Chapter 44: My Wife 44: The Wife's Enduring Love
Chen Chensheng clenched his fists until his well-trimmed nails cut into his flesh from excessive force, bleeding profusely and causing him to feel numb from the pain.
He had never imagined before that the love that supported such a pathetic and ridiculous person like him to make his choice could be the love that he once thought was the most frivolous and useless.
All calculations and conspiracies must give way to this surging wave of thoughts.
Compared to watching a gentleman like her husband humble himself for him and be coerced into giving himself to the other party, from then on, a white cattail was stained with mud and trapped in the palm of someone's hand to be molested and molested.
He would rather erase himself from his life, just be the mouse hiding in the dark, quietly hoping for his safety, even if it would hurt like his internal organs were being churned up, his soul torn and crushed, never to be reborn.
Seeing this beauty struggling in adversity, Chu Yuanting did not feel any sympathy for her.
In his opinion, giving Chen Chensheng a chance to make a deal was already a great mercy and tolerance. He even spent a lot of time and effort to set up this tailor-made weight based on everything he wanted, which was really contrary to his own style of doing things.
If he didn't want to be looked at with hatred by Lu Huai, there would be thousands of simpler and more brutal ways.
Chu Yuanting didn't want to give Shen Chensheng any more time to delay, so he took a step forward and said, "It's better to do it now than to wait for a day. I believe that someone as smart as Mr. Shen San must know what is urgent and needs to be dealt with. I hope you can liberate yourself as soon as possible and not be trapped by your identity as a woman.
Three days from now, I've found a replacement identity for you, and I'll need you to handle anything there."
"Okay..." Looking at Chu Yuanting's relaxed and happy expression after he agreed, Shen San really wanted to smash that ugly, smug face of his.
If Ah Huai knew that the king he was loyal to was so hypocritical and abominable, and that he was trying to defile him, his loyalty and patriotism would probably be shaken...
But Chen Chensheng knew deeply that he was too weak in front of the huge imperial power. He could only be controlled by others without any room for counterattack. So he did not retort, but just stared at Chu Yuanting deeply, as if he wanted to carve this face into his mind and then cut it into pieces with a knife.
He just let himself be dragged into the darkness and into the numbing and dying despair.
After a while, he curled his lips like a ghost and asked, "Since that's the case, may I ask how Your Majesty wants Shen San to disappear reasonably?"
Chu Yuanting sent someone to present him with a route map of the mansion's operations, explaining to him what to do. His patient and thoughtful attitude, as well as his familiarity with the terrain of Lu Mansion, further confirmed Shen Chensheng's guess that he had arranged all this in advance.
Seeing how earnestly and openly he spoke, his confidants almost thought that His Majesty was having an affair with this "woman". However, what he said not only let them know that this was not the case, but also conveyed the secret that the wise and resourceful emperor had ambitions for a minister.
After the "woman" who was the minister's wife left, they knelt on the ground consciously, expressing their loyalty to Chu Yuanting and not revealing a single word of what they had said today.
On the other side of the Lu Mansion, Lu Huai, who had returned home to rest after court, rarely missed seeing Shen San waiting in the front yard, and couldn't help feeling a little lost.
But even when I walked into the courtyard or into the study, there was no one in sight.
Thinking that Shen San usually stays in these places and has never left since marrying into the Lu Mansion, even Liu Xi, the only female friend he has contact with, came to ask him out and it was she who came to the mansion.
This unusual situation made him a little worried, but in a hurry he asked Zhang Ma who was preparing meals. Zhang Ma also knew nothing about it. It was not until she called Chunying over that she revealed the answer.
It turned out that Shen San had actually taken the initiative to go out of the mansion that day to buy things to make something. However, he went out alone, and even Ningshuang and Ningbi were left behind at the mansion without taking them out. His whole behavior was mysterious.
Chunying winked at the young master and told him her guess: "The lady must have set her eyes on something and wants to create a surprise for you!"
But when Lu Huai listened, he didn't look very happy, but rather a little depressed.
