The Queen Doesn't Want to Die
Chapter 222
Pei An Rong had not been in the palace for a very long time. It had been more than a year that he had been sent to study with a teacher outside the Empire living in the mountains. So he didn't know much about what happened during his departure.
As he received orders to return for the sake of attending Pei Zhang Xi's coronation ceremony as Crown Prince, he felt very surprised let alone knowing that the Crown Princess was Lu Jing Yu.
Should her brother be the first Son in the Empire to inherit the throne? But when he arrived at the palace, his mother came to him and said that his brother had been sent to the border by their father because of Pei Zhang Xi. This is so unfair! Once again his hatred grew towards Lu Jing Yu and Pei Zhang Xi. Especially Lu Jing Yu.
Before the woman came, Pei Zhang Xi did not even intend to inherit the throne. But what now? It must be because of Lu Jing Yu's arrogant and power-hungry persuasion. That's certain. For that reason, Pei Zhang Xi, who had no interest in the throne, eventually fought for the throne with his brother.
In his mind, Lu Jing Yu still left a bad impression. The rumors that spread over the years are very bad. Having seen it directly with both eyes even more annoying. Then see how he has no etiquette of manners when eating? Huh! Pei An Rong grew even more annoyed in his heart.
Actually Lu Jing Yu was also not against basic etiquette. It was just that Lu Jing Yu was already hungry and ate a little faster. But in the eyes of Pei An Rong who did not like him from the beginning, his behavior looked very bad.
Pei An Rong's voice while speaking was not low. There was no other sound besides his voice that broke the silence as everyone focused on eating. No one spoke because Queen Zhu did not like people talking while eating. Everyone immediately looked towards Pei An Rong whom they found was staring at Lu Jing Yu contemptuously. Noticing Pei An Rong's gaze, everyone was slightly surprised. But when they recalled that Pei An Rong had long lived away from the capital, they finally understood. Pei An Rong must not have known what happened during his time away. Otherwise, the girl would definitely not be doing such a thing at this moment.
"Princess ten, it seems like you haven't heard much has happened during your time not being in the palace." Concubine Su did not accept her daughter-in-law being insulted.
"Concubine Su, I know that she is your daughter-in-law, but neither can you force everyone to like her." Pei An Rong looked at Consort Su arrogantly. He lifted his chin.
Feeling himself unable to fight Concubine Su, Pei An Rong turned to Queen Zhu and asked for help from her.
"Mom, did I say the wrong thing? As a princess, haven't we been taught the etiquette of eating since childhood? How can we let someone disobey ethics?" Pei An Rong did not want to let go of Lu Jing Yu so easily.
As for Lu Jing Yu, who despite feeling Pei An Rong's hostile gaze from the beginning on her, she still kept her composure and ate well. He even treated the trouble that Pei An Rong made as a free spectacle while eating. His entire bowl had finally moved into his stomach and was ready for processing. Pei Zhi Hui would not wait until Pei An Rong made trouble and starved. Although there was a nanny aunt, the main one was Lu Jing Yu's ASI. So if he does not immediately fill his empty stomach, he will not be able to provide quality ASI to his sweet Son. Putting aside the matter of Pei An Rong, he picked up some nutritious green bean cakes.
Looking at Lu Jing Yu who was like she was not responding to her provocations at all, Pei An Rong felt her emotions had overflowed in the crown and was ready to be let go. But for the sake of maintaining his image, he had to restrain his anger by clenching his hands under the table.
"I am amazed at all of you who let your behavior go. Everyone talks about her but look at her even she doesn't feel that she's done anything wrong. If a custom like this was seen by people from other empires, wouldn't it humiliate the Shao Empire?" He continued furiously after not getting any response. While Queen Zhu did not prevent it either, it meant that she was indeed allowed to speak.
"Ten sister, who do you mean by 'She' here? I listened to your rant from the beginning and thought in reference to who are you talking about? I really don't find anyone like that here. Are you still getting carried away by the mountain atmosphere and mistakenly remembering your comrades in the mountains?" Pei Shi Liang put down his chopsticks and folded his hands on the table. Squinting his eyes looked at Pei An Rong with ridicule.
"Eighth brother, are your old eyes so myopic that the faults in front of you cannot be seen?" Pei An Rong glared at Pei Shi Liang in annoyance. Why should he interfere? Why would he protect her? Shouldn't she also oppose him like her last memory? When did everything change?
"Eighth sister. Why are you fighting me when I get back?"
"I'm not against you. Didn't I just ask you? Who do you call 'him'? Please tell me. I'm sure everyone here is curious, too. Didn't you also say that if 'he' acted like an innocent person, I think it was because 'he' did not understand that what you were talking about at length from the beginning was 'he'. So what do you think if you say it now so that you also understand who 'she' you mean?"
"Yes...?"
"Isn't that Lu Jing Yu?! Such disrespectful women did not even qualify to enter the royal family. If not for the shameful dirty tricks he had done, he would not even be able to enter being a member of the Royal family. What right does it have to be an arrogant Crown Princess?"
"You know you should call her the Crown Princess and still disrespect her?" Pei Shi Liang tidks believed Pei An Rong dared to mention Lu Jing Yu blatantly. At first he was just trying to get to where this little girl's courage was.
"Why should I respect her? He doesn't deserve to be respected by me at all."
"If the position of the Crown Princess isn't even worthy of making you respect me? Then what do you think is worth?" Lu Jing Yu's lazy voice sounded relaxed. After he filled his stomach, he felt a little sleepy.
"Oohs... Apparently the venerable Crown Princess could speak? I was wondering if I should salute a mute woman." Pei An Rong turned his head towards Lu Jing Yu after hearing Lu Jing Yu's voice that he hadn't heard from the start.
"Actually I would also like to say, no one will consider you mute even if you don't speak." Lu Jing Yu looked at Pei An Rong who was fiddling with her eyes hearing Lu Jing Yu's words.
"You... You are! How dare you call me mute!" Pei An Rong angrily pointed at Lu Jing Yu with his sharp index finger.
"yeah. I'm sorry I was too forgetful. I should also remember the tenth Princess as a good sister-in-law. If you can't speak well, you better be quiet and not talk than to keep boasting something you don't even know. It's okay if you speak in your own family or Empire. If you are in another empire, you will soon have many enemies after speaking with just one sentence."
Pei An Rong did not expect that the notoriously stupid Lu Jing Yu was able to silence her so badly.
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