Chapter 117 Willing to be a Concubine
"Greetings to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." Yan Zhiyi bowed respectfully to Pei Jingzhou.
"No need to be so polite." Pei Jingzhou raised his hand.
Yan Zhiyi slowly stood up and raised her clear eyes. In the faint moonlight, she saw Pei Jingzhou's clear outline, cold and delicate eyebrows, and his handsomeness and familiarity made people unable to take their eyes off him.
Noticing her gaze, Pei Jingzhou frowned slightly and asked, "Miss Yan, what's the matter?"
"Is Your Highness the Crown Prince in a hurry to return to the theater?" Yan Zhiyi asked.
Jiang Zhaoyue had just entered the palace and was not very familiar with the Queen and the others. Pei Jingzhou was a little worried about her staying there alone. He nodded and said, "Yes, the Crown Princess is still there."
Yan Zhiyi lowered her lost eyes: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince treats the Crown Princess very well."
Pei Jingzhou didn't respond, but instead asked, "What does Miss Yan want to say?"
I don’t know if it’s because the moonlight is too beautiful, or because of the darkness, or because of my aunt’s words, or if there’s still a trace of unwillingness deep in my heart.
Yan Zhiyi suddenly raised her eyes, stared into Pei Jingzhou's dark pupils, and said boldly: "Your Highness, can you be nicer to me?"
Pei Jingzhou didn't understand for a moment.
Yan Zhiyi added: "Even if it's only half of the Crown Princess's, it's fine."
Pei Jingzhou frowned deeply: "What do you mean?"
Yan Zhiyi hesitated for a moment, then finally asked, "I, I want to be the Crown Prince's...concubine, is that okay?"
Upon hearing this, Xiang Qiao immediately covered her mouth and turned to look at Jiang Zhaoyue in front of her.
ah?
The heroine should be a concubine?
Heroine, oh heroine, you are the heroine!
Although you are a pure little white flower and sometimes a little entangled, you are a person with your own ideas in your heart.
How could she degenerate into a concubine of a male supporting role?
Jiang Zhaoyue was stunned.
Pei Jingzhou asked unhappily: "Yan Zhiyi, do you know what you are talking about?"
"I know." Yan Zhiyi said.
"Okay, then I tell you, I won't have any other women except the Crown Princess."
Xiangqiao opened her eyes wide when she heard this and was happy for Jiang Zhaoyue.
Jiang Zhaoyue was also stunned. The discomfort in his heart gradually faded away, and joy emerged little by little.
Yan Zhiyi was stunned.
Pei Jingzhou took a step to leave.
Yan Zhiyi reacted and hurried to Pei Jingzhou, opening her arms to block his way. She said excitedly, "Your Highness, looking around the Great Jin, any man with a bit of power has many wives and concubines. You are Your Highness, how could you have only one Crown Princess?"
Pei Jingzhou did not allow for rebuttal: "I am different from those men."
"The emperor and my aunt don't agree with you doing this." The emperor and empress are now worried about Pei Jingzhou's affairs in the harem.
Pei Jingzhou said firmly: "My life is not controlled by others"
Yan Zhiyi warned: "They will target the Crown Princess."
Pei Jingzhou said firmly: "I won't let them do that."
Yan Zhiyi's heart was shocked, and after a while she digested the news, she asked, "Do you like the Crown Princess so much?"
Pei Jingzhou did not hide anything: "That's right."
Xiangqiao was overjoyed when she heard that.
Jiang Zhaoyue was a little confused.
Yan Zhiyi was puzzled and said, "You and her have been married for less than half a year, how come..."
Pei Jingzhou thought for a moment and said, "Liking has nothing to do with time."
"What does that have to do with anything?"
"I don't know. I only know that with her, I seem to have a real sense of being alive. I will bicker with her, quarrel with her, fight with her for a piece of dessert, and compete with her for a piece of fruit... No matter what happens, I feel satisfied when I see her." When Pei Jingzhou said this, his eyes were full of affection.
Xiangqiao was deeply moved when she heard this.
