Chapter 79 There is nothing I can do about her
Inside the car, Pei Xingju held her tightly in his hands.
Zhuang Wan struggled and whimpered, becoming more and more angry the more she struggled. Finally, she used her hands and feet to beat and hit him.
She risked her life, fighting to the death. However, Pei Xingju was tough and strong, so she didn't hit him, but her hands were sore and numb, and she was sweating.
"Is that enough?" Pei Xingju let her vent for a while, his face not looking good.
"What are you doing?" Zhuang Wan glared at him, her eyes red and furious. "We clearly agreed to break up, what are you doing?"
"Who told you to break up?"
"That day it was clear..." After thinking about it carefully, it seemed that she was the only one who said this.
"But you didn't object," she said.
Pei Xingju: "I didn't agree either."
"So what do you mean? Are you being so persistent?"
“.......”
Pei Xingju really wanted to suffocate her to death with the quilt.
He really couldn't understand how things had turned out like this? Not only was she not afraid of him, she actually dared to yell at him.
The most hateful thing is...he actually has no way to deal with her now.
He pretended to be sullen. "I've already reported your name to the Ministry of Rites for the trip to the imperial palace. How can I change it so easily since you're a member of the entourage?"
"You are Pei Xingju, you can change if you want."
"Be careful what you say! This is the emperor's itinerary."
"But why did you mention my name? Did you ask me? Did you get my consent? Do you know that doing so is selfish and rude?"
"Zhuang Wan!" Pei Xingju's face was really gloomy at this moment: "We are on the road, be careful with your words!"
"I won't!"
“…”
Zhuang Wan stiffened her neck, looking as if she was saying, "If you don't like me, you can just spit me out." Her plan to go to the palace was ruined anyway, and Pei Xingju hadn't recovered his memory for two days. He was going to die sooner or later, so why bother with such a pathetic death?
She had a fearless expression on her face that said, "Kill me now."
Pei Xingju just felt a headache.
After pondering for a moment, he said softly, "How about we go to the palace and talk about it later?"
What else can I say if I go to the palace? Going to the palace means death!
But it's also a death on the road!
Zhuang Wan was so angry that she couldn't help crying.
She was deeply saddened, feeling powerless, unable to escape her fate no matter how hard she tried. She had come to this hellish place out of nowhere, without her parents or friends, and living in constant fear. She had to be extremely careful just to stay alive.
But God was cruel to her, and everything she had done these days seemed like a joke.
Emotional breakdown only takes a moment.
“Wuwuwu… I want to go home…” Zhuang Wan couldn’t stop crying: “I want to go home… Please kill me… I want to go home.”
Pei Xingju paused.
There is a place in my heart that quietly melts and becomes soft, with a hint of sourness.
He certainly understood her feelings. When he was young, he also woke up in the middle of the night and shouted that he wanted to go home, but his home was long gone.
Her home is gone too.
Listening to her crying, all his anger disappeared. After a moment of silence, he raised his hand and stroked her hair.
"Don't cry, I will definitely help you get home next time."
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In the evening of that day, the emperor arrived at the palace.
The palace was built in the previous dynasty and was renovated after Emperor Taizu conquered the country. Because it is surrounded by mountains and its terrain resembles a crescent moon, it is also called the Bright Moon Palace.
Mingyue Palace resembles a miniature imperial palace, its carved beams and painted buildings, its whitewashed walls and black tiles all exquisitely beautiful. It boasts a lake and lotus pond, several hot springs built into the back hills, and a line of waterside pavilions. Lush vegetation shades the sky, making it a truly worthy summer retreat.
When everyone got off the bus, they all felt relaxed and comfortable.
The Ministry of Rites sent carriages for the women to the Western Garden, where numerous side rooms were arranged for the ladies to live in. However, the rooms were not ranked by size or order, so for the sake of fairness, everyone chose by drawing lots.
Zhuang Wan didn't care. She was so frustrated after failing to escape that she started to act down.
Qiu Tan whispered, "Miss, it would be great if we could get a room in the east. There's a waterside pavilion and lotus pond in the east, which is very cool."
Zhuang Wan nodded indifferently.
Not long after, someone from the Ministry of Rites called her, "Miss Zhuang, a female member of the Pei family, please draw lots."
Zhuang Wan went up, picked up a stick and handed it to the eunuch without even looking at it.
When the eunuch saw the lot, he looked at her in surprise and thought to himself that she was really lucky. Everyone wanted the east wing, but it ended up falling into her hands.
Qiu Tan was delighted when she saw this, and she quietly shook Zhuang Wan's sleeve, "Miss, Miss, I was right."
At this time, a man came forward, snatched the bamboo stick from the eunuch and threw it back into the stick holder.
"Eunuch Cao, please don't help Miss Zhuang cheat."
Eunuch Cao was shocked. "Miss Wei's words have frightened me! Even if I had the guts to do that, I wouldn't dare do that. The drawing of lots was proposed by the officials in the Ministry of Rites. I was only responsible for holding the lot box and counting."
Wei Shuiyun chuckled, "You were indeed holding a lottery stick to keep count, but why did you choose to hold this one in front of her? Everyone wants the East Wing, but others can't get it no matter how hard they try. Why did she get it so easily?"
The sound was noisy and harsh. Zhuang Wan scratched her ears and turned her head slowly.
She was in a bad mood when a food delivery man came.
"Who are you?" Zhuang Wan squinted. "Why are you jealous of my good luck? Which eye did you see him cheating? Please show me the evidence. If you don't, I'll sue you for defamation."
She said, "This is a method agreed upon by the lords of the Ministry of Rites, and it's overseen by the emperor's eunuchs in the palace. You're so unlucky that you couldn't even get a chance, so how dare you accuse others of cheating?"
"You--" Wei Shuiyun was surprised. She didn't expect that Zhuang Wan would dare to speak to her like this.
"What do you mean by 'I'?" Zhuang Wan was not one to indulge her. "Since you say he cheated, then produce the evidence. How did he cheat? Who instructed him to? Tell me."
"I..." Wei Shuiyun didn't expect her words to be so sharp, and her cheeks immediately felt hot.
"I don't have evidence, but that doesn't mean you didn't cheat," she said. "Otherwise, why did you get the prize when so many others didn't?"
"You want to know..." Zhuang Wan leaned over and said in a low but clear voice, "Maybe it's because I'm prettier than you. God bless me."
After saying this, Wei Shuiyun's face turned from red to black, and then from black to shame and anger.
She had always loved to be coquettish, but because of her unremarkable appearance, she had to compensate for it with her clothing and makeup. Today's trip to the palace included not only the ladies of various families, but also the sons of prominent families in the capital. To attract attention, she had risen before dawn at the hour of Yin to dress and put on a heavier makeup than usual.
The pride she had carefully maintained was now exposed by Zhuang Wan's pointed words, and she felt both ashamed and angry.
Furious and embarrassed, Wei Shuiyun knocked over the lottery box and said, "Cheating is cheating. Draw again!"
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