Chapter 232 Rong Jianxue is loyal to Pei Jingxu
The carriage moved smoothly and evenly.
Inside the car, Rong Jianxue's eyes were clear and her dark gaze fell squarely on Pei Jingxu.
The light from the car window filtered through the gauze and fell all over her body.
Rong Jianxue raised her eyes slightly, with some emotion in her eyes.
"What's wrong?" After not hearing Rong Jianxue's voice for a long time, Pei Jingxu looked up in confusion, his clear and distinct almond eyes like an innocent deer.
The distance between them was very close, but when she looked at him, her eyes were like dependence and trust, without any hint of romance.
His gaze slowly moved down along her eyebrows and landed on her wrist bone.
She wore his things.
On one wrist is a jade bracelet that he personally selected and polished, and on the other wrist is a string of Buddhist beads that has been with him for more than ten years.
It was like two beautiful and delicate shackles, binding her slender white wrists and bringing her to him.
——She is his prisoner.
A few emotions flashed in her eyes, and Rong Jianxue pursed her lips slightly: "Nothing."
What nonsense.
——Just as he would never lose his power, he would never allow her to have such thoughts.
Lifting her wrist, Rong Jianxue pinched her slender wrist bone and, as if punishing her, gently bit the soft flesh inside her wrist bone.
Pei Jingxu cried out softly, her beautiful brows slightly furrowed, her eyes filled with tears: "Rong Jianxue, it hurts..."
On the wrist bone was a pair of cold and noble eyes: "Why did you come to see me?"
Pei Jingxu raised his eyebrows slightly, but his face showed a matter-of-fact expression: "Hongyao said that something happened to you, so of course I had to come to see you."
Following her wrist bone, his cold lips touched her palm, then slowly moved upwards from her palm and bit her slender fingers.
"Aren't you afraid?" he asked her.
Hearing this, Pei Jingxu lowered his eyes and bit his lip. A hint of fear flashed in his eyes, and he said timidly: "I can't just watch you kneeling alone outside the hall."
The woman's long eyelashes trembled slightly, and she slowly raised her eyes. Her soft and gentle gaze fell on the man's face like a feather: "When I saw you kneeling there, I wanted to accompany you. I didn't think about whether you were afraid or not."
She just opened her mouth and said those seemingly sweet words.
Rong Jianxue frowned slightly, and his cold fingertips were bitten between his teeth. The fine and dense itch came from the fingertips, but it didn't reach deep inside.
"Pei Jingxu, now, follow me."
Pei Jingxu was stunned for a moment, looking at the man in front of him innocently and blankly.
The man's dark eyes were like a pool. He looked at her intently and spoke word by word, "I won't give up my life for anyone."
Pei Jingxu frowned slightly, with a hint of confusion in his eyes: "What?"
Pulling her wrist, Rong Jianxue pulled her into his arms: "Ah Xu, follow me."
"I...um...I won't give up my life for anyone."
Rong Jianxue's eyes were cold, and he looked down at her condescendingly: "Even Rong Jianxue is not enough to make me risk my life."
Pei Jingxu's eyes were filled with even more confusion, as if she didn't quite understand why he said that.
His knuckles caressing her lower back, Pei Jingxu whispered, "Even Rong Jianxue... wouldn't be enough to make me risk my life."
The man narrowed his eyes slightly, and looked at her with eyes like a cold poisonous snake, staring at his prey.
But it was only for a moment, and those eyes were cold and restrained, without any selfish desires.
"Besides that, Pei Jingxu will always be loyal to Rong Jianxue."
The pupils constrict violently.
Pei Jingxu widened his eyes, and even his hand on his lapel tightened a little unconsciously.
Pursing his lips slightly, Pei Jingxu lowered his eyelids, his voice trembling slightly: "Rong Jianxue..."
"Speak." He ordered concisely.
Pei Jingxu couldn't help but soften her voice, as if whispering in his ear: "Besides that, Pei Jingxu will always be loyal to Rong Jianxue..."
The hand on her waist exerted a little force, bent her waist, and held her whole body in his arms.
"Tell me, Pei Jingxu will never leave Rong Jianxue."
His voice was low and hoarse as he stroked her back with a hint of silent urging.
Pei Jingxu has a cold body and his hands and feet are cold all year round.
Rong Jianxue was different from her. His fingertips were cool, and when he stroked her spine, it was like a hot water bottle in winter. The heat flowed along his fingertips, burning her spine through the skin.
Pei Jingxu's voice trembled: "A Xu will never leave Rong Jianxue..."
She heard a man's laughter above her head, whose emotion was indistinguishable.
Following the sound, she looked up and heard Rong Jianxue muttering a Buddhist name softly. He curled up his five fingers and then opened them one by one, and finally his palm fell between her eyebrows, as if leaving a brand for her.
Pei Jingxu blinked with confusion in his eyes: "What is this?"
"Mantra," Rong Jianxue said calmly, "Pei Jingxu, if you tell a lie, the gods and Buddhas will punish you."
Pei Jingxu thought: She doesn't believe this.
What's more, as a vicious female supporting character, it is only natural for her to be punished by heaven.
——She has done so many bad things in her life.
While thinking this, Pei Jingxu pretended to be panic-stricken and glared at Rong Jianxue unhappily. "Why is it only mine? You should also cast a mantra for me."
Rong Jianxue chuckled and bit her cherry lips.
A low murmur came out of his throat, and Pei Jingxu heard what Rong Jianxue said.
"Rong Jianxue is loyal to Pei Jingxu," he pried open her teeth and entangled her tongue, "for eternity, until death."
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The task of organizing the ceremony of worshiping heaven ultimately did not fall on the shoulders of the Young Master.
After receiving the order from His Majesty, Crown Prince Shen Qianfan began to organize the ceremony in a big way.
Rong Jianxue stayed in the new house and did not participate in the ceremony of worshiping the sky.
Does the emperor really trust Rong Jianxue?
In Pei Jingxu's opinion, this is not the case. Serving the emperor is like serving a tiger. The emperor is suspicious by nature and it is impossible for him to unconditionally trust a powerful minister with great achievements.
It's just that he no longer has any power to borrow from.
The crown prince and the third prince were plotting something evil and even wanted to poison him to usurp the throne. The emperor had not yet found the real culprit, and the throne was in his hands.
He needed a sharp knife to help him cut meat and remove bones, and Rong Jianxue was perfect for the job.
If Pei Jingxu could think of this, Rong Jianxue could naturally think of it as well.
What Pei Jingxu didn't expect was that even though Rong Jianxue knew that he was a knife, he was still willing to work for the emperor.
——Doesn’t he have any selfish motives?
Pei Jingxu didn't know.
On the day of the ceremony of worshiping heaven, before dawn, Chang'an Avenue was bustling with people, and the people stood on both sides, waiting for the parade of the imperial palace team.
The post was also sent to Pei Jingxu, but Pei Jingxu refused to attend the ceremony due to poor health.
——If Rong Jianxue doesn’t go, what’s the point for her to go herself.
It would be better to stay in the mansion with Rong Jianxue and exchange feelings with her.
Her thoughts were simple, but she never expected that at dawn, Rong Jianxue was summoned to the palace by an imperial decree.
There were only four words on the imperial edict.
【The emperor is seriously ill.】
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