Chapter 76: I Dreamed That Your Majesty Died
After these words were spoken, there was no sound for a long time.
Pei Yi's voice sounded first, with fear and trepidation: "Father is the true dragon emperor, he will live forever."
"The queen is gone. I was very angry with her at first, but recently I have thought about the past and realized that it was all my fault."
Pei Yan spoke slowly, and then laughed very softly: "In this case, how can I bear to see her wandering alone in the underworld? I want to accompany her and then take her to the afterlife. Do you think this is right?"
Naturally, no one dared to respond.
Jiang Shuyi absolutely didn’t believe that Pei Yan would say such a thing because of Shen Suzhen’s death!
The two of them had always had incompatible personalities, and they began to appear to be on good terms with each other in the East Palace, disliking each other. It was only because Pei Yan had a good temper and Empress Shen was strong on the outside but weak on the inside and afraid of the imperial power that the emperor and empress were able to maintain peace for so many years.
Connecting the two previous dreams with this one, Jiang Shuyi became more and more certain that the queen was herself. Now, either she dreamed about what happened after her death in her previous life, or there was a ghost possessing her and deliberately teasing her.
She didn't try to struggle to wake up, but listened with her heart hanging in her throat.
"Father, Father..."
It was Pei Yi who broke the silence again, and said humbly: "My second brother is the biological son of the Empress, and the legitimate son of the Emperor. He can shoulder the responsibility of the country. I am too mediocre to bear the responsibility, so I only wish to become a monk and pray for the Emperor and the Empress day and night."
Now Jiang Shuyi knew for sure that the dead queen was herself.
"Really?" Pei Yan's tone was inaudible, and he said slowly: "Today I really want to choose a crown prince, and then go to accompany the queen. The imperial edict and the imperial seal are here. To prevent you brothers from quarreling and causing unrest after my death, I will sentence the person who does not need to inherit the throne to death and let him go with me."
"Let my brother be the crown prince!"
It was the voice of the ten-year-old Pei Yu. His voice was trembling, and he sounded much more stable than in Jiang Shuyi's memory. He said in a tearful voice, "My mother died because of me. I regret it day and night. I would rather die than live. I am willing to follow my father and mother on their journey..."
Jiang Shuyi couldn't tell what she felt in her heart. She only knew that she didn't want Pei Yan to die. She wanted to open her mouth and tell Pei Yan to live well and become a saintly king who would go down in history.
This time Pei Yi did not refuse, but called out sadly: "Second brother..."
"How about this." Pei Yan interrupted them casually: "I have a sword here. Instead of you two giving way to each other, the one who wants to be the crown prince should take this sword and kill the other one, so that I won't have to execute him again."
"I am not kidding you. I only have two of you princes. If one dies, naturally only the other can inherit the throne. You are all young. If you want to hold on to the throne after I am gone, you must have the courage to take action against your brothers and sisters."
Jiang Shuyi couldn't help but become nervous. She was afraid that Pei Yan would be buried with her, and she didn't know what would happen to Pei Yi and Pei Yu.
At this moment, the coldness around me suddenly dissipated, and a shout suddenly came to my ears.
"My queen, my queen, wake up!"
Jiang Shuyi suddenly opened her eyes and saw the mauve tent ceiling and Feng Yiyue's anxious face.
It was already dawning.
"Madam, did you have a nightmare?" Feng Yiyue wiped the sweat off her forehead with her sleeve and asked with concern, "Why were you shaking all the time and frowning so tightly?"
Miao Wangshu also sat up and was looking at her worriedly.
Jiang Shuyi sighed.
She wasn't actually that scared this time, and even wanted to wake up later to see who was dead.
Even though it was most likely that Pei Yi was the one who could do it, Pei Yan was willing to die for her, so there was no guarantee that he would not favor her son for her sake.
"It's okay. I've been having nightmares from time to time lately."
Jiang Shuyi was somewhat helpless: "I will go find a senior monk in a few days to see if I am haunted by a ghost or if it is because of the uneasy mood I have been in for a while."
