Chapter 120 Come and sit down, I will tell you
Gu Hanqing's case was soon thoroughly investigated.
What he said that day was indeed the truth. The Gu family's grandparents died of illness five years ago. After selling their daughter, they gave birth to a little daughter, but unfortunately she also died shortly after birth. Now the only people left in the Gu family are Jiang Shuyi's uncle and aunt, Gu Hanqing, and a little cousin, Gu Sihe.
My aunt and cousin are still in their hometown, only my uncle Gu Cheng and Gu Hanqing have come to Beijing to look for their relatives.
Gu Cheng is still bedridden. In order to let them leave the capital as soon as possible, Pei Yan allowed the imperial physician to treat him.
Wang Yuanpan was an excellent doctor. In less than half a month, Gu Cheng was able to walk and went to pay homage to his sister. After another half a month of recuperation, he was completely cured and asked to enter the palace to meet Jiang Shuyi.
That night, when Jiang Shuyi came over to ask for it, Pei Yan told her about it slowly, and then asked her with a faint smile, "Do you want to see her? This time it's a farewell, and your cousin will probably come too."
Jiang Shuyi looked up at Pei Yan's expression and cautiously tested him: "If Your Majesty is unhappy, I will not see you. As long as Your Majesty tells my uncle that I am safe, that's all."
Pei Yan didn't say whether he was happy or not.
He placed his hands flat on his sides and said calmly, "You can meet them, but after meeting them, you have to be a vegetarian for a month. It's your choice."
Jiang Shuyi was still lying on Pei Yan. After hearing what he said, she quickly hugged him tightly: "Gone, gone! What's there to see? They didn't come when my aunt was alive, so it was not fate. Anyway, they are the ones who let my aunt down, not my aunt down on them. Why should I care!"
She doesn't think being a vegetarian means simply not eating meat!
Pei Yan chuckled, raised his hand and hugged her back...
*
The next day, Gu Cheng sent a letter into the palace.
After Jiang Shuyi opened the letter and read it, she was a little confused, because it was full of polite words, telling her to serve the king diligently, be virtuous, and be kind to others, so that her sister would feel at ease if she knew about it in the afterlife.
Asking for a meeting just to lecture her?
When Pei Yan came back, Jiang Shuyi showed him the letter and said unhappily, "Your Majesty, look, I thought I had gained a relative, but in the end, Your Majesty has gained a lobbyist. I am not diligent, not virtuous, and I am not worthy of serving you!"
Pei Yan only glanced at it. He had read the letter before it was delivered to Jiang Shuyi.
Gu Cheng went back and thought about it for a day, then wrote this letter, which was actually his true feelings towards his niece.
He didn't know why the emperor didn't let his niece meet him. Perhaps he listened to the words of that idiot Gu Hanqing and was afraid that his niece had not been favored by the emperor recently. That's why he only dared to write these respectful words, hoping that the current emperor, who ruled the world with benevolence and filial piety, would see them and feel a little moved, so he would have mercy on his niece and treat her well.
On the contrary, if Gu Cheng wanted to take advantage of being the imperial concubine's niece, he could just write things that Jiang Shuyi would like to hear.
Jiang Shuyi was a simple-minded person and did not understand her uncle's intentions, so Pei Yan did not intend to give any advice.
He didn't want these insignificant people to distract Jiang Shuyi.
The silver had already been awarded, and he did not insist on driving Gu Hanwen away from the capital. He allowed him to study in the capital and return after failing the spring imperial examination. This could also be considered as ending this relationship for Jiang Shuyi.
Pei Yan put down the letter and smiled gently: "You are very worthy of serving the emperor. It's your uncle and cousin who are not good. In this case, just ignore them. Also, I have found out your aunt's name for you. Do you want to know?"
Jiang Shuyi immediately put aside the unhappiness just now, and hurriedly grabbed Pei Yan's arm and asked: "What? What's your aunt's name?"
