Chapter 11 Chapter 11 Hot lips, open feelings
"Your Majesty is not the type to be jealous. What's wrong with that?"
Pei Chengjue put down the memorial and saw her rosy cheeks and sparkling eyes. He teased, "I think my sister is well now. She doesn't need me to feed her medicine anymore. She even has the strength to choke me."
"His Majesty."
Qiao Tang bit the corner of her lip lightly. Nanny Wang also mentioned that Pei Chengjue fed her medicine. When she was drowsy, she also felt the medicine on her lips. It must have been Pei Chengjue who fed her orally.
She seldom fell ill and had never been fed medicine. Now that it was pointed out to her face, she found it difficult to cope and quickly turned away.
Only the side of her face was left to Pei Chengjue, her fair skin slightly flushed. Pei Chengjue thought of the dew-soaked hibiscus petals, and couldn't help but lean over and peck at them lightly.
A light peck that could hardly be called a kiss expressed the young man's undisguised affection.
The young man's lips were burning, Qiao Tang's eyelashes flickered like butterfly wings, and he slowly covered half of his face with a handkerchief, his lips slightly parted, as if he wanted to say something but stopped himself.
What to say?
Don't you want to kiss me?
However, a young man who has just fallen in love and whose instincts have awakened probably wants to kiss his beloved again and again.
What's more, she was the one who opened the door with her own hands, allowing the young man to taste the sweetness of love, and she could only endure it silently.
She was held on Pei Chengjue's lap. In the silence, Pei Chengjue thought she was angry and coaxed her, "Sister doesn't like to be sick. I won't mention it from now on."
When Qiao Tang heard this, she was really embarrassed. How could she let a boy who was two years younger than her coax her?
She remained silent, so panicked that Pei Chengjue changed the subject, "I did say I'm not jealous. Sister, you teased me with this. Are you sure I'm telling the truth and won't lie to you?"
As he spoke, he began to mess around, moving his fingers around on Qiao Tang's body, forcing him to gasp, "Your Majesty would never lie to me!"
"Will my sister lie to me?"
Qiao Tang's heart tightened, perhaps because she felt guilty. She couldn't help but feel afraid. She deliberately softened her waist and pressed it against him like a soft cloud. She tentatively said, "If I lied to Your Majesty——"
A pair of fair arms wrapped around Pei Chengjue's neck, her chin resting on his shoulder. She turned her head and kissed the side of his neck, leaving a light pink mark. "What will Your Majesty do?"
Almost instantly, a hand suddenly pressed down on the back of her neck with such force that she had to raise her neck to offer her lips to him.
Their lips touched each other for a long time before they separated.
Pei Chengjue's voice was hoarse and firm, "Sister will not lie to me."
Qiao Tang's heart suddenly sank, and even his breathing paused for a moment.
Soon, the thin lips moved down, leaving her no chance to answer.
After an unknown amount of time, Pei Chengjue's breathing calmed down.
Qiao Tang felt dizzy, but he didn't allow himself to panic because of Pei Chengjue's words. He could only cry out in his heart that he had lost a lot. He didn't get any information at all and was in so much trouble.
Little did she know that Pei Chengjue had remembered it. He supported his chin with one hand contentedly and pointed to a memorial with the other, motioning her to look at it.
It is a memorial impeaching an official.
Qiao Tang took a quick look and was shocked. This gentleman's words were too harsh. He was so unkind and he was not afraid of being beaten by his colleagues when he went out.
"This was presented by Wei Qing. Wei Qing is stern and upright in front of me. In all matters of state, he only adheres to reason and law, without showing any sympathy. He is truly suitable to be a censor in the Censorate, to supervise all officials for me."
Qiao Tang thought to herself, "So that's how it is. Pei Chengjue's understanding of the ministers has always been limited to court affairs, and he really doesn't have the leisure to care about their private lives. Fortunately, she is just curious, so it doesn't matter whether she knows or not."
Pei Chengjue pressed the issue further, "I have told my sister about Wei Qing. How will you thank me?"
