Chapter 224 Did you sleep together?
The breeze was gentle, the sky was clear and blue, like a huge sapphire inlaid in the sky, and the sunlight shone through the gaps between the leaves, like golden raindrops.
It should have been a beautiful and pleasant time, but at this moment, the air was filled with awkwardness.
The four looked at each other for a moment, and Pei Xingju was the first to calm down.
He calmly bowed to Madam Zhuang: "Aunt."
Mrs. Zhuang was still a little confused at the moment, not understanding why her future son-in-law had suddenly appeared out of nowhere. Of course, after all that had happened, she accepted Pei Xingju from the bottom of her heart.
But he didn't approve of this approach.
After all, he was a powerful figure in the court. Not long ago, I learned that he was the son of a general who defended the country. However, this broad daylight overthrow of the wall was really a bit...
She rolled up her sleeves and asked deliberately, "I wonder why Master Pei is here."
“.......”
After a moment of silence, Pei Xingju said honestly, "Junior is here to visit Wanwan."
"If you're visiting, why don't you go through the main entrance?"
Madam Zhuang was determined to educate her son well. While she understood that young children were prone to impulsiveness, they were still unmarried. It had been fine when Zhuang Wan was living in the Pei residence, but now that she was home, if word got out about her frivolous behavior, it would be gossip.
Pei Xingju knew what his future mother-in-law was thinking. After years in the government, he was still able to read people's expressions. He didn't try to argue and said honestly, "Aunt, I came here to see Wanwan. I know it's impolite since we're not engaged yet, so... I'm sorry to have embarrassed you."
Seeing him like this, Mrs. Zhuang didn't know what to say.
She sighed, "I know what you mean, but as you said, you haven't even been engaged yet, and there's no matchmaker or betrothal. If others knew about this, it would be bad for both you and Wan'er."
"Junior knows!"
"Forget it!" After thinking about it, Mrs. Zhuang didn't intend to make things difficult. She was still confident in Pei Xingju's character, but she was worried about her daughter.
She glanced at the door and knew Zhuang Wan was eavesdropping there, so she said loudly, "I'll let you see him, but don't delay him too long."
Pei Xingju hurriedly bowed and said, "Thank you very much!"
"In two quarters of an hour, please come to the main hall for tea, Lord Pei. I have something to ask you." Mrs. Zhuang said.
Pei Xingju nodded: "Yes, I will be there on time."
After Mrs. Zhuang left, Zhuang Wan suddenly opened the door and looked at him with a smile.
"Why are you here?"
Pei Xingju stood at the door with a suppressed smile on his lips.
Zhuang Wan hooked her finger at him: "What are you still standing there for? Didn't you hear it's only fifteen minutes?"
She quickly pulled him into the house and asked the maid to guard outside.
As soon as she entered the room, Zhuang Wan closed the door and threw herself into his arms.
"Wow, I missed you so much!"
In reality, they had only been apart for a few days, but those days had felt incredibly difficult. Perhaps this was the case for all lovers in the world: a day apart felt like three years. When Zhuang Wan had lived in the Pei Mansion, she hadn't noticed when she'd gone a few days without seeing Pei Xingju, but now that she was back at the Zhuang Mansion, the longing had become lingering and long.
She buried her head in his chest and asked, "Do you miss me?"
"Um."
How could he sneak over the wall into the hospital if he didn't want to?
Pei Xingju looked at the people with his eyes downcast, but his hands were behind his back in restraint.
Zhuang Wan noticed this and was unhappy: "You don't miss me at all."
"What do you mean?"
"Then why don't you hug me?"
"......" Pei Xingju whispered: "This is in your house, and..."
Besides, he was caught red-handed by Mrs. Zhuang. Under other people's noses, he really couldn't do anything to flirt with someone else's daughter.
"I don't care!" Zhuang Wan pretended to be angry: "I want you to hug me."
Pei Xingju didn't move.
"Hurry up!" Zhuang Wan glared at him.
After hesitating for a moment, Pei Xingju reluctantly reached out his hand. However, the moment he did so, Zhuang Wan jumped on him without hesitation.
She kissed his lips, wantonly and passionately, with an overwhelming joy that instantly surrounded Pei Xingju.
At this moment, all the reserve and restraint were like fragile spider silk that would break at the slightest pull.
The two hugged each other and kissed each other gently, as if they wanted to melt the longing of many days into this deep kiss.
Their tongues explored each other, sharing their love, immersed and fascinated by each other's sweet scent.
"Wanwan," Pei Xingju stepped back a moment later, his hand gently stroking Zhuang Wan's hair. "How about I come and propose at the end of the month?"
"So soon?"
"Quick?"
Mrs. Zhuang's words just now outside had made it clear. If he wanted to marry her daughter, he should come and propose, instead of being so ambiguous and secretive.
