Chapter 185 Extra: Pei Yu (IV)
Not long after the first snow fell, it was already the New Year’s Eve palace banquet.
Yue Miao covered the little prince with three or four layers of clothes and held a hand warmer for him.
Pei Yu watched her busying around with cold eyes, and felt a strange feeling in his heart.
What did she think of her? Just a slave, not his mother, why did she take over his duties and take such good care of him?
He wanted to punish her again, but when Yue Miao looked at him with a smile, he turned his face away.
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Yue Miao really didn't expect that an accident would happen while attending a palace banquet.
I don’t know what’s wrong with the little prince, he insisted on leaving the table to take her to watch the fireworks.
"Do you have parents?"
When Yue Miao heard the young prince ask this, the corners of her mouth twitched.
"Who doesn't have parents? I'm not a stone monkey. Naturally, I was born by my father and raised by my mother."
His mouth moved faster than his brain. After choking, Yue Miao realized what he had done. After a few moments of daze, he bent his knees and knelt down.
It's over...
Pei Yu's face had indeed turned gloomy.
Rarely, he did not get angry immediately, but continued to ask in a cold voice: "Your parents are not good to you, right? Did they often abuse you and make you do rough work? Otherwise, you would not have come to the palace."
Yue Miao really couldn't stand others slandering her parents.
Although her attitude was respectful, she was a little unhappy: "No, my parents are very good. Because of a flood, my father passed away and my mother was not in good health. It happened that the palace sent eunuchs to recruit men and women of appropriate age to enter the palace as palace maids in order to resettle the victims, so I signed up."
The temperature around Pei Yu immediately became eerie and chilly.
He clenched his fists and threatened: "So I am the worst person to you, right?"
Yue Miao felt that it was about the same.
Pei Yu's malice towards her was not as great as that of the nanny who had isolated her before, but no matter how much the nanny disliked her, she did not dare to almost beat her to a cripple.
I don’t know why, but Yue Miao had clearly recognized her own identity before. She was just a servant, and all the thunder, lightning, rain and dew were grace from the emperor. As long as she was more careful and didn’t make mistakes next time, there was nothing to feel wronged about.
But at this moment, I feel a little sad.
Pei Yu could already see the answer from her face.
The anger in his chest was about to surge out, and even his vision went dark. His whole body was shaking, and his breathing became rapid.
Why? Why was he the worst to her?
Why does she need relatives? If her parents died and she was alone before entering the palace, or if her parents abused her all day, would she know how good she is?
Yue Miao noticed that something was wrong with the little prince, and without even bothering to kneel, she quickly stood up and asked, "What's wrong with the prince? Are you feeling unwell?"
Pei Yu pushed her away, his eyes reddened, his lips tightly pursed, and he staggered forward.
Yue Miao was so frightened that she could only follow behind him and anxiously admit her mistake: "Your Highness, it was my fault. Please don't be angry..."
The young prince ignored her completely.
Until they reached a water pavilion, they heard the voice of a palace maid coming from inside.
"This snobbish thing, seeing that the Imperial Concubine is in favor, tries to please the Second Prince in every way. It's obvious that he is bullying our First Prince because he doesn't have the support of his mother!"
This is the eldest prince’s personal maid Yuexi, who entered the palace at the same time as Yuemiao. She has a somewhat arrogant and spoiled personality.
"Alright." It was the voice of the Grand Prince, calm and gentle: "Have you forgotten what I taught you? Don't talk about others behind their backs."
Pei Yu paused.
So this is how the eldest prince treats the palace maids in private?
Hypocritical and artificial, just like the emperor, who is obviously very cruel and merciless to his own children, but he pretends to be kind to his subordinates.
But there are distinctions between the superior and the inferior in this world. No matter how gentle the eldest royal brother is towards Yuexi now, he will punish her mercilessly if Yuexi makes a mistake.
Yuexi in the waterside pavilion did not say anything, but Pei Yi's personal eunuch took over the conversation: "So what if the Second Prince has the Imperial Concubine as his mother? The Imperial Concubine does not want him, so it is almost the same as having no mother at all!"
