Chapter 10: Touching Shen Chu's Earlobe, Why Are You So Girlish?
Pei Yuan looked down at her, a cold smile playing on his lips.
"So, it turns out that even the young scholar Shen thinks I, the prince, am the most handsome."
Shen Chu smiled broadly, "Of course, in Shen Chu's heart, the Sixth Prince is handsome, dashing, charming, tall and mighty..."
The cool jade-bone fan pressed against her chin once more.
Shen Chu couldn't continue speaking and looked up to meet Pei Yuan's cold eyes.
He looked at his own face for a moment, then suddenly chuckled, "Hmm, I am indeed a few points better looking than you."
Chen Chu... was a little angry.
My chin hurts slightly.
Pei Yuan gently tapped her chin with his jade-bone fan, his voice slightly cool.
"So what makes you think that the woman you look down on, I, the prince, would like?"
"You actually dared to trick a woman you don't even want into seducing me, the prince? Shen Chu, who gave you the audacity to scheme against me?"
"Ha, you've forgotten that I still have leverage over you."
Shen Chu gently pushed aside the jade-bone fan and chuckled dryly, "It's all a misunderstanding. Even if you gave me ten lives, I wouldn't dare to scheme against Your Highness."
"Ha, is that so? It better be that way. If I hear that again, I'll knock that woman out and throw her into your bed."
Shen Chu silently cursed Pei Yuan's ancestors for eighteen generations.
The smile on his face was incredibly sincere. "Thank you for not holding it against me, Your Highness."
Pei Yuan gave a light hum, then his gaze suddenly sharpened. "Don't move."
Shen Chu froze abruptly, looking up at Pei Yuan, whose eyes were fixed on her.
Then his hand actually reached towards her face.
Shen Chu froze completely.
What is he planning to do? It couldn't be...
The two were standing quite close, and Pei Yuan's aura inexplicably reminded her of that chaotic night two days ago.
Shen Chu's face flushed red, and her heart pounded wildly.
Could it be that Pei Yuan recognized something?
Pei Yuan's hand brushed against her earlobe, the warmth of his fingers touching her soft earlobe, causing her to tremble unconsciously.
"So this is where it was."
Shen Chu looked up blankly and saw Pei Yuan holding a handwritten scroll in his hand, looking down and flipping through it.
She paused for a moment, then subconsciously turned to look at the bookshelf.
So he was looking for a book.
She was terrified, thinking that Pei Yuan had discovered she was the one he had made love to that night.
Chen Chu shoved Pei Yuan in an annoyed tone, "Sixth Prince, if you're looking for a book, just look for a book, don't scare people like that, okay?"
Pei Yuan frowned. "When did I, the prince, scare anyone?"
His gaze swept over Shen Chu's flushed face, then his eyes narrowed and a look of disgust appeared on his face.
"Chen Chu, you don't think I was thinking...?"
A cold look of disgust flashed in his eyes. "Even if I were desperate, I would never set my sights on a man like you."
With such an effeminate appearance, you must be a homosexual.
Stay away from me from now on, don't disgust me.
He picked up the book, flicked his sleeve, and turned to leave.
Shen Chu was furious and rolled up her sleeves, throwing two hard punches at his back.
You bastard, if I didn't have something on you, I would have beaten you to a pulp.
She gritted her teeth, picked up the book she had chosen, and left the library.
As soon as they stepped outside, they saw Old Madam Shen leading a group of people storming into the library.
"A maid just came to report that Yu Fang ran out of the library disheveled. You must have bullied her."
As soon as Madam Shen entered the room, she slammed her cane down heavily and looked at Shen Chu with a displeased expression.
"Today you must take Yu Fang as your concubine."
Madam Shen gave the order with a self-righteous look on her face.
Shen Chu found it amusing; it seemed Zhao Yufang hadn't had a chance to talk to Old Madam Shen before she got back.
"Grandmother, shouldn't you ask Cousin Yufang's opinion first?"
When Madam Shen saw that Shen Chu did not object, a satisfied expression immediately appeared on her face.
She waved her hand dismissively, "Yu Fang won't have any objections. Since you have no objections either, it's settled then."
Shen Chu smiled slightly, "Grandson has an objection, grandson does not want to take a concubine."
Madam Shen's face darkened, and she swung her cane at him.
"Don't try to manipulate your father and me with the 'not wanting to serve in office' tactic. Let me tell you, we're not falling for that."
“Your younger brother is also good at studying. Sooner or later he will also study hard and become an official. The Marquis’s family can’t rely solely on you to bring glory to the family.”
"Today you must take Yu Fang as your concubine. If you, a son of a concubine, are obedient, you will still have a place in the Marquis's mansion."
Shen Chu sneered, "What if I refuse?"
Old Madam Shen slapped her thigh and cried out.
"It's pitiful that I'm old and people dislike me. I had good intentions but was still rejected."
"I'm doing this all for your own good and for the Marquis's mansion. If you take Yu Fang as your concubine, you can reduce the evil aura on your body. You unfilial thing, you're clearly trying to anger me to death."
Chen Chu leaned against the pillar and chuckled, "Grandmother, this trick won't work on me. At least you can squeeze out a couple of tears when you cry."
Madam Shen.....
"If you don't marry Yufang, your evil energy will clash with mine and you'll bring me bad luck sooner or later. Since that's the case, I might as well die sooner rather than later."
"I want everyone in the capital to know that the newly appointed top scholar is a disobedient and unfilial wretch."
As she cried out, Madam Shen took out a length of white silk from her person and threw it onto the crossbeam of the corridor.
Her technique was so skillful that even Shen Chu wanted to applaud her.
Madam Shen skillfully tied a knot in the white silk and held it under her chin with both hands.
"If you don't agree to take Yu Fang as a concubine today, I'll kill myself right now."
Madam Shen's trusted confidante, Zhang Mama, changed her expression drastically and stepped forward to hug Madam Shen's leg, saying, "Madam, please don't."
Old Madam Shen shoved her aside and made a move to put a white silk ribbon over her head. "No one can stop me. If Shen Chu doesn't agree today, I'll hang myself here."
Madam Zhang turned to look at Chen Chu, "Young Master, look how angry you've made your grandmother! Why don't you hurry up and agree to her request?"
Shen Chu put down the book in her hand, lifted the white robe she was wearing, and tore off a strip.
She quickly tied the white strip around her forehead, knelt down with a thud, and cried out in grief:
"Grandson kneels to bid farewell to his grandmother. May she have a safe journey!"
Madam Shen...
"You...you actually cursed me to die?"
Madam Shen was so angry that she almost tore the white silk ribbon in her hand.
Shen Chu looked surprised. "Didn't Grandmother want to die herself? Grandmother is an elder. Since she made this decision, although I am saddened, I cannot bear to disobey her."
"You bastard, I'll really die for you!" Old Madam Shen said with a dark face as she put the white silk around her neck and made a move to tighten it.
Shen Chu stepped forward and waved her hand, saying, "Grandmother, please wait."
A smug look flashed in Madam Shen's eyes.
See? See? You got scared after all.
She's been using this trick since the old Marquis was alive, and it's never failed her.
She would make Chen Chu kneel at her feet and kowtow to beg her before she would get off the white silk.
Shen Chu called out loudly, "Hongxiu!"
"Young master, you've arrived."
Hongxiu trotted in, carrying a stack of papers.
Madam Shen frowned, feeling that the paper looked somewhat familiar.
Before she could even remember what it was, Chen Chu had already taken the paper and lit it with a tinderbox.
When paper comes into contact with fire, it quickly burns to ashes.
With a dark expression, Madam Shen asked, "What did you burn?"
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