Chapter 147 Pei Yan Never Believed in Ghosts and Gods
Wu Jianshan was speechless.
Jiang Shuyi felt upset for a long time before she calmed down, and then asked him if he could leave a few years later.
Wu Jianshan looked out the window and replied, "Your Majesty only has thirty-five years to live. Your Majesty must cultivate merit within eleven years, otherwise it will be difficult to change your fate. I think it is better to leave as soon as possible. As for when to leave this rich and prosperous place, or whether to leave at all, it is up to Your Majesty to decide."
Jiang Shuyi's heart was in a knot.
Only eleven years...
Her eyes were sore, she took a deep breath, and asked unwillingly, "Can't you practice in the palace? Do you have to travel around?"
"Officials occupy high positions in the imperial court and cannot help but forget the sufferings of the common people. The same is true for the empress who lives in the harem. How can you have merits if you live in luxury and eat delicious food without being involved in worldly affairs?"
Jiang Shuyi was completely desperate. She lowered her head, her voice trembling a little: "Then when are we going to leave? Are you sure you can take me away smoothly? What if His Majesty finds out and kills you? Will he be hopeless?"
Wu Jianshan smiled and said, "If your majesty kills me, I will be the one without hope."
Jiang Shuyi was in no mood to joke with him: "Master, please speak properly!"
Wu Jianshan stroked his long beard with a smile: "Don't worry, madam. I have a foolproof plan."
......
Jiang Shuyi left Yanqing Temple and had no intention of visiting other places. She went straight back to the palace and learned that Pei Yan was bathing in the Imperial Pool.
She went straight in and no one dared to stop her.
The hall was filled with mist. Pei Yan leaned against the wall of the pool with his forearm resting on the edge. He sensed footsteps and slowly opened his eyes.
He saw Jiang Shuyi walking towards him step by step, her slim figure becoming clearer and clearer until she stood in front of him.
Then she squatted down, opened her arms, her eyes were moistened by the water vapor, and she looked at him coquettishly: "I want a hug."
Pei Yan looked at his body soaked in the water, then looked back at her, the meaning was very clear, he couldn't hug her.
Jiang Shuyi was feeling upset, so she became willful: "No matter what, I'll hug you!"
Pei Yan stared at her for a moment, and finally compromised: "Then you come closer."
Jiang Shuyi moved forward obediently, but as soon as she moved, her wrist was grabbed by a pair of warm hands. Under Pei Yan's strong pull, she screamed, slipped and fell into the pool.
Water splashed everywhere. Jiang Shuyi came in having only taken off her embroidered shoes, with her clothes still on. Now she was completely soaked. If Pei Yan had not caught her in his arms in time, she would have probably drunk a few mouthfuls of the bath water.
She was so frightened that she forgot all her worries and clung to Pei Yan tightly.
Pei Yan knew that he had to bathe again and serve one more person, so he lowered his eyes and asked her, "Are you satisfied?"
Jiang Shuyi was about to lose her temper, but when she was asked this question, she remembered that she was the one who started the trouble, so she calmed down.
She looked up at Pei Yan, a face that was so familiar to her but that she would never see again, and her eyelashes trembled twice.
Pei Yan could see that the sadness in those almond-shaped eyes was even greater than before she left the palace.
Are you reluctant to leave him because you are leaving, or are you reluctant to leave the people outside because you are not planning to leave?
No matter which one it was, Pei Yan felt depressed.
"Your Majesty, I like you so much, I like you so much..."
At some point, Jiang Shuyi had already started to rub against him in his arms. Her hair was wet, and so were her clothes. The wet brocade fabric separated the two of them, preventing Pei Yan from getting any closer to her.
Then the soaked, thin dress floated to the surface of the pool, drifting away with the swaying waves...
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Jiang Shuyi was exhausted from all the tossing and turning, so she carried Pei Yan back to the bed and soon fell asleep, but she still held Pei Yan's pajamas tightly in her hands, and her eyes were still flushed.
Pei Yan read the story of the Duanxiu habit when he was young.
Dong Xian slept with his head resting on the sleeve of Emperor Ai of Han. Emperor Ai wanted to get up, but could not bear to disturb Dong Xian, so he cut off his sleeve.
Pei Yan thought it was ridiculous at the time, but now, looking at Jiang Shuyi's sleeping face, looking at her like a sated little animal, her cheeks white with a hint of pink, her hands still nervously grasping his sleeves, he seemed to understand Emperor Ai of Han.
