Chapter 69 Stay Away
"Jingye!" Ever since the Duke's wife heard his inner thoughts, she has been looking at Pei Jingye. When she saw him and Xu Qingyue's eyes meet, she quickly called out to him.
As the mistress of the Duke's Mansion, she could not allow such an incestuous thing to happen under her nose.
"Aunt." Pei Jingye heard this and slowly turned around to look at the Duke's wife.
"Recently, there have been some new people in the Duke's Mansion. Your two cousins have got married this year. Let me introduce their wives to you." The Duke's wife said to Pei Jingye with a smile.
The Duke's wife first smiled and called Xu Qingyan to her side, introducing her to Pei Jingye, "This is Jingchuan's legal wife Xu Qingyan, and Jingyuan's concubine Xu Qingyue, they are half sisters with the same father but different mothers."
"Your concubine? Doesn't Jingyuan have a wife yet?" Pei Jingye heard the key point in the Duke's wife's words and couldn't help asking curiously.
He remembered that he had received news that these two cousins were getting married on the same day, and he had prepared a wedding gift for each of them. Now, why did the eldest aunt only introduce the young master's wife, but only referred to Jingyuan as a concubine?
"Jingyuan's wife was demoted from the main wife to a concubine. Currently, he only has this one concubine in his backyard." The Duke's wife said coldly upon hearing this.
This was originally a shameful matter, and she shouldn't have said it directly in front of so many people. Although everyone knew about it, saying it like this would be a mockery to Pei Jingyuan and Xu Qingyue.
However, after hearing Xu Qingyan's thoughts, the Duke's wife was afraid that Pei Jingye's mind would be confused and he would really fall in love with Xu Qingyue as Xu Qingyan said, so she said it out. The purpose was to let him know that Xu Qingyue was an unbearable woman and he must not fall in love with her.
Pei Jingyuan, who was standing by, felt that he had lost all face when he heard this, so he pursed his lips and remained silent, lowering his eyes to hide the emotions surging in his eyes.
Upon hearing this, Xu Qingyue was so panicked that her face turned pale. She never expected that the Duke's wife would actually expose her shortcomings to her cousin who had just returned in such an occasion. She really didn't give her any face at all!
Liu Rumeng glanced at Xu Qingyue with disgust, thinking: It's all because of this disaster that my son is now in such a disgrace.
"Qingyue, why don't you come and meet your cousin?" At this moment, the Duke's wife, with an expression that showed no sign of aggrieved, shouted at Xu Qingyue.
Originally, Xu Qingyue wanted to find a hole to hide in. She felt even more ashamed, and walked out tremblingly, and said to Pei Jingye in a very weak voice: "Hello, cousin."
Xu Qingyue's voice was a little trembling and gentle. She was wearing a purple skirt embroidered with lotus flowers. Her eyelashes were trembling on her fair face. At this moment, her body was staggering due to humiliation, which made people feel extremely pitiful.
Pei Jingye was shocked when he saw Xu Qingyue. He thought of the voice he had just heard: Is she Xu Qingyue? Is this person the woman he would like? She really looked like a little white flower that was ravaged by the wind!
Pei Jingye looked at Xu Qingyue carefully for a few times, and the more he looked, the more frightened he became. He thought to himself: Indeed, this is the type I like! But, she is Pei Jingyuan's concubine! How could he...
When Xu Qingyan saw Pei Jingye staring at Xu Qingyue, she was stunned and couldn't help complaining in her heart again: [No way! Is Pei Jingye attracted to Xu Qingyue at this moment? Xu Qingyue's charm is too great. In fact, she is beautiful, but she is not a stunning beauty after all! Not only did Pei Jingyuan fall in love with her at first sight, but now even Pei Jingye fell in love with her at first sight! No wonder Pei Jingye was able to support her silently behind her back without any regrets. When she was let down by Pei Jingyuan, he wanted to kill Pei Jingyuan for Xu Qingyue, and finally he was burned to death because he wanted to protect Xu Qingyue! ]
Pei Jingye's mind was instantly awakened when he heard this, and he quickly retracted his gaze. He felt a chill on his back. He was actually burned to death for Pei Jingyuan's concubine? Who on earth was talking nonsense there! Although Pei Jingye was a bit romantic and amorous, he was not stupid enough to die for a woman like this! Moreover, this was his cousin's woman!
After Pei Jingye was shocked, he wanted to see who was talking nonsense, but when he looked around, he found nothing. He had to suppress his suspicion and pretend that nothing happened, and then unconsciously moved away from Xu Qingyue.
"Okay, why are you crying there on such a happy day! Qingyue, please go away!" When the Duke's wife saw Xu Qingyue looking so tearful and about to cry, she felt unhappy and thought that she was trying to seduce Pei Jingye, so she scolded her unhappily.
"Someone, come here, is the dinner ready? Today, to welcome Jingye, all of us in the Duke's Mansion will dine together." To ease the awkwardness, the Duke coughed lightly and called a servant to ask.
Soon, several tables of sumptuous dinners were set up in the Duke's Mansion. During this time, Xu Qingyue quietly listened to the conversation of the second house and was surprised to learn that Pei Jingye was officially transferred back to the capital to serve as a doctor in the Ministry of Revenue, and he was also running the business in Jiangnan.
The eldest son of the second house is really promising. No wonder he can give them such a valuable gift at once. It can be seen that the financial resources behind him must not be underestimated. He is handsome and rich, and is not inferior to Pei Jingyuan at all. Especially, when thinking of the extra look Pei Jingye gave her just now, Xu Qingyue's heart was unconsciously happy, and then she secretly glanced at Pei Jingye a few more times.
Coincidentally, at this moment, when Pei Jingye was accepting everyone's congratulations, he met Xu Qingyue's eyes again. The two looked at each other several times, which really made Pei Jingye's heart extremely complicated.
Pei Jingyuan naturally noticed that Pei Jingye looked at Xu Qingyue in a strange way, and he also suspected that he was interested in Xu Qingyue. As a man, he felt as if he had a hat on his head.
Therefore, after dinner, he went to Xu Qingyue's secluded Cuiyu Pavilion, which was a rare occasion.
"Xu Qingyue, I advise you to stay away from my cousin. You must understand your current identity!" As soon as Pei Jingyuan entered the room, he forcefully pulled Xu Qingyue from the couch to his front.
"Pei Jingyuan, what are you doing? Let me go, it hurts!" Xu Qingyue struggled desperately and looked at Pei Jingyuan in confusion.
Pei Jingyuan saw that she was still pretending, and a layer of frost covered her face. He said sternly: "Don't think that I didn't see anything today. You were flirting with my cousin today. Now that you are mine, you should keep your distance from other men, otherwise, you are not a faithful woman!"
"What nonsense are you talking about? I didn't do anything. It was your cousin who was interested in me, but I only have you in my heart. How can you wrongly accuse me like this!" After understanding Pei Jingyuan's anger, Xu Qingyue had to explain aggrievedly in order to calm him down.
Pei Jingyuan's expression looked better after hearing Xu Qingyue's direct confession to him.
Pei Jingyuan released Xu Qingyue's hand and said, "It's good that you know! Since he is interested in you, then when you see him next time, you should hide away and never appear in front of him. Do you understand?"
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