Chapter 035

Zhan Yue followed the gentlemanly manners in order to leave some space for both of them to imagine. But some people obviously didn't think so.

Pei Yuantang was not a martial artist, so he was not as sharp-eyed and sharp-eared as Zhan Yue. Therefore, when he was eavesdropping, he was in a much more conspicuous position than Zhan Yue.

He sat on one knee by the pool, with a dogtail grass in his mouth. When the Jiashan people walked out, they happened to see Pei Yuantang with his head down, deep in thought.

Dan Cui asked in a low voice: "Your Highness, do you want to greet Lord Pei?"

Jiashan's eyes dimmed, then slowly returned to normal. She said, "He was just waiting for us."

Sure enough, as the three of them passed by, Pei Yuantang raised his head slightly.

His appearance was naturally very good-looking. Even though his facial features were not as beautiful as Zhan Yue's, he was still handsome, with a hint of pride and tenderness between his eyebrows.

Pei Yuantang spat out the grass in his mouth, looked at Jiashan, and said with a twinkle in his eyes: "I heard everything."

As for what he had heard, Pei Yuantang did not explain it clearly, and Jiashan did not ask in detail. She thought for a moment and said, "I have received all your letters, too."

Pei Yuantang seemed to smile, but Jiashan only saw that his eyes were bent seriously.

Pei Yuantang said: "Oh. Did it scare you?"

His tone was normal, as if he was talking about something that couldn't be more ordinary. But Jiashan felt uncomfortable whenever he thought of the careful sincerity hidden under his flamboyant handwriting.

Jiashan said: "You look like this, which scares me a little."

Pei Yuantang smiled.

Jiashan slowly asked him, "Will you get married in the future?"

Pei Yuantang glanced at her with a faint smile on his lips: "Why, you don't expect me to remain a virgin for you, do you?"

Thinking of his mistress in the previous life and his position as the legal wife that was always vacant, Jiashan pursed his lips and just stared at him without saying a word.

Pei Yuantang couldn't stand it and said, "Don't look at me with such disgusting eyes. It makes me feel like a pitiful insect."

Jiashan's expression was unusually calm. She said, "Then I won't look at you anymore."

As soon as these words fell, Jiashan really turned his eyes away. At this moment, Pei Yuantang's eyes suddenly became a little more presumptuous.

He looked at Jiashan. After a while, Pei Yuantang took the initiative to lower his gaze. He held the dogtail grass in his hand and shook it gently: "I'm not afraid to tell you that I also asked my father to come to the palace to help me propose marriage."

"But he doesn't want to." Pei Yuantang smiled.

He narrowed his eyes and said with a look of disappointment, "He thinks I have a bright future. After I marry someone, it's inevitable that someone will talk behind my back. If I get promoted, the scholars will think that I relied on you to rise to the top. As a young man of the Pei family, he can't let me give others the opportunity to use this as a handle."

"Is he an old antique?" Pei Yuantang finally smiled bitterly. He said, "That's why I wrote to you in person. I think, as long as you say something nice, I will do my best to invite grandfather to the palace. I won't care about my father's opinion, and I won't care about how others see me."

"But I didn't wait for your "OK"." Pei Yuantang smiled, and he looked at Jiashan sideways, "I only waited for your marriage proposal with Zhan Yanqing."

In the dim starlight, Jiashan's face was slightly tender, and her cheeks were rosy. The moonlight poured into the pool like broken gold, and the water surface was soon covered with a cold crescent-shaped white.

Jiashan said: "Uncle has his pride, and you have yours."

Jiashan lowered her head. She suddenly understood why Pei Yuantang had such a tense relationship with her uncle over his marriage in her previous life.

Pei Yuantang's father, Pei Zijing, was the chief academician of the Imperial Academy. Because he had many students, he always valued his reputation. When the Pei family first became the empress's in-laws, they should have been rewarded with land and fiefdoms. However, Pei Zijing repeatedly declined all the rewards.

For this reason, many people who were ready to gossip about the Pei family had to change their words and praise Pei Zijing for his "bright and beautiful scenery". He had been keeping himself clean for many years, and if Pei Yuantang married someone, it would inevitably cause a big impact on the Qingliu.

So he was unwilling to lose face and ask his father for a marriage arrangement.

In her previous life, Jiashan did not have the opportunity to receive Pei Yuantang's true feelings when he said "Why not marry me?"

Perhaps, in Pei Yuantang's heart, the Pei family's strict and inhumane family tradition was the main reason why he failed to marry his cousin. Therefore, he kept a concubine, and he deliberately went against Pei Zijing...

Jiashan looked at Pei Yuantang quietly for a while, and she lowered her voice: "Thank you for your love. But to be honest, even if my uncle came, my father would probably not agree. And--"

Jiashan said seriously: "Zhan Yanqing is very attractive."

