Chapter 207 Extra: If Pei Yan was reborn (15)
After hearing Pei Fobao's guess, Jiang Shuyi was stunned.
She immediately shook her head, "Impossible. The prince has devoted all his love to me. When I caught a cold, he put me on his bed to watch over me. When I was thirsty at night, he poured me tea. Who could do such a thing to a pet?"
Pei Fobao felt it was even more alike!
She gritted her teeth and thought for a long time, then turned around and ordered all the palace people to leave. Then she leaned close to Jiang Shuyi's ear and asked in a low voice, "Has my brother ever done anything strange to you?"
She was still somewhat worried that her brother might be a beast in human form; after all, he was her father's son.
Jiang Shuyi tilted her head: "What's weird?"
Pei Fobao struggled to describe it: "It's just... it's just too intimate. For example, does he like to touch you?"
Jiang Shuyi fell into deep thought.
That is somewhat true.
He loved to touch her head, pinch her cheeks, and in the past few years he would hold her on his knees…
Pei Fobao saw that she seemed to be thinking about something and thought to himself, "It's over."
My brother really inherited the beastliness from our father!
"Shuyi, let's find someone else to like. The emperor is good-looking, but the most important thing in choosing a husband is character. Although the ninth brother is a little stupid, he has a pure heart. Even if he doesn't like you in the future, he will treat you well and respect you. The emperor treats you well now, but what if he loses interest in you one day and you don't even have a name? What will you do?"
Pei Fobao is one year older than Jiang Shuyi. The Ministry of Rites has recently been selecting husbands for her. All of them look fancy but are rotten inside, so she has a lot of thoughts about the matter of marriage.
Jiang Shuyi's lowered eyes trembled.
She had never thought that she would marry someone else before, and she felt that she would be with the Crown Prince for the rest of her life.
But what the prince said was right, how could she be sure of her feelings for him?
Perhaps it was just out of respect and admiration for her brother and father. After all, before the Ministry of Rites began to urge Pei Yan to take a wife, Jiang Shuyi had never thought of marrying him.
She just wanted to selfishly possess the Crown Prince for the rest of her life.
Jiang Shuyi took a deep breath and looked up at Pei Fobao: "Sister, I've thought it through. I want to meet more other men."
She needs to know how much she likes the Crown Prince.
If she really falls in love with another man, the prince won't have to worry about it.
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Pei Fobao most wants to bring Jiang Shuyi and Pei Rui together.
Pei Rui is eighteen years old this year and has already left the palace to build his own house. However, he has always refused to get married because he is still thinking about Jiang Shuyi.
Pei Fobao first let the two of them exchange letters to reminisce about the past. When he felt that they had regained their brief friendship as classmates, he took Jiang Shuyi out of the palace in the name of going out for an outing to meet Pei Rui in private.
Jiang Shuyi met Pei Rui in the peach blossom forest outside Beijing.
In the past few years, the two had only met at palace banquets, and each time they just smiled and greeted each other.
Pei Rui had grown into a handsome young man. The moment he saw Jiang Shuyi, the tips of his ears turned red. He asked awkwardly, "How has Sister Jiang been these days?"
Sure enough, it was another greeting. Jiang Shuyi couldn't help but smile.
Pei Rui still didn't know why Jiang Shuyi was laughing, and his silly look made Jiang Shuyi laugh even more.
Perry laughed too.
Cheng Fu, who was not far away, saw this scene, took note of it silently, and would tell His Highness when he returned to the palace.
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Jiang Shuyi was unaware of everything. After returning to the palace, she seriously considered whether she had any romantic feelings for Pei Rui.
It was quite fun to be with him, but Jiang Shuyi just wanted to go for a walk and chat with him, and didn't want to be more intimate, such as holding his hand or hugging him...
Is it because we have been together for too short a time?
Jiang Shuyi felt that she couldn't make a decision easily and should wait and see for a few more days.
The next day, Jiang Shuyi was about to leave the palace again, so she asked Fangchu to go to the Qianqing Palace to report.
The Crown Prince did not restrict her from leaving the palace for fun, as long as she brought enough guards with her and reported before leaving.
This time we met again in the peach blossom forest on the outskirts of Beijing.
After a day of getting along, the two were no longer as unfamiliar with each other as before. Jiang Shuyi said she wanted peach blossoms, and Pei Rui immediately said he would pick them. However, the most beautiful branch was a little high, so he had to climb up to pick it.
Perry gritted his teeth and decided to climb the tree.
As a prince, he never did such a thing even at his most mischievous.
So I hugged the tree trunk, not knowing what to do next.
Jiang Shuyi was speechless: "Take off your shoes! How can you climb like this?"
Perry was a little annoyed and responded repeatedly.
But he wouldn't crawl even without his shoes and socks.
Jiang Shuyi couldn't help but feel itchy and thought back to when she was in the East Palace, she had also climbed a tree before. Now she seemed to know how to climb.
So Jiang Shuyi also took off her shoes and socks, and despite the palace servants' obstruction, she asked Pei Rui to come down and she climbed up.
He clung to the tree like a monkey and hadn't climbed up much when a surprised voice suddenly came from behind him: "Royal brother?"
Jiang Shuyi paused.
Which brother? It's not the brother she was thinking of...
Fang Chuzai also spoke at this time: "This servant pays homage to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"
Jiang Shuyi's heart was hanging in the air.
She was still holding on to the tree, trying to find a crack in the ground to crawl into.
"You're not coming down yet?"
A familiar warm voice sounded behind her. Jiang Shuyi turned back with despair, met Pei Yan's expressionless face, and buried her head back into the tree.
It's so embarrassing...
It's strange that she didn't feel ashamed in front of Pei Rui, but when Pei Yan saw her, she was embarrassed.
Pei Yan was surprisingly not angry.
He said calmly, "You can't get down? Do you want me to hold you in my arms?"
Jiang Shuyi was so ashamed that she didn't climb at all, she just held on to the tree tightly.
Now she stretched her legs and landed on the ground. She loosened her arms from hugging the tree, turned around with her head hung, as if admitting her mistake.
Pei Yan only glanced at her once, and his eyes fell on her feet without her shoes and socks.
Jiang Shuyi quickly tucked her feet into her skirt.
Pei Yan looked back at her face calmly: "When you were a kid, you climbed a tree once, but you couldn't get down. I fell to save you and got hurt all over. I also sprained my ankle. Don't you remember?"
His tone was calm, but it evoked past events in Jiang Shuyi's heart.
At that time, she had just entered the Eastern Palace and was still a little afraid of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. It was because of that time when he risked his life to protect her that Jiang Shuyi was no longer afraid of him.
"You promised me something back then, that you would never put yourself in danger again. Did you do that?"
Jiang Shuyi was so ashamed that she couldn't raise her head.
Pei Rui, who was left aside, was a little anxious when he saw this, and tried to help Jiang Shuyi out: "Royal brother, sister Jiang climbed the tree because of me, if you want to blame someone, just blame me!"
Pei Yan didn't even glance at him.
He held the girl, who had already admitted her fault, in his arms, and spoke indifferently, not knowing who he was talking to: "When have I ever really punished you? I raised you and have loved you for five years. I can't wait to love you. Do you think it's time for an outsider to speak up for you?"
Jiang Shuyi wanted to say that she had been punished by copying books several times, but Pei Yan's current mood didn't seem to be suitable for being serious...
Pei Rui stared in amazement as his brother picked up Sister Jiang and carried her horizontally out of the peach forest.
Royal brother, Royal brother, don’t you treat Sister Jiang as your own sister?!
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