Chapter 43

　Since Pang Jun came back from Jiangnan to complete his mission, life has returned to normal. In the past few days, apart from reporting for duty during the day, handling official business, practicing martial arts, and having sex with Pan Tong and the other two girls, on the third day, Yang Yue finally came to him. When she saw Pan Tong and the other two girls, she almost felt aggrieved and wanted to cry.

　　Pang Jun had no choice but to tell her: "Didn't I tell you before that I have several concubines? They are three of them. They were originally in Jiangnan to help me manage the family property, but I was far away in Qinzhou and my parents were afraid that no one would take care of me, so they wrote to ask them to follow me to Beijing, leaving only one person there, so this is it." Yang Yue was relieved, and then the longing for more than a month turned into love. She pulled Pang Jun to a room and enjoyed their sweet love. After the two of them stayed together for an hour, she went back contentedly.

　　After Yang Yue left, the three girls realized that the cute little girl was actually the most beloved daughter of the current prince. Such a blessed girl actually had an ambiguous relationship with Pang Jun. This made them even more certain that Pang Jun was definitely a good match and a good support. However, they were also worried: If Pang Jun wanted to marry Yang Yue, would he have to divorce them first?

　　Pang Jun saw their worries and immediately reassured them: "No matter what, you are all my concubines, and I will treat you well in this life." The three women put aside their worries and served Pang Jun with peace of mind.

　　Within two days, the imperial edict came down, which was to commend Pang Jun for his great contributions in fighting against the Japanese pirates in Zhejiang Province and protecting the people of Jiangling: By the Will of Heaven, the Emperor decrees that Liu Jun, a junior lieutenant of the Shenyi Guard, in the 24th year of Wude, led 26 subordinates in Jiangling, Zhejiang Province, to fight against 300 Japanese pirates, defending his country and his homes, and having made meritorious services in defending the territory, he shall be rewarded with 500 taels of gold, 3,000 taels of silver, and three East China Sea blue pearls.

　　In fact, normally speaking, Pang Jun's contribution should not be rewarded so little, at least he could be promoted to a higher rank. Unfortunately, Pang Jun had only joined the Shenyiwei for less than two months, and was originally a second lieutenant in the Beijing troops. The next promotion was to manage a provincial Shenyiwei. However, there was only one position for each person, and it was a fifth-rank position. Pang Jun's contribution was not enough to be promoted by two levels, and it was not justified to transfer him to another position so quickly. So they had to reward him with some material things first, and then give him a bigger reward after he made more contributions in the future.

　　"Your servant Liu Jun thanks the Lord for His grace." Pang Jun's face did not show any dissatisfaction. Instead, he took the imperial edict respectfully and rewarded the eunuch who delivered the edict with fifty taels of silver, which made the eunuch smile.

　　Before leaving, the eunuch explained to Pang Jun why the reward was so small. Pang Jun only said, "Thunder, lightning, rain and dew are all grace from the king. I am just doing my duty." The eunuch left with satisfaction.

　　Since Pang Jun had not yet married, the two concubines Pan Tong and Yue Siwan became the temporary hostesses of the Liu Mansion. As the Mid-Autumn Festival approached, they also shouldered the responsibilities of celebrating the festival and began to get busy. As the male host, Pang Jun did not need to do anything to prepare for the festival, but the three women were busy, so naturally he had less time to spend with them. When he was bored, he wandered around the city of Tianjing.

　　Before he knew it, Pang Jun had walked out of the city of Tianjing. At this time, some people ran past him, shouting, "Hurry up and get to the front, or you will miss out if you are slow." Then, a large group of people followed him.

　　Pang Jun stopped someone curiously and asked, "What happened in front?" The man shook Pang Jun off and said without turning his head, "Today is the day when the Princess of Wei distributes mooncakes. If you are late, there will be none left." Princess of Wei?

　　Mother? Pang Jun's interest immediately rose, and he followed the crowd forward. When he reached a pavilion, he saw at least two or three hundred people surrounding the pavilion, with a huge crowd.

