Pei Che watched Jiang Shiyuan run towards him, then throw himself into his arms, looking up at him and saying:
"You don't even need to wave, Master. I will come here by myself."
A tone of seeking credit and a coquettish tone.
Pei Che's mouth corners had already uncontrollably turned up, and his eyes were filled with a deep smile.
"Then I'll stand closer next time," he said.
Jiang Shiyuan pursed his lips and smiled softly, with infinite starlight reflected in his eyes.
Pei Che took off his cloak and wrapped it around her.
Jiang Shiyuan was instantly enveloped by his scent, which was the familiar light citrus scent.
Pei Che tied his cloak carefully, then took her hand and walked towards the palace gate.
"The palace for Lady Jiu has been chosen. The Emperor originally wanted to build a new palace for her, but Lady Jiu said that she had done nothing and was ashamed to enjoy the offerings from the people. She did not want to waste the gold and silver from the national treasury, so she only needed to choose one from the old ones. The Emperor was very pleased and gave Lady Jiu the palace of the previous prince. After a little repair, she can move in in a few days."
Because he knew that Jiang Shiyuan was concerned, Pei Che was very specific.
Thank you for your help.
Jiang Shiyuan was happy for Xie Ruoruo: "Then shouldn't I prepare a housewarming gift for her? If I had known about the Dongzhu, I should have given it to her one by one."
Pei Che smiled gently: "The Shen family gave you half of the family property, you can take it with peace of mind."
When this was mentioned, Jiang Shiyuan immediately asked curiously, "Was 뀗Yuan Hou invited by the Grand Tutor?"
Pei Che said: "Not completely. He did it voluntarily. He voluntarily came forward to clarify and voluntarily compensated you for half of your property. For Shen Luchu and for the entire Shen family."
Jiang Shiyuan was a little puzzled.
"Chen He doesn't like Wang Jun, but he thinks highly of Shen Luchu. First, Wang Yuanhou has always been grateful for your life-saving grace. Second, Wang Jun has been too close to Concubine Lan, and has long been hiding trouble. He cleared himself in time and joined you, and then joined the third prince, so that Wang Yuanhou Mansion will not be implicated in the future. In other words, it is not you who rely on the Shen family, but the Shen family who relies on you, and this is what you deserve."
Pei Che explained bit by bit.
The words are already clear and cannot be made any clearer——
The court has begun to take sides, and the situation has reversed. Her cousin, the Third Prince, obviously has a much greater chance of winning than the Fifth Prince. This is a long-term plan for Shen Luchu and the Shen family.
But Jiang Shiyuan felt that this victory was brought by Master Pei, and her recent glory was carefully sought for her by Master Pei.
Jiang Shiyuan couldn't help but ask himself in his heart: Did he marry her really to help the Pei family take another step forward?
Jiang Shiyuan didn't say anything, and the two walked for a while in silence.
The moon was at its zenith, and the ground was covered with silver frost. Pei Che held her hand and walked along the long palace road, his shadow stretched very long.
Jiang Shiyuan looked at the shadow in front of him and thought of the night when General Cat went missing 10 years ago.
He also led her for a walk in the dark alley where the carriage could not enter.
Not only did he hold her hand for a while, but he also squatted down and carried her on his back for a while after she fell.
Jiang Shiyuan suddenly stopped and called him softly.
"Pei Che."
Pei Che stopped and looked back at her sideways. She tried hard to call his name, but she forgot when she was about to say something.
"Can you carry me? I can't walk."
The palace was strict, especially to the current Taifu, this request was very rude, but Jiang Shiyuan made it anyway.
Pei Che immediately let go of her hand and squatted down in front of her: "Come up."
Jiang Shiyuan crawled on his back, and the man stood up steadily. The cloak seemed to wrap around both of them at once.
Jiang Shiyuan leaned on his broad shoulders and asked the question he had wanted to ask many years ago.
"Years ago, the general went missing. You found me in the middle of the night and growled to me, 'Jiang Shiyuan'. Were you angry?"
Pei Che, who was in front of him, paused and wanted to turn around to look at her, but a hand touched his cheek and pushed him back.
Jiang Shiyuan turned his head back. He was too perceptive and she was afraid that he could see through her thoughts at a glance.
"Are you angry? Because I'm causing you trouble?"