Originally, he was thinking that he had not seen his wife show any interest in any shop when he went to West Street the day before, but he did not expect that Shen San would go there specially today, and he felt that he was really sorry for him.
Perhaps the other party had already paid attention to some shops, but he was only concerned with mediating between His Majesty and the two of them, and did not take his lover to heart. It happened that Lu Huai really did not have time to accompany him, so Shen San was very considerate and did not say anything, and chose to go alone today in a desolate and lonely manner.
I feel really ashamed now. Yesterday I said I would "spend more time with my wife and take good care of our family," and now I'm absent again.
Looking back, he really wasn't as invested as Shen San during this period. It was Shen San who tolerated his busyness, and he didn't even want the little intimacy that Shen San wanted...
Seeing that no one was around, 0359 poked the host who was immersed in the second male lead's tangle in the sea of consciousness and said, "Hey! Stop pretending, Huaihuai. While the protagonist and the little girls are busy, why don't you plan the plot? I'm curious about the development of the protagonist's top and bottom!"
"Okay, let me come in for a moment." Thinking that the degree of collapse had risen to 20% after Pei Yu expressed his feelings, Lu Huai thought that this was indeed a good opportunity to sort out the plot, so he submerged his consciousness into the space.
Lu Huai held his chin in his hand, his charming eyes beaming at 0359: "I wonder how my 'good wife' is talking to the protagonist right now? It's really a bit unsettling to bring this plot point forward so early. I wonder how the emotional development between them is going..."
"The plan must be carried out!" 0359 was also very worried. He simply landed on Lu Huai's hand, and folded his two waving wings together in a farewell gesture: "Great Main System, please grant me and Huai Huai good luck, so that the plot will go smoothly..."
Unexpectedly, 0359, who was always angry about the company's lucky draw every year, actually worked this time. Before he finished speaking, he felt that he was trapped in a narrow space, and he lost control of his body in a dizzy state.
At this moment, the main system's electronic voice announced a second goal: "It has been detected that the second male lead, Lu Huai, is about to face a key plot point, 'Life and Death Parting'. Please ensure that this plot point is successfully completed..."
After hearing this notice, Lu Huai realized that Chu Yuanting must have reached an agreement with Shen Chensheng, and the stone in his heart fell to the ground for the time being.
After he replied, he predicted and "fished" 0359, who looked like he had drunk fake wine. He heard it muttering "mission, plot completion, hiccup..." and couldn't help but pinch the ball's chewy face.
"Xiaojiu is really amazing! Our 'Ou Qi' has arrived."
He gazed off into the distance, yearning for the future. "After this point, as long as I complete the crucial plot of 'The King Seizes His Minister's Wife,' this world will be nearly complete..."
After Lu Huai and 0359 finished analyzing the plot, they were still wondering whether they would have enough points to buy 0359 a skin for the Chihuahua after completing this world. They felt that it was really compatible with the Chihuahua.
Of course, this is all off topic.
After he returned to the small world, he began to speculate on the state that the male second should be in. Combining this with the actions of the male second in the original plot after he realized that he owed Shen San, he couldn't help but feel dizzy and overwhelmed.
After all, in the original plot, the protagonist who only cared about his career and was indifferent to emotions naturally used the art of language to politely reject the "kindness" of the male second, but the Shen San in front of him saw that the male second was so proactive, maybe...
In the eyes of the maids busy outside, the young master came back, ate absent-mindedly, came out of the room with a blush on his face, did something unknown, and then sat in the front hall waiting for people as the mistress did every day.
She sat there with the tea set arranged very neatly. Her graceful and charming demeanor made people feel dazed for a moment. It was so rebellious to think that the young master's virtuous and dignified appearance was even more like the lady, who looked like a little wife who was eagerly waiting for her husband to come home.
When Shen Shensheng, who was full of worries and looked like a ghost, returned to the mansion in a trance, he saw his young husband sitting quietly in the front hall waiting for him under the soft candlelight. It was so peaceful and beautiful that it was heartbreaking.
"A Sheng?"