I almost let the cat out of the bag, but luckily they didn't think of anything so ridiculous.
"Your Majesty, are you afraid of ghosts too?" Feng Yiyue laughed: "When I was afraid of ghosts and asked Sister Miao to sleep with me, Sister Miao laughed at me!"
Miao Wangshu habitually scolded her: "How can you compare with the Empress?"
Feng Yiyue was slightly injured, but considering that her leg was injured, she didn't bother with her. She just continued to smile and said to Madam Jiang: "Let's sleep together from now on. We won't be afraid of ghosts if there are more people!"
Jiang Shuyi followed her and became relaxed, saying with a smile: "Okay, I will come to you when I am not serving Your Majesty."
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Because of this dream, Jiang Shuyi went to the Qianqing Palace again during the day.
She directly hugged Pei Yan who was handling government affairs.
Cheng Shouzhong was delighted to see this.
Great! Your Majesty, the sky has been cloudy since last night, but it is finally clearing up.
Pei Yan lowered his eyes and looked at Jiang Shuyi, his tone was a little indifferent: "Why are you acting so coquettishly?"
Last time Jiang Shuyi said she dreamed of herself dying, he didn't believe it and gave her a lecture. This time she learned her lesson.
"I dreamed that Your Majesty died..."
After she finished speaking in a sullen voice, Cheng Shouzhong's expression immediately changed from a smile to one of extreme fear.
What is your Majesty doing? Are you crazy?
Pei Yan was silent.
Jiang Shuyi squatted in front of him, hugged his waist tightly, and rested her head between his legs: "I am so scared, I want to beg Your Majesty not to die, just for me, but Your Majesty can't hear me..."
When she said this, she really imagined Pei Yan committing suicide for her just as he said in the dream, and she couldn't help but feel tears in her eyes and a pain in her heart.
Pei Yan pinched her chin and was thinking about how to teach her a lesson, but when he met her tearful eyes, he paused.
…It was a real dream that he was dead.
Pei Yan stroked her cheek soothingly, his tone indifferent: "It's hard for you to sleep in the same bed with Concubine Miao and Concubine Feng, and yet you still dream about me."
Jiang Shuyi always felt that the words "sleeping in the same bed" were weird, although they did sleep in the same bed.
She still felt a little uncomfortable, so she gently grabbed Pei Yan's sleeve and shook it, saying in a buzzing voice: "I want to sleep in the same bed with Your Majesty today."
These words made Pei Yan feel a little uncomfortable.
You slept with someone else yesterday, and you want him again today. Who will you want tomorrow?
He loosened his grip on Jiang Shuyi's jaw, leaned back in his chair, lowered his eyes and said, "I am the emperor. I am not a toy that you can summon and dismiss at will. Go back. I want to sleep alone tonight."
Jiang Shuyi stared at him blankly, like a cat that was used to acting coquettishly to its owner, but one day her owner didn't like her touch, and her eyes were full of disbelief and hurt.
Pei Yan's fingers moved.
Jiang Shuyi was very sad. She felt sorry for Pei Yan because of what happened in her dream and came to him for comfort, but he was cold and sarcastic from beginning to end.
But she also vaguely understood that Pei Yan was jealous.
Jiang Shuyi didn't dare to use this word before, even though she knew Pei Yan doted on her and loved her, that was only the way an emperor treats his concubines. Concubines are essentially no different from cats and dogs. Even though they can please their masters and live better than humans, they are ultimately just objects of entertainment.
Who would be jealous of cats and dogs? If you are unhappy, just teach the cat or dog a lesson so that it won’t dare to do that next time.
But after having the dream last night, even though Jiang Shuyi was not completely sure that it was something from her previous life, she still vaguely felt that Pei Yan had died for her. The way she looked at him now was different from before, and now she could sense that he was just jealous.
How strange it is that an emperor is jealous of his favorite concubine and other concubines!
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