Chapter 88 Does she know she is wrong?
Pei Jing strode out of the palace gate. Wherever he passed, the palace maids knelt down to make way for him. There was no smile on his face, and a terrifying dark current was surging in his eyes that almost drowned people.
It had started raining outside the palace without anyone noticing, as the heavy palace gate blocked the rain.
"Prince Zhaoning."
Pei Jing turned around and saw a person walking out from the darkness under the lamp.
"It's you."
The eldest prince, Pei Yi, looked slightly downcast. "Prince Zhaoning has been conducting a city-wide search for the assassin, but has he found any?"
Pei Jing turned his head lazily, "Of course they didn't find anything. Haven't they searched the princes' residences yet?"
Pei Yi's expression suddenly changed. "What do you mean by that?"
"Literally, if you have a clear conscience, why bother to identify yourself? Over the years, I have been the target of countless assassination attempts. You were the only one who could remember clearly how many of them were carried out by me."
Pei Yi's face turned pale and blue, and the situation was tense. The eunuch hurriedly said, "Prince Jing, the emperor is waiting inside."
Pei Yi took a deep breath, suppressed his anger, and sneered, "Then you'll have to take care of yourself."
Pei Jing stopped under the eaves, watching the rain curtains falling from the sky like thousands of silver threads, shrouding the entire world in thick gray.
The splashing rain soaked the hem of his robe. The eunuch hurried forward with an umbrella and said cautiously, "The rain is getting heavy. I have asked someone to prepare the sedan chair. Please wait a moment, Your Highness."
"No need," Pei Jing's voice was so soft that it was almost inaudible. He took the umbrella from the eunuch and stepped directly into the rain.
Meng Yuande hurried to catch up with Pei Jing, and the rain had already soaked half of his shoulder.
The young eunuch followed in the rain without even an umbrella. When he saw Meng Yuande coming, he quickly bowed and stepped aside.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please stay."
Pei Jing stopped and asked, "What? He regrets it again? He doesn't want to let me go, but wants to execute me?"
Meng Yuande is old and is already out of breath after chasing for such a long time.
The prince has such a big mouth. If it weren’t for this mouth, the emperor would feel so guilty about him that he would be in so much pain that he would never give him the moon even if he asked for the stars.
"The Emperor has asked me to tell Your Highness that if you have time, please go to Tingquan Mountain. The layman has been ill for some time and has not recovered."
Pei Jing's eyes darkened, and the fingers holding the umbrella handle suddenly tightened, and the joints turned a little blue and white.
"Are you sick?" Pei Jing's voice seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth. "When did it happen?"
Meng Yuande whispered, "It's been more than half a month, and the layman won't let me talk about it."
After a while, he said, "I understand."
Seeing that he was about to leave again after he finished speaking, Meng Yuande followed him with an umbrella, "I have something to say, but I don't know whether I should say it or not."
Pei Jing didn't stop walking. "Since you know you shouldn't talk about it, why bother saying it?"
"Your Highness!" Meng Yuande gritted his teeth and reached out to grab Pei Jing's sleeve. "Just listen to this old servant's advice!"
He lowered his voice and spoke very quickly, "After all, the Emperor is the Supreme Ruler. It is rare for him to be so accommodating to Your Highness. Looking across the entire palace, which of the other princes can receive such treatment?"
"So I should thank him?"
"I dare not teach the prince how to do things," Meng Yuande said sincerely, "but I have served the emperor for nearly forty years, and I can see some things clearly. The emperor must feel a little guilty towards the prince, otherwise he would not have allowed the prince to torment him for so many years. The emperor is just asking, when has he ever been so cruel as to punish the prince?"
Seeing Pei Jing remained silent, Meng Yuande bravely continued, "I'm not speaking for the Emperor. I'm worried about His Highness. This guilt won't last forever. It will eventually wear off. Without His Highness's favor, how will His Highness survive in this capital?"
Pei Jing Pei Jing suddenly stopped, and the raindrops from the edge of the umbrella dripped onto his shoulders, spreading a dark color.
He laughed softly, and his laughter was particularly creepy in the rainy night.
"Eunuch Meng," he turned his head slowly, his eyes crimson, "Do you think this prince cares about this?"
Meng Yuande was so frightened by that look that he took a step back, and the palace lantern in his hand shook.
"Holy favor?" Pei Jing suddenly threw away his umbrella and grabbed Meng Yuande's collar with such force that he almost lifted him up. "I wish he would hate me!"
His voice was hoarse, like a poisoned knife. "Tell him it would be best if he beheaded me in the street."
"Your Majesty..." All the color drained from Meng Yuande's face.
"Then no one will be trapped by him anymore, and everyone can be free!"
Meng Yuande gasped for breath, "But Your Majesty, don't you have any worries? Layman——"
Pei Jing tightened his grip, and Meng Yuande was immediately strangled to the point where he couldn't breathe.
"He asked you to remind me?" Pei Jing's eyes were sinister, and raindrops dripped down his eyelashes. "Is he afraid that I'll forget about this person? Maybe she thinks the same as me. Sometimes, it's better to be dead than alive."
"Then, what about Miss Wei or Miss Jiang?"
Pei Jing's strength in his hands stagnated slightly, and he narrowed his eyes. "You are testing me."
"I just want to tell your Highness," Meng Yuande took a breath, "If you can live, then live well. We eunuchs can live, and your precious body should live happily. Why are you doing this?"
Pei Jing suddenly let go of his hand, and Meng Yuande staggered back.
He raised his head and let the rain hit his face, his shoulders shaking with laughter. "This prince can do whatever he wants now, it's very refreshing. Go back and tell him that this capital..."
The laughter stopped abruptly. Pei Jing turned and stared at Meng Yuande, his eyes mad yet clear: "Sooner or later, I will turn it upside down."
Only after Pei Jing's figure completely disappeared in the rain did the young eunuch dare to step forward and carefully hold an umbrella for Meng Yuande.
"Grandpa Gan, let's go back. The rain is getting heavier."
Meng Yuande finally came to his senses and murmured, "I wonder how much of what the prince said took to heart."
"Why does Grandpa Gan care so much about the prince?" The young eunuch supported him and walked slowly back. "From what I can see, the prince is not very polite to you."
Meng Yuande was soaked all over, but fortunately it was summer, so he didn't feel cold, otherwise his old bones might not have been able to bear it.
"King Ping was very kind to me. It's a pity that he passed away so early. I'm afraid I will never be able to repay his kindness in this lifetime."
The young eunuch nodded as if he understood, but Meng Yuande shook his head, and it seemed that he was not going to say anything more.
…
When Pei Jing left the palace, he was soaked all over and no one knew where he had thrown his umbrella.
Duan Jiu saw that he was in a bad mood, so he didn't ask any more questions. He knew that he was usually in a bad mood every time he entered the palace. The rare good mood usually made the emperor very angry.
"Prince, are you going back home now?"
Pei Jing sat in the car, his wet and sticky robe sticking to his body, and the brocade cushion was soaked into a dark color.
"How's the investigation going on with Wei Ciying?"
Duan Jiu felt that the prince was looking for trouble, but since the prince was in a bad mood, it was understandable that he was looking for trouble.
He reminded carefully: "You gave the order just the day before yesterday."
Pei Jing rubbed his forehead again, "Where's that girl?"
"Which one?"
Pei Jing raised his eyes, "I have ignored her for so long, she should know her mistake, right?"
Duan Jiu: “…”
Duan Jiu gritted his teeth and said, "You just started feeling cold the day before yesterday."
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