Chapter 193 Extra: If Pei Yan was reborn (2)
Emperor Jiahe was silent for a long time, then suddenly looked at Pei Yan and smiled.
"Prince, I now realize that your gentleness in the past was all an act."
What the prince said was feasible, but Emperor Jiahe did not want to take the risk.
If something unexpected happened and Liangzhou really fell into the hands of thieves, his reputation in this life would be ruined.
It would be better for him to deceive himself like this. At least the history books record that he employed good generals and won peace for the people.
As for whether this good general caused harm to the people and bullied the common people, even if the history books commented on it, they would only say that he was deceived.
But Emperor Jiahe was very satisfied with the prince's fierce measures.
After he dies, the prince can do this. If he succeeds, he will be happy in heaven. If he fails, Pei Yan will be infamous for eternity. At most, he will be branded as a person who misjudged people and appointed the wrong crown prince.
"Does the prince want any reward?"
Emperor Jiahe was in a good mood and asked Pei Yan.
Pei Yan hesitated for a moment, then lowered his eyes and said, "Father, I saw the second daughter of Censor Jiang at a flower-viewing banquet in early spring, and I was very pleased with her. I hope Your Majesty can grant her to me as a concubine."
It is definitely not feasible for Jiang Shuyi to become the Crown Princess at this time, but Pei Yan knows that Jiang Shuyi is not living well in her mother's home, so he must bring her to his side to feel at ease.
Emperor Jiahe had no impression of Censor Jiang at all, but he did not expect Pei Yan to make this request.
He is fifteen years old this year, so it is reasonable for him to be granted a concubine. But he is usually very serious and his personal servants are all eunuchs. How could he ask for a woman?
Emperor Jiahe really looked at his son with new eyes today. If it weren't for the strict security in the palace, he would have suspected that someone had switched the prince.
He was a lustful person, so he naturally would not rebuke Pei Yan for this. Instead, he smiled and said, "Well, Yan'er has really grown up."
*
Pei Yan forgot one thing.
He is fifteen years old, Jiang Shuyi is five years younger than him and just turned ten this year.
When Emperor Jiahe summoned Pei Yan again, his eyes were filled with indescribable expression.
"I thought you had grown up."
The result is that he grew into a beast.
Although Emperor Jiahe did not say the second half of the sentence, his eyes revealed this meaning.
When he saw the little girl, he found her to be truly a beauty. However, she was too young to do such an animalistic thing.
Pei Yan: ...
After a moment of silence, he forced himself to look at his father, and said in a serious tone: "Father, please understand. I have no other intentions now. I just think she is very pleasing to the eye. I want to keep her by my side and raise her for the time being."
“Nowadays” has no other meaning.
Put it beside you "first".
Keep it “for now”.
Emperor Jiahe frowned again and again, and finally sighed.
"Her father is an official in the court after all, do you understand?"
Pei Yan: "...I understand."
Emperor Jiahe: "It's good that you know your limits. You have never asked me for anything since you were a child. This time I will grant your request. I will summon her to the palace as the princess's companion and let her stay by your side."
He is the emperor, and he and the princes will always be a monarch and subject first, and then a father and son. But at this age, he also wants to enjoy family time with his sons.
In the past, the prince was always meticulous, too respectful and not friendly enough. Now he took the initiative to expose his fetish, which was a gesture of goodwill.
Emperor Jiahe agreed, which was also a response to the prince's statement today.
After all, among all his sons, Pei Yan was the only one who could achieve success after trying his best.
*
Inside the Mingde Hall of the Eastern Palace, a little girl in a pink skirt and double buns was sitting on a tall armchair.
She had a delicate and pretty face, and her almond-shaped eyes were staring eagerly at the milk cake on the table opposite her, obviously she had been coveting it for a long time.
The palace servants who were serving nearby looked at each other when they saw this, and then a palace maid went to bring the plate of cakes over and said with a smile, "Miss Jiang, eat if you want."