Jiang Zhaoyue had always coveted Pei Jingzhou's body, and didn't care that in Pei Jingzhou's eyes she was just a lustful, unreasonable and fickle woman. She didn't expect that Pei Jingzhou... She was a little confused.
Yan Zhiyi and Pei Jingzhou grew up together. This past is incomparable to other women and is also her bargaining chip.
When her aunt asked her to take out her chips and gamble, she refused again and again, but she was quite confident in her heart.
Therefore, after agreeing to her aunt, she felt that if she expressed her feelings to Pei Jingzhou, she could become Pei Jingzhou's concubine.
As a result... As a result, Pei Jingzhou rejected her so firmly and expressed his true feelings for Jiang Zhaoyue to her. She felt ridiculous, pitiful and sad.
But she finally asked, "I'm willing to be your concubine, but you don't want me?"
"No." Pei Jingzhou refused firmly.
Yan Zhiyi slowly lowered her arms, and tears began to fall.
Pei Jingzhou sighed: "Zhiyi, you shouldn't be like this."
"What should I look like?" Yan Zhiyi asked.
Pei Jingzhou looked at her and said: "Zhaoyue has also made her own way despite being praised and supported by the Chengning Marquis Mansion.
"You were born in a general's mansion. Your father is General Yan, who has made great military achievements. Your mother also went to the battlefield to save the dying and heal the wounded. Even if you don't pick up a gun to kill the enemy, and you don't practice medicine to help the world, you are much better off than her.
"She tried her best to live a good life, and you should also pursue your own happiness.
"What's so good about being a concubine?
“What’s so good about serving a man?
“What good is it to lose yourself?
"If your father, General Yan, your mother, the General's wife, your aunt, the Empress Dowager, and your uncle, the Emperor, did everything they could to send you to the Eastern Palace.
“That’s no loss for me and Zhaoyue. There will just be one more resentful woman in the backyard whom I will never even glance at.
"But to you, this is an insult, an abuse, and a waste.
"You've worked so hard since childhood studying, practicing the piano, riding horses, hunting... not to be a man's concubine, but to give you the strength to move forward in difficult, dark, and helpless moments, and to lead you towards the light.
"Do you know all this?"
Yan Zhiyi was stunned.
Pei Jingzhou continued, "Life is not easy for women. When you have the chance to shine, don't extinguish yourself."
Yan Zhiyi was somewhat moved, but tears continued to flow: "But..."
Pei Jingzhou continued: "But you have the responsibility of the Yan family, right?"
Yan Zhiyi was surprised that he knew all this.
Pei Jingzhou said: "The Yan family has men who are taller, stronger, healthier, and more energetic than you. They have plenty of time to practice martial arts and study. They should do their best to make a name for themselves in Dajin.
“If they break out, they deserve it.
“If they can’t get out, they are useless.
"If you sacrifice yourself and force them into a position where they don't belong, regardless of whether they will remember you or not.
"You must understand one thing: if one's virtue is unworthy of one's position, disaster will surely follow!"
Yan Zhiyi was shocked and stared at him in a daze.
"If you can live a good life and not bring shame to your family, that's already good enough. If you can bring glory to your family with your own abilities, inspire them to strive for success, and then achieve results, that would be even better."
Yan Zhiyi's mind gradually cleared: "Prince——"
"Zhiyi, for the sake of our past, this is the first and last time I am saying this to you. I hope you can respect yourself, love yourself, and be strong. Otherwise, I will not show mercy." Pei Jingzhou walked towards the theater.
Yan Zhiyi's tears fell like rain again, filled with shame, relief, and happiness. She cried harder and harder, and finally squatted down, covering her face and crying loudly.
After crying for a long time, she suddenly remembered something, stood up abruptly, and ran away.
"What is she going to do?" Xiangqiao asked in surprise.
Jiang Zhaoyue shook his head.
"You won't commit suicide, will you?" Xiang Qiao asked.
"Let's go and take a look."
The master and servant followed quietly, and the cat hid behind a big tree.
Yan Zhiyi ran to the lake, took out a bag from his sleeve, and threw it into the lake with a "pop". He felt relieved.
"Crown Princess, what did she throw away?" Xiang Qiao asked.
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