Chapter 111 Reflection
Although His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is cold, aloof, and intimidating, he has become increasingly gentle and attentive to the Crown Princess after being married to her for so long.
Xiangqiao was no longer so afraid of him. She didn't expect him to suddenly yell at her. She was so frightened that her body trembled uncontrollably. She quickly responded and hurriedly left the room.
Pei Jingzhou was extremely upset.
"Your Highness." Jiang Zhaoyue looked at Pei Jingzhou and asked directly, "Are you angry?"
"No." Pei Jingzhou said one thing and meant another.
Jiang Zhaoyue pointed out: "You're already angry."
"I didn't." Pei Jingzhou turned his handsome face away.
Jiang Zhaoyue leaned forward slightly to look at him: "Then why don't you meet the two girls from the Yan family?"
Pei Jingzhou replied: "I don't want to see him."
Jiang Zhaoyue said: "Maybe they have something important to tell you."
Pei Jingzhou was unhappy: "They have important things to do, what does it have to do with me?"
Jiang Zhaoyue was silent for a moment, then asked, "What if they come looking for me?"
Pei Jingzhou turned to her and asked, "What do I want to see you for?"
Jiang Zhaoyue couldn't answer for a moment.
Pei Jingzhou asked again: "What is there for you to talk about?"
Jiang Zhaoyue also felt that she and the Yan Zhiyi sisters really had nothing to talk about, but... She said: "But if you say 'no', they will definitely think that I am monopolizing you and not allowing you to see other women."
Pei Jingzhou asked nonchalantly, "So what?"
Jiang Zhaoyue said: "They will say that I am jealous."
"How can you be jealous? You are obviously very generous and you can't wait to give your husband away." Pei Jingzhou's tone was bitter.
Jiang Zhaoyue reflected on himself and asked, "Do I have it?"
Pei Jingzhou said, "My mother wants to take a concubine for me, but you don't feel anything at all. Isn't that generous?"
Jiang Zhaoyue said confidently, "Because I know this is the path you will definitely take in the future."
"I told you I wouldn't—"
Jiang Zhaoyue retorted, "Talking is just a matter of talking, what's so difficult about it? How many men in this world, when they are in love, wish the mountains would collapse, the earth would split, the seas would dry up, and the rocks would rot; but when they are heartless, their mouths are like poison, wishing to kill the woman in front of them."
Pei Jingzhou asked: "Am I that kind of person?"
Jiang Zhaoyue shook his head: "I don't know."
Pei Jingzhou frowned: "You don't trust me so much?"
Jiang Zhaoyue shook his head again: "This has nothing to do with trust."
Pei Jingzhou asked again: "What does that have to do with?"
Jiang Zhaoyue thought for a moment, then looked at him and said, "Life is long, and the future is full of uncertainties; life is also short, and every moment is full of uncertainties. Why don't we enjoy the present?"
Pei Jingzhou was silent for a moment, then asked, "Is this why you don't give your heart to me?"
Jiang Zhaoyue didn't understand what Pei Jingzhou meant: "What do you mean by sincerity?"
Pei Jingzhou no longer hides: "You are sincere to me."
Jiang Zhaoyue said firmly: "I have always been sincere to Your Highness."
Pei Jingzhou continued: "You really want my body, don't you?"
"If you want to put it so bluntly...that's right."
"Once you get me, or a child, you will kill the father and keep the child, and throw me to a woman at will, and live happily every day, right?" Pei Jingzhou felt that Jiang Zhaoyue could do such a thing.
Jiang Zhaoyue also felt that she was capable of doing such a thing, and she could not refute it.
Pei Jingzhou could no longer control his anger, and instantly stood up and walked away.
"Your Highness, are you busy again?" Jiang Zhaoyue asked.
"Yes, I have to be busy." Pei Jingzhou strode out of the wing room and went to the central palace to take care of court affairs. He was busy until the evening and came back. He subconsciously walked towards the wing room, but when he thought of Jiang Zhaoyue's indifference to him, he turned around and walked towards the main room.
"Greetings, Your Highness." The palace maid saluted.
"Is the Second Young Master sleeping?" After Pei Jingpeng used the antidote, the poison was cured, but his body was extremely weak and he spent most of the day sleeping.
The imperial physician said this would help Pei Jingpeng recover.