However, the little girl shook her head again, blinked her watery eyes and looked at her, saying in a serious tone: "Thank you, sister, but I can't eat anything in the palace."
My father and stepmother had told me that I must abide by the rules after entering the palace, and if I made the slightest mistake, it might bring trouble to the entire family.
The little girl obviously wanted to eat, but she forced herself not to eat, which made the palace people laugh.
"Your Highness is kind and kind. Miss Jiang doesn't need to be so reserved."
Jiang Shuyi then timidly asked, "I, I'm supposed to be the Sixth Princess's study companion, right? Why did I come to the East Palace..."
The palace servants didn't know either, it was the emperor's people who sent the person here according to the emperor's order.
Just when he was at a loss as to how to answer, a voice rang out from outside the palace: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived—"
The palace maid quickly took the little girl down from the chair and taught her in a low voice how to bow.
Jiang Shuyi understood etiquette, but was a little nervous. She tried her best to recall what she was taught at home. Just as she was about to kneel down and kowtow, she was interrupted by a warm and pleasant voice like the sound of jade breaking in Kunshan.
"Jiang Shuyi."
Jiang Shuyi was so frightened when her name was suddenly called that she didn't even bother to greet him. She suddenly raised her head and stared at the prince in a daze.
So handsome...
The moment she saw the prince, this exclamation popped into her mind.
His eyebrows and eyes are as handsome as those of a god, and his bearing is noble and inviolable, but his expression is very gentle. The eyes that look at you are like warm clear stream water, which makes people reluctant to withdraw even if they are drowning.
Pei Yan was also staring at her.
It turns out that Jiang Shuyi was so well-behaved and cute when she was young. Now she looks silly and restrained. I wonder how much injustice she must have suffered at home.
Why wasn't it earlier?
As early as when she was still in her infancy, he would raise her personally and not let her suffer any setbacks.
There were many things that could not be said in front of the palace maids. Pei Yan's tone unconsciously became gentle and slow, and he called softly, "Come with me."
Jiang Shuyi was still immersed in the daze of being called by the handsome prince until she was quietly pushed by a palace servant. Then she reacted and hurriedly lifted her skirt to chase after the prince to the bedroom.
The prince's bedroom is huge.
At least it was much bigger than her boudoir, and was decorated luxuriously and with brocade everywhere. The bed looked so comfortable and soft that one really wanted to lie down on it and roll around.
Pei Yan saw that she was standing properly but her eyes were looking around, and he couldn't help but curl the corners of his lips slightly.
Sure enough, he has been smart since he was a child.
He now wanted very much to hold the person in his arms and rub his flesh into his bones and blood, but doing so at this moment would be too beastly.
Pei Yan sat down beside the bed, and when the little girl had seen enough, he called her over, lowered his eyes and asked slowly, "Do you like it here?"
Jiang Shuyi nodded without hesitation: "I like it!"
Who wouldn’t like such a beautiful palace?
Pei Yan saw her eyes sparkling, and couldn't help but tease her: "I won't give it to you even if you like it."
Jiang Shuyi: ...
She is already ten years old, not a three-year-old child. Even if she likes it, she won't be so willful as to ask for the prince's bedroom!
The little girl's face was full of grievance and injustice. Pei Yan looked at her lively eyes and eyebrows, and the breath of a living person all over her body. The heavy pain in his heart was finally relieved a little.
He added in a gentle voice: "But you can stay."
Jiang Shuyi raised her eyes in surprise.
Pei Yan gently pinched her soft and warm cheek: "Not now, you need to follow me to study and practice calligraphy in the future. When you can write an article that satisfies me, I will allow you to come here anytime."
The more Jiang Shuyi listened, the more she felt something was wrong. In the end, she opened her eyes slightly and tried to explain: "Your Highness, did you pick up the wrong person? I am the Sixth Princess's study partner, not your Highness's study partner!"
Pei Yan chuckled, lowered his eyelashes, and his eyes were deep: "You didn't answer the wrong question, Jiang Shuyi, you must remember that you will be alone for the rest of your life."
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