Chapter 248 Do you like Rong Jianxue?
Pei Jingxu's eyes were moist, but she turned her head away, not wanting Pei Huaifeng to see her crying.
Pei Huaifeng smiled and said gently, "Sister, all the things you are worried about will not happen. I will take care of everything."
Pei Jingxu was not sure what Pei Huaifeng knew, but Pei Huaifeng called Bai Shutong's "tricks" bewitching or sorcery, which obviously showed that he had noticed something.
She also didn't know whether Pei Huaifeng could escape the plot setting, and she didn't understand how powerful Bai Shutong's halo as the heroine would be.
Pei Huaifeng looked at Pei Jingxu and added unhappily, "Besides, with Rong Jianxue here, Bai Shutong can't escape."
At this point, Pei Jingxu's eyes flashed with doubt: "Rong Jianxue told me that after we left the capital, Bai Shutong knew he had done something wrong, so he hid his whereabouts."
"Is that really the case?"
Pei Huaifeng's pupils shrank slightly when he heard this, and then he sneered: "Is that what he told you? He just brushed it off like that?"
Pei Jingxu nodded dully. "He said it wasn't a big deal, and just told me that Bai Shutong had escaped."
Pei Huaifeng raised his eyebrows slightly, and the corners of his lips curved slightly: "Not long after we left the capital, Bai Shutong went to Rong Jianxue's house."
"Bai Shutong's face was very similar to my elder sister's. When Rong Jianxue saw her, she ordered someone to shave her face."
Pei Jingxu's eyes widened when he heard this: "He scratched Bai Shutong's face?"
Pei Huaifeng nodded: "Rong Jianxue must have guessed that your departure from the capital was related to Bai Shutong, so she ordered her to be imprisoned. Bai Shutong later found an opportunity to escape."
Pei Jingxu was stunned for a long time and didn't come back to his senses.
Seeing that Pei Jingxu didn't say anything, Pei Huaifeng turned to look at her: "Sister, do you... like Rong Jianxue?"
Finally, I slowly came back to my senses.
Something flashed in his eyes, Pei Jingxu blinked, and his long eyelashes trembled slightly.
Do you like Rong Jianxue?
No one had ever asked her that question.
She didn't seem to have considered this question either.
Looking at Pei Huaifeng blankly, Pei Jingxu opened his mouth and heard his own voice: "I don't know."
"Xiaofeng, I don't know if I like him."
She is a vicious female supporting character, and her love and dislike are always just a means for her to survive.
Because Rong Jianxue was powerful and could be a big tree for her to cling to, she chose him at that time, teasing and seducing him by any means necessary.
But now, putting aside those goals and plans, does Pei Jingxu like him?
——She herself doesn’t know either.
Pei Huaifeng smiled knowingly when he heard this: "I understand."
Pei Jingxu blinked, and saw Pei Huaifeng stand up: "Sister, you should get some rest early. I will come to see you in a few days."
Seeing Pei Huaifeng about to leave, Pei Jingxu stepped forward and asked, "What do you understand?"
Pei Huaifeng smiled and said, "Sister, you have always been a person with clear goals. You always know what you want and never waste time on useless people or things."
Pei Huaifeng's eyes were gentle: "Sister, you like him."
“I don’t know” is the answer.
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After Pei Huaifeng left, Pei Jingxu sat alone in the room and thought for a long time.
Looking at the scenery outside the window, Pei Jingxu asked Jiang Hui through the door about what happened after she left the capital.
From Jiang Hui's words, Pei Jingxu roughly pieced together the month that Rong Jianxue spent when she was away from the capital.
Something unexpected happened in the capital. Shen Huaichen believed that the emperor was seriously ill and wanted to frame Rong Jianxue. He also took the opportunity to tamper with the imperial edict in an attempt to ascend the throne.
But the emperor's serious illness was fake, and finding out who poisoned him was real. Shen Huaichen couldn't bear it, so Rong Jianxue cut off one arm and put him in death row.
The emperor was disheartened by his son's rebellion and fell seriously ill for a while.
On the day Pei Jingxu left the city, the person standing on the city gate and commanding the soldiers to shoot arrows at her was Shen Qianfan.
Bai Shutong couldn't kill anyone himself, so he made a deal with Shen Qianfan, asking Shen Qianfan to kill Pei Jingxu to prevent future troubles.
However, she and Pei Huaifeng escaped the disaster, but Shen Qianfan angered Rong Jianxue. Within a month, Shen Qianfan had his patella gouged out and was imprisoned in the Randeng Temple.
Rong Jianxue said to him, "Your Highness had better pray that I can bring her back safely."
Even if he didn't say the following words, Shen Qianfan understood the consequences.
The crown prince of the dynasty had his kneecap gouged out by a powerful official. He could only kneel on the cushion under the Buddha statue, chanting scriptures and praising Buddha all day long, praying for everyone's safety.
During this month, Rong Jianxue quelled all discussions and rumors in the court and announced to the outside world that the prince had seen through the secular world and converted to Buddhism.
But most of the court officials knew that Prime Minister Rong must be angry.
But even so, no one dared to disobey his wishes. The emperor was bedridden, and instead of stopping Rong Jianxue's drastic and decisive actions, he acquiesced to them.
The court seemed calm on the surface, but in reality it was torn apart by the struggle between Shen Huaichen and Shen Qianfan, and many cases of corruption and bribery were rampant.
On the first day that Rong Jianxue was promoted to the position of Prime Minister, he singled out three leading corrupt officials from the court, and with long swords in hand, executed them on the spot in the Golden Palace.
It is said that the heads of the three men rolled down the long steps that day, and blood flowed all over the ground.
The man was dressed in a black and gold robe, with three headless corpses at his feet, bleeding profusely.
His body was stained with blood, his eyes were cold and indifferent: "Those who are disloyal to the people and the country can be killed."
After that day, all the officials in the court submitted and no longer raised any objections.
The emperor was seriously ill, the third prince was imprisoned in death row, and the whereabouts of the crown prince of the Eastern Palace were unknown. The regent fell on Rong Jianxue.
His Majesty not only had no objection to this, but secretly supported it. Therefore, although he was only the regent, all the ministers knew in their hearts that—
Your Majesty must be thinking of abdicating.
Afterwards, Rong Jianxue found Pei Huaifeng and exchanged letters with him in order to stabilize Bai Shutong and arrest her.
Also because of Pei Huaifeng, Rong Jianxue came to Luzhou and found her residence.
Pei Jingxu widened his eyes, looking stunned.
Through a door, Jiang Hui whispered, "Madam, you are part of all the future plans that the young master has made."
When he said he would marry her, he always meant it.
Even though he knew that she had lied to him and had lied to him for so long, he would naturally be angry and hurt, even furious.
But being angry is being angry.
——It’s not like I don’t want her anymore.
In Rong Jianxue's opinion, this could be considered a month-long cold war.
But after the Cold War is over, we must make peace.
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The next day at noon.
Rong Jianxue has been very busy these days.
Things in Luzhou have entered the final stage, and he needs to finish dealing with things here as soon as possible.
Back in the bedroom, Pei Jingxu was sitting at the table, having lunch.
"Better?"
He asked again.
Pei Jingxu was still in shock from yesterday's events and said hurriedly, "I, I'm not feeling well yet..."
Rong Jianxue responded, but still took a few steps forward, picked her up and pressed her down on the bed.
"Rong, Rong Jianxue! I said I'm still not feeling well..."
Rong Jianxue said in a deep voice, "Then I'll be gentler."
"Ah Xu, getting pregnant always takes some hard work."
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