Chapter 40: Making a mountain out of a molehill

Lu An felt that his chastity was saved. Pei Yan looked at Lu An with a relieved expression on his face. He knew what he was thinking without listening.

What are you looking at me for? 】

[Pei Yan is still a thief]

Pei Yan raised his finger and pointed at Lu An, and told Doctor Wang to check Lu An's hand. He looked at Lu An and said, "I didn't use much force. Why is your wrist red?"

Lu An...

Doctor Wang went over to take a look and felt that it was a bit of an exaggeration. It was just some red marks from being pinched, but he still left a bottle of medicine for Lu An.

When Lu An saw that it was the medicine that Pei Yan had used last time, he immediately put it away and thought: Pei Yan still has some humanity, this must be very valuable.

Pei Yan and his group returned to Minguang Hall. Lu An went straight to the inner hall, took off his clothes quickly, and went to bed to prepare for his work today.

[Should I go back to the side hall now?] 】

【after all…………】

Pei Yan drank the medicine to calm down before walking towards the inner room. When Lu An saw Pei Yan coming in, he naturally moved in to make room for him.

After Lu An gave up his place, he suddenly remembered: No, I should leave, I am just a bed warmer, but this bed is really comfortable! I don't want to move, and there's no danger tonight.

Lu An finally asked in a fake tone: "Your Majesty, then I will go back to the side hall."

Seeing that he had no intention of moving, Pei Yan laughed and said, "Close your eyes and go to sleep."

【Hehehehehehe】

Lu An said obediently, "Okay," and then lay down in the soft and warm quilt and closed his eyes.

Pei Yan slept with his back to Lu An tonight because there was still some residual effect of the medicine in his body. He originally planned to let Lu An go back to the side hall, but just when he came in, he saw Lu An naturally rolled inside, and he couldn't bring himself to say the words to let him go.

Pei Yan knew that Lu An fell asleep quickly, and sure enough, after a while, Lu An hugged his waist and rested his head on his back.

Pei Yan could hear Lu An's shallow breathing, caressing him gently like a feather, and sighed, "How stupid! He has no vigilance at all."

Pei Yan turned around, hugged Lu An, and fell into a deep sleep.

On the second day, the streets of the capital were full of rumors: "Have you heard? Prime Minister Zhu's daughter Zhu Qingwan appeared at the gate of the mansion in dishevel, with her lower body covered in blood!"

"Many people saw her at the gate of the mansion. It's all over now. Which noble family in the capital dares to marry her?"

"If I were her, I would definitely not live and would just hang myself outside the city gate. How shameless!"

The person next to him said with an unfathomable look on his face: "You may not know, but I heard that I seduced a married man and was beaten out by the mistress of the house."

The common people had many opinions.

The Prime Minister's Mansion was in chaos at the moment. After Zhu Qingwan woke up, she heard that she was thrown on the street in dishevel. She felt as if the sky had fallen. Who in the capital would dare to marry her in the future? She cried and made a fuss, threatening to die to prove her innocence. Prime Minister Zhu entered the palace early in the morning.

At this moment, the Empress Dowager in the Cining Palace suddenly grabbed the teacup on the table, and her fingertips turned slightly white due to the force.

Her eyes pierced directly at the man kneeling in the hall. Her voice was as cold as ice, yet filled with uncontrollable anger: "Waste! I have raised you for so many years, and you can't even handle such a small matter!"

Before he finished speaking, the teacup fell heavily to the ground, porcelain shards flew everywhere, and the tea soaked Prime Minister Zhu's robe. There was a dead silence in the hall, and even the sound of breathing seemed to be suppressed.

The Queen Mother slowly stood up and looked down at him, her tone tinged with sarcasm: "You can't even handle such a small matter, and you still have the nerve to let me make the decision for your daughter."

Everything Prime Minister Zhu did now depended on the Empress Dowager. Seeing that the Empress Dowager was angry, he stopped talking immediately.

The Queen Mother looked towards the direction of the Mingguang Palace with a sinister look in her eyes. "Okay, this is a warning to me."

The Queen Mother pondered for a moment and thought: "It will be time for the autumn hunt in two days, right?"