The scene was temporarily awkward. Jiang Miao couldn't help but want to scratch his ears with his hands, trying to find evidence that he had tinnitus. Otherwise, how could he hear Mr. Pei say that he wanted to be with him
How could I be caught in a trap when I was just selling buns? I should check the almanac next time I go out! Look at what Mr. Pei said. What does he mean by "I'd rather be with that man"? "I'd rather be with him!" Why didn't he just say "I'd rather jump off the building, I'd rather die outside" to express his unbreakable determination
Wait, isn't the man in front of Mr. Pei also a man? Although he's a bit shorter. Could it be that Mr. Pei has always been a gay? Did he pull him out to take the blame after a quarrel with others
Jiang Miao's inquiring angry eyes made Pei Che feel guilty, but he was just angry and blurted out his words. He looked at Jiang Miao and begged him to keep quiet for the time being and do him a favor. Jiang Miao decided to wait and see what happened and not argue with him because he was an old customer.
But at the moment, the most angry person was obviously not Jiang Miao, but Princess An Rou who felt deeply insulted.
She watched Pei Che and the man flirting with each other, and guessed that they must know each other. She stared at the person standing behind the cart and found that it was indeed a man. Although he was not ugly, he looked very poor. Pei Che actually said that he wanted to be with him, not with her!
She turned around and glared at Pei Che: "What do you mean, is this man better than this princess?"
"No one in the world can compare to the princess, but there is one thing that the princess cannot compare to him, and that is the position in Pei's heart." Pei Che looked at Jiang Miao, smiled lightly, and said affectionately. Now that the words have been spoken, of course he has to play along. The most urgent thing is to stop the princess's thoughts first, and everything else will be easy.
"You're going too far!" Princess An Rou broke down in tears. She had never expected that the prince consort she favored would actually like another man. "Do you really want to be with him?" She confirmed again without giving up.
"Absolutely true!" Pei Che glanced at Jiang Miao again, then turned to the princess and said firmly.
"Okay, you said it yourself. If you don't marry him, I will let my father punish you for deceiving the emperor!" An Rou got on the carriage. Her maid Hua Ying glared at Pei Che, then quickly got on the carriage to comfort Princess An Rou.
Pei Yage witnessed what happened at that moment, looked at Pei Che with complicated eyes, and got on the carriage.
"Brother Jiang, I will give you an explanation for this matter later. Now I have something else to do, so I'll leave first. Sorry!" Pei Che walked to Jiang Miao's side, leaned over and whispered in his ear. This action was seen by the princess who secretly lifted the curtain. She suddenly put down the curtain and wanted to cry again. This pair of bastards dared to rub their ears in front of her!
Jiang Miao watched them leave in a daze, with the words "Princess, father, crime of deceiving the emperor" echoing in his mind. Who are these people? He was cheated, right? This Pei Goubi actually cheated him!
Jiang Miao muttered this viciously, wishing he could drag out the man who had just put on a show and give him a few bites.
On the other side, Zhang Daniu, who had not seen Jiang Miao push the cart over for a long time, came over. He saw Jiang Miao standing at the entrance of the alley with a murderous look on his face. Not knowing what had happened to him, he immediately asked nervously, "Brother Jiang, what's wrong with you? Did someone steal your money?"
Jiang Miao sighed and shook his head: "It's okay, I just ran into a few psychopaths."
"What kind of disease is mental illness? It won't be fatal, right?"
Jiang Miao was amused: "This disease can't be cured, it means that he has a problem with his brain."
Zhang Daniu suddenly realized: "So he is a lunatic, but we still have to stay away from him. There was one in my hometown village before, and he was very scary when he went crazy..."
While pushing the cart, he told Jiang Miao about the harm that lunatics could do.
Jiang Miao listened absentmindedly, still thinking about the identities of those people. Could she really be a princess? Why would she dress up as a man? Thinking that he didn't realize it was a woman, he couldn't help but feel a little annoyed. However, if she was a princess, then that Master Pei was really from the Duke's Mansion
One is the son of a duke, and the other is a princess. Isn't this a match made in heaven? I don't know if Pei is blinded by evil spirits. He even rejected the princess mercilessly. I don't know who he will fall in love with in the future. He can't marry a fairy from the ninth heaven, right
Jiang Miao was thinking aimlessly until he started frying the buns, then he put aside those messy thoughts and focused on the work. After all, other people's love affairs were not as important as his money.
On the other side, Princess Anrou rushed into the palace with Huaying without looking back. Pei Che finally breathed a sigh of relief. He thought that this person would not come out again. As for the princess's threats, Pei Che did not take them to heart. Anyone with a discerning eye could tell what was going on. He believed that the emperor would not punish him for such a thing. In addition, the princess left the palace without permission, and she would not dare to tell anyone about it.
He brought Pei Ya Ge back to the Duke's Mansion. Just as he was about to go back to the yard to change his dirty clothes, he heard Pei Ya Ge calling him.
"Big brother!"
"Yage, what's wrong? Aren't you going back to change your clothes?" Pei Che stopped and looked at her dirty hem.
"Do you know that the person you just offended was Princess An Rou!" Pei Ya Ge naturally would not believe that Pei Che liked men.
"I am also helpless," Pei Che said, his face suddenly relaxed, "Yage, I also want to ask you, what do Second Uncle and Second Aunt think? I have never met the princess before, why did the princess suddenly come to the mansion to find me?"
Pei Che inquired about it and found out that the princess came to the mansion for the first time and told the gatekeeper that she was looking for him. The gatekeeper saw that they were dressed like eunuchs and thought that they were coming from the palace to announce the imperial decree, so he went to inform his uncle and aunt. It was not like what his uncle said, that she sneaked into the mansion to play with Pei Ya Ge.
