Chapter 20 Chapter 20 He Needs Qiao Tang (Edited and Added)...
Is it really just suffering from the scorching heat?
He pondered for a long time but could not come up with an answer, and his eyes suddenly became dark and deep.
He couldn't guess what his sister was thinking.
A sense of suspicion that his sister was hiding something from him suddenly emerged in his heart. It seemed that he had to find a way to pry open his sister's mouth so that she would know what it meant to be honest.
But when he moved into the Nanyuan Palace and changed to a cooler residence, he saw Qiao Tang looking around with a charming and ethereal look every day, and he shook his head and laughed, secretly sighing that he was overthinking.
It is true that my sister was distracted by the scorching heat. Well, if I continue to scare her with groundless doubts, it would be more trouble than good.
Thinking of this, he turned to continue learning the way of respecting family ethics. After discussing government affairs with the cabinet ministers, he immediately summoned the imperial physician who had accompanied him.
He sat behind the imperial table, listening to the imperial physician's explanation of something new. The pile of memorials reflected the intense lust between his brows. He said coldly, "Let's start over here."
The imperial physician did not dare to offend the emperor and kept his eyes down. He did not know how the emperor would react, so he followed his orders and explained the content very thoroughly.
However, if you go into too much detail, there will be disadvantages.
Pei Chengjue studied carefully, and gradually Qiao Tang's gentle smile emerged in his mind. It was the smile that suddenly blossomed when he first saw her on the street, and her light pink cheeks reflected by the pearly light in the gauze curtain.
Suddenly, an incurable fanatical love filled his every limb, as if Qiao Tang was his heart, keeping him alive.
"Stand back."
Beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, his jaw was tightly clenched, and after enduring all kinds of pains, he threw the memorial away with a bang. The frightened imperial physician hurriedly took his leave.
"Please ask Miss Qiao to come over." He gave the order and turned to go into the inner room of the hall.
The breeze that came in through the open window of the inner room could not dispel the restless desire in his heart. Instead, it made him step forward and slam the window shut.
The door was closed tightly, and the space suddenly became smaller and narrower, but his desire grew stronger and stronger, as if he was about to break through this narrow room.
There was clearly a hint of cool air coming from the ice cubes, but he felt as if he had fallen into the scorching sun and his whole body was burning.
As the tide of passion surged, every bone, blood, and flesh in his body trembled, telling him that he wanted Qiao Tang.
Qiao Tang was sitting in the room, listening to Gu Yuqing playing the piano, with a slight smile on his face, but he was troubled in his heart.
Ever since Wei Ruomei came to the palace, he always avoided seeing her. Even if he ran into her, he would avoid her gaze and run away, claiming to be unwell.
She was thinking about asking Wei Ruomei about this, but just as she was thinking about it, Eunuch Li said outside the room, "Miss Qiao, His Majesty wants you to come over."
The piano music paused.
Qiao Tang stood up, remembering the Queen Mother's arrangement, and smiled at Gu Yuqing, "Miss Gu is quite good at playing the zither. Why don't you come with me to see His Majesty and let him hear her music again?"
Gu Yuqing smiled and agreed, "Miss Qiao, I hope you don't mind me disturbing you and His Majesty."
Qiao Tang shook his head and took her to see Pei Chengjue.
When they reached the outside of the palace, Eunuch Li reported, and a deep voice came from the room, "Come in."
Qiao Tang led Gu Yuqing in, only to see that the area behind the imperial desk was empty, and Pei Chengjue was nowhere to be seen elsewhere. He guessed that Pei Chengjue was in the inner hall.
Qiao Tang thought he was busy inside. "Your Majesty is very tired from court duties. Why not ask Miss Gu to play a song for you to relieve your fatigue?"
A voice slowly came from inside, "Yes."
Gu Yuqing sat down and played the piano. The sound of the piano was as clear and melodious as a spring.
Qiao Tang walked to the door of the inner hall. Apart from the sound of the piano, there was no other movement in his ears, and he felt confused.
After just one song, there was no sound from Pei Chengjue, so Gu Yuqing had no choice but to leave, leaving Qiao Tang outside the door, bewildered. "Your Majesty?"
After a long while, a voice came from inside, "I'm busy, sister, please go and have a rest."
Qiao Tang became increasingly confused. It was Pei Chengjue who had clearly summoned her, so why was he busy again when she arrived? She pursed her lips, and when no sound came out of the room, she slowly left.
Little did he know that Pei Chengjue was standing by the door. Just for a moment, he wanted to reach out and grab Qiao Tang in to have sex with her, but thinking of how he had frightened Qiao Tang in Shuyu Pavilion, he didn't want to do it again, so he endured it.
