Chapter 64 Chapter 64 My heart is moved by him in the spring breeze tonight.
But Qiao Tang also knew that loving someone was not just about happiness. Besides the joyful beating of the heart, it also carried unspeakable soreness and pain.
All these things changed Pei Chengjue's temperament.
Pei Chengjue became bad because of her, and Pei Chengjue became good again because of her.
She could never leave Pei Chengjue again, nor would she abandon Pei Chengjue again.
She wanted to make Pei Chengjue's previously cold heart warm up, relax his gloomy brows, and become a wise and vigorous king.
"I believe Your Majesty can do it."
Qiao Tang's fingers moved down to Pei Chengjue's heart and pressed hard with her fingertips. This heart filled with her should be beating happily.
She retracted her fingers, grabbed Pei Chengjue's palm with her hand, and gently slid it across her abdomen.
"The child also believes in his father, the Emperor."
Qiao Tang's eyes were slightly curved, his gaze flowing, and his smile was like peach petals blooming on branches in the spring breeze, soft and sweet.
Pei Chengjue stared at her quietly. After a while, he seemed to have drawn enough strength from his wife and child, and his standing body became even taller and straighter.
The corners of his drooping lips curved up into a gentle smile. He leaned over and hugged Qiao Tang, smiling, "Thank you, sister."
"I will try my best."
Qiao Tang was smiling when something suddenly came to his mind. He pushed him away and warned him sternly.
"Your Majesty, Liu Zhang and the others are participating in the Spring Imperial Examination this time. It all depends on their abilities. If they pass, that would be great. But if they still lack some skills, Your Majesty is not allowed to act recklessly!"
"Don't worry, sister. If they don't have real talent and knowledge, it would be a disgrace to you if they were to serve in the court."
Pei Chengjue wanted to choose for Qiao Tang not useless relatives, but close ministers who could really get things done in the future.
Fortunately, Liu Zhang and his friends did well, and when the results of the Spring Examination came out, both of them were on the list.
Qiao Tang knew about it, and asked Liu Zhang and the others to thank Pei Chengjue for his support, and also thank Wei Qingyan for his guidance, and rejoiced with the Qiao family relatives.
Pei Chengjue liked to see her happy, and when her other relatives came to Beijing, he held a family dinner for her in the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
Strangely, Pei Chengjue had not arrived yet when the family dinner started.
Qiao Tang thought that Pei Chengjue was busy with government affairs and did not feel dissatisfied. Instead, he felt that Pei Chengjue was really working hard. He smiled slightly and looked at his relatives below the steps.
Amidst the bright lights, the sound of stringed instruments and orchestras rose from the hall. Her gaze swept across the elegantly dressed figures and fell on the hall door.
At this moment, she no longer felt the confusion she had felt at Pei Chengjue's birthday party last year. At that time, her heart was floating like a rootless duckweed, not knowing where to land.
To this day, she knows it clearly.
Pei Chengjue mobilized a large number of troops and supported her relatives, all in order to make her heart rest assured in the palace and on him.
She couldn't refuse such a powerful courtship, just as she couldn't hold back her pounding heart.
Her heart couldn't help but fall on Pei Chengjue.
But--
The palace gate is empty. Has Pei Chengjue not finished his government affairs yet?
The moment Qiao Tang realized she was lost, she suddenly stood up from her high seat, shocking the relatives below the steps so much that they suddenly fell silent and knelt down to kowtow to her.
"It's okay, everyone get up, I'll walk around for a bit."
When her relatives felt uncomfortable after sitting for a long time during her pregnancy, they all stood up with a smile, and her cousin came over to help her down the stairs.
She slowly walked towards the palace gate, feeling dissatisfied with herself. She should be happy about Pei Chengjue's diligence in government affairs and should not be disappointed about it.
But he stopped in front of the temple gate, looked out at the vast night sky, and saw the stars twinkling brightly.
