Chapter 115 Must Catch
"Where are you going?" Pei Jingzhou asked.
"Go and pay your respects to the Queen Mother." Jiang Zhaoyue said.
"Together." Pei Jingzhou pulled Jiang Zhaoyue to leave.
Jiang Zhaoyue didn't move, but glanced at Yan Manyi and said, "Miss Yan San has something to tell you."
Pei Jingzhou looked at Yan Manyi with an unhappy expression: "Don't you know what you did wrong?"
Yan Manyi said with tears in her eyes: "Brother Jingzhou——"
"Pei Jing." Pei Jingzhou called out with a frown.
"Yes." Pei Jing took a step forward.
Pei Jingzhou said expressionlessly, "Send Miss Yan San to the Palace Affairs Bureau."
The Palace Affairs Bureau is where the rules of the palace are taught in the Jin Dynasty Palace. The maids and eunuchs there are extremely strict and scary. They control everything from eating, walking, sleeping, and even the way people look.
Most people can’t stand it.
Therefore, the Palace Affairs Bureau gradually became a place to punish people who were disrespectful.
Yan Manyi didn't expect that Pei Jingzhou would not remember their friendship and send her to jail. She was completely stunned.
"Miss Yan San, let's go." Pei Jing said.
Yan Manyi didn't move at all.
"Miss Yan San." Pei Jing called.
Yan Manyi remained motionless.
The Queen and Yan Zhiyi noticed that something was wrong and walked over together.
Jiang Zhaoyue and Pei Jingzhou saluted the queen.
Yan Zhiyi also bowed to Pei Jingzhou and Jiang Zhaoyue at the same time.
"Crown Prince, Crown Princess, there's no need to be so polite." The Queen glanced at Yan Manyi, whose eyes were red and still in a daze, and frowned imperceptibly. When she turned to Pei Jingzhou, she smiled again and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Your Majesty, can you ask Miss Yan San?" Pei Jingzhou asked.
"Manyi." The queen called.
Yan Manyi came back to her senses, looked at the Queen, and immediately said aggrievedly, "Aunt."
The Queen said sternly, "Speak nicely, what's going on?"
"Aunt, Brother Jingzhou..." Thinking of the result of calling "Brother Jingzhou", Yan Manyi quickly swallowed the four words and said, "His Highness wants to send my niece to the Palace Affairs Bureau."
Yan Zhiyi and the Queen were surprised.
"Niece...niece..." Yan Manyi looked at Pei Jingzhou with tears in her eyes, and then said to the queen: "Niece, I'm sorry."
"What's the impoliteness?" the queen asked coldly.
"Niece, niece, please call His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Brother Jingzhou." Yan Manyi tried hard not to let the tears fall.
The Queen looked at Pei Jingzhou: "Prince——"
"Is this the reason?" Pei Jingzhou's voice suddenly turned cold.
Jiang Zhaoyue felt a chill all around him.
Yan Zhiyi was startled.
Yan Manyi's heart shuddered.
The queen was unhappy and said, "Man Yi, tell the truth!"
Yan Manyi cried and said, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked me to call him His Highness, and I called him 'Brother Jingzhou', so..."
"Mother, you said that your son sent her to the Palace Affairs Bureau, right?" Pei Jingzhou asked.
It has been more than a month since Pei Jingzhou resumed his status as the crown prince. Emperor Hong Qi brought him with him every day to meet envoys, court officials, and handle state affairs. This was to establish Pei Jingzhou's authority as the crown prince and make everyone recognize and obey Pei Jingzhou as the crown prince.
But Yan Manyi, this idiot, actually called Pei Jingzhou "Brother" even though Pei Jingzhou clearly called him "Your Highness". Isn't this a challenge to the authority of the Crown Prince?
So stupid!
The Queen was furious, but she couldn't bear it because Manyi was her own niece, so she said to Pei Jingzhou: "Prince, Manyi is ignorant——"
"Is calling him 'Your Highness' something so difficult to understand?" Pei Jingzhou interrupted the Queen and asked, "Do you need to be familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics before you can call him that?"
