Chapter 120 Homesick
"Well, I thought she attacked you." Pei Jingzhou said.
Jiang Zhaoyue looked puzzled.
"She hopes that the Yan family will have another queen." Pei Jingzhou said it without hiding anything.
Another queen?
Doesn't that mean... Jiang Zhaoyue looked at Pei Jingzhou: "You mean..."
Pei Jingzhou nodded: "Yan Manyi and Yan Zhiyi both want to become queen."
Jiang Zhaoyue thought they were going to be concubines in the Eastern Palace, but she didn't expect them to be so ambitious.
Pei Jingzhou continued, "I punished Yan Manyi, persuaded Yan Zhiyi to retreat, and ruined her plan. I thought she was desperate and would attack you immediately, so I questioned her about what she had done."
No wonder.
No wonder!
No wonder when Jiang Zhaoyue came out of the concubine's room, Pei Jingzhou was so scared that he quickly hugged her as if she had escaped death.
It turns out that these things happened in the meantime.
She looked at him and asked, "But you have just regained your status as the crown prince, and your position is still unstable. Wouldn't this be bad for her?"
"Your position is still unstable?" Pei Jingzhou looked at Jiang Zhaoyue, curled his lips, and his eyes were filled with admiration: "You still understand this?"
Jiang Zhaoyue rolled her eyes at him and said, "Don't treat me like a fool, okay?"
Pei Jingzhou smiled: "Then tell me why my position is unstable?"
Jiang Zhaoyue said seriously, "Throughout history, even the crown prince had his officials question his abilities. Moreover, since you've returned from outside the palace, you need to establish merit, authority, and virtue, win over the people, and consolidate your position, don't you?"
Surprise flashed in Pei Jingzhou's eyes.
"You shouldn't make enemies at this time. You should befriend the Queen and bring the Yan family over."
"You are right." Pei Jingzhou said.
Jiang Zhaoyue asked, "Is there a 'but'?"
"Yes, but you forget that my father is still alive. He is the emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty. If I were to try to win over the court officials without his permission, what do you think he would do?"
Jiang Zhaoyue thought for a moment and asked, "Are you feeling apprehensive?"
"Yes." Pei Jingzhou raised his eyes and looked out the window: "When I was very young, my mother told me that while I know that the emperor is my father, I should not forget that he is the current emperor. Only by grasping this balance can we go far."
Royal father and son... Although Pei Jingzhou has regained his status as the crown prince, he is more cautious than before with every step. This is the first time that Jiang Zhaoyue knows his difficulties.
"Now my father has no intention of asking me to win over the Yan family." Pei Jingzhou looked at Jiang Zhaoyue again.
Jiang Zhaoyue asked: "If in the future, the emperor asked you to win over the Yan family, would you -"
"No." Pei Jingzhou said firmly: "Marriage is the fastest way to win over someone, but it is also the laziest way to win over someone, and it also carries hidden dangers."
Jiang Zhaoyue asked, "Do you mean that you will be constrained by the Yan family in the future?"
“Well, my father and the Shi family are an example. My father used the Shi family’s power to rise to the throne. However, due to various reasons, he could not touch the Shi family at all, which also led to the tragedy of my mother’s death.
“I will never make the same mistake again.
"Although I have offended the Queen today, I will still let the Yan family serve me when I need them in the future." Pei Jingzhou's eyes rarely showed the aura of a king: "So, you don't have to worry."
Jiang Zhaoyue couldn't help but stare in amazement.
Pei Jingzhou asked in surprise: "What's wrong?"
Jiang Zhaoyue came back to his senses and praised, "Your Highness, you are so handsome."
Pei Jingzhou didn't understand: "What kind of strange compliment is this?"
"So handsome, so strong, so awesome!"
"Don't try to get away with it. Why did you run to the bushes or the lake? Did you eavesdrop on my conversation?" Pei Jingzhou asked.
"Yes!" Jiang Zhaoyue admitted frankly.
I knew it!
I knew it!
Pei Jingzhou knew this was the reason, so he asked, "What did you hear?"