She looked for a long time, and suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves approaching. She looked away in confusion. Where did the sound of horse hooves come from in the palace?
The next moment, her eyes widened in shock.
Pei Chengjue rode up on his horse and came to the empty steps in front of the hall. He dismounted with a nimble posture and strode up.
He was not wearing a dragon robe, but his majestic figure supported his moon-white uniform. Beneath his sharp brows, his deep black eyes flashed with a light brighter than stars.
"Sister, I'm sorry I'm back late."
Qiao Tang's heart was trembling violently. She suppressed the slight tremor in her voice and tried to ask steadily, "Where did your Majesty go?"
"On the street outside the palace."
Pei Chengjue pursed his lips. Qiao Tang tilted her head to signal her cousin to go into the palace. When her cousin went in, she heard Pei Chengjue explain, "I went there after finishing my government affairs."
Qiao Tang watched him stretch out his arm and spread his palm under the light.
A hairpin lay quietly in the palm of my hand.
It was so ordinary, totally out of place with the dazzling and gorgeous pearls and jade in the palace, but how similar was it to the one stuck in Qiao Tang's hair?
"I bought another one."
Pei Chengjue could be the emperor high in the clouds, easily holding the vast world in his hands.
It could also be an ordinary husband who loves his wife, holding up a plain hairpin and signaling his wife to bow her head.
Qiao Tang opened his mouth, unable to suppress the pounding of his heart any longer.
It was as if he had returned to that night last summer when Pei Chengjue, amidst the fireworks, said in a sincere and passionate voice, "I love you most, sister."
The moment she lowered her head, she thought with certainty that in the spring breeze tonight, her heart was moved by Pei Chengjue.
This is a fact that cannot be avoided or concealed.
The music stopped and the banquet ended. Pei Chengjue ordered the palace servants to escort Qiao Tang's relatives out of the palace, then turned around and took Qiao Tang's hand and went to Taiji Palace.
Passing by the Imperial Garden, the moonlight was bright and the branches of flowers were in disarray. Qiao Tang paused and leaned sideways against the branches.
Pei Chengjue paused, approached her doubtfully, and trapped her between the flower branches and himself, his voice gentle.
"What happened to my sister?"
Qiao Tang raised her eyes. Under the beautiful moonlight, her face was more beautiful than flowers. Pei Chengjue's eyes were obsessed with her, and his gaze was not concealed at all.
Qiao Tang was already accustomed to his gaze like this. She pursed her lips and said nothing.
Pei Chengjue coaxed in a low voice, "Are you unhappy?"
Qiao Tang nodded hesitantly. Pei Chengjue's brows furrowed and he pursed his lips. "Is it because I'm late?"
"Your Majesty, don't think too much. Your Majesty is busy with government affairs, and you went out of the palace to buy a hairpin for me. I am naturally happy and satisfied."
She lowered her eyebrows, her cheeks gleaming with moonlight. "But, I hope Your Majesty will come sooner next time and not leave me alone."
Suddenly her body was gripped tightly, and Pei Chengjue's passionate and hot breath came over her, making her eyes red and her expression seductive.
"His Majesty……"
As soon as she opened her mouth, Pei Chengjue pulled out a petal and pressed his fingertips into her lips, then kissed her.
The petals were ground into juice between the lips, staining their lips red.
Pei Chengjue hugged her tightly, pushing her down into the flowers, and the two of them lay in a mess in the shadow of the flowers.
She heard Pei Chengjue's voice, "Sister, you must ask me for the same thing as you did just now."
There is no demand, no exclusivity. For Pei Chengjue, it is an insecure exile.
Only when she demanded him, asked for him, and possessed him alone did he feel delighted that his sister loved him.
Now Qiao Tang had understood this and given him this, and he kissed her in joy, making her dizzy and ecstatic.
That night, the faint fragrance of the spring flowers lingered in Qiao Tang's heart for many days.
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