"Not at all," Pei Xingju kissed him again, "I want to marry you soon."
Zhuang Wan felt his tenderness, her breathing quickened again, and the kiss on her lips became more passionate.
"Okay," she said, "I'll wait for you to propose."
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In the evening, Shen Yi emerged from the restaurant arm in arm with several officials. As one of them escorted him to the carriage, he enthusiastically invited them, "Sir Shen, our Ministry of Justice has achieved such a great feat this time thanks to your contributions. This one meal doesn't count. We can continue tomorrow."
"Let's continue!" Chen Yi said, "Let's go to another place to drink tomorrow. I heard that Fu Yuchun at Zui Xiang Lou is good and the songs are good too. Let's go there."
"Okay, okay! Let's go there tomorrow!"
Several people said goodbye drunkenly.
After a while, the servant asked, "Sir, are you going to Pei's Mansion or back to the Princess's Mansion?"
"Go..." Chen Yi leaned forward to hold onto the car door, his head seemed to be stuck. After thinking for a while, he said, "Let's go back to the Princess's Mansion. I have a family now and it's not the right time for me to play with Pei Xingju."
"......Oh." The servant immediately ordered the driver to drive.
When we returned to the princess's mansion, it was just getting dark and the lights were not yet on.
"Where is your princess?" Chen Yi thought Princess Wu Jing had gone out to attend another banquet.
Unexpectedly, the doorman said, "Sir, the princess is in the backyard."
Chen Yi was surprised: "She's not going out today?"
"The princess hasn't been out all day."
"So what is she doing?"
"Well... I don't know either. I heard they were sorting things out."
Organizing things?
Chen Yi wasn't actually curious about what she was packing, but after thinking about it, he walked towards the backyard.
When I arrived at the main house, I saw the maids busying around. There were several large boxes on the ground, which seemed to have been sorted and stacked together.
He caught a maid and asked, "What are you busy with?"
"Sir," the maid bowed, "we are packing the princess's luggage."
"luggage?"
"The princess said she would return to Lu in a few days and asked us servants to pack our things in advance."
Upon hearing this, Chen Yi sobered up a lot. He stood up straight and slowly walked into the room.
Seeing the empty bedroom, I felt a little uncomfortable.
"Wu Jing," he walked in: "What are you busy with?"
Princess Wu Jing was in the inner room and had heard his voice a long time ago, but she was busy packing and had no time to pay attention to him.
"Didn't you see?" Wu Jing turned around, smelling the alcohol on him, and frowned in disdain: "I'm tidying up my clothes, don't come in, or you'll stink up my room."
Chen Yi quickly retreated outside the Moon Gate, then stood there and peeked in: "Why are you packing your clothes?"
"I've already told you," Wu Jing said, "I want to return to Lu soon. I've already written to my brother and asked him about it. Maybe he'll send someone to pick me up in a few days."
Shen Yi's chest felt stuffy and a little sore.
"Don't bother packing up," he said rudely, pouring cold water on her. "You can't go back."
"Why?" Wu Jing turned her head.
Shen Yi opened his mouth, wanting to say something but swallowed it back.
Wu Jing glared at him, feeling that he was not straightforward in his words and deeds. She put down her things and said, "I will definitely be able to go back. My brother and mother love me the most. If they know that I am bored here, they will definitely send someone to pick me up."
"Why are you bored?" Chen Yi said, "Don't you go out every day to have tea and listen to opera? All the vendors in the capital can cater to your tastes."
Wu Jing loves shopping and is willing to spend money. She is also a big spender who doesn't bargain when buying things. Shop owners all over the capital like her.
"What's it to you!" Wu Jing rolled her eyes at him.
Chen Yi sat down outside: "It's useless to clean it up anyway, I advise you not to waste your energy on it."
Wu Jing walked out and stepped on his shoe: "If you are here to make sarcastic remarks, then go away and don't stand here and get in my way."
"I..." Chen Yi endured the pain in his feet, held it in for a while, and walked out with his sleeves swung.
However, just as he stepped out of the threshold, he stopped again.
"Wu Jing?"
"What are you doing?" Wu Jing turned her head.
It was getting dark, and Shen Yi was in the dark, so Wu Jing couldn't see his face clearly. But she heard him say, "Do you want to drink?"
Wu Jing was puzzled: "Why are you drinking for no reason?"
"Didn't you say that the children of your country of Lu are all generous? I don't believe it."
"You don't have to believe it if you don't want to," Wu Jing said, "I don't want to drink. I'm busy."
"Hey, let's go." Chen Yi came in and pulled her along: "You're going back to Lu State soon, let's treat this as a farewell party."
Somehow, Chen Yi felt bored today and wanted to drink even more. But if he went back to his room to drink alone, it would feel lonely, so he simply dragged Wu Jing along.
