Chapter 300 The Top Scholar 7

Ning Yan's smile suddenly vanished, her charming face now covered with frost. "But I'm a germaphobe! I find things that other people have used dirty!"

Pei Chengyuan's face immediately turned pale, his mouth opened and closed repeatedly...

"Someone, the Prince Consort has served me well today. Please reward him with a cup of this year's new tea."

Ever since Jiahe entered the mansion as a concubine, the prince consort has forgotten what new tea is. Their small courtyard seems to have been automatically separated from the princess's mansion. Even the meals are cooked by the servants that Jiahe brought into the mansion, who spend money to buy stoves from the princess's mansion.

Don't think that having money makes life easy. Every day, even oil and salt have to be bought at high prices. An ordinary egg costs one tael of silver, a carp costs ten taels of silver, and ten catties of white rice costs fifty taels of silver. If you want to eat fruit, fine, twenty taels will give you three apples. If you want hot water, that's fine too, a bucket costs ten taels of silver.

Even emptying the chamber pot every night costs fifty taels.

Not to mention that the two of them need to see a doctor and take medicine every day, which is an even higher expense.

Honestly, if Jiahe hadn't spent her dowry so generously, everyone in their courtyard would have starved to death long ago.

Relying on her status as a titled princess, she brazenly brought a large dowry into the manor as a concubine. Ning Yan will surely ruin her!

Under her watchful eye, if Jiahe ever had a day when things went smoothly, it was a failure on her part!

Pei Chengyuan took the warm tea. Seeing that the princess was still looking at him, he hesitated for a moment, but still drank the tea.

Last time he was forced to drink tea, he and Jiahe spent the whole night together. Tonight, could it be that the princess is angry that he wants to serve her in bed and is making him sleep with Jiahe again?

"Alright, the tea is finished, Young Master Pei, you may now leave."

Pei Chengyuan paused in his motion to stand up. The princess was actually calling him Young Master Pei?

She used to call him "Prince Consort".

"Princess……"

Ning Yan had already turned away, not even giving him a glance.

To be honest, if it weren't for wanting to torture these two bitches, Ning Yan would have killed them long ago.

I don't have time to pay attention to him!

"Qianhong, invite Captain Lin in. As my male favorite, he is too irresponsible. He never takes the initiative unless I summon him."

Qian Hong paused for a moment, then responded loudly and quickly went out to call for help.

Pei Chengyuan's eyes suddenly turned red!

The princess is clearly his wife, how could she have a lover in front of him?

Ning Yan seemed to notice him still standing there, and asked in surprise, "Why isn't Young Master Pei leaving yet?"

Pei Chengyuan fled the main courtyard in a panic.

After walking quite a distance, he finally stopped and leaned against a peach tree, punching the tree and cursing inwardly: "You bastard, you bastard!"

Don't worry, there will be a time when she'll beg him!

Just then, footsteps sounded in the distance. The person was carrying a lantern, and he was quickly spotted. "Cousin?"

"Bi'er?"

"Cousin, why are you out at this hour? I was just about to go to the main courtyard to look for you."

"Is there something you need?"

“Cousin, this isn’t the place to talk. Let’s go to my yard to talk.”

She had been looking for an opportunity to see her cousin for over a month, and she finally found one today, which she was determined not to miss.

The two of them, along with a maid, returned to Chunying Courtyard. Pei Chengyuan felt as if he had forgotten something. At this moment, Luo Bichi had already asked someone to serve him tea. He subconsciously picked up the teacup and brought it to his mouth. Only after the tea entered his throat did he realize what he had forgotten!

Tea!

It's that cup of tea from the main courtyard!

But it was too late.

Before he could get up, a sudden wave of heat surged up, and he slumped back into the chair.

Luo Bichi was surprised that the medicine would take effect so quickly. She was secretly pleased and quickly gave her maid a wink. The two of them helped Pei Chengyuan into the inner room.

...

The main courtyard.

Qian Hong invited Captain Lin into the house. Before Ning Yan could ask, Lin Feng handed over several slips of paper. "These are some secret letters that I intercepted today. However, I have been studying their contents all day and still can't figure them out."

Ning Yan smiled and said, "It used to be a letter in the open, but now it's been changed to a letter in the dark."

But it doesn't matter. As long as we intercept all the letters, it doesn't matter if they send them overt or covert messages. As long as the message can't get out, it's fine.

"Captain Lin, you did a great job. Qian Hong, here's your reward."

Captain Lin left the main courtyard happily with the reward of one hundred taels of silver.

...

At midnight, Ning Yan was sleeping soundly when a commotion suddenly broke out outside the courtyard.

Ning Yan was abruptly woken up by the noise.

"What's wrong?" The maid on night watch hurried out to ask, and Wan Zi came in a moment later.

"Master, after the Prince Consort left the main courtyard tonight, he was taken to Chunying Courtyard by Cousin Luo. I heard that Cousin Luo is not well."

Ning Yan hugged the blanket and turned over. "Get her a doctor and tell the people below that if they dare to make a sound again, they should all be dragged out, given twenty lashes, and sold off."

It's obvious without asking that the commotion was caused by someone from Chunying Courtyard; no one from the Princess's residence would be so ignorant of etiquette.

I wouldn't feel bad even if you killed me.

However, it looks like she'll have tea to drink again.

The outside world quickly quieted down again, and Ning Yan fell into a deep sleep.

The following day, Luo Bichi failed to come and serve tea.

I heard the illness was quite serious; it was only because the treatment was timely that he might have gone to see the King of Hell last night.

Pei Chengyuan, on the other hand, knelt down in the main hall of the main courtyard.

Ning Yan had breakfast served by Princess Jiahe, and then was led to the main hall.

"Why is Young Master Pei kneeling here again? What happened?"

Princess Jiahe didn't know exactly what happened last night, because as soon as night fell, Yilan Courtyard was completely surrounded, to the point that not even a fly could pass through normally.

But she knew that Pei Chengyuan hadn't returned to Yilan Courtyard to rest last night.

She had assumed he had stayed in the main courtyard, but now it seemed that wasn't the case.

In particular, there was a scratch on his chin and a bluish-purple mark on his neck.

Princess Jiahe clenched her fists tightly. With her around, how dare Pei Chengyuan provoke others?

Okay, okay!

The man who once claimed to have only her as his wife not only wronged her by making her his concubine, but has now betrayed her!

Looking at the princess's face, which was as beautiful as a summer flower, Pei Chengyuan felt a little dazed. How could he have thought that Jiahe was prettier than the princess before?

“Your Highness, something unexpected happened last night. I… I had relations with my cousin. I beg Your Highness to punish me.”

Ning Yan picked up the teacup, used the lid to stir the tea leaves floating on top, and then put the cup back on the table. The cup made a light, crisp sound, and Pei Chengyuan's heart skipped a beat.

"How does Young Master Pei intend to handle this matter?"

It's Young Master Pei again!

Pei Chengyuan kept his head down, so his expression was not visible.

Jiahe's anger, however, could not be hidden.

She kept telling herself that it was all for her father's great cause, so she should just bear with it a little longer!

But this man himself had genuinely liked her.

He promised her that even if she became the prince consort, he would never touch the princess. He would keep her chastity and wait for the day he could marry her!

But in such a short time, he has already forgotten all his promises!

Thank you so much, Big Eyes, for the 1500 Qidian Coins!

Thank you Lily for the 1000 Qidian Coins!

(End of this chapter)