Pei Yi frowned and shouted, "Shut up!"
At the same time, the door of the waterside pavilion was kicked open. He looked up and saw his brother with a gloomy face.
"What did he say?"
Pei Yi tilted his head, his eyes were mixed with a bit of madness, and murderous intent was almost overflowing: "Big Brother, what did he say about me?"
Pei Yi's heart tightened, he knew that his younger brother could not stand people saying that he had no mother.
He immediately ordered his personal eunuch: "Kneel down and admit your fault to your second brother!"
The young eunuch had been frightened to the point of his legs going limp when Pei Yu kicked the door. He immediately knelt down, crying and admitting his fault: "I know I was wrong, I know I was wrong! I shouldn't have said such nonsense!"
Pei Yu did not calm down his anger. He clenched his knuckles until they creaked, and spoke ruthlessly, "Drag him out and beat him to death."
Yue Miao took a deep breath and wanted to plead for mercy, but when she thought of the pain she felt last time being punished, she became timid again and was so anxious that she didn't know what to do.
Pei Yi disagreed, "Second brother, you are too impetuous. Sun Shouxi just said something wrong. He is not guilty of death. A gentleman should be kind and compassionate. You have a deep affection for your mother, but doesn't he have a mother? If he died in the palace because of this, how worried his mother would be."
Yue Miao thought to herself, it’s over.
Your Highness really doesn't know how to give advice. Does he have to hurt the young prince's heart with such words about having a mother or not?
As expected, Pei Yu became even angrier.
Because of the commotion, the guards outside the water pavilion came in. Pei Yu tilted his head and saw the sword on the guard's body, his eyes fixed.
Before anyone could react, he stepped forward, drew out the sharpened sword, and was about to kill Sun Shouxi himself.
Yue Miao was so frightened that she hugged him immediately and cried out, "Your Highness! Your Highness, you can't do that! How can we see blood at the palace banquet on New Year's Eve!"
Pei Yu's eyes were red, and he laughed in disbelief, which made people shudder: "Yue Miao, you still dare to plead for others?"
Sun Shouxi had already hidden behind the eldest prince. Pei Yi protected his two palace maids and said to his angry brother in a calm tone, "Second brother, calm down. You have been punished by the Grand Tutor for beating a palace maid to death. If you make a mistake again, I am afraid that the emperor will not forgive you. If you are really upset, I will order Sun Shouxi to be beaten with 20 boards and expelled from the palace. How about that?"
Pei Yu suddenly raised his head and roared: "I only want his life!"
Yue Miao hugged him tightly and did not dare to let go.
At this moment, a figure jumped down from the beam.
This scared everyone, and they thought it was an assassin. Pei Yu had already hugged Yue Miao and pointed his sword at the person, only to find that it was a young girl.
Li Rong stood up angrily and glared at Pei Yi: "How dare you bully my cousin?"
Pei Yi frowned: "Who is the girl?"
Li Rong raised his chin slightly with pride: "Let me tell you, my aunt is the Imperial Concubine, and I am your great aunt!"
After she finished speaking, she rushed over and hit Pei Yi.
The farce suddenly turned around and chaos broke out on the prince's side. The guards hurried forward to separate the two.
Yue Miao had never seen such a reckless girl. When she came to her senses, she realized that she was kneeling down and hugging the little princess' waist, and the little princess had stretched out her left hand to protect her head at some point.
In a protective gesture, he pointed the sword out with his right hand.
Yue Miao looked up in confusion for a moment, and Pei Yu pushed her away.
"I will punish you."
Pei Yu regretted his subconscious behavior just now, especially when he met the stupid look of the palace maid, he felt even more ashamed, and could only alleviate his shame by being cruel to her.
He gripped the hilt of the sword tightly, his knuckles turning white, and shouted, "You refuse to change your ways despite repeated admonitions. Kneel down and kneel until tomorrow morning before you can leave!"
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