Chapter 172 What she wants, she can only fight for it herself

Cheng Jin listened to Pei Yu's words, deliberately ignored something, and shook her head fiercely, "Didn't you see the emperor's fierce look just now, he wanted to eat people, how could he agree?"

Cheng Jin's exaggerated look made Pei Yu laugh for no reason, he nodded, "As long as you want to go out, I have a way."

Seeing that Pei Yu didn't look like a joke, Cheng Jin blinked at Pei Yu.

"Once a word is spoken, it can't be taken back."

Pei Yu raised his hand to pick off the snow that had fallen in Cheng Jin's hair and had not yet melted, "I will."

After Cheng Jin and Pei Yu separated, Cheng Jin didn't think about wandering around anymore, and turned back to Chunhe Palace directly.

Cuizhu had been waiting outside the palace gate with an umbrella. She leaned her head left and right, and Ziying stood beside her. She took a few steps, turned back, and kept circling at the door.

When they saw Cheng Jin, Ziying and Cuizhu couldn't hide their joy in their eyes, and hurried to hold the umbrella for Cheng Jin.

Cuizhu asked nervously, "Is the queen okay?"

Cheng Jin glanced at Cuizhu and thought of what Cuizhu had told Pei Yu behind her back. Although it did help her a lot, if people knew that Cuizhu had a private relationship with Pei Yu, they would inevitably catch her and make a big deal out of it. It was just

a coincidence that Chu Chengye found out today. If she was not found in time next time, she would be in big trouble.

Not to mention that Cuizhu is someone close to Cheng Jin, even if it was Cuizhu herself, seeing Pei Yu in private and being discovered by someone with ulterior motives would be a big deal that she would be unable to escape from.

Cheng Jin walked into Chunhe Palace in silence. Cuizhu seemed to sense that Cheng Jin was in a bad mood, and asked Cheng Jin tentatively.

"Your Majesty, but the mother and son of the Jiang family were not brought out?"

Cheng Jin still did not answer. After entering the house, Cheng Jin explained what happened today.

Cuizhu did not expect that her unintentional act would lead to such a thing. She looked at Cheng Jin with panic eyes and immediately knelt down.

Cuizhu lowered her head and said in a tearful voice, "I met Lord Pei a few days ago. He asked about the Madam's situation. I thought Lord Pei would pay more attention to the situation of Jiang's mother and son outside the palace than we did. I thought Lord Pei and the Madam were close friends and would naturally help her, so I told them about the matter. I really didn't expect such a thing to happen."

"I am guilty."

Cuizhu was also scared. She didn't expect such a thing to happen today. She almost killed Cheng Jin and Pei Yu because of her.

Cheng Jin saw Cuizhu suddenly kneeling on the ground and quickly pulled her up.

"It was nothing, and Lord Pei really helped a lot. No one expected what happened today, but fortunately, it was safe."

"Pei Yu really won't harm us, but things are different now."

"I guess Pei Yu has already noticed it."

Cheng Jin found Pei Yu's attitude very strange more than once. Sometimes he looked at her with tenderness, and sometimes he was cold as if he was looking at a stranger.

Pei Yu sometimes stared at Cheng Jin in a daze, as if he was looking for someone's shadow through her.

When Pei Yu told Cheng Jin that they were a pair of desperate lovebirds, although he was smiling as if he was joking, there was no smile in his eyes.

Cheng Jin knew that Pei Yu was not joking.

She occupied Cheng Jin's body and died together. Could Pei Yu and Cheng Jin be together forever?

Cheng Jin admitted that she did have a crush on Pei Yu.

She could not refuse Pei Yu's life-saving method when Cheng Jin was desperate. As long as Cheng Jin wanted something, Pei Yu would do it for her without hesitation.

He looked at Cheng Jin with tender eyes again and again, and looked at her without any disguise after learning that she fainted.

For a person as cold as Pei Yu, only Xiao Jin was a surprise to him.

Unfortunately, it was only Xiao Jin, not Cheng Jin.

Facing Pei Yu, it was difficult for Cheng Jin not to be moved.

Seeing Cheng Jin in a daze, Cuizhu patted Cheng Jin's shoulder in panic, "My queen, are you okay? Are you scared by what happened today?"

Cheng Jin had gone through such a thing today and had just walked back from a snowy night, so her face was not very good.

Cheng Jin shook her head and forced a smile to Cuizhu.

Cuizhu still looked frightened, and Cheng Jin had to persuade her for a long time before she recovered.

When Cuizhu was better, Cheng Jin remembered to ask about Jing'er's condition.

"Her mother and brother have escaped from the Queen Mother, so she should be relieved."

Cuizhu nodded, "As soon as the Queen Mother left today, Jing'er asked me about her family several times."

Cheng Jin said, "Well. I will tell Jing'er tomorrow to find a time for them to meet, but staying in the palace all the time is not a long-term solution. When the Queen Mother's investigation is not so urgent, they can be allowed to leave the capital. At that time, it depends on Jing'er's own thoughts, whether to go or stay."

Cheng Jin turned to look at Ziying, "Don't let others know about the Jiang mother and son in Yaohua Palace. You are better at fighting, so help me send them some food and utensils." Ziying

nodded.

Compared with the relief of the survivors in Chunhe Palace, the atmosphere in Shou'an Palace was almost frozen.

Chu Chengye brought Cheng Jin and Pei Yu out of Shou'an Palace. Rather than being upset and blaming Xu Jilin, he wanted to know Su Shen's intentions.

Su Shen had been with her for so many years, why would he do such a thing?

But no matter how anxious Xu Jilin was, the palace maids and eunuchs sent to find Su Shen all returned empty-handed. Su Shen made excuses and said that if there was anything, he would definitely meet the Queen Mother tomorrow to explain it in person. With

such things in her heart, how could Xu Jilin fall asleep?

She sent everyone in the room away and sat alone on the couch until dawn.

The snow had stopped. The blizzard late last night seemed to have suppressed everything under the white snow, and it was silent.

The weather today was surprisingly good.

For the first time, Xu Jilin clearly knew that the sun could accurately shine into her main hall at that moment.

She felt a little strange.

She had been in the harem for so many years, and for the first time she knew that the sun could shine on her.

She entered the palace at the age of sixteen, and no one cared whether she was willing or not, or whether she had a lover. She became a tool for the family to fight for power and profit.

She clearly remembered that she was also a naive girl at the age of sixteen. She was curious and enthusiastic about everything in the palace, and she always felt that she could live a good life. It was

not until she was favored by the late emperor that she found poison in her food, which was sent by her most trusted sister, and the flowers that caused her miscarriage were sent by the always gentle queen.

She realized that it was not possible to be friendly to others in return.

In order to survive, she had to participate in the open and secret struggles in the harem.

The late emperor was passionate by nature, and Xu Jilin could not get the fairness she wanted from him.

She could only fight for what she wanted.