Pei Che turned around and looked forward. The palace road in front of him suddenly overlapped with the dark alley that night.
That day, the nanny from the general's mansion suddenly came to look for someone, and he learned that Jiang Shiyuan's cat was a birthday gift given to her by the two generals before they went to the battle. The cat always tried to escape, so she had no choice but to take it to the school secretly.
He blamed himself and didn't understand.
It's just a cat. If it wants to escape, just lock it up. Why do you have to keep it with you?
Nanny Qin said, it’s different, the young lady said, without a name, then it’s family, if it has to be locked, she would rather let it go.
When he really ran away, she started looking everywhere frantically.
Jiang Shiyuan is the simplest and most difficult to understand person he has ever met, and every day seems like a variable.
This change made him break the peace that had lasted for years for the first time. He put aside his husband's letter and went looking for her everywhere.
From day to night, I finally found the person curled up in a dark alley.
Obviously, he is a very clever person, so why didn't he respond or call out to anyone, but just cried while pinching a cat collar?
He was so frivolous years ago that he didn't understand Jiang Shiyuan at that time. Now when he mentioned it again, he realized how sad Jiang Shiyuan was at that time.
Didn't he do the same thing? He said he would let her go, but she ended up running away. He was still holding the abolished imperial edict, feeling anxious all the time.
He did remember that night he walked over with a gloomy face and called her name.
The sound was so loud that even he was startled.
He had been practicing since childhood the habit of "not showing joy or anger on one's face, nor sadness or joy on one's face", but he behaved abnormally out of control that time.
I was angry, but I was also relieved under the anger.
"I'm not angry, I'm worried." Pei Che replied in a gentle voice.
The person behind him paused, as if he didn't believe it, and asked a second question: "When you carried me on your back, you frowned. Was it because the blood on my body stained your clothes?"
"No, I feel heartache." This time, Pei Che answered quickly.
Jiang Shiyuan pursed his lips, his fingers unconsciously clenched, and his heartstrings were tightened without him knowing when.
"So you pity me?"
"Whether it's the adoption you gave me years ago, or the arranged marriage you agreed to three years ago, Pei Che, are you pitying me?"
Pei Che heard the slight tremor in her voice, and many answers flashed through his mind, but in the end he chose the simplest answer.
"no."
It is also the safest answer.
He was afraid that if he really revealed his heart, it would scare her away.
He didn't want to take any risks, but he couldn't afford any mistakes.
She said she would come over by herself, and she was already running towards him.
He can wait a little longer.
Jiang Shiyuan couldn't see Pei Che's expression, he only heard his answer "no".
It's not pity. Pei Che treats her well not because he pities her.
Then he should like her a little bit.
That's enough.
Jiang Shiyuan relaxed completely, put his arms around his neck, and rested his head on his shoulder.
"When will the Master come to propose marriage?"
The soft voice sounded almost next to his ear, and Pei Che's heart skipped a beat.
Pei Che looked ahead for a few moments before he asked softly, "When do you want to?"
In contrast to his hesitation, the answer from behind him was very straightforward: "Tomorrow!"
…
Pei Che sent Jiang Shiyuan back to the General's Mansion and then returned to the Grand Tutor's Mansion.
The servant immediately stepped forward and said, "The old lady came over today and brought this."
The servant handed over a mother-of-pearl incense box, and a faint citrus scent wafted over.
"The old lady said that this is the new incense powder produced by Chenxiangfang, and it is called 'Joy'."
"The old lady also asked, what are you doing, everything is ready, why don't you let her go to the general's mansion to propose marriage, and asked, do you want to..."
The servant looked at Pei Che and, in accordance with the old lady's request, he repeated the words with a pinch of sweat: "The old lady asked you, sir, how long are you going to pretend? Do you still want a wife?"
After the servant finished speaking, he carefully observed his wife's expression.
But he saw his wife looking at the incense box in her hand, with a smile on her lips and an unspeakably gentle look.
"Tomorrow." Pei Che replied.
As if afraid that the servants hadn't heard clearly, Master Pei, who usually hated others' nagging, repeated it again: "I'll go and propose marriage tomorrow."
Pei Che said as he came to the study and opened the second secret compartment under the desk.
The 99th box was named "Joy".
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