Chapter 234 Pei Jingxu, I will replace you
Sweat soaked my clothes.
Pei Jingxu moved his eyes and belatedly realized he heard Hongyao's voice.
Pei Jingxu got out of bed, opened the door, and saw Hongyao's anxious and flustered expression!
Her eyes were filled with panic and bewilderment. Hongyao lowered her voice, her voice trembling, "Young lady, I just heard from outside that the Third Prince claimed that the Young Master poisoned His Majesty, and now he has surrounded the palace!"
A buzzing sound passed by Pei Jingxu's ears.
Pei Jingxu frowned slightly, feeling uneasy in his heart, but forced himself to calm down.
"Where is Jiang Hui now?"
Hongyao whispered, "Guard Jiang is guarding outside the mansion now. He brought a lot of guards to protect the mansion."
Pei Jingxu pursed her lips and said, "Change my clothes for me."
"yes."
After changing his clothes, Pei Jingxu quickly walked towards the mansion gate and saw Jiang Hui with a stern expression, explaining something to the guards around him.
"Guard Jiang." Pei Jingxu called him.
Hearing the sound, Jiang Hui bowed slightly to Pei Jingxu, gave a few final instructions to the guard, and let him leave.
Walking towards her, Jiang Hui clasped his fists and said, "Madam, you're awake."
Although he still greeted her calmly, Pei Jingxu was keenly aware of the atmosphere of alertness in the mansion and the gloom between Jiang Hui's brows.
Not intending to pretend ignorance, Pei Jingxu said in a clear voice: "I heard... Your Excellency was trapped in the capital by the Third Prince?"
Jiang Hui frowned slightly, but still said in a calm voice, "Madam, don't worry. The young master...will definitely turn danger into safety."
This incident happened too suddenly and strangely.
The third prince Shen Huaichen was supposed to follow the crown prince Shen Qianfan to participate in the ceremony of worshiping the sky, but for some reason, Shen Huaichen turned back on the way and led his private soldiers straight to the imperial city.
The Randeng Temple is located outside the capital. Now that all the civil and military officials of the court and the Eastern Palace have left the capital, the soldiers guarding the city gates have been replaced by Shen Huaichen's men.
——In other words, everyone in the capital today is Shen Huaichen’s people.
This was done by framing Rong Jianxue for poisoning the emperor in order to dethrone the emperor and plot a rebellion.
Jiang Hui actually had no idea what to do, and Pei Jingxu could see it.
The incident happened suddenly and no one expected it.
Pei Jingxu even suspected that the sudden imperial edict summoning Rong Jianxue into the palace was also fake.
But now was not the time to think about these things. Pei Jingxu looked at Jiang Hui and asked seriously, "How many people did the Third Prince bring with him?"
"His Highness the Third Prince has always maintained a private army within his residence. According to reports, there are at least eight thousand soldiers."
When Rong Jianxue went to the palace, he was alone.
"Where are the royal guards in the palace?"
"Today is the grand ceremony of worshipping the heavens. Most of the imperial guards have been sent to guard the ceremony. There are only a few hundred imperial guards left in the palace."
As Jiang Hui said these words, he was also extremely anxious.
The imperial city is now heavily guarded. Even if Jiang Hui brought people there, the Third Prince would never allow them to enter.
If they really forced their way in, it would confirm the rumor that Rong Jianxue poisoned His Majesty and intended to rebel.
There was a lot of discussion in the capital, and everyone felt threatened.
Pei Jingxu's expression was cold and her lips were pursed.
"Don't worry, Madam. The young master is very intelligent. If anything were to happen, he would definitely find a way to inform us." After a pause, Jiang Hui tried to comfort Pei Jingxu, but also to comfort himself. "Right now, there's been no news from the Imperial City, which is actually a good thing."
Pei Jingxu always felt something was wrong.
