Shocked! The salty concubine was spoiled by the cold prince

Chapter 152 Leaving Beijing

Pei Xu brought a lot of people with him when he left the capital this time, and his excuse to the outside world was that he was not well.

In fact, he took Gu Jiaorong with him as well.

Pei Xu was worried about Gu Jiaorong staying alone in the palace. Not to mention the ambitious Chunzhi, there were also many people in the capital who were eyeing his offspring.

"Rong'er, what are you looking at?"

After leaving Beijing, Gu Jiaorong became more lively than before.

She lifted a corner of the carriage curtain and looked outside.

"I've seen this place before in travelogues. It's fifteen miles from the capital and has a beautiful scenery."

Gu Jiaorong retracted her head and spoke excitedly.

"It's a pity that we have business to attend to this trip, otherwise we could have taken the opportunity to visit the mountains and rivers."

Gu Jiaorong knew that the locust plague was no small matter and could not be delayed for a moment, so she would not make any requests and would only follow Pei Xu's arrangements.

"There will always be opportunities in the future."

Pei Xu did not make promises easily, nor did he dare to make promises. The future was uncertain, so he could only say what the future would be like.

Fortunately, Gu Jiaorong didn't want his promise, she just felt it was interesting for a moment, so she looked through the window for a while.

Now she sat obediently beside Pei Xu, as if everything that had just happened was just an illusion.

"Your Highness, you said the Third Prince is not traveling with us. Did he go to deal with the evidence first?"

Everyone in the court knows that Prince Su is upright and incorruptible. If he were to investigate this matter, I'm afraid many people would be brought down.

Although the ministers under the Third Prince were not directly involved in corruption, a careful investigation would reveal that they had accepted bribes.

The prince is now under house arrest, but his influence is still considerable. Pei Yunqing has jumped out and won over a group of people. Pei Yunzhao is under increasing pressure, and he absolutely cannot afford to lose any more confidants.

"Who knows."

Pei Xu curled his lips and pulled Gu Jiaorong into his arms.

"Rong'er, don't worry about him. Just look at me. You have been ignoring me all the way."

Pei Xu placed his chin on the crook of her neck, his tone seeming to contain a hint of coquettishness.

Gu Jiaorong had never seen Pei Xu like this before. He had always been upright and well-behaved. Even if he had some bad intentions occasionally, that was a long time ago.

Her body became stiff and she dared not move.

She felt out of place, very out of place.

"Your Majesty, can you be more normal?"

Gu Jiaorong tentatively said that she really didn't want to be with the weird Pei Xu.

Pei Xu, however, was like a clingy monster, hugging her tightly.

"I'm normal, Rong'er. I want you to look at me instead of always caring about unimportant people."

Pei Xu admitted that he was a very possessive person.

It's just that he never showed it before. Besides, Gu Jiaorong at that time would just stay in the courtyard waiting for him to come back.

Pei Xu thought about it carefully and realized that that period of time was one of the few relaxing times they had.

Ever since Gu Jiaorong became pregnant, they have never had a peaceful life.

It's all because of him.

Pei Xu lowered his eyes, a hint of darkness flashing in his eyes.

Even so, he would not let Gu Jiaorong leave him.

"Your Majesty, I am watching you. Don't act willfully."

Gu Jiaorong patted him helplessly, but her attention was still on Pei Yunzhao.

Although the Third Prince's brain has always been not very good, they cannot underestimate the enemy.

"I'm telling you something serious. If the Third Prince takes the initiative and hides all the evidence, it will be very disadvantageous to us."

Gu Jiaorong didn't want this to happen. She hoped that everything would go smoothly.

This may be a bit idealistic, but people are always like this, selfish.

"Don't worry, Rong'er. Even if you give him a little more time, he won't be able to come up with anything."

Pei Xu did not underestimate him, but the embezzlement of disaster relief funds was different from others, and it was easy to investigate thoroughly. After all, he was not only the Minister of the Dali Temple, but also a prince with military power.

No matter how many conspiracies and tricks there are, he can handle them.

Unless Pei Yunzhao set up a barracks there, this would be a bit tricky.

Gu Jiaorong was also thinking about the later plot of the book. Although her line had gone astray, the royal plot line should still be normal, and some plots were not planned in a day, but accumulated over time.

Pei Yunzhao and the prince don't have much military power on the surface, otherwise they wouldn't try so hard to win over Gu Sidao and Pei Xu. But secretly, the prince has the Divine Guards given by His Majesty, and Pei Yunzhao is definitely not without anyone to rely on.

Pei Yunzhao was in such a hurry to move forward that he might have actually raised an army there.

Pei Xu and Gu Jiaorong thought of the same thing tacitly and looked at each other.

"Rong'er, I understand your concerns."

If Pei Yunzhao really had private soldiers, then this matter would become tricky.

"So we need to hurry up and not give him too much time to hide the truth."

Gu Jiaorong urged, and doubts arose in her heart at the same time.

She remembered that Pei Xu in the book did not have a romantic relationship with the heroine. The two were more like partners and could make decisions in sync. But why was Pei Xu so clingy when it came to her?

It’s not that Pei Xu is a bad person, but once he has weaknesses, he will no longer be omnipotent.

While reading the book, Gu Jiaorong quite liked Pei Xu's character. He was not a love-brained person, and unlike other protagonists, he would let ordinary people be buried with him for the sake of love. He would endure and bow his head for the sake of the people, and would only start a political rebellion when his strength allowed it.

If he had fought all the way from the battlefield to the capital to seek justice, it would have been possible, but that would have given foreign enemies an opportunity, and the first people to suffer would have been the people.

War will make people's lives miserable and leave the poor with no way to survive.

Gu Jiaorong remembered the darkest period in history, later known as the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, a time of both absurdity and beauty. In reality, it was an era of chaos and cannibalism.

Even if she was not a good person, she could not bear to read history carefully.

Therefore, Gu Jiaorong had a slightly good impression of Pei Xu in the book. At least in his eyes, the people were human beings.

After all, Pei Xu is powerful and influential, so he can do whatever he wants. Even if the people are living in poverty, he can still live a superior life.

It was because of this that she initially had the illusion that Pei Xu was willing to give her a chance to live.

A person who cares about the people must have a good side, even if he uses any means necessary or is despicable.

If Pei Xu knew that Gu Jiaorong thought so highly of him, he would probably be so proud of himself, but he didn't know, so he just shook his head and refused.

"No, your body can't withstand such torture."

Pei Xu knew that if Pei Yunzhao raised troops, this matter would be difficult to handle, but there was no need for them to rush in all at once.

"I'll send someone to find out where he keeps his troops. It would be best if we could take them down while he's unaware. This is the only way we can reassure him. If we rush over, we'll definitely alert him, and then the result will be more harm than good."

What Pei Xu said made sense, and Gu Jiaorong also knew the abilities of his men, so she felt relieved.