Chapter 173: Previous Life (V)
From then on, no one dared to do anything to Jiang Shuyi, at most they just had a few verbal arguments.
Jiang Shuyi complained truthfully every time in the beginning, but later she started to exaggerate and act pitiful to make him feel distressed.
Even making some stupid traps.
She found three accomplices, and when one fell down, another fell into the lotus pond, she always blamed it on Concubine Wu, Concubine Xue and others.
Pei Yan felt that if she tried to seize the throne, she could die eight hundred times with these means.
He pretended not to notice, but she was caring about him anyway.
In the winter of the second year after Pei Yan ascended the throne, Jiang Shuyi became pregnant.
He couldn't tell whether he was happy or not. If he favored a concubine, he would let her give birth to an heir. This was what emperors had done since ancient times. Of course, he had to do the same since he favored Jiang Shuyi.
But Pei Yan really didn't have much love for his children, he only followed his father's example.
If it is a son of an imperial family, he will be taught strictly and expected to become a great man. If it is a princess, she will be raised by her mother and will be rewarded with more jewelry and clothes.
But Jiang Shuyi was very happy, and since she became pregnant, she began to stick to him in every way.
When Pei Yan became emperor from a crown prince, he no longer had the feeling of walking on thin ice or on the edge of a knife, but he also had a lot more government affairs to deal with.
It is impossible for him to be with Jiang Shuyi all the time.
It happened that a major case of embezzlement in the dikes broke out in Jiangnan. Pei Yan summoned officials from the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Justice for two consecutive days to discuss the matter. He had no time to take care of his own diet, so he refused Jiang Shuyi's requests for a meeting several times. Fearing that she would be suspicious, he rewarded her with a lot of jewelry as a consolation.
On the third day, Dicui came to Ganqing Palace to report urgently.
"The concubine stares at the direction of the Palace of Heavenly Purity and cries every day. She thinks that His Majesty has refused to see her several times because he despises her because she is pregnant and cannot serve him, so he is looking for a new lover. This morning, the imperial physician examined the concubine's pulse and said that the concubine is worried and depressed. If this continues, it will be bad for both the mother and the fetus."
Pei Yan held his forehead with his hand, and had no choice but to call Jiang Shuyi over.
She was pregnant, and Pei Yan couldn't scold her, so he had to talk to her in a gentle voice and tell her that he was busy recently, not that he didn't love her anymore.
Jiang Shuyi seemed to have suffered a great injustice and cried for a long time while hugging him.
From then on, no matter how busy Pei Yan was, he never refused Jiang Shuyi's request to see him.
But Jiang Shuyi cried when she couldn't see him, and she also cried when she saw him.
She looked at Pei Yan and cried. Pei Yan asked her why she was crying, but she said she didn't know, she just wanted to cry and wanted him to comfort her.
Pei Yan's gentleness was originally half true and half false, but after two months, she had worn him down to the point where he really had lost all his temper.
It was not until the third month that Concubine Xue poisoned Pei Yi and falsely accused Jiang Shuyi of being the culprit.
It was a clever move. Pei Yi was the eldest son of the emperor, and the gender of the baby in Jiang Shuyi's belly was unknown. No one would think that Concubine Xue would be stupid enough to risk her own son to frame her.
On the other hand, Jiang Shuyi, who was pregnant and spoiled, had a hundred reasons to poison the only prince in the palace.
Jiang Shuyi was feeling inexplicably sad that day, and was crying by the window. Pei Yan was tired of trying to comfort her, so he simply reviewed the memorials and let her cry for a while.
Cheng Shouzhong came in and reported the matter, and Jiang Shuyi stopped crying immediately.
Her tearful eyes were filled with disbelief, and her face slowly turned red with anger. Then she stood up and slammed the table, "She's talking nonsense! I've been with His Majesty these days, how could I split myself to harm the eldest prince!"
Cheng Shouzhong truthfully relayed: "The captured palace maid confessed that she was instructed by Concubine Jiang half a month ago."
Pei Yan saw that Jiang Shuyi didn't care to cry anymore, fearing that he would believe her. She wiped her tears and walked over quickly. She grabbed his sleeves with both hands and explained with red eyes: "I can't do such a thing, Your Majesty. Even if I want to harm someone, I can't do it when I'm pregnant. Being frightened is not good for the fetus. Your Majesty must believe me!"
Pei Yan thought that Concubine Xue Shu would never have expected Jiang Shuyi to explain it this way.
He deliberately asked, "So you really want to harm others?"
Jiang Shuyi realized that she had said something wrong, and she was so scared that her whole body trembled. She quickly knelt down and said, "I have the will but not the courage! When I say harming people, at most I would just frame them and let Your Majesty deal with them. I would never dare to do it myself!"