Qiao Tang's eyes widened. He had already kissed her just now...
Suddenly she heard Pei Chengjue's laughter and was hugged by him again. Then she reacted and patted Pei Chengjue on the back. Why was he teasing her?
Unexpectedly, and not as a joke, after a moment of silence, Pei Chengjue started again.
Qiao Tang couldn't stand it any longer and had to hide here and there, sighing that she hadn't even tasted the real pleasure yet, but she was already so unrestrained. If it really happened in the future, no matter how good her body was, it would be useless. She would have to find a way to avoid it.
A day later, Aunt Sulan from the Cining Palace came and conveyed the Queen Mother's words to Qiao Tang. Qiao Tang felt that the Queen Mother would not miss any opportunity, so he agreed.
Before going to bed at night, Qiao Tang left a place on the bed for Pei Chengjue. After waiting for a long time but seeing that Pei Chengjue didn't come back, he went to bed first.
Pei Chengjue came back and lifted the gauze curtain to see Qiao Tang curled up in the bed and sleeping. He looked very well behaved, which made him have bad thoughts. After getting on the bed, he leaned over and kissed her.
He was about to stretch out his arms to hug Qiao Tang, but suddenly he saw something hidden under the bed. He changed the direction of his hand and reached in to grab the book.
After flipping through two pages, his face flushed red. He glanced suspiciously at the sleeping Qiao Tang several times, his eyes trembling.
After being stunned for a moment, he quietly got out of bed with the booklet. After a long time, he returned to the bed as if nothing had happened and put the booklet back to its original place.
The gauze curtain was drawn, and a sweet scent filled his nose. Pei Chengjue controlled himself and did not hug Qiao Tang.
He had already troubled Qiao Tang during the day, and if he continued, it might damage her strength. Besides, that book...
It turned out that his sister was preparing to marry him. Thinking of this, he closed his eyes and kissed Qiao Tang's eyebrows.
At four quarters past the hour of Mao, Qiao Tang woke himself up by turning sideways. Pei Chengjue beside him was about to get up, as it was time to go to court.
Qiao Tang still remembered the Queen Mother's words and reached out to hold his sleeve. "Your Majesty, is the flower viewing banquet you promised me still going to be held?"
"If you want, sister, we can do it tomorrow."
Qiao Tang said sleepily, "Why not take a day off from court? Your Majesty can have some free time to enjoy the flowers."
Pei Chengjue didn't doubt it, agreed, kissed her lips, and walked out briskly.
During the day, the imperial edict came down to hold a flower viewing banquet in the palace. Qiao Tang knew what the empress dowager was going to do, so he ordered the palace servants to pass the message to Aunt Sulan.
Aunt Sulan arrived a long time later and handed Qiao Tang a list. Qiao Tang opened it and saw that all the names were of girls from official families.
Some of them were even circled by the Queen Mother. Qiao Tang laughed at himself when he saw this. The Queen Mother was using him as a tool more and more skillfully.
The Queen Mother wanted to use this flower-viewing banquet to let Pei Chengjue meet a girl from an aristocratic family. How could she refuse?
At noon, she took the list to the warm room. Her eyes curved like flower buds on branches in early spring, slowly opening up and revealing their fresh and delicate colors.
"Your Majesty, I've only been in the capital for a short time, and aside from Miss Wei, I haven't made any friends yet. The Empress Dowager is worried that I might be bored, so she suggested inviting some young ladies to the palace for a flower viewing banquet to liven things up. Is that okay?"
Pei Chengjue liked her smile very much. There was nothing he couldn't agree to. Besides, his mind was usually on government affairs, so he didn't think much about girls' matters. "As you like."
He drafted an imperial edict and sent it to the girls of each family, hoping that more girls would accompany his sister. However, he did not know that after receiving the imperial edict, each family secretly guessed the emperor's intention and thought that the emperor had reached the age and might want to choose a concubine.
