Chapter 35 I'm not leaving, don't cry
As the night deepened, the Qianqing Palace was brightly lit.
When Jiang Shuyi followed Cheng Shouzhong in, Pei Yan was sitting on a low couch reading a book.
He must have just bathed, for he was wearing a nightgown and no hair crown. The black hair draped over his shoulders was a little damp. His handsome face was illuminated by the candlelight. He did not look like an emperor, but more like a handsome young man from a wealthy family.
After not seeing each other for two days, Jiang Shuyi was very excited. She finally suppressed the urge to run over and throw herself into his arms. She knelt down and saluted in a proper manner: "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you!"
Pei Yan could hear the joy overflowing in her voice.
He turned the pages of the book slowly without raising his head: "Where did this humble concubine come from, Cheng Shouzhong? I remember that I did not summon my concubines tonight."
Jiang Shuyi was slightly stunned.
Turning to look at Cheng Shouzhong, Cheng Shouzhong's face was full of smiles: "Your Majesty did not summon the concubines, this is the new imperial maid."
Oh, I see.
Jiang Shuyi took a breath. Was Pei Yan trying to play tricks on her?
Her cheeks flushed, and she cleared her throat and ordered Cheng Shouzhong: "Eunuch Cheng, please step aside first. Let me serve His Majesty."
Calling herself a slave but still acting like a favorite concubine, Cheng Shouzhong glanced at the emperor and saw that he had no objection, so she smiled and retreated with a tactful look.
Only the emperor and his concubine were left in the inner hall. Jiang Shuyi looked at Pei Yan, who was still reading a book without even glancing at her. She turned around and looked around the room, her eyes falling on the large dragon bed.
She raised the corner of her lips and went straight over there.
Pei Yan heard that she had driven Cheng Shouzhong away, and thought that Jiang Shuyi was going to come over and pester him, but he didn't know what she did. After rustling around the bed for a while, there was no sound.
He raised his eyes from the book and looked over.
A pair of embroidered shoes were lying crookedly on the ground, and the brocade quilt on the bed was bulging, obviously someone had crawled in.
Pei Yan paused and called her, "Jiang Shuyi."
Jiang Shuyi immediately pulled down the quilt, revealing her head and looking at him with smiling eyes.
Pei Yan didn't know why she was so happy lying there, so he said calmly: "If you are sleepy, just sleep in Zhaoyang Palace, why bother coming to my place?"
Jiang Shuyi looked innocent: "What is your majesty talking about? What Zhaoyang Palace? I am a new maid serving in front of the emperor."
"Oh?" Pei Yan agreed with her: "You have done a good job. Your master is still sitting here, while I, the servant, can sleep openly."
Jiang Shuyi didn't know why he always thought she was sleeping. She turned over and lay on the bed, propped up her chin and looked at him, saying seriously, "How could I sleep? I'm climbing on the dragon bed!"
Pei Yan looked at Jiang Shuyi and was silent for a moment.
He put down the book, stood up and walked towards the bed. Jiang Shuyi also sat up, covered with a brocade quilt. Her hair was a little messy, but her clothes were neat.
"Just crawl like that?"
Pei Yan stood beside the bed, looking down at her, and reached out to tuck the messy hair that had rubbed against her forehead behind her ears: "I would have thought that you had chosen the bed in the Palace of Heavenly Purity."
"Yes, I like it." Jiang Shuyi tilted her head and rubbed his hand, her eyes bright, "The bed in the Palace of Heavenly Purity has the scent of your majesty, and all the concubines related to your majesty like it very much."
Pei Yan was silent again.
In fact, he already understood why Jiang Shuyi suddenly became so dependent on him.
It was simply that I was more patient with her when she was pregnant, and later when it became difficult to have both the baby and the baby, I chose to keep only her.
Dicui had reported previously that Jiang Shuyi had cried to Yuzhu, saying that she was hurt by Pei Yu's difficult labor and could not love her son. In that case, she could only rely on herself for the rest of her life.
But it's a bit too dependent.
In the past, it was no problem if I didn’t see him for ten days or half a month, but now, after just two days, he feels like he has lost his soul.
