Chapter 360: A Pair of Shrews
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As she spoke, she willingly moved into the bed, protecting her belly with her hands, guarding against Yuwen Chu suddenly pouncing on her. That would be absolutely unacceptable.
Seeing her evasive movements, Yuwen Chu became even angrier. He reached out and grabbed her shoulder, his face stern. “You still have reason?”
Mingzhu innocently replied, “Then what should I do?”
In other words, if you don’t accept my apology, then forget it. Besides, she didn’t feel like she had made a big mistake. It was true that they kept staring at her, but that didn’t mean they couldn’t live their lives normally. After all, there was no need to be on guard every day, right? Moreover, she had plenty of help around her, and she hadn’t suffered any losses. There was nothing wrong with that.
Yuwen Chu laughed angrily, grinding his teeth. “Fu Mingzhu, you really are…” He wanted to find a suitable adjective to describe Mingzhu, but he became a bit confused with anger, and after racking his brain, he managed to blurt out, “a shrew.”
“You’re the shrew! Your whole family are shrews!” Mingzhu instinctively retorted, then immediately covered her mouth in horror. Her uncle, the emperor, favored Consort Zhou, causing chaos in the palace. He was undoubtedly a big shrew. Yuwen Bai was also cunning and vicious, not learning anything good. He was also a little shrew. But Cousin Emperor Zhengqian was not a shrew. He was really good to her.
Moreover, the scope of “your whole family” was quite large, even including the Great Empress Dowager…
This was really serious. Not only was it disrespectful, but it was also very bad for prenatal education. Mingzhu looked at Yuwen Chu, who was clearly getting angrier, and made a quick decision. She leaned forward and hugged his neck, anxiously saying, “I accidentally said that last sentence, and it doesn’t count.”
Meaning, the previous sentence was valid? Was she calling him a shrew? As she hugged him to make peace, was she still boldly calling him a shrew? Yuwen Chu reached out to pry Mingzhu’s hand off. “Don’t play these tricks with me! If you don’t explain things to me today, don’t blame me for being rude.”
Who was afraid of whom? It wasn’t her who wasn’t backing down. Mingzhu knelt on the bed and stared at Yuwen Chu. “What do you mean by being rude, Your Highness? You were the one who called me a shrew first. We’re husband and wife. If I’m a shrew, then you’re a shrew too. What’s wrong with that? Otherwise, is the turtle mating with the shrew? I’m the shrew, and you’re the turtle?”
For a moment, Yuwen Chu was speechless. Well, he dug a pit for himself to jump into, but today he decided that he had to win this argument no matter what, otherwise how could he maintain his dignity as a husband? So he avoided the main issue and smirked, “You’re really something. Are you not allowed to be scolded? Do you want me to go to your parents to reason it out?”
Mingzhu felt she had ample reason, even if she returned home. She wrinkled her nose confidently and said, “Let’s go then. Let them see how unreasonable you are, venting your anger on me.” Thinking about it, the more she thought about it, the more it seemed like that. She was very sad and immediately teared up, saying, “Yes, that’s it! I’ve been worried all morning that you would be upset about the marriage of Funing. Now it seems that you are indeed angry about this matter. It’s just that there was no reason to get upset. Now you’ve finally found a reason to get upset, haven’t you?”
Yuwen Chu was stunned.
He didn’t expect the matter to be brought up again.
In his opinion, the matter of Funing had been resolved in the morning. At that time, the Great Empress Dowager was unreasonable, Imperial Consort Min was also unreasonable, and Funing had never been reasonable. But he and Mingzhu had both expressed understanding and consideration for each other, and had even considered each other very thoughtfully.
By noon, the matter had been resolved. After Imperial Consort Min cried and made a scene, she quickly succumbed to reality and went to report to the Great Empress Dowager that, due to Funing’s illness, she needed a few years of rest before she could get married. And Liao Guang was not young anymore, and he was an only son. It was not good to delay the other party, so please take back the order and cancel this marriage.
Imperial Consort Min was very good at showing weakness, and Funing, who loved causing trouble, was also locked up and couldn’t cause any more trouble. The Great Empress Dowager also accepted this, sent a royal physician to see Funing, and publicly comforted Imperial Consort Min, focusing her energy on dealing with Empress Dowager Min and her son.
Now that the matter was over, why did Mingzhu have to bring it up again? Such an emotional topic! She even brought it up so casually, as a bargaining chip in an argument!
Yuwen Chu felt that this matter shouldn’t be delved into too deeply. Delving into it would really hurt their relationship. Therefore, he sensibly chose to back down, saying, “Don’t drag irrelevant things into this! Let’s focus on the matter at hand.”
However, Mingzhu didn’t listen to him at all; tears were already welling up in her eyes. “Focusing on the matter at hand is exactly the problem!”
Yuwen Chu took a deep breath, once again feeling the stark difference between men and women. He realized that he could never cry so easily under any circumstances. Such manipulative behavior could only be done by Fu Mingzhu.
Mingzhu glanced at him, feeling confident that she could quickly pass this off and win the argument. She immediately laid down and rolled around on the bed, crying out, “I’m so sad, so heartbroken… You don’t love me anymore. Oh, my chest feels so tight, my heart hurts so much, I’m so upset I could faint.”
Yuwen Chu was initially a little angry, but seeing her behaving so dramatically on the bed, crying and accusing him of not loving her, even bringing up the methods to deal with Empress Dowager Min and Longsheng Great Eldest Princess, he couldn’t maintain his stern expression any longer. However, he was unwilling to easily forgive Mingzhu, so he pounced on her, held her down, raised his hand high, and gently slapped her bottom, menacingly saying, “Shameless. I’ll let you off this time, but if there’s a next time, I won’t be so forgiving.”
Mingzhu sat up, rubbing her butt. “What do you mean by not forgiving?”
Yuwen Chu glanced at her. “You’re grounded! You’ll eat coarse grains every day! And you’ll wash my feet and massage my shoulders!”
Mingzhu pursed her lips, obediently accepting. But as soon as she thought about the possibility of carrying a big treasure in her belly, she became arrogant again. She rolled to the edge of the bed, counting the little dolls embroidered on the quilt, giggling to herself.
This wasn’t normal at all! Yuwen Chu stared at her for a long time, unable to figure out what she was so happy about. But he was always good at finding another way when there seemed to be no way out. He decided that a wise man doesn’t quarrel with a woman, so he would let Fu Mingzhu be happy for now. Because he needed her to fall asleep so he could secretly investigate something, he cleared his throat. “Weren’t you feeling sleepy just now? Go to sleep.”
So kind? Mingzhu looked back at him, feeling like he looked cunning. But as long as they weren’t arguing, it was fine. This argument was inexplicable, and so was the reconciliation. She crawled over and rested her head on Yuwen Chu’s leg, acting spoiled. “Will Your Highness sleep with me?”
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