Chapter 45 Stormy Waves

"Mother!"

Along with Asui's clear and urgent shouts, his small figure rushed in from outside like a gust of wind and appeared in front of Yun Wan's bed.

Yun Wan blinked and said in disbelief, "My dear, am I right? Why are you back?"

Ah Sui hugged her tightly and said obediently, "Don't worry, mother. I asked for leave, and His Majesty allowed me to come back!"

Before Yun Wan could ask in detail, Ah Sui let her go and lay on the edge of the bed, looking at her pitifully: "Mother, how are you? Are you feeling uncomfortable?"

Asui knows how it feels to be sick. One can't eat or sleep well. Not only does he have to get injections but he also has to drink very bitter medicine. He can only lie in bed all day without any strength and can't do anything.

This was how it was when he was sick for a few days before. He couldn't imagine how painful it must have been for his mother to be sick for so long.

Just thinking about it, his eyes turned red, and he cried, "Mother, I wish I could get sick instead of you. I'm in good health and I'm not afraid of being sick!"

Yun Wan's heart felt both bitter and sweet, as if it were soaked in sugar and vinegar. She said, "Silly child, Mother won't let you talk nonsense. You can't say things like that anymore. Otherwise, Mother will be angry."

She deliberately put on a stern face and spoke in a serious tone, pinching Asui's face, which had become much thinner.

Asui pursed his lips: "I know..."

After a moment of depression, he said with bright eyes: "Then, mother, please get well soon. I want to go for an outing with you!"

Yun Wan rubbed his head and said with a gentle and affectionate look, "Okay, Mother will try her best to get better."

The mother and son had been talking for quite a while when Pei Qian's breathless wails could be heard from the doorway.

"Lu, Lu Changsui! Wait for me! How can you run so fast?"

Pei Qian couldn't understand why he could run so fast when he was obviously smaller and shorter than him.

As soon as he got off the carriage, the man ran away. Pei Qian, who had been chasing him all the way, collapsed to the ground as soon as he entered the door.

Ah Sui felt guilty for a moment, went over to help him up, and explained, "Sorry, I want to see my mother sooner."

So I accidentally ran a little faster, and I would never admit that I had forgotten him.

Pei Qian's face had turned dark red from running. He rolled his eyes at him and said, "Then you don't have to run so fast, do you? Your mother can't run!"

Several maids were curious when they saw this young man who looked a little dark but had a noble air.

Yun Wan came out from the inner room, looked at Pei Qian with a smile, and said softly, "This is Young Master Pei, right?"

She was dressed simply, with her hair casually tied up with a hairpin. Her unmade-up face showed an unconcealable sickness, but it did not affect her beauty at all.

As he spoke, his eyes were gentle and he had a faint smile on his face, giving people a feeling of being bathed in a spring breeze.

Meeting an elder like this for the first time, the usually imposing young Master Pei Qian scratched his head, a little embarrassed to greet him. "Hello, Aunt Lu, I'm Pei Qian. You can just call me Pei Qian."

Before meeting this young master, Yun Wan had a preconceived notion that he was an unruly, arrogant and domineering child. But now he saw that he was a polite child.

Her eyebrows and eyes are similar to those of Princess Yongshou, revealing a heroic spirit, thick eyebrows, big eyes, and a slightly darker skin color, which does not look like it is natural, but more like it is tanned.

Yun Wan nodded and called him Pei Qian.

Pei Qian blinked, then moved closer to her, stared at her for a moment, and asked, "Auntie, are you a fairy from heaven? Otherwise, how could you be so beautiful?"

At the age of five or six, he already had a concept of beauty and ugliness. Pei Qian felt that Yun Wan in front of him was just as beautiful as the fairy he had heard about from the storyteller.

Yun Wan was stunned for a moment, and Yue'e beside him said with a smile: "Young Master, you are joking. Our wife is not a fairy, but a living mortal!"

Yueya also joked, "If Madam is a fairy, then our young master must be a fairy boy, right?"