　　After some inquiries, Pang Jun learned that on the tenth day of the eighth lunar month every year, the Princess of Wei would go to the "Lai Shun Ji" bakery in the capital and order several loads of mooncakes. The mooncakes of "Lai Shun Ji" were fragrant and filling. Each one cost five hundred copper coins. There were at least three hundred mooncakes in a load, and ten loads would have at least three thousand mooncakes, which meant she had already spent fifteen hundred taels of silver. Then she would come to this pavilion and distribute them to the poor outside the city of Tianjing, so this pavilion was also called "Princess Wei Pavilion."

　　Pang Jun looked through the crowd and saw Tang Yuxian, who was distributing mooncakes with a gentle and warm smile. He sneered in his heart: Your beloved princess went to Huangjue Temple to pray for blessings on the surface, but actually went to have fun with beautiful boys. I wonder what kind of obscene and evil deeds are hidden behind the "so-called good deeds" of distributing mooncakes?

　　Princess Wei has been distributing mooncakes at the "Princess Wei Pavilion" on the tenth day of the eighth lunar month for five years. The number of people who come here to see the mooncakes increases every year, and some people even come back to queue up after receiving their mooncakes. So even though Tang Yuxian has specially reserved ten loads of mooncakes this year, they were still distributed very quickly.

　　At this time, Tang Yuxian said, "I'm sorry, folks. I was not thoughtful enough this year and didn't order enough mooncakes."

　　Some of the people who received the cakes were grateful to Tang Yuxian and said, "We all received the kindness of the princess."

　　"Thank you, Princess." However, some people felt as if they had been deceived, or thought that there were still mooncakes but they were no longer distributed, and in desperation, they wanted to rush into the basket to look. Some scoundrels wanted to fish in troubled waters and shouted in the crowd, "The princess is deceiving us! She must have more mooncakes!" and incited the crowd to attack Tang Yuxian. For a moment, the scene became chaotic.

　　In addition to Liu Hongxu, there were twenty officers and soldiers from the Prince of Wei's Mansion who were responsible for protecting Tang Yuxian. However, there were at least a hundred people attacking. They wanted to draw their swords to intercept them, but they were crowded around and had no chance to draw their swords. Moreover, Tang Yuxian had also ordered that no innocent people should be harmed, which made their situation even more difficult.

　　Suddenly, one of the guards could not hold on any longer and was pushed down by the people. The encirclement was broken in an instant. People swarmed in, pushing and shoving each other. The scene was extremely chaotic. Faced with the uncontrollable crowd, Liu Hongxu had no choice but to guard Tang Yuxian.

　　However, a few scoundrels took advantage of the chaos and sneaked up to Tang Yuxian, intending to snatch some jewelry from her. When they were about to take action, there was a sound of breaking air from outside. A white figure stepped on the shoulders of the crowd and quickly approached Tang Yuxian. He put his arm around Tang Yuxian's waist and took her aside. At the same time, he kicked the scoundrels away and shouted, "The Great Jin Divine Guards are here. Anyone who dares to attack will be charged with treason!"

　　The person who came was Pang Jun.

　　The Divine Guards were the sharp sword in the hands of the emperor and had great power. Of course, everyone in the capital knew about this. When the people heard the words "Divine Guards", they immediately stopped and dared not act rashly. They began to look at the handsome young man in front of them with fear. Someone recognized Pang Jun: "Isn't this the top scholar? Oh, top scholar, please forgive me, Princess Princess, please forgive me, we were all confused for a moment." The people who were rushing knelt down one after another.

　　Pang Jun let go of the frightened Tang Yuxian and asked with a smile, "Your subordinate Liu Jun greets the Queen of Wei. Is the Queen okay?"

　　After Tang Yuxian calmed down a bit, she regained her previous graceful demeanor, shook her head and said, "It's okay."

　　At this time, Liu Hongxu finally reacted. She bowed to Pang Jun and said, "Thank you, Lord Liu. I failed to protect you well. Please forgive me, Princess."

