Chapter 235 A Man's Dignity
"I asked someone to check it out." Pei Jing's voice came close to his ear.
"When?" Jiang Fei asked, her fingertips unconsciously stroking the lines on the back of his hand.
"After finding out you were Caoya," Pei Jing said softly, "I wanted to bring down the Jiang family after finding out all this."
Jiang Fei was slightly startled and turned her head to see his expression clearly, but he pushed her back to her original position.
"But thinking that you will eventually marry out of the Jiang family, you must go through a complete ceremony. I can't let you have any regrets in your heart, so I have been enduring it." Pei Jing's breath caressed her hair and continued:
"Then you came to me, and our lives finally became stable. I didn't want those dirty things to disrupt our peace, so I thought I would deal with them after the New Year."
Pei Jing tightened his arms, holding her completely in his embrace, his voice filled with the anger that had been suppressed for a long time.
"But today, I saw with my own eyes the person who hurt you, and heard her humiliate you like that. I really can't stand it anymore."
Jiang Fei patted the back of his hand and said, "It's okay, don't bear it if you feel uncomfortable."
Only when the person in his arms' breathing became even and she fell asleep completely did Pei Jing carefully let go of her hand, tucked in the corners of the quilt for her, and quietly walked out the door.
As he walked out of the room, all the gentleness around Pei Jing disappeared, and the last bit of warmth between his eyebrows was completely drained away.
Duan Jiu had been waiting in the corridor for a long time. When he saw him come out, he followed him silently.
The two walked one after the other in the quiet corridor, and Duan Jiu didn't speak until they walked out of Xiesongzhai.
"Your Highness, Madam Jiang had already tied up Yao and sent her here before I could go get her. I didn't dare leave her in the dungeon of the palace, fearing that the young lady and the young master might accidentally discover her. So I locked her up in a house outside the city."
Pei Jing didn't stop walking, only letting out a very soft "hmm" from his nose, and asked again: "Did the old woman bring any message?"
Duan Jiu replied, "Indeed, she brought a message saying that Yao was the culprit and that the rest of the Jiang family had no involvement in the incident. She was also deceived by Yao and asked the prince to spare the others for the sake of Miss Jiang Er. She also said that although the young lady was not pampered in the mansion, she was not raised as a maid after all."
Pei Jing sneered, "For Xiao Cui's sake? Are they worthy of mentioning Xiao Cui?"
"Then the prince means that the rest of the people..."
"It's true that Yao is the culprit, but the old woman was once the mistress of the Jiang family. Is she really unaware of this? A living person in the mansion was being tortured. How could she have kept this a secret so cleanly? She's just playing dumb."
Pei Jing's voice was as cold as frost. "Who in the Jiang family, with eyes open, hasn't seen Xiao Cui being wronged? Now you want to put all the blame on the Yao family. It won't be that easy."
Duan Jiu lowered his head and replied, "I understand. Then, will Your Majesty come over tonight?"
Pei Jing was filled with anger and wanted to skin Yao alive, but after looking at the dark main house, he finally held back.
"Not tonight. If she wakes up and doesn't see anyone, she'll be suspicious."
Duan Jiu: “Yes.”
"Have someone keep an eye on Yao. All the accounts that need to be settled must be settled. Don't let her die too easily."
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After the New Year, there were many complicated affairs, such as sacrifices, court greetings, etc. Pei Jing ignored them all and stayed at home with Jiang Fei. His life was quite peaceful.
On the fifth day of the first lunar month, court sessions resumed and Emperor Zhaowen specially summoned Pei Jing to participate.
Jiang Fei woke up from her nap and the sun was already setting outside the window.
"Is the prince back?"
Jiu Tao nodded and said, "I just came back. I heard that the young lady was sleeping, so I went to the bathroom to take a bath."
After a while, Pei Jing came in from outside.
He had just showered and changed into clean casual clothes, and his hair was still a little wet.
"Why do you take a shower right after you come back?" Jiang Fei asked.
Pei Jing's eyes unconsciously dodged for a moment. "The court is noisy and full of smoke. The smell of incense in the hall is also strong. I don't like it."
Jiang Fei took the handkerchief from the maid, pulled Pei Jing to sit at the dressing table, and stood behind him to wipe his hair. "Are you busy? You came back so late today."
Pei Jing looked at her in the mirror and hummed, "There's a lot of backlog after the New Year, so the court meeting ended late."
Jiang Fei touched his hair. The snow outside the window had not melted yet, and the cold penetrated into his bones. He came out of the bathroom with wet hair, and it was almost frozen into ice chips.
This person is always like this. He relies on his good physique and doesn't take his body seriously.
She still remembered the time when she encountered a wolf in Tingquan Mountain. Later, the wound on her arm, which was more serious than his, had healed, but the wound on the back of his hand took a long time to heal. It must be that he did not take good care of it in private.
There is no shortage of servants in the mansion, and there is no shortage of medicine and medication, but no one can control him, so he has to do whatever he wants.
Thinking of this, Jiang Fei's heart sank. What would he do if she was gone one day?
Pei Jing could clearly see the depression on her face in the mirror. Thinking that he had come back too late and made her unhappy, he quickly turned around and held her hand.
"I'm negligent. I'll come back early tomorrow to accompany you, okay?"
Jiang Fei smiled and said, "It's okay, I don't blame you. Just don't go out with wet hair in the future. It's easy to get a headache. You don't feel it when you're young, but when you get old and the root of the disease is formed, it's too late."
"Okay, I'll do as you say."
As soon as I said this, I felt like there were still many things I wanted to say.
For example, take medicine on time, don't always take the injury lightly, and remember to put on more clothes when it's cold. But I was afraid that repeating the instructions too often would arouse his suspicion, so I had to swallow them back.
"Look, the ends of your hair are almost frosted."
Pei Jing looked at her in the mirror with a smile in his eyes. Every time she said something, he would respond obediently with a "yes".
Jiang Fei was originally quite sad, but was amused by his appearance. She threw away her handkerchief and hugged his neck from behind, "Pei Songnian, why are you so obedient?"
Pei Jing tilted his head to rub her face, as obedient as a big cat.
He had been feeling depressed these days, especially after returning from outside the city today. He had wanted to kill countless times, but when she hugged him like this, the surging murderous intent was extinguished little by little like a flame covered by warm water.
"I wasn't being nice." Pei Jing touched her hand around her neck and said, "I made you angry."
"You are indeed not obedient," Jiang Fei deliberately strangled his neck, "Don't rely on your good physique to do anything reckless."
Speaking of good physique, Pei Jing's mind began to get out of control.
He has a good physique, shouldn't he use it where it belongs? The time has come to redeem his manhood.
The Adam's apple that was strangled by Jiang Fei rolled against her arm.
Just as Jiang Fei was about to let go of him, he grabbed her wrist and pulled her, causing her to fall into his arms.
Pei Jing looked at her intently. "Are you hungry?"
Jiang Fei was stunned. "I'm not hungry. What's wrong? Are you hungry?"
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