Chapter 166 Pei Yu is already six years old
Pei Yan would not beat her, but he had other ways to punish her.
Finally, Jiang Shuyi cried and fled back to the bed, wrapped in the quilt and curled up in the corner, sobbing: "Sleep, I will sleep, I will not make trouble again..."
Pei Yan's tone was still gentle, and even his clothes were not messed up. He asked with a smile: "Aren't you going to sleep on the floor?"
Jiang Shuyi looked at him with red eyes, which showed more grievance than fear.
Pei Yan couldn't bear it anymore: "Go to sleep, be quiet."
Jiang Shuyi lay down obediently, listening to the bed curtain being lowered behind her, the slight sound of toileting, and then the curtain being opened, and the man came in and lay down.
When that arm habitually rested on her waist, Jiang Shuyi couldn't help but hit his hand as if to vent her anger. After hearing a "Huh?" from behind, she immediately calmed down.
*
Fangchu will be twenty-five years old after the new year, which is old enough for her to leave the palace.
Jiang Shuyi rewarded her with gold and silver, but Fang Chu smiled and declined, saying that the emperor had already rewarded her.
When Jiang Shuyi learned that she was going to open a spice shop in the capital, she begged Pei Yan to write the plaque personally as he had promised her.
The presence of this plaque is not only a gimmick to attract business, but also a means of suppressing those with ill intentions, so as to prevent Fang Chu, a woman with no relatives or friends in Beijing, from being bullied.
Fangchu's business was booming, and five years later he married a son-in-law. I heard that he was a shop assistant who sold a life contract.
Jiang Shuyi was a little unhappy after hearing this. In her eyes, Fang Chu was more than qualified to marry a young official, but marrying a servant? It was simply too humiliating.
Until one day when she and Pei Yan went out of the palace incognito, they saw a handsome and burly man helping the shop assistants carry boxes in the shop. The box originally required two people to lift, but now he carried it alone without batting an eyelid. When Fang Chu came out, the man's eyes were full of her, no longer able to accommodate anything else.
Jiang Shuyi felt a little better.
Pei Yu was already six years old this year.
Because he has been raised in Wenhua Hall and taught by masters, his temperament is completely different from that in his previous life. He is silent, introverted and diligent in his studies.
Jiang Shuyi sometimes looked at him, as if she was looking at another person with the same face as Pei Yu in her previous life.
She also had to admit that she really didn't know how to raise a child.
Fortunately, Zhang Miao was already very smart when she came to her side, and she had not been led astray by her over the years.
Jiang Shuyi had nothing to do, so she took Zhang Miao to the Imperial Garden to play shuttlecock. She accidentally kicked the shuttlecock towards the rockery. She went over to pick it up with a smile, but unexpectedly saw Pei Yu.
Pei Yu stood there, looking at her quietly, not knowing how long he had been looking at her.
Jiang Shuyi is not very familiar with him.
The only difference was that every time they met, Pei Yu would greet her respectfully and call her mother.
At this moment, Jiang Shuyi glanced at Pei Yu and then looked at the shuttlecock in his hand.
Pei Yu took two steps forward, knelt down, and raised his hands to offer to her.
Jiang Shuyi took it. She didn't have much to say to him, but it seemed a bit awkward to not say anything when they met, so she asked him casually, "Why are you here?"
Pei Yu lowered his head and said, "I have finished my homework and want to visit the Imperial Garden."
Jiang Shuyi said "Oh", said nothing else, turned around and prepared to leave.
However, the hem of her skirt was pulled by a force that was neither light nor heavy.
She turned around, looked down at Pei Yu who was pulling her skirt, and asked in confusion: "What are you doing?"
Pei Yu whispered: "This time, I got excellent marks in both the civil and military examinations."
Jiang Shuyi knew that this was a request for a reward, so she smiled and said, "Okay, I will tell your father to reward you and your master."
Pei Yu still didn't let go.
Jiang Shuyi was puzzled, and ordered with a hint of reprimand: "Let go."
