Peaceful Farm Life-Chapter 1879 - 1880: What Does This Even Mean?

"Feng Feiyan, if I say I did nothing at Changhuan Pavilion and was just there to sit, do you believe me?"

Unexpectedly, Su Yi Jing asked this, leaving Feng Feiyan momentarily stunned before she nodded, "I believe."

"Then are you planning to find me some girls?"

Feng Feiyan was silent for a moment, then calmly said, "However many you want, I’ll find them for you."

"Go, I don’t want to see you now." Su Yi Jing dismissed her; he truly didn’t want to see Feng Feiyan at this moment.

Feng Feiyan pressed her lips together briefly, then set down her chopsticks, stood up, and walked out. When she stepped over the threshold, she paused and turned back to the now sullenly drinking Su Yi Jing, "Yi Jing, I truly believe. As long as it’s you who says it, I believe."

Su Yi Jing halted his drinking for a moment, then continued as if he hadn’t heard Feng Feiyan’s words.

Feng Feiyan’s eyes darkened before she proceeded to leave Jingchen Palace.

It wasn’t until Feng Feiyan’s footsteps faded away that Su Yi Jing stopped drinking, but he crushed the wine cup in his hand.

She said as long as he said it, she would believe.

It wasn’t that he didn’t believe her words; he was just angry. He would rather she didn’t believe, which would mean she cared a lot about him going to the brothel; it would show that she particularly valued him. But now, what is this? Is she redeeming herself?

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East Palace.

Liang Zhiyao and Sheng Qingfeng, adhering to protocol, came to pay respects to Zou Qian, the Empress.

After paying respect according to etiquette and once everyone had withdrawn, Liang Zhiyao gossiped, "Qian, did you hear? Yesterday, that Xiao Guijun left the palace."

Zou Qian, Liang Zhiyao, and Sheng Qingfeng knew each other before entering the palace, but before they married Feng Feiyan, although acquainted, Liang Zhiyao and Sheng Qingfeng had the best relationship, as they grew up together and their families were close.

As for Zou Qian, before entering the palace, though he knew Liang Zhiyao and Sheng Qingfeng, the relationship was quite ordinary. It wasn’t until after entering the palace that the three found solidarity in their shared plight, their relationship becoming very good.

None of the three actually wanted to enter the palace as Empress and Guijun. The harem couldn’t participate in court affairs; they had ideals and ambitions. Once in the palace, those ideals and ambitions could never be realized, and they would have to live like women in the harem for the rest of their lives. Why would they ever want to enter the palace?

But their respective families all forced them to enter the palace and sent their portraits to the Retired Emperor and Empress Dowager to choose from. The Retired Emperor and Empress Dowager chose them, and the imperial edict came down; defying it was a grave sin that they could not bear, so they had no choice but to enter the palace. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

As for Feng Feiyan, they held only the awe of subjects for an Emperor, without the slightest trace of romantic affection.

Every time Feng Feiyan came to their chambers, she didn’t make them share a bed with her, which they were relieved about.

Indeed, they even actively helped Feng Feiyan by ordering people in their palaces not to spread word of her not wanting them to touch her.

Because of their good relationship, in private, they always addressed each other as brothers.

Just like now, Liang Zhiyao called Zou Qian "Brother Qian."

Zou Qian was the oldest among the three, already twenty-one, and the most strikingly handsome. He was not only exceptionally talented but also very graceful.

Upon hearing Liang Zhiyao say that Xiao Guijun left the palace yesterday, Zou Qian smiled, "I heard. With the Emperor favoring him, he comes and goes freely from the Imperial Palace; we can envy but not emulate."