Chapter 10 Chapter 10 I understand my sister's feelings
"I understand my sister's feelings. Let's talk about this matter later."
Pei Chengjue smiled, the weariness on his face becoming more apparent. Qiao Tang glanced out happily, and seeing that it was already dawn, she assumed he had just finished his morning court session. "Your Majesty seems tired. Rest for a while."
She wanted to move to free up half the space, but Pei Chengjue pressed her shoulder with his palm and said, "No need to rest. I have court affairs waiting for me."
"Let Nanny Wang accompany my sister. I will come back after I am done with my work." He gently stroked the messy hair on Qiao Tang's forehead and left the hall.
Nanny Wang was allowed in. "Is the young lady feeling better?"
"It's okay. You know my body. I was just frightened. I'll be fine after a couple of days of rest."
Qiao Tang sat up and motioned for Nanny Wang to sit on the round stool beside the bed. Seeing that she seemed to be hesitant to speak, he jokingly asked, "Why are you still estranged from me?"
"What are you talking about, young lady?" Nanny Wang took her arm and patted it gently, like a child, thinking about what she had seen that night. "I was so shocked that my head was numb. Now that you want to hear it, I will tell you."
Ever since Nanny Wang entered the Taiji Palace in broad daylight, she felt like she had entered a wealthy and luxurious place on earth. She felt that everything was extravagant and luxurious. However, her daughter was not a person who indulged in luxury and pleasure, so these things could not impress her.
But at the end of the day, everyone in the palace looked up to her girl and served her so attentively and naturally that even her wet nurse who had been with her since childhood felt inferior to her. It can be seen that this is the most difficult treatment to find in the world.
She thought that was the end, but unexpectedly the girl had a fever at night, and His Majesty was so concerned that he not only summoned the imperial physician to give her medicine, but also stayed by her side all night. Not only was she stunned, but everyone in the palace was still shocked!
"I think our girl was born with good fortune. When the master and his wife passed away, the family was immoral and took advantage of the fact that the girl had no one to protect her and tried to seize our shop and land. Fortunately, the former son-in-law took the initiative to ask for her hand in marriage and protected the family foundation."
"Now that the former son-in-law has unfortunately passed away, I worry about the young lady day and night, fearing that some unscrupulous scoundrels would deceive her. But the young lady has had a new fortune and met His Majesty on the street. He is very kind to her. If the master and his wife knew about this in the afterlife, they would be relieved."
She talked a lot and in a complicated manner. Qiao Tang could not listen to her and could only hear a few lonely words. First, Pei Chengjue stayed with her all night and didn't even go to the morning court. She didn't know how she felt.
Later, she caught another sentence and asked in surprise, "Wen Jing took the initiative to ask for marriage?"
I'm afraid the nanny remembered it wrongly. At that time, she was forced by the clan to seek refuge with Wen Jing. Wen Jing's cold expression still lingers in her mind today. "Miss Qiao asked me to marry her to help her out of her difficulties. I'm sorry that I can't agree."
Qiao Tang was angry and ashamed, and swore in her heart that she would never see Wen Jing again in her life.
Unexpectedly, the vows were broken so quickly. A few days later, when she was looking for other families in a restaurant, Wen Jing suddenly appeared and agreed to her marriage proposal. She agreed in a cowardly manner.
"Oh, young lady, you don't know this. After your ex-uncle passed away, I met Mrs. Gu, the matchmaker for you, on the street. She felt very sorry for him and said that he had wanted to marry you so much that he had approached her several times for help. But in the end, you divorced him. Not only did he lose his wife, but he also lost his life."
"At that time, I saw that the young lady was sad about the death of her ex-brother-in-law, and I was afraid that if I told her, she would be even more sad, so I didn't mention it. Young lady? Young lady?"
Qiao Tang sat motionless, as if half her soul had been taken away. Only after Nanny Wang shook her arm a few times did she regain her composure. She lowered her head, fluttered her eyelashes, and muttered in her throat, "So you're not indifferent to me, either."
Tears suddenly fell from the corners of his eyes.
What’s the use of cicadas nowadays? The people are already dead.
She sloppily wiped the corners of her eyes with the back of her hand. Nanny Wang quickly pulled her hand away. Her eyes, sore, wiped them clean with a scented silk cloth. "I shouldn't have mentioned it. You started crying when I mentioned it. Don't talk about him in the future. Look at His Majesty, you see. He's so kind."
Qiao Tang's throat choked even more. "How's Pei Chengjue?" This guy was even more difficult to deal with than Wen Jing.
Nanny Wang went downstairs to bring her some water and helped her wash her face. "Are you hungry, young lady?"
Qiao Tang nodded, ate breakfast, and drank the medicine with a frown on his face. Then Eunuch Li from the Qinzheng Palace arrived and said, "Your Majesty asked me to ask if Miss Qiao is feeling better. Has she eaten? Has she taken her medicine?"
Nanny Wang replied one by one, and Eunuch Li went back to report with a smile. Qiao Tang was in a complicated mood for the moment and just sat in the armchair without saying a word.
Nanny Wang was unable to comfort herself and was extremely anxious. At lunchtime, Pei Chengjue came back to see her, and she finally regained some spirits. "Your Majesty is busy, don't run back and forth."
Fortunately, her eyes were no longer red, so Pei Chengjue didn't notice anything. He hugged her in his arms and kissed her, "Are you feeling better?"
Qiao Tang stared at his tired face. He was clearly exhausted, yet he came over to hug and kiss her. She couldn't help but murmur, "Much better. If Your Majesty is worried about me, I will go with You to the Qinzheng Palace this afternoon. Your Majesty, please check on me from time to time. I'd like to read a book there for a while."
