Chapter 200 Extra: If Pei Yan was reborn (9)
Pei Yan put on a show in front of his father, and had to arrange the killing of his eldest brother according to the imperial edict. He was too busy to do so, so he could only ask Cheng Shouzhong to go to Wenhua Palace to pick up Jiang Shuyi.
As night fell, the gate leading to the Eastern Palace from the Forbidden City was locked, and Jiang Shuyi's residence was arranged in a palace not far behind the Qianqing Palace.
After Pei Yan finished everything, he should have stayed in the Qianqing Palace to accompany his father to show his filial piety. However, he remembered that today was Jiang Shuyi's first time to go to Wenhua Palace, and he had promised to pick her up but had not done it, so he felt uneasy.
I wonder if the little girl cried.
She was so dependent on him, and I don't know what she was thinking about at the moment.
Maybe I won’t even be able to eat dinner.
When Pei Yan thought of this, his heart was in a knot. He could not care about anything else for the moment. He turned around and went directly to Jiang Shuyi's residence.
Unexpectedly, Jiang Shuyi had already fallen asleep.
Pei Yan remembered that she had cut her wrists in her previous life. She sat down on the bed and lifted the quilt, checking her from head to toe. She tried her breathing and only felt relieved when she was sure she was alive.
"She didn't cry?"
Pei Yan had never seen any traces of tears on her face, so he asked Cui Ping, the palace maid serving Jiang Shuyi.
Cui Ping answered truthfully and softly, "During the last class of Wei Taifu, the girl missed His Highness so much that she kept crying. When the class was over, she couldn't help crying as she watched the princesses and princes return to the palace one by one. The Tenth Princess couldn't comfort her, and in the end it was the Ninth Prince who performed a magic trick to make the girl laugh and forget her worries."
Pei Yan hummed, and his eyes became softer as he looked at Jiang Shuyi.
Cui Ping continued to report: "His Highness the Ninth Prince sent the girl back all the way and played with her for a long time until Concubine Liang sent someone to call him back. Then His Highness the Ninth Prince went back. The girl was tired from playing, so she took a bath and went to bed."
Pei Yan couldn't tell how he felt.
It seemed that he should praise his ninth brother for being obedient and taking such good care of Jiang Shuyi, but in fact, he felt a little uncomfortable.
Just because you were having fun playing with others, you forgot about him?
What a heartless person.
Pei Yan didn't say anything in the end. He tucked the quilt into the little girl's arms before getting up and returning to the Qianqing Palace.
*
The first thing Jiang Shuyi did when she opened her eyes the next day was to look for Pei Yan.
Cuiping told her that the prince had just arrived and was reading in the outer hall.
Jiang Shuyi's eyes suddenly sparkled. She didn't even bother to put on her shoes. She ran out the door barefoot with her hair loose, shouting, "Brother Crown Prince!"
Pei Yan put down the book when he heard the noise inside. Now he was embraced by her, and the corners of his lips curled up slightly.
"Do you want to be alone?"
He picked up Jiang Shuyi, put her on his lap, and asked her with a smile.
Jiang Shuyi nodded vigorously, and then said aggrievedly: "Brother Prince didn't keep his word. He clearly said that he would be the first one to pick me up, but I was alone there. After everyone left, no one came to take me home..."
Pei Yan felt sad when he heard this.
He admitted his mistake in a gentle voice: "I was wrong. I said something wrong. I will give you whatever you want."
Jiang Shuyi pouted: "Brother Crown Prince always breaks his promises. He said he would not assign me homework before, but he still gave me homework. Later he said he would not mind if I did not complete the homework, but he went back on his word and punished me. This time it's the same again. I will never trust Brother Crown Prince again!"
Pei Yan didn't know how he had inadvertently deceived the little girl so many times.
He sighed softly: "What should I do? How can I make Ah Shu trust me?"
Jiang Shuyi raised her chin slightly, her face full of arrogance from being spoiled: "From now on, Prince Brother, you must sleep with me every night and tell me stories. I will trust Prince Brother if he can do that!"
