Chapter 97: Is sacrifice necessary?
What happened back then was no secret, but Pei Jing has not yet found out who Wei Ciying is, so many things are still unclear.
"I had some connection with her when I was young." Pei Jing said ambiguously.
Jiang Fei considered her words carefully, "Last time, the prince said that you didn't like her, so why do you care about her so much?"
Pei Jing paused and looked at her intently, "Are you jealous?"
Jiang Fei was stunned, "Huh?"
Just as she was about to explain, she saw Duan Jiu winking at her desperately, his eyes almost twitching into cross-eyes.
What does this mean?
The group had already reached the Chuihua Gate, and Pei Jing stopped and no longer saw them off. After all, he was born a prince, and he had never even seen the emperor off when he visited the palace.
"Then I'll leave." Jiang Fei said goodbye.
Pei Jing raised his chin proudly and motioned her to leave. Duan Jiu hurriedly followed and sent her out.
When they reached a deserted area, Duan Jiu finally said, "Thank you, Miss Jiang Er, for not pointing it out directly just now."
"What's wrong?"
Duan Jiu: "To be honest, young lady, I'm sure you've noticed that the prince is in poor health. It's an old illness."
"You mean, crazy..." Jiang Fei had just finished eating someone else's meal and was too embarrassed to finish his words.
Duan Jiu said earnestly, "The prince has been feeling better recently. The imperial physician has said that heart disease needs to be treated with heart medicine. We need to find some new and exciting things to cheer the prince up. It's best not to talk about anything that might upset him."
"Oh~" Jiang Fei's mouth twitched, "So your prince is treating me as a joke?"
"You can't say that. Isn't the young lady also very happy?"
"Just let me coax him."
Duan Jiu nodded, "That's what I mean. If possible, please cooperate with Miss Jiang Er. Of course, it's not for nothing."
He took out a stack of banknotes and said, "This is your reward, young lady."
Jiang Fei took it and counted it, it was still one thousand taels.
She thought to herself in her heart that she was going to improve her favorability anyway, and while doing so, she could just go along with him and get 1,000 taels of silver. This deal was definitely a win-win.
"Then... do you need me to sacrifice myself?"
Duan Jiuhuo had never heard such blunt words in his life. He felt as if he had been struck by lightning and couldn't open his eyes.
"No, no," he hesitated, "Of course, if the lady is willing, that would be great."
Jiang Fei held the banknote as if it were one million in cash.
She felt a little guilty about receiving so much money just by following his lead. She wondered if she should just give herself to him. That way, she'd feel more at ease taking the money.
Then she thought, no, no, she was about to marry Wei Mingzhen, how could she do such a thing.
Jiang Fei put away the banknote and said, "Okay, okay."
Duan Jiu watched the carriage leave and immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
The silver was finally delivered, and Miss Jiang was able to obey the prince's orders. As a guard, he had exceeded his expectations.
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Jiang Fei sat in the carriage, propping up his head and thinking.
She planned to use Pei Jing's favorability to exchange for things, making her look like a scumbag who was playing with other people's feelings. Although Pei Jing would not feel sad after exchanging the favorability, she still felt a little guilty.
"Forget it, he just treats me as a joke anyway." Jiang Fei comforted herself: "We each get what we need."
Having said that, I still feel a little uncomfortable for some reason.
She opened the curtain and saw the carriage had already driven onto the main street. "Stop."
"What's wrong, miss?"
Jiang Fei pointed to a roadside stall and said, "Go buy a box of snacks and let's go to Dingyuan Marquis Mansion."
Since she wanted Wei Ciying to believe that she was completely devoted to Wei Mingzhen, she had to "perform" well, otherwise how could she let Wei Ciying down her guard.
"But don't we have some snacks here?"
"You're stupid." Jiang Fei poked Jiutao's forehead. "These nobles are picky. If they find out that the food wasn't made by an ordinary chef, it would be easy to expose the truth."
Jiutao thought about it and realized that this was the truth. Letting the Third Master of Wei eat snacks from the palace seemed like a provocation.
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Jiang Fei entered the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion carrying the box of snacks bought on the roadside, and was immediately invited into Wei Ciying's courtyard by the maid.
"My sister-in-law is so thoughtful. She even bought snacks for my brother."
There was an ice jar placed in Wei Ciying's room, which made it very cool.
"I didn't buy it for him, I bought it for you." Jiang Fei said, then lowered her eyes appropriately, looking quite shy.
"Really?" Wei Ciying covered her lips with her round fan and smiled, "Then why do I feel a little disappointed that my sister-in-law didn't see my brother?"
Jiang Fei bit her lower lip and said, "When I came in just now, I heard from the servants that the Third Young Master was not at home."
Wei Ciying gently waved her round fan, a hint of inquiry flashing in her eyes, "Third brother has gone to the academy in the suburbs of the city and will be back later. Would you like to wait for me, sister-in-law?"
It didn’t matter to Jiang Fei whether Wei Mingzhen was there or not. She was doing it for Wei Ciying to see.
Jiang Fei pretended to be disappointed, "It's not appropriate for me to come to your house to look for you. If I stay here for too long, I'm afraid people will gossip about me. I have to leave after a while."
Ever since Jiang Rufei mentioned her rebirth a few days ago, Wei Ciying wanted to find Jiang Rufei to ask her some questions.
She forked a frozen grape and tasted it. "This frozen grape doesn't taste like the one I had when I was a kid. I remember eating it in Jiangnan when I was a kid. It was unforgettable. Sister-in-law, do you still remember your childhood?"
Jiang Fei's heart skipped a beat. She was just about to find out about this hidden clue, but she didn't expect Wei Ciying to bring it up first.
What Wei Ciying was asking about was naturally the childhood of the original owner Jiang Rufei, which was not mentioned in the book, so how could Jiang Fei remember it?
"I have no recollection. I've forgotten everything about my childhood."
Wei Ciying's expression was a little strange at that moment, a hint of excitement mixed with surprise. "How could that be?"
"When I was a kid, my sister hit me at home. After I woke up, I had no memory of what happened before."
Jiang Fei carefully observed the expression on Wei Ciying's face. After the surprise gradually faded away, only a curve remained at the corner of her lips.
"Since forgetting is God's will, it might not be a happy thing. Sometimes forgetting is actually a good thing."
Jiang Fei keenly caught the change in her expression, and a strange feeling came over him.
Wei Ciying asked about her childhood seemingly in a casual manner, and felt strangely relieved when she knew that she had forgotten some things. Her expression was even happy, as if that part of her childhood could bring her some benefit.
Think about how Jiang Bingshi and Yao reacted when Pei Jing mentioned that she was not his biological daughter.
If she was not Yao's biological daughter but was the daughter of Jiang Bingshi and someone else, then she would also be Jiang Bingshi's biological daughter, and he should not have reacted that way at the time.
So Jiang Rufei isn't a member of the Jiang family, so what's her connection to Wei Ciying? And Wei Ciying's childhood is closely tied to Pei Jing's. Could it be that the three of them had some connection?
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