Regardless of whether the person who poisoned was Shen Huaichen or not, even if it was Shen Huaichen, how did he poison His Majesty without anyone noticing in the heavily guarded palace?
There were many assassins who wanted to poison the emperor before, but before His Majesty eats, there will be several poison testing processes. How could the emperor be poisoned easily?
Just as he was pondering the key points, he heard a female voice coming from outside the mansion gate: "I want to see Pei Jingxu."
Upon hearing this, Pei Jingxu raised his eyes and looked at Jiang Hui.
Jiang Hui nodded slightly, walked quietly to the door of the mansion, and saw the woman outside through the crack in the door.
——It’s white tung tree.
The door to the mansion opened, and Jiang Hui stood at the entrance, a look of alert: "Madam Bai, what are you doing here?"
Jiang Hui didn't know if it was just an illusion, but he always felt that Bai Shutong's face now...
She is too similar to Miss Pei Er.
She covered her face with a veil, revealing only her eyebrows and eyes. As her eyes flickered, Jiang Hui even thought that this was Pei Jingxu.
Bai Shutong's eyes flashed with pride, and he squinted at Jiang Hui: "Guard Jiang, I want to see Pei Jingxu."
"My wife is resting, Madam Bai, please come back later—"
"Doesn't Pei want to know why His Majesty was poisoned?!"
Jiang Hui's hand, which was about to close the door, stopped in mid-air.
Behind Jiang Hui, Pei Jingxu naturally heard what Bai Shutong said.
Bai Shutong raised his chin slightly and looked at Jiang Hui with provocation in his eyes: "I said, I want to see Pei Jingxu now."
Jiang Hui turned his head slightly and glanced at Pei Jingxu behind him.
Pei Jingxu nodded.
Jiang Hui understood and reopened the door.
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In the main hall.
Pei Jingxu sat high on the armchair and looked at Bai Shutong beside him.
After taking a sip of tea, Bai Shutong raised his eyebrows and smiled, looking at Pei Jingxu with undisguised paranoia and madness in his eyes.
"Bai Shutong, what do you want to say?" Pei Jingxu asked in a clear voice.
Bai Shutong raised his chin slightly, looking down at him: "The system told me that you have awakened."
Pei Jingxu frowned as if struck by a blow. He looked at Bai Shutong with a hint of coldness and fear in his eyes. "What are you talking about? I don't understand."
Bai Shutong smiled and shrugged, seemingly unconcerned: "Don't worry, I'm not interested in why you awakened. You're just an insignificant supporting role anyway, just some insignificant episode."
Bai Shutong looked at Pei Jingxu leisurely, smiling with a determined look: "Pei Jingxu, death is your fate. It is the trajectory of the story that you cannot change."
Pei Jingxu sneered when he heard this: "Why should I die?"
Her hands were shaking slightly. She only had a vague understanding of what Bai Shutong said, about the system and awakening.
But she understood one thing - Bai Shutong knew her secret.
"Because you're a supporting character, because you exist because of me," Bai Shutong boasted, looking at Pei Jingxu as if he were looking at an ant that could be easily crushed to death. "If I want you to die, you will definitely die."
"The author of this novel is truly boring. Since all men are my slaves, why did he have to leave out Rong Jianxue and make him keep himself clean?"
Bai Shutong's eyes were filled with amusement and contempt: "I'm unhappy, so I brought the system to change the plot."
——She does not allow any man to not submit to her.
She is the heroine, and all the men in this world should revolve around her.
There shouldn't be any man who doesn't love her, and there shouldn't be a stupid, brainless, vicious female counterpart competing for the man who belongs to her!
Having said that, a hint of hatred flashed in Bai Shutong's eyes, but the look he gave Pei Jingxu was filled with a bit of smug madness.
"But this is fine," Bai Shutong stood up and slowly walked to Pei Jingxu's side. He looked at her calmly and slowly took off the veil in front of her. "Pei Jingxu, I will replace you and get Rong Jianxue's love."
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