Chapter 157 Reunion
The summer nights are finally cooling down.
The wind is gentle, bringing the dull fragrance of flowers and plants, and the chirping of insects is particularly clear.
The uniform torches painted the sky as if it were evening. Pei Yan, dressed in black, rode on a horse, facing the gate of the county government, and raised his hand with a stern expression.
The guards received the order and immediately began to break down the door.
"His Majesty!!"
A clear call cut through the night, seeming hotter and brighter than a torch.
Pei Yan turned around following the sound and saw a familiar figure running towards him.
She came running over crying with tears streaming down her face, her skirt fluttering in the night wind.
Just like three years ago, when he was beaten by the Queen and ran to the Palace of Heavenly Purity crying in the middle of the night, begging him to make the decision.
Pei Yan's hands were shaking a little at that moment, but he endured it and immediately got off the horse. When she pounced on him, he caught her in his arms.
"You came to save me... Your Majesty, you came to save me..."
Jiang Shuyi hugged him tightly, crying, as if she wanted to merge herself into his body, but she couldn't control her weak legs and slipped down.
Pei Yan closed his eyes deeply, feeling the warmth in his arms. He felt as if a heavy stone in his heart had finally fallen to the ground, and his tense nerves suddenly relaxed.
He was so speechless that he could only raise his hand and pat her back gently to comfort her.
Jiang Shuyi buried her face in his arms, like a child who had been deceived and separated from her parents for a long time and finally returned home after untold hardships. She was still crying and begging him: "Don't let me go, just hold me like this, I'm scared, I'm so scared..."
Pei Yan hugged her tightly, staring at her disheveled hair, and said in a slightly hoarse voice: "Okay, I won't let you go."
His condition was not much better. His eyes were red from staying up late, and he was covered in dust from days of traveling.
But Jiang Shuyi didn't care about all that. When she got the promise, she burst into tears with relief. She cried so heartbreakingly that her head was buzzing.
Pei Yan let her vent while he checked whether the person in his arms was safe and sound.
Jiang Shuyi was tired of crying and began to feel unreal again. Even when she was surrounded by Pei Yan's aura, it still felt unreal.
She stopped sobbing and said, "Your Majesty, please hit me twice so that I don't know whether I am dreaming or not."
"He deserves to be beaten."
Pei Yan's voice was gentle and deep, and he placed his hands on her waist.
Jiang Shuyi held back her tears and waited, but the pain never came after a long time.
She was about to cry again: "Is this really a dream? But it was so real, I was holding His Majesty, it felt like the real thing!"
Pei Yan sighed above her head and said helplessly: "It's not a dream, I just can't bear it."
Jiang Shuyi raised her tearful eyes and looked at him: "Don't be reluctant, fight, let me feel at ease."
Pei Yan wiped away her tears with his thumb: "Do you have to feel pain to feel at ease?"
Jiang Shuyi nodded with tears in her eyes.
Pei Yan then picked her up and carried her sideways.
The door of the government office had been broken open, and he walked in holding Jiang Shuyi.
The personal guards followed behind the emperor, capturing every person they saw.
When they arrived at the backyard, Pei Yan caught a man who looked like a manager and asked him, "Is there any room here that has never been lived in and is clean?"
The steward trembled: "Who are you? You!"
Before he could finish his words, his arm was dislocated. He said in a trembling voice, "Yes! Yes!"
"Lead the way."
Pei Yan said two words calmly, and the guards let go of the steward.
The steward hurriedly led the way for them, trembling.
It is adjacent to the yard where Jiang Shuyi was imprisoned before, and the layout is similar.
The personal guards were standing guard outside. Pei Yan walked straight into the inner room and put Jiang Shuyi on the bed.
He tried to stand up, but was held tightly by a pair of soft arms. A hoarse voice rang out from beneath him: "Don't leave, please, Your Majesty, don't leave me for even a moment!"
Pei Yan looked at her gently and explained: "I have to take off my robes."
Jiang Shuyi just stared blankly and repeated in a hoarse voice: "Don't go, don't go..."
Pei Yan realized that she would only feel a little relieved if she touched him.
He lowered his eyes and asked, "Will it still hurt?"