Yun Wan glanced at them helplessly, "Okay, why don't you go get some food?"

After talking to the two of them for a while, Yun Wan was afraid that the disease would be passed on to them, so he asked them to go out and play, and gently told Asui to treat the guests well.

The servants brought snacks and candied fruits, and two bowls of cheese.

Pei Qian had been hungry for a long time, and since he wasn't picky about food, he ate half the plate of pea yellow.

After taking a sip of fresh yogurt, he asked curiously, "Lu Changsui, your mother is so gentle. Does she never scold you?"

In comparison, Ah Sui's appetite was much smaller. He took a bite of the chestnut cake and nodded heavily: "Of course! Ah Niang is the best. Even if I do something wrong, she never scolds me. She always talks to me reasonably."

Hearing this, Pei Qian sighed softly, his face full of envy: "I wish my mother would just reason with me."

Ah Sui didn't understand his distress. He put down the chestnut cake in his hand and said seriously, "Thank you so much for today, Pei Qian."

"I was wrong last time. I shouldn't have asked you to 'pay me'. I'm sorry."

His mother taught him to distinguish right from wrong, that thanking and apologizing are not contradictory, and that it is better to be open and honest about it. He always kept this in mind.

Asui was very grateful to Pei Qian for taking him to the emperor today. Although it was a bit impulsive, the result was good.

Pei Qian was startled by his formality. "Oh, it's already happened. Why are you bringing it up all of a sudden? I almost forgot!"

After saying that, he snorted and said awkwardly, "But I was wrong before too. I shouldn't have taken your things, so we're even!"

Asui nodded, "Okay."

Pei Qian stroked his chin, glanced at Asui, and then said solemnly, like an adult: "Since you are a good person, I will reluctantly treat you as a brother. From now on in Hongwenguan..."

"No, I'll protect you in the capital. If anyone dares to bully you, just tell them my name, and they won't dare to touch you!"

Ah Sui: "Okay, we'll be friends from now on."

..........

After staying at the Lu family for an hour, Pei Qian took a carriage back to Duke Cheng'en's Mansion.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, he saw Princess Yongshou staring at him with her hands on her hips. She raised her brows and asked coldly, "Where were you going today? Why did you come back so late?"

Unexpectedly, Pei Qian jumped up to her like a monkey and said with a grin, "Mom, can I discuss something with you?"

Princess Yongshou glanced at him and said, "Go ahead."

Pei Qian chuckled, "That's right... if I get into trouble in the future, Mom, can you please not beat me up and instead reason with me?"

Princess Yongshou sneered, "You also know that you are causing trouble?"

No one knows a child better than his mother. She knew that this boy was pretending to be good but he was up to something bad.

Princess Yongshou tugged at her son's ear and said, "You knew it was going to cause trouble but you still wanted me to reason with you? I think you're just itching for trouble, right?"

Pei Qian grimaced in pain, "Mother! Mother! Be gentle!"

"Lu Changsui's mother is beautiful and gentle. She never beats him when he makes mistakes! She always talks to him reasonably!"

Upon hearing this, Princess Yongshou sneered, "Lu Changsui never bothers anyone with his reading and writing, what about you?"

"You rascal, you dare to compete with others? Can you recite the Thousand Character Classic?"

Pei Qian felt guilty and didn't dare to retort.

Princess Yongshou scoffed, "That's impossible, isn't it? Lu Changsui is so young, and he can recite it by heart!"

"Wait! Did you go to the Lu family today?"

She narrowed her eyes slightly and ordered Pei Qian to explain what happened today.

After hearing this, her expression was filled with shock and disbelief: "Are you saying that your uncle sent Doctor Zhou to treat Madam Lu?"

Pei Qian rubbed his ears and muttered, "Yes, mother, what's the problem?"

This is a big problem!

Princess Yongshou's heart was filled with turmoil.

She knew Emperor Jingxuan and knew that her royal brother was not a kind-hearted or gentle person.

After thinking about it carefully, Princess Yongshou felt that she seemed to have discovered something extraordinary!