Jiang Zhaoyue told everything that happened that night: "It seems that Miss Yan has come to terms with it."
Pei Jingzhou nodded slightly: "She has always been very clear-headed. She must have been confused for a moment under the pressure from the Queen and others, so she made a mistake."
Jiang Zhaoyue agreed with this and suddenly thought of something. She looked at Pei Jingzhou with a smile and said, "Your Highness, do you really like me that much?"
"Yeah." Pei Jingzhou admitted frankly.
"When did it start?"
Pei Jingzhou originally wanted to talk to her about feelings, but seeing her boastful look, he immediately didn't want to talk to her anymore and stood up and said, "I'm going to take a shower and change clothes."
"Come on, tell me when you started to like me."
"No need to say." Pei Jingzhou walked away.
Jiang Zhaoyue took Pei Jingzhou's hand.
Pei Jingzhou withdrew: "I won't tell you. I won't give you the chance to show off." He walked away.
Jiang Zhaoyue raised her hand again, but failed to catch Pei Jingzhou. She snorted and waited until he came back from the shower. He was looking at some memorials again. She didn't want to disturb him, so she went to bed first.
The next day, she went to pay her respects to the Queen as usual, but she didn't see Yan Zhiyi. Maybe she had gone home. She didn't think about Yan Zhiyi anymore. The Queen was in a bad mood, so she said a few words and let her go back.
In the next few days, the Queen seemed to be in a bad mood, and Jiang Zhaoyue went to Shunning Palace every day as if it was a check-in.
She liked this kind of check-in. She didn't have to be pretentious or make false greetings with the queen. It was so cool.
She checked in at Shunning Palace again today and returned to the East Palace in a happy mood.
As soon as you enter the gate of Shenxingyuan, you will see Pei Jingpeng and Qingluo bathing in the sun.
Pei Jingpeng was wearing green clothes and sitting in a wheelchair.
Qingluo squatted beside him, holding his wrist with one hand and massaging his pale, slender fingers with the other, and asked softly, "Master, does it hurt?"
"It doesn't hurt." Pei Jingpeng looked at her with a smile: "Are you tired of pressing it all the time?"
"I'm not tired." Qingluo said.
"I told you not to call me a slave."
Qingluo remained silent.
Pei Jingpeng couldn't bear to blame her: "Okay, wait until we get back to the Zhenguo Mansion, and then you can change it, okay?"
Qingluo raised her fair little face and nodded with a smile.
Pei Jingpeng also nodded.
"Oh, did I disturb you?" Jiang Zhaoyue said with a smile.
Qingluo quickly stood up and saluted Jiang Zhaoyue.
"No need to be so polite." Jiang Zhaoyue personally helped Qingluo up and turned to look at Pei Jingpeng: "Xiaopeng, there's no need to be so polite either."
"Okay, cousin-in-law." Pei Jingpeng said.
He has been naughty since he was a child, but kind, sincere and enthusiastic. After incidents such as poisoning and assassination, his nature seems to have not changed. His eyes are extremely pure and he has a clean youthful air, but he is so thin that it makes people feel distressed.
Jiang Zhaoyue spoke to him, her voice soft and gentle: "How do you feel today?"
Pei Jingpeng smiled, dimples forming on his lips. "Better than yesterday. I can pick up peanuts with my fingers, and I can feel my legs a little better too."
"Really?" Pei Jingpeng had been poisoned for too long and his body was severely damaged.
Fortunately, Qingluo had been taking good care of him, so his hands and feet did not completely atrophy.
Now that the poison has been cured, he is being cared for by several imperial doctors every day, and with Qingluo by his side, his condition is getting better and better. Jiang Zhaoyue looked at Qingluo happily.
Qingluo nodded happily: "Young Master is getting better and better."
"That's great." Jiang Zhaoyue was very happy.
"Cousin, I want to go back to the Zhenguo Mansion." Pei Jingpeng's eyes were full of anticipation. "I heard from my cousin the Crown Prince that Siya and Sijing have grown up, and I have a younger brother named Heng. My cousin the Crown Prince said Heng is chubby, naughty and cute. I miss them. Can I go back in a few days?"
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