Chapter 191: Extra 9: Do You Want Me? (Pei Ji and Jiang Rou)

Jiang Rou was a little confused.

"You said you were a great general, is that true?"

Pei Ji tilted his head and smiled. "How could it be true? Your future husband has slain countless Western Liao thieves on the frontier and recaptured over twenty cities for Da Qi. Everyone on the battlefield is afraid of me and terrified of me. That's why I changed the "Ji" in Jixue to "Ji" in Jidun."

"So that's how it is. Changing your name is really ugly!"

"Hmm? Say it again?"

"It's unpleasant, unpleasant, unpleasant..."

Jiang Rou twisted and turned on his back, flapping her little feet, until she heard the soldiers shouting and cheering, then she blushed and snuggled into his neck.

Only after entering the Yongyi Marquis's mansion did Jiang Rou realize how wealthy Pei Ji's family was.

The five-story mansion had flying eaves and pointed corners, red railings and jade bricks, pavilions, towers, gardens and ponds that were all exquisitely crafted. There were countless maids and servants, and even the toilet was much larger than her room in Lingyuan.

Just as Pei Ji said, the old marquis was a kind man, and his wife was gentle and beautiful, and she treated her well. On the day she returned home, he gave her a large box of jewelry, and took her to buy fabrics and made dozens of sets of clothes.

Because of the love and care of the three of them, Jiang Rou quickly adapted to life in the Marquis' Mansion.

Everyone in the mansion treated her with great respect, treating her as the Crown Prince's consort. She was also nice to the maids, often sharing delicious food and fun things with them.

Pei Ji handed the task of arranging the wedding to his parents, and took his sister Rou'er to travel around. They tried all the delicacies in the capital and visited all the beautiful mountains and rivers nearby.

Just a few days before their wedding, an uninvited guest broke into their lives.

Xiao Yuli hurried to the marquis's mansion and criticized Pei Ji harshly as soon as he saw him.

"You kid, you didn't even tell me that you survived, and I've been feeling guilty for a long time!"

It turned out that a few months ago, Crown Prince Xiao Yuli had a sudden urge to take his good brother, who had just returned from the battle, to Lingxiao Cliff to pick the rare double-headed iris, saying that he wanted to give the flower to his mother.

Although he picked the flowers, Xiao Yuli almost fell off the cliff.

Pei Ji risked his life to pull him up, but he lost his balance and fell to Lingyuan below the cliff.

Xiao Yuli once sent people to look for him, but the valley under Lingxiao Cliff was shrouded in mist, and various paths were intertwined and winding left and right, like a maze.

After searching for a while without any results, he had to give up.

Now that he saw Pei Ji again, he felt indescribable guilt in his heart.

"Your Highness, don't worry. I'm standing here perfectly fine, aren't I?"

Pei Ji smiled and introduced Jiang Rou, who was sitting in front of the stone table fiddling with a wooden puppy, to him.

"This is my fiancée Jiang Rou. We will be getting married in a few days. Your Highness, please do me the honor of coming to drink a glass of wedding wine!"

"Okay!" Xiao Yuli responded happily, but his smile froze when he saw Jiang Rou's face.

"Is it you?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Rou frowned and thought for a moment before she recognized him as the young master from the palace back then.

A few years ago, she went on a trip with Zhou Dian, but was kidnapped by a group of soldiers and taken to the palace.

Zhou Dian looked at the terminally ill emperor and shook his head. "Your Majesty is already at the end of his strength. If you want to extend his life for a few more years, it is not impossible. However, I have a favor to ask..."

Zhou Dian was treating the emperor in the palace, while Jiang Rou was waiting alone not far away, trembling.

A tall figure walked up to her and said, "Are you the little girl that the Medicine King brought? She's quite pretty."

Jiang Rou nodded nervously.

"Here, this is for you."

Xiao Yuli handed over a white jade dog and said, "Why don't you stay in the palace? When you reach the age of marriage, you can become my Crown Princess. Is that okay?"

Of course Jiang Rou did not agree.

Although this older brother looks okay, he is eleven or twelve years older than her.

Besides, the Lingyuan clan has rules that prohibit marriage with outsiders, and she doesn't want to be that stupid princess.

Although she did not agree, the appearance of the white jade dog was deeply imprinted in her mind.

