Chapter 434: Chapter 268: Has Lu Chen Fallen From Grace?_3

This was not a good thing, and it seemed that she had to continue calling him Chen’er. Even if she wasn’t managing him, when Lu Chen heard her addressing him this way, it always gave him the feeling that he still had an elder, and perhaps he would restrain himself a little.

As for whether it was effective, only time would tell.

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As the saying goes, “The tender homeland is the grave of heroes,” Chu Yuqin and Chu Qingli’s first half month after marrying into the North Prince Mansion, Lu Chen spent every day in the southern courtyard, nearly reaching the state of blissful neglect of his duties, even government affairs were nearly abandoned.

This made Chu Yuqin very worried. She was determined once again that Lu Chen must have an elder to manage him; otherwise, who knew how much longer he would continue to waste away.

Finally, one morning after Lu Chen got up from the gentle jade fragrance of Chu Yuqin’s embrace, she directly spoke up, “Chen’er, there’s something your aunt must tell you off about.”

Hearing Chu Yuqin’s tone as that of an elder once again, Lu Chen immediately showed a smile.

Most young people dislike being lectured by their elders, but Chu Yuqin wasn’t an ordinary elder. Her status was somewhat special, which could be understood as role-playing, and Lu Chen actually liked this approach.

Lu Chen then said, “Madam Chu, what is it that you wanted to tell me?”

Chu Yuqin was still calling herself ‘aunt’, so she directly said, “I’ve heard that you’ve recently thrown all the government affairs onto Zhuge Zhongguang and haven’t been doing anything yourself. Now there are rumors outside that you have completely degenerated.”

Hearing this, Lu Chen said with a smile, “Then, Madam Chu, do you think I’ve degenerated?”

This…

Seeing Lu Chen asking her, Chu Yuqin didn’t know what to say.

This bad guy’s degeneration was quite obvious, wasn’t it? He was coming to her place every day, often staying up all night, then sleeping during the daytime.

Seeing Chu Yuqin not speaking, Lu Chen, smiling, said, “I haven’t degenerated. I just wanted to see if, without me, the Prince managing things, my reform policies could continue without any problems. That’s why I let the Great Scholar take over all the government work.”

Hearing Lu Chen’s words, Chu Yuqin looked at him doubtfully, then she said, “When you led the troops to Ningbei City to resist the Tianqi King’s army, didn’t you leave all government affairs to Zhuge Zhongguang for a month or two? Wasn’t that enough to test what you wanted to verify?”

Hearing Chu Yuqin’s words, Lu Chen simply stopped pretending and said, “Alright, I’ll come clean. I just wanted to do wicked things to you every day and throw the governmental affairs to Zhuge Zhongguang.”

Seeing that Lu Chen actually admitted it directly, Chu Yuqin was stunned again, “You… ”

Chu Yuqin sighed softly and then said, “Chen’er, you are, after all, the Prince, and you should prioritize state affairs. How can you waste your energy on your aunt every day? If this continues, I’m afraid people will start saying your aunt is a femme fatale.”

Lu Chen said with a smile, “If I don’t focus my energy on you, how can I make you pregnant with my child?”

Chu Yuqin didn’t know at the time that she was already pregnant. She continued, “Children can’t be forced, and you know martial artists are not easy to get pregnant. Look at how you visited Yelv Nanyan every day before, and she still hasn’t gotten pregnant.”

Hearing her words, Lu Chen leaned close to Chu Yuqin’s head and whispered in her ear, “I have good news for you. You’re actually pregnant.”

At those words, Chu Yuqin’s whole person froze instantly.

Pregnant?

She was carrying this bad guy’s child?

Could that be true?

How come she didn’t feel it at all?

Chu Yuqin, in disbelief, asked, “You… you’re not lying to me?”

Lu Chen, looking into Chu Yuqin’s eyes, teased, “How could I dare to deceive my Madam Chu?”

Chu Yuqin’s face turned bright red in an instant, and she said in a soft voice, “You… you should stop calling me Madam Chu.”

Chu Yuqin had intended to use her status as an elder to persuade Lu Chen to put his mind on the right path, but she didn’t expect to become pregnant with Lu Chen’s child so quickly.

If Lu Chen continued to call her ‘aunt’, what would they call each other after the baby was born? Wouldn’t that throw everything into confusion?

Chu Yuqin felt puzzled. How did she get pregnant with this little bad guy’s child so quickly? Lu Chen had been visiting Yelv Nanyan every day before, and she hadn’t gotten pregnant with his child either.

Seeing Chu Yuqin with a flushed face, Lu Chen said with a smile, “Didn’t you just find it so natural to shout ‘Chen’er, Chen’er’ before, and now all of a sudden, you’re telling me not to call you ‘aunt’?”

Feeling ashamed, Chu Yuqin said, “Anyway, you shouldn’t call me that from now on.”

Lu Chen then embraced her and said, “Alright, I understand. From now on, I’ll just call you my wife.”

Saying this, Lu Chen continued, “Actually, you got pregnant the very first night of our marriage. However, I worried if I only touched you once and then never again, you might think that I had started to despise you, so these past few days I simply stayed in the Prince’s Mansion every day, intending to do all that we planned to do during your pregnancy.”

Hearing this, Chu Yuqin felt even hotter, not expecting that she would conceive the first time they did such a thing. She seemed too easily pregnant, being a Half-step Grandmaster. This gave her a strange feeling–it was as if her body had been ready to conceive Lu Chen’s child all along, and Chu Yuqin felt immensely embarrassed.

Lu Chen said, “I still have to go to the armory later, so I should get up now. You go back to sleep a little longer.”

With that, Lu Chen got up and dressed. Chu Yuqin was about to help him with his clothes but realized she had no strength at all. With no choice, she had to call in the maidservant to help Lu Chen dress.

After leaving Chu Yuqin’s room, Lu Chen had a simple breakfast in the main courtyard before heading to the armory to find the Mohist brothers.

The steam engine blueprint was ready, and so was the train blueprint. If these two things could be constructed, they would surely bring a cross-era change to the North Country.