Pei Minxue exclaimed excitedly, "Your Highness, please don't joke like that! It's truly disrespectful to my sister's reputation..."
Pei Minxue assumed that Xiao Chengci had been provoked and was therefore talking nonsense.
"Heh." Xiao Chengci sneered, "If you don't believe me, why don't you go back and ask your dear sister? I want to see how she answers you."
Pei Minxue originally came to demand an explanation from His Highness the Crown Prince.
Unexpectedly, the truth was like this.
Pei Minxue's knees were numb from kneeling, but he didn't dare to get up.
“Your Highness, my sister is young, and her adoptive parents passed away early, so there is no one to teach her.”
Pei Minxue tried his best to mediate for Pei Zhi, saying, "That's why she has caused such a huge disaster. I hope Your Highness will forgive my sister."
Xiao Chengci leaned back in his chair and asked, "And then?"
"I will definitely find a reason to cancel my sister's marriage to General Shang, so as not to cause Your Highness any worry."
Xiao Chengci was slightly satisfied. "And then?"
Pei Minxue thought for a moment and continued, "I will have my mother send my younger sister to a Taoist temple so that she can spend the rest of her life there."
First, send Pei Zhi to the Taoist temple. After a few years, Xiao Chengci will forget about this matter.
We can find a place with good feng shui and send Pei Zhi there. It's fine if Pei Zhi can start her own household, or she can marry a handsome young man.
Xiao Chengci's face immediately darkened, and he asked through gritted teeth, "Pei Minxue, you're really something."
Xiao Chengci could easily see that Pei Minxue was deliberately giving him the runaround.
"I might as well tell you frankly, there are two paths now."
Xiao Chengci stood up. "First, I will not hold a grudge. Pei Zhi has entered the Eastern Palace. Considering our friendship, I can grant her the status of a concubine."
Pei Minxue frowned; the first path was not a good choice for Pei Zhi.
She was just betrothed to Shang Huai by the Empress, but she turned around and entered the Eastern Palace. Isn't that courting death?
"And the second one?"
"Secondly," Xiao Chengci lowered his voice, "the only person in the world who dares to play tricks on me is her."
Pei Minxue's face turned pale instantly. He knew that His Highness the Crown Prince was a vengeful person.
If Xiao Chengci can say it, he can certainly do it.
Xiao Chengci truly intended to kill Pei Zhi.
If Pei Zhi behaves herself and enters the Eastern Palace, then he will consider the fact that he treats Pei Zhi differently from others.
He was willing to let Pei Zhi off the hook and give her another chance.
If Pei Zhi truly doesn't know what's good for her, then don't blame him for being ruthless.
"This matter is of great importance; I must return and discuss it further."
"Three days." Xiao Chengci's thin lips curved into a smile. "If there is no reply in three days, then Pei Zhi's death is imminent."
When Pei Minxue left the Eastern Palace, his steps were light and unsteady.
He never expected that his seemingly well-behaved younger sister would dare to do such a thing behind his back.
I really underestimated her.
After returning to the Duke's mansion, Pei Minxue went straight to Pei Zhi's courtyard without even changing his clothes.
Pei Zhi sat in the courtyard, and a maid was using flower juice to paint her nails.
Pei Minxue entered with a dark face, waved his hand, and dismissed the servants.
Pei Zhi stood up and politely bowed to Pei Minxue.
Pei Minxue looked at Pei Zhi with probing eyes. Pei Zhi's face was as obedient as ever, but it frightened Pei Minxue.
Pei Zhi asked innocently, "Why is Big Brother looking at me like that?"
Pei Minxue didn't waste any words with Pei Zhi, and took out the jade pendant and threw it on the table.
Pei Zhi raised an eyebrow when she saw the jade pendant. "This jade pendant has been lost for a long time. I didn't expect that my elder brother would find it?"
"It was given to me by His Highness the Crown Prince."
Pei Minxue straightened his clothes and sat down. He wanted to see how Pei Zhi would argue.
Pei Zhi asked in a light tone, "You know everything?"
"What?"
Pei Minxue never expected Pei Zhi's reaction to be so calm.
Pei Zhi has caused such a big mess, yet when he finds out, she isn't scared at all?
Pei Zhi sat down opposite Pei Minxue. "Now that elder brother has met His Highness the Crown Prince, he should know everything."
"His Highness the Crown Prince said that you toyed with him, deceived him, and also..."
What Pei Minxue couldn't bring himself to say the rest in front of his younger sister.
Pei Zhi disagreed: "Your Highness's words are rather biased."
Pei Minxue was overjoyed: "There must be some misunderstanding here, right?"
Pei Zhizhen didn't understand: "Why was it that I was the one who toyed with Your Highness and deceived Your Highness?"
Pei Minxue reminded him, "His Highness said that you once vowed that you would not seek any title or status and were willing to follow him wholeheartedly..."
"I never intended to enter the Crown Prince's Palace, so was I wrong to say I didn't seek any official title?"
Pei Zhi's argument was reasonable and well-founded; she did not want to enter the Eastern Palace, so what was wrong with that?
"As for following Your Highness wholeheartedly, I never said that."
Pei Zhi believed that although she was of low character, she would not make promises she could not keep.
Pei Minxue was somewhat anxious, "You really shouldn't have agreed to marry General Shang while having an affair with His Highness."
Pei Zhi retorted, "Why not?"
"My relationship with Your Highness was nothing more than a fleeting affair. Now I've met someone who wants to marry me, and I want to marry him. What does this have to do with Your Highness?"
Pei Minxue was shocked by Pei Zhi's bold statement. What does "a fleeting romance" mean?
Pei Minxue raised his voice: "That's His Highness the Crown Prince."
He is now the Crown Prince, and in the future he will be the Emperor. Pei Zhi's life and death, and the life and death of his entire family, are all just a matter of His Highness's word.
“I did nothing wrong, but he is the crown prince, holding a high position and great power, so if he says I am wrong, then I am wrong.”
Pei Zhi and Xiao Chengci, at most, slept together a few times.
She wasn't labeled as Xiao Chengci, so Xiao Chengci had no right to interfere with who she wanted to marry.
Pei Minxue stared blankly at Pei Zhi, as if he had never known this younger sister who had been found halfway through his life.
"His Highness instructed me that either you enter the Eastern Palace, or..." Pei Minxue pursed his lips, "you..."
Pei Minxue suddenly said, "You should choose the first option."
"Although doing this will offend the Zhenbei Army and the Empress, he is, after all, His Highness the Crown Prince."
You can't afford to offend the Crown Prince, because he'll become the Emperor's man in the future.
Pei Zhi sat upright and said, "I choose the second path."
Pei Minxue angrily asked, "Do you even know what the second option is? Then choose it."
"It's nothing more than my life."
Having spent time with Xiao Chengci, Pei Zhi has come to know what kind of person Xiao Chengci is.
He was raised as a prince from a young age, so he couldn't possibly be innocent and naive.
After being tricked by her, it's understandable that I want her dead.
Pei Minxue didn't believe him: "Are you really not afraid of dying?"
"I'm scared, but entering the Eastern Palace would be worse than death."
If there were truly no other way out, and Pei Zhi had to choose between entering the Eastern Palace or dying, she would rather die.
Pei Zhi would never spend her entire life serving one man with a group of women.
Even if this person is the crown prince and the future emperor, Pei Zhi will still do what he says.
Moreover, using this opportunity to fake my death and escape is the best option.
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