Pei Yan whetted her appetite again, and slowly walked to the desk and sat down, looking at her calmly and said, "Come and sit down, I will tell you."
There were no other chairs or stools around the desk, so Pei Yan's words "come and sit over here" had only one meaning.
Jiang Shuyi sat on his lap with ease, and then looked at him with a pair of longing eyes.
Pei Yan curled his lips and took out a blank piece of paper. The ink in the inkstone was ready. He took out the imperial brush, dipped it in the ink, and handed it to Jiang Shuyi.
Jiang Shuyi didn't understand why, but she continued anyway.
Pei Yan held Jiang Shuyi's hand from behind and started writing on the rice paper.
He asked her to paint a simple and elegant lotus.
Jiang Shuyi guessed: "Is it Yuhe, Qinghe? Or just the word He?"
She felt that such a name was barely worthy of the title of aunt.
"How can a country person come up with such a name?" Pei Yan laughed: "My mother-in-law's name is Lotus."
Jiang Shuyi was a little stunned.
After a while, I figured something out. No wonder my aunt never mentioned my name. It turned out that my grandparents were just so perfunctory!
"So don't worry about her name. It was given by her parents, not necessarily what she wanted. If my mother-in-law has any obsession in the world, it can only be you."
Jiang Shuyi came back to her senses and winked at Pei Yan: "Your Majesty also speaks such sentimental words?"
Pei Yan said in a serious tone, "I am not being sentimental. I am telling the truth. You and I are in love and we are in harmony. If my mother-in-law in heaven can see this, she will naturally feel relieved."
Jiang Shuyi leaned closer to his arms and hummed, "Your Majesty and I are naturally harmonious! Of course, that requires Your Majesty to remain faithful and not wait until I am old and ugly to abandon me!"
This is another case of putting the blame on someone else.
Pei Yan didn't say anything, but waited until nightfall and taught her a lesson with his own hands.
*
The weather is getting hotter and the Dragon Boat Festival is approaching.
Officials would also have holidays during such major festivals, so they would handle many government affairs in advance, including matters that needed to be reported to the emperor, so Pei Yan also got busy.
Jiang Shuyi was not a virtuous concubine. She was still clingy when she wanted to. Eventually, she annoyed Pei Yan and he ordered Fang Chu to take her to the Imperial Garden for a walk and only let her come back when she was tired.
Jiang Shuyi had walked around the Imperial Garden a thousand times and was very bored, so she decided to go swinging on the swing.
Unfortunately, there was someone on the swing, and Concubine Jin was being pushed by a palace maid, swinging slowly for fun.
There were other swings in the distance, but Jiang Shuyi was too lazy to bother with them and walked straight forward. After being reminded by the palace maid, Concubine Jin turned her head and saw her. Her face immediately turned bad, but she had to come down and salute.
"Your concubine greets the Imperial Concubine."
Jiang Shuyi ignored her and instructed Fang Chu dignifiedly: "Wipe the swing seat. I want to play."
Fang Chu knew that the Empress was deliberately trying to anger Concubine Jin, so she smiled and agreed, taking out the handkerchief she carried with her and wiped the chair twice.
Concubine Jin's face turned black with anger.
What do you mean? Do you think she's dirty?
Jiang Shuyi sat on the swing, grabbed the rope, and when she was about to swing, she glanced at Concubine Jin who was still being polite, and asked in a puzzled tone: "Why aren't you leaving yet?"
"How dare I get up without your permission, Madam?"
Concubine Jin really couldn't help herself and said the most cowardly words in anger.
Jiang Shuyi looked at her quietly.
Recently, she has also learned the essence from Pei Yan. Sometimes, when a superior is dealing with an inferior, there is no need to get angry. Just staring at the other person silently can make the other person scare.
Sure enough, Concubine Jin's anger soon disappeared, and she could only grit her teeth and say: "Thank you, Your Majesty."
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