Chapter 409 What did you put in that glass of wine last night?
"What's going on?" Chu Xingchen put on his coat and looked at Shen Cangzhu without caring about his hair, "We obviously didn't consummate the marriage. Why did the people from the Internal Affairs Bureau come and say that we did."
She was no longer a novice. She knew whether she had done it or not. Moreover, she took off her coat, but she did not take off her middle coat or underwear. When she woke up, she felt very strangled and uncomfortable.
Chu Xingchen really didn't understand, "Shen Cangzhu, what do you want to do? And what did you put in the glass of wine last night?"
"Your Majesty is indeed perceptive." Shen Cangzhu looked at Chu Xingchen's forehead hair that was raised a little while sleeping, and then looked at her face that was flushed from sleeping early in the morning, and smiled, "The last glass of wine last night was mixed with Just take some medicine and it won’t harm your body.”
Shen Cangzhu had fantasized about the scene of her waking up in his bedroom or in his arms countless times. Even if she looked bad, even if he was worried that she would be angry, he still felt that such a morning was good.
But what Chu Xingchen said later made his smile completely freeze.
"Shen Cangzhu, you should know that it doesn't matter whether it hinders my body or not. What's important is that you administer the medicine. This time, your next dose will not hinder my body. What about next time? What kind of medicine do you want to administer?"
"You are consuming my trust in you. Trust cannot withstand consumption. After today, do you think I will still be able to unconditionally trust what you hand me?"
"Have you ever thought about the consequences once there is a crack in trust? It's like a sprouted seed. Even the slightest disturbance will cause suspicion."
Shen Cangzhu looked at Chu Xingchen with anxious eyes, "Your Majesty, you know I will not hurt you."
"Why did you drug my wine without telling me if you didn't want to hurt me?" Chu Xingchen asked him, "You didn't hesitate to drug me. What do you want to achieve? To create evidence that we consummated our marriage?"
Shen Cangzhu paused for a long time, then suddenly nodded, "Yes."
"Absurd, right? But it is true. It was my birthday last night. Even if you pretended to be drunk, everyone is not a fool. They will all know the fact that you are not even willing to rest in my Mingxuan Palace for your birthday."
Shen Cangzhu looked at Chu Xingchen, "So I must keep your majesty, for myself and for you."
"It would be good for you, me and Zhou Buyan if you consummate your marriage with me. I don't believe you are indifferent after seeing the memorial to impeach Zhou Buyan and Shadow."
"It is tactful to impeach the ministers of the DPRK now, but as time goes by, their patience will be exhausted. This is why they also asked you to expand the harem. I don't believe that Your Majesty doesn't know the trouble behind this, and didn't hear what's going on outside. What people say about us.”
"Your Majesty is already twenty years old. Normal children should be five or six years old, with at least one or two children."
"But you have been procrastinating again and again before consummating the marriage. After finally consummating the marriage, you only doted on Mr. Zhou. This is not a good signal for them."
The fact is indeed as Shen Cangzhu said, he is highly sensitive to government affairs and knows the thoughts of those courtiers best.
"Yes, what you said makes sense, but Shen Cangzhu, that doesn't mean you can make a decision for me. Why don't you discuss it with me?"
"Because you won't agree."
Shen Cangzhu took a deep breath, "Your Majesty may annoy me, but I think this is the best choice."
"Everyone in the palace is watching your movements, otherwise the people from the inner palace wouldn't come early in the morning. If I want to put on a show, I'll do the whole thing, and then I'll make the decision and tell him that we did consummate the marriage last night."
Chu Xingchen didn't expect that Shen Cangzhu would act like this, "It's ridiculous, it doesn't happen at all."
"But it has indeed been recorded. Although His Majesty can clarify and modify it, if Your Majesty really clarifies, I will really become a joke, so please don't do this if necessary."
"After all, I am not the previous concubine, and I will not be pregnant, so this record will not disturb the royal heirs."
This is also the reason why Shen Cangzhu dared to arrange it like this.
Chu Xingchen understood: "Shen Cangzhu, you are sure that I will not clarify, so you dare to act like this."
"Your Majesty, this record will not have a bad impact on you. On the contrary, it will only be beneficial to your situation, with no disadvantages at all."
Chu Xingchen looked at Shen Zaocangzhu and smiled, "There are indeed no disadvantages at all."
"You think about me so much, and if I worry about you, it seems like it's all my fault."
She lowered her head, "Then let me ask you, if there is something similar that has no disadvantages in the future, will you still kill it first and then report it later?"
Do you have to choose for her again and again?
Chu Xingchen's reaction at this moment was not as angry as Shen Cangzhu thought, but his heart skipped a beat.
"No, Your Majesty, I won't. This time it was just an accident. Because there was no other way to go, I wanted to discuss it with Your Majesty, but His Majesty would not agree, so I made this decision."
Shen Cangzhu bowed and saluted, "Your Majesty, I promise this is the last time."
Chu Xingchen said nothing.
Shen Cangzhu lowered his head and explained, "Your Majesty, I haven't left the palace, but everyone in my family knows that I don't like you now."
"My family is worried about me day and night, and my grandfather is also worried about me. He actually has a very bad temper and cannot accept that his proud grandson is less than a shadow. But I did something wrong before, and I can't even ask you or the royal family."
"He always eats when he's angry. I'm afraid that he'll get angry and something went wrong. Since the situation was like that in the previous dynasty, I decided this decision boldly."
Shen Cangzhu spoke first before Chu Xingchen spoke, "I know, you will definitely say that I can choose to leave the palace, but it is still a joke for me to leave the palace like this, and my official career will not go smoothly."
"So don't be angry, Your Majesty. Let's just put on a show."
"You know me, if you don't want to, I won't force myself to touch you."
"Performing can avoid a lot of unwarranted troubles. We can be more diplomatic and there is no need to be stiff."
"This also reduces Zhou Jun's pressure."
Shen Cangzhu said one sentence after another, and Chu Xingchen looked at him steadily.
"When it comes to this matter, if I have anything else to say, it's that I don't appreciate the pretentiousness. After all, I am the gainer and do not suffer any loss."
"But if you tell the public that you have consummated your marriage, how will you leave the palace in the future?"
"I haven't changed my mind. I couldn't force you to leave the palace because you threatened me with your life. So what do you think about the future? Do you want to keep acting in the palace... as a widow? Will you be willing to do so?"
Chu Xingchen no longer cared about whether it was right to be a widower or not, "If you haven't thought about this, you are impulsive."
Shen Cangzhu was indeed stimulated by the word "widow", but he told himself that it was okay, it was a lie now, but sooner or later it would become true.
He won't be a 'widow', at most he just won't be so favored.
Thinking about it, he didn't say anything.
Chu Xingchen understood what he meant. She had already made it clear what needed to be said, and she was not going to dwell on it any longer, appearing to be a good person after getting an advantage.
"This matter is already like this. I will not clarify it to avoid causing more trouble, but I hope you can remember and think clearly about what I said today. I also hope that this is really... the last time."
Shen Cangzhu's eyelashes trembled for a moment, "I know, I remember it."