Chapter 74 Your Highness, passed.
Pei Jingxu changed his clothes, left the house and went to Simeizhai to keep the appointment.
As the largest restaurant in the entire capital, Simeizhai serves exquisite dishes and is always hard to get a seat.
Pei Jingxu entered the restaurant and saw the guards beside Shen Qianfan walking towards her from a distance.
"Second Madam, the Master is waiting for you upstairs, please."
Pei Jingxu nodded and followed the guard into the private room.
Shen Qianfan was dressed in a white robe as white as snow. When he saw Pei Jingxu, he did not stand up. He pointed to the seat opposite him and said, "Second Madam, please sit down."
Pei Jingxu sat down, and the guards closed the door and left.
“I don’t know what Second Lady likes, so I ordered a few signature dishes to see if they suit her taste.”
Pei Jingxu lowered his head and saw a familiar dish.
Boiled shrimp.
The only difference from what she had had with Rong Jianxue before was that this plate of boiled shrimps was not shelled.
"Second Madam likes to eat this?"
Keenly noticing Pei Jingxu's gaze, Shen Qianfan pushed the plate of boiled shrimp towards her.
Pei Jingxu smiled and said, "Thank you, Master Yuanzhou. I'm just not used to peeling shrimps, so forget it."
Shen Qianfan tilted his head and curled his lips, his smile was clearly warm, but his eyes were very cold: "What's the difficulty?"
As he spoke, Shen Qianfan reached out, and with his beautiful finger bones, he neatly peeled a whole shrimp for her and placed it on the plate in front of her.
Pei Jingxu looked at the crystal clear shrimp meat and just smiled. He looked at Chen Qianfan with a bit of confusion in his eyes: "Is Master Yuanzhou so sincere and kind to others?"
Shen Qianfan curled his lips: "Of course not, I admire the Second Lady's character very much, so I want to make friends with her."
"I don't understand," Pei Jingxu's eyes were soft and clear. "I have no power, and no background. I don't know what Master Yuanzhou appreciates about me."
"Second Madam, don't you understand?" Shen Qianfan curved his eyebrows, with the corners of his eyes slightly raised, like a cunning fox. "Second Madam's face is a sharp weapon for anyone."
Pei Jingxu narrowed his eyes and said nothing.
Shen Qianfan just smiled and said: "Last time I said nonsense, saying that the second lady intended to climb into the bed, it was not meant to be contemptuous."
"On the contrary, as I said, there are many high-ranking officials in the capital who are higher than Master Shaofu."
As he spoke, he considerately peeled shrimp for Pei Jingxu.
He moved quickly, and in just a short while, a small mountain of food piled up on the porcelain plate in front of Pei Jingxu.
"The official in the Forbidden City is one of them."
There was a sound of "clang".
Pei Jingxu's ivory chopsticks fell to the ground.
Her brows raised slightly, and there was a hint of meaning in her eyes as she looked at Shen Qianfan.
Ah, she finally understood.
So Shen Qianfan repeatedly showed his affection to her for this?
To consolidate his position as crown prince and to persuade the emperor?
With an expression of incomparable surprise on his face, Pei Jingxu widened his eyes and looked at Shen Qianfan in disbelief.
Shen Qianfan's eyes were calm, and a smile still hung on the corner of his mouth: "As far as I know, the Rong family is not very good to the Second Lady, and can even be called harsh."
"If Second Madam is willing, I am willing to help you with all my strength."
"What nonsense are you talking about!?" Pei Jingxu stood up suddenly, her pupils constricted violently, and her voice became higher and higher. "My body and my heart belong only to Erlang. How can Master Yuanzhou say such outrageous words!"
Shen Qianfan tilted his head and stopped peeling shrimp: "If Second Madam cares about your reputation, I can make you fake your death to escape from the Rong family, then change your name and send you to the palace."
"With Second Lady's appearance, I believe she will be able to reach the position of Imperial Concubine in just half a year."
