Chapter 161 She also seems to have fallen out of favor
The Grand Tutor's Mansion was very close to the Grand Preceptor's Mansion. The carriage belonged to the Lu family, but Jiang Yueyao didn't sit in it. She walked over.
Along the way, she emptied her mind, thought about nothing, and felt very calm.
It wasn't until he entered the Grand Tutor's Mansion and saw Shen Baoqing that he suddenly felt aggrieved.
She hugged the man tightly without saying a word, and tears suddenly burst out like a river bursting its dam.
Shen Baoqing didn't realize she was crying at first, until he felt her body trembling as he held her, and his shoulders were wet with tears...
"Yaoyao?" She reached out to pull her away, but Jiang Yueyao held her very tightly.
Shen Baoqing didn't move anymore, but became more anxious: "What's wrong with you? Who bullied you?"
Jiang Yueyao didn't say anything, just kept crying.
Knowing that she was upset at the moment, Shen Baoqing didn't ask any more questions. He just hugged her and let her cry until her shoulders were wet.
Jiang Yueyao cried for a long time.
It was so long that Shen Baoqing couldn't help but think of the saying---Women in Jiangnan are made of water.
I've cried enough and I'm tired.
Jiang Yueyao then let her go, and Shen Baoqing helped her sit on a chair beside her. He poured her a cup of warm water himself, and then moved a stool over to sit in front of her.
"Tell me, what happened?"
Jiang Yueyao shook her head gently: "Nothing."
"Oh, nothing?" Shen Baoqing was so smart that he could guess it with his toes, "Did Lu Sui bully you?"
Jiang Yueyao stopped talking.
Seeing her like this, Shen Baoqing slammed the table and stood up to stand up for her, but was grabbed by Jiang Yueyao.
"He didn't bully me..."
"I didn't bully you to the point of crying like this?" Shen Baoqing didn't believe it at all. "What's going on?"
Jiang Yueyao looked at her, and when she met her angry eyes, her eyes turned red again.
"He doesn't like me...really...he doesn't like me..."
“…Who doesn’t like you?”
"Lu Sui."
Shen Baoqing was silent for two moments, raised his hand to scratch his forehead, and asked again.
"Did he tell you that himself?"
Jiang Yueyao recounted what happened last night, and Shen Baoqing hesitated: "Did Lu Sui really say that?"
"How could I have heard it wrong?" Jiang Yueyao sniffed. "I also hope that I heard it wrong, but you know what? Wanhelou has a new manager, without my knowledge."
"Qingqing, I have nothing now."
"There's really nothing left."
Shen Baoqing frowned, looking surprised.
"Why would Lu Sui do this? But before, he was obviously very nice to you."
Jiang Yueyao didn't say anything, just shook her head gently. She didn't know and she couldn't figure it out.
Shen Baoqing stood up again, angrily: "I'll ask him for you, why? He was injured and unconscious, you took care of him for so long, day and night, and he turned his face and didn't recognize you when he woke up!"
"Don't go!" Jiang Yueyao grabbed him and said, "Don't go looking for him. He doesn't like people pestering him, and I... I also have to save face."
Shen Baoqing sat back down again.
She hugged her in her arms and patted her back.
"Don't worry, anyone can abandon you, but I won't."
"From today on, every bite I eat will be yours."
"What is a man?"
"Let them go!"
Jiang Yueyao nodded in her arms and didn't speak for a long time.
Shen Baoqing held her for a while, and seeing that she was still motionless, he looked down... Oh my god, she actually fell asleep.
Having not slept all night, she only took a nap this morning and was awakened by a nightmare. She had just cried for so long that Jiang Yueyao could not hold on any longer and fell asleep in Shen Baoqing's arms.
Fortunately, I fell asleep in Shen Baoqing's arms.
She was tall and strong, so she carried her without any effort and put her directly on the bed.
She sat by the bed and looked at Jiang Yueyao for a while. She saw that even though she was asleep, her eyebrows were still furrowed, and her face was full of grievance and sadness... She let down the bed curtain and left the inner room.
He told the maid to keep an eye on Jiang Yueyao and wanted to leave the house.
But in the end I didn't go out.
The guards at the gate of the mansion immediately became alert when they saw her coming.
Without waiting for her to speak, he refused directly.
"Master and Master have instructed that you cannot go out without their permission."
Shen Baoqing took a deep breath and discussed with a smile.
"I'm going to the Taifu Mansion to talk to Lu Sui about something. Please be flexible."
"Miss, please calm down. I'm sorry, I can't do this!"
Shen Baoqing turned around and went to find the old lady. When the old lady heard that she was going out, she pretended to be deaf.
"What did you say? I can't hear you. Speak louder..."
“…”
Shen Baoqing was so angry that he kept spinning in circles.
After finally waiting for Bai Jinguang to return home, she immediately ran to find him: "Second uncle, I have something to ask Lu Sui. If you don't believe me, you can come with me."
Bai Jinguang didn't even raise his head.
"I don't have the time. You stay home and don't go anywhere."
Shen Baoqing suddenly felt that she seemed to have fallen out of favor.
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The border wars continued, and there was still no news from General Shen Huaishan of Pingxi.
There were constant disputes in the court. The emperor was still seriously ill, and the government was still controlled by the third prince and Prime Minister Pei. The fourth prince's party was repeatedly suppressed, and many of his officials were framed and then dismissed from office, beheaded and imprisoned.
For a moment, the entire capital was in panic.
Just when the Third Prince was feeling proud and the Fourth Prince was suppressed to the point where he had no power to fight back, Lu Sui, who had remained neutral and silent, walked into his camp.
Overnight, the wind direction in the capital changed.
It is said that when the Third Prince heard Lu Sui stand on the Fourth Prince's side, he vomited blood.
He lost his temper in the palace.
"I have repeatedly approached him, begging him to help me, but he has always refused. Now, he has quietly sided with Chu Mu."
"He is deliberately going against me!"
Pei Xiang sat aside, his expression not looking much better.
"He did it on purpose."
"How do you say that?"
"The Emperor has been unconscious. The Fourth Prince is no match for you and will undoubtedly die. If he remains neutral, the throne will pass smoothly into your hands."
"Rather than saying he is helping the Fourth Prince, it would be better to say he is helping the Emperor."
"From another perspective, he is still a neutral royalist."
The Third Prince's expression looked a little better.
"Then what should we do next?" The Third Prince said with a gloomy expression, "He's much more difficult to deal with than the Fourth Prince."
"What are you afraid of? Let's hold our ground and wait for him to make his move!" Pei Xiang pondered for a moment and thought of something, "That woman surnamed Jiang you mentioned last time..."
"Her?" The Third Prince disagreed. "I've already tried to find her. I wanted to start with her, but it seems I overestimated her. Apart from her good looks, she has nothing else to offer."
“Smart people like smart people!”
"He doesn't like women like Lu Sui, those who are only a little clever."
After the Third Prince finished speaking, he asked Prime Minister Pei.
"Why did I hear that Miss Pei has been very close to Fourth Brother recently?"
Pei Xiang raised his eyelids and glanced at him with a light tone.
"If you don't get close, where did the information I gave you come from?"
The third prince suddenly understood.
I laughed all of a sudden.
"Prime Minister Pei, I will definitely fulfill my promise to you once I ascend the throne."
Pei Xiang smiled and picked up the teacup.
Took a sip.
"My sister Jin has always had high standards. She doesn't look down on ordinary positions."
"Of course. When I ascend the throne, the first thing I will do is to make her the queen, the mother of the country, and ensure your Pei family's honor for generations to come."
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