Hearing the footsteps leaving, his eyes glanced at the couch. He walked over slowly, took out a close-fitting garment of Qiao Tang from the couch, and slowly put it on his face to relieve the tormenting passion.
After returning to his room, Qiao Tang suppressed his doubts and thought about looking for Wei Ruomei. Unexpectedly, before he even left the room, Wei Ruomei came to him.
Seeing her sneaking around outside the window, Qiao Tang laughed and said, "Come in quickly, or I'll go out and catch you."
Wei Ruomei lowered her head and lingered in. Qiao Tang went over and hugged her, saying, "Why are you being so rude to me?"
Tears streamed down Wei Ruomei's face. She couldn't hold it back any longer. "Sister Qiao, my brother..."
When Qiao Tang heard this, he took her to sit at the table and closed the door. Then he sat beside her and sighed softly, "You know everything."
Wei Ruomei nodded and spoke a lot in a halting manner, including the truth about taking Qiao Tang out of the palace.
Qiao Tang was stunned when she heard this. It turned out that Wei Qingyan had already recognized her. Yes, after three years of marriage, didn't Wei Qingyan know everything about the perfume she made and the handwriting she wrote?
"Sister Qiao, I don't know what happened between you and my brother." Wei Ruomei raised her tearful eyes and clutched Qiao Tang's sleeve tightly. "But I know my brother still has Sister Qiao in his heart. I, I secretly took this out from my brother's room."
She carefully pulled out a small portrait from her sleeve. "This is Sister Qiao, right? My brother takes it out and looks at it every night for a long time."
Qiao Tang recognized it immediately and couldn't help but smile bitterly:
On New Year's Eve two years ago, she asked Wen Jing to draw a small portrait for her, but Wen Jing remained indifferent. It turned out that he had secretly drawn the portrait and kept it for himself instead of giving it to her.
Qiao Tang's fingers trembled as she tried to retrieve the statue, but Wei Ruomei quickly hid it back into her sleeve. "I can't give this to Sister Qiao. If my brother finds out the statue is missing, he'll be furious. I have to return it to him."
Qiao Tang looked away.
Wei Ruomei asked hesitantly, "Sister Qiao, do you still have my brother in your heart?"
Qiao Tang was instantly in a state of confusion. Pei Chengjue's words that he should die were still ringing in his ears. If Pei Chengjue knew that Wei Qingyan was her ex-husband, alive and well, and was involved with him right under his nose...
As soon as this thought came to mind, a chill ran through the room. Qiao Tang was so frightened that sweat broke out on the back of his neck. He suddenly said seriously, "Let me ask you, does anyone else know about what happened between me and your brother?"
Wei Ruomei said, "Don't worry, Sister Qiao. Right now, only my brother and I know about this. Even my mother doesn't know!"
"That's good. Never mention it in front of outsiders in the future."
Qiao Tang's eyebrows were stern, and Wei Ruomei was so frightened that she didn't dare to ask any more questions. She pleaded softly, "My elder brother is coming to the palace to see His Majesty. Sister Qiao, please come with me to see him."
He wasn't asking her to go see Wei Qingmo at all, he was clearly begging her to go see Wei Qingyan. Qiao Tang felt a pang in her heart and nodded slightly.
At about three quarters after pm, Qiao Tang and Wei Ruomei went out and met Wei Qingyan and Wei Qingmo in the corridor.
Wei Qingyan was not wearing official clothes, but only a blue casual suit. His stern eyes softened when he saw Qiao Tang, and his gaze was filled with burning heat.
Qiao Tang couldn't help but look away, but Wei Qingyan was still staring at her. From the perspective of others, he was clearly being rude to the girl and was really impolite.
Wei Qingmo beside him frowned as expected, his eyes swept across Qiao Tang, then glanced back at Wei Qingyan.
"Sister Qiao, this is my eldest brother!" Wei Ruomei said with a smile.
Qiao Tang looked at Wei Qingmo, saluted and greeted him, "General Wei."
Wei Qingmo was twenty-eight years old, with a strong physique and a handsome face. He did not have the stern and rough appearance of a person stationed at the border. Instead, his eyes and brows were very gentle. Just looking at his appearance and demeanor, he looked like a Confucian general.
He calmly took a step forward, blocking Wei Qingyan's gaze from looking at Qiao Tang, and nodded slightly at Qiao Tang, "Your Majesty once mentioned Miss Qiao to me in a letter, and today I finally met her in person."
After these words were spoken, Wei Qingyan's expression became much colder and he glanced away.
