After rebirth, the scumbag prince only wants to pamper his wife every day

After the people dispersed.

After washing up, Shen Guidi sat on the couch in a daze.

Behind her, Chun Lan took a handkerchief and wrung out her washed hair bit by bit.

After He Qingchen explained the follow-up matters at the farm to Ye Feng, what he saw when he entered the house was Shen Guidi staring blankly at the full moon in the sky, looking cold and lonely.

Chun Lan heard the sound, turned her head and saw him, and quickly stood up and saluted.

He Qingchen waved his hand coldly.

Chunlan understood.

She looked back at Shen Guidi, then turned and left.

He Qingchen slowly approached Shen Guidi, sat down beside her, picked up the handkerchief that Chunlan had just used, and clumsily but patiently tried to wring out her hair.

Shen Guidi noticed something, turned his head and glanced at her out of the corner of his eye, but said nothing.

He Qingchen didn't say anything either.

for a long time.

He Qingchen put down the handkerchief, sat next to her, and held her in his arms: "What are you thinking about?"

"I was thinking about how many injustices there were in Beizhao that never reached the ears of the superiors. How much did the superiors neglect to make those honest and peaceful people become homeless and their families destroyed?"

Shen Guidi wrote this out of inspiration.

Hadn't she also experienced something like this, being ignored by those in power, leading to her being displaced and her family being broken up?

He Qingchen pursed his lips and remained silent.

half an hour.

Shen Guiyi turned her head away and stopped talking about these things. She just said, "It's late. Let's go to bed."

After saying that, she was about to withdraw from his arms, but He Qingchen tightened his grip, held her in another direction, and faced him.

He hugged her and said seriously: "Ah'sui, there are times when the superiors cannot take care of things. People in high positions are always easily blinded. Sometimes, many things are not what we want."

"Do they deserve to be harmed if it's not what you want?"

Shen Guidi's tone was a little cold.

He Qingchen was stunned, and explained to her in a panic: "My king...that's not what I meant."

Shen Guidi took a deep breath.

She also knew that she was somewhat venting her anger on others.

She didn't want to talk to him.

He Qingchen hurriedly pulled her back into his arms: "A'di, since we got married, you and I have never had a good talk. Today is a rare opportunity, let's... have a talk, okay?"

Shen Guidi heard the sound, but did not move.

A moment.

She asked in a muffled voice, "What does Your Majesty want to talk about?"

"Let's talk about you, and also about this king."

Shen Guidi: “Hmm?”

He Qingchen looked at her and sighed softly: "You have many secrets, and so do I. Since they are secrets, I won't ask. But I think we have some common goals, right?"

"for example?"

"For example, you came for the Shen family, and marrying me was just a matter of course. The Lin and Qi families were your targets. Coincidentally, I don't have a good impression of the Lin and Qi families, so..."

He Qingchen had guessed this a long time ago.

He guessed that his Ah Yi had other purposes in marrying him, and it was not just a simple replacement marriage.

However, what he still hasn't figured out is that his Ah Di took advantage of the fact that Lin Qingran escaped from marriage and the Lin family was looking for someone to marry in her place.

Or...she had already made a plan, and Lin Qingran's escape from marriage was also part of her plan?

"So, Your Majesty, do you want to help me?"

Shen Guidi interrupted him, her tone cold and mocking, obviously she didn't believe him.

He Qingchen paused and said, "A'di, you are my wife, and your business is my business."

妻？

Shen Guidi's heart trembled violently when he heard that word.

In her opinion, there is an essential difference between "princess" and "wife".

He said, she is his wife?

Is it your wife?

He Qingchen saw that she was silent and looked down at her.

"Ah's Wife, you and I are one, your affairs are naturally my affairs. Otherwise, why would I bother myself by repeatedly targeting the Lin and Qi families, and even give you all the evidence I could find?"

Shen Guidi's mind moved slightly.

She thought about the boxes that He Qingchen gave her, and about He Qingchen's various actions after she entered the mansion.

"Is it just because husband and wife are one?" Shen Guidi murmured softly.

He Qingchen raised his eyebrows slightly: "Of course not only."

Shen Guidi: “?”

Did she guess right?

Is it because he wants to help Prince Rong He Chengjue seize that position?

Or is it because he is not willing to be a small subject forever and he wants the supreme position?

Shen Guidi thought so, so she asked: "Does the prince want to surpass Prince Rong and get that position?"

He Qingchen looked at the uneasiness and hesitation in Shen Guidi's eyes.

He pursed his lips: "Why not?"

"Then why did you always think about King Rong and run around for him?"

"In his name, he does meritorious deeds. The risks are his. The fame and fortune are also his. This king is nothing more than an abandoned son who wants to push his brother to the throne and has no favor from his father."

The word "abandoned" carries a chilling tone when it comes out of his mouth.

Shen Guidi opened her mouth slightly.

For a while.

She didn't know how to respond to He Qingchen's words.

If it were before, she had never thought that He Qingchen, a prince known to everyone in the capital and who only cared about his mother and royal brother, actually had such ambitions.

He Qingchen held her waist and smelled the fragrance on her body.

Shen Guidi was silent.

He Qingchen's heart tightened.

He patiently explained to her: "A'di, I am a prince. Regardless of whether I am favored by my father, the emperor, and my mother, the empress, my status as a prince means that I will be involved in the final battle for the crown prince, or even the throne. I have never thought about that position before, but now, I think about it, what's the harm in fighting for it?"

Now that things had come to this, he was the one who said he wanted to talk, so he opened up and talked to her.

That position was one he had never even dreamed of for a moment, even before he was expelled ten years ago.

But after going through his past and present lives, he knows it very well.

If he doesn't sit in that position, he will die.

Ten years ago, he posed no threat, yet He Chengjue framed him. In the future, if He Chengjue were to rise to power, would he let go of his brother who had made such great military achievements?

Will not.

He died once.

In this life, no one can stop him.

He Qingchen hugged her, his gaze falling quietly on the void behind Shen Guidi. There were clouds and storms in his eyes, and no one knew what he was thinking.

As for Shen Guidi?

She keenly sensed that something was wrong in He Qingchen's words.

He said that he had never thought about that position before, but now he wanted to fight for it.

So...when did he start to have this idea?

Was it when they were expelled?

Or...after returning to Beijing?

She pursed her lips, hesitated for a moment, and asked in a low voice: "My Lord, was that incident related to Prince Rong? What happened that night?"

He Qingchen's body stiffened.

then?

He looked down at her, and immediately understood what the 'back then' Shen Guidi was talking about.

He pursed his lips and his thoughts slowly drifted away.