Bao Ning bit Pei Yuan's lower lip nervously, and the bloody smell came out. Pei Yuan made a hissing sound and did not forget to roll the candy into his mouth.

Bao Ning was so ashamed and angry that she wanted to die. She pretended to be calm and said to Ji Xiangzhen: "Sister, he just said that he had a toothache, so I..."

Ji Xiangzhen asked: "Do you eat candy when you have a toothache?"

"Yes... Eat some candy when you have a toothache. The more you eat, the more painful it will be. You will get used to it." Bao Ning crawled out of the cabinet while making excuses. She was incoherent and the more she explained, the worse it got. She simply closed her mouth.

Pei Yuan followed her, with a big cut on his lip. He wiped the blood with the back of his hand, thinking that this little bastard was really cruel. His row of small white teeth were sharper than dog teeth.

Fortunately, Ji Xiangzhen stopped bothering her about this matter. She pointed to the inner room and whispered to Baoning, "I have sprayed more than half a bottle of incense. There is only a little left. I don't know if it is enough for him to sleep for two hours. I will go to the study to find the secret letter now. You stay in the yard to watch him. If he wakes up, keep him company."

Baoning said, "I understand."

Ji Xiangzhen adjusted her makeup and hair in front of the mirror, and then hurried away.

It is the end of the first dog days of summer. The weather is a little hot, but it is still bearable. Baoning found a clean big palm leaf fan in the small kitchen, sat under a big tree, and enjoyed the cool with Pei Yuan. There are many maids in Ji Xiangzhen's yard, but they are all well disciplined. They don't look around or talk nonsense. They just do their own things.

Now Baoning is the prince's consort, and Pei Yuan plays her bodyguard. When she sits, he has to stand behind her and fan her slowly.

There is a one-foot-high altar in the yard, with a mess of non-flowering grass planted inside, and a few white-winged butterflies flying around inside. Baoning stared at them for a while, and suddenly asked: "Do you miss Yuanzi?"

"Huh?" Pei Yuan was thinking about what would happen in the next few days, and didn't hear her words clearly.

Bao Ning said, "I miss him. I don't know if he is doing well with Pei Xiao. It would be great if he could come and live with us."

"Bullshit." Pei Yuan changed his posture and fanned her. "Who can raise a son? Let Pei Xiao raise it. That's not right. It doesn't matter who raises the son. Let us have our own child."

Bao Ning asked, "Have you found the person who threw candies to him on the tree?"

Pei Yuan said, "We are still investigating."

Bao Ning said "hmm". The yard was quiet, and the sunlight illuminated the ground. She became quiet in her heart and thought about what happened in the past few days.

She probably understood what was going to happen. Pei Xiao intended to rebel, and Pei Yuan confronted him. Pei Xiao wanted to be the emperor himself, and Pei Yuan wanted to protect his father and regain his favor. But Baoning didn't know whether Pei Yuan could succeed, and what would happen after he succeeded. Would Pei Xiao be executed? Probably not. The emperor had so few offspring, and he treasured every one of them. Even if the evidence was conclusive, he would not kill Pei Xiao. Would Pei Yuan become the crown prince? Or even the emperor in the future? Maybe Baoning

was thinking too much and too far ahead, but she didn't want Pei Yuan to be in a high position at all. She was a little selfish, and she had low self-esteem, and she was afraid.

She was used to such a quiet life. She didn't want to socialize with others, nor did she want Pei Yuan to devote too much of his thoughts to other things. She didn't even want to go back to the capital. She is also a worldly person, she likes the days of having money and the feeling of being looked up to by others, but she is afraid of being involved in these worldly disputes and losing the happiness she has now. Baoning is afraid that she will become a greedy, jealous, and worldly person, which makes her feel disgusted. She is also afraid that Pei Yuan will become a utilitarian, power-seeking man who likes to have three wives and four concubines.

If time can stay at this moment forever, they can live in the manor in Lihu like this, live a rich and worry-free life, cherish each other, how wonderful it would be.

The future may be better, but she is timid and dare not look forward, because she is afraid that it will get worse.

Pei Yuan was behind Bao Ning and saw that she didn't move for a long time. He thought she was asleep, so he pinched the back of her neck: "It's windy, don't sleep, otherwise your mouth and eyes will be crooked, and you will need an injection to get better."

Bao Ning was amused and turned around and asked: "Have you been blown by the wind? Otherwise, how do you know so clearly?"

Pei Yuan said: "I haven't, but Wei Meng has. Tsk, he looked so pitiful at that time."

Bao Ning held her chin and looked at him with a gentle look. She had a pair of beautiful eyes. Pei Yuan looked back at her and was attracted unconsciously and indulged in her.

He squatted down, and his tone became gentle and doting: "Ningning, what's wrong?"

Baoning suddenly said: "Ayuan, am I worth it?"

There was a flash of emptiness in her eyes, and she frowned and said: "I am just a concubine's daughter, my family background is very bad, and marrying you is a mistake..."

Pei Yuan's face sank. He didn't know why Baoning thought of this, and interrupted her and said: "I didn't make you feel at ease?"

Baoning wanted to say, we haven't even worshipped in the hall, am I your real wife?

But she thought it was hypocritical to say this now, which would hurt Pei Yuan's heart, so she swallowed the words back.

In fact, Pei Yuan made her feel at ease, but sometimes, she couldn't help thinking too much, just like what Tao said at the beginning, marrying Pei Yuan was her up and getting a bargain. Bao Ning didn't think so at first. Pei Yuan lived in that small broken courtyard and was not in good health. In Bao Ning's heart, they were equal at that time. She took care of him out of her heart and was very happy to get Pei Yuan's response. She didn't feel that she was so humble.

But now, she knows that Pei Yuan is a entrenched dragon. If he wants, one day he will soar to the heights.

And by then, will she be able to stand shoulder to shoulder with him?

"Are you tired?" Pei Yuan couldn't bear to see Bao Ning's lost look, and felt that his tone was too heavy just now, so he slowed down his voice and said, "Let's find an inn later, and I'll take you to rest for a while."

"I'm not tired..." Bao Ning shook her head. She was about to say something else when she was awakened by the sound at the door.

Pei Yuan stood up and looked over. Jia Ling happened to be looking over as well. He was stretching. Before their eyes met, Pei Yuan quickly lowered his head.

Jia Ling's eyes were covered with tears. He didn't see Pei Yuan clearly, but he saw a little beauty sitting under the tree. He didn't know how he fell asleep. He didn't remember what happened before very clearly. He thought for a while before he understood. He let out a long "Oh" and walked towards Bao Ning and said, "Is it the fifth sister?"

He patted his head and laughed, "Look at me, how rude! The fifth sister is still here, but I fell asleep. I was too tired these days. Are you back from your second sister? Hey, where did your eldest sister go again?" Jia Ling looked around.

Logically, he should call her the Fourth Prince's Consort, but he didn't take Pei Yuanduo seriously in his heart and ignored this title. According to Ji Xiangzhen's generational division, the elder sister is older than the younger sister.

Bao Ning thought to himself, "Oh no, how did he wake up so quickly?" Then he thought again, Jia Ling is a martial artist and has fought a few small battles with Chongyuan Hou. He has a good physical foundation, so it's not surprising. It's just that the eldest sister hasn't come back yet... Bao Ning said, "The eldest sister said she had a stomachache and went out."

Jia Ling believed it. He rubbed his forehead again, looked at Pei Yuan behind Bