Chapter 53 Birds
Wen Yao stopped and looked back, and saw the emperor in a dragon robe standing behind her.
She had not been able to spend some private time with His Majesty for several days, and she should have been gentle and caring with him, but she couldn't do that at the moment.
Wen Yao pointed at the inner hall and asked coldly, "Your Majesty, who is inside?"
Pei Yan did not pursue her disrespect. He glanced towards the inner hall and smiled warmly: "You are probably talking about the new maid who came to serve in front of the emperor. Did she do anything wrong?"
Jiang Shuyi buried herself in the quilt, thought for a moment, and decided to poke an ear out to eavesdrop.
Wen Yao looked at Pei Yan's smile and found it particularly glaring. She suppressed her anger and said calmly, "She climbed into the dragon bed secretly. I saw it with my own eyes. Such a seductive woman should be dragged out and beaten to death!"
"Drag him out and beat him to death." Pei Yan repeated this sentence softly, and Jiang Shuyi was so scared that she clutched the mattress tightly. Even though she knew it was probably not the case, she still couldn't help but imagine that he had ordered people to cover her face and gag her and throw her out to beat her to death in order to cover up the matter and not make the empress dowager angry.
"That's not a crime."
After hearing Pei Yan's final words, Jiang Shuyi's heart finally settled down.
"Your Majesty is confused!" Wen Yao was furious. "I know your Majesty is kind, but if this kind of audacious person who is confusing the emperor is not dealt with, everyone will follow suit tomorrow, thinking that they can ascend to heaven in one step by climbing onto the dragon bed. Where will the rules and regulations in the palace be then? Let me say that not only will he be beaten to death, but his parents will also be punished!"
Pei Yan corrected: "She is not very courageous."
Wen Yao frowned and was stunned for a moment. She really didn't expect him to say this: "What do you mean, Your Majesty?"
Pei Yan's smile gradually faded, but he still explained in a gentle tone: "What I mean is that she is timid and listens to me very much. She will never do anything that I don't allow her to do."
Wen Yao unconsciously clenched her trembling palms, having a bad feeling.
The next moment, Pei Yan met her gaze, his expression completely faded: "So she climbed onto the dragon bed with my permission, is Qingpin dissatisfied with anything?"
Wen Yao took two steps back and looked at Pei Yan in disbelief, as if she was looking at a goblin who had revealed his true form.
"Your Majesty has not been busy with military affairs these days, nor has he been feeling unwell. He has been hanging out with this palace maid, right..."
Pei Yan: "Does Qingpin think it's appropriate to use the word 'mixed up' to address the king?"
Wen Yao's teeth were chattering, not knowing what to say.
Pei Yan's expression calmed down a little: "Qingpin, you didn't follow the palace rules before and offended the emperor repeatedly. I deliberately indulged you, so I won't bother with you. But from today on, you should be careful about what you say and do and do your duty. Otherwise, the fate you promised Qiu that day will be the same as yours."
At first, Wen Yao was just angry and resentful, but after hearing these words and meeting the dark color in Pei Yan's eyes, she felt that the person in front of her had turned into a giant python, staring at her with vertical pupils and spitting out his snake tongue, making her feel a chill all over her body from head to toe.
No.
The man she married was obviously a gentleman, a refined emperor, so how could he look like this, how could he say such words!
Wen Yao's legs went weak and she almost fell, but fortunately Qing Rui supported her.
Qing Rui smiled and said, "Your Highness, what His Majesty said is true. Let's go back to the palace. I will follow His Majesty's orders and teach you the rules of the palace."
Wen Yao suddenly turned her head to look at Qing Rui, saw her calm expression, then looked at His Majesty's calm expression, and suddenly understood something.
She felt dizzy and her ears were buzzing. She pushed Qing Rui away and staggered out of the hall.
Qing Rui bowed to Pei Yan and chased after him.
Pei Yan whispered a few words to Cheng Shouzhong, and then walked towards the inner hall.
The brocade quilt on the dragon couch was bulging, and it was obvious that someone was hiding inside.
He walked to the bed and sat down, patting the most bulging part through the quilt. The next moment, Jiang Shuyi stood up with the quilt wrapped around her, rushed over and hugged his waist tightly.
"I thought Your Majesty was going to listen to Wen Yao's words and beat me to death..."
Her voice was full of grievance and resentment. Pei Yan knew she was just being coquettish, so he laughed and said, "How can I bear to do that?"
Fang Chu tactfully picked up the broken porcelain pieces on the ground and went outside.
Jiang Shuyi looked up at Pei Yan. Her eyes sparkled because she had just heard his conversation with Wen Yao. She couldn't help but ask excitedly, "Why did your majesty scold Concubine Qing? Doesn't your majesty like her very much? Concubine Qing will definitely be sad. Doesn't your majesty feel bad?"
Her thoughts were written all over her face. If Pei Yan said he felt sorry for her, she would probably pout and cry immediately.
Pei Yan had frightened her just now, so he couldn't bear to tease her anymore. He tidied up her messy hair and said gently, "Don't you know who I love?"
Jiang Shuyi couldn't help but curl up the corners of her lips.
She rubbed Pei Yan's hand, her voice even more delicate: "What if the Queen Mother blames me? Your Majesty is filial, will he go to comfort Sister Qingpin again, and then never let me live in the Palace of Heavenly Purity again?"
Pei Yan felt that she was overdoing it.
He stretched out the back of his hand for her to rub, and asked, "If I were so filial, would I still hide you in the Palace of Heavenly Purity?"
Jiang Shuyi finally couldn't help but laughed out loud, but then she felt that this was not right. She wanted to hold it back but couldn't, so she simply threw herself into Pei Yan's arms, biting her lips and laughing so hard that her shoulders trembled.
Pei Yan looked at the person in his arms. The spring light from outside the window came in, casting a layer of golden glow on her thick hair, which was warm and cozy, just like the golden bird standing on the branch outside the window that he occasionally caught a glimpse of when he was diligently doing his homework on a winter evening in his youth.
The bird was jumping around so lively and bright, and he suddenly wanted to catch it and raise it. However, when he picked up the slingshot and aimed at the bird's hind legs, he suddenly remembered that his own life was uncertain and he would be bullied from time to time. How could he be responsible for another life? So he gave up the idea.
Now, I can raise it well.
"Jiang Shuyi, I remember you don't have a nickname."
Jiang Shuyi barely stopped laughing, not knowing why Pei Yan suddenly asked this, and said truthfully with a frown, "Yes."
Her mother was illiterate and thought that the name Shuyi given by her father was perfect and did not use any other name. Her stepmother would not have bothered to think of it. As for her father, if it were not for the sake of propriety, he would probably not have even bothered to think of a name.
Pei Yan lowered his eyes and looked at her, his tone gentle: "I'll give you a name, how about calling you Ah Que?"
Jiang Shuyi: ...So vulgar.
She blinked and said tactfully, "I have a maid in my house, her name seems to be something like Bird."
Pei Yan stroked her cheek and said, "She sold herself to your family, so she is naturally your bird. And you have entrusted your body and life to me, so you are naturally my bird. Don't you think so?"
Seeing that he had made up his mind, Jiang Shuyi could only try to accept it.
The golden hairpin is still a good thing, so what's wrong with calling it a bird!
"Yes... Then Your Majesty, can you just call me in private? I'm afraid that other sisters will laugh at me..."
She still couldn't accept it! How could Pei Yan, a gentle and elegant emperor with great literary and military skills, come up with such a vulgar and petty nickname!
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