
He took her room, and Yunxi preferred to sleep in the kitchen.
The thought of having to return to the capital with Xiao Shenjing tomorrow only made her more annoyed.
Hongxiu knew Dali very well and returned quickly.
She closed the door and whispered to Yunxi, "This medicine won't harm your body."
After Yunxi took it, she couldn't help but hold her hand and ask, "Yunxi, have you thought this through? If you really want to go back to the palace as a concubine, you need to have children to have a support system and hope for the future."
"Godmother, I haven't had enough fun yet. I don't want to have a child so early." Yunxi said with a smile, "Didn't you say that this medicine won't harm your body? I'll have another one with Xiao Shenjing in a few years."
She had barely finished speaking when the door was kicked open.
Yunxi almost instinctively hid the medicine behind her back.
Outside the door, Xiao Shenjing stepped into the kitchen.
His height made the large room feel extremely cramped as soon as he entered.
Looking at her, he asked in a deep voice, "Yunxi, what are you holding in your hand?"
At this moment, Yunxi realized that Xiao Shenjing already knew.
But she didn't take it too seriously.
After all, Cen Yuwei is the Empress, and for the sake of the country, Xiao Shenjing should first have children with her.
Otherwise, if she were to have a child first, problems could easily arise. Therefore, in order to consolidate the empire, when the empress was childless, all the other concubines would be given a contraceptive soup.
Yunxi knew this simple truth, and Xiao Shenjing, as an emperor, naturally had already thought of it.
So why did this person come all the way here to ask?
Yunxi frowned, looking puzzled, and stared at Xiao Shenjing. "Didn't you already know? It's a contraceptive soup."
In the end, what men do always comes at the cost of women's health.
Yunxi was furious, but she had to drink the contraceptive soup.
She absolutely did not want to have Xiao Shenjing's child.
Secondly, childbirth is so painful, it's a matter of life and death, does Xiao Shenjing deserve it?
After saying that, Yunxi turned around and went to find a pot to brew the medicine.
Unable to find it, she turned around, about to ask her godmother, when she discovered that Xiao Shenjing had somehow appeared behind her.
He stared intently at her with deep eyes.
Contraceptive.
She dared to secretly drink contraceptives behind his back.
Is she afraid of getting pregnant with his child?
Xiao Shenjing grew angrier the more he thought about it.
The house was shrouded in a suffocating atmosphere, as if a dark cloud was pressing down on it.
"What are you doing?" Yunxi frowned, looking at him with annoyance.
She was in sore all over, yet she still had to brew her own contraceptive soup.
The more I think about it, the more I hate this culprit.
After glaring fiercely, she turned her head, a smile instantly spreading across her face. She asked Hongxiu with a grin, "Godmother, where's the pot for brewing the medicine?"
Hongxiu pointed to the edge of the water vat.
Yunxi nodded and was about to turn around to get the medicine when Xiao Shenjing suddenly stepped forward, grabbed Yunxi's hand, and ripped the contraceptive soup from her hand without saying a word.
He gripped her hand tightly, forcefully pulling it up, and demanded, "You have some nerve! Did I give you permission?"
"Xiao Shenjing, what are you doing?" Seeing the medicinal herbs falling to the ground, Yunxi was completely shocked and never expected him to do this. "Are you really out of your mind?"
Her audacious appearance made Hongxiu's heart tremble.
Although she was not afraid of powerful figures, Yunxi was facing the supreme imperial power, an authority that could easily exterminate nine generations of a family with just a flick of its finger.
Hongxiu was never afraid of ordinary martial arts practitioners.
But Xiao Shenjing was different; he was the current emperor.
Yunxi Hongxiu was so worried that her heart was in her throat.
Her voice, though not loud, was the most effective way to calm Yunxi's anger.
Before Xiao Shenjing could even speak, Yun Xi suddenly laughed and grabbed his hand, saying, "Alright, if you don't want to eat, then don't."
Xiao Shenjing looked at the two clasped hands, but the words he was about to say were swallowed back down.
"Dao Yi Dao Er" was speechless as he watched Yun Xi's face change as quickly as turning the pages of a book.
For a moment, the atmosphere in the large kitchen became unusually strange.
Hongxiu sensed something was wrong and instinctively looked at Xiao Shenjing's reaction.
His face was initially filled with anger, but now it has clearly faded, though it is still far from being amiable.
Seeing Hongxiu's suspicious expression, Yunxi suppressed her impatience and affectionately patted Xiao Shenjing's hand.
Her appearance made Xiao Shenjing laugh.
What do you take him for?
She can yell and curse whenever she wants, but now, in order to deal with the people she cares about, she has to make them cooperate with her acting.
