Chapter 160 The Star Is Her
After lunch, the emperor started his journey back to Beijing.
Sitting in the carriage, Jiang Shuyi asked tentatively: "With such a big scene, has my escape been known to everyone?"
Pei Yan was reading the report and said "hmm" softly: "I have searched for you in the capital, and then left the capital. Anyone who is not stupid will know that I am here to arrest you."
Jiang Shuyi suddenly felt ashamed to face people. The carriage was spacious, and she fell on the couch covered with soft satin, covered herself with the quilt and sobbed: "If someone asks me why I ran away, what should I say..."
"Tell the truth." Pei Yan looked at her and said indifferently, "The imperial concubine of the current dynasty is dedicated to doing good. In order to achieve enlightenment, she escaped from the palace to seek the immortal way."
Jiang Shuyi felt embarrassed when she heard this. She lifted the quilt and looked at Pei Yan, her face full of grievance: "Your Majesty clearly knows that I have my own difficulties, yet you still say this to me..."
Pei Yan: "Well, you can also explain to them that if I hadn't escaped from the palace, I would have died young and my soul would have been scattered after three generations. You had no choice but to do it. I'm sure they won't laugh at you."
Jiang Shuyi's face turned red with embarrassment.
She didn't lie down anymore and planned to go over and make trouble for Pei Yan.
The carriage hadn't started moving yet and Pei Yan was reading a report. Jiang Shuyi had originally wanted to make trouble so that he couldn't do any work, but when she saw the words on the report, her attention was drawn again.
It was a thorough investigation of the report submitted by County Magistrate Pang He.
Jiang Shuyi stretched her head to look, and Pei Yan turned towards her.
In addition to recording the bad things Pang He has done over the years, there are also some good things about him.
Pang He's fifteen concubines did not know that he was dead, and they all pleaded for mercy for him, saying that Pang He was a good man and took them in to protect them from being sold. He never touched them and kept them well-fed. He would occasionally let them provide porridge to the people, but they were not allowed to use his name.
Jiang Shuyi was stunned.
"...Can he still be a good person?"
Pei Yan shook his head: "He is not a good person, but I feel sorry for him."
In his suicide note, Pang He confessed that he had been forced by the Grand Tutor to be a boy lover for three years, but he himself was not actually homosexual.
When the Grand Tutor was no longer in power, he was sent to be the county magistrate. He was genuinely happy about it. He had been arresting people for the Grand Tutor for several years. He would only look at those women occasionally and think of his past self, so he would keep one or two of them under the pretext of being a lustful person.
But this did not stop him from continuing to arrest people and seek credit from the Grand Tutor.
Do good and do evil.
Pei Yan didn't intend to tell Jiang Shuyi all this and pollute her hearing. He was about to let her go to sleep for a while when a sudden noise came from outside the car.
Jiang Shuyi was startled and looked at Pei Yan in shock: "Someone assassinated me?"
Pei Yan put down the report, his face darkened: "Come here."
Jiang Shuyi hurried over and got into Pei Yan's arms.
Pei Yan knew that the Grand Tutor had probably received the news by now, and if he wanted to protect himself, assassination was possible.
He opened the long box at hand and took out a dagger inlaid with gems.
The carriage wall was knocked at this moment. Pei Yan protected Jiang Shuyi with one hand and held the dagger tightly with the other. He heard Commander Yang's voice outside: "Your Majesty, the rescued woman wants to come to express her gratitude. We can't drive her away. Do you want to forcibly expel her?"
Jiang Shuyi breathed a sigh of relief, looked up and saw Pei Yan's expression had eased slightly, then she stood up and said unhappily to the outside of the carriage, "What are you thanking me for? I have never seen anyone who is eager to thank me. Are you going to pledge your love to Your Majesty for saving my life?"
Commander Yang did not reply, apparently waiting for His Majesty to speak.
Jiang Shuyi looked at Pei Yan angrily.
Pei Yan pinched her face and ordered calmly, "Drive her away."
Jiang Shuyi was happy then.
