Chapter 128 This King Will Fall for This Trick
At the same time, the Zhaoning Palace also received the news.
Pei Jing was writing a letter when he heard that Jiang Fei was arguing with someone at the door. The tip of his pen immediately made an ink blob on the rice paper.
"Did she suffer any loss?" Pei Jing put down his pen.
Duan Jiu smiled and said, "Your Highness, you are worrying too much. Miss Jiang Er can't suffer any loss here, so it is even more impossible for her to suffer any loss elsewhere."
Pei Jing nodded slightly, "With Wen Zhu here, even if she gets hurt verbally, she won't suffer any setbacks with her hands."
Look, you admit it, you said you were sent to teach rules, but it turned out you were sent to help fight.
"Miss Jiang Er has a straightforward personality, unique in the capital."
"It's unique in the world." Pei Jing was slightly proud. "The straightforwardness brought up in the countryside is nothing more than recklessness, undisciplined by etiquette and discipline, ignorant of the consequences and speaking without restraint. It's truly rare and precious to be able to maintain a straightforward nature in the turbulent world of the capital."
Duan Jiuxin said that he hadn't seen Miss Jiang Er for several days. Although the prince's intelligence had recovered a lot, he felt that the poison seemed to be still quite deep.
"Miss Jiang Er is perfect in every way in your eyes, without any flaws." Duan Jiu said, "It's just..."
Pei Jing raised his eyelids, "Just what?"
Duan Jiu said tentatively, "It's just easy to make enemies."
"Who in the capital has as many enemies as I do?" Pei Jing sneered. "She's just making a minor fuss. If anything goes wrong, I'll cover for her. What's there to be afraid of?"
He changed the subject, "But when you talk about shortcomings, she does have some."
Duan Jiu was surprised, "What shortcomings?"
Pei Jing pondered, "She's a bit dubious."
"That's not..." Duan Jiu quickly stopped the second half of the sentence.
Isn't it your fault to say one thing and mean another? How did it become Miss Jiang's fault?
Speaking of Jiang Fei, Pei Jing couldn't help but think of that day in the restaurant.
He has never had any friends or family. People avoid him as if he were an evil star and even hold their breath. Even the chess game on his desk is always a battle between himself and himself.
I've been doing this for so many years, it's become second nature and I don't feel lonely anymore.
But occasionally, there was a moment when he still wanted to share it with others, like now.
Pei Jing spoke for the first time, "Duan Jiu, you said that although I was the one who took the initiative that day, she intended to refuse and even pushed me, but she didn't hit me. When she left, she even let me pick up the banknotes. What do you think she was thinking?"
Duan Jiuxin said that this was an idea out of concern for money, what else could it be?
But if he spoke now, he would probably be kicked out the door and might even be sent to a remote place to carry out a mission.
To save his own life, Duan Jiu couldn't speak directly, so he could only hint at it: "I think Miss Jiang Er and Wei Sanlang are still engaged, and they don't seem to want to cancel the engagement at the moment, right?"
After saying this, he carefully watched Pei Jing's expression.
Pei Jing narrowed his eyes slightly, and after a while, he said, "I understand."
Duan Jiu's heart finally settled down, and he breathed a sigh of relief, "Your Highness finally understands a little bit. My efforts are worthwhile."
As soon as he finished speaking, Pei Jing said, "Xiao Cui is really good at this."
Duan Jiu: “????”
No, why are the tricks used again?
Duan Jiu almost choked back his breath, staring at his master with wide eyes: "Prince, what do you understand?"
Pei Jing walked to the window with his hands behind his back, revealing a meaningful smile. "It's just one of the three hundred moves. She's deliberately keeping the engagement, perhaps wanting me to take the initiative. She's playing hard to get with me. She thinks it's fun, so I don't mind playing along."
The teapot in Duan Jiu's hand fell back onto the table with a clang. "I think..."
"There's another possibility," Pei Jing continued, "If she comes forward, it will damage her reputation. But if I come forward, it's different. I don't have much of a reputation."
Duan Jiuxin said that you do have some self-awareness. It’s not that you don’t have a reputation, but it’s not a good reputation.
"Then, Your Majesty, are you going to put pressure on the Jiang family to cancel the engagement?"
"What do you think will happen if I ask the Jiang family to cancel the engagement?"
Duan Jiu thought for a moment, "Master Jiang has a soft and easygoing personality, and I don't think he is decisive."
Pei Jing glanced at Duan Jiu and said, "Just say he's weak."
"Isn't that Miss Jiang's father? I dare not."
"A father who can sleep soundly even when his daughter is missing is not worth having." Pei Jing said, "You are right. Jiang Bingshi is weak-willed. He doesn't want to offend me or the Dingyuan Marquisate, so he will just keep putting it off."
Duan Jiu nodded, "Then what does the prince plan to do?"
"Soft tactics won't work," Pei Jing's eyes lit up, "Then we have to resort to hard tactics. Just rob it."
"Seize, seize, seize!" Duan Jiu was so frightened that he stuttered, "Then Wang, Wang, Wang, why don't you ask Miss Jiang Er's opinion?"
"Why are you barking like a dog?" Pei Jing turned around and said matter-of-factly, "Ask her why? Girls are shy, and she's just being stubborn. If she really had feelings for Wei Sanlang, why would she chase me? If she didn't, why didn't I just take action when I was doing that to her?"
After listening to the prince's analysis, Duan Jiu felt that there seemed to be some truth in it, and felt that Miss Jiang was not completely indifferent to the prince.
The more Pei Jing spoke, the more he felt he had grasped the secret. "He even specifically instructed me to pick up the banknotes. This is clearly..."
Duan Jiu swallowed and asked, "What is it?"
"She feels bad for me because of the money I have." Pei Jing chuckled. "This Jiang Xiaocui really has a firm grasp on my thoughts."
"Well..." Duan Jiu struggled to organize his words, "Is it possible that Second Miss Jiang is simply..."
"Simple what?" Pei Jing raised his eyebrows.
Duan Jiu looked at his master's eager expression and swallowed the words "heartbroken about the money".
Pei Jing said, "You're just using tricks? Indeed, but I'm vulnerable to this trick."
Duan Jiu was a little overwhelmed and wanted to grab the prince's shoulders, shaking him and yelling, "Just eat, eat, eat! You're almost making yourself stupid by using so many tricks on yourself!"
…
In a villa not far from the capital.
The door to the courtyard was ajar, and moonlight meandered in through the crack, outlining a clear silver edge on the ground.
The wooden door creaked slightly, and the gap widened. A black shadow flashed in silently and merged into the darkness in the room in an instant.
The black shadow stood beside the bed for a while. The person lying on the bed turned over in his sleep and opened his eyes in a daze.
As soon as Jiang Fei opened her eyes, she saw a dark shadow, which scared her so much that she woke up instantly. She was about to scream when a warm big hand covered her mouth the next moment.
"Shhh."
A familiar smell entered my nose along with the sound, a faint, cold pine scent.
"Pei Jing?" Jiang Fei called out tentatively.
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