Chapter 207 Asking for the Gu Worm
"I think you are the one who should be worried! My husband, at least he came to my place when he came back this time, but what about you? Has he visited you?" Xu Qingyue was not angry at all, and looked at Zhao Shiwen sarcastically.
She knew Pei Jingyuan would come to see her because she had told him that her mother had saved Prince Shuo and helped him, so Pei Jingyuan had to coax her no matter what. Even this time, when he brought a woman back, he immediately came to her courtyard and told her the reason, saying that the woman had some skills and needed to be coaxed first. She believed this, but she did not believe Pei Jingyuan's love for her.
But now, she is just using Pei Jingyuan, waiting for Pei Jingyuan to seize the position of crown prince. After she gives birth to a child to inherit the throne, she will have the final say in the entire Duke's Mansion. What she cares about and plots now is just to get the Duke's Mansion.
"You mean, your husband has come to see you?" Zhao Shiwen opened her eyes wide in surprise. Since she came back, Pei Jingyuan had never seen her once.
After seeing Zhao Shiwen's reaction, Xu Qingyue knew what was going on. In order to avenge her previous behavior, she chuckled and said, "Yes! Husband, you are very busy this time, but you still took the time to come and talk to me."
Zhao Shiwen's heart sank when she heard this, and her palms clenched. It seemed that Pei Jingyuan didn't take her seriously, and she was the only one who fell out of favor. Was it because she didn't have a powerful family and didn't accompany him to Yuzhou to suffer? No... She was unwilling.
So, Zhao Shiwen didn't say anything more, just turned around and walked towards the yard where Chen Xing lived. If Pei Jingyuan didn't see her for a day, she would go to him every day to move him.
At the same time, Pei Jingyuan was in Chen Xing's room, explaining to her why he didn't introduce her to the Duke and the Duke's wife, and said, "Xing'er, you are not from a noble family, so your father and mother will definitely not agree. I don't want them to embarrass you, so you just have to bear with it for now. After I have done my best, I will go to the palace in person to ask for an imperial decree to grant marriage, and then I will welcome you into the Duke's Mansion with great fanfare!"
"Then you can not tell the Duke and the others that you want to marry me first! Just say that I'm just an ordinary friend. I don't want to be hidden in the Duke's Mansion by you." Chen Xing disagreed with Pei Jingyuan's explanation.
Ever since she came to the Duke's Mansion, Pei Jingyuan had not allowed her to go out or walk around the Duke's Mansion. Living in the yard like this every day was not what she wanted at all.
"Mother and the others are not stupid. How can a man be friends with an unmarried woman? You wait for a while. As soon as I have accomplished something, I will go to the palace to ask for a marriage." Pei Jingyuan assured Chen Xing again and again.
Chen Xing looked at Pei Jingyuan helplessly and said, "What do you think? Can this be considered a meritorious service? This time, disaster relief can be considered a meritorious service! Can you ask the emperor for a marriage?"
"This time, it's not mine, it's the credit of King Qin and my elder brother, I'm just a foil. However, I can still find other ways to make merit. Now I'm helping King Yu. As long as I can make King Yu happy and help him solve his problems, maybe he will help me and ask for an imperial decree to grant marriage. Xing'er, as a prince, King Yu has been framed by the crown prince and other princes. If we can help him, then when King Yu ascends the throne in the future, I will be a great contributor. Not to mention a marriage, I can even confer you the title of a first-rank lady." After Pei Jingyuan finished speaking, he looked at Chen Xing with expectation.
Just now, a brilliant idea came to his mind.
"Is Prince Yu a good person? Does he love the people? If he becomes emperor, can he be a good emperor?" Chen Xing raised his questions.
Of course, she would not help anyone just because he is the emperor and is good to her. The emperor is the emperor of the people of the world. Only those who love the people and work for the people are suitable to be the emperor.
"Of course he is a good man. The current crown prince is arrogant, extravagant, lustful and idle. Everyone knows that the crown prince is incapable of shouldering the heavy responsibility of Daxia. The other princes are either young or not good enough. Only Prince Yu has received a good education since childhood and has outstanding abilities. He has a good reputation in the capital. If you don't believe what I say, you can ask someone about it. There is no need for me to lie to you about this kind of thing." Pei Jingyuan said solemnly.
Chen Xing heard this and thought: Where can she go to ask? Now, there is no way to go out in this Duke's Mansion, and she doesn't know anyone. So, she kept silent.
Pei Jingyuan thought Chen Xing believed him, so he sat closer to her, held her delicate palm with his big hand, and said gently: "However, Prince Yu has had some problems recently. He found out that there was a traitor among his subordinates. Some time ago, someone betrayed him, and he was almost abandoned. The prince wants his people to be more obedient and not have other intentions. I wonder if you, Xing'er, have any poisonous insects that can control people's hearts? I have heard that there seems to be something called soul-eating poison. I wonder if you can refine it, Xing'er?"
After hearing this, Chen Xing suddenly became alert. Soul-eating Gu is not an ordinary Gu. This kind of Gu can really control people's hearts. Once you are poisoned by it, you will be controlled by others to do things you don't want to do. If this Gu is used well, it can be used against bad people. If it is used badly, it will harm people! Thinking of the fact that Pei Jingyuan had deceived her before and ended up poisoning Pei Jingchuan to poison him, Chen Xing still had some doubts in her heart.
Chen Xing looked at Pei Jingyuan in confusion and said, "Do you really want this Soul Devouring Gu to help the prince?"
Are you trying to harm the young master and the others again? Chen Xing didn't say the rest, but Pei Jingyuan could guess it by looking at her eyes.
Pei Jingyuan's heart sank. This Chen Xing actually didn't believe him! All these days, he had spent all his thoughts on her, but she was still so suspicious and wary of him?
However, when Pei Jingyuan thought of his purpose, he hid his dissatisfaction and nodded firmly, "Of course, who else can I help? You don't think I want to use it to harm my elder brother, do you? Xing'er, I really hate them bullying my mother, but I want to defeat him head-on. I was confused last time, and now I won't do such a thing to him again. If you don't believe me, you might as well give me the Soul Devouring Gu. If I lied to you, let me commit suicide!"
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Chen Xing saw Pei Jingyuan like this and immediately scolded him.
"Second Young Master, Aunt Zhao is here. She is kneeling outside and refuses to get up." At this moment, before Pei Jingyuan had time to continue saying anything to Chen Xing, the voice of the servant came from the door.
Pei Jingyuan was interrupted and felt a little annoyed. He said to the outside: "Send her away and tell them that I don't have time to see her recently."
This Zhao Shiwen is so ignorant!
But Chen Xing stopped him and said with a frown: "Jingyuan, this Aunt Zhao has been coming over every now and then recently, I want to go out and see her."
She wanted to know what the other party was going to do. She had been here several times before. Every time, Pei Jingyuan's people had already driven them away before she could get rid of them.
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