Chapter 199 Give Her a Surprise

Seeing him remain silent, Pei Tingyue thought he was disgusted.

She muttered, "Although it's not pretty, I made it with all my heart. Your Majesty, at least..."

Before she could finish her words, she saw this person glance at her sideways and said in an unclear tone: "You disturbed me while I was eating noodles."

After saying this, he lowered his head and started eating the longevity noodles.

Pei Tingyue:?

Isn't this person putting the cart before the horse by disliking her noisyness just to eat the noodles she made?

But Pei Tingyue didn't dwell on it for too long. She smiled, held her little face in her hands and looked at it carefully. Occasionally, she couldn't help but say something.

"This place doesn't seem to be cooked yet, so Your Majesty shouldn't eat it."

"This place is so thick, I didn't cut it properly, Your Majesty, please spit it out."

“…”

Pei Tingyue said many words like this.

Xie Chen turned a deaf ear to him and ate the bowl of longevity noodles clean, even drinking up the noodle soup.

After using it, he looked straight at Pei Tingyue.

Just when Pei Tingyue thought he would say "It tastes terrible", he said softly, "I want more next year."

Eh?

It seems like I like it.

Pei Tingyue smiled sweetly and agreed: "Okay, I will do it for Your Majesty next year."

A smile flashed across Xie Chen's eyes: "Yeah."

Pei Tingyue stood up, put her arms around his neck, smiled and whispered, "Your Majesty, happy birthday."

Xie Chen hugged her tightly in his arms: "I am only happy when Tingyue is here."

Pei Tingyue smiled and nestled in his arms, "I will always be here."

The two of them laughed and joked outside for a long time.

It took a while before Pei Tingyue remembered Xiao Si.

She entered the bedroom with a puzzled look on her face, muttering softly, "Usually, she only sleeps for a while after drinking milk, and she won't be quiet for long before she starts to make trouble. But today, she's been obedient and has slept until now."

Xie Chen stood beside her, his expression unchanged as he said, "Maybe Tingyue took him out to the banquet today, and he was tired, so he slept a little longer."

Pei Tingyue thought about it and agreed.

She walked to the rocking couch, touched Xiao Si's forehead, and made sure he was not suffering from a fever. She felt relieved and then reached out to pull Xiao Si's quilt.

Xie Chen was afraid that she would notice something, so he pulled her to the bed and hugged her.

Because of Xiao Si, Pei Tingyue was embarrassed at first, but later she calmed down after Xie Chen told her that "there is something to discuss".

She quickly found a comfortable position in Xie Chen's arms and looked up curiously: "What does the emperor want to discuss?"

Xie Chen didn't say it clearly: "Let's leave Xiao Si to the Imperial Concubine tomorrow. I will take you somewhere tomorrow night."

Pei Tingyue then asked: "Where?"

“A pleasant surprise.”

Having said this, Pei Tingyue stopped asking. If he continued asking, it would not be a surprise at all.

She readily agreed, "Okay, okay."

Since just now, Xie Chen's heart has been feeling hot and swollen, as if something is erupting out. Looking at the person in front of him, this impulse is even more obvious.

It would be a shame not to do something on such a nice day.

Xie Chen placed the person in his arms on the couch, stood up and lowered the gold-woven gauze curtain.

His eyes were somewhat fiery, and even aggressive tonight. Pei Tingyue blushed when he looked at her, but she smiled and said, "No, Yuzhou is here tonight, let's do it tomorrow... the night after tomorrow."

Xie Chen turned a deaf ear.

He bent over and undressed.

"I didn't do anything for the past few nights because I was thinking about Tingyue. Today is your birthday, Tingyue must satisfy me."

After untying the jade belt, he moved closer to his family.

Pei Tingyue let him kiss her at first, but when he took off her clothes, her breathing became light and she turned her head away in embarrassment.

This turn of her head was so shocking that she quickly pushed the person away.

Xie Chenren was so uncomfortable that he was suddenly pushed away and fell on the couch. He didn't recover for a while, and after a long time, he asked in a hoarse voice, "What's wrong?"

Pei Tingyue tilted his head and said nothing.

Xie Chen followed her gaze.

Looking through the gauze curtain, Xiao Si was awake, looking at this side curiously with his big eyes.

Xie Chen: “…”

He closed his eyes in frustration.

He understood that this kid was here to take revenge on him.

So, the little bit of fatherly love that was left was gone.

He grasped Pei Tingyue's soft and boneless hand, and the almighty emperor wanted to play tricks for once, "Who is more important, me or him?"

Pei Tingyue smiled and said, "The Emperor is important, but it's not possible tonight."

The trick didn't work. Xie Chen was silent in her neck.

Pei Tingyue kissed his handsome face and whispered, "I'll compensate the emperor the day after tomorrow."

After saying that, she got up from the bed, hooked up the gilded gauze curtain with the golden hook, went to the rocking couch and picked up Xiao Si, "Ah, who's awake?"

Xiao Si was amused by her words and laughed.

Xie Chen became even more depressed.

Why didn’t this kid smile when I held him in my arms before?

Although depressed, there is nothing I can do.

And worried that Pei Tingyue would be tired, he stood up and carried Xiao Si over, "Father, hold him."

Pei Tingyue came over and said flatteringly, "Father, can you hold me?"

Xiao Si was very happy to see two familiar people at once, and started babbling along.

There was warm laughter in the hall.

*

The moon is on the branches.

Jiangzhou Palace.

Taking advantage of the cover of night, a woman wearing a hood hurriedly turned to a remote back room.

Looking closely at her appearance, it could be none other than Concubine Jiang.

There was a faint candlelight in the room, and Concubine Jiang knocked on the door twice lightly and once heavily as agreed.

A deep voice came from inside.

"Enter."

Hearing the familiar voice, Concubine Jiang flashed into the room.

After entering the house, she untied her black hood and lowered her head in shame, "Father."

The visitor was none other than Jiang Hao, the head of the noble Jiang family and the biological father of Concubine Jiang.

The Jiang family is a long-standing noble family in Daqi.

He had been up and down in the court for many years, with no improvement, and almost fell into ruin.

The situation did not improve until the eldest son of the Jiang family became the prince at that time, and the current emperor's study partner.

Jiang seized the opportunity and pledged allegiance to the prince. After the current emperor ascended the throne, he took Jiang's youngest daughter into the palace as a concubine. Jiang's power was completely restored.

Just when the entire Jiang family thought that this enormous wealth and glory had come to them, the emperor did not use them too much.

It was not until this year that Jiang's father and brother took charge of the imperial guards during the southern tour, and this glory finally became a reality.

Who would have thought that he would be suspended from his post just a few days after gaining power.

No one in the Jiang family could guess the emperor's intentions, so Jiang's father used his connections in the imperial guards and took the risk to meet Concubine Jiang in this remote place.

I want to ask her what happened.

How come her position of Concubine Shu was demoted to Concubine Jie, and her family members were also suspended from their jobs?

Father Jiang was sitting on a simple wooden bench. Hearing the call, he quickly stood up and said, "Jieyu, come here..."

Before he could finish, Jiang's father's words got stuck in his throat. The scene before him was so shocking.

His once gentle and beautiful daughter had become so thin and terrifying!

There was hardly any flesh on her face, her eyes were dark and bloodshot, her cheekbones were prominent, and all her beauty was gone.

Shocked, Father Jiang called back the old name.

"Yingxue, why did you become like this?"