Shocked! The salty concubine was spoiled by the cold prince

"Gu Jiaorong has been with me for many years. Before the princess entered the palace, she was my concubine. I did not marry anyone else."

Pei Xu's voice was low, and he was stating the facts.

Of course Shen Zhaohua knew it, but she was unwilling to accept it and felt deceived.

"Pei Xu, you are always like this, so calm and scary."

Shen Zhaohua looked at him with tears in her eyes, as if blaming him, but also as if expressing her friendship.

"I like you and don't want to share you with anyone else. You promised me that. Why did you promise me that if you can't do it?"

Every word Shen Zhaohua said was full of sorrow, and she was always immersed in her own world.

"When we first met, I told you that my identity would force me to compromise on certain things, and you promised that you didn't mind."

Pei Xu's expression remained unchanged. He did not panic because of Shen Zhaohua's accusation.

"Yes, I did, but I regret it now!"

Whenever Shen Zhaohua thought about him being so intimate with other women, she would become jealous and go crazy.

She couldn't accept Pei Xu being with someone else, even if it was just a casual affair.

What's more, Pei Xu really touched Gu Jiaorong.

"I can give you whatever you want, but can you please stop going to Gu Jiaorong?"

There was pleading in Shen Zhaohua's eyes. She liked Pei Xu and couldn't live without him.

And in this world, she can only rely on Pei Xu.

"Zhaohua, don't be so willful. I've already given you everything I deserve."

Pei Xu's eyes were cold, no longer as gentle as before.

"I've given you all the respect you desire. If you don't want to be my concubine, I'll let you live in the palace without knowing why. If you don't want to share a husband with someone else, I'll treat you as a gentleman and never touch you. If you don't want to call me Prince like everyone else, I'll let you call me by my name. Zhaohua, what else is there to be dissatisfied with?"

Yes, what else is she not satisfied with?

Shen Zhaohua had no way to refute it, and Pei Xu agreed to all her requests.

But she wanted Pei Xu's unique love.

It's not just respect, it's not just pampering like a toy, it's true love that will last a lifetime.

"Pei Xu, you know I want more than just this."

Shen Zhaohua's eyes were filled with loss and pleading. She looked closely at the only man she could rely on in this world.

If she leaves Pei Xu, she will no longer be able to enjoy her current luxurious life.

So she could only plead pathetically for his love instead of threatening him like she had threatened Fleur.

"This is all I can give you right now, Zhaohua. If you're willing to help me, I won't be held hostage by others in the future. Perhaps I can love you only, but I can't have such a weakness right now."

Pei Xu had a perfect excuse, and it always worked.

"Not to mention that it's impossible for me to abandon my current identity, but can you give up your current life? Being an ordinary couple, struggling to make a living every day, earning a meager salary."

Shen Zhaohua didn’t understand why they couldn’t just live their current life as an ordinary couple?

Could it be that if Pei Xu gave up his status as a prince, he would no longer be able to have money?

"If I abandon everything, I will no longer be a prince, and I have made many enemies in the capital, so naturally I can only hide in the countryside to survive."

Pei Xu saw what she was thinking and replied with a sneer.

"You can't get rid of this kind of life, and neither can I, so you have to accept it."

Pei Xu made the final decision, and there was even a hint of contempt in his eyes.

This left Shen Zhaohua speechless and a little dissatisfied.

She doesn't accept that.

Even if the truth is just as Pei Xu said, she cannot let go of her existing wealth.

"But life is never black and white. If you want, why can't we stay together forever?"

Shen Zhaohua counted the famous people in history and found that even emperors had married only one wife.

If the emperor can do it, why can't Pei Xu do it?

It's just that he doesn't want to.

He was attracted by Gu Jiaorong, and the so-called casual flirting was just a lie.

"Pei Xu, you've fallen in love with Gu Jiaorong, right?"

Shen Zhaohua questioned him righteously, saying that she had put herself in a place where she shouldn't be.

Even the real princess Xie Wanning would not question Pei Xu so directly.

Pei Xu was not angry, he just smiled as if he had heard a joke.

"I don't want to hear this kind of question again."

Pei Xu didn't answer, perhaps because he felt it was meaningless, or perhaps because Gu Jiaorong really wasn't that important to him. But no matter which possibility it was, Shen Zhaohua was not satisfied.

"I've been very busy lately. As you know, the gunpowder is still being developed, and there can be no mistakes. Be good, and I'll come back to see you when I'm done."

Pei Xu knew that Shen Zhaohua might have something else to offer.

But if she doesn't want to, he won't force her.

After all, mastering the technology of gunpowder is enough.

Nothing can give people a greater sense of security than strong military power.

"Excuses are just excuses."

Shen Zhaohua looked at Pei Xu with red eyes, refusing to give in.

"If you were really busy, you wouldn't go to Gu Jiaorong's yard."

She didn't believe everything Pei Xu said, nor did she want to let him go.

She had a strong intuition that if she let Pei Xu go this time, it might be a long time before they met again.

"Zhaohua, you've changed. You weren't so willful and entangled before. I thought you were different from other women, but in fact, you are no different."

Pei Xu looked disappointed, as if he really thought so.

"Of course I'm different from them. I have my own pride, and I will never accept other women sharing you."

Shen Zhaohua did not admit that she was willful and capricious. She felt that what she did was right. No woman could accept that her beloved man slept with another woman.

"I can also tell you how to make a waterwheel, a repeating crossbow, and even help you make salt. Pei Xu, you know I can do many things for you as long as I want. I only have one request: stay away from Gu Jiaorong."

Shen Zhaohua felt the huge crisis brought to her by Gu Jiaorong, which was even greater than the impact brought by the princess.

It is well known that Pei Xu does not like the princess.

But Gu Jiaorong is different. Even though she was just a maid before, she has been with Pei Xu for many years. Now she has become a concubine. In the future, she might be able to survive to the end and replace everyone else.

Shen Zhaohua would never give her such an opportunity.

"I don't understand. You don't even mind the existence of the princess, so why would you mind Gu Jiaorong?"

Pei Xu looked at her in confusion. Although he did like going to Gu Jiaorong's place, it was only because Gu Jiaorong was the simplest person in the backyard.