Chapter 165: Calm
Pei Yan only knew from the letter that he died for her, but he didn't know how he died.
Now Jiang Shuyi was crying sadly in his arms, and no matter how curious he was, he would not ask any further questions.
He could only coax her: "Why are you crying? I am alive in front of you now."
Jiang Shuyi was still crying, immersed in her previous thoughts, grabbing his clothes and sobbing: "And then, then His Majesty was gone too..."
Pei Yan laughed: "I don't have any more, is the one holding you a ghost?"
Jiang Shuyi immediately raised her head with tears in her eyes and refuted him righteously: "Your Majesty is not a ghost. Your Majesty is the immortal king in heaven, and your life span will be as long as the heavens!"
Pei Yan said in a leisurely tone: "I think you are going to be fooled again and leave the palace to cultivate immortality."
Jiang Shuyi: ...
After her weakness was exposed, she was a little angry but didn't dare to be angry. After all, she was the one who ran away first. She simply kept silent out of grievance.
Pei Yan hugged her up and asked casually, "Pei Yu treated you like that in your previous life, do you still want him?"
Jiang Shuyi turned away and vented her anger on Pei Yu: "No! I hate him! I hate him so much!"
Pei Yan thought for a moment, "I understand."
At first, Jiang Shuyi did not take Pei Yan's words to heart, until the news came that after Xue's father was executed, Concubine Xue sneaked into Wenhua Palace one night with the intention of strangling the little prince to death.
Jiang Shuyi was stunned for a moment, and then asked Fang Chu: "Is the palace maid in Wenhua Palace dead? Why was Concubine Xue allowed in? And she was alone in a room with the Second Prince?"
Fang Chu sighed, "The palace maid on duty had a stomachache, which gave Concubine Xue the opportunity. Fortunately, the little prince was lucky. Last night, the Queen Mother suddenly decided to go see the emperor's grandson, and ran into him. The Queen Mother had Concubine Xue arrested and asked the imperial physician to treat the little prince, so he was able to save his life."
Jiang Shuyi was in mixed feelings.
She thought that perhaps the palace maid's stomachache was not an accident, but the Queen Mother's going to Wenhua Palace was an accident.
When Pei Yan came back from court, Jiang Shuyi stood silently in front of him, looking at his face.
Pei Yan looked at her calmly, and said calmly: "What's wrong?"
Jiang Shuyi probed: "Pei Yu's matter..."
Pei Yan's attitude suddenly turned cold: "It's me."
Jiang Shuyi didn't know why he looked unhappy even though he had done something wrong.
After Pei Yan changed his clothes, he took Jiang Shuyi to the inner hall, pressed her down on the bed, and looked down at her with a gloomy look in his eyes.
Jiang Shuyi's breathing paused slightly, her thick eyelashes trembled twice, and her five fingers unconsciously clenched the mattress.
Her ears turned red as she asked in a low voice: "What is your majesty going to do..."
Pei Yan did not answer.
He still stared at her quietly for a long time without moving.
Jiang Shuyi was a little expectant at first, but then gradually became calm.
When she couldn't help feeling a little sleepy, Pei Yan finally spoke up, his tone was heavy: "You are angry with me."
Jiang Shuyi felt that it was as unfair as snowing in June!
She felt inexplicably wronged: "Your Majesty came in and threw his face at me! I don't know what happened!"
Pei Yan had his own reasons: "I have been watching you for so long, you would have been carried up long ago."
Jiang Shuyi took a deep breath, stretched out her arms to hug Pei Yan's waist, and hummed softly: "Is this okay?"
Pei Yan: "You only do it when I tell you to. What's the point?"
Jiang Shuyi: ...
She simply gritted her teeth and reached out to touch the jade belt buckle on Pei Yan's waist.
Pei Yan was even more displeased and grabbed her hand: "Now that you are angry, you want to use me as a plaything again."
Jiang Shuyi and the expressionless Pei Yan stared at each other for a few moments, then she curled her lips and started crying.
She had experience in crying and knew how to act genuinely. Even if she had no tears, her howling could still make Pei Yan feel distressed.
