Chapter 5 The Young Marquis is a Bit Willful
Several days later, at the palace.
Shen Yu looked at Pei An, who was playing chess with him across the table, and asked with a smile, "I heard that you brought a girl back with you?"
Pei An didn't deny it, and said with a smile, "Yes, I brought a girl back."
Seeing the smile on Pei An's face, Shen Yu raised an eyebrow and asked, "You like her?"
"Should I issue an imperial decree to grant you a marriage?"
Upon hearing this, Pei An reacted strongly, "Your Majesty, no, no such thing."
What if Luo Xi finds out and leaves?
He finally managed to coax her back to his residence with him.
He knew Luo Xi's personality very well; if she knew he liked her, she would most likely leave.
She had no desire to get married.
As for him, it's already good enough that he can stay by her side like this.
He likes her, but he doesn't necessarily have to marry her.
Shen Yu: "........."
With his reaction, how could anyone not like him?
If he truly disliked it, his reaction wouldn't have been so strong...
Could it be that Pei An is afraid to let that girl know he likes her? Definitely.
"Alright, I know you don't like her."
He shouldn't interfere too much in the matter between Pei An and that girl; let nature take its course.
If it can be done, it will naturally happen.
If it doesn't work out, it just means that the two of them are destined to be apart.
Furthermore, he never expected that Pei An, who was fearless, would also have moments of fear.
Suddenly, he became curious about the girl.
Pei An: "........."
The emperor said so, but his expression didn't seem to believe him.
Just then, the Imperial Concubine requested an audience outside the palace.
Pei An's eyes lit up, and he tried hard to suppress the smile on his lips, so that the emperor opposite him wouldn't notice.
He put down the chess piece, "sensibly" stood up, and bowed to the Emperor. "Your Majesty, since the Imperial Concubine has arrived, I shall take my leave."
Haha, finally we can leave.
He was convinced that even though the emperor knew he was bad at chess, he still insisted on playing chess with him.
Moreover, he lost every time, so he felt no sense of accomplishment.
He strongly suspected that the Emperor knew he was bad at chess, which was why he liked to play chess with him so much.
The emperor was happy, but he wasn't!
Losing every time, who can be happy about that?
But he was the emperor, and he couldn't refuse when the emperor asked him to play chess with him.
If only his chess skills could surpass the Emperor's, then the Emperor wouldn't keep pestering him to play chess with him.
Unfortunately, he could only dream about it.
After all, he doesn't seem to have any talent for chess.
Shen Yu: "......."
Did Pei An think he couldn't tell that he really wanted to leave?
They can't even pretend to be convincing.
In fact, Pei An had already put on a very good act.
However, Shen Yu understood him very well, so he saw through Pei An's desire to leave at a glance...
Shen Yu waved his hand and said to Pei An, "You don't need to leave."
Pei An: "............."
No, not at all.
Your Majesty, does he really not see that he really wants to leave?
Shen Yu could see it, of course.
That's why he didn't let Pei An leave.
Shen Yu told Eunuch Li to go out and tell the Imperial Concubine to go back first, and that he would go to her palace later...
Outside the hall,
The imperial concubine, dressed in brocade and finery, saw that the emperor neither saw her nor allowed her to enter.
She had someone slip a purse into Eunuch Li's hand and whispered, "Eunuch, are there other concubines inside accompanying the Emperor?"
Eunuch Li: !!!
There was someone inside accompanying the Emperor, but that person was not a concubine.
Eunuch Li: "Your Highness, Young Master Pei is inside playing chess with the Emperor."
Upon hearing that it was Young Master Pei inside, the Imperial Concubine smiled and left...
It's fine as long as it's not any other concubines.
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