Chapter 76 Please Forget It...
Pei Jingxu was slightly stunned.
It seemed like she didn't expect him to say this, and she was a little unresponsive for a moment.
The carriage passed smoothly through the streets of Chang'an. Rong Jianxue's eyes were like a cold pond, staring at her quietly.
After making eye contact with the man, Pei Jingxu's eyes flickered and he looked away in panic.
"My Lord, you have done nothing wrong. You don't need to apologize to me."
Rong Jianxue pursed her lips as she rubbed the Buddhist beads on her wrist bone, stroking the Sanskrit characters on the beads.
There was another eerie silence.
The carriage suddenly shook violently, and Pei Jingxu lost his balance and fell straight towards Rong Jianxue!
The man held her waist with one hand and protected her under him.
"Madam, please forgive me! Sir, please forgive me! There were two children passing by in front of us!" Outside the carriage, Jiang Hui hurriedly apologized.
Rong Jianxue frowned slightly and said in a deep voice, "It's okay, keep going."
Pei Jingxu in his arms reacted and quickly stood up and wanted to leave.
But before she could get up, the man grabbed her wrist and clamped her in his arms.
Panic flashed in Pei Jingxu's eyes. She widened her eyes and looked up at him in astonishment.
Rong Jianxue lowered his eyes, his dark eyebrows and eyes were like the moon in a cold pond, and the warm yellow lights outside could not illuminate his eyebrows and eyes.
“Let go…”
Pei Jingxu stammered and began to struggle with his hands.
But that little bit of strength was not much of a struggle for Rong Jianxue. He lowered his eyes to look at her, his voice hoarse: "I haven't explained it clearly yet."
Pei Jingxu bit her lip, her eyes misty with tears: "I've already said, there's nothing much to say to you, sir."
The cold gaze slowly moved down from her eyebrows to her rosy and translucent lips.
The red lips are slightly open, and the teeth are red and white.
Rong Jianxue narrowed her eyes slightly, and a hint of gloom flashed in her eyes.
——At that time, she avoided him.
The evil thought only lasted a moment. Rong Jianxue frowned and said in a hoarse voice, "What did the Crown Prince say to you?"
Pei Jingxu was held by his wrist, and her voice was soft and weak: "I didn't say anything, just chatting casually..."
"Pei Jingxu, Chen Qianfan is cunning and decisive. He has something to gain by being close to you."
Pei Jingxu laughed at herself, "My Lord, I have no power or influence. What is His Royal Highness planning?"
Rong Jianxue didn't answer, but looked at her intently.
As if unable to bear the man's gaze, Pei Jingxu turned her head away: "Your Excellency is worrying too much. His Royal Highness... just wanted to apologize to me. What's more, before Your Excellency, I didn't even know his true identity."
The hand holding her wrist tightened a little.
"What happened last night..."
"Last night..." Pei Jingxu hurriedly took over his words, her tone flustered, "Last night, I drank a few too many glasses of wine at the Prime Minister's residence. If I have offended Master Shaofu in any way, please forget it..."
Her voice grew softer and softer, and the man's grip on her wrist grew tighter and tighter.
"Sir..." Pei Jingxu bit her lip, feeling the pain from the man's grip. "We... can just be like before and have nothing to do with each other."
The carriage stopped at the gate of Rong Mansion.
Pei Jingxu groaned in pain and his face turned pale.
As if he had just realized something, Rong Jianxue loosened the strength in his hands.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Pei Jingxu pushed Rong Jianxue's arms away and got off the carriage holding up her skirt.
Without even greeting him, Pei Jingxu trotted into the Rong Mansion in a panic and embarrassment.
"Hey! Second Lady——"
Even Jiang Hui didn't react in time. He wanted to call Pei Jingxu, but he saw her running faster and faster, turning around and running into the west courtyard.
Seeing this, Jiang Hui scratched the back of his head in embarrassment and turned to look at Rong Jianxue in the carriage.
"Sir, what did you do to the Second Lady? She is so gentle, how could she be so angry?"
Inside the carriage, Rong Jianxue lowered her head, stretched out her hand and looked at her broad palm.
The place where he had just grabbed her wrist bone felt like it was burned.
"Young Master?"
Seeing that Rong Jianxue didn't say anything, Jiang Hui called out again cautiously.
for a long time.
A man's low and hoarse voice came from the carriage.
"She said we'll have nothing to do with each other from now on."
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Pei Jingxu returned to the west courtyard, his face not looking very good.
Putting aside Rong Jianxue's situation, she never expected that Shen Qianfan would actually plan to let her enter the palace to seduce the emperor.
She still remembered that in her previous life, after Shen Qianfan fell in love with Bai Shutong at first sight, he often took her to the palace for fun. After a long time, she always met the emperor.
Over time, the emperor began to have different feelings towards Bai Shutong.
She remembered that there was a very exciting description in the storybook, in which the emperor who was above everyone else and the crown prince Chen Qianfan were at loggerheads, both wanting to win Bai Shutong's heart.
In short, Pei Jingxu would never get involved in this mess.
She had originally thought that she could get some clues about Rong Xuanzhou from Shen Qianfan in the next few days, but now it seems that she has to hide from Shen Qianfan.
But today is not a complete loss.
At least Pei Jingxu could be sure that there seemed to be quite a few people who knew the inside story of Rong Xuanzhou's fake death.
Thinking about it this way, Pei Jingxu found it very funny.
As Rong Xuanzhou's legally married wife, she actually got the news about Rong Xuanzhou through others.
It's a complete joke that my wife has done what she has done.
The shop has been doing good business these days. Since Pei Jingxu wants to avoid Rong Jianxue first, he might as well run the shop.
If she calculated carefully, the three-month deadline between her and Rong was almost up.
Early the next morning, Pei Jingxu started busying himself in the kitchen.
Since she had promised to make snacks for Xiaoxue, she couldn't go back on her word.
When Xiaoxue was still a child, Pei Jingxu changed the patterns of the pastries and made some little rabbit shapes.
Pei Jingxu put the prepared pastries into the food box. Before he could close the lid, he heard Jiang Hui's voice behind him.
"Second Madam? So it's you who's making the snacks!"
Pei Jingxu was stunned for a moment, turned around and smiled at Jiang Hui.
Jiang Hui took a look at the cakes and pastries in the food box, his eyes excited, "Second Madam, I have never seen these cakes and pastries before!"
Pei Jingxu didn't understand Jiang Hui's meaning and simply explained, "Yes, I made a few trendy shapes to fool people."
Jiang Hui's eyes were filled with even more excitement: "It's good to coax people! It's good to coax people!"
Jiang Hui hurriedly asked, "Second Madam, do you need me to help carry it for you?"
Pei Jingxu shook his head, thinking Jiang Hui wanted to eat something, so he picked out a snack and asked, "Guard Jiang, would you like to try some?"
Jiang Hui looked at the cute rabbit snack in Pei Jingxu's hand and swallowed.
Finally, he gave Pei Jingxu a firm look and said, "I won't eat it. Madam, please send it over quickly!"
Pei Jingxu nodded: "Then I'll take my leave first."
With that, Pei Jingxu closed the wooden lid and left the kitchen with the food box.
Looking at Pei Jingxu's back, Jiang Hui was so moved that tears almost fell.
——Thank you, Second Lady! Second Lady is the kindest person in the world!
Sir, you will definitely feel better after having some snacks!
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