Chapter 68 It's My Fault
Jiang Shuyi had nothing to say, so she asked Cheng Lu to take Jinzhu away.
There was nothing wrong during the day, but at night, when it got dark, Jiang Shuyi couldn't help but think of the nightmare she had last time she returned to the palace, and she insisted on pulling Fang Chu to sleep with her.
Fang Chu agreed with a smile, and then hung the Azure Dragon Jade Pendant on the bed curtain: "With the gift from the Emperor to suppress it, Your Majesty will surely sleep well tonight."
Jiang Shuyi felt relieved when she looked at the jade pendant.
That night was indeed peaceful and dreamless.
Although she felt safe and sound, she still felt a little uncomfortable sleeping alone, so she went back to the Qianqing Palace at dinner time the next day.
Pei Yan expected this, and asked the palace maid to prepare her bowls and cups. He said in a gentle tone: "I have been very busy these days and cannot take good care of you. If you just want to accompany me, you can come in the evening. If you want me to play with you, I may not have time."
He didn't say that he would definitely have no time. If Jiang Shuyi was sad and insisted on asking him for it, he could indulge her.
However, Jiang Shuyi just nodded obediently and put a piece of fresh fish meat on the pastel porcelain plate in front of her: "Your Majesty, don't worry. I have my period today. I am very lazy and have no energy to play around."
Pei Yan looked at her and said, "Why don't you take a good rest if you are not feeling well? Why do you still come to me?"
Jiang Shuyi had just taken a bite of the fish meat, but she let go after hearing what he said, and blinked at him: "I'm not feeling well, so I can't leave Your Majesty anymore. I want Your Majesty to accompany me."
Pei Yan curved his lips and said, "Don't talk while eating. Enjoy your meal."
Cheng Shouzhong, who was serving the meal on the side, thought to himself that he had finally remembered the rules. According to the rules, concubines were not allowed to eat at the same table with the emperor.
The next moment, His Majesty looked at him.
Cheng Shouzhong froze for a moment and smiled awkwardly: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."
Your Majesty, can you read minds?
Pei Yan raised his chin slightly and said, "Go and tell the imperial kitchen to make a bowl of red dates and bird's nest soup for Concubine Jiang."
Cheng Shouzhong breathed a sigh of relief and responded quickly. Concubine Jiang's roundabout voice of "Your Majesty is so kind~" rang in his ears again. This time, His Majesty did not mention the matter of "not talking while eating" and even laughed happily.
*
There was nothing to do during the day, and Jiang Shuyi was strolling in the Imperial Garden when she ran into Concubine Wu.
When Concubine Wu saw her, her face immediately darkened. She turned around and was about to leave, but then she stopped, not knowing what she was thinking about.
Jiang Shuyi walked forward slowly: "Greetings to the queen."
Seeing that she didn't even bend her knees, Concubine Wu sneered, "You have nothing better to do than not take care of your own sister. After causing trouble for Concubine Xue, you now come to cause trouble for me."
Jiang Shuyi became interested: "How did you harm the queen? Tell me about it, maybe I can take care of it."
Concubine Wu's eyes flashed with annoyance: "She is courting death all day long, asking around for your Majesty's whereabouts, and even drawing her eyebrows and eyes to make her face look 40% to 50% like you. She is wandering around right under my nose, which is disgusting. If I can't keep an eye on her, and she really runs to your Majesty, I, the queen, will be implicated by her!"
Jiang Shuyi couldn't help laughing, it was quite disgusting.
She gloated, "Wasn't the queen very powerful before? How come there is no way to deal with her?"
"Why is there no way?" Concubine Wu observed her expression and said, "Your sister is kneeling in front of us now. As long as you don't interfere, I will make sure she is obedient."
Jiang Shuyi understood. Concubine Wu said so much because she was afraid that she would see Jiang Wanqing being punished and intervene to stop it.
"My lady, please do as you please."
Jiang Shuyi stroked the peony petals calmly and said, "If I wanted to control her, she wouldn't have been demoted to a concubine now."
Concubine Wu sneered: "I know you are the most capable person in the harem, but no matter how capable you are, weren't your own children still sent to Wenhua Palace by His Majesty?"
