Chapter 47: Scolding

"Jiang Zhaoyue!" Pei Jingzhou called out through gritted teeth.

Jiang Zhaoyue asked herself, "Second Master, are we having our wedding night today?"

Pei Jingzhou couldn't stand Jiang Zhaoyue's teasing and wanted to stand up.

Jiang Zhaoyue hugged Pei Jingzhou's waist tightly: "No, no, no, no."

Pei Jingzhou lay down again.

Jiang Zhaoyue couldn't help but mutter, "He's quite temperamental."

"What did you say?" Pei Jingzhou didn't understand.

Jiang Zhaoyue said with a smile: "I said, the Second Master's injury has not healed yet, so he can't have the wedding night."

Pei Jingzhou was annoyed: "Then why are you asking?"

Jiang Zhaoyue said, "I'm used to asking."

Jiang Zhaoyue always spoke such words, and Pei Jingzhou couldn't help but give her a blank look.

"Second Master, you rolled your eyes!" Jiang Zhaoyue seemed to have discovered something extraordinary.

"That's right." Pei Jingzhou admitted.

Jiang Zhaoyue commented: "You are a cold, noble and reserved person, yet you actually rolled your eyes."

Pei Jingzhou asked back: "What's wrong?"

Jiang Zhaoyue said, "I feel that someone like you, who is unattainable and like a banished immortal, should not have the emotions of us mortals."

Pei Jingzhou lowered his eyes and looked at her arms wrapped around him: "What are you climbing on now?"

Jiang Zhaoyue didn't answer him, but smiled and said, "Second Master, you're actually very handsome when you roll your eyes."

"Go to sleep." Pei Jingzhou ordered with a cold face.

Jiang Zhaoyue replied: "I'm not sleepy."

"You're sleepy."

"I'm not sleepy."

"You are sleepy." Pei Jingzhou reached out and extinguished the candle.

"Second Master, I'm really not sleepy." Jiang Zhaoyue reached out and touched Pei Jingzhou's chest muscles.

Pei Jingzhou hissed, "Jiang Zhaoyue, your hand."

"Just touch it." Jiang Zhaoyue touched it randomly.

Pei Jingzhou grabbed her wrist directly, and suddenly remembered that he accidentally scratched her wrist red last time. He subconsciously reduced his strength and said in a deep voice: "Sleep."

Jiang Zhaoyue moved: "But——"

Pei Jingzhou put his other hand around Jiang Zhaoyue's body and said, "Be good."

Jiang Zhaoyue paused, looked up, and in the dim light from the lanterns in the corridor, she saw Pei Jingzhou's sharp outline and met his dark eyes.

Pei Jingzhou said coldly: "Go to sleep."

Jiang Zhaoyue was in a cheerful mood: "Second Master, do you agree that I can hold you while sleeping in my arms from now on?"

Pei Jingzhou responded without emotion: "Yeah."

"Really?" Jiang Zhaoyue confirmed.

Pei Jingzhou responded again: "Yeah."

Jiang Zhaoyue immediately praised: "Second Master, how can you be so handsome, have a good figure, and be such a nice person?"

"sleep."

Jiang Zhaoyue added: "You are simply the most perfect person in the world."

"sleep."

At first, she could feel Pei Jingzhou's disdain and disgust whenever she touched him, but now it was fine even when she hugged him. Jiang Zhaoyue felt particularly accomplished and squeezed towards Pei Jingzhou: "Okay, sleep."

Pei Jingzhou withdrew his gaze and closed his eyes.

After a while, Jiang Zhaoyue's even breathing could be heard.

He slowly opened his eyes and saw her whole little face leaning on him, sleeping soundly. He couldn't help but whispered: "Is this not sleepy?"

Jiang Zhaoyue naturally couldn't hear it.

Pei Jingzhou stared at her sleeping face quietly, his mind flashing with the praise she had just given him. The corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise, and it took a while before he closed his eyes.

The next day, I woke up at dawn and stood in front of the mirror to adjust my official uniform. I once again thought of what Jiang Zhaoyue had said: "Second Master, how can you be so handsome, have such a great figure, and be such a good person? You are simply the most perfect person in the world."

Is it that good?

He stared at himself in the mirror, looking left and right.

Baoxia came in with a basin of water and saw the usually calm and composed Second Master looking at himself in the mirror, and she couldn't help but open her mouth wide.

Pei Jingzhou cleared his throat and said, "Put the water down."

Baoxia quickly lowered her head and replied, "Yes."

Pei Jingzhou packed up and walked to the bedroom door, then suddenly stopped.

Baoxia was surprised.

Pei Jingzhou looked back at Jiang Zhaoyue lying on the bed, walked to the bed, tucked the quilt in, and then left.