Over the years, she tried to carve countless times, some looked like pigs, some looked like foxes, but none looked like dogs.

In the end, Pei Ji fulfilled his wish and carved a cute wooden puppy for him.

Now, when she saw Xiao Yuli's eyes again, her hands suddenly tightened.

If the look in Xiao Yuli's eyes when he looked at her back then could be considered admiration, then Jiang Rou was very sure that now those eyes were filled with covetousness.

She decided to play dumb, "Your Highness, have you recognized the wrong person? This is clearly the first time I've met Your Highness."

Xiao Yuli paused, squinted his eyes and looked at her for a while, then suddenly laughed out loud.

"It seems that I have made a mistake..."

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With the wedding approaching, the couple happily hid in the room to try out the wedding candies that would be used at the wedding banquet.

“Plum candy is delicious.”

Jiang Rou chewed it into pieces.

"Loquat candy is good too."

Crunch, another piece.

“Snowflake Crisps aren’t bad either!”

Pei Ji sat at the table, holding his chin, and looked at her with interest.

"Sister Rou'er, eat less. Be careful not to damage your teeth."

Jiang Rou shrugged. "I'm not afraid if it breaks down. I already have a boyfriend anyway. At worst, you can just marry a wife with a gap-tooth!"

Pei Ji was amused by her and wanted to laugh. He held her little face and pressed his forehead against hers.

"Sister Rou'er, have you thought it through? Do you really want to marry me?"

Jiang Rou pursed her lips with a wicked smile, "Actually, I still like those who are aloof, quiet, and wear white shirts. It's a pity that I've already been won over by you, the guy in black, so I have no choice but to... well..."

Pei Ji breathed rapidly and eagerly blocked her lips, with fragmented words leaking out from between his lips.

"Sister Rou'er is not allowed to like anyone else. She can only like me."

Jiang Rou secretly curled her lips. It turned out that her husband was so jealous! She really did not waste her nonsense.

The two were enjoying their meal when they heard someone outside the door announce, "The imperial edict has arrived!"

Jiang Rou cried for most of the night.

She cried until her eyes were red and swollen, and she cried so much that the front of Pei Ji's clothes was soaked.

"You are not the only general in Daqi, why do you have to go to fight the enemy?"

Pei Ji hugged her and kept wiping her tears.

He felt very distressed.

He was most afraid of her frowning and shedding tears, but he still let her cry.

"Good Rou'er, my Pei family has been engaged in war for generations. With the invasion, I have no choice but to go. Just wait for me, I'll be back soon, okay?"

Jiang Rou raised her head and looked at him twitchingly, "How fast is fast?"

Pei Ji bit his lip and said, "Next year when the peach blossoms are in full bloom, I will definitely welcome you into my family."

"and you……"

"I will come back alive. I have a wife and I will not allow anything to happen to me."

Jiang Rou no longer had any reason to keep him, so she could only lower her head silently and let the tears drip down.

"Rou'er..."

Pei Ji's heart trembled with pain, and he gently kissed her lips, "I'll be back soon."

"Brother Aji, I'm scared."

This was the first time she called him that.

Pei Ji's eyes were red, and he let the tears slide down, but he smiled and coaxed her gently.

"Don't be afraid, Sister Rou'er. While Brother Aji is away, you can learn to carve dolls and make cakes. When I come back, let me taste your cooking skills, okay?"

"No! I can't do it!"

"Then don't do it. I'll make it for you when I get back. You have to eat well. If you lose weight, I won't like it."

"You dare!"

Jiang Rou was so angry that she hit him, but when she saw his bloodshot eyes, she softened her heart.

The candlelight is bright.

She suddenly pushed him away and stood up.

With a flick of her nimble fingers, the red ribbon around her waist fell to the ground.

Seeing the thin dress being taken off and the fair and tender skin wrapped in the lilac-colored dress gradually revealed, Pei Ji panicked.

He quickly stepped forward and hugged her, "Rou'er, be good, don't."

He was indeed anxious to marry her, but he had never thought of possessing her so soon.

Even if the two of them got married, he planned to keep her for two years before performing the ritual of marriage.

But the girl didn't seem to think so.

She put her arms around his neck and looked at him with her eyes moving.

"Brother Aji, do you want me?"