The noise outside soon stopped and it became quiet.
Jiang Shuyi took a grape from the ice jar and was about to eat it when she suddenly heard a chorus of voices in the distance: "Thank you, Your Majesty. Thank you, Your Majesty. Thank you, Your Majesty. Thank you, Your Majesty. Thank you..."
The woman's voice was originally soft, but when it was gathered together it was sonorous and powerful, like the beating of a war drum. Even from a long distance away, it was clearly and deafeningly transmitted into the carriage.
Jiang Shuyi forgot to eat the grapes and was stunned.
She looked at Pei Yan who was frowning slightly, stuffed the grape beads into his hand, then went to the car window, gently opened the curtain a little, and looked back.
In the distance, in an open space blocked by soldiers, a dozen women were kneeling towards this side, still saying words of thanks, with tears audible in their voices.
Jiang Shuyi was shocked at first, and then her face felt hot, and she was overwhelmed by the embarrassment of feeling guilty.
She lowered the curtain as if escaping and sat back upright, but she felt a little helpless.
Pei Yan looked at her like a cooked shrimp, lowered his eyes and asked, "What's wrong?"
Jiang Shuyi twisted the corner of her clothes and bit her lip: "I feel like I'm nothing."
She was actually thinking that they would come to seduce Pei Yan just now. What a cunning couple.
Pei Yan:......
He asked gently, "Why did you suddenly realize it?"
Jiang Shuyi said that she was capable, but Pei Yan said that was not the case. He was not much better than the pot calling the kettle black!
Seeing her glaring at him, Pei Yan smiled and comforted her: "Don't think so. You grew up in seclusion and then entered the imperial city. All you see are intrigues and kindness but cruelty. It's understandable to speculate that they grew up in the countryside and have simple minds. They just want to show their gratitude but don't think about whether this will disturb us. It's understandable."
Jiang Shuyi still felt a little uncomfortable, and when she felt uncomfortable, she wanted to spend her money.
"Your Majesty, please give them silver. Lots of silver!"
Pei Yan sighed, and finally gave in to her request, so he agreed.
*
The carriages and horses traveled during the day and rested at night, and it would take at least twenty days to return to the capital.
Pei Yan did not tell her that he knew Jiang Shuyi was going to escape, but he allowed her to escape.
This shows that he is not very smart.
So Jiang Shuyi always felt that she was in the wrong, and was afraid that Pei Yan would remember to pursue the matter. She was like a child who ran away from home and was brought back home. In order to avoid being blamed by her parents, she could only pretend to be frightened so that they would not be able to bear to teach her a lesson.
Staying at the official inn at night, Jiang Shuyi hugged Pei Yan tightly to sleep, but in fact she was secretly keeping herself alert and did not dare to fall asleep.
She slept lightly like this, and would wake up every once in a while. Then she would sob, waking Pei Yan up, and asked in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty... Have I returned to your side?"
Pei Yan would hug her lovingly and coax her with gentle voice.
This went on for more than ten days. Jiang Shuyi was sleepy during the day, and Pei Yan did not dare to sleep soundly at night, fearing that no one would comfort her when she woke up and panicked. So the two of them stayed up together during the day.
forget
worry
Grass
all
reason
Both exhausted.
Seeing that they were about to enter the capital, Jiang Shuyi gradually became obedient. After all, she could avoid the first day but not the fifteenth, so she decided not to bother others.
Fortunately, Pei Yan never mentioned the matter of settling the score. The next day, after making sure that she had not had nightmares, he took out the letter from the sachet, unfolded it, and let her read it herself.
Now, when Jiang Shuyi read the letters she wrote, she felt her scalp tingling and her whole body itchy.
Not only did she explain her past life, she also wrote that she hoped Pei Yan would forget her, but also not forget her. If she became an immortal first, she would be watching him from the sky. If he missed her, he would look up at the sky. The clouds in the daytime were her, and the stars at night were her...
I was very moved when I wrote it.
Now Jiang Shuyi just wants to eat the letter paper.
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