Chapter 476 Throw It Away

Otherwise, with Pei Qingning's personality, if he lived in an ordinary place without someone to watch over and protect him, something might happen to him.

Qingshu and Qingye are not familiar with Pei Qingning, so they definitely won't watch her all the time.

Little did they know that Pei Qingning had already fallen in love with Qingshu, so she suggested moving back to the inn to spend more time with Qingshu.

But Pei Qingning was a little embarrassed to say it.

At this moment, facing Jiujiu's question, she pinched the corner of her clothes, embarrassed and blushing, "I, I..."

"If you don't tell me, I won't agree." Jiujiu knew what was going on when she saw Pei Qingning like this, but she wanted Pei Qingning to say it herself.

"Princess, you are bad." Pei Qingning pouted.

"Hahaha." Jiujiu laughed mischievously.

"Wow, I'm going to cry!" Pei Qingning rubbed her eyes with both hands and looked like she was about to cry.

"Okay, okay, I'll do as you say." Jiujiu said hurriedly, "Don't cry!"

"I didn't cry!" Pei Qingning denied arrogantly and snorted coldly.

Jiujiu smiled and said, "But, Qingning, I will arrange for someone to protect you. You can't refuse this."

"Yeah." Pei Qingning nodded in response.

After they arrived at the imperial study, Pei Qingning told Emperor Qing'an what he had overheard truthfully.

After listening to this, Emperor Qing'an had a secret talk with Di Jiang, Jiu Jiu and others.

It is unknown what was discussed in secret. All we know is that Jiujiu and Dijiang will go to Zhongzhou in person in a few days to investigate the specific situation in Zhongzhou and see if there is really any chaos or treason.

Jiujiu still traveled by imperial order.

As for Dijiang, he accompanied him.

Next, Jiujiu and his group went to see the retired emperor and the empress dowager.

The two were looking forward to Jiujiu. When they heard that Jiujiu was coming, they prepared a large table of food and were ready to have a good meal with the family.

When the Queen Mother saw Jiujiu, she excitedly took Jiujiu's hand and said, "Jiujiu, mother missed you so much."

"So does your father," the retired emperor said hurriedly.

Jiujiu gradually grew up. Both of them aged a lot over the years. They both had white hair and more wrinkles on their faces.

Jiujiu couldn't help feeling sad when looking at her parents.

[Father and Mother looked much older.]

Emperor Taishang: Are you dissatisfied with his poor maintenance? I will definitely take good care of him when I get back.

Queen Mother: From now on, you must go to bed early and stop staying up late reading storybooks. This way you should be younger.

"Okay, Jiujiu, stop looking at the Emperor and the Empress, and sit down and eat."

"Dijiang, you should sit down too."

"Here's this girl."

The Queen Mother took the initiative to invite everyone to sit down.

The dishes were all served, ten dishes, two soups, a combination of meat and vegetables, all of which were Jiujiu's favorites.

"Di Jiang, these are all Jiujiu's favorite foods. I wonder if you like them?" the emperor asked with concern.

After all, things are different from the past. The emperor no longer regards Dijiang as a hostage or a king.

Dijiang is also his future son-in-law.

He also cares a lot.

"Dijiang likes everything Jiujiu likes." There was a smile in Dijiang's eyes.

"You kid." The emperor smiled and said earnestly, "Tell us what you like to eat next time. We will prepare it for you next time you come."

"good."

Several people sat down to eat. After they finished eating, Fuan brought out a brocade box and handed it to the emperor.

After the emperor opened the brocade box, Jiujiu saw a pill inside. The emperor was about to eat it, and Jiujiu hurriedly asked, "Father, what pill did you take?"

The Emperor said, "The elixir of immortality. If you take it, you will live forever."

"The elixir of immortality?"

"Immortality?"

"Yes." The Emperor nodded. "My father's father and my grandfather all ate this. It's a dish passed down exclusively in the royal family."

"When you are ninety-nine years old, you can still eat it, and you will never get old."

“…”

Not old?

Is it possible?

[The book says that when the emperor gets old, he will take a lot of health-preserving medicines, especially the elixir of immortality. Many emperors in the royal family take it, and it can indeed delay aging, but...]

[However, this contains a lot of cinnabar. If you eat too much cinnabar over a long period of time, you will be poisoned and die.]

[Several emperors of Western Chu could have lived longer, but their life spans were shortened because of taking this medicine. What is the point of delaying aging? ]

【It's of no use at all.】

【The loss outweighs the gain.】

[Why is Father also eating? 】

[How should Jiujiu persuade her? ]

Without waiting for Jiujiu to persuade him, the emperor immediately threw the medicine that was handed to his mouth out of the window after hearing Jiujiu's thoughts.

Looking at his actions, he seemed to be somewhat angry, the anger of being cheated.

"Father, what are you doing..." Jiujiu was puzzled.

Di Jiang saw something, it seemed that the emperor could also hear Jiujiu's thoughts, but he was not sure, so he continued to observe.

Pei Qingning was so focused on eating that she didn't notice anything else.

The emperor sighed and gave a reasonable explanation: "I feel like the more I take this medicine, the heavier I feel, and my spirits aren't very good. I really don't want to take it today."

"Throw it away!"

"We'll talk about it later."

Jiujiu: That’s perfect. You don’t need my advice.

But what about the future?

"Father, if you feel uncomfortable after taking it, don't take it anymore." Jiujiu said, "You have already taken the Shoukang Pills that Jiujiu gave you. You are in good health. There is no need to take anything else."

"Everything is excessive."

"Being greedy is not good."

The emperor was waiting for Jiujiu to say this. After hearing this, he nodded with a smile, "Okay, father, listen to Jiujiu. Too much is as bad as too little. It's not good to be greedy. I won't eat it anymore in the future."

"Um."

Di Jiang: It seems that the emperor can really hear Jiujiu’s voice.

They talked for a while and then left the palace.

Jiujiu went to see his brothers and Nan Yuanxiang.

Nan Yuanxiang's business has been doing very well recently and she is very busy.

When she saw Jiujiu, she hugged Jiujiu and kissed him while complaining that she was tired.

When Dijiang saw this, he was furious.

Jiujiu was not angry. She helped Nan Yuanxiang for a few days before she set out for Zhongzhou with Dijiang and Pei Qingning.

Nan Yuanxiang also wanted to follow, but she had a big order in her hands and couldn't leave, so she gave up.

Qingshu came along and said he wanted to travel with Jiujiu to broaden his horizons.

After arriving in Zhongzhou, they went straight to the Pei family.

In order to prevent Pei Qingning from being seen and hunted again, Pei Qingning put on a hat.

The hat covered her entire face, and no one knew who she was or what her identity was.

Pei Qingning followed Jiujiu obediently, not opening her mouth easily to attract the attention of others.

At this moment, after arriving at the door of Pei's house, Jiujiu showed her princess token. The guards did not stop her, and they entered the Pei's house smoothly.

The Pei family is also very lively at this moment.

Someone from Zhongzhou Prefecture has arrived and is talking to Master Pei.

After Jiujiu and the others came in, they sat aside and waited for Master Pei to finish talking with the people from Zhongzhou Prefecture.

Jiujiu was waiting bored, but she suddenly noticed that there was something wrong with Master Pei's tea. The taste was wrong. It was not the ordinary tea aroma, and it seemed to be mixed with poison.

Mr. Pei was completely unaware and kept drinking.