Pei Yuantang looked at her carefully and hummed softly, his tone showing a little more relief than before: "I don't like to hear you say this."

"There's nothing I can do." Jiashan smiled silently and said slowly, "I'm getting married. You have to accept this fact."

Pei Yuantang pursed his lips.

Jiashan stared at him intently: "Since you don't want me to treat you as a pitiful insect, then I also hope to share my joy with you in due time."

"Just like when you get married in the future, I welcome you to tell me about the good things about your wife," Jiashan said.

Pei Yuantang had a fierce look on his face, and didn't look very friendly.

Jiashan raised his eyebrows and deliberately asked him, "Are you really going to tell me that you don't plan to get married in the future? This is not like you."

Pei Yuantang brushed his sleeves and said, "Don't worry about this."

"You are my cousin. Even if the bones are broken, the tendons are still connected." Jiashan gave an example, "When we were young, our mother and aunt asked us to look out for each other."

"You are so heartless." Jiashan's eyes flashed, and he was the first to complain when the bad guy came.

Pei Yuantang's handsome face almost turned red with anger. He dropped the grass in his hand and said, "Then tell me. Why is he so attractive?"

"If I don't ask this clearly, I will never be convinced." Pei Yuantang regained his previous high spirits. He widened his eyes and met Jiashan's eyes.

Some things are better to be said out loud than to tie a knot in your heart. Jiashan did not dodge, she blinked and met his gaze directly: "Hmm."

Jiashan counted on his fingers carefully and said to him: "He is more sensible and calmer than you. Hmm..."

Jiashan raised his eyes, glanced at Pei Yuantang's height, stretched out his hand to compare, nodded and said: "About taller than you."

"I'm better at talking than you, and I make people feel safer than you." Jiashan's cheeks are red and white, and the pair of ruby ​​rings on her ears make her face look even more delicate and beautiful.

Seeing that Pei Yuantang didn't say anything, Jiashan stopped talking and asked, "Do you want to listen more?"

"No." Pei Yuantang squeezed out a word from his lips and teeth, and said, "I understand."

"I will become this good in the future, and show you." Pei Yuantang snorted, "But by then, I will only belong to others, not you."

There was a hint of sarcasm in his words, and a touch of childishness. But at least he was willing to say the word "others".

Jiashan couldn't help but smile and said nothing.

Pei Yuantang looked her up and down, straightened his clothes, and returned to his noble appearance as when he came.

He brushed his sleeves, held his head high and walked away. The aura around him was no longer sad and disappointed, but rather arrogant and dissatisfied.

Su Yu and Dan Cui couldn't help but cover their mouths and giggled twice.

After knowing what was bothering Pei Yuantang, Jiashan felt more relaxed than before. She also hoped that her cousin in this life could find a girl to treat him tenderly, so as not to waste his good time.

She adjusted the slightly crooked hairpin on her hair and walked towards the banquet.

Zhan Yue, who was standing behind the rockery, finally lost his gentlemanly demeanor. He said to the other person without saying anything: "Wait here."

The man said yes, and Zhan Yue lifted his feet and followed Jiashan's footsteps.

Hearing the heavy footsteps behind them, Jiashan, Suyu and Dancui all turned their heads. Zhan Yue was standing there looking straight at them. He raised his eyes and glanced at Jiashan.

Su Yu and Dan Cui were startled and they hurriedly retreated to the left and right.

Jiashan frowned slightly, and Zhan Yue said nonchalantly: "What a coincidence. I ran into Your Highness here."

Jiashan looked up at him and asked with a half-smile, "Oh, did you meet by chance? That's such a coincidence."

"By the way, I also witnessed a scene where His Highness fought off an admirer." Zhan Yue's figure was tall, and he stared at her intently.

Jiashan didn't fall into his trap easily. She raised her chin slightly and said, "Maybe your eyesight is not good. It's not just one, it should be two."

"That's all." Jia Shan paused slightly, and her eyes glanced at Zhan Yue casually.

Jiashan's complexion is as white as white jade and first snow: "In the first scene, it wasn't me who was admired."

"Hmm." Zhan Yue nodded slightly, his long eyes blinking slightly on his delicate face, "I came at an unlucky time, so I only watched one show."

"I seem to have heard a princess say, 'Zhan Yanqing is very attractive.'" Zhan Yue smiled and said sanctimoniously, "What a coincidence."

Jiashan's face would turn red easily after drinking alcohol, and now, after hearing this, her face from the top of her head to the heels of her feet turned red like a drunk shrimp that was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside.

She raised her eyes, slightly opened them, and glared at Zhan Yue.

Zhan Yuechong smiled at her.

"Can I make you feel safe?" He took a step closer and asked, almost brushing Jiashan's ear.