Chapter 92: trust

Chapter 92: trust

Chapter 92 Trust

Lu Zhen lowered his head, no longer paying attention to what was going on outside, and only focused on doing what he should do.

 At the door, Meng Xiyan looked at the person standing in front of the couch with a look of shock.

Why did Pei Yunying suddenly appear here?

Today, His Majesty gave a banquet to Minglin Garden. Pei Yunying and Prince Wen entered the palace together. The banquet ended at night. Even if Pei Yunying's people reported the news secretly, and Pei Yunying got the news and rushed there, where was Prince Wen? Why isn't he there?

As if thinking of something, Meng Xiyan's beautiful face was twisted with fear.

Pei Yunying came here for her sister. Prince Wenjun is not here. Who in the palace can protect her now?

Meng Xiyan couldn't help but take a step back.

 She is afraid of Pei Yunying.

Wenjun Princess Pei Yunshu seemed aloof and indifferent, but in fact she was weak and could be bullied. Her kindhearted nature meant she was always ignored and deceived by everyone in the house, but Pei Yunshu, her younger brother from the same mother, had a completely different temperament.

This man has a handsome appearance, a funny temperament and loves to laugh. He is young and has a strong connection with the saints. He also has a father named Zhaoning Gong. Such a kid in black clothes doesn't have the arrogance of a prodigal from a wealthy family. Even when he is treating his servants and slaves, he is always smiling and polite. Every time he came to the mansion, he always made the young maid in the mansion flutter. Even Meng Xiyan had to admit that if Pei Yunying deliberately flirted with him, she might not be able to resist him.

But she didn’t dare.

Meng Xiyan still remembered the image of her father, the young eunuch, standing in front of her, telling her with a stern face not to quarrel with Pei Yunshu. He talked about Pei Yunying's gloomy and ruthless nature, and how things always happened to those who opposed him in the court for no apparent reason. Speaking of the time when Prince Zhaoning killed someone, the blood flowing from the corpse could dye an entire creek red.

He said: "You have always been strong. In the past, the county king only protected you, but now Pei Yunying has returned to the capital. He is a madman, don't offend him, otherwise, he will dare to touch anyone!"

Meng Xiyan sneered. Her father had always been timid and afraid of getting into trouble. No matter how arrogant Pei Yunying was, he always had to take etiquette into consideration.

 But she felt vaguely in her heart that her father was not exaggerating.

Because not only her, but also Prince Wen had a hint of fear in his eyes every time he looked at Pei Yunying.

Even Prince Wen is afraid of a person, and now he has brought a group of guards to attack him. What can she do to escape unscathed?

 Pei Yunshu's intermittent moans came from the room. Meng Xiyan came back to her senses and glanced over the body of the guard lying in a pool of blood in the room. She couldn't help but her eyelids twitched, and her heart became more and more frightened.

Lu Han is King Wenjun's most reliable guard. He kills when he says to kill without any hesitation...

She suddenly had the idea that Pei Yunying would never let her go!

Meng Xiyan raised her eyes in fear.

The guards surrounded the door. In front of the light-colored tent, the young man stood. His crimson embroidered clothes were shockingly beautiful in the pool of blood on the ground. The cold light of the long knife at his waist made his handsome face look eerily... murderous look.

　　Without his usual bright and friendly expression, he stared at Meng Xiyan expressionlessly, as coldly as if he were looking at a dead person.

Meng Xiyan was horrified by what he saw. She took a step back, almost tripping over her skirt, and argued almost with mercy: "Commander Pei, these people colluded to murder the princess."

Pei Yunying laughed briefly.

When he smiled, his eyebrows became more and more beautiful, and his dark eyes were full of ridicule.

Meng Xiyan was so flustered by his smile that she heard the person in front of her sneer: "They are my people. What do you mean, I want to murder the princess in broad daylight?"

She was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized something.

No wonder, no wonder these people are loyal to Pei Yunshu, no wonder she can't bribe these two maids no matter what, because these are the people Pei Yunying placed next to Pei Yunshu!

But new people added to the prince's palace must be strictly scrutinized by the prince's subordinates to prevent people with ulterior motives from being mixed into the palace.

How dare he, and how could he force people into the royal palace in a fair and just manner?

 Isn’t he afraid of arousing the emperor’s suspicion?

Meng Xiyan was inexplicably horrified, but Pei Yunying seemed tired of talking to her like this, and raised his hand indifferently: "Drag her away."

How could the palace guards compare to those mighty imperial guards? In just a moment, they captured all the guards inside and outside the house, as well as the servants and wives.

Meng Xiyan was pushed out by the guards and struggled desperately: "Let me go!"

Since she entered the palace, she has always been favored by Prince Wenjun and is called the side concubine. In fact, her status is much higher than that of the princess Pei Yunshu. Now, in front of everyone in the palace, being pushed and taken down like a prisoner by Pei Yunying's men is simply a shame and a great humiliation. How will she convince the public in the future, and how will the palace's servants view her in their hearts!

Meng Xiyan turned her head sharply and yelled through gritted teeth at the person in front of the tent: "Are you crazy? I am the concubine of the prince's palace. If you dare to do this to me, the prince will never let you go after he returns to the palace!"