Each family remained calm and prepared secretly. The letter was also received by the Zhenguo Mansion. Wei Ruomei happily said to the Duke's wife, "Sister Qiao likes me more than my brother does. She even wrote me a letter in reply!"
"Yes, I understand. Your sister Qiao is the best. Remember, you must apologize to your brother when you see him later."
It was already night, and the servants in front were lighting the way with lanterns as the Duke's wife held her in her arms and walked towards Songfengyuan.
Wei Ruomei eagerly read Qiao Tang's letter and thought to herself that Sister Qiao did not blame her, but comforted her with every word being gentle. She wondered how lucky His Majesty was to have such a good person like Sister Qiao.
As they approached Songfengyuan, they could hear the sound of a zither. Wei Ruomei, clutching the letter, raised her head, her eyes lighting up. "It's so beautiful! Brother really knows everything!"
The Duke's wife smiled and nodded her head, and the two of them walked into the yard together, passed the window, and entered the hall.
Hearing footsteps, the piano music stopped for a moment. Wei Qingyan stood up from the piano stand under the window and nodded calmly to the Duke's wife, "Mother."
He glanced at Wei Ruomei calmly, "I was supposed to make perfume today, but you're late."
Wei Ruomei was stunned.
The Duke's wife laughed and said, "I told you that your brother wouldn't take it to heart, but you're worried that if you lose your temper, he'll get tired of you."
She said to Wei Qingyan, "You know your sister's personality very well. She laughs when she's happy and cries when she's unhappy. Even if she says something irritating, she still likes you as her brother."
She pushed Wei Ruomei forward.
Wei Ruomei bowed her head and apologized. With bright eyes, she ran to the zither stand, put down the letter in her hand, picked up the strings, and played a barely audible note. "Brother, can you teach me how to play the zither?"
"Let's finish the perfume making."
Wei Qingyan, who had never seen her look pitiful, looked at her coldly and said, "Today's perfume-making time is over. You should go to rest."
Wei Ruomei was disappointed, and the Duke's wife advised, "You'll bite off more than you can chew. Just listen to your brother and learn how to make perfume from him first. Oh, and aren't you going to attend the palace's flower viewing banquet? Go get ready!"
Wei Ruomei hurried away upon hearing this. Wei Qingyan asked the Duke's wife to sit down and asked, "Is there something wrong, Mother?"
Although Wei Qingyan was dignified and aloof, and Wei Ruomei was sweet and talkative, the Duke's wife was straightforward and straightforward. She said straight to the point, "You've been an adult for two years now, and you've been a censor in the Censorate. Now all you have to do is get married. Why don't you come with me to look at some girls and see if there's any you like?"
This was the first time that Wei Qingyan's marriage was mentioned in the family.
Last year, the Duke's wife personally went to Jizhou to bring Wei Qingyan to the capital. To prevent any accidents, she did not make a big fuss. She had secretly investigated the news and learned that Wei Qingyan was not only married but also divorced. She was shocked and was about to ask more questions when Wei Qingyan stopped her coldly, "No need to ask more."
The Duke's wife had no choice but to stop.
After returning to the Duke's Mansion, she also thought about Wei Qingyan's marriage, but considering that Wei Qingyan had to take the imperial examination, she was afraid that it would distract him, so she postponed it until today. At this moment, she looked at Wei Qingyan with anticipation.
Wei Qingyan's cold voice echoed in the hall, "I don't have such plans at the moment."
The Duke's wife sighed inwardly, then thought for a moment that compared to the joyous occasion of her son's return, not getting married for now was nothing more than a minor issue. She smiled and said, "Then Mother won't force you. But remember, if you find a girl you like, you must tell me. Even if it's a fairy from heaven, Mother will tell you about it!"
As if ready to fight to the death, Wei Qingyan raised his eyes and looked over, still calm, "Mother is joking."
"I'm not kidding. I'm waiting for you to come back and say this to me someday. If I'm useless then, and you still have your father and your brother, how can our family possibly not have a daughter?"
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