Lu Huai was a little tired of waiting, and his eyes were filled with tears. He was first tightly embraced by the person who came, and then he was a little surprised to find that it was his wife. He breathed a sigh of relief and called out lazily.
Shen Chensheng said nothing in a depressed tone, only saying: "Ahuai, I miss you so much, can you let me hug you for a while?"
"Okay..." Lu Huai just responded when he felt the arm around his waist tightening, almost to the point of suffocating him.
Shen San buried her head in his shoulder and neck, sniffing the tranquil and fresh scent of her young husband. She stuck close to him, but the corners of her eyes became wet silently, almost staining Lu Huai's clothes.
Lu Huai thought that this was a busy front hall, and his gentlemanly nature took over. Seeing that there was no response when he slapped the other party, he gently twisted Shen San's arm, causing him to wake up as if from a dream and look up at him.
Knowing that Chen Chensheng had already eaten, he used his hand to resist the other party's further approach.
Lu Huai bit his lip and said shyly: "A Sheng, there are too many people here... Can we go back and rest?"
"good."
When Shen Chensheng returned to his room this time, it wasn't him who went to lock the door as usual, but his young husband, who rarely did this. He was about to ask a question out loud when he saw Lu Huai's exposed skin red as if it was about to drip blood. He leaned close to his ear and whispered something as sharp as a feather, which made his eyes light up.
"Are you serious? No matter how eloquently I talked before, you didn't agree. What's wrong with you today..."
The thin-skinned Qingya Gongzi had done something so outrageous out of a genuine feeling of guilt, and thus, unable to withstand his repeated questioning, he angrily threw the pillow at him and replied, "If you don't believe me, don't come near me anymore."
Chen Chensheng picked up the pillow good-temperedly, but the next second he hugged the angry person and put him on his lap. The threatening action made someone silent immediately.
The hoarse and seductive voice lingered in the young husband's ears like rising smoke: "How dare I not believe Ah Huai."
After saying that, his hands began to dishonestly open the gift like peeling bamboo shoots to reveal the delicious inside. When he touched the metal ring that squeezed a piece of plump and soft flesh, his eyes darkened, and then they burned like wildfire, burning even more vigorously with the spring breeze.
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In a daze, Lu Huai seemed to vaguely see tears in the corners of Shen Chensheng's eyes, but he didn't know whether it was happiness or despair and sadness. He seemed to touch his face and wipe away the tears, but he was still confused about why he was crying...
Through practice, he always remembered that he should not sympathize with the big-tailed wolf, otherwise he would lose himself. Lu Huai felt a little dazed and weak when he went to court today, and his heart was full of apologies to the monarch and other ministers.
After the court session ended and he was about to return home, he heard the people along the way whispering about something.
The capital city was so vast, and there were countless news stories. Lu Huai had originally thought that something serious had happened in the capital that had nothing to do with him. He was still thinking about going home quickly, so he didn't intend to listen to the details. But just as he was about to look away, he was met by someone in the crowd who was recounting his experiences with a look of regret.
"Number one scholar?"
The man's tone was filled with doubt, but it was tinged with sympathy the moment it touched his face. Others also looked at him with complicated eyes, and words like "the fire broke out" escaped their mouths, which were clearly audible to him.
Upon hearing this, Lu Huai was struck by lightning. He was like being in a nightmare and was no longer aware of any sound from the outside world. He said something to his friend and rode the horse that was originally used to pull the carriage and quickly hurried home.
When he returned, he only saw servants either hurriedly carrying buckets of water or kneeling in front of him in sorrow.
"Son-in-law...Miss..."
"Speak more clearly, Ningshuang."
Lu Huai already had the worst, most tragic suspicion in his mind, but he refused to accept it. The string in his mind was stretched as tight as a fully drawn bow, as if it would break at any second. Even his usually soothing tone of voice was tinged with urgency.
The weather is dry and the occurrence of such a tragic event is not what we want, but it is possible. But what if...
But this luck lasted until Ning Shuang, who was crying and almost dying, brought him to the unrecognizable, burnt body and clothes that matched Shen San's charred corpse, and pointed out that this was his lover. Then it completely collapsed.