Wu Jing was pulled and knocked to the ground by him without any gentleness, but she still followed him reluctantly.
In the side hall, a servant came in to light the lamp and brought up a pot of warm wine. On the plate, there was also a plate of peanuts and a plate of shredded squid that Zhuang Ji had bought to go with the wine.
"Chen Yi, didn't you drink?" After sitting down, Wu Jing was puzzled: "Why are you still drinking?"
"I didn't drink enough." Chen Yi said, "Those colleagues were no match for me. They passed out after just two drinks. It was boring!"
Wu Jing curled her lips: "You're just bragging."
"Hey! Am I bragging? If you don't believe me, let's make a bet." Chen Yi said, "Let's see who can last the longest tonight."
"What's the bet?"
"Bet..." Chen Yi thought for a moment and said, "If you lose, just stay in the capital."
Wu Jing frowned and looked at him carefully: "Chen Yi, why do you want to bet on this?"
"What?"
"Does it matter to you whether I leave or stay?"
Chen Yi opened his mouth and said, "It's not a question of whether I care or not, but that you can't leave at all."
"Why can't you leave?"
"Don't forget that this marriage was an agreement between your brother and our Emperor Da Zhao. How can men's affairs be treated as a joke?"
When Wu Jing heard this, he suddenly became discouraged.
In fact, she knew in her heart that her brother would most likely not agree, but she felt that the days in the capital were like years, and she missed home very much.
She lowered her head, feeling a little depressed.
After a while, he took a deep breath and said, "Don't worry, I will definitely beat you tonight. No matter what, I still want to return to Lu."
"Okay." Chen Yi nodded perfunctorily, poured her a glass of wine and poured himself a glass.
"Come," he raised his glass, "I wish your wish will come true."
Wu Jing didn't drink, but asked: "You haven't said what to do if you lose."
"If I lose," Shen Yi said, "I will agree to one condition of yours."
"Any conditions?"
"As long as it doesn't violate human ethics, any conditions are acceptable."
"Okay, then I must beat you tonight!"
After saying that, Wu Jing raised his head and drank it all in one gulp.
The bright moon hangs high in the sky, and its silver light covers the courtyard like a veil. The air is filled with the faint fragrance of flowers, and time is quiet and beautiful.
Before they knew it, the moon was already at its zenith. Inside the hall, the two of them were drunk and staggering. Chen Yi leaned back in his chair, his eyes hazy, while Wu Jing lay on the table, reminiscing about their childhood.
"Let me tell you, I'm pretty good at catching loaches..." She gestured exaggeratedly, "I caught a loach this long when I was five."
"Catching loaches is nothing," Chen Yi said with an exaggerated gesture, "When I was six years old, I went into the river and caught a turtle this big."
"I've hunted a fox before. Have you ever hunted one?" Wu Jing raised his chin provocatively.
Chen Yi slammed the table and raised his chin, trying to find a remarkable deed, but after thinking for a long time, he found nothing.
He sat back down in dismay, saying with regret, "My parents kept a close eye on me when I was little. Ever since I started school, I haven't had that much freedom. Every day I'm either studying or reading. Sigh! I also want to hunt a fox and show off my power."
"What's so difficult about this?" Wu Jing stood up and said, "I'll take you hunting right now."
"Where to hunt?"
"Of course we should leave the city. There are foxes outside the city."
Wu Jing shouted to the maid, "Go get this princess's bow and arrow."
The maid standing at the door had a headache: "Princess, it's dark now, the fox has gone home."
Wu Jing paused, said "Oh" blankly, then turned to Shen Yi and said, "The hunt is over, the fox has gone home."
Shen Yi burst into laughter, his shoulders shaking with laughter.
"What are you laughing at? Am I wrong?"
Wu Jing was furious and walked over to kick him. However, when he raised his foot, he accidentally tripped over a chair and fell straight towards Chen Yi.
The soft and fragrant woman's body suddenly fell into his arms. At that moment, Shen Yi was stunned and hugged her subconsciously.
Perhaps it was the alcohol, or perhaps something else, but his heartbeat quickened as he hugged her.
"Wu Jing?" he called her softly.
Wu Jing was still trying to get up clumsily. She responded with a "hmm" and raised her face.
When they raised their heads, their lips were quite close, so close that Chen Yi could touch them just by lowering his head.
For some unknown reason, as if attracted by something, Chen Yi stared at the red lips and Adam's apple.
The next moment, when he realized what he was doing, he had already kissed those red lips.
Wu Jing was stunned and couldn't help but slip.
"Wu Jing, don't move." He said, and in order to make the person in his arms behave himself, he hugged her tighter.