Sure enough, Pei Yan stopped tossing her around, sat up, and held her in his arms. Although his tone was still indifferent, he patted her gently: "Okay, don't pretend. I don't mean anything else. I just think you are not decisive enough towards Pei Yu. If I were you, the first thing I would do after being reborn would be to drown him."
Jiang Shuyi continued to cry falsely: "How dare I? To murder the heir to the throne is a capital crime! At that time, Your Majesty didn't like me so much. If he thought I was a vicious woman and sentenced me to death, what should I do?"
Pei Yan was afraid that she would become hoarse from shouting, so he covered her mouth and scolded her softly: "Nonsense, even at that time, I would not blame you for this."
Jiang Shuyi knew that he seemed to have always hoped that Pei Yu would die soon.
She gradually stopped pretending to cry, and after Pei Yan took his hand away, she hesitated and said, "Your Majesty, will Pei Yu be happy only if he dies? What I am thinking is that he is still a swaddling baby and has not done those things. Because of my past life, I can no longer love him, but I can't do it either. But if Your Majesty thinks he should be killed, then kill him. Your Majesty has always chosen me between him and me. No matter how ungrateful I am, I will not be so ungrateful as to choose him."
Pei Yan looked at her expression which did not seem fake, and the unhappiness in his heart subsided a little.
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Xue plotted to murder the royal heir, which was an unforgivable crime of treason, and she was eventually sentenced to death by drinking a cup of poisoned wine.
When investigating her palace servants, her personal maid revealed that her master had previously conspired with Concubine Jin and Noble Lady Qian to frame Concubine Jiang. This time, Concubine Xue killed the little prince because of their repeated instigation.
The emperor investigated thoroughly and found out the truth. He ordered that Concubine Qian be banished to the cold palace and Concubine Jin be sent to the imperial temple to practice Buddhism and reflect on her mistakes for the rest of her life.
The palace was completely calm.
Jiang Shuyi had been staying in the Qianqing Palace and had no time to take care of Zhang Miao. Thinking that she would be bored in the Zhaoyang Palace alone, she told her that she could go to the Chuxiu Palace to find Miao Wangshu and Feng Yiyue to play with her.
But Zhang Miao was thoughtful and fearful that Empress Jiang would be unhappy because of her closeness to others, so she would rather read books alone in Zhaoyang Palace and do some embroidery for her mother.
Jiang Shuyi decided that Zhang Miao would spend half of the year living in the palace and half of the year at home accompanying Princess Ning'an.
In winter, the floor of the Qianqing Palace was covered with thick fox fur blankets and heated by heating wires, making it as warm as spring.
It was the first time for Jiang Shuyi to spend the winter in the Palace of Heavenly Purity. As soon as the door of the bedroom was closed, she ran around barefoot on the furry blanket. When she was tired, she simply sat on the ground and stretched out her hand to Pei Yan with a smile: "Your Majesty, can you roll around with me?"
Pei Yan raised his eyes from the book, looked at her flushed cheeks and messy hair, and curled the corners of his lips slightly, and then gently refused: "Impossible."
Jiang Shuyi was not discouraged, she had her own way.
When it was time to go to bed, Jiang Shuyi lay on the ground with her eyes closed and pretended to be dead.
Pei Yan squatted beside her and pinched her cheek gently: "Get up, or I will order people to remove these blankets tomorrow."
Jiang Shuyi snorted and said, "We'll talk about tomorrow tomorrow. I'll just lie here today. What can your majesty do to me?"
Pei Yan sighed: "What are you going to do? Do you really want me to roll with you? Do you think I, as the ruler of a country, can do such a thing?"
Jiang Shuyi also felt that Pei Yan couldn't do it.
But she just wanted to make trouble!
For no reason, if her aunt was here, she would probably say that she deserved a beating and hit her twice in anger, and she would cry and go to bed obediently.
But Pei Yan is very gentle and would definitely not do such a thing.
So Jiang Shuyi continued to make a scene: "No matter what! If your majesty doesn't roll around, it means he doesn't like me. I won't get up. If I sleep here tonight, I will catch a cold tomorrow and get a serious illness for your majesty to see!"
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