Pei Jingxu stared at him with a resolute look, unblinking. "My husband and I have been childhood sweethearts, and we are deeply in love. I have never considered clinging to the royal family. Please, Master Yuanzhou, stop your nonsense!"
Her delicate body trembled slightly, but her eyes looking at the man were extremely firm.
A hint of coldness flashed across Shen Qianfan's eyes. He raised his chin slightly and looked at Pei Jingxu with a scrutinizing look in his eyes. "That's strange. If Second Lady and Rong Xuanzhou are truly in love and close, why is she completely unaware of his current situation?"
Emotions flashed in Pei Jingxu's eyes.
As expected, Shen Qianfan also knew about Rong Xuanzhou's "fake death".
"What do you mean by that?!" Pei Jingxu's voice trembled as she took a step forward. "You, you know anything about my husband?"
Chen Qianfan raised his lips and said, "According to what I have learned, Rong Xuanzhou rushed to the battlefield on the night of his wedding. He and the Second Lady were not even husband and wife. Shortly after Rong Xuanzhou's death, Madam Rong wrote a letter of divorce on his behalf and divorced you."
"Does the Second Lady really want to remain faithful to a man like this for three years?"
Pei Jingxu's eyes were fixed: "It's not three years, it's a lifetime. Apart from my husband, I will never love anyone else in my life."
"That's really touching," Chen Qianfan smiled with a curved brow. "Then if one day, Rong Xuanzhou returns from the battlefield with another woman by his side, how will Second Lady cope?"
"Impossible!" Pei Jingxu said firmly, "My husband and I are in perfect harmony. He would never do such a thing!"
"How about we make a bet?" Rong Xuanzhou continued to smile. "If one day, Rong Xuanzhou betrays Second Madam, Second Madam, why don't you consider a partnership between us?"
"You...what do you know? Is it that Jilang hasn't—"
"Second Madam," Shen Qianfan said indifferently, with the corners of his mouth raised, "I don't know anything. If you are really anxious, why don't you ask your mother-in-law?"
"I--"
"Master Shaofu, you cannot go in."
Before Pei Jingxu could perform anything else, the voice of guard Shen Qianfan came from outside the door.
Shen Qianfan narrowed his eyes, with a hint of interest in his eyes.
He looked at Pei Jingxu again and said meaningfully, "Second Madam, I've told you before, your beauty is a weapon to anyone."
"I hope Madam Second Madam will not tell Master Young Master about what we just said. Otherwise, I cannot guarantee what the consequences will be."
Pei Jingxu's eyes flickered and she bit her cherry lips lightly.
Outside the door, the guard wanted to say something when he heard a cold male voice say, "Get out of the way."
"Master Young Master..."
With a "bang", the door was pushed open.
Rong Jianxue was wearing a dark green robe, standing at the entrance, walking against the light.
The guard Qingming behind him glanced at Shen Qianfan.
Shen Qianfan signaled with his eyes, Qingming nodded, and closed the door again.
Pei Jingxu was still standing.
Turning her head to glance at Rong Jianxue, she bit her lip slightly and bowed her head, "Greetings, Master Young Master."
Shen Qianfan stood up and bowed to Rong Jianxue: "Master Young Master, you've arrived at the right time. How about we have dinner together?"
Rong Jianxue stared at Shen Qianfan with cold eyes, and her voice was a little hoarse, probably because she had caught a cold.
"Your Highness, it's over."
The smile on Shen Qianfan's face froze slightly, and his eyes became a little colder.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!?"
As if hearing something unbelievable, Pei Jingxu stared at Chen Qianfan with wide eyes and subconsciously took a few steps back.
Behind her, Rong Jianxuexu held her waist, his eyes still on Shen Qianfan.
Shen Qianfan smiled helplessly: "Master Shaofu, I just want to apologize to the Second Lady, why are you so angry?"
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