Chapter 158 If I were angry, I wouldn't hold you all night
Jiang Shuyi had also met Grand Tutor Wei. He was over fifty years old, with slightly gray hair, but still energetic. He was serious at the palace banquet and would not greet his colleagues. He looked like a serious and old-fashioned person.
How do you know that a person’s face is not necessarily his heart?
Pei Yan had no intention of telling her too many dirty things about the government; he said these things only to put her at ease.
Seeing that Jiang Shuyi's mood had stabilized and she was no longer as uneasy as she was yesterday, he asked softly, "Can I go out?"
Jiang Shuyi hugged his waist tightly again, with a bit of panic in her eyes.
"I won't leave."
Pei Yan immediately comforted her, lowered his head, and gently kissed her forehead: "I just want to ask them to send some food in. If you don't want to, I won't let you go."
Jiang Shuyi felt relieved.
Since she saw Pei Yan last night, her extremely tense spirit has somewhat collapsed. She slept uneasily all night and has not said much to him until now.
"Your Majesty, you don't know how much I miss you."
Jiang Shuyi's voice was still hoarse from crying. Pei Yan wanted to give her some water, but he couldn't leave her alone.
"I have been sleeping in the open air for more than ten days, and have suffered the most in my life. Your Majesty, have you ever experienced the feeling of sitting in a carriage for more than ten days in a row and having to rest in the carriage at night? It is hot during the day, and the cold wind blows in at night, making me unable to sleep. When I wake up during the day, my waist and back are sore..."
Pei Yan had followed the army to war before, and had experienced much more hardships on the road, but this was incomparable. Jiang Shuyi was delicate, and if he felt one point of suffering, he would feel ten points of suffering on her.
"Not only is my living quarters and transportation poor, my food and clothing are also not good."
Jiang Shuyi was just complaining to someone close to her. She didn't wait for Pei Yan to answer before continuing, "I wore a piece of clothing for five or six days after leaving Beijing. Wu Niang bought me a new one, but it was crudely made. The food was also hard to swallow. The meat was fishy and the vegetables were just fried and tasteless."
Pei Yan touched the fabric of her clothes and found it was not bad. After hugging her all night, he could tell that Jiang Shuyi had just taken a shower.
I guess it happened after I arrived at this mansion.
Thinking of what the county magistrate had in mind for Jiang Shuyi, Pei Yan couldn't help but feel a surge of cold and violent anger.
But the most important thing now is the person in my arms who can't leave me even for a moment.
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It was not until noon that Jiang Shuyi finished talking about everything that happened during her escape. She felt hungry and was reluctant to let go of Pei Yan's arms. She looked at him eagerly and said, "I'm hungry."
Pei Yan pinched her face and smiled: "You look like you want me to cook for you."
Jiang Shuyi's face was full of "I am pitiful", she raised her watery eyes and acted coquettishly: "I can't bear to leave Your Majesty, I don't want to leave Your Majesty."
When Pei Yan saw her acting like this, he knew she had been comforted enough.
He said gently: "I will not go anywhere else. I will dine with you."
All the people in the government office were arrested last night, including the cooks. The commander of the imperial guards went and captured two of the cooks.
During the meal, Commander Yang reported: "County Magistrate Pang He left a letter, explaining that he had secretly communicated with the Grand Tutor, but later lost his favor, so he was sent to Pinghe County as the county magistrate. He secretly helped the Grand Tutor to abduct women. Over the years, he has kidnapped 32 women. Some were sent to Manchunlou in the capital, and some were sent to other places. The people around here are poor, and few of them would go out of their way to look for their missing daughters, so most of them just come to report the case and leave it alone."
Jiang Shuyi had forgotten to eat, her expression was a little dull, and she suspected that there was something wrong with her ears: "This county magistrate and the master are secretly in collusion?"
Commander Yang had seen many storms before, so he remained calm and respectfully replied, "Your Majesty, yes."
Pei Yan served a bowl of fish soup to Jiang Shuyi: "Don't ask around, just enjoy your meal."
Jiang Shuyi inexplicably felt that he wanted to cover his ears.
She got goosebumps all over her body and didn't really want to hear about this kind of thing, so she drank the fish soup obediently.
Commander Yang received the emperor's cold gaze and realized that he shouldn't say such things in the presence of the empress, so he just made a normal report.
All the women trapped in the woodshed were rescued. In addition, the county magistrate had fifteen concubines, all of whom were kept in other courtyards, but they had no children.
"The girl who was with the queen yesterday said this morning that she wanted to see the queen."
Jiang Shuyi looked at Pei Yan: "She is Cui'er, the slave girl that Wu Niang bought for me."
Speaking of Liu Wuniang, Jiang Shuyi was afraid that Pei Yan would punish her, so she explained: "Wuniang was very pitiful. She was forced to go to the capital by her husband. She suffered a lot in Manchunlou. She fled here with me that day because she was deceived. Wu Jianshan said that only by taking me with her could she escape."
Pei Yan: "It's not considered lying to her. If you are not with her, even if she escapes back to her hometown, she will inevitably be discovered by Pang He. At the very least, she will be sent back to the capital, or she will be killed directly."
Jiang Shuyi took a breath of cold air.
Isn’t it? Pang He is the Grand Tutor’s man, so naturally he has to help him capture Liu Wuniang.
It turned out that Taoist Wu deceived her in order to do good deeds. He was kind to everyone except her.
Before leaving the palace, Jiang Shuyi would be very angry and would want Pei Yan to punish Wu Jianshan to vent her anger. But now that she is living with Liu Wuniang, she feels that it is worth it when she thinks that her experience can help so many women avoid the same fate as Liu Wuniang.
She thought of Taoist Wu and subconsciously looked at Pei Yan's waist.
Pei Yan once said that he would rather die than carry the "embroidered spring bag" around in the streets, and now it just happened to be hanging on his waist.
Jiang Shuyi's eyelashes trembled slightly, and she wanted to reach out to see if Pei Yan had found the letter inside.
"I know everything."
Pei Yan saw her intention and spoke before she reached out her hand.
Jiang Shuyi knew it would be like this. Pei Yan was so smart that he would definitely think of her previous hints as soon as she threw it.
She bit her lip, her eyes still on the sachet, and she didn't dare to look up at Pei Yan.
In order to make Pei Yan not worry about her too much, she told him everything about her past life. She acted like a tyrant in the harem and even harmed the prince. Even though Pei Yan had said before that he didn't mind her doing bad things, Jiang Shuyi still felt guilty.
With outsiders present, Pei Yan would not bring up those weird things at this time.
He just said, "Eat your meal well. If I were angry, I wouldn't hold you all night."
Jiang Shuyi was immediately comforted.
Isn’t it true? If Pei Yan was even a little angry, not only would he not hug me, he wouldn’t even come to save me personally.
She immediately felt relieved and continued to drink the fish soup in small sips.
Pei Yan asked her: "Do you still want the maid named Cui'er? If so, bring her to the palace to serve you."
Jiang Shuyi shook her head: "Forget it, she sleeps very soundly at night and even snores. I am not used to having such a servant. But she is very good. She is willing to risk her life to protect me. Your Majesty, please reward her with silver. It will be enough for her to eat delicious food for the rest of her life!"
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