　　"Hong Xu, don't blame yourself. It's my fault for not considering things carefully. You all should stand up. Don't kneel down." Tang Yuxian glanced at Pang Jun with her beautiful eyes and said to him with a smile, "Zi Ye, you don't have to be too nervous. I'm fine."

　　Among the women Pang Jun had ever seen, Tang Yuxian was not the most beautiful, she was just one of them. Tang Yulin, Nan Xiangwu, and Gong Qinxue were all comparable to her. However, it was undeniable that Tang Yuxian's temperament was the most attractive to men. She was noble, graceful, elegant, and gentle. Even the queen and the concubine in the palace could not compare to her. Although Pang Jun knew that her glance was unintentional, the charm that unconsciously revealed made his heart tremble. He recalled those three debauched nights. Such an elegant and beautiful woman, under his crotch, was as coquettish and wanton as a bitch, making his cock slowly stand up. Fortunately, the clothes were still loose and nothing unusual was seen.

　　"The princess is a member of the royal family. If there is any mistake, as a minister of the Great Jin, I will be guilty of a thousand deaths."

　　Pang Jun didn't dare to look into Tang Yuxian's eyes again, for fear that he would be embarrassed by her inadvertently revealed charm.

　　If Yang Yue was present at this time, she would have discovered one thing: her mother and brother Ziye had very similar smiles!

　　In fact, Pang Jun doesn't look like Tang Yuxian, but his smile pattern and the look in his eyes are surprisingly similar!

　　"Okay, okay, I'm fine now, right?" Tang Yuxian's smile seemed to be able to melt thousands of years of ice, making Pang Jun even more frightened and he lowered his head even more.

　　Then, Tang Yuxian said to the crowd, "Everyone, I did order too few mooncakes this year. How about this, I will order another batch or buy some later, and distribute them here at the same time tomorrow. What do you think?"

　　"My lady, this..."

　　Tang Yuxian stopped Liu Hongxu from speaking, shook her head gently and whispered: "Hongxu, just do as I say." At this time, Pang Jun said to Tang Yuxian: "My lady, I have an unwelcome request."

　　"Go ahead."

　　"Anyway, I don't have much work to do recently. If the princess is going to distribute mooncakes here tomorrow, I would like to request to protect her safety here." Pang Jun volunteered.

　　"Okay, I will be here at 2:15 tomorrow afternoon, so don't be late." Tang Yuxian said happily to Pang Jun.

　　"I obey your command."

　　On the way back, Liu Hongxu asked Tang Yuxian, "Madam, you were too careless today. That Liu Jun must have been trying to curry favor with him. How could you agree to his request so easily?"

　　Tang Yuxian smiled and said, "Hongxu, you've thought too much. Ziye, he did it for Yue'er's sake, and Yue'er likes him very much. According to the prince's current understanding of him, this boy is indeed a good match for Yue'er in terms of literary talent, martial arts, and character. If nothing unexpected happens in a few years, the prince might marry Yue'er to him. You say he is sincere or just trying to please me, so what?" Then, Tang Yuxian murmured, "Compared to Yue'er, who is now a royal family, I am more worried about him." She looked at the scenery outside the window with a lonely look on her face.

　　At night, in a dark corner of Tianjing City, several hooligans who were injured by Pang Jun were looking at the masked man in front of them in horror, "Don't kill me, don't kill me." A cold light flashed, and then it fell silent. Then, someone took a bottle and poured the liquid inside onto the hooligans' bodies, making a "sizzling" sound. After a while, there was only a foul-smelling liquid on the ground...

　　At noon the next day, Pang Jun arrived at the "Wei Fei Pavilion" on time to help Tang Yuxian distribute moon cakes. On that day, no ruffians dared to make trouble and the order was good. Looking at the busy Pang Jun, Tang Yuxian felt a little relieved. Pang Jun seemed to notice something, turned his head to look at her, and smiled slightly.

　　Looking at Pang Jun's smile, Tang Yuxian's calm heart suddenly trembled, but she quickly recovered, smiled at him, turned around and continued handing out mooncakes. However, she did not notice the cold light flashed in Pang Jun's eyes the moment she turned around.