Having many children brings many blessings; the struggle for power begins with marriage.

Chapter 268 Lu Chen Has Fallen?

Seeing the Kaiyuan Pill on the system interface, Lu Chen was curious about what this pill was for, so he clicked on the information about the Kaiyuan Pill.

[Kaiyuan Pill: After consumption, it can temper the meridians and accelerate the improvement of a martial artist's strength.]

Upon seeing the description of the Kaiyuan Pill, Lu Chen was stunned. Was it really that simple?

It only says that it accelerates the improvement of a martial artist's strength, but it doesn't say by how much. Without any reference, how can he know exactly how precious this pill is?

Oh well, people will know how precious this pill is once they use it. The Youth Preservation Pill was so effective a while ago, so the Origin Opening Pill shouldn't be much worse.

At this moment, Lu Chen gently stroked Chu Yuqin's hair, a bright smile appearing on his face.

It is said that martial artists have difficulty conceiving, and his other powerful wives and concubines have not yet conceived his children, but Chu Yuqin is completely different from them.

Chu Yuqin is now a half-step Grandmaster, and as a result, she became pregnant with her child on their first time having sex.

It seems that there are significant differences in physique among martial artists, and perhaps some women are just more prone to pregnancy.

At this moment, Chu Yuqin, who was lying paralyzed on the bed, felt her hair being disturbed and said weakly, "Chen... Chen'er... enough... enough..."

Although Lu Chen kept using the Rejuvenating Hand to help Chu Yuqin heal, she didn't feel any pain at all, but the consumption of physical strength was real. She was only a half-step Grandmaster, how could she possibly be a match for a Grandmaster?

At this moment, Chu Yuqin felt that her mind was completely muddled and she was unable to think at all.

Now she understood why she could always hear certain sounds when she patrolled the inner courtyard of the Prince's mansion. So that's what it was all about.

Chu Yuqin felt that if this continued, she might lose consciousness completely.

Hearing Chu Yuqin's words, Lu Chen smiled, then whispered in her ear, "Yuqin, what did you just call me?"

"You'll be punished if you address someone by the wrong title."

Hearing the voice beside her ear, Chu Yuqin's delicate body trembled involuntarily.

Punishment? What kind of punishment?

It can't be...

Startled, Chu Yuqin quickly said, "Husband, I was wrong..."

Seeing that Chu Yuqin panicked, Lu Chen put his arms around her slender waist and didn't continue doing anything bad. He said, "If you really can't change, you can continue to call me Chen'er. It's a nice name, it feels good."

Upon hearing this, Chu Yuqin's face immediately turned incredibly hot. She instantly understood what Lu Chen meant; this little rascal wanted to humiliate her.

If she still calls him Lu Chenchen'er, it means she is still viewing Lu Chen from the perspective of an elder. For an elder to act like that in front of Lu Chen would mean she is shameless.

Chu Yuqin snorted softly and said, "Don't think I don't know what kind of bad ideas you're plotting."

Lu Chen smiled slightly and then said, "What bad intentions could I possibly have?"

Chu Yuqin then said, "Get up quickly, Qingli is still waiting for you in the next room."

Lu Chen said, "It's only just gotten dark, there's no rush."

Hearing this, Chu Yuqin immediately became a little upset. She then said, "What do you mean it's dark yet? Do you think I'm stupid? It's already the second night."

Although she had been in a daze from yesterday afternoon until Lu Chen finished his bad deed just now, she had regained her senses a few times and realized that it was already the second day.

Chu Yuqin could guess why she had been able to hold on until now. This evil thing had the magic to heal people's injuries and illnesses, and she didn't feel any discomfort at all. It was perfectly normal for her to have persisted until now.

Seeing that Chu Yuqin's tone was somewhat emotional, Lu Chen smiled and whispered in her ear, "I thought my wife had already lost her mind and didn't realize it was already the second day. I didn't expect you to find out."

Chu Yuqin then said, "Qingli is married to you after all. If word gets out that she's been waiting in her room alone for a whole day and night, it will damage her reputation. You should go to her room right away."

