Chapter 112: Insult
Jiang Shuyi was very unhappy.
Being threatened with someone close to her made her feel guilty.
Jiang Shuyi hurried back to the inner hall, threw herself on the bed, and smothered herself face down in the quilt.
Soon, familiar footsteps were heard. Perhaps Pei Yan had changed his clothes and came over to coax her.
Jiang Shuyi held her breath and decided that she had to make him take back what he had just said.
For her and Pei Yan, doing things like punishing or not punishing was fun, but for servants like Yuzhu and Fangchu, it could be a disaster.
As she was thinking, a hand touched her back and patted her twice: "Are you angry?"
Jiang Shuyi didn't want to pay attention to him, but was afraid that he didn't know that she was angry, so she snorted heavily.
Pei Yan said in a steady voice: "Tell me why. If you can convince me, I will take back what I said just now."
Jiang Shuyi immediately turned over and sat up.
She looked at Pei Yan, who was calm and composed, as if he had made up his mind not to be persuaded, and said confidently, "Yuzhu is a servant who has been with me since she was a child. She is loyal to me, just like Cheng Shou is loyal to Your Majesty. Fangchu is also very compatible with me, just like Cheng Fu and Cheng Shou. If someone uses these people to threaten Your Majesty and ask Your Majesty to be obedient, will Your Majesty be happy?"
Pei Yan answered seriously: "I won't be happy."
Jiang Shuyi had an expression that said, "See, that's what it is."
"But what I fear most is someone using you to threaten me."
She was unhappy just now, but this time she was afraid. Jiang Shuyi met Pei Yan's deep gaze and suddenly became speechless.
This seems to be the first time Pei Yan said he was afraid...
"I threatened you with a slave, and you were unhappy, but you threatened me with yourself, what should I do?"
Pei Yan was really trying to reason with her: "Don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you. Haven't you learned this saying very well? As long as you don't threaten me, I won't threaten you. Why are you so angry?"
Jiang Shuyi was stumped.
She looked at Pei Yan, who was gentle and persuasive, and bit her lip, not knowing what to refute.
Just as she was thinking about whether she could make some more excuses, Pei Yan stretched out a hand and touched her forehead.
His hands were slightly cold. Because both of them had fevers one after another, there was no ice in the Qianqing Palace, which was a rare cool feeling in the summer.
"Fortunately it's not hot, otherwise I would have punished all the servants serving in the Palace of Heavenly Purity today."
Pei Yan finished speaking and was about to withdraw his hand when he was caught by Jiang Shuyi.
He smiled: "What?"
Jiang Shuyi knew she was not in the right, so she began to change the subject, twisting his fingers and muttering, "Your Majesty's hands are funny."
Pei Yan said in an indulgent tone: "Then I'll let you play for a while."
Jiang Shuyi sighed in her heart.
At worst, she will just listen to Pei Yan in the future. It's for her own good anyway.
Pei Yan's hands looked jade-white and slender with distinct joints, but because the prince had to practice martial arts since childhood, there were many thin calluses on his palms.
She tickled his palm, but Pei Yan didn't feel itchy.
When she started to want to win and started to tickle him, Pei Yan finally withdrew his hand and said calmly, "What did the Queen say to you today?"
Jiang Shuyi was about to laugh at him for being ticklish, but suddenly she remembered something important.
She looked at Pei Yan and blinked: "Your Majesty, guess?"
Pei Yan knew what she meant without having to guess, but he still agreed with her: "It's about the position of queen."
Jiang Shuyi knew that what Queen Shen said was true. Pei Yan did hint that she should give up the position of Queen, and she was not just imagining things.
Jiang Shuyi sighed and shook his sleeve, "Your Majesty, I have already said that I do not want to be the queen. There are so many palace affairs that are exhausting and laborious. How can I do it?"
Pei Yan didn't care: "I can select a few female officials to help you do these, and let Shen and Miao assist you. You still don't have to do anything, just accompany me."
Jiang Shuyi: "...What's the difference between that and not being the queen?"
Pei Yan looked at her with a gentle expression: "You can stand shoulder to shoulder with me, and you don't have to kneel down to anyone anymore."
"I am almost the same now..."
Jiang Shuyi is now in the harem, and she is fearless, and the queen doesn’t even take her seriously, so why must she bear that title and take away Shen Suzhen’s greatest support?
She whispered: "Your Majesty, I actually quite like to commit crimes. It's a special kind of fun to see the Queen get humiliated... If Your Majesty lets me be the Queen, they will all be respectful and it will be boring.
Pei Yan was silent for a long time: "Isn't I enough for you to offend?"
Jiang Shuyi instantly became interested: "Can I do it?"
She moved closer to Pei Yan, her eyes sparkling: "Can I offend Your Majesty now?"
Pei Yan let her kneel and move to his legs, then he said calmly: "Jiang Shuyi, I seem to have an account to settle."
Jiang Shuyi opened her eyes wide.
"Do you remember how you used me as a vent to express your feelings?"
Jiang Shuyi really didn't expect him to settle old scores at this time. It was too late for her to run away. She thought Pei Yan was going to do something, and she was both afraid and expectant. Then he slowly said, "Copy the Pure and Tranquil Sutra fifty times. When you finish, you can eat meat."
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This was the first time that Jiang Shuyi was punished so viciously by Pei Yan!
Not being able to eat both kinds of meat is no different from being banished to the cold palace!
But Pei Yan was really heartless this time, and no matter how she acted coquettishly, it was useless.
Jiang Shuyi copied Buddhist scriptures listlessly every day, feeling as if she was about to ascend to heaven.
Fortunately, she recovered quickly and the fatigue left by the high fever was completely eliminated soon. Jiang Shuyi became lively again and remembered what Pei Yan had promised her before.
"Your Majesty said that you will take me out of the palace once I recover completely. Does that still count?"
Jiang Shuyi hugged Pei Yan tightly, looking at him eagerly, as if she would cry if he rejected her.
Pei Yan knew that her body had completely recovered, so there was no reason for him to refuse.
Jiang Shuyi immediately came back to life and excitedly planned her route out of the palace.
She wanted to go to Yanqing Temple first to talk to her aunt. Her aunt didn't want to make her sad, so she wanted to wear a gorgeous dress, a gold hairpin and a jade hairpin, and go happily.
However, she went to visit the shops that she had not visited last time. Jiang Shuyi had been depressed these days, but that was because of greed. Pei Yan was like a dark cloud covering her head. Although he was still gentle to her and there was still a smile in his eyes, he always seemed to be in deep thought, as if he was hiding something very tragic and he was just forcing a smile to accompany her.
Jiang Shuyi couldn't stand this kind of oppression.
She had to find a way to cheer Pei Yan up.
The two chose a sunny day to leave the palace.
After getting on the carriage, Jiang Shuyi blinked: "Your Majesty, do you remember how you addressed me last time you left the palace?"
Pei Yan smiled gently: "Madam."
Jiang Shuyi: ...
All the teasing words in his heart were held back.
She snorted softly, "Who is this gentleman calling Madam? I have been alone in my empty room for so long that I have almost forgotten what my husband looks like. Please don't take advantage of me."
Pei Yan sighed, "Then the lady's husband should not be me. I accompany my wife every day, so I should not be forgotten. When you get off the carriage, if the lady wants to buy something, go find her husband. My money is only for my wife."
Jiang Shuyi choked.
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