Chapter 199: Concubine?
"Okay, you're a sensible person."
As he spoke, he asked someone to deliver a few more gifts and then let them leave.
Situ Mingji looked at Shen Hechuan deeply before turning around and leaving.
After Situ Mingji left, the Queen Mother said:
"I have already discussed this with His Majesty. After all, Jingchun gave birth to Jinxi.
Therefore, His Majesty has specially allowed her to be your concubine. As for the principal wife, you still have to choose one."
"I think this Miss Situ is pretty good.
I mentioned it to you last time. She is a model of aristocratic family in both status and conduct. She is also a generous and tolerant person. When she becomes the Crown Princess, she will surely treat Jinxi wholeheartedly and will not mistreat Jingchun. "
When Shen Hechuan heard this, he almost laughed out of anger.
"Grandma, you must have forgotten that your grandson is not allowed to touch a woman."
"Don't try to lie to me. If you can't touch women, how did all these rumors about you and Gu Jingchun come about?"
"Do you think I'm a fool?"
Chen Hechuan had no way to defend himself. The incident of him getting a rash after touching a woman was just a fabrication by him.
Now that Gu Jingchun was around, he could no longer act and could only snort coldly.
"In that case, then Grandmother, please tell Father directly that the position of Crown Prince can be given to Prince Rui. I will naturally go and enjoy our leisurely life with Jingchun and Xier."
"Grandmother, since you like Miss Situ, you can let her honor you well in the future. However, you must forgive your grandson's unfilial behavior. I'm afraid you will have to live outside the palace."
"However, my grandson is concerned about your health and will definitely come back to see you often."
"Asshole!"
“Cough cough cough…”
The Queen Mother slammed the table in anger and started coughing violently because she was too excited.
When Nanny Li behind her saw this, she immediately stepped forward to pat the empress dowager on the back, and even looked at Chen Hechuan with some resentment.
"Your Highness, you clearly know what the Queen Mother is thinking, so why do you say these words to deliberately anger her?"
Chen Hechuan was also helpless.
"It was obviously the grandmother who got angry with her grandson first."
Shen Hechuan's face turned cold as he spoke.
"My grandson has already told you, grandmother, a long time ago that I will not marry anyone other than Gu Jingchun. Unless she becomes my crown princess, I will never marry in my lifetime."
"Not only that, my grandson has also sworn that he will only marry Gu Jingchun in this life.
Besides this, there will definitely not be any other women."
"If you use the position of Crown Prince as a threat, then I, your grandson, can refuse the position."
"This will not change even after many years. Grandmother, please give up the idea of letting your grandson marry someone else in the future."
Chen Hechuan had said this to the empress dowager before, but the empress dowager thought it was just a polite remark from Chen Hechuan at the time.
He never thought that Shen Hechuan would actually do this, and he stood up in shock.
"You are the prince!"
"Since ancient times, which emperor or prince didn't have three palaces and six courtyards?"
"It is the emperor's responsibility to have children and grandchildren. Even your father, who loved the queen mother so deeply, still ended up taking in countless concubines, didn't he?"
"You're still dreaming of marrying only one person in the future. How is that possible?"
In response, Shen Hechuan just sneered and did not make any excuses.
"If Grandmother feels that my grandson cannot marry just one person, then please do as I say and have my father depose me from the position of Crown Prince!"
"After all, I am tired of the flattery and blackmail in this palace. Instead of living in fear and going against my conscience, I would rather be an ordinary person. I will be free and easy."
After Chen Hechuan finished speaking, he didn't even look at the Queen Mother's reaction. He simply bowed and turned to leave.
The Queen Mother looked at Shen Hechuan's departing back in shock and sighed.
"This child... has such a temper, what should I do?"
Madam Li couldn't help but say:
"Your Highness, you are well aware of His Highness's temperament. You must carefully consider this matter and absolutely must not confront His Highness. Otherwise, there is no guarantee that His Highness will really take an unconventional approach."
The Queen Mother knew Chen Hechuan's temperament very well, and because she knew it clearly, she made a special attempt to test him. She did not expect that his reaction would be so big.
In fact, she also likes Gu Jingchun very much.
However, given her current status, it is still difficult for her to become the Crown Princess.
What's more, it is certainly difficult to say what will happen to Emperor Rongcheng.
"That's all."
The Queen Mother sighed.
"Since the child likes it, I will help them get married, but it will take some time for His Majesty to persuade me."
"I just hope that things can go smoothly."
East Palace.
After Gu Jingchun brought Gu Jinxi back, he rarely got angry.
"Xi'er, what did your mother teach you before?"
Gu Jinxi looked up at Gu Jingchun's obviously angry face, and hesitated for a moment before saying:
"Mother said that if I was wronged, I should tell her. If I was unhappy, I should also tell her.
Laugh when you want to laugh, cry when you want to cry, don’t hold it in.”
Gu Jingchun's voice became even more stern.
"So how did you do it?"
Gu Jinxi tilted her little face up, her eyes slightly red, staring at Gu Jingchun motionlessly before she spoke.
"I...that's what I did."
"Yeah?"
Looking at Gu Jinxi's forbearing look, Gu Jingchun couldn't bear it anymore and slapped him on the butt.
"Say it again!"
There were already tears in Gu Jinxi's eyes, but he still tried hard to hold them back and not let them fall.
"I...I haven't been wronged."
Now, Gu Jingchun couldn't bear it anymore. He squatted down, looked into Gu Jinxi's eyes, lowered his voice a few degrees, and asked him softly.
"Then do you miss your mother?"
Gu Jinxi nodded, but then thought of something and shook his head.
Upon hearing this, Gu Jingchun stood up immediately.
"Since you don't miss mother, then mother can leave. You don't like mother anyway."
Gu Jingchun was about to leave as he spoke, but he could not move forward after taking just one step.
When she looked down again, she saw Gu Jinxi grabbing the corner of her clothes, tilting his head back and looking at her eagerly.
"Mother..."
He called her in a trembling voice.
"Don't go, mother, I... really miss you."
As she spoke, Gu Jinxi could no longer hold back, and tears instantly flowed from her eyes.
The tears as big as beans rolled down, which made Gu Jingchun feel distressed.
She couldn't bear it any longer, so she squatted down, looked at Gu Jinxi, and spoke in a trembling voice.
"Then why didn't you say it just now?"
Gu Jinxi wiped the tears from her face and said, "I'm... afraid that if I tell you, mother will be heartbroken and I won't be able to see her again in the future."
Hearing this, Gu Jingchun's tears began to flow.
She hugged the person in her arms and started sobbing.
Gu Jinxi could feel the scent of his mother's body and couldn't help but burst into tears.
When Chen Hechuan came in, he saw two people hugging each other and crying.
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