Jiang Shuyi began to cry again and avoided answering: "Your Majesty..."
Pei Yan did nothing else.
He lay down and let Jiang Shuyi snuggle into his arms, just like every night in the palace, they were inseparable.
Pei Yan actually has a lot of things he wants to do.
He wanted to kill everyone here, especially those who had bullied Jiang Shuyi, who should be cut into pieces.
He also had a lot of questions.
How much injustice has Jiang Shuyi suffered in the past few days? From her rebirth to now, she has endured so many things alone. Is she often worried?
But none of these are as important as the peace of the person in my arms at this moment.
Jiang Shuyi was finally exhausted and fell asleep.
Pei Yan still didn't leave.
How frightened she would be if she woke up and couldn't see herself.
It turned out to be just as expected. Jiang Shuyi had five convulsions in one night. She called him every time, but Pei Yan hugged her tightly and told her again and again that he was there and it was not a dream.
When the sky turned pale, Jiang Shuyi finally woke up completely and looked at him with her red eyes.
Pei Yan asked with a smile: "What else do you want to do?"
Jiang Shuyi's eyes sparkled again. She grabbed the clothes on his chest, sniffed and said, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have run..."
Pei Yan would not teach her a lesson at this time, not to mention that he was the one who made the biggest mistake.
He was already holding Jiang Shuyi, and at this moment he used a little more strength to bring her closer to him, and said slowly: "I don't blame you, don't run away next time, and I won't let you have the chance to escape again."
Jiang Shuyi would never run away even if she was beaten to death.
She still felt a little uncomfortable. The experiences of the past ten days were like a knife that had been inserted into her flesh. Even though she had found someone who could heal her and carefully pulled out the knife and bandaged the wound, the pain was still there.
"A lot of people bully me..."
Jiang Shuyi looked at Pei Yan and told her grievances in a hoarse voice: "I met two lechers on the road. They wanted to do something bad to me. If it weren't for Wu Niang, I don't know what would have happened. Today, in the inn, several men looked at me and teased me. I came to the county government office and wanted the county magistrate to help me find you. It turned out that the county magistrate was a beast. He robbed a bunch of women and locked them in the woodshed, and he also wanted to occupy me..."
She couldn't help but say these things, but she was afraid that Pei Yan would get angry and leave at this time, so she held his robe tightly.
Pei Yan was very calm. He stroked Jiang Shuyi's loose black hair. He was afraid that she didn't sleep well last night, so he untied her hair with his own hands.
"I understand."
Jiang Shuyi felt relieved when she heard him say that.
Speaking of Wu Niang and those women, Jiang Shuyi looked up and asked Pei Yan, "Those women were locked up in the woodshed, which caught fire last night. Did Your Majesty rescue them?"
Pei Yan pressed the corners of her red eyes with his thumbs: "Don't worry about others, take care of yourself, and I won't be a tyrant."
Jiang Shuyi tilted her head and rubbed him twice, her tone even more aggrieved: "It was Taoist Wu who said that I must cultivate merits to change my fate and let Your Majesty live a long life. I just want to be a good person now. It's better to believe it than to really fulfill that fate in the end."
"He lied to you."
Pei Yan finished speaking, and seeing Jiang Shuyi looking up at him, he explained softly: "I will not die young, nor will my soul be scattered. Wu Jianshan probably did that because the person behind Manchunlou is the Grand Tutor."
Jiang Shuyi opened her eyes wide: "What, Master Wei?!"
Isn't he famous for his integrity and honesty? Why would he run a brothel?
Pei Yan said "hmm" with a calm look in his eyes. "My biological mother passed away early, and my mother treated me coldly. When I was studying in Wenhua Palace, my third brother often led others to isolate and humiliate me. No teacher was willing to stand up for me until the imperial tutor came to teach literature and history. On the first day, he scolded and beat my third brother, and went to my father to make a direct appeal, saying that I was a promising talent and the most capable of taking on important responsibilities among the princes."
"Jiang Shuyi, if you had not been involved this time, even if he had run businesses like Manchunlou in various places, even if he had thousands of lives on his hands, I would probably have spared his life."
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