Chapter 123 If Your Majesty is willing, please send me to the Ministry of Punishment for interrogation!

Jiang Shuyi couldn't fall asleep in the second half of the night.

When it was time for Pei Yan to get up for court, she began to pretend to be asleep. She felt him tuck in the quilt for her, and after he did, she did not hear the sound of his footsteps leaving.

That gaze that seemed to have substance seemed to fall on his face. After a long time, Pei Yan chuckled.

Jiang Shuyi knew that he had seen through it.

Her eyelashes trembled twice, and when she opened her eyes, she saw Pei Yan with a gentle smile.

At this moment, I suddenly didn't want him to leave.

Jiang Shuyi grabbed his hand, placed it on her cheek, rubbed it gently, and looked at him reluctantly: "Your Majesty, please don't leave?"

Pei Yan's smile faded slightly, and he looked at her carefully: "What's wrong? Did you have a nightmare?"

Jiang Shuyi said "hmm" coquettishly and held him tighter: "So your Majesty is not allowed to go to court. Your Majesty must accompany you."

Pei Yan smiled without any rebuke, "Nonsense."

Having said that, he still stood up and sat at the head of the bed, helped Jiang Shuyi up, and held her in his arms.

Patting her chest from time to time, Pei Yan said gently: "Next time you have a nightmare, wake me up. You are already sleeping in the same bed with me, why do you want to scare yourself?"

Jiang Shuyi's eyes were sore.

She lowered her eyes, looked at the golden dragon embroidered on the quilt, and asked in a low voice: "If I had concealed a very important matter from Your Majesty, what would Your Majesty do?"

There was no sound from above for a long time, only the warm breath on her neck.

Jiang Shuyi looked up and saw Pei Yan looking at her with slightly deep eyes.

"What did you hide from me?"

Jiang Shuyi's heart tightened. How could she forget that Pei Yan was very smart and could see through everything he saw?

Her asking this was no different from walking into a trap.

"Tell me the truth." Pei Yan pinched her jaw, not allowing her to lower her head, like a teacher catching a student skipping class, and asked in a lecturing tone: "What is the matter that gave you the nightmare? You must hide it from me."

Jiang Shuyi bit her lips, hesitated for a long time under his gaze, and finally made up her mind.

"I won't tell you!"

He was so confident and righteous that Pei Yan was stunned.

At this time, Cheng Shouzhong saw that the time was about to be delayed, and he was anxious, so he had to remind him at the palace gate: "Your Majesty, it's time to go to the morning court."

Pei Yan hesitated to speak to Jiang Shuyi. Finally, looking at her haggard face, he didn't have the heart to scare her. "As long as you don't do the thing I dreamed of, running away with someone else, I can forgive you for everything else. Okay, I have to go to court. You can sleep for a while."

This time, Jiang Shuyi didn't pester him anymore. She let Pei Yan help her lie down, and then he carefully tucked the corners of the quilt for her again before turning around and leaving.

She lay quietly for a while, feeling somewhat relieved.

Fortunately, I didn’t run away with others.

Then she suddenly remembered something important, and Jiang Shuyi quickly sat up, called Fang Chu in, and asked her, "Did you put away my lucky bag?"

"Yes." Fang Chu came over with a smile to hang the bed curtains. There was nothing unusual. "Since your majesty forgot to tidy up, I put it back in the small box. Would you like to sew it again when you have some free time?"

Jiang Shuyi was not someone who could endure probing, so she gritted her teeth and asked directly, "Have you seen the note?"

Fang Chu was choked by the Queen's straightforward question and had to answer helplessly: "I saw it, but I didn't look closely at what was written."

Jiang Shuyi didn't believe it.

But Fang Chu said this, which probably means she has no intention of filing a complaint.

And even if I complain, those four words won't mean anything. If I'm too aggressive, it will only arouse suspicion.

Jiang Shuyi relaxed after she figured it out and ordered, "Bring the lucky bag here. I had a nightmare last night without it, so it's better to carry it with you."