Pei Yunying is so arrogant in other people's mansions, do you really think that the king of Shengjing can't do anything to him? Extremely abominable!

 “You won’t let me go?”

He was startled, as if he had heard something funny. The smile between his eyebrows became brighter and brighter, but his dark eyes seemed to be filled with twilight snow in the cold forest, and there was a sense of desolation.

 He said calmly: "You'd better pray that my sister is safe, otherwise..."

“No one who takes action today can escape.”

The guards have been trained all year round and moved quickly to drag everyone away from the door. The house was also cleared of corpses. Only Pei Yunshu's painful moans echoed in the room.

The people blocking the road have been cleared away, and now it’s up to Pei Yunshu himself.

Lu Zhuo didn’t even raise his head: “Others go out, leave Yin Zheng in the room to help me.”

Fangzi and Qiongying subconsciously looked at Pei Yunying. Pei Yunying nodded to them and the two immediately stepped back.

 Pei Yunying is left in the house.

 Lu Huo: "You also go out."

The light ribbon hangs high above the couch, like light smoke, blurring the crimson figure outside like a gentle old dream.

He moved and walked toward the door. He took two steps and then stopped again.

The wind blew the moon veil, and the figures behind the flying curtains were looming. The young man's voice lost the careless smile before, and his tolerance was complicated and different from the past.

“Doctor Lu,” he asked, “can I believe you?”

 Lu Zong made a move.

 The room was silent except for the woman's soft moans. The crimson color was reflected on the light silk fabric, like a branch of bright red peony about to bloom. It was graceful and graceful, full of love in spring.

After a moment of silence, Lu Zhu lowered his head again and spoke calmly.

 “When I’m treating illnesses and saving people, I’m just a doctor.”

 …

Pei Yunying waited in the yard for a long time.

The moonlight splashed on the ground like water, illuminating the entire courtyard. Osmanthus flowers float on jade, the night is as cool as washing, and on August 15th in Shengjing, the full moon is always brighter than in the past.

The young man stood in the courtyard, silent as a solid stone. The silver moonlight flowed through the fragrant osmanthus clusters, and then spread over the pale gold pattern on the edge of his embroidered clothes. Finally, it gently touched his eyebrows and left a mark in his pupils. The next blur of brilliance.

 He kept looking at the flower window.

The dim yellow light from the small window made the already deserted night even more bleak. He watched quietly, as if he wanted to stand here forever.

The guard beside him advised: "Master, why not go and rest first." Pei Yunying shook his head lightly, but the hand holding the knife tightened tighter and tighter.

Intermittently low humming came from the flower window, and from time to time a maid came out carrying a silver basin. The blood in the basins was so red that it was shocking to see.

 He lowered his eyes, his long eyelashes covering his expression.

 When my mother died, she also lost a lot of blood.

At the age of fourteen, he didn't understand. He panicked and clumsily tried to cover the wound on her neck with his hand, but blood still gurgled out, making his hand wet instantly like it was endless. The woman who always loved to laugh held him tightly in her arms, and the warm liquid continued to flow out of her body, becoming sticky and cold. The mother looked at him, her eyes always filled with smiles. All that's left is heartache and nostalgia, as well as the decay of life being stripped away bit by bit.

She gasped for air and said hurriedly: "Ying'er... Ying'er, protect your sister...run away!"

 Escape quickly.

 Those were the last words his mother left for him.

Pei Yunying closed her eyes.

He promised his mother that he would protect Pei Yunshu, but as a young man, he could not even decide on Pei Yunshu's marriage. After learning that Pei Di, the Duke of Zhaoning, planned to let Pei Yunshu enter the palace, he tried his best to stop her and was unable to do anything.

At that time, he understood that he needed power. He did not want to be controlled by the Pei family. He wanted to be able to decide the fate of their two siblings by himself. Staying in the Pei family as the heir apparent of Zhaoning was not an option.

So he left his government and Beijing, sought refuge with others, and tried his best to climb up. He got the conditions to make a deal with Pei Di, but when he returned to Beijing, he found that Pei Yunshu had left the cabinet.

Pei Yunshu did not enter the palace, but entered the Wenjun Prince's Palace and married that good-for-nothing Mu Sheng.

 He is one step late, he is always one step late.

Just like how he felt today when he learned about Pei Yunshu's accident in Minglin Garden, he hated his own incompetence just as he did many years ago. In an instant, strong anger swept over him, making him want to kill everyone in Prince Wenjun's palace immediately. However, in the end he just stood up restrainedly, explained the matter to the emperor, and hurried back with the guards.

He is no longer the reckless and ignorant young master of the Pei family many years ago. Pei Yunshu has been bullied and plotted in this house, and he should take it upon himself to recover for her one by one. Whether it's Meng Xiyan, Mu Sheng, or anyone else.

"Wow-"

A loud baby cry pierced the sky, breaking the dead silence of the night.

Yin Zheng's joyful voice floated out of the small window, "Qianjin, the princess has given birth to a little daughter! Congratulations to the princess, congratulations to the princess!"

