Chapter 167: Granted Marriage
Jiang Fei struggled to stuff down a mouthful of rice. She didn't know why she had been eating so much these days.
My stomach is full, but my body still feels empty. No matter how much food I stuff in, it just won’t fill me up.
"Are you checking the favorability?" Jiang Fei asked the system.
The system said, "Pei Jing's favorability is still 80, and Wei Mingzhen's favorability has remained at 90."
"Is there something wrong with your system?"
"No mistake, I really didn't move."
Jiang Fei finished the bowl of rice, endured the nausea, and looked at Wen Zhu, "You go back."
"Ah?!" Wen Zhu stood up suddenly, "Miss, are you going to kick me out?"
Jiang Fei shook her head. "I don't mean to drive you away. The wedding is coming soon. I'll marry into the Marquis' Mansion later. Wei Ciying knows you, so you can't follow me."
Speaking of this, Wen Zhu suddenly remembered, "Speaking of which, there is something that I am quite puzzled about. The young lady has been avoiding letting Wei Ciying and I meet before. How did she know that she knew me?"
Jiang Fei lowered her eyelids, thinking of excuses quickly in her mind, "I don't know that she knows you, I am thinking that I will marry into the Marquis' Mansion in the future. If you meet her, if she sees you next to Pei Jing in the future, won't it be exposed?"
Wen Zhu has been with Pei Jing for so many years and is one of the most capable secret guards. Although he looks playful on the surface, he is not easy to fool.
Since Jiang Fei made excuses to fool her, she was definitely not going to be able to pry open his mouth.
"Miss, you are wise." Wen Zhu said, "But do you really want to kick me out?"
After being together for such a long time, Jiang Fei was actually reluctant to leave Wen Zhu. "You grew up in the palace, so you can go home now."
"I'm afraid the prince doesn't want to see me now." Wen Zhu glanced at Jiang Fei from the corner of his eye. "The last time the young lady and the prince had a quarrel, the prince refused to touch anyone with the word 'Jiang' in it. This time, I'm afraid he doesn't want to see me either, because if the young lady takes her anger out on me, I'll be homeless."
Jiang Fei looked worried, and after thinking for a while, she said, "Then you stay here. If you can't come back after I get married, I will buy you a house to live in."
…
"roll!"
The maid crawled out of the room, almost crying, "Guard Duan, the prince won't let me clean the room."
Standing nearby was the eunuch who had come from the palace to announce the imperial decree. "How about... should we bring the prince out to receive the decree?"
Duan Jiu glanced at the eunuch and said, "How about we let the two eunuchs accompanying you carry it?"
The eunuch was so frightened that he immediately stepped back and said, "Forget it, forget it. I'll just wait here."
Duan Jiu had no choice but to go into the house by himself.
The curtains in the room were drawn tightly, with only a little light coming in through the gaps.
The floor was covered with broken porcelain when you stepped on it, and the room was filled with the smell of alcohol. A person who used to have obsessive-compulsive disorder could actually endure staying in such a room for several days.
Duan Jiu walked a little further inside, avoiding the broken porcelain, and then he saw the person lying on the low couch. He looked like he was asleep, but his breathing was not steady.
"Your Highness," Duan Jiu reminded quietly, "A eunuch has come from the palace to announce the imperial decree. He's waiting in the courtyard."
The room was silent for a long time before the person on the couch moved his hand slightly, "Let him in."
After a while, the eunuch who announced the decree entered the room. As soon as he entered the room, he was almost choked by the smell of alcohol in the room.
Seeing Pei Jing, the eunuch quickly put on a smile and said, "Congratulations, Your Highness! Congratulations, Your Highness! Great joy!"
The eunuch's voice was so harsh that it hurt Duan Jiu. He was afraid that the prince would kill the eunuch who announced the decree if he was unhappy with the prince, which would undoubtedly be a slap in the face of the emperor.
Pei Jing slowly opened his eyes, his gloomy eyes were bloodshot, and he looked chillingly violent.
He propped himself up and sat up, his clothes disheveled, revealing a shallow scar on his collarbone, as if it had been accidentally scratched by a piece of porcelain when he was smashing something.
"Read." He said in a hoarse voice.
The eunuch immediately unfolded the imperial edict: "The Emperor, by the Mandate of Heaven, proclaims: I, who have received the mandate of Heaven, rule over all the lands, and diligently seek talents, hoping to find a good assistant. Prince Zhaoning, Pei Jing, has a gentle and kind nature, and is virtuous..."
The eunuch suddenly heard Pei Jing sneer, and anxiously continued to read, "Talented and well-endowed, loyal and diligent to the country, working day and night for the public—"
Before he could finish his words, a wine jug exploded at the eunuch's feet with a "bang", and broken porcelain pieces flew everywhere.