Pei Yu looked up at his mother. His thin face was obviously very young, but it revealed a calmness and gloom that was inconsistent with his age: "Mother, today is my birthday."
It would be fine if she didn't mention it, but as soon as Jiang Shuyi was mentioned, she would recall the feeling of trembling in pain and almost fainting during a difficult childbirth.
Pei Yu saw her forbearing expression. His eyelashes trembled and he lowered his head: "It turns out that mother really hates me..."
Jiang Shuyi had no way of explaining herself, and she was too lazy to say anything. She casually pulled a jade pendant from her belt and handed it to Pei Yu: "This is a birthday gift for you."
Pei Yu looked at the carving of twin lotus flowers and did not take it.
Even though he was young, he knew that this was not a gift from a mother to her son.
Jiang Shuyi frowned: "You don't want it?"
Pei Yu's body stiffened, but he finally took it with both hands.
He knew that if he didn't want it, he wouldn't even get this perfunctory offer.
After giving the jade pendant, Jiang Shuyi left without even looking at Pei Yu who was kowtowing and thanking her behind her.
*
Pei Yan returned to the Imperial Study only after returning to the Palace of Heavenly Purity.
Jiang Shuyi lifted her skirt and ran over, hugging him.
Pei Yan was already used to it, and said with a smile: "I haven't changed my clothes yet, please let me go first."
Jiang Shuyi shook her head.
Pei Yan had no choice but to let her make a fuss.
It has been like this for so many years. Jiang Shuyi occasionally feels bored and wants to make a fuss. It is impossible not to let her do so. She will feel aggrieved, so just let her do it and then give her a lesson in the end.
However, this time Jiang Shuyi just hugged him and didn't say anything shocking, nor did she do anything to make him change color.
Pei Yan sensed something was wrong. He pinched Jiang Shuyi's chin and saw her worried look on her face, and his face turned cold.
"Who bullied you?"
"Who can bully me in the palace?" Jiang Shuyi looked at Pei Yan, who had a bad look on his face, blinked her dark eyelashes, and asked him softly, "Your Majesty, can I stay like this for the rest of my life?"
Pei Yan lowered his eyes: "You can do whatever you want."
"I am still young now, so I can do it. When I am old and ugly, will Your Majesty think that I am not decent and want me to be more stable?"
"No." Pei Yan agreed to her first, and then looked at Yuzhu: "Who did your master meet when he went out today, and what did he hear from him?"
Yuzhu didn't dare to lie, so she knelt down and told the whole story of how the queen met the little prince.
Pei Yan's face was grim. "Cheng Shouzhong, go and ask Pei Yu's civil and military teachers if they are not strict enough in teaching the prince. If they are lenient because of the prince's status, then they will be useless to me."
Cheng Shouzhong responded quickly, but before he left, Jiang Shuyi called him.
"Your Majesty, please don't be like this. It's not him who made me sad."
Jiang Shuyi felt uncomfortable when she thought of Pei Yu's appearance today.
She hugged Pei Yan tightly and explained: "It was me. When I saw him, I thought of..."
Cheng Shouzhong, Yuzhu and a group of palace maids were present. Jiang Shuyi did not dare to talk about her past life. After Pei Yan dismissed them, she continued, "I remember that I was so worried about him in my past life. I was neither a living person nor a ghost. I felt very uncomfortable. In this life, I just want to live a worry-free life under your majesty's protection. I don't want to be a mother anymore and worry about everything. Your majesty, do you understand how sad I am?"
Pei Yan couldn't fully understand her sadness, but he could empathize with her.
He hummed, and gently stroked the top of Jiang Shuyi's head: "Just don't see Pei Yu anymore. I will always protect you. You don't have to think about anything, and you don't have to worry about anything. I will take care of everything."
Jiang Shuyi buried her face in his arms and held him tightly, like a soft vine clinging to a tall tree.
Not all seeds can grow into pine, cypress and green bamboo. She can only grow happily if she relies on her loved ones. This is unfortunate, but fortunately she has a branch to rely on and she will not be wandering for the rest of her life.
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