Chapter 250 I heard you told everyone that I was dead?
I'm going to die.
The moment Aunt Sun said that, Pei Jingxu could feel the cold gaze of the man behind him even without turning around.
Pei Jingxu kept winking at Aunt Sun, but Aunt Sun didn't notice anything was wrong and blinked blankly: "Is this... a sequel?"
Pei Jingxu: “…”
Seeing that Pei Jingxu didn't say anything, Aunt Sun thought that her guess was correct.
He raised his head and glanced in the direction of Rong Jianxue.
The man had a tall and straight figure and a handsome face. He was even more handsome than the man she was trying to marry, Chen Zhengbai, Chen Xiucai!
"That's great, that's great!" Aunt Sun praised repeatedly, smiling at Rong Jianxue, "Young Master, you must treat Ah Xu well. Ah Xu has been heartbroken and has never had a husband. She cries all day long and is in great pain."
Behind him, Pei Jingxu heard the man's cold sneer: "Don't worry, I will not let her down."
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The carriage started and headed towards the capital.
There was silence in the carriage.
It's winter now.
The surroundings were desolate, but there was a stove in the carriage, making it warm.
Tea was boiling on the stove, and the water overflowed from the lid of the kettle with a crackling sound.
"But after leaving the capital for a month, Ah Xu started telling everyone that I was dead?"
He finally spoke coldly, his dark eyes fixed on Pei Jingxu's face, his expression unclear.
Pei Jingxu twitched the corners of his mouth and laughed dryly: "At that time, Aunt Sun wanted to propose to me, and I just found a random excuse to refuse."
Rong Jianxue nodded calmly.
"I am the one who continued it?"
Pei Jingxu: "No... Aunt Sun is just talking nonsense..."
"So, I am the original wife?" Rong Jianxue raised his eyebrows slightly and looked down at her.
Pei Jingxu frowned slightly, lowered his head, and dared not say a word.
"Ah Xu is still heartbroken and crying all day long?"
Pei Jingxu felt like crying but had no tears, so she decided to go all out. She put her arms around the man's neck and sat on his lap.
Without waiting for the man to say anything else, Pei Jingxu lowered her head and kissed his lips.
Pei Jingxu pried open his teeth, closed her eyes, and kissed him actively.
Rong Jianxue's eyes were cold, but he did not close them. Instead, his vision was clear as he lowered his eyes to examine her active kiss.
——He enjoyed the obsession and panic when she kissed him.
One hand locked around her waist, tightening its grip as Rong Jianxue pulled her into his arms.
"That's not enough to please me."
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It would take at least fifteen days to travel from Luzhou to the capital according to the normal itinerary. However, Rong Jianxue rode his horse at full speed, traveling day and night, and finally arrived in seven days.
Now Pei Jingxu is in the carriage, and Rong Jianxue has sent a team of private soldiers back to Beijing to prepare, so their schedule is not tight.
Therefore, it took Pei Jingxu and Rong Jianxue a full twenty days to reach the capital.
Twenty days...
Pei Jingxu felt that except for meals and rest, he spent all his time with Rong Jianxue.
——Won’t he be tired!?
Pei Jingxu felt like he was about to die!
On the day he arrived in the capital, Pei Jingxu's eyes were moist and tears flowed down.
In the past few days, Hongyao has been recuperating in another carriage. No one is allowed to approach her and Rong Jianxue's carriage without Rong Jianxue's order.
In the last few days, Pei Jingxu felt that she didn't dare to be with him. If she knew that saying "deceased husband" would have to pay such a heavy price, she would never say it even if she died!
Outside the capital city.
Jiang Hui showed the token to the people. The guard at the city gate took a look at it and then opened the city gate respectfully.
Inside the carriage, Pei Jingxu was already exhausted, so she let Rong Jianxue help her put on her clothes and gave her some warm water.
"You go back to our house first. I still need to go to the palace."
Hearing Rong Jianxue say this, Pei Jingxu rolled his eyes somewhat dully and said softly, "What's wrong?"
"Some things haven't been dealt with yet, don't worry."
The carriage stopped at the new house, which is now outside the Prime Minister's Mansion.
Hongyao came to the carriage and helped Pei Jingxu down from it.
Lifting the carriage curtain, Rong Jianxue glanced at Pei Jingxu and said, "Take a break. We'll have dinner at the Rong residence."
Pei Jingxu was stunned for a moment, but nodded.
Watching the carriage slowly leave, Pei Jingxu narrowed his eyes slightly, his expression becoming a little colder.
Jiang Hui followed Rong Jianxue's carriage into the palace. Private soldiers were guarding outside the Prime Minister's Mansion, and not even a fly could fly in.
After helping Hongyao into the mansion, Pei Jingxu turned his head and asked Hongyao, "Did you find out?"
"Yes, I heard the news from the young master. That Bai is now imprisoned in the secret cell in the mansion."
Pei Jingxu nodded.
Rong Jianxue showed her the blueprints of the new house, and Pei Jingxu also knew the location of the secret cellar.
Walking through the corridor, Pei Jingxu came to Rong Jianxue's study, pushed open the door, and passed through the screen behind the desk. Pei Jingxu's hand stroked the secret bookshelf beside him, and a secret door opened in front of him.
"Stay here."
Pei Jingxu gave Hongyao an order, picked up the lamp beside him, and walked deeper into the cave.
It was pitch black underground.
The lantern in his hand swayed a few times in the cold wind. Pei Jingxu walked through the quiet dark passage and finally heard the sound of chains coming from not far away.
As he got closer, Pei Jingxu heard the sound of chains becoming louder and clearer.
Until an empty and dark room appeared in front of him, Pei Jingxu leaned forward with a lantern and saw someone in the cell tied to the stone wall with chains.
As I got closer, I saw that the man had disheveled hair and his head was drooping, and I could hear a ticking sound coming from inside the cell.
The light hit the man's face.
Feeling the light, the man looked up with difficulty, and Pei Jingxu saw a pair of extremely beautiful eyes.
Pei Jingxu raised his eyebrows slightly, the corners of his lips curled up, his eyes full of provocation: "Bai Shutong, long time no see."
Sure enough, as Xiaofeng said, Bai Shutong was imprisoned by Rong Jianxue in the secret cell in the Prime Minister's Mansion.
——The death cell in the palace cannot hold her.
The moment she saw Pei Jingxu, Bai Shutong was as if she had met an irreconcilable enemy. Her beautiful eyes seemed to be torn and bloodshot as she stared at her!
"Hmm—wuwuwu—"
She seemed to want to say something, but only could make out indistinguishable tones.
Raising his eyebrows slightly, Pei Jingxu seemed to have guessed something. He took a few steps forward, pinched her chin, and forced her to open her mouth.
A bloody mess.
——Rong Jianxue cut off her tongue.
Then he looked along the lines of her bound limbs. The distance was too far and Pei Jingxu couldn't see clearly.
Only now did I notice that the limbs were not just tied up with chains.
At the end of the chain was a sharp, thick steel nail that pierced through her wrists and ankles, severing the meridians in her limbs and pinning her to the stone wall.
Looking at the stone wall behind her, countless steel nails were embedded in it. If she leaned back a little, she would be pierced by those steel nails and become a bloody mess.
“Tick-tick—”
It's not the sound of water dripping, but the sound of blood dripping.
Bai Shutong bled a lot.
Because her tongue was pulled out, she could not speak, and only a pair of bloodshot eyes were left, staring at her viciously, as if she wanted to peel off her bones and pull out her tendons.
Pei Jingxu's eyes flashed with a malicious smile: "Bai Shutong, where is your omnipotent system?"
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