This is not good for her, but Pei Yan doesn't want to correct it.
He touched Jiang Shuyi's face and said calmly, "It sounds good, but if I really asked you to stay in the Palace of Heavenly Purity and never leave, you might not be willing to do it."
"I am willing!" Jiang Shuyi was deeply in love with Pei Yan at this time, and she also remembered to compete for his favor, so she answered without thinking: "Let alone a lifetime, I want to be with your majesty for all my life, and I don't care about anything else!"
Pei Yan chuckled.
Cheng Shouzhong was guarding the outer hall, so it was not surprising when he heard the noise inside.
He had just finished instructing his men to prepare water when a young eunuch came in hurriedly: "Eunuch, Concubine Qing is here. She said she has made a nourishing soup and wants to present it to Your Majesty."
Wen Yao was promoted to concubine today and given the title Qing.
Cheng Shouzhong cried out in pain.
This Qingpin really knows how to pick the right time! Didn't she come to express her gratitude at noon? Why is she here again in the middle of the night?
Cheng Shouzhong listened to the noise inside and knew that it was the peak of his life and he couldn't disturb them. He thought for a moment and called Cheng Shou, saying, "Go and tell him that His Majesty is bathing and ask Qingpin to wait."
Cheng Shou responded and ran out, but soon came back and said anxiously, "Empress Qing said it's just right, she can come in and help Your Majesty bathe!"
"She said to serve, so serve!" Cheng Shouzhong was so angry that he laughed and kicked his godson: "Your Majesty is not used to the concubines being close to you when bathing. Do you need us to teach you how to say such nonsense?"
Cheng Shou said with a bitter face: "Godfather, why don't you go and tell her, Concubine Qing looks like she's going to break into the palace, and I'm really scared!"
Cheng Shouzhong kicked him again: "Your Majesty, we have to wait on you when you bathe! You asked me, your father, to go because you think I can't wear the clothes, right?"
Cheng Shou had no choice but to cover his butt and run out again.
Cheng Shouzhong was always paying attention to the movements in the inner hall. When he noticed that the noise was gradually subsiding, he knocked on the door and said tentatively, "Your Majesty, Concubine Qing is here."
Pei Yan was bitten by the person under him.
He lowered his eyes and saw Jiang Shuyi's face covered with tears. She looked at him resentfully. After meeting his gaze, she seemed to realize that damaging the holy body was a capital crime. She trembled in fear and admitted her mistake in a voice as soft as spring water: "I was wrong, Your Majesty, please don't be angry..."
Pei Yan looked at his shoulder and saw a clear, bright red tooth mark on it.
Seeing his eyes dim and expressionless, Jiang Shuyi became even more nervous. She shrank her neck and said weakly, "I really know I was wrong. I won't do it again. How about Your Majesty bite back?"
"I'm not angry with you." Pei Yan explained, walked away, picked up the wide robe at the end of the bed and put it on. Just as he was about to get off the bed, he felt someone gently pulling the corner of his clothes. He turned around and saw Jiang Shuyi looking at him with tears in her eyes.
Because she had just bitten him, she was a little timid at the moment and didn't dare to say anything, but the grievance almost overflowed from her eyes.
Pei Yan knew that she was the clingiest at this time, and usually he would hug her for a while before separating.
After a pause, Pei Yan finally softened his heart and sat back on the bed, looking at her tenderly: "Come here, I will hug you."
Jiang Shuyi immediately sat up and threw herself into his arms with tears in her eyes.
Pei Yan held the soft jade in his arms, afraid that she would catch a cold, so he wrapped her in a quilt. He felt the trembling body under his hands, and when he lowered his head, he saw Jiang Shuyi burying her face in his chest and crying.
He felt a little depressed in his heart, and patted her and asked, "Why are you crying?"
Jiang Shuyi had cried so much that her head was dizzy. She finally caught her breath and answered him, but her voice was extremely broken: "Your Majesty is leaving..."
"I'm not leaving."
Pei Yan said in a low voice: "Don't cry anymore. I feel uncomfortable listening to you."
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