Pei Yan couldn't help but have a slight headache.
Although Jiang Shuyi was a little spoiled in her previous life, she had already understood the ways of the world when she entered the Eastern Palace, and she always had a little fear of him as the crown prince.
But now, he spoils her so much that she is not afraid of him at all.
Pei Yan could only patiently reason with her: "No, there is a difference between men and women. How can I sleep with you every night?"
After a pause, he seemed to remember something and added casually, "Men and women over the age of seven should not sit together. It's not just you. If other men want to get close to you, you should refuse. Any gentleman will not do anything that violates etiquette."
Jiang Shuyi's eyes widened in surprise, and then she looked at herself sitting in the arms of the Crown Prince, and stammered, "Then...then, am I being too rude to treat the Crown Prince like this?"
Pei Yan paused, then held her up higher as if nothing had happened: "I am different from you, I am not bound by the secular world."
Jiang Shuyi didn't quite understand, but seeing the prince's righteous look, she nodded anyway.
"Since it's different, can you accompany me every night?"
Pei Yan looked down at Jiang Shuyi, who thought she was smart with her bright almond-shaped eyes, and felt helpless and amused.
"Sure, I'll come and accompany you as long as I have time."
Although it was not an exact statement, Jiang Shuyi was also very happy.
It was Pei Yan who sent me to Wenhua Palace this time.
Jiang Shuyi chattered on the way, talking about a lot of people who were nice to her yesterday.
Needless to say, the Ninth Prince and the Tenth Princess were very nice, and their study companions were also very good. In addition, the Eighth Prince saw that she was crying, so he gave her a piece of cake. Jiang Shuyi remembered Pei Yan's words and did not eat it, but she remembered the kindness.
Pei Yan felt even more uncomfortable when he saw Jiang Shuyi's cheerful look.
Jiang Shuyi is like a kite in his hand.
He held her tightly in his hand, fearing that she would fade into obscurity and her wings would decay and break. If he let her go, he would be worried whether she was too high and too far away and whether he could pull her back.
I wish I could hold it in my mouth, hold it in my hands, and rub it into my bones and blood...
*
Since Emperor Jiahe was poisoned, his health has been getting worse day by day.
The imperial physician said that the poison was too vicious and had damaged the person's foundation.
Emperor Jiahe was so angry that he wanted to cut the eldest prince into pieces.
But the person has already been executed, we can’t dig him up and whip his corpse.
Pei Yan knew that he was still young and had just been appointed as the crown prince. If he ascended the throne rashly, he might not be able to win the support of the people.
He kept his father's life hanging on and only ordered Doctor Wang to add a few ingredients to the medicine that would make the person sleep more and wake up less, and become confused.
The prince is the one who calls the shots in the palace, and his prestige in the court is growing because of his role as regent.
On the other hand, Jiang Shuyi was also like a fish in water in Wenhua Hall.
Except for the Sixth Princess and the two princes who were studying with her, the rest of the people got along harmoniously, either for Pei Yan's sake or because they truly did not dislike Jiang Shuyi.
Especially the Ninth Prince and the Tenth Princess, all three of them are playful and have similar interests.
But as I was throwing, something went wrong.
The tenth princess hated the scholar Huang who taught etiquette and music. Scholar Huang was a man who changed his attitude according to the situation. In the past, he would try to please whoever his mother favored. Now, he would try to please whoever had a good relationship with the crown prince. Otherwise, he would target them.
Jiang Shuyi was very close to the prince, so naturally she became the one who was flattered the most.
But she also didn't like Mr. Huang, because Mr. Huang would always tell Jiang Shuyi in ambiguous ways, smiling as if giving her a reminder, that she would definitely be the prince's concubine in the future, and that she should not forget him when she was in favor.
Jiang Shuyi hated it when he said that.
Pei Yan obviously didn't want to marry her, he just treated her as a sister and a daughter!
And even if he wanted to marry her, he shouldn't say such things to a child of his age!
So when the Tenth Princess suggested giving Mr. Huang a lesson, Jiang Shuyi agreed enthusiastically.
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