Pei Jingzhou would not allow anyone to disturb Pei Jingpeng's sleep. He and Jiang Zhaoyue would ask about the situation before coming in to visit.
"Your Highness, the Second Young Master has just woken up, and Qingluo is waiting inside."
Pei Jingzhou then walked to the bedroom door and knocked gently on the door frame.
Qingluo quickly stood up to greet him: "Greetings, Your Highness."
"Yeah." Pei Jingzhou walked to the bed.
Pei Jingpeng leaned back on the big pillow. He was still thin and his face was still pale, but his spirit was much better and he was obviously getting better.
"Don't bow, just lie down." Pei Jingzhou said first.
Pei Jingpeng was not polite either.
"How do you feel today?" Pei Jingzhou asked.
"I went out to bask in the sun today." Pei Jingpeng's eyes lit up.
"when?"
"When you and your cousin's wife went to Shunning Palace, the sun had just come out. Qingluo carried me out and we were only exposed to the sun for a quarter of an hour. Qingluo said that I hadn't been out for a long time and couldn't stay there too long." Pei Jingpeng was very excited.
"Well, what does it feel like?"
“Everything feels so new and wonderful.”
Pei Jingzhou was happy for Pei Jingpeng: "When you recover, you can go out every day."
"Well, but I can go back to the mansion after some time, right?" Pei Jingpeng entered the palace when he was six years old and had not returned to the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion for more than ten years. He missed the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion very much.
Pei Jingzhou nodded: "Okay, I'll take you home then."
Pei Jingpeng was a little nervous: "I don't know if my father, mother, and eldest brother will recognize me."
Pei Jingzhou suddenly felt guilty.
Pei Jingpeng hurriedly said, "Brother Crown Prince, I don't mean to blame you. The Zhenguogong Mansion exists because of you, my aunt, and the people of Dajin. I am very happy that I can do something for you, my aunt, and Dajin with my humble efforts."
"you……"
Pei Jingpeng guessed what he meant and said, "How can you still be so optimistic, huh?"
Pei Jingzhou nodded.
Pei Jingpeng said it without hesitation: "Because of Qingluo."
Pei Jingzhou was puzzled.
Pei Jingpeng said softly, "Although she is just a palace maid and can't read a few words, she knows how to do things that she won't regret. She works hard to make more money, she gets to know more people so that she can find her sister, and she takes care of me so that I can survive... She works very hard to do these things.
“I told her that maybe nothing she did would be rewarded.
“She said that if you do it, there’s a chance of reward, but if you don’t do it, there’s no hope at all.
"She doesn't want to wait until she's dead or old and regret not living her life to the fullest."
Pei Jingzhou was stunned when he heard this.
Pei Jingpeng said, "Just like between her and me, everyone knows that I am the Second Young Master Pei of the Zhenguo Mansion, and she is a little palace maid. There is no possibility for us to be together, but I am still happy to be with her and strive for it optimistically. If there is a future, that's great. If not, she and I have the most beautiful and precious memories."
Pei Jingzhou's heart was shocked. Although the matter had nothing to do with Jiang Zhaoyue, he thought of her in a roundabout way.
Thinking about how much he wanted a result with her, how much he wanted her heart, how much he wanted everything from her, he didn't dare to like her too much, didn't dare to respond to her, didn't dare... He was trapped in his own love, and his mind was only thinking about her response, without considering her situation at all.
Although her status was higher than Qingluo's, she faced pressure from the emperor, empress, court officials, etc. of the Jin Dynasty. She thought it was normal for him to have many wives and concubines.
He just said that he would not take a concubine, and he did not take one for the time being... He should learn from Xiao Peng and be with the person he likes and do his best to be with the other person.
After figuring all this out, his mood, which had been gloomy all day, suddenly brightened up and he immediately stood up.
Pei Jingpeng was startled.
"Um..." Pei Jingzhou was a little embarrassed: "Take good care of yourself, I will come to see you tomorrow."
"good."
As soon as Pei Jingpeng agreed, Pei Jingzhou quickly left the bedroom and the main room and walked quickly into the side room.
Jiang Zhaoyue was sitting under the lamp, flipping through the East Palace account book. When she saw him come back, she quickly stood up and happily rushed towards him: "Your Highness."
Pei Jingzhou put his arm around her waist and asked, "Are we having our wedding night today?"
Jiang Zhaoyue's face froze, and he asked, "What did you say?"
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