"I will obey my sister."
The two of them had lunch together and went into the warm room of the Qinzheng Hall.
She looked for books herself and found some storybooks to relieve boredom, so she took them and leaned against the bed to read them.
Pei Chengjue took a look through the partition and then went back to work. He was so busy that he could only order the palace maids to come and check on Qiao Tang. Qiao Tang indicated that she was fine.
Until it was getting dark, Qiao Tang waited in the warm room for a long time, but Pei Chengjue didn't come. It seemed that the time was up.
She left the warm room and went to the outer hall, where she saw the palace maids standing there with bated breath. Curious, she took a few more steps and discovered that Pei Chengjue had fallen asleep with his head resting on the imperial table, with a pile of memorials covering his face.
Qiao Tang walked over quietly and sat on a chair on the other side, waiting until she became sleepy and fell asleep.
*
As night fell, candles were lit in the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, and the busy sounds of servants were blown everywhere by the night wind.
Only in Wei Qingyan's Songfeng Courtyard was there no room for any noise. The maids and servants served very carefully. When they saw Wei Ruomei sneak in, they looked at each other for a few times without saying a word.
Wei Ruomei signaled them to leave quickly, and she tiptoed to the study window and took a quick look inside.
In the residual light of the candle, Wei Qingyan lowered his head to hide his face, sitting quietly in the armchair, his loose sleeves reflecting the book on the table, and one hand seemed to be gently stroking something.
Suddenly, there was a "pop" sound, and the candle flame exploded. Sparks splashed on his sleeves. After a few flashes, the man closed his eyes slightly and slowly opened them.
"come out."
A cold voice was directed towards the window, and then with a movement of his sleeves, Wei Qingyan stuffed the things in his hand into the drawer, raised a face carved out of cold jade, and even his eyes seemed to be frozen, with a cold gaze.
"I didn't mean to peek at you, brother. I just came in and saw you resting, and I couldn't bear to disturb you, so I stood outside."
Wei Ruomei thought about the method Qiao Tang had taught her, mustered up the courage to put on a sweet and innocent smile, and pulled out a small round box carved from white jade from her sleeve. "I've prepared the incense that my brother asked me to mix."
She took a step closer, and Wei Qingyan took a step away. She was not discouraged and tried many times, but found that Wei Qingyan was still cold. With tears in her eyes, she said, "I really like brother and want to get closer to him. Do you really dislike me as your sister?"
"You shouldn't get close to me."
Wei Qingyan was indifferent to her tears. He reached out from under his sleeves, took the small box, opened it and held it under his nose. His cold expression changed in an instant.
Wei Ruomei wiped away her tears and said proudly, "How was it this time?"
Wei Qingyan seemed to be lost in thought and asked slowly, "Who helped you adjust it?"
Wei Ruomei widened her red eyes. She was really angry. It was not her fault, but why did her brother never say a word of praise to her?
"I won't tell my brother!" She snatched the jade box away angrily. Thinking that the Hundred Flowers Banquet couldn't be held, she vented all the anger that had been pent up in her heart. "My brother is so abominable. If my brother hadn't listened to His Majesty and stopped me from holding the flower viewing banquet, I wouldn't have—"
She walked out of the study while saying, "I broke my promise to Sister Qiao. I will have to write a letter of apology to her later." She went to the Duke's wife to complain in a wronged manner.
Wei Qingyan pinched her brows, a familiar fragrance still lingering at the tip of her nose. After a while, the corners of her lips curled up rarely, but it was a self-deprecating smile. There were more people in the world who could make this fragrance, and they were not the only ones. How could she be distracted in an instant?
However, he did not move for a long time, still standing where the fragrance lingered, until the fragrance slowly dissipated and no trace remained, then he left the study.
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Qiao Tang woke up again because she was hungry. Seeing Pei Chengjue sleeping soundly in her arms, she carefully broke free from his airtight embrace, groped to lift the gauze curtain, and quietly got out of bed.
She realized in the moonlight that she was still in the warm room. She saw that she had disturbed the palace maids and was afraid of waking up Pei Chengjue, so she simply returned to Taiji Palace.
The palace maids served her some food and helped her drink some medicine, and then she fell into a deep sleep again.
When she opened her eyes again, it was already bright outside. Nanny Wang was beside her bed, rubbing her hair affectionately. "Young lady, wake up."
Qiao Tang got up and a palace maid came to report, "Eunuch Li is waiting in the front hall, waiting to take the young lady to the Qinzheng Hall."
Qiao Tang thought to herself, it would be better if Pei Chengjue just hung her on himself. He couldn't bear to miss even a glance at her.
When she passed by the Imperial Garden, she looked at the clusters of spring flowers and felt apologetic. Wei Ruomei had originally held the Hundred Flowers Banquet for her, but she couldn't go, which really let her down.
Unexpectedly, a palace maid caught up with her and handed her a letter, "A letter from Miss Wei to you."
She took it, opened it, and looked at the lines of black words that seemed to transform into Wei Ruomei's voice, "I'm sorry, Sister Qiao, the flower viewing banquet can't be held. It must be because His Majesty is too overbearing. He didn't want Sister Qiao to leave the palace, so he asked my brother to take care of me. But my brother is still as cold as ever. I said I liked him, but he made me cry!"
Qiao Tang received the letter and sighed in disbelief that there was someone in this world who was colder and harder to warm up than her ex-husband.
For this reason, when she arrived at the warm room, she curiously asked Pei Chengjue about Wei Ruomei's brother. Pei Chengjue smiled, then lowered his eyes, his expression unclear on the half of his face reflected by the memorial. "Sister, is it inappropriate for you to ask about other men in front of me?"
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