Fang Chu heaved a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the queen did not ask any further questions, otherwise she would have to pretend not to see it and not care about anything.

The box was quickly taken away.

The lucky bag skin, cotton mixed with vanilla, and a note, everything was included.

Jiang Shuyi pretended not to care. After washing up, she sat on the couch, stuffed the cotton back into the small brocade bag, sewed the mouth with needle and thread, but secretly hid the note in her sleeve.

When Pei Yan came back from court, he had not yet forgotten what he had to do in the morning.

"What are you hiding from me?"

Jiang Shuyi was held on his lap by him, and they stared at each other, her eyelashes fluttering, and the words she had prepared long ago were a little too hot for her lips: "... Your Majesty has been honest with me, should I also tell Your Majesty about the many bad things I have done before?"

"That's not what you're hiding from me."

Pei Yan looked as if he saw through her: "I told you, I know everything you did, and I don't mind. I can even help you. You can't bear it."

Jiang Shuyi looked at his calm eyes and knew she couldn't deceive him anymore, so she simply leaned on his chest and said, "I won't tell you! If your majesty is willing, please send me to the Ministry of Punishment for interrogation!"

Of course not.

Pei Yan couldn't bear to torture himself to remove this delicate skin and tender flesh.

He lowered his eyes to look at the top of Jiang Shuyi's head, wondering with some doubt: "What can you hide from me? Since I ascended the throne, I know everything you have done. Could it be that before entering the palace... did you have a childhood sweetheart?"

"No!!"

Jiang Shuyi immediately raised her head, with an expression as agitated as if she was wronged and was about to jump into the river: "I never leave my house, and I rarely see men from other places. How can there be a childhood sweetheart?"

Pei Yan was relieved.

"Then it's all right."

Pei Yan sighed, rubbed her head, and said gently: "If you don't want to tell me, then don't tell me. Tell me when you figure it out later."

Jiang Shuyi managed to get away with it, but she became even more anxious.

The note was like a knife hanging over her head. She wanted to take the knife down, but was afraid of hurting herself.

But it's even scarier to just hang there without moving.

After Pei Yan went to handle government affairs, Jiang Shuyi struggled alone for a long time and then followed him out.

Pei Yan knelt behind a low desk today to review government affairs.

Jiang Shuyi knew that this meant that the company was not busy today and allowed her to come over and cause trouble.

She trotted over to sit beside Pei Yan, grabbed his sleeves and shook them while acting like a spoiled child: "Your Majesty, when are we going to leave the palace again? Last time, my cousin disturbed my mood and I have been feeling bad. Can I go out and have a good time with Your Majesty this time?"

Pei Yan rolled up his sleeves and dipped them in ink, saying slowly: "After the Dragon Boat Festival, there are many people on the streets these days, and the weather is hot, full of dirty sweat, you won't be able to bear it."

Jiang Shuyi frowned at the thought, her face full of disgust.

But she really couldn't wait that long.

She had to ask the Taoist priest what it meant before she could decide whether to tell Pei Yan about the incredible rebirth that happened to her.

"I just want to see what the people are like during the festival, and I also want to go to Yanqing Temple to pay homage to my aunt. Last time I left, your majesty and I had an argument. I'm afraid my aunt will be worried, so I want to tell her that we've reconciled."

Pei Yan was helpless: "But I'm very busy recently, can't I go after the holidays?"

Jiang Shuyi let go of her hand that was grabbing his sleeve and turned her face away in an angry manner: "So government affairs are so important! They are more important than whether or not I feel uncomfortable!"

Pei Yan wanted to say that government affairs were indeed important.

But he is no longer considered a benevolent and wise ruler in Jiang Shuyi's eyes. If she says so again, she will have too high expectations of herself.

After thinking for a long time, Pei Yan compromised and said, "Well, don't bother me today. If I can finish the accumulated government affairs, I will take you out tomorrow."