"Shut up." Pei Jing's voice was as cold as ice.
The eunuch was so frightened that he trembled and almost dropped the imperial edict.
Pei Jing hooked his finger at him and said, "Give it to me, and let me take a look."
The eunuch handed over the imperial edict tremblingly. Pei Jing took it and unfolded the edict before his eyes.
The room was dimly lit, and he saw double images. After looking for a long time, he still couldn't see what was written on the imperial edict. He threw the edict on the couch, turned over and fell asleep.
The eunuch looked at Duan Jiu, and Duan Jiu raised his hand to ask him to leave. The eunuch then breathed a sigh of relief, and almost fled with the two young eunuchs, returning to the palace to report to the emperor.
"What did he say?"
The eunuch rested his forehead on the ground and reported, "Prince Zhaoning said nothing. He just fell asleep after receiving the decree."
"He didn't even thank you for your grace." The emperor commented on the memorial, saying, "That's just his nature."
The news that the emperor had granted marriage to Prince Zhaoning and the daughter of the marquis's family quickly spread throughout the capital.
At the same time, some were happy while others were sad. Wei Ciying was overjoyed when she heard the news.
When the news reached Jiang Fei, she couldn't tell what she felt. She just stared blankly at the old tree in the yard, looking very pitiful.
Wen Zhu stood under the eaves and stared at the young lady in a daze, thinking that if the prince saw this scene, he would be so heartbroken that he might even disobey his order and cancel the engagement.
However, while Jiang Fei was looking at the old tree, he was discussing something with the system in his mind.
"The wedding is next year. Even if he receives the order, it may not happen. I just need to get Wei Ciying and Jiang Linyuan together before their wedding. There is still hope of completing the ultimate mission."
She had already made up her mind to find a way to pretend to be a couple with Wei Mingzhen, and then no matter what means, even if it meant tying them up, she would tie Wei Ciying and Jiang Linyuan together.
Then, in addition to choosing to return to the previous world, she can also choose a random world. Maybe she can stay here. Then she will have most of her life to spend with Pei Jing.
System: "Weren't you ready to give up before?"
Jiang Fei said, "There's still a 0.1 percent chance of staying here, right? I calculated it, and it's 500,000 times higher than the chance of winning 5 million."
He's really good at comforting himself.
The system feels a little sorry for this host. He is truly an indestructible cockroach, and his willpower is astonishingly strong.
Damn main system, why did it assign such a task to the host? She was a little obsessed with this couple. It was such a tragic love story. One gave his whole heart and was hurt deeply, while the other was determined to complete the task and stay by the other's side despite all difficulties.
"Miss." Jiutao interrupted Jiang Fei's thoughts, "The princess is here."
Jiang Fei stood up and saw that Princess Anping had already entered the courtyard. "You came at the right time. I made Buddha Jumps Over the Wall today and it's simmering in the pot."
Princess Anping came to see Jiang Rufei because she was afraid that she would feel upset if she knew about the arranged marriage.
But when I took a closer look, I found that her cheeks were actually a little fuller, and her previously too clear jawline was now soft like jade, which made her almond-shaped eyes look even more full and watery.
Her chest was a little fuller, but her waist was still as slender as before. This flesh really knew where to grow.
"Then I'm in for a treat." Princess Anping said with a smile, "By the way, I wanted to tell you that there's a banquet in the palace in a few days, and my mother asked me to invite you along."
Jiang Fei didn't want to go out at first, but since the eldest princess had asked, she didn't want to offend her.
"Then... is Pei Jing going?"
Princess Anping recalled the rumors she had heard and said, "Prince Zhaoning has always disliked such occasions. It's unprecedented for him to attend the Empress' birthday banquet this year. I don't think he will go. Besides, Prince Zhaoning is drunk every day at home, so he definitely won't go."
…
After dark, the lights in Xiesongzhai were turned on.
When Duan Jiu walked into the house, Pei Jing was already sober. The imperial edict was spread out beside his legs, and he was staring at the beams in a daze.
"Your Majesty."
Pei Jing tilted his head slightly.
Duan Jiu said, "When the decree was announced, the prince was still unconscious, and the eunuch had not yet finished reading it. If the prince regrets it, he can report this to the emperor."
Pei Jing slowly sat up, hooked his index finger around the handle of the wine jug and shook it, "Why should I regret this?"
Duan Jiu stopped drinking and did not dare to say anything more. He said, "There will be a banquet in the palace in a few days. If Your Majesty still does not go as before, I will go--"
"Just say that this king will attend on time."
Duan Jiu: “Ah?”
The smell of alcohol had not yet completely dissipated. Pei Jing rubbed his aching forehead, then a sinister smile suddenly appeared at the corner of his lips, and he said slowly:
"Just because she says it's over doesn't make sense. It's only over when I say it's over."
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