Chapter 188 If I want to marry you, I have to give you the best
Meng Yuande was about to go down and give orders.
"Wait!" Emperor Zhaowen suddenly stopped him, "This matter must be carried out in secrecy. Not a single word can leak out."
Meng Yuande immediately gave the order and when he came back he hurried forward to console the emperor, "Your Majesty, calm down. Your health is the most important thing."
"Pei Yi and Marquis Dingyuan..." Emperor Zhaowen muttered, "I was completely unaware of this."
Meng Yuande cleared the table. "If this is true, it shows that King Zhaoning is also a man of insight."
Emperor Zhaowen said, "If I hadn't competed with Zhihe back then, this child wouldn't have suffered so much. It would have been better if he was a normal person."
"Your Majesty, these words pain me deeply," Meng Yuande said. "What happened back then wasn't your Majesty's fault; it was simply a fluke. People are saying the prince is crazy, but he's perfectly clear-headed. Besides, there's no such thing as a normal person's destiny. The prince has his own edges and corners, and he's more reliable than those smooth-faced people with complicated minds."
His words touched the heart of Emperor Zhaowen.
Emperor Zhaowen was suspicious by nature. While other emperors judged their officials by their loyalty or treachery, he drew a circle in his mind around everyone he looked at, and within that circle lay calculations and hidden dangers.
Thaksin was afraid of losing power and could not bear to see any loss of control. The eldest prince's move undoubtedly touched Emperor Zhaowen's sore spot.
"You're right," Emperor Zhaowen sighed. "Although Jing'er is a bit stubborn, at least he has never had second thoughts about me. He doesn't even crave my position."
Meng Yuande took the opportunity to say, "In fact, it might not be a bad thing for the prince to marry the girl from the Jiang family. A person must have a soft spot to be a living person."
After all, Meng Yuande had followed Emperor Zhaowen for so many years, and every word he said could touch the heart of Emperor Zhaowen.
The beloved is Pei Jing's weakness, and also Emperor Zhaowen's weakness.
Emperor Zhaowen said, "It's good that there's someone who can keep him under control. He's caused less trouble in the past few months."
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Pei Jing left the palace and rode slowly in the street in a carriage.
"I have already informed the Emperor of Pei Yi's collusion with Marquis Dingyuan. I will just stop here. I believe that within a few days, the Emperor will take the initiative to bring up the matter of breaking off the engagement."
Duan Jiu, who was sitting near the car door, said, "The emperor is very suspicious. This move will not only make him suspicious of the eldest prince, but also help to cancel the engagement. It's like killing two birds with one stone."
"He hates to see anything out of his control." Pei Jing said quietly.
Emperor Zhaowen seized the throne, so when he saw the princes forming cliques and scheming for personal gain, he would think of himself in the past.
The more carefully one schemes, the more utilitarian one appears. On the contrary, Pei Jing has been making mistakes all these years, and he can live so comfortably only by relying on the grace of heaven. This makes Emperor Zhaowen more relieved.
As the carriage turned the corner, Pei Jing's eyes involuntarily fell on a fork in the road.
Duan Jiu understood immediately, "This road leads to the Jiang Mansion. Your Highness, do you want to go see the Second Miss Jiang?"
Pei Jing glanced at him and cleared his throat deliberately, and the deepness in his voice immediately disappeared.
"You want to smell the bamboo, right? If so, I have nothing to do anyway, so why not stop by and take a look?"
Duan Jiu gave the order and the carriage immediately turned around and headed towards Jiang Mansion.
When they arrived at the back door of Jiang's house, Duan Jiu got off the carriage first. But when he turned around, he saw that the prince was still sitting steadily in the carriage, with no intention of getting off.
"Your Majesty, you won't go in?"
Pei Jing listened carefully and heard some maids moving around in the yard, so he guessed she was still awake.
"I'm just passing by, so I won't go in. You go ahead and chat with Wen Zhu for a while."
Duan Jiu felt that this was a bit too thoughtful, and sneaked into Jiang's house with a lot of suspicion.
Wen Zhu was about to go to sleep, but when he saw Duan Jiu coming, he subconsciously glanced behind him and asked in a low voice, "Isn't the prince here?"
