Chapter 189 She Can't Live Without Me
When Chen Anshan was young, he followed the emperor to fight on the battlefield. Although he eventually became the prime minister, the murderous aura around him remained the same.
Seeing Shen Congyue's bloody missing finger, Shen Anshan's angry eyes fell on Jiang Hui's face.
Meeting Chen Anshan's gaze, Jiang Hui walked towards him without dodging.
"Ms. Shen sneaked into the Rong residence with the intention of poisoning all the guests at the banquet and blaming Madam Pei. Prime Minister, my son said this was a warning."
In an instant, Shen Anshan seemed to have heard something he shouldn't have heard. His pupils tightened violently, and he looked at Shen Congyue with astonishment and confusion in his eyes.
Shen Congyue frowned slightly, turned her head away, and refused to look at Shen Anshan.
At that moment, Shen Anshan seemed to have lost all his strength.
He took a few steps back and was barely supported by a servant beside him.
As if he finally realized something, Shen Anshan widened his eyes, raised his hand, and slapped Shen Congyue in the face!
“Snap—”
The sound is crisp.
This time, Shen Anshan really used all his strength, and Shen Congyue turned his head away, and blood instantly oozed from the corner of his mouth!
Shen Anshan pointed at Shen Congyue, his fingers trembling: “Do you, do you know… do you know what you are doing!?”
"The women attending the Rong Mansion banquet today are all daughters of noble families in the imperial court. You, you..."
At the end of the conversation, Shen Anshan covered his chest and could not utter a word. He had to rely on the servant to support him so that he could stand steadily.
Jiang Hui's expression remained unchanged, and no matter how much Shen Anshan lost his composure, his eyes did not change at all.
"Prime Minister, my son has said that he will find Miss Shen for you. He has fulfilled your request." After a pause, Jiang Hui continued, "I am cutting off this little finger as a token of my gratitude to the Prime Minister's Mansion and other officials in the capital."
"Young Master will not publicize this matter. I also ask the Prime Minister to discipline Miss Shen properly. If any trouble is caused by her again—" Jiang Hui's tone sank, "He will not care about the teacher-student relationship with the Prime Minister."
Shen Anshan took a deep breath, his face lost color, and his body hunched over.
Shen Anshan bowed slightly towards Jiang Hui and said in a voice that was full of vicissitudes of life: "On my behalf... thank you, Master Shaofu."
Jiang Hui clasped his fists in response, then turned and left.
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The front yard of Rong Mansion.
The women sat together, discussing things anxiously and excitedly. The banquet was filled with the sounds of music and was extremely lively.
When Pei Jingxu arrived at the banquet, he noticed that Rong Xuanzhou had already taken a seat at the men's table.
The Rong couple had caused quite a stir when they were invited to a religious ceremony, and they claimed to be ill and could not come, so the responsibility of entertaining the guests fell entirely on Rong Xuanzhou.
As a military general, Rong Xuanzhou has been at the border for many years and does not have a deep foundation in the court.
When sitting with the male guests, everyone naturally wanted to curry favor with him and attach themselves to his elder brother, Rong Jianxue.
Pei Jingxu greeted the guests with a smile and was pulled behind a screen by the female relatives.
After the last autumn hunt, Pei Jingxu became much closer to the women in the capital, and those women also realized that the rumors circulating in the capital were not true.
"Second Madam, Second Madam! When will Master Shaofu come to the banquet?"
An anxious female relative asked in a low voice with excitement in her eyes.
"Yes, yes, the Second Lady held this banquet, presumably with the intention of showing her off to the Young Master..."
"Master Shaofu is young and promising, handsome and talented, but I don't know what kind of woman he likes."
“…”
The female relatives were talking to each other, and didn't notice Pei Jingxu's trembling waist at all.
——She hasn't recovered from the recent incident.
With a gentle and submissive smile on his face, Pei Jingxu just listened to the women's discussions, occasionally adding a few words, but not trying to steal the limelight.
Rong Xuanzhou looked over through the screen.
The screen made of gauze was faintly transparent. Rong Xuanzhou's eyes followed the graceful figure and he was lost in thought for a moment.
"What is General Xuanzhou looking at?"
A male guest noticed Rong Xuanzhou's distraction and asked with a smile.
"Who else can she look at? My wife is over there, so of course she's looking at Madam Pei Er!"
A male guest joked along.
During the prayer ceremony, Ah Xuan's words made Rong Xuanzhou feel a little depressed.
Perhaps it was just the words of a child, but the titles like "Uncle Crown Prince" and "Uncle Third Prince" were really irritating to him.
——It seems that in Axuan’s mind, his status is not as high as that of the Crown Prince or even the Third Prince.
But it is clear that he and Shu Tong are already... husband and wife.
Didn’t Shu Tong mention this to the two children?
Didn't Shu Tong tell the two children that she would marry Uncle Xuanzhou and live together in the future?
Rong Xuanzhou frowned slightly, and a hint of gloom flashed in his eyes.
A bit of anger rose in his heart, and that anger was transferred from Axuan to Bai Shutong.
Therefore, even though Bai Shutong left Rong Mansion at this moment, he did not chase after him.
Unconsciously, my eyes followed Pei Jingxu.
"The Second Lady is a beauty of the highest order. General Xuanzhou is truly blessed!"
"She can manage a banquet by herself. Such a virtuous woman is the best at managing the household!"
“…”
Listening to everyone's praise, Rong Xuanzhou's frown relaxed a little.
He didn't think Pei Jingxu was so unique or beautiful.
——Perhaps I had this feeling when I was young.
But after a long time, I felt that it was nothing special.
She is very spoiled and too submissive, just like millions of other women in the harems of this world. After watching her for a long time, you won’t find anything special about her.
White tung is different.
She was tenacious and fearless, she fought on the battlefield with him and raised a pair of children by herself. Like cattail, no matter how tough the environment was, she could not be defeated.
Rong Xuanzhou admires women like Bai Shutong.
She once said that she didn't want to be like those women in the harem of this world, trapped in that small sky until her death, and never even saw the sunset in the desert or the rushing waterfall.
Rong Xuanzhou felt that what she said was very good. A woman like her was truly unique.
And at this moment.
Pei Jingxu stood with the other female relatives, with a smile on her lips and her dress fluttering, she was so beautiful that she could even surpass the autumn scenery.
——She is also a woman in the harem.
She shouldn't be unique.
She should be no different from the thousands of other women in the harem.
But Rong Xuanzhou's gaze, through the gauze screen, followed her without deviation, without a single mistake.
Hearing the teasing from the people around him, Rong Xuanzhou's lips curled up into a smile.
Picking up the wine glass beside him, Rong Xuanzhou took a sip and said in a normal tone, "She has always been inseparable from me."
I don’t know whether I was saying this to others or to myself.
But after he said this, no one responded to him.
The originally lively and playful atmosphere suddenly became silent.
Rong Xuanzhou frowned and turned to look at the person who came.
Rong Jianxue was wearing a dark green robe with golden bamboo patterns on it, which made his figure look even more upright and straight.
In an instant, all the guests bowed and saluted the newcomer: "Greetings, Master Young Master."
Rong Jianxue's expression remained unchanged as she met Rong Xuanzhou's gaze, her tone indifferent, "No one can live without the other."
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