Oh.
Since she wants to play, he'll play along and see who can outplay whom.
He pulled Yunxi into his arms, then lifted her chin, lowered his head, and inch by inch moved closer and closer to her lips.
Yunxi's eyes widened suddenly.
How can he be so shameless?
She felt unwell and instinctively wanted to retreat.
But she sensed that her godmother was staring at her.
She can't back down.
It's impossible to go forward.
He was so angry that he clenched his fists tightly at his sides.
Xiao Shenjing, however, seemed completely oblivious to her resistance, a slight smile playing on his lips, his eyes filled with sarcasm.
He admired how Yunxi's every subtle expression changed because of his movements.
He was annoyed by her resistance, yet he also felt pleasure at the fact that she was powerless to resist and had to force herself to endure it.
Just as Xiao Shenjing was about to kiss her lips in public, Yunxi couldn't take it anymore.
His back was tense, and his hands, hanging by his sides, reached into the bag.
Knife One and Knife Two, always on guard, stared wide-eyed.
He quickly positioned himself behind Yunxi, ensuring he could stop her the moment she made a move.
How could Xiao Shenjing not have noticed "Yunxi"? Yet he showed no fear whatsoever and instead slowly called out her name.
Even though death was imminent, he still had the leisure to tuck a strand of hair behind her ear.
Yunxi couldn't stand it.
Just as she was about to stab him in the chest with the hairpin tightly in her hand, Xiao Shenjing whispered three words in her ear like a true lover: "Red Sleeves."
Just three words were enough to pierce through all of Yunxi's murderous intent.
She slowly released her grip on the hairpin, and even her tense back gradually slumped down.
She could kill Xiao Shenjing.
The price was that the entire Red Sleeve Pavilion was buried with him.
There were a total of sixty-eight maids and servants.
She had no choice but to compromise.
Xiao Shenjing seemed quite satisfied. He even had the leisure to pat her back, as if to comfort her or to assert his ownership.
Then, under Yunxi's gaze, he lifted his leg, his black boot soles crushing and soiling the dregs of the medicine mixed with angelica and safflower.
He stomped heavily into the soil.
Then, disregarding Yunxi's wishes, he forcibly pulled her into his arms and walked towards the door.
As she passed Hongxiu, she couldn't help but call out, "Yunxi!"
The current emperor is too reserved in expressing his emotions, too calculating, and too imposing.
With Yunxi's straightforward and clear-headed nature, how could she possibly be a match for someone like that?
She always felt uneasy.
To everyone's surprise, Yunxi smiled and said, "Don't worry, godmother, I'm fine. You go and rest first."
As she spoke, she grabbed Xiao Shenjing's hand tightly from behind.
He raised their tightly clasped hands and shook them smugly.
Xiao Shenjing didn't expose her, and even stood there patiently, waiting for her.
Seeing this, Hongxiu finally relaxed.
As soon as she stepped out of the kitchen, Yunxi immediately shook off Xiao Shenjing's hand.
She pursed her lips and glared at him fiercely.
Xiao Shenjing wasn't angry, but the smile on his lips infuriated Yunxi.
In retaliation, she angrily rubbed her hands hard on the hem of her skirt.
It's like they think it's dirty.
"Yunxi!" Her disdainful gesture made Xiao Shenjing frown instantly, and a deep shadow fell over the corner of his eye.
Yunxi didn't even glance at him, turned around, and walked silently to the third floor.
Xiao Shenjing had taken over her room, and she didn't want to share a room with him.
I had planned to spend the night in my godmother's room.
As a result, Xiao Shenjing stood by her door and said, "Go, drag that Hongxiu out and behead her."
"How dare you!" Yunxi was furious upon hearing this.
"What do you think I wouldn't dare to do?" Xiao Shenjing chuckled lightly, but the smile didn't reach his eyes, making it seem exceptionally deep.
Yunxi took a deep breath and could only walk towards her room.
Even as she reached the door, she remained uneasy. Turning her head, she glared at Xiao Shenjing and warned, "Don't touch my godmother, don't touch Hongxiuzhao, otherwise..."
The tone was blatantly threatening.
Xiao Shenjing stared at the murderous intent in her eyes, feeling extremely displeased.
But he only snorted coldly and didn't say anything.
After Xiao Shenjing entered the room.
Dao Yi struggled and hesitated for a few moments, but still had to call out, "Your Majesty."
It's not that he's tactless.
They just had to go into someone's house and become a conspicuous figure.
It's just that Miss Yunxi is too unpredictable. Who would dare to let her live in the same room as His Majesty?
Xiao Shenjing was naturally aware of his concerns.
He waved to Dao, signaling him to close the door.