Wei Ruomei looked at him secretly, while Qiao Tang felt helpless about Pei Chengjue mentioning her behavior to others, and she also realized that Wei Qingmo was deliberately trying to separate her and Wei Qingyan.
It seems that Wei Qingmo is quite sharp-minded and may have suspected something was going on between her and Wei Qingyan. Now he mentioned Pei Chengjue just to remind her of her identity and to keep her away from his brother.
Wei Qingmo didn't want to give up and smiled at her. "His Majesty summoned Qingyan and me. Miss Qiao, do you want to go with him to see His Majesty?"
Qiao Tang understood what he meant. He didn't want her to go with him at all.
Qiao Tang had no intention of meeting Pei Chengjue, but Wei Qingmo showed his ill will towards her as soon as they met, and kept a close watch on her. Not wanting to go along with Wei Qingmo's wishes, she curled her lips slightly, revealing a gentle smile, "Then let's go together."
The corners of Wei Qingmo's lips stiffened slightly, Qiao Tang smiled even more happily, and the corners of Wei Qingyan's lips that were raised quickly retracted.
The four of them went to the main hall together.
Qiao Tang and Wei Ruomei walked behind, looking at Wei Qingyan and Wei Qingmo walking side by side, and were happy that Wei Qingyan had a blood-related family.
Thinking of everything the Zhenguo Mansion had done for Wei Qingyan, she smiled at Wei Ruomei and said, "You treat him so well."
Wei Ruomei smiled and said, "Of course. My mother said that my brother is the most important person in our family. From now on, we will put him first in everything we do!"
It seemed that the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion treated Wei Qingyan as the apple of his eye. Qiao Tang smiled with curved eyes, and her delicate face was radiant. Wei Ruomei was stunned.
Wei Qingmo and Wei Qingyan were walking in front. Wei Qingyan turned around and saw this scene, and all the coldness in his body disappeared.
"Qingyan, watch the road!" Wei Qingmo reminded in a deep voice. He had known from Pei Chengjue's letter how much Pei Chengjue liked this Miss Qiao. Now his brother seemed to have something to do with this Miss Qiao, which really made him unhappy.
The four of them arrived at the main hall door together. Pei Chengjue was discussing matters with the assistant ministers, and had no important matters to discuss with Wei Qingmo, so he ordered Eunuch Li to take them to the tea room to rest first.
The teahouse was not far from here. It was the place where Pei Chengjue would drink and talk about tea when he had nothing to do. As soon as the four of them entered, Wei Ruomei became interested and ordered people to prepare tea utensils and make tea for them.
Qiao Tang and Wei Ruomei sat on one side of the tea table, surrounded by mist and the fragrance of tea. Wei Qingyan looked at Qiao Tang from the opposite side, his eyes seemed to have something to say.
Suddenly, his sight was blocked by a sleeve. It turned out that Wei Qingmo stood up and took the teacup brought by Wei Ruomei.
"Qingyan, enjoy the tea." Wei Qingmo hinted at something.
Wei Qingyan withdrew his gaze and stared at the teacup with his eyes lowered. Qiao Tang lowered his brows and took a sip. Pei Chengjue stepped in.
The four of them stood up and saluted. Pei Chengjue waved them to get up and quickly walked over to Qiao Tang. He had completely suppressed his desire and just took her hand and sat down. He looked at Wei Qingmo with a smile, "My cousin looks the same as last year. How is my uncle?"
Wei Qingmo smiled and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your concern. Father is doing well."
Pei Chengjue chatted with Wei Qingmo for a while, during which he did not mention matters such as court affairs, but only talked about some trivial matters in the capital or at the border.
At this time, a cool breeze blew in through the window. Pei Chengjue frowned slightly and protected Qiao Tang with his arms.
Wei Qingyan glanced over and silently looked out the window. Wei Qingmo, who was always paying attention to his actions, followed his gaze and looked out, "The world is going to change."
As expected, the wind came very quickly and rushed in before the window could be closed, making the sleeves of several people rustle.
Wei Ruomei was not careful and her sleeves bulged out, causing the small portrait in her sleeves to fly out and float in front of several people.
Wei Ruomei's face changed drastically. She raised her hand to grab it, but missed it. She couldn't help but scream, "Brother!"
Wei Qingyan originally lowered his eyes, but when he looked up, his expression suddenly changed and he stretched out his long arm.
But the little statue dodged nimbly and floated past Qiao Tang, who was so frightened that he grabbed it and held it in his palm. Just as he was about to hide it, Pei Chengjue grabbed his wrist.
Pei Chengjue laughed and said, "What good thing is worth your anxiety?"
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