Jiang Shuyi glanced at her and said with pity, "I also have my own children, unlike the queen who has no children at home and no one to love her. How can I live in such a lonely and desolate life in the future?"
Concubine Wu was immediately furious: "How insolent!"
Jiang Shuyi challenged: "If your majesty thinks that I am being presumptuous, please go and sue me in front of His Majesty."
Concubine Wu gritted her teeth, turned around and left.
*
In April, the weather became completely warm and good news came from the northwest.
However, Wen Huan had clearly trapped the remaining enemy troops, including the Prince of Xitian, in the canyon, and was about to annihilate them in one fell swoop, but he suddenly stopped moving.
The emperor sent a series of imperial decrees urging him to do so, but he always refused, saying that the time was not right.
People in the court were in a panic, and many ministers had already advised His Majesty to be prepared for Wen Huan's treason.
Jiang Shuyi clearly remembered that it was not like this in her previous life.
In his previous life, Wen Huan started the attack on the second day after he besieged the enemy in Chixia Valley. However, when he was destroying the enemy, he deliberately let the Prince of Xitian go. He was then beheaded on the spot by the angry deputy commander Guo Zhenxiong.
She couldn't help but wonder if it was because she was reborn that many things had changed.
Perhaps because she had too many thoughts during the day, Jiang Shuyi had another strange dream at night.
This time I still couldn't move and couldn't see anything, but I felt extremely cold all over, as if I was in an ice cellar.
A familiar sigh came from my ear: "Why are you so disobedient? If I had known this would happen, I would have pinned you to my knees and severely spanked you before I left, and then locked you up with an iron chain."
Jiang Shuyi: ...
She knew she was dreaming, but she didn't expect it to be so absurd.
How could Pei Yan say such, such... such incomprehensible words!
"Forget it. You are a mother now, and you need me to treat you with respect. If I do this, I don't know how you will cry, and I don't know how long you will be depressed."
Jiang Shuyi tried to call him, but as expected, no sound came out.
"It's my fault. I should have taken you with me."
It was even more ridiculous! How could the emperor admit his mistakes? No matter in the past or present life, Pei Yan had never said that he was wrong, even when he was coaxing her.
At this time, another familiar person spoke up: "Your Majesty, Jiang has been rescued."
It was Cheng Shouzhong, but he sounded much more steady, and his voice even had a dead tone.
"What Jiang?" Pei Yan's gentle voice suddenly turned cold, and he asked in a chilly voice, "My queen is also Jiang, who are you calling?"
Cheng Shouzhong's voice immediately became panicked: "My servant spoke out of turn! It was that criminal who was saved! Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"
Jiang Shuyi is running out of brains.
If I didn't know what he was mumbling just now, when I heard the two Jiangs, I couldn't help but think of myself and Jiang Wanqing.
I am not afraid of absurd dreams, I am afraid that the things in the dreams have traces to follow.
Jiang Shuyi began to get scared and started to struggle.
"Bring her here. I will make her atone for her sins in front of the Queen."
The sound in her ears gradually became unclear. Jiang Shuyi shuddered and suddenly opened her eyes.
It was late at night and it was pitch black inside the tent, with one not being able to see one’s hand in front of one’s face.
Jiang Shuyi broke out in a cold sweat. She flexed her fingers and found that she could move them. She opened her mouth and tried to call out "Your Majesty". She could make a sound, so she sat up and shouted, "Yuzhu! Fangchu!"
The person on guard in the outer hall today was Fang Chu. When he heard the call, he immediately responded and came in wearing his clothes.
Jiang Shuyi covered her chest and ordered with lingering fear: "I have a nightmare again. Light up all the candles in the hall. Don't put them out again."
"Why are you having nightmares again?" Fang Chu was concerned as she lit the candle with a tinder. She turned around and saw sweat on the queen's forehead. She hurriedly sat down beside the bed to comfort her: "Don't be afraid, queen. It's normal for people to have nightmares. I had the same thing for a while when I was a child. My mother said that this shows that I am smart. Only silly children who don't think about anything can sleep soundly and have good dreams."
Jiang Shuyi was absent-minded. She didn't hear a word and all she could think about was her dream.
After a long while, she asked in a daze, "Fang Chu, if I die, do you think His Majesty will posthumously confer the title of Queen on me?"
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