Chapter 31 Chapter 31 He began to doubt his sister's love
"Then I don't want a sister, what about a younger sister?"
Qiao Tang, mindful of his injured foot, leaned against him obediently. With one hand, she flipped open Gu Yuqing's portrait and with the other, turned his head, motioning for him to take a look. "Sister is cute too, isn't she?"
"She is very cute." Pei Chengjue turned his head and looked at Qiao Tang from her eyebrows to her lips, unwilling to look away. "How could there be a sister as cute as my sister in this world?"
Qiao Tang was slightly annoyed, "Your Majesty!"
"Sister, you have a really bad memory. You clearly said I'm like a brother. Doesn't that mean you're my sister?"
It's all fallacy!
Qiao Tang's expression straightened. "According to what Your Majesty has said, whether it's the elder sister or the younger sister, they will all belong to me. Your Majesty's harem is too deserted."
"I am grateful for your Majesty's affection for me and your promise to be with me for the rest of your life. However, your Majesty's harem is empty, which is truly unfair to you. I do not want to let you down and would like to accompany you along with other girls. What do you think?"
She raised the corners of her lips, her eyes moved, and she smiled sweetly. If it were in the past, Pei Chengjue would definitely be immersed in it.
At this moment, Pei Chengjue just stared at her quietly. Her smile slowly disappeared, leaving only the slightly raised corners of her lips, which she pursed lightly and were hooked open by the extended fingertips.
Pei Chengjue inserted his fingertips into her mouth, teasing the pink tongue in her mouth, "Sister, this mouth is better for kissing."
He pressed his palm against her soft waist, lowered his head and kissed her. He kissed her until she was unconscious. He took the opportunity to ask, "Sister, do you love me?"
Qiao Tang nodded dazedly, his voice quickly sinking, "Do you love me so much that you'd allow me to kiss other girls like this?"
Qiao Tang's mind suddenly jolted, and she woke up. Imprisoned and unable to move, she could only feign confusion and whimper, "It hurts."
Pei Chengjue suddenly released her and urged her to breathe. She lowered her brows and took a few breaths to regain her strength.
Pei Chengjue hugged her and comforted her, "I was wrong. Mother must have forced you to do this. Don't worry about it, I will take care of it."
She thought she had escaped a disaster, but Pei Chengjue misinterpreted it like this. With a hardened heart, she spoke word by word, "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother did not coerce me. I am truly willing to give in for Your Majesty and serve you willingly along with the other girls."
Pei Chengjue's face darkened. Qiao Tang slowly left his embrace and stood in front of the table, unfolding the portraits one by one. "Your Majesty is already nineteen years old. He still has a year to go before coming of age. It's time to prepare for the selection of a concubine. With more sisters in the palace, it will be more lively."
Pei Chengjue brushed off the portraits with a palm, his eyes sharp as a blade. "I only want my sister, and I never feel wronged. Why do you insist on choosing a concubine for me like my mother did?"
Qiao Tang's heart tightened slightly. She avoided his gaze and leaned over to pick up the portrait, but he pulled her up and stood up straight. "Sister, please speak."
Qiao Tang said slowly, "Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven. It's only natural for you to have three palaces and six courtyards. Your Majesty, take a look at the harem of the late emperor. He also had many concubines. Moreover, if Your Majesty only had me, some would say I was jealous. I don't want to have such a reputation."
"I wish to learn from the Empress Dowager. She is broad-minded and took the initiative to recruit concubines for the late emperor. She also gets along well with all the concubines. Both the court and the harem highly praise her generosity."
She desperately made up these excuses, mustered up the courage to look at Pei Chengjue, and found that Pei Chengjue's eyes were very strange. She suddenly felt uneasy, "Am I wrong?"
Pei Chengjue still looked at her with strange eyes. After a long while, he suddenly laughed, his voice difficult, "Sister, do you understand what you are saying?"
Qiao Tang became increasingly panicked, pursing her lips. Before she could speak, Pei Chengjue said gently and firmly, "These are the words your mother taught you."
Qiao Tang hesitated and shook his head.
Pei Chengjue suddenly clenched his hands on the armchair, pursed his thin lips into a line, and quickly turned his gaze away from Qiao Tang.
"Sister, go to bed."
"Your Majesty." Qiao Tang felt that he seemed to be angry but not angry, which was very strange. When she was about to say something else, Pei Chengjue let out a murmur through his teeth, "Noble Concubine Hui wants to disobey my order?" She suddenly closed her mouth.
Qiao Tang slept in fear and anxiety, not knowing when Pei Chengjue rested. When she woke up the next day, Pei Chengjue was gone. The fear and confusion in her heart remained. After breakfast, she wanted to look for the portraits from yesterday.
The palace maid bowed and reported, "Last night, His Majesty ordered this servant to return the portrait to the Cining Palace."
Qiao Tang thought to himself that this was not good and was speechless for a moment. He sat alone in the hall thinking. Since he had failed last night, he had to find a new way.
She also felt that Pei Chengjue was really angry last night, as he didn't send anyone to pick her up to go to Qinzheng Palace today.
She thought for a moment, and worried about Pei Chengjue's foot injury, she left the hall and went to the Qinzheng Hall. When she arrived there, she entered the warm room and saw the imperial physician changing the dressing for Pei Chengjue.
Pei Chengjue lowered his head and didn't look at her. She felt a tightness in her stomach and sat down in the armchair and asked the imperial physician, "How is your Majesty's foot injury?"
Pei Chengjue's eyes flashed, and then he looked up at her. She looked back sideways and was about to speak, but Pei Chengjue turned his gaze away.
The imperial physician noticed what the two were doing, his eyes rolled, and he said to Qiao Tang, "To answer your Majesty, your Majesty's leg injury is serious. Recovery will not be easy, and he needs to be well cared for for the next few days."
“Back off!”
Pei Chengjue didn't allow the imperial physician to say anything more. The imperial physician was frightened and hurriedly bowed and took his leave.
Qiao Tang looked at Pei Chengjue with self-blame.
Pei Chengjue sighed inwardly, his expression softening, "It's not as serious as he said." He raised his sleeves and motioned Qiao Tang to come over.
Qiao Tang walked over and was immediately embraced by him. "Sister, you came here on your own initiative today."
Qiao Tang just felt that he was very strange. He was clearly so angry last night, and he didn't even look at her just now, but now he was hugging her so gently.
She really wasn't sure about Pei Chengjue's mood.
Pei Chengjue suddenly said, "I think about what you said last night, and I think there is some truth in it. If you want to learn from our mother to be broad-minded and magnanimous, that's not impossible."
Qiao Tang was confused. He, he agreed to choose a concubine?
"But sister—"
She had her back to Pei Chengjue and could not see that Pei Chengjue's eyes suddenly turned cold at this moment, and the corners of his lips were raised in a strange way, not as gentle as usual.
"The Queen Mother is so generous because she doesn't have the Emperor Father in her heart."
It was like a thunderclap, which made Qiao Tang's heart beat wildly and his breathing quicken, but Pei Chengjue held him tightly.
She seemed to be trapped in her own cocoon, trapped in Pei Chengjue's obsessive web. As she gasped for breath, Pei Chengjue kissed her with his thin lips, with a scorching temperature, to help her breathe.
"Sister, are you imitating Mother like this? Do you think I am no longer in your heart?"
Or, never and never?
The air around them suddenly turned cold. Pei Chengjue let go of Qiao Tang. Qiao Tang's breathing gradually became steady, but her heart was still trembling. She shook her head violently, "I don't know the reason for this!"
Pei Chengjue stared at her deeply, smiled and kissed her cheek, "Are you still going to learn?"
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