A woman married a man, but the husband didn't enter the bridal chamber for a whole day and night. If this got out, people would probably think there was something wrong with the woman, which was why the husband didn't enter the bridal chamber for a whole day and night.

Lu Chen said, "Alright then, you get some rest, I'll go to her room now." Only then did Lu Chen finally agree to part ways with Chu Yuqin.

After he got up from Chu Yuqin, he prepared to get dressed. At this moment, Chu Yuqin slowly turned over, wanting to get up and help Lu Chen get dressed, but as soon as she moved, she found that she had no strength at all.

Seeing Chu Yuqin sit up only to collapse again, Lu Chen smiled and said, "My dear wife, you should rest well and not push yourself too hard."

Hearing this, Chu Yuqin snorted coldly and looked at Lu Chen with a resentful expression, saying, "It's all your fault. I have no strength left."

Lu Chen chuckled and didn't continue teasing Chu Yuqin. He quickly got dressed and went straight to Chu Qingli's room next door.

When Lu Chen arrived at Chu Qingli's room, Chu Qingli was already fast asleep on the bed, and the maids in Chu Qingli's room were all asleep by the bedside.

Seeing this, Lu Chen was stunned. It seemed that neither of them had slept last night.

Just then, the maid woke up with a start and saw Lu Chen in the room. She was so frightened that she almost lost her soul.

She was, after all, a maid who came with the bride price and was supposed to be in charge of Lu Chen and Chu Qingli's bedchamber affairs. However, before the master of the house even entered the bridal chamber, she, the maid, had fallen asleep by the bedside.

The maidservant suddenly panicked and immediately knelt on the ground, trying to beg Lu Chen for mercy.

However, just as the maid was about to kneel down, she found that her body was being pulled up by an inexplicable force, and she could not make a sound, as if an invisible hand had covered her mouth.

The maid was in despair, thinking that the Northern King was angry and was going to kill her.

But at that moment, she noticed that the Northern King raised his finger and placed it between his lips, making a "shh" gesture.

Upon seeing this, the maid realized that the Northern King did not intend to kill her, but rather did not want her to make a sound and wake Chu Qingli, who was fast asleep on the bed.

The maid breathed a sigh of relief.

Lu Chen then whispered to the maid, "You should go and rest first."

The maid didn't speak, but she bowed to Lu Chen and then quietly left the room.

After the maid left, Lu Chen glanced at Chu Qingli on the bed. Chu Qingli was wearing a red wedding dress and was lying on the bed, completely unaware that he had come in.

Generally speaking, even when a high-level martial artist is asleep, they can sense the approach of danger and quickly open their eyes to avoid the attack.

If Lu Chen were someone else, Chu Qingli would have already regained consciousness by now.

The reason why Chu Qingli didn't wake up and was sleeping so soundly was largely because, in Chu Qingli's subconscious, Lu Chen was no longer considered a danger. So even if Lu Chen got close, Chu Qingli couldn't sense the danger approaching.

At this moment, Lu Chen's lips curled up slightly. He had already toyed with Chu Qingli hundreds of times, and Chu Qingli's body and mind already belonged to him. It was normal that she couldn't feel the danger after falling asleep.

Since she doesn't sense any danger, then this scoundrel is going to do something bad to her.

Thinking of this, Lu Chen went straight to the bed and gently pressed himself down on it.

Even at this point, Chu Qingli still didn't open her eyes and was sleeping very soundly.

However, in her dazed state, she had already sensed something. At this moment, she was talking in her sleep, "Lu Chen, you bastard, let my sister go, if you have the guts, come at me... I'll do it..."

At this point, Chu Qingli turned her head to the side and continued sleeping.

Hearing Chu Qingli's nonsense, Lu Chen chuckled and said, "You dare to come at me if you dare?"

Okay, I'm coming for you now.

Then Lu Chen began to carefully tear off Chu Qingli's wedding dress.

At this point, no matter how quietly Lu Chen moved, Chu Qingli would still notice.