How could I bear to call her?
Pei Yan took off his pajamas, rolled them up slightly and put them in Jiang Shuyi's arms, so that she could feel at ease and know that he was with her.
After doing all this, he changed into a wide robe before going out.
Cheng Fu was waiting in the outer hall, waiting to report what happened during the day.
When he saw His Majesty coming out, he knelt down.
Pei Yan sat down behind the imperial desk and looked at him: "Go ahead."
Cheng Fu went straight to the point: "The Queen and Wu Jianshan will leave the palace on the 23rd of this month."
Pei Yan closed his eyes.
Cheng Fu: "The queen probably doesn't want to leave His Majesty. After meeting Wu Jianshan, she kept asking if she could leave the capital with him to practice cultivation a few years later. Wu Jianshan said that His Majesty only has eleven years left to live. If the queen can't achieve enlightenment within eleven years, His Majesty will have a short life for three generations and then disappear into ashes."
He spoke these words in a very serious manner. Cheng Shou listened to him biting his lips and trembling slightly. At the end, he could not hold back and laughed out loud with his mouth puffed out.
Then, when I met the gazes of my godfather and eldest brother at the same time, I knew I was in trouble.
Cheng Shouzhong raised his hand and slapped his stupid son hard, making him unable to laugh anymore. He covered his face with his hands and looked horrified. Then he twisted his ear and pushed it out, gritting his teeth and said, "You have lost your manners in front of the emperor. Go to the Ministry of Punishment and receive twenty strokes of the cane!"
After driving Cheng Shou away, Cheng Shouzhong hurried to see the emperor's expression again.
Pei Yan remained expressionless for a long time, then raised his eyes, looked at them and asked, "Even Cheng Shou finds it funny. She actually believes it so much that she wants to run away for it?"
Cheng Shouzhong was just about to say that Your Majesty is worried and confused, but his eldest son spoke first.
Cheng Fu continued to report: "After setting the date for escape, the Queen asked Wu Jianshan when he remembered his past life. Wu Jianshan replied that he remembered it half a year before the Queen's rebirth. The Queen then asked Wu Jianshan what kind of immortal he was. Wu Jianshan did not answer, and then the Queen came out."
Not only Cheng Fu was eavesdropping, the secret guards were also on the rooftop observing the conversation between the Empress and Wu Jianshan, so everything they said and did before and after the meeting was recorded in a book. After Cheng Fu finished his report, the leader of the secret guards stepped forward and presented the book to His Majesty.
Apart from a more detailed record of the conversation between the two, such as where the escape location was set and how they would meet, the rest is the same as what Cheng Fu said.
Pei Yan looked at the booklet for a long time without saying anything.
Rebirth, past life...
Judging from the recorded conversation, the reason why Jiang Shuyi trusts Wu Jianshan so much is because they both have a common secret: they have both been reborn and both remember what happened in their past lives.
How absurd.
Pei Yan never believed in ghosts and gods. When he was seven years old, he copied Buddhist scriptures with his blood, but there was no piety in his mind.
At the age of thirteen, he personally killed his third elder brother, and afterwards he was still able to mourn for him and express grief in front of the coffin.
Afterwards, the road to succession was paved with piles of bones. His clothes were pure and unstained by dust, but if there were gods or Buddhas, they would surely see his hands covered in blood.
Pei Yan thought again of that day in spring this year.
Jiang Shuyi cursed her sister and son in her nightmare and stayed away from them when she woke up.
She said that she couldn't face Pei Yu because of her difficult labor, and that her love for her son was all fake. Pei Yan didn't like her spending too much time on Pei Yu, so he easily accepted her explanation.
But now that I think about it, Jiang Shuyi's previous love for Pei Yu was not something she could pretend.
That was the love that the Queen Mother showed when she looked at my third brother. Even though the Queen Mother wanted to look at me with the same eyes in front of the Emperor, she had never done it.
And there is Jiang Wanqing.
The result of investigating the Jiang family was that Jiang Shuyi had always been devoted to her younger sister and loved her very much. Even after she entered the palace, she deliberately gave her more rewards during the New Year holidays, and she never showed any hostility when they met at palace banquets.
Why did he completely break off all ties with his sister on the second day of the nightmare and hate her so much?
In the dream that day, Jiang Shuyi once said: Jiang Wanqing, if there is an afterlife, I will not let you go...
Pei Yan closed his eyes and felt a slight pain in his forehead.
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