"But Your Majesty..."
Dao Yi still glanced at Yun Xi with unease.
Xiao Shenjing glanced at him and asked, "Have you ascertained the addresses of all 68 members of the Red Sleeve Registrar?"
Yunxi suddenly looked up.
Dao nodded repeatedly, glancing at Yunxi unconsciously.
The latter slammed down his teacup and sneered, "Dao Yi, I won't kill your master. You can sleep soundly now."
Yunxi had recently gotten used to teasing Ding Xian, and after teasing him she would comfort him, so after she finished speaking she habitually raised her chin, and even her tone inexplicably carried a sense of doting.
"Get out." Xiao Shenjing glanced at Dao Yi.
The voice was noticeably cold.
Dao Yi quickly bent over and left this frightening and troublesome place.
The door was closed.
Only she and Xiao Shenjing remained in the room.
Thinking about what happened in this house last night, Yunxi couldn't suppress her irritation.
He tilted his head back and drank the tea in the cup, then poured himself several more cups.
That barely managed to suppress it a little.
Remembering the most important thing at hand, she looked at the man not far away with extreme impatience: "Xiao Shenjing, have your men make me a contraceptive soup right now."
This matter is more important than anything else.
Without hesitation, Xiao Shenjing said, "If you have children, then give birth to them."
After he finished speaking, he still added with concern, "Without my permission, do not make any more decisions on your own in the future."
"The future?" Yunxi laughed in exasperation. "What future do you and I have? This is the first and only time."
"Do you think this is something you can decide?" Xiao Shenjing laughed. "Yunxi, I'm not discussing this with you."
"Okay, okay," Yunxi waved her hand dismissively, "I don't want to argue with you right now, let's solve the problem."
She poured herself another cup of tea, tilted her head back, and drank it all in one gulp.
Then he looked at Xiao Shenjing and asked directly, "Does Cen Yuwei have a child?"
Xiao Shenjing remained silent for a moment, then stared at Yun Xi with a strange look in his eyes.
He looked as if he was about to punish her in a fit of rage.
But in the end, he swallowed it back down.
Last night was the first time such a thing had happened; it would be too damaging to the emperor's dignity to talk about it.
Even with a knife to his throat, he would never tell anyone.
"That means she hasn't yet." Seeing that he didn't speak, Yunxi concluded, "She hasn't given you a legitimate son. What will you do if I get pregnant later?"
Yunxi was absolutely fed up with all this bullshit.
Even if she and Xiao Shenjing had consummated their marriage, and even if she had to return to the palace, she would never have a child with him.
But no matter how upset she was, this wasn't the time to lash out, so she suppressed her temper and reasoned with her.
“Xiao Shenjing, it’s good for everyone if I drink the contraceptive soup, isn’t it?”
"That's my business, you don't need to worry about it."
It was born.
There is nothing he cannot solve.
Moreover, he would not allow anyone else to interfere in the matter of having offspring.
Seeing Yunxi's anger growing, he unusually reassured her, "Don't worry, I will naturally give you a title after we return."
“I remember,” Yunxi chuckled indifferently, slowly tilting her head to gaze at him and said, “I told you a long time ago that I, Yunxi, would never be a concubine.”
Xiao Shenjing disliked her current state very much and frowned, reminding her, "Don't push your luck."
Instead of arguing, she asked softly, "Xiao Shenjing, what title do you intend to bestow upon me?"
It's as if they're asking for a reward.
Or are they using his offspring as leverage?
He looked at her and asked, "What do you want? If it's not too unreasonable, I can grant it to you."
He spoke gently, but the curve of his lips betrayed an unspeakable sarcasm.
"Then let's make her the Empress." Yunxi smiled at him as if she didn't understand anything.
Xiao Shenjing held back for a long time but couldn't help it. He let out a short, sarcastic laugh and said, "You know it's impossible."
Her temperament, knowledge, and behavior were simply not suited to be the head of the six palaces.
Yunxi sneered and said in a more sarcastic and cutting tone, "You can threaten me with Hongxiuzhao and take me back to the palace. But, Xiao Shenjing, you must remember this: I, Yunxi, have said I will never be a concubine, and that means I will never be a concubine."
Xiao Shenjing's expression grew increasingly cold.
"Even if you beg me to be your empress, I, Yunxi, will not deign to give you a second glance."
Xiao Shenjing's expression suddenly changed. "Insolence!"
Yun Xi remained unfazed, her mocking expression unchanged. Staring at him, she slowly said, "So what if you're presumptuous? Xiao Shenjing, what can you take from me now?"
She asked him with a smile, "Is it fate?"
These two words inexplicably made Xiao Shenjing's heart tremble.
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