However, whenever Chu Qingli was about to wake up, Lu Chen would stop and not make any move until Chu Qingli fell into a deep sleep again, at which point he would continue.

Because Lu Chen was in contact with Chu Qingli's body, Chu Qingli's internal energy had been sealed. When a martial artist loses their internal energy, their perception will be greatly reduced. In addition, Chu Qingli no longer considered Lu Chen a threat. Even after Lu Chen had taken off her clothes, Chu Qingli still did not wake up.

After an unknown amount of time, Lu Chen glanced at Chu Qingli and smiled to himself. It turned out that this guy had already made preparations and was waiting for him to come.

Since that's the case, I'll just work overtime and not sleep tonight.

Then Lu Chen leaned in and kissed Chu Qingli's red lips.

Chu Qingli gradually sensed something was wrong. She suddenly opened her eyes and discovered that Lu Chen, that wicked thing, was doing something bad to her. Chu Qingli struggled to get up, but Lu Chen ignored her and continued doing what he was doing.

After struggling for a while, Chu Qingli gave up completely.

Forget it, she was already this guy's woman, and she officially married this bastard yesterday. Now, whatever he wants to do to her is his prerogative.

……

at the same time.

The next room.

Chu Yuqin was lying on the bed when several maids entered the room to tidy up her bed.

The sheets are soaked through; they need to be changed.

At this moment, Chu Yuqin heard a sound coming from next door. Upon hearing Chu Qingli's voice, Chu Yuqin was slightly stunned.

She had originally thought that the wicked thing had been busy for a whole day and night, and that he should go to sleep after he went to Chu Qingli's room.

Unexpectedly, he didn't behave himself in Chu Qingli's room, didn't rest, and continued to target Chu Qingli.

Chu Yuqin said softly, "This naughty thing is really taking less and less care of its body."

In Chu Yuqin's opinion, even though Lu Chen is already a Grandmaster, he still needs to rest. Right now, Lu Chen is completely overdrawing his body.

Chu Yuqin couldn't help but think that now that she had become Lu Chen's woman, there would be no elders in the entire palace left to Lu Chen, and he would probably become increasingly reckless in his actions.

This is not a good thing. It seems that I still have to keep calling him Chen'er. Even if I don't control him, when Lu Chen hears me call him that, he will always feel that he is still an elder, and he might restrain himself a little.

As for whether it will be effective, we'll only know in the future.

……

As the saying goes, a gentle embrace is a hero's grave. In the first half month after Chu Yuqin and Chu Qingli married into the Northern Prince's Mansion, Lu Chen went to the South Courtyard every day, almost to the point of forgetting his homeland, and even neglected his official duties.

This made Chu Yuqin very worried. She made up her mind again that Lu Chen needed an elder to keep him in check, otherwise Lu Chen would remain depressed for who knows how long.

Finally, one morning, after Lu Chen woke up from Chu Yuqin's soft and fragrant embrace, Chu Yuqin spoke directly to him, saying, "Chen'er, there's something I have to tell you."

Hearing Chu Yuqin speak in the tone of an elder again, Lu Chen immediately smiled.

Most young people dislike being lectured by their elders, but Chu Yuqin is no ordinary elder. Her role as an elder is somewhat special, which can be understood as a role-playing situation, and Lu Chen actually likes this kind of tone.

Lu Chen then asked, "Aunt Chu, what is it you want to talk about?"

Chu Yuqin still called herself aunt, so she said directly, "I heard that you've recently dumped all the government affairs on Zhuge Chongguang and haven't done anything yourself. Now everyone outside is saying that you've completely fallen into depravity."

Hearing this, Lu Chen smiled and said, "Then, Aunt Chu, do you think I've become corrupt?"

This……

When Lu Chen asked her a question, Chu Yuqin didn't know what to say.

It's quite obvious that this wicked thing has fallen into depravity. It keeps coming here every day, and it stays up all night and then sleeps during the day.

