In an instant, Chen Ye felt as if he had fallen into an endless abyss, his heart filled with such sorrow that he could hardly breathe.
“He’s your own brother, you can’t treat him like this.”
"No?" he said with a sneer.
"You confined him to Chengyang Palace on the grounds of spying on the Empress's beauty. Isn't that blatantly making him a target of public scorn? He's your own brother! Why did you do this?" Shen Ye didn't understand why Gu Qimu was so angry. They were clearly just business partners!
Suddenly, he abruptly pulled Shen Ye close and kissed him fiercely with his cold lips.
Shen Ye bit Gu Qimu hard and pushed him away with all her might. She almost, almost lost her disguise!
Blood trickled slowly down the corner of his lips, but he didn't seem to care, gently raising his hand to wipe away the blood.
He sneered, as if he had heard the biggest joke in the world, "You ask me why? Anyone who spied on my things deserves to die. If he weren't my own brother, tomorrow would be his death anniversary."
"You clearly have no feelings for me, and I'm not your possession. I didn't do anything with him, so how could you spies on me?"
"Remember this, even if I don't like you, I won't allow anyone else to have designs on you," he growled in a low voice.
What words could be more cruel than these?
Shen Ye looked at Gu Qimu in disbelief. This was perverted; this was extreme possessiveness.
After Gu Qimu left, Shen Ye lay on the bed with the blanket over her head, thinking about what had just happened. Gu Qichen was really unlucky, being inexplicably blamed. Did he owe Shen Ye something in his past life?
Everyone thought the Emperor loved his Empress very much, but that wasn't the case. He didn't love Shen Ye at all. He was just showing his love for her because he couldn't save face. Shen Ye thought so.
Lost in thought, he fell asleep. The next day, all the princes in the capital received imperial decrees for their fiefdoms and set off immediately for their new locations. Gu Qichen was no exception.
Shen Ye was glad that Gu Qimu hadn't actually confined him to Chengyang Palace; at least Gu Qimu had saved him face.
On the day Gu Qichen left, Shen Ye really wanted to see him off, but she restrained herself because of the rumors.
For the next two months, Shen Ye lived in a daze, often sitting alone by the window for an entire day.
'Host, don't forget your main quest.'
"I haven't forgotten, I wanted to emulate Shang Daji, but I'm not a woman, what should I do?" Shen Ye was also desperate. Why did this system give him a male body?
"Not all men are driven by their lower instincts; perhaps the male protagonist is one such example." He finished speaking and disappeared without waiting for Shen Ye to understand his meaning.
That afternoon, Yu Niannian arrived uninvited. Shen Ye thought she was here to cause trouble for him again, but to his surprise, she told him that she was pregnant!
Shen Ye smiled indifferently, thinking that this was exactly the same as the plot in TV dramas where a mistress, heavily pregnant, comes to the wife's door demanding that she take the initiative to divorce her husband.
Congratulations! When are you due?
"The imperial physician has diagnosed her; she is more than a month pregnant," Yu Niannian replied with considerable pride.
Shen Ye sneered, raised his eyes to look at the woman in front of him, and said, "Then it won't be long before I have a ready-made son, saving me the trouble of giving birth myself. Consort Yu, you are really thoughtful. Knowing that I am afraid of pain and do not want to have children, you immediately sent me one. At that time, I will speak to the Emperor and say that you have made great contributions and should be promoted to the rank of consort."
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