"If I had come back earlier, would Ah Sheng not have..."
Would she not leave him? How much pain must he be in after being burned like this?
There is no greater sorrow than a dead heart. Lu Huai was already weak and on top of that he was filled with grief and despair. He ignored all resistance and touched the completely destroyed face, then fell straight back.
Before falling into a coma, all he heard was his father's urgent and painful "Yanjin!" and Chunying and Xialu's calls.
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The people in the capital still have the impression of the Lu Mansion from two months ago, when the romantic groom proudly married a beautiful bride.
It's a pity that beauty is envied by heaven, or perhaps this fairy couple is too perfect to remain in the world. Now they have to organize another big event so soon, and the red has turned into a sad occasion, and the joy has turned into sorrow.
What a good official Lu Zhuangyuan was. Not only was he talented, but he also brought so much benefit to them. But he lost his wife at such a young age. Who wouldn't say it was fate?
Lu Huaiping likes to wear light colors, which makes people feel that he is as pure as his noble and bright character.
But there was never a moment like this. The brilliance in her soft, clear eyes dimmed, leaving only an indelible, dark darkness. Dressed in white, she looked so thin and frail amidst the vast expanse of white, as if she would be swallowed up by the endless whiteness in the next second.
Cheng Ruochen used to be extremely jealous of Chen San, who could use his status to snuggle up with Lu Huai every night, and he had been tossing and turning in his mind for countless days and nights.
Yet, she never imagined she would be so tragically unlucky. She had the great fortune to win the young master's heart, but she wasn't destined to be with him forever. Less than two months after marrying Lu Huai, she passed away, leaving everything in vain.
Only left behind...
The widow was so grief-stricken that her figure seemed to be transparent, and she was as haggard as a piece of paper.
But the young man, whose pale face was covered with traces of lingering tears, like pearls stained with glittering powder, was heartbroken even by his increasingly thin body and bloodless lips.
I still couldn't help but linger on those beautiful eyes and eyebrows that were as beautiful as the misty rain in the south of the Yangtze River, and I wanted to tenderly kiss those eye sockets that were red and slightly swollen due to sadness, and lick away the tears that were left on them.
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Author's Note: Mini-Theatre: I promised my wife a snack! (Although I crawled slowly, I kept my promise)
If Shen San does not agree to cooperate and Chu Yuanting turns evil and seizes Zun Du by force
Shen San was thrown into prison.
Although Lu Huai knew that the emperor had inappropriate feelings for him, he still rushed into the palace anxiously upon hearing the news and begged the king, to whom he had always been loyal, to forgive his wife.
"Your Majesty, although my wife is a man, I have resorted to this strategy only as a last resort."
Chu Yuanting didn't want to hear this, and instead, he curled his lips and said something else: "My dear, am I some kind of monster? Why are you so far away from me?"
Hearing this, Lu Huai had a premonition of crisis, but for the sake of his wife being imprisoned, he still bravely walked forward, until Chu Yuanting's aggressive gaze, which was fixed on him, was tinged with satisfaction, and the two of them were very close.
Seeing that he was so nervous that his lips were bitten red and left with marks, Chu Yuanting brought him to the side of his dragon throne, and said jokingly and with interest, "Why are you so nervous? When we go out later, others will think it was me who bit you..."
The gentleman could no longer bear it. He remembered that his eyes were wet. He ignored the situation and said to him, "Your Majesty, how can you say such a thing?"
Chu Yuanting looked at the anxious beauty, changed his calm demeanor, stood up and picked her up horizontally, but was kicked twice by Lu Huai and shouted, "Let me go."
He leaned over and covered her red lips, looking into her wide-open almond eyes and chuckled, "Not only can I talk, I can do it too."
"Be good... We Yanjin don't want Shen San to be punished either."
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Ahhh, my dear wives, I am bad!! I bow and apologize, sob ...
As usual, Big Eyed Cat omitted QWQ. Guess if Huai Huai was eaten today.
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