Seeing that Chu Yuqin did not speak, Lu Chen said with a smile, "It's not that I've fallen into depravity. I just wanted to see if my reform policies could continue without problems without me as the prince. That's why I handed over all the political affairs to the Grand Secretary."

Hearing Lu Chen's words, Chu Yuqin looked at him with suspicion. She then said, "When you led troops to Ningbei City to resist the Tianqi King's army, you handed over all the administrative affairs to Zhuge Chongguang for a month or two. Didn't that verify what you wanted to verify?"

Hearing Chu Yuqin's words, Lu Chen stopped pretending and said, "Okay, I'll lay my cards on the table. I just want to do bad things to you every day and then dump all the government affairs on Zhuge Chongguang."

Seeing that Lu Chen actually admitted it, Chu Yuqin was stunned again, "You..."

Chu Yuqin sighed softly, then said, "Chen'er, you are a prince, you should prioritize state affairs. How can you waste your energy on your aunt every day? If this continues, people will probably say that your aunt is a femme fatale."

Lu Chen said with a smile, "If I didn't focus my energy on you, how could I get you pregnant with my child?"

Chu Yuqin was unaware that she was pregnant at this time. She continued, "You can't force a child. You know that it's not easy for martial artists to get pregnant. Look at you, you went to Yelü Nanyan's place every day before, but she still didn't get pregnant."

Upon hearing this, Lu Chen moved closer to Chu Yuqin's head and whispered in her ear, "I have good news for you. You're actually pregnant."

Upon hearing this, Chu Yuqin was instantly stunned.

Is she...pregnant?

Do I have this bad child?

real or fake?

How come she doesn't feel anything at all?

Chu Yuqin asked in disbelief, "You...you're not lying to me?"

Lu Chen looked into Chu Yuqin's eyes and said in a teasing tone, "How could I dare to lie to my Aunt Chu?"

Chu Yuqin's face flushed red instantly, and she said softly, "You...you shouldn't call me Aunt Chu anymore."

Chu Yuqin originally wanted to use her status as an elder to persuade Lu Chen to focus his mind on the right path, but she didn't expect to get pregnant with Lu Chen's child so quickly.

If Lu Chen continues to call her "aunt," how will the children address them after they are born? Wouldn't that cause chaos?

Chu Yuqin was puzzled. How could she have gotten pregnant with this little rascal's child so quickly? Lu Chen used to go to Yelü Nanyan's place every day, but he didn't get pregnant with Lu Chen's child after seeing Yelü Nanyan.

Seeing Chu Yuqin's face turn completely red, Lu Chen said with a smile, "Weren't you Chen'er before? It was so easy to call you Chen'er. Why don't you want me to call you 'Auntie' now?"

Chu Yuqin said shamefully, "Anyway, don't call me that anymore."

Lu Chen then put his arm around her and said, "Alright, I understand. From now on, I'll call you my wife."

At this point, Lu Chen continued, "Actually, you got pregnant on our first night together. But I was worried that if I only touched you once and then never touched you again, you might think I had already given up on you. So these past few days I've simply stayed at the Prince's Mansion every day and tried to do everything we needed to do while you were resting during your pregnancy."

Hearing this, Chu Yuqin felt her body heat up even more. She hadn't expected that she would get pregnant on her first time doing "that" with Lu Chen. She was too easy to get pregnant. She was a half-step Grandmaster! This gave her a strange feeling. She felt as if her body was already prepared to have Lu Chen's child. Chu Yuqin felt extremely ashamed.

Lu Chen said, "I have to go to the military factory later, so I'll get up first. You can sleep a little longer."

At this point, Lu Chen got up and started dressing. Chu Yuqin was about to get up to help Lu Chen get dressed, but she found that she had no strength at all. Helpless, she had to call the maid in and have the maid help Lu Chen get dressed.

After leaving Chu Yuqin's room, Lu Chen had a simple breakfast in the main courtyard, and then went to the military factory to find the two Mo brothers.

We have the blueprints for the steam engine and the train. If these two things are built, they will surely bring about epoch-making changes to the North.

(End of this chapter)