Fangzi and Qiongying, who were waiting at the door, were immediately overjoyed and hurriedly rushed in. Pei Yunying froze on the spot, as if he couldn't believe his ears for a moment. After a moment, he seemed to have come back to his senses, and walked to the door in three or two steps. Yin Zheng blocked the door with her arms.

Yin Zheng hesitated and said: "Sir, the girl just delivered the little lady, but the little lady was born with poison in her body. The girl has to remove the poison from her. I'm afraid it will take some time. You can't go in now."

Pei Yunying's expression changed slightly.

Yes, giving birth safely was just the first step. His sister was unconsciously poisoned in the prince's palace, and the flesh and blood in her belly was eaten away by the poison every day. Lu Yan just killed the child at the last moment when the poison swallowed her. Bring it out, but that's only the first step.

The future of this newly born little girl is still like a long dark night, so chaotic that it is difficult to see clearly.

The face of the person in front of him was silent, and there seemed to be a slight chill around him. Yin Zheng was inexplicably nervous. He heard Pei Yunying ask in a cold voice: "How is the princess?"

Just now that the overwhelming pressure had dissipated, Yin Zheng quietly breathed a sigh of relief, "The princess is fine, just a little weak. Lord Pei can rest assured."

He didn't say anything more, and Yin Zheng hurried back into the room. When Mr. Pei didn't smile, he always felt quite stressed.

He did not go away, but was still waiting at the door, quietly listening to the baby's soft cry from inside the house. The sound was very thin, like a newborn kitten, babbling and stretching out its claws to scratch softly, but it had a strange vitality, which was particularly moving at this night.

The guard Chi Jian walked up to Pei Yunying and was sincerely happy for him, but amidst the joy, there was also a little uncertainty and hesitation. He reminded in a low voice: "Master, can Doctor Lu be trusted?"

The night Duan Xiaoyan was detained by Lu Zhuo, Chi Jian was also present. He saw with his own eyes how the weak-looking female doctor was tit-for-tat with Pei Yunying. Her sarcastic tone, provocative eyes, and she did not hesitate to frame him. Duan Xiaoyan's scheming could not make people believe that she had no other agenda.

Now, the lives of Pei Yunshu and her daughter are in her hands, in a matter of seconds.

Pei Yunying lowered his eyes and said nothing.

 After a moment, he said calmly: "I have no other choice."

After learning that Pei Yunshu was pregnant, he arranged for Fangzi to be admitted to Pei Yunshu's courtyard, and then sent Qiong Ying. All the servants in Pei Yunshu's courtyard were carefully screened, and their food and beverage expenses were checked every day without slacking off. Every once in a while, a different medical officer came to check for pulse, but even so, Pei Yunshu was still poisoned under his nose.

Those medical officers in the palace pride themselves on their superb medical skills, but they have not even discovered that Pei Yunshu was poisoned. Since they have no way of discovering it, it would be ridiculous to believe that they can detoxify it. He didn't want to believe Lu Shen. This female doctor was full of lies and never told the truth. She killed, framed, and framed people, but he wanted to send the people he cherished to him.

 Because right now, only Lu Yan can save her.

He didn't like praying to gods and worshiping Buddha, and he even scorned the behavior of people begging gods for mercy when their destiny was dark. But at this moment, he prayed to Xu Ming, willing to use the rest of his life to exchange for Pei Yunshu's mother and daughter on the sickbed. Anping.

The pale moon-colored gauze curtain is like smoke and mist, softly covering the slender figure of the person in front of the couch. Her voice is cold and without any waves, like the rocks on the top of the mountain or the flowers in the valley, letting the wind blow heavy rain and settling in people's hearts for a long time. heart.

 “When I’m treating illnesses and saving people, I’m just a doctor.”

 Just a doctor…

Pei Yun’s eyes moved slightly.

He can threaten Meng Xiyan and Mu Sheng, but he cannot threaten a madman who can die with others at any time. She can only trust her if she is not threatened by others.

There are very few people he trusts in this world, but I hope she deserves it.

Someone came from the courtyard, it was guard Qing Feng. Qing Feng stood still in front of Pei Yunying and whispered: "Master, Prince Wenjun was extremely angry when he heard that you had detained the guard and Concubine Meng when he returned to the palace. He was talking to him at the entrance of the courtyard. The guards stood up to each other and shouted for you to release him immediately."

Pei Yun smiled in disdain.

In Minglin Garden, when he got the news, Mu Sheng was already slightly drunk. He asked the emperor to resign, but deliberately omitted Mu Sheng. The emperor always had a malicious interest in the subtle stalemate between the in-laws of his ministers and did not stop them. His guards surrounded Pei Yunshu's courtyard and did not let anyone in the prince's palace approach.

 It is true that some doves occupy magpie's nests.

but…

 Just a loser, screaming in front of him.

The young man took two steps forward, and the softness and silence he had been standing under the window instantly faded, and his brows and eyes became cold and cold, as if he was a different person.

His voice was also ruthless, and he said calmly: "Let him get away, otherwise..."

 “I chopped up his concubine in front of him.”

 (End of this chapter)