Yan Zhiyi didn’t know that Pei Jingzhou’s words were so... vicious. He wasn’t like this before.
Jiang Zhaoyue pursed her lips when she heard this, trying not to laugh.
The Queen was choked. This approach was blocked, so she tried another one: "Today is Zhiyi's birthday, and everyone should be happy. Why not make a big deal out of a small matter and a small one out of nothing?"
"Is this how the Queen Mother handles things?" Pei Jingzhou asked.
The queen was speechless.
Pei Jingzhou continued, "According to what my mother said, there are Lantern Festival, Dragon Head-raising Festival, Cold Food Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day... all the way to New Year's Eve, there are also my father's birthday, my mother's birthday, my son's birthday, the Crown Princess' birthday, my second brother's birthday, my second brother's wife's birthday, Duojia's birthday, and so on.
"Take it all together, there are 365 days in a year, and every day has its own name. Is it possible to turn all the things we encounter into small things, and big things into nothing?"
Although Pei Jingzhou is cold and indifferent, he is gentle and polite in dealing with people. However, he was particularly aggressive today, and the queen could not handle it. She did not dare to offend the crown prince too much, for fear of making the emperor angry, which would not be good for her or the Yan family.
She slowed down and said, "The Crown Prince is right. I just didn't think it through for a moment. Fortunately, the Crown Prince reminded me. Yes, a country has its laws, and a family has its rules. What Manyi did was wrong, so she should be punished. Nanny Yu, take the third young lady to the Palace Affairs Bureau."
Just a name!
Just a name!
Yan Manyi didn't know that it was just a simple name. Pei Jingzhou would be fine if he didn't care, but if he did, he would definitely be punished.
She thought that her aunt would come over and say a few nice words to her with tears in her eyes, and the matter would be put behind her. She didn't expect that her aunt would agree with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and send her to the Palace Affairs Bureau.
She suddenly became afraid: "Aunt, Aunt, I don't want to go there, there..."
The queen ignored her.
Yan Manyi looked at Pei Jingzhou again: "Your Highness, Your Highness, I was wrong. Considering that we grew up together——"
"Madame Yu, take him away." The queen frowned.
"Yes, Your Majesty." After receiving the order, Nanny Yu put one arm around Yan Manyi's waist, covered her mouth with the other, and took her out of Shunning Palace.
Yan Manyi struggled and grumbled, but after all, she was a spoiled girl raised in the harem, and there was no way she could break free from Nanny Yu's shackles, so she was taken away just like that.
The queen was unhappy, but she couldn't show it on her face.
Seeing this, Yan Zhiyi took the initiative to greet them, "Your Highness, Crown Prince, Crown Princess, thank you for coming. Please come in."
Pei Jingzhou nodded and looked at Jiang Zhaoyue.
Jiang Zhaoyue turned to Xiang Qiao.
Xiangqiao came over with a tray.
Jiang Zhaoyue reached out to take it, but found that her hand was still held by Pei Jingzhou, so she quickly broke free.
Yan Zhiyi happened to see it and her eyes couldn't help but darken.
Jiang Zhaoyue held a box in both hands and gave it to Yan Zhiyi: "This is a birthday gift for you. May your rosy face remain the same, and may flowers bloom on your head year after year."
Yan Zhiyi took it with a smile: "Thank you, Princess, for your kindness. Please come in."
Jiang Zhaoyue and Pei Jingzhou asked the queen to leave first.
The Queen walked into the theater.
Jiang Zhaoyue and Pei Jingzhou sat down next.
Yan Zhiyi was busy for a while and then sat down in front of the queen.
"Zhiyi." The queen called out.
Yan Zhiyi paused, having a bad feeling in her heart.
The Queen whispered, "Man Yi has no hope. You must capture the Crown Prince."
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