Duan Jiu pointed towards the back alley and said, "He's sitting in the alley in the cold. I don't know what he's thinking."
The two siblings had just met the day before. They had already shared all the gossip they needed to share, and there was no other new gossip produced that day. The siblings sat under the porch and looked at each other in silence.
Wen Zhu yawned, "Why don't you leave?"
Duan Jiugan sat there, "Wait a little longer, the prince let me chat for a while."
The two of them sat for a while longer, until Wen Zhutou was so sleepy that his head was nodding. It seemed that the prince was determined not to come tonight, so Duan Jiu stood up and said, "I'm leaving."
Jiang Fei watched Duan Jiu leave through the crack in the window, then lay back on the bed, muttering, "Strange, Duan Jiu is here, but Pei Jing doesn't come in."
The system said: "Don't be shy, right?"
Thinking about how Pei Jing sneaked away before dawn, this is really possible.
Duan Jiu left Jiang's residence and returned to the carriage. "I've finished talking to Wen Zhu. Let's go."
"Wait a little longer." Pei Jing remained motionless.
Duan Jiu didn't dare to refute. When the night grew darker, Pei Jing slowly got off the carriage and flew into the Jiang Mansion.
Duan Jiu: “…”
Who said we can't go in?
It was completely quiet all around, and the lights in all the rooms in the west wing were off.
Pei Jing walked into Jiang Fei's room with ease, came to the bed and sat down gently.
The person on the bed was lying on his side, facing inward, leaving only his back visible.
When we were together, I wanted to send her away. I thought about her day and night when I couldn't see her. Now that I see her, I can only see her back, which is just as frustrating.
After what happened last night, he was too shy to see her and thought of taking a peek at her while she was asleep. But when he really came, he became greedy and wished she could get up and talk to him.
Pei Jing tucked the corner of the quilt for her and whispered, "I know you are awake."
Jiang Fei immediately turned over, "How do you know?"
Pei Jing pursed his lips. Of course, it was because he had sneaked into her room many times at night and was particularly familiar with the difference in her breathing when she was asleep and when she was awake.
"I have already gone to the palace today to explain the cancellation of the engagement to the Emperor. I will bear with you for a while longer. I owe you this, and from now on, whatever you say will be what you will do."
Jiang Fei felt sweet in her heart, "Actually, it's okay if we don't get married."
"That won't do." Pei Jing said seriously, "This prince will either not marry you, or if he does, he will give you the best."
These words were originally very touching, but Jiang Fei was not moved at all now.
Even drugging him couldn't get him down. Brother, by the time you come to marry me, this body might be almost buried. Wouldn't it be nice to fall in love and live together like modern people do?
"I'm not kidding." Jiang Fei patted the bed, "Why don't you come up and lie down for a while?"
Pei Jing's breathing was stagnant for a moment, "You..."
He had never seen a woman invite a man to her bed, and her tone was as casual as if she was asking if he wanted tea.
"It's not like I didn't sleep yesterday—"
Pei Jing covered her mouth with his hand, "Don't say it!"
His palm was warm and calloused, and he gently pressed it against her soft lips. "It's settled. Just wait patiently and don't go out and cause trouble. Also, Wei Mingzhen is a married man now, so you need to avoid suspicion and not see him."
"What if he accompanies Jiang Rulin back to her parents' home?"
"Do you think I'm stupid? The three-day return visit has long passed." Pei Jing was slightly proud.
After saying that, he shook his sleeves and walked away.
"Oh, what an infatuated man." The system said: "You really don't want to marry?"
Jiang Fei lay back on the bed. "Is this a question of whether I want to get married or not? The plot is there. Pei Jing hasn't married by the end of the book. In other words, that was the inevitable result of my time travel and intervention."
System: "Then you are destined to become a pair of star-crossed lovers."
Pei Jing walked out of the yard and then remembered that he had forgotten to give something to Jiang Fei. As soon as he turned back, he heard Jiang Fei talking to herself in the room again.
"Although I don't want to marry him, I want to sleep with him."
Pei Jing was stunned at the door.
I don't want to marry him, but I want to sleep with him. Isn't this good news?
At least she didn't want to sleep with anyone else, she was just lusting after his body, no wonder she drugged him.
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