Chapter 82 I will let my father and mother be buried together
How could Jiang Shuyi bear this? Half of her body softened immediately, and she went from hugging Pei Yan to being hugged by Pei Yan.
Her earlobes were red as if they were about to bleed, and she asked timidly, "If not His Majesty, what should I call you... Your Highness the Crown Prince?"
Pei Yan's hand, which was kneading her earlobe, paused for a moment, then sighed helplessly.
"You'll know what to call in a moment."
......
Jiang Shuyi didn't know what to call.
Pei Yan stopped moving after seeing the bruises and pinch marks under her clothes, and his eyes turned from dark to gloomy.
When their eyes met, Jiang Shuyi cried out in guilt, "What happened? I was so angry during the fight that I didn't even notice that the princess pinched me so many times!"
Pei Yan said nothing. He threw the thin blanket over to cover her, got up from the bed and went to the outer hall to ask Cheng Shouzhong to get the ointment.
There were many kinds of common plasters prepared in the Qianqing Palace for His Majesty's emergency use. When Pei Yan and Cheng Shouzhong found them and brought them into the inner hall, they saw that Jiang Shuyi was still covered with the quilt.
He walked over, found the bulge that looked like his head, and patted it gently: "You were bullied, why are you feeling guilty?"
Jiang Shuyi popped her head out from the other side, looked back at him, and whispered weakly, "Because I forgot that I was pinched by the princess, and I spoiled the fun for your majesty..."
Pei Yan simply patted the spot he had just patted again, and said unhappily: "Did you not hear a word I said just now?"
Jiang Shuyi knew that he was probably referring to a title, so she stood up with the quilt on and hugged him, looking up and saying coquettishly, "I know this is your majesty's grace, but I'm used to it. If I call myself something else, I always feel that your majesty doesn't want me and has demoted me to a commoner. If I call your majesty something else, I feel awkward and it would be an insult to your majesty's status."
Pei Yan's expression softened unconsciously: "You can call me whatever you want. I also said that I would tolerate all your mistakes and you don't have to worry about angering me. Didn't you listen to me?"
"I'm not worried about offending your majesty." Jiang Shuyi hugged his waist and explained aggrievedly: "I just said that I ruined your majesty's mood. I was just pretending to be pitiful and coquettish. I was just acting coquettishly because I wanted your majesty to coax me!"
Pei Yan forgot about this.
Jiang Shuyi loves to act like a spoiled child, and he can usually tell that. But after seeing those scars just now, Pei Yan's mood became depressed and he no longer had the heart to play with her.
"Lie down, I'll apply medicine for you."
Jiang Shuyi lay down obediently, letting Pei Yan lift the thin blanket and fiddle with her, while she muttered to herself to the top of the tent: "The eldest princess is really good at fighting. She is obviously several years younger than me, but I almost couldn't beat her!"
Pei Yan saw that she was enjoying his service with peace of mind and was still chattering away, so he applied the medicine with a little more force.
Jiang Shuyi cried out in pain and reached out to cover her waist.
Pei Yan grabbed her wrist with his other hand and kept applying medicine: "If it hurts, remember it. Next time, don't dare to fight behind my back. Don't complain if you lose. I have already released Tong'an from the palace. No matter how much it hurts, I can't vent my anger for you now."
Jiang Shuyi felt pain for a moment, but after hearing Pei Yan's words, she couldn't help but argue for herself: "I didn't lose! The princess must have more injuries than me, but Your Majesty didn't see them!"
Pei Yan didn't say anything. He turned her over not very gently to see if there were any other injuries.
After seeing a bruise on his back, Pei Yan's expression turned completely cold.
He was reluctant to leave such a heavy mark on Jiang Shuyi.
Jiang Shuyi felt that the ointment was very effective. After applying it on the front, she felt a coolness on the back as well, and the pain was completely relieved.
*
Wen Yao's death did not cause much disturbance in the palace.
In such a large harem, the death of a concubine was very normal. Only Concubine Wu, Concubine Jin, Concubine Qian and others were worried for a few days. Seeing that His Majesty had no intention of investigating who had bullied Concubine Hui during her lifetime, they were completely relieved and did what they had to do.
Pei Yan went to the Cining Palace in person to tell Empress Dowager Wen the news.
Empress Dowager Wen collapsed to the ground. She had stopped taking the medicine on the day when she heard the news of Wen Huan's death. Although her body was not as strong as before, she was not weak either. But at that moment she felt dizzy and almost fainted.
"The Wen family no longer has any close relatives of your mother." Pei Yan's tone was still gentle, but his meaning was extremely cruel: "Your mother, don't be sad. As a minister, you must be loyal to the emperor or patriotic. But your uncle has neither. Unless someone as mediocre and stupid as my third brother takes the throne, whoever sits in my position will get rid of this cancer of the Wen family."
Empress Dowager Wen was no longer able to blame him. She just stared at him blankly, as if she was looking at someone she had never seen before.
Pei Yan didn't care about it: "I am not here to irritate you, Queen Mother. I am here to tell you that your "illness" has been cured. People can enter and leave the Cining Palace as usual. You can enjoy the kowtows of the concubines again. You should be happy."
The Queen Mother Wen finally opened her trembling lips and asked in a trembling voice, "You, aren't you afraid that I will make these things you have done public, so that the whole world will know that you are unkind and unfilial, and have a beastly heart?"
"Since I want to let my mother go, I am naturally not afraid."
Pei Yan smiled gently, "I have figured it out recently. When I was young, I did everything perfectly so that my father and the Grand Tutor would look at me differently. When I became the crown prince, I also wanted to do everything perfectly so that those who supported me would feel at ease to follow me. But now that I am firmly on the throne, even if I make some mistakes and do not behave like a wise ruler, who can come and usurp my throne?"
"Even if your throne cannot be shaken, aren't you afraid of leaving a bad name in history books? Aren't you afraid of being ashamed to go see your father?"
Empress Dowager Wen's eyes were red and she asked in a hoarse voice.
Pei Yan answered patiently: "I don't care about the former, and I never cared about the latter. And mother, you don't think that father and uncle are really as close as brothers, do you? When father was seriously ill, he once told me on his sickbed that I must eradicate the Wen family after I ascend to the throne."
"You're talking nonsense!" Empress Dowager Wen opened her eyes wide in disbelief.
"What is there for me to lie to you about now, mother?"
Empress Dowager Wen looked at Pei Yan's gentle and smiling eyes and her whole body trembled as if she had fallen into an icy cave.
She always thought that the people in the world were not worth mentioning, and they were all fish on the chopping board of the Wen family, but she didn't know that the Wen family had already become fish on the chopping board of the royal family...
If she had known this, why would she and Yao'er have entered the palace and served two generations of enemies!
Pei Yan saw what she was thinking: "At least my mother saved her life by entering the palace."
He said slowly, "Hui Jieyu is an overly proud and easily defeated person. Even if no one harms her, she will still commit suicide. But my mother is not like that. When my seventh brother died, Jing Zhaoyi went crazy. My tenth sister was killed because of my mother. Wan Changzai was unable to avenge her daughter and died by hitting her head against the wall in front of my father. But my mother always values me the most.
The death of my third brother only made my mother sad for a while, but when she saw that she still had a filial stepson like me to rely on, she gradually stopped being sad. Now she should treat the Wen family as her third brother. She will be sad for a while, but it will pass. I can still be a filial son in the eyes of the world. If my mother really can't bear it and must go against me, I will let her be buried with my father."
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