Rebirth: So what if my husband is a little crazy? He loves me.

Chapter 50 Money or Life?

As night fell, Shen Li lay down, and Shaoyao prepared to close the palace doors.

"Sister Peony, my stomach suddenly hurts a bit and I can't walk. Could you help me to the toilet?" The palace maid on night duty suddenly clutched her stomach and squatted down on the ground.

“This…this won’t do. If we leave, there will be no one in this side hall. Who will take care of my master?” Peony was a little embarrassed, but still refused: “Why don’t you find someone else?”

“Sister, I know you’re a good person. What could possibly happen in the palace?” The palace maid tugged at the hem of Peony’s skirt. “I really can’t go on. Help me across, and I’ll be right back.”

Peony gritted her teeth and said, "Fine, I'll take you there and then I'll come right back."

"Little sister, you're such a kind person... It hurts so much..."

Peony helped the person leave, and perhaps because they were in such a hurry, the door to the side hall was ajar.

A man's large hand grabbed the door, and he silently went inside, closed the door, and bolted it shut.

"Peony, what's that noise outside?" Shen Li's languid voice came from the inner room: "Come in and see if I have a fever. Why do I feel hot and weak?"

Upon hearing this sound, Zheng Youwei felt his bones melt. "Hot? Yes, that's right."

He's really in for a treat today. He'll get to experience what it's like to be the most talented woman in the capital, and see how she differs from the courtesans in bed.

"Why aren't you saying anything?" Shen Li turned her head and her pupils contracted when she saw Zheng Youwei: "You... how did you get in?"

Seeing Shen Li's panic, Zheng Youwei became even more excited, his lewd eyes gleaming: "Miss Shen, oh no, Madam Gu, right? What do you think we, a man and a woman alone in a room, could do so late at night?"

"You...you stay away...I'm calling for help." Shen Li sat up and covered herself with the blanket.

“Call for help? This Anhua Palace is full of my men. You can try calling until you scream your lungs out and see if anyone comes to save you.” Zheng Youwei said as he walked toward the bed.

"It must be uncomfortable to have such a hot body. If you just give in to me, you'll feel better. Resisting might just hurt you." Zheng Youwei got more and more excited as he spoke, and Shen Li under the lamplight was even more beautiful than she had been during the day.

The thought of being able to control such a woman in the future, making her completely obedient to him, fills me with immense anticipation.

"Don't come any closer! This is the palace! How can you do this?" Shen Li's eyes widened in panic.

"Shh, I advise you to keep your voice down. If you get caught, I'll just say you shamelessly seduced me. What am I afraid of? You'll be the one who gets ruined in the end."

Upon hearing this, a hint of panic flashed in Shen Li's eyes.

"That's why she's called a talented woman. She knows how to be pragmatic. If she serves me well, I definitely won't spread this around." Zheng Youwei smiled triumphantly and reached out to touch Shen Li's face.

Shen Li dodged his hand and squinted at him: "What if I don't comply?"

"Not to mention that your body won't refuse, even if you really wanted to refuse, could you refuse?" Zheng Youwei said as he reached out to lift her blanket: "I have limited patience, so you better behave yourself, or you'll suffer."

As the blanket was pulled back, he felt a blur before his eyes, and then his throat was grabbed. He stared wide-eyed at Shen Li in front of him, completely incredulous.

Firstly, I didn't expect Shen Li to be so quick. Secondly, I didn't expect that there was no erotic scene under the blanket as I had imagined. Shen Li was fully dressed, even her shoes were still there.

This doesn't look like bedtime at all.

"Do you think the granddaughter of the Duke of Zhenguo is so weak that she can't even kill a chicken?" Shen Li stood up from the bed and looked down at him: "A person like you deserves to die."

Zheng Youwei felt Shen Li's fingers tightening, and he couldn't even scream. He could only make a soft sound: "No...you won't live if you kill me?"

"What do you mean?" Shen Li loosened her grip.

Zheng Youwei hurriedly said, "I was granted special permission by His Majesty to enter the palace to accompany Prince Yi. Everyone knows I'm in the palace. If I die here, how will you explain it?"

Shen Li hesitated for a moment.

“My aunt is Consort Zheng, and my father is the Minister of Personnel. If I die at your hands, they will not let it go, no matter what.”

Zheng Youwei's mind started working again, and he continued, "You'd better let me go. Letting me out won't cost you anything, and I promise to keep my mouth shut and pretend nothing happened."

"How can I believe you won't say anything? If you say something that ruins my reputation, how am I supposed to face the consequences?" Shen Li still didn't believe him.

“I…I can swear.”

"I don't believe that unless you write me a written agreement stating that you owe Gu Chang'an 10,000 taels of gold, and that I will come to collect the debt if you spread rumors." Shen Li looked at him with probing eyes.

Zheng Youwei looked troubled. He was afraid that even if he didn't say anything, he would still be asked to pay the debt, which was ten thousand taels of gold.

"Write it or not?" Shen Li's eyes flashed sharply.

"I'll write it, I'll write it." Zheng Youwei broke out in a cold sweat when he saw that look. Compared to gold, saving his life was more important.

Once he leaves this place, he'll make that bitch pay. Sooner or later, he'll bully her mercilessly to avenge today's humiliation.

"Come on." Shen Li pushed him onto the couch and said, "Write here, grind the ink yourself."

“Okay.” Zheng Youwei opened the wooden box containing the Four Treasures of the Study in front of him while thinking about how to take revenge.

However, when he opened it, he found that there were no writing implements inside, but instead a long, emerald green object. The moment he saw the object clearly, he met a pair of red eyes.

"Hiss hiss..."

The green snake darted out of the box like lightning and bit Zheng Youwei's neck, its sharp teeth releasing deadly venom into his veins.

Zheng Youwei's pupils dilated in shock, and his body slowly collapsed. How could he have imagined that this snake had been kept here all along?

Shen Li didn't want his money; she clearly wanted his life. This was no quiet, traditional noblewoman; she was a ruthless, cold-blooded killer.

"This time it wasn't me who killed you, so your father and aunt won't be able to find me to take revenge. Why don't you try praying to your ancestors in the underworld?" Shen Li couldn't help but mock him when she saw that he was still conscious.

"You...you..." Zheng Youwei's face turned pale, his tongue became stiff, and he could no longer speak.

However, in the blink of an eye, the person completely lost consciousness.

"This snake is quite venomous." Shen Li watched the green snake quickly flee after biting someone, a hint of coldness hidden in her calm eyes.

Bless yourself.

A sharp scream suddenly rang out from the tranquil Anhua Palace: "Murder... a snake... there's a snake..."

Suddenly, the sounds of doors opening, footsteps, and voices all blended together.

Where? Where?

"A snake...a snake is heading towards the Empress's main hall...quick..."

"Quickly, go save the Empress... You lot, hurry..."