Wu Jing's maidservant's heart pounded. She wanted to step forward to stop them, but she felt she shouldn't. After all, they were husband and wife. Even though...even though there was a contract, it was only verbal. Who knew what would happen in the future? Besides, she knew the princess's thoughts...
After a quick thought, she hurriedly dismissed the others, stepped forward to close the door, and hid away.
In the room, moonlight falls through the window, soft and ambiguous.
On the ground, a pair of shadows overlapped.
Their clothes had long since fallen apart, some crumpled into a ball, others haphazardly thrown on a chair. They held each other tightly, listening to their heartbeats and gazing into each other's eyes in the hazy moonlight.
At this moment, no one was innocent. It was as if they were determined to sink together, and no one would let the other go.
Wu Jing lay beside the table with her long hair disheveled.
She felt as if she were on a lonely boat in the vast ocean, the wind and waves pushing the boat to and fro. She couldn't see the end, nor could she tell which way she came from. She could only hold on to the arm of the person behind her tightly to prevent herself from getting lost and falling.
This world is both quiet and frenzied. It's so quiet that only the sound of each other's breathing remains, yet it's so frenzied that my heart surges and I want to die in the waves.
In a trance, she was picked up and subconsciously climbed onto the other person's shoulders.
She knew very well that the person holding her was Chen Yi, but she couldn't control her body. Like a person falling into the water, unable to struggle, she could only sink in conscious and hopeless drowning.
Wu Jing cried with joy and pain.
"Chen Yi...Chen Yi..." she called his name.
Shen Yi, who was out of control, became even more frantic when she heard these long and gentle cries. It was as if there was a devil living in her body, wanting to tear her apart and make her cry even louder.
Just like that, Wu Jing cried all night, and Chen Yi went crazy all night.
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The next day, Wu Jing was awakened by the heat.
When I woke up, I had a splitting headache. Besides the headache, I also felt a sharp pain between my legs.
She moved, but stopped suddenly when she touched something else.
She suddenly opened her eyes and was shocked to find that this was not the bedroom she was familiar with. Gradually, the scene of yesterday came to her mind.
Drunk, kissing, clothes peeling off, the two of them entangled like a conjoined body...
After a long time, she slowly turned her head and saw Shen Yi sleeping quietly beside her.
She swallowed hard, feeling somewhat bewildered. Panicked, she quietly climbed out of bed.
The mess on the bed made her too embarrassed to look at it. She endured the pain between her legs and picked up her clothes one by one and put them on. Finally, she turned her head to look at Chen Yi, and seeing that he was still sleeping soundly with his eyes closed, she breathed a sigh of relief and fled.
She was more embarrassed than ashamed.
It’s the embarrassment of not knowing how to face Shen Yi.
The two of them lost their minds in that situation and did the most intimate thing between men and women. But what happened next? What should they do next?
The first thing that came to her mind was not that Qingbai was gone, but that she regretted that she and Chen Yi might not be able to be ordinary friends again in the future.
Little did she know that after she opened the door and left, Shen Yi slowly opened his eyes.
His face was calm, without any trace of drunken confusion.
Chen Yi stared at the curtains above the bed, not knowing what he was thinking, his expression a little solemn.
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"You...slept together?"
At Pei Mansion, Pei Xingju was shocked, but after a moment, his expression calmed down again.
"It has already happened," he said. "It depends on your decision."
"What can I do?" Chen Yi regretted it so much: "I shouldn't have drunk so much. The ancients were right about the tendency to lose one's temper after drinking."
"......." Pei Xingju glanced at him speechlessly: "Haven't you figured out how to deal with this?"
"If I had thought it through, I wouldn't have come to you. I have a terrible headache now and I don't know what to do."
He got up, changed his clothes and went out. He didn't feel like going to the office. He was so overwhelmed.
"How should I face her?" Shen Yi asked distressedly.
"You're a man, and you don't know how to face it?"
"I..." Chen Yi said dejectedly, "You know what happened to our marriage. We agreed to divorce after three years, but now she wants to divorce and return to Lu. But at this critical moment, this happened again."
"What about you?" Pei Xingju asked.
"Me what?"
"What do you think?"
"Of course..." Chen Yi was silent for a moment, then said, "Of course I respect her, but...after this happened, I feel guilty."
"Only guilt?"
"What do you mean?"
Pei Xingju said, "You might as well ask Princess Wu Jing what she thinks. If she insists on getting a divorce, you can compensate her. If she is willing to stay, it is your responsibility to take care of her."
"Of course," Shen Yi nodded. "It's already like this. If I leave her behind again, would I still be a human being?"
"But what if she insists on getting a divorce?" he asked again.
Somehow, he was most concerned about this issue now. He was afraid to ask her, and also afraid that she would say something firm.
"Ask yourself," Pei Xingju said, "are you willing to let her go?"
Shen Yi was stunned.
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