Chapter 246 Rong Jianxue, let’s talk.
Pei Jingxu gazed slightly.
——This really doesn’t sound like something Rong Jianxue would say.
The familiar agarwood is mixed with a faint scent of wine.
Pei Jingxu's body stiffened slightly: "You, you drank?"
The man's voice was low and hoarse, and he said "hmm" but held her waist tighter.
Inexplicably, Pei Jingxu recalled the time when she and he attended the palace banquet together. He would never let her drink. When Pei Jingxu hit back at him, he chuckled proudly: "I won't get drunk."
But now, the man was lying behind her, and the warmth and the alcohol really made her feel a little drowsy.
How can you trust what someone says when they're drunk?
Pei Jingxu told himself this in his heart, but he couldn't resist the sleepiness that came over him. His eyelids drooped and he fell asleep.
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When I woke up again, it was already night.
Pei Jingxu hadn't eaten all day, his back and waist ached, and his legs were shaking.
Sitting up, Pei Jingxu saw the warm tea at hand.
After drinking a few sips of water to moisten his throat, Pei Jingxu tried to get out of bed again.
After a whole day's rest, I finally felt better.
Walking to the table in the outer room, Pei Jingxu slowly sat down.
Several dishes were placed in the lunch box. When I opened the box, the food was still warm.
Pei Jingxu laid out the dishes and tasted a few bites.
——These are dishes from the capital, and they must be prepared by the chef he brought from Chang'an.
Pei Jingxu hadn't eaten food in the capital for a long time, and was really hungry, so he ate a lot by himself.
After eating, she felt a little better.
There were light footsteps outside the door.
Pei Jingxu didn't pay attention until Jiang Hui, who was standing outside the door, said respectfully, "Greetings, sir."
Only then did Pei Jingxu react, put down his bowl and chopsticks, and turned to look at the person who came.
The man pushed the door open and walked in.
The moonlight shone all around him, his face was cold and indifferent, not a trace of emotion could be seen.
Jiang Hui outside the room tactfully closed the door.
Pei Jingxu felt much better after dinner. When she looked at him, her almond-shaped eyes were slightly round, and she was a little dazed and at a loss for a moment.
The man did not speak, but just lowered his eyes to look at her. The night wind blew through the window lattice, blowing up his clothes.
"Better?"
After an unknown amount of time, the man spoke coldly.
Pei Jingxu came back to his senses, looked away from his face, and nodded.
See her nod.
Rong Jianxue took a few steps forward and picked her up sideways.
Pei Jingxu's eyes were filled with helplessness and panic, and she subconsciously grabbed the man's neck: "Rong, Rong Jianxue, what are you doing!?"
Rong Jianxue looked straight ahead and threw her onto the couch.
"you."
“…”
So this bastard asked her if she was feeling better, is that what he meant?!
"Ah Xu, I told you."
"We're going to have kids."
…
The moon hangs high above the branches.
Rong Jianxue closed her clothes and got out of bed.
He raised his foot to leave, but a slender white hand behind him grabbed the corner of his clothes.
The wide robe was scented with jasmine.
The man stood with his back to her and did not look back at her.
Pei Jingxu's clothes were half-covered, revealing her thin skirt. Her watery eyes wandered and fixed on him.
"Let's talk."
She had too many doubts and felt uncomfortable because she couldn't figure it out.
"If you want to leave, forget it."
So, he left after sleeping these days because he was worried that she would say she was leaving?
This thought only paused in Pei Jingxu's mind for a moment, and then he shook his head and said softly, "No, I want to ask about Xiaofeng and Bai Shutong."
The man's tense back seemed to relax slightly.
Turning slightly, the man stood tall and slender in front of her soft couch, allowing her delicate and boneless hands to grab his robe.
"What do you want to ask?"
Pei Jingxu bit her lip slightly and asked all the thoughts she had sorted out in the past few days: "When did Xiaofeng... start working with you?"
"Private school."
He only said two words and Pei Jingxu understood what he meant.
So the reason why Pei Huaifeng went to a private school to be a teacher was because that private school... was Rong Jianxue's secret spot in Luzhou?
"Hongyao said that there were letters between Xiaofeng and Bai Shutong in Xiaofeng's room."
"Bai Shutong escaped, but the guards didn't see her leave the capital, so I'm still hiding in the capital, and our people can't find her."
"Bai Shutong wanted to use Pei Huaifeng to kill you, so he exchanged letters with him. In order to find out where Bai Shutong was hiding, I had him exchange letters with her to lure him out of his hole."
Pei Jingxu continued to ask, "Outside Luzhou City, Jiang Hui said those assassins were... the remnants of Shen Huaichen?"
"Chen Huaichen lost an arm and was imprisoned in the dungeon not long before being rescued by Bai Shutong." After a pause, Rong Jianxue continued, "Bai Shutong must have agreed to some conditions for Chen Huaichen, so Chen Huaichen used his remaining followers to work with Pei Huaifeng to kill you."
"Chen Huaichen...his arm is broken?" Pei Jingxu was shocked and looked at the man in front of him in astonishment.
The man's expression was calm, and he didn't seem to think this was something worth talking about separately.
He just nodded slightly as a yes.
Pei Jingxu's heart was beating violently: "Did you cut it off?"
Rong Jianxue's eyes were indifferent and her expression was calm: "It's me."
So, Rong Jianxue actually already knew about Shen Huaichen's bullying of her?
“So, Bai Shutong must have promised Shen Huaichen that he could help him repair his arm, and that’s why Shen Huaichen was willing to gather the remaining members?”
From ancient times to the present, no emperor has been disabled.
Shen Huaichen wanted to become emperor, let alone his status, even this broken body could not accommodate him.
Apart from the promise to help him repair his arm, Pei Jingxu could not think of any reason why Shen Huaichen was willing to take the risk.
——No wonder the leading assassin looked so familiar to her at that time.
Now that I think about it, that was Shen Huaichen's personal bodyguard!
Taking a deep breath, Pei Jingxu sorted out the thoughts that Rong Jianxue had told her.
Looking at him again: "You said... Bai Shutong escaped, what do you mean?"
Rong Jianxue's dark eyes were calm as he lowered his eyes to look at her: "Literally."
After a pause, he continued to explain: "She knew she had done something wrong, so she hid her whereabouts in the capital."
He just mentioned it briefly without saying much about Bai Shutong.
Realizing that Rong Jianxue didn't want to talk, Pei Jingxu didn't ask any further questions.
After asking almost all the questions, Pei Jingxu slowly released the hand that was pulling his sleeve.
The man's cold gaze fell on her hand. As he watched her hand slowly move away, some emotion flashed in his eyes.
Pei Jingxu received too much information at once and needed to sort out his thoughts.
She nodded slightly towards the man: "I don't have anything else to ask."
Meaning, he can leave now.
Rong Jianxue stood there, looking down at her, and did not leave.
A huge shadow enveloped her, the candlelight swayed twice, and the figure of the man holding her swayed as well.
"I have something to ask you."
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