Pei Yan felt that if he asked a few more questions, she would confess all the bad things she had done since entering the Eastern Palace.
He helped Jiang Shuyi up and asked her to sit down: "No need to kneel. Even if you really did it, I will not punish you now. I will settle accounts with you when you safely give birth to the heir."
Jiang Shuyi was anxious, angry and aggrieved. She explained here and there, pouring out all the words she could think of to prove her innocence.
He was full of energy and looked threatening, without any trace of the resentment he had just had when he was sitting alone and shedding tears.
very good.
Pei Yan was tortured for three months, and finally a way to cure her was found.
He was in no hurry to clear Jiang Shuyi's name. He asked the imperial physician to check her pulse. After learning that Jiang Shuyi was not so angry that she had a miscarriage, he gently told her, "Of course I believe you, but it's useless for me to believe alone. You still have to think about how to prove your innocence."
Jiang Shuyi has something to do.
She went out every day to conspire with her accomplices, and then told Pei Yan the feasible strategies they had discussed.
Pei Yan did as she said and thoroughly investigated Concubine Xue's palace maids and the palace maids who served the eldest prince, including the source of the poison.
Of course, "nothing".
After Jiang Shuyi knew the result, she was so anxious that she wanted to cry. Pei Yan thought that he had teased her enough and she should be quiet for a while, so he took action.
He asked Cheng Shouzhong to tell Concubine Shu that the matter would be investigated thoroughly. If the palace eunuchs could not find the real culprit, the Ministry of Justice would intervene and would definitely give her and the eldest prince justice.
No matter how cunning Concubine Xue Shu was, she was after all a lady from a wealthy family. When she heard the official from the Ministry of Justice, she immediately became afraid.
She quickly pushed the two palace maids who had drugged the eldest prince out to take the blame, and asked them to confess that they had poisoned the eldest prince in revenge because they had been punished by Concubine Shu and held a grudge against him. They also framed Concubine Jiang to save their own lives.
The case was closed, and Pei Yan asked Cheng Shouzhong to hint and warn Concubine Shu.
Pei Yi is her son, and she has the final say on whether or not to conduct a thorough investigation if he is harmed. However, if the victim is Jiang Shuyi, there is no way to close the case until the real murderer is found.
Shufei was a smart person and could understand Pei Yan's intention. Even if she continued to be restless and wanted to do something, she would not dare to attack Jiang Shuyi directly.
After Jiang Shuyi experienced what happened to Concubine Shu, she no longer cried and was sad about the passing of time.
She regained her fighting spirit.
According to the report from the spy in Zhaoyang Palace, when Jiang Shuyi was discussing with Miao Zhaoyi, she proposed to frame Concubine Shu by having a fall. Since she is pregnant now, His Majesty will feel sorry for her and will definitely punish Concubine Shu severely. Miao Zhaoyi finally persuaded her to give up.
Pei Yan's heart sank.
When Jiang Shuyi came to see him again, he scolded her.
Of course, this reason cannot be used. He only said that Jiang Shuyi has not taken care of her health recently and did not know to put the royal heir first. If the royal heir is in the slightest bit of trouble, she will be punished.
The tone was not harsh, but Jiang Shuyi's broken and unbelievable look made Pei Yan feel that what he said was too much.
He finally softened his tone: "I just want to tell you that if you have been wronged, you can come to me. Don't make yourself suffer. You are a double-bodied person now, and you can't stand any setbacks. Do you understand?"
If you want to harm someone, just come and complain to me directly, don't put yourself in danger, do you understand?
I don't know if Jiang Shuyi understood the hidden meaning, but she didn't say anything and just agreed obediently.
But from that day on, she lost her fighting spirit and became listless.
After two days of not showing any improvement, Pei Yan had no choice but to ask her patiently if she was still grieving over what happened that day.
Jiang Shuyi looked up at him, tilted her head slightly, tears welling up in her eyes, and her voice was so weak that it seemed to drift away with the wind: "Your Majesty, do you value the prince in my belly more than me..."
Pei Yan finally knew why she was sad.
He let Jiang Shuyi lie on his knees and patted her back soothingly: "I don't value it, I value you. When you vomited and felt uncomfortable because of it and couldn't eat, I thought about aborting it."
Jiang Shuyi seemed unconvinced and asked with a sob, "Then why didn't you fall?"
"Because the imperial physician said that abortion is more harmful to women than giving birth, and may even put their lives in danger."
Pei Yan rubbed her head and whispered, "Give birth to it. I will accompany you to give birth to it, and you won't have it anymore."
Jiang Shuyi didn't listen to his words carefully, only caring about her own sad things: "Then your majesty must promise me that no matter what time, I am more important than the heir to the throne!"
Pei Yan lowered his eyes and chuckled: "Yeah."
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