Chapter 179 Taking the Initiative

Pei Tingyue took a deep breath and relaxed a little.

Instead of being passive, it is better to take the initiative and firmly grasp the dominant position.

She remembered that before leaving, Concubine Song stuffed two erotic pictures into the bottom of her suitcase.

Pei Tingyue closed his eyes in embarrassment, and when he opened them again, his eyes were firm and filled with a fearless attitude.

She took out the two books and quickly hid them under her pillow, planning to study them carefully in the evening.

When she goes to bed with him again, she will take the initiative!

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It was summer, but the Jiangzhou Palace was not hot at all. It was very fresh and cool, and the scenery was beautiful.

There is an imperial lake in the center of the palace, with rockery, flowing water, pavilions and green grass surrounding it.

There are also high pavilions on the lake island, providing a cool place for people to cool down. In the morning, when the frost and dew have not yet subsided, the water mist is lingering, and this beautiful scenery is like a fairyland on earth, making people linger.

When Pei Tingyue had some free time, she would bring Yun Shu and Yun Zheng here to relax. Occasionally, she would also bring Xiao Si to Noble Concubine Song's place to play for a while.

However, the imperial concubine has been very busy these days, and seems to be busy with something. Pei Tingyue did not stay long. After sitting for a while, he took Xiao Si away.

However, Queen Mother Qin sent someone to say that she wanted to see Xiao Si, so Pei Tingyue took him to see the Queen Mother again.

The grandparents and grandchildren get along very happily.

Queen Dowager Qin was relieved, and Pei Tingyue was also relieved.

My son can actually hug the empress dowager's thick thighs. He is really gifted.

Apart from this, Pei Tingyue did not go out during the day. In the remaining time, he would let the female doctor take care of his body, or take a nap on the couch.

The saying that people feel sleepy in spring and tired in autumn is absolutely true.

Pei Tingyue often felt sleepy after meals, so she hugged Xiaosi and slept together.

As for the evening time, she studied the two booklets painstakingly.

Life in the palace was particularly comfortable.

One day, Pei Tingyue got up after a nap.

She looked at the rosy glow coming in through the window and asked casually, "What time is it?"

Yun Shu was bending over to tidy up the bed when he replied, "It's just the evening hour."

Pei Tingyue nodded.

At this time, after she had washed up, it was time for dinner.

Pei Tingyue had just put her hair into a simple bun and was about to get up from the dressing table when she saw an unfamiliar palace maid enter the bedroom and start wiping the small table and vase with a clean cloth.

Pei Tingyue frowned: "Yun Shu!"

Yun Shu suddenly came back to his senses, looked at her ugly face and immediately became serious. He followed her gaze and saw a little palace maid with an unfamiliar face.

Yun Shu had an idea in mind.

She put down what she was doing, stepped forward and scolded, "Who asked you to enter the inner bedroom? Do you understand the rules?"

The little maid shrank back in fear.

As he dodged, he bumped into the small table and the vase fell on the floor tiles, making a "pa" sound.

The little palace maid's lips turned pale, and she knelt on the ground in fear. "Since Sister Zhichun came to the palace, she has been suffering from vomiting and diarrhea due to the unfamiliar climate. She has been unable to serve the Empress Defei. Seeing that I was behaving properly, she pointed me over and asked me to just wipe the ornaments."

After hearing the sound, Pei Tingyue's face became even uglier.

Upon seeing this, Yun Shu stepped forward and slapped the young palace maid. "How dare you, bypassing your master and making decisions on your own? Get out of here! You are no longer allowed to serve in Ningxiang Pavilion. I'll have to trouble Zhichun later. She deserves to be punished!"

The little palace maid covered her face and walked away crying.

Yun Shu stepped forward cautiously: "My Lady, once I have made the bed, I will check every spot that the maid has touched, to make sure she hasn't tampered with anything."

After reporting, she turned around and went back to work.

Pei Tingyue sat in front of the dressing table and was reluctant to get up.

She frowned.

He tried his best to suppress the anger rising in his heart.

Pei Tingyue became alert.

Something's wrong. Something's not right.

Under normal circumstances, even if this little palace maid came in privately, she would at most reprimand her and then have someone check the palace. If there was nothing wrong, she would just let it go.

Why are you so angry?

And he showed his disdain to them openly.

You know, except for these few close palace maids, she never shows her emotions, but just now, she couldn't suppress her emotions and could only let them get out of control.

And Yunshu is also not right.

Yun Shu was trembling with fear towards her, and looked obviously a little afraid.

Afraid of her?

This is strange.

Except when she first came, the little girl was afraid of her for a while, but then she opened her heart to her. Why is she afraid of her again?

Not only that, he just slapped the little palace maid, as if he couldn't control his emotions.

Pei Tingyue's eyes darkened.

She stood up and walked to the rocking couch. Looking at the sleeping Xiao Si, she asked, "Did Yu Zhou sleep with me? Did he not wake up in the middle?"

Yun Shu had just made the bed and walked over to it and said, "The prince hasn't woken up yet. He's been sleeping longer these past two days than he did in the first few days after he was born."

Pei Tingyue closed his eyes.

"Go call Yun Zheng."

Yunshu agreed.

After a while, the two of them came in side by side.

Pei Tingyue looked at the two of them and said, "We've been tricked."

Yun Shu's eyes widened, and Yun Zheng was equally surprised. She said in astonishment, "I have carefully checked every part of this palace."

Pei Tingyue said coldly: "Is there anyone who hasn't noticed it yet?"

She told the two of them all the strange things.

Yun Zheng looked at Yun Shu in surprise: "Did you just do that?"

Yun Shu said distressedly, "I don't know what's going on. That feeling of worry instantly spread throughout my body and I couldn't control myself."

Yun Zheng came back to her senses and knelt in front of Pei Tingyue, "It was my negligence. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."

Pei Tingyue narrowed his eyes: "Even you can't notice that the people who want to harm us are coming with great force. Get up."

Yun Shu asked, "My Lady, what should we do now?"

Pei Tingyue immediately made a decision, "Of course we should investigate."

"Then, Madam, where should we start investigating?"

Pei Tingyue lowered his eyes and thought.

It’s nothing more than food, clothing, housing and transportation, but Yunshu also has symptoms, so the aspect of “housing” is the most suspicious.

But the people serving outside, Zhixia, Zhiqiu and the others, behaved normally.

So the problem is...

She looked around the hall for a moment and said in a cold voice, "The problem should be in the inner chambers. Let's start investigating there."

Yun Zheng and Yun Shu were about to check everything one by one when she stopped them, "Check this incense first."

The three of them looked at the incense burner with twined branch patterns in front of the bed.

Originally, Pei Tingyue did not use incense. After arriving at the palace, she had the incense removed. However, the palace maid who had been staying in the palace said that if no one lived in the palace for a long time and no incense was burned, there would be a musty smell.

Pei Tingyue used the fragrance, which had a light floral and fruity scent. Yun Zheng had also checked it at the time and found no problems, so she dared to use it.

Now it seems that there is a big problem.

Yun Zheng's face showed a serious expression. She used a silver spoon to scoop out some unburned spices, sniffed them for a moment, dissolved them in water, and examined them carefully.

Pei Tingyue watched intently and asked, "Is there any problem?"

Yun Zheng shook her head: "No."

She put down the spices and checked the bedroom again, and found nothing wrong.

In the end, she knelt down and apologized.

There was a cold light in Pei Tingyue's beautiful peach blossom eyes.

"Even you can't find it, it's really thoughtful of you."