Baoxia looked at Pei Jingzhou, then turned back to glance at the second grandma who was still sleeping, and muttered in her heart: "Second Master doesn't hate Second Grandma."

"Let Madam Sun go with Second Madam to pay her respects later." Pei Jingzhou said.

"Yes." Baoxia responded quickly.

Pei Jingzhou went straight out of Linhuayuan and received the emperor's care when he went to court. When he left the court, Li Boyan kept chasing him to apologize.

"Lord Li, there is no need to feel guilty. I am fine now." Pei Jingzhou said.

"That's good, that's good." Li Boyan said in a flattering tone, "Then let's discuss the case."

"Okay, let's go to the government office and discuss it with Jianzhi." Pei Jingzhou said.

"Okay, okay." Li Boyan agreed repeatedly.

The three of them got together again, and for the first time they discussed the case peacefully, friendly, and equally, and came to some conclusions.

Li Boyan suddenly realized that he was too stubborn in the past and could not see the good in Pei Jingzhou and Hu Jianzhi. Now he couldn't help but exclaim: "Master Pei and Master Hu, you are indeed quick-witted and have extraordinary insights."

"Master Li is a man of great knowledge and experience," said Pei Jingzhou.

"Don't say that, don't say that. You young people are smart and can do things smartly." Li Boyan suddenly became humble in front of Pei Jingzhou, and then said, "Then let's discuss this today. If there is any progress, we will contact each other again."

"Okay." Pei Jingzhou and Hu Jianzhi responded together.

Li Boyan left the yamen.

Hu Jianzhi chuckled and said, "Scolding really works."

Pei Jingzhou looked at Hu Jianzhi in confusion: "What do you mean?"

"Don't you know?" Hu Jianzhi asked.

Pei Jingzhou asked back: "What do I know?"

"My sister-in-law scolded Master Li."

"Sister-in-law, which sister-in-law?"

"Of course it's your Madam."

Pei Jingzhou was stunned: "Are you saying that my wife scolded Master Li?"

Hu Jianzhi nodded.

Pei Jingzhou asked doubtfully: "When?"

"Just a few days ago, I was injured. Lord Li felt extremely guilty and took me to visit the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion. My sister-in-law happened to be in the yard, so we went up to say hello. We also blamed Lord Li for his words, saying that he disagreed with you. When my sister-in-law heard it, she immediately asked him to reflect on it." Hu Jianzhi couldn't help laughing.

Pei Jingzhou was surprised: "Reflection?"

"That's right, sister-in-law really protects you. She doesn't know what you said or did, but she just assumes it's Lord Li's fault. She scolds Lord Li like crazy, calling him stubborn and self-willed. She even tells him to look in the mirror and see if those wrinkles on his face are just for nothing."

This, this is the kind of curse that Jiang Zhaoyue could come up with.

Pei Jingzhou asked: "And then?"

"Just keep on scolding her." Hu Jianzhi thought of the way Jiang Zhaoyue scolded Li Boyan, and he felt happy: "Sister-in-law scolds so smoothly."

"What's Master Li's reaction?"

"She was so angry that her eyes were red. You know what, sister-in-law scolded him to the point. At the end, she praised Master Li so highly that she gave him enough face."

"Master Li accepted it?"

"Of course he did. He reflected on his actions as soon as he came back. His style of doing things has changed in the past few days. He's become much more tolerant. Haven't you noticed?"

Found it.

I just didn’t expect that it was Jiang Zhaoyue’s scolding that caused this.

Pei Jingzhou was amazed.

Hu Jianzhi sighed: "Jingzhou, sister-in-law is so good to you! She really trusts you! She really likes you!"

Pei Jingzhou said seriously: "What nonsense are you talking about!"

"I'm not talking nonsense!"

"Let's get to work." Pei Jingzhou sat back at his desk.

Hu Jianzhi happened to have something to do, so he didn't say anything else.

Pei Jingzhou picked up a pen and prepared to record the case discussed today, but his mind couldn't help but imagine Jiang Zhaoyue scolding Li Boyan for being arrogant and lazy, and he couldn't help but chuckle.

Jiang Zhaoyue had just come out of Songqing Hall at this time and suddenly sneezed.

"Second Madam, have you caught a cold?" Xiangqiao asked.

"No, it's Second Master who is thinking about me." Jiang Zhaoyue rubbed his straight nose.

Xiangqiao and Nanny Sun's mouths twitched when they heard this.

Jiang Zhaoyue looked up at the sky and said, "It looked like it was going to rain yesterday afternoon, but it's sunny today. Let's go for a walk in the yard."

"Yes." Xiang Qiao responded.

Jiang Zhaoyue was taking the two of them for a walk when he suddenly became cautious.

"Second Madam, what's wrong?" Xiangqiao asked.

Jiang Zhaoyue asked back: "Do you feel something is wrong?"