Pei Ya Ge was startled by him, but then she calmed down immediately: "Big brother, what are you talking about? Dad and mom only asked you to accompany us because they were afraid that the princess would get into danger if she went out alone. But we didn't expect that the princess would like you."
"Did you really not expect it? Second Aunt and Consort Xian are from the same family, so it shouldn't be difficult for her to enter the palace to have an audience. If you really care about the princess's safety, why don't you tell the queen and ask her to keep an eye on the princess and not let her leave the palace?"
"So, you can ignore our reputations? The princess must have hated the Duke's Mansion after this setback. It would be better not to come up with such a bad idea in the first place!" Pei Che said, leaving Pei Ya Ge standing there stiffly, and returned to his own yard.
He had just changed his clothes when someone said that the old lady had sent someone to invite him. Pei Che came to Grandmother Pei's yard and found that Grandmother, who always had a calm expression, was sitting with a gloomy face today.
"Grandma, what's wrong with you?" Pei Che asked with concern.
"Your second uncle and second aunt are so nice! I wonder what they are up to, they have even reached into the palace!" These days, Grandmother Pei has only been concentrating on chanting Buddha's name, and has not paid much attention to the outside world. Who knew that when she asked today, she found out that the bastard was so bold, "Che'er, you can't be the son-in-law of the emperor!"
"My grandson knows that I have offended the princess today. I believe she will never leave the palace again."
"Okay, I've offended you, but it doesn't matter as long as you don't become a princess consort. But don't be soft-hearted in the future. Before the title is decided, no matter what your second uncle says to you, don't believe it." Grandmother Pei said earnestly.
"But... my second uncle said it himself. He swore in front of the spirit that he would return the title to me."
Pei Che had always been respectful to his second uncle. When his second uncle first became a Duke, everyone else was laughing at him, thinking that as the son of the previous prince, he would be criticized by them in secret. But over the years, their share has always been the highest in the mansion, and their treatment is the same as when his parents were alive. Even his grandmother had always told him at the beginning that he should respect his second uncle and aunt in the future. But since he had a panic attack last year, his grandmother's attitude gradually changed.
Grandmother Pei's eyes flashed with anger: "If he still remembered the oath he made in front of the coffin, he should have submitted an imperial decree to confer a title on him long ago, instead of speaking to you hypocritically! It has been said since ancient times that money can move people's hearts. The hereditary title of the Duke's Mansion is more attractive than money!"
Pei Che was puzzled as to why his grandmother described his second uncle as such a person. What had happened? Or did his grandmother know something that he didn't
Facing Pei Che's probing eyes, Grandmother Pei suddenly suppressed her anger and said with half-lowered eyes: "Grandmother will not harm you. Just remember, before the title of the Crown Prince is finalized, don't trust what your second uncle and second aunt say."
"...Yes." Pei Che responded.
"Grandma is tired, you should go back and rest too."
"Yes, grandson, take your leave."
Pei Che left her yard and turned to Pei Mu's yard. Although he was one year older, Pei Mu's condition had not improved. Pei Che searched all the famous doctors in Liangjing, but none of them could cure him. He thought that after the title of the prince was given, he would have to go somewhere else to see if there were any extraordinary people in the folk who could cure his brother's soul-leaving disease.
Back in the palace, Princess Anrou cried her heart out after returning to the palace, and she felt much better. She had originally planned to recruit Pei Che as her husband, but she had never expected that he was a homosexual and had no taste. Forget it, just think that her tenderness these days was all in vain. She just didn't believe that there was no one more handsome than Pei Che in Liangjing City
"Huaying, bring me some snacks!" Princess Anrou cried for a while and felt a little hungry. But she called out a few times and no one responded. When she was about to go out to look for someone, she suddenly found Concubine Xian coming over here.
Thinking of her appearance, she quickly looked in the mirror, wiped her face with a towel, and then sat back at the table upright.
"An Rou, are you okay? Huaying has told me everything. Concubine Xian will take you to your father to seek justice!" Concubine Xian spoke hurriedly before anyone even entered the room, so much so that when she came in and saw Princess An Rou sitting at the table with a nonchalant look on her face, she felt a little embarrassed for a moment.
Princess Anrou glared at Huaying, then forced a smile and said, "Venerable Mother, no need. I am blind. There is nothing special about Pei Che. He is just good-looking. There are plenty of men like him in Liangjing City."
Xianfei sat next to her and said angrily, "You are a princess, and it is his blessing to fall in love with him. He actually said that he would rather be with a vulgar man than marry you. This is clearly trampling on the face of the royal family. You can't tolerate this!"
Princess An Rou felt a little uncomfortable after hearing what she said: "My virtuous mother, what can I do? Such love affairs cannot be forced." Besides, she felt that she did not have deep feelings for Pei Che, but she felt a little embarrassed to be rejected by him so mercilessly.
"I think this is just Pei Che's excuse. With what background does he have, how could he fall in love with a street vendor? As long as the emperor issues an imperial decree to grant you marriage, how dare Pei Che disobey? When he becomes your consort, won't it be easy for you to vent your anger?" Concubine Xian wanted Pei Che and Princess Anrou to be together. The stubborn old man of the Feng family treated this grandson very differently.
"But… "
"Don't say buts, just listen to your virtuous mother. Your father loves you so much, he will definitely agree!"
Princess Anrou was dragged out by Concubine Xian. She felt confused and didn't know what to do.
(End of this chapter)