Her smile froze on her face, and after a moment, she removed the mask.
Pei Xuan raised an eyebrow, a half-smile playing on his lips, but no surprise in his eyes. He called out, "A-Wu."
That's what he called him back when we were at Linglong Pavilion.
Although a long time had passed, Jiang Wan did not feel unfamiliar with the process.
Now that she'd been found out, she simply tossed the mask aside: "When did you figure it out?"
Pei Xuan didn't answer, but smiled and asked in return, "Shouldn't it be A-Wu who explains to me why she lied to me for so long?"
Jiang Wan touched her nose.
When she first returned to the capital, she could sense Pei Xuan's suspicion about her identity, but at that time she was not sure of Pei Xuan's stance, so she could only choose to keep it a secret.
After that, Pei Xuan stopped investigating her identity, and it seemed he had no reason to offer an explanation.
By perpetuating the mistake, it has dragged on until now.
Looking back now, perhaps it was from that time that Pei Xuan recognized her.
"It's just that I kept it from you for two years, how can that be considered lying?"
Jiang Wan lifted the hem of her skirt, uttered a sentence, and walked into the house.
"Compared to you, I saved your life, so let's call it even."
"Even?" Pei Xuan followed. "Isn't that inappropriate?"
Jiang Wan turned around and looked at him with a puzzled expression.
"The debt of gratitude for saving my life is as heavy as a mountain. If we even things out like this, you're really at a disadvantage."
Pei Xuan leaned against the door and said earnestly, "As the Crown Prince, I cannot mistreat my savior, or I would be ridiculed."
"Then what should we do?"
Pei Xuan gave a half-smile: "With my own body..."
The other person seemed to have anticipated what he was going to say, and before he could finish speaking, the door slammed shut with a "snap".
The snowy night was quiet. Pei Xuan stared at the hastily closed door and suddenly chuckled softly.
…
After the winter solstice, Beijing experienced several heavy snowfalls.
It is said that a timely snowfall foretells a bumper harvest, and indeed, it signifies a prosperous and peaceful year.
Several major events also occurred in the palace.
Consort Rong, who had been practicing Buddhism at Hanshan Temple, fell seriously ill and passed away.
After a long period of silence, Pei Jin left the palace and volunteered to observe five years of mourning at the royal mausoleum for Consort Rong.
The prince was ordered to observe mourning and was not allowed to leave the mausoleum during this period. Pei Jin's actions indirectly conveyed to the world that he had given up the struggle for the throne.
The situation in the court is clear. Pei Xuan has all the advantages of timing, location, and popular support. Pei Jin may have seen through everything in advance and used this move to curry favor with Pei Xuan, showing that he no longer has any ambition to seize power.
When Consort Yun heard about this, she remained silent for a long time.
She secretly rejoiced that she had stopped in time and had not gone to war with Pei Xuan to the end, so that Pei Xi would not suffer the same fate as Pei Jin.
Consort Yun was relieved and began to arrange for Pei Xi to take in a concubine.
Despite the successive groups of noble ladies who had come and gone, Pei Xi remained unmoved and refused to nod in agreement.
When asked which one he liked, he hesitated and didn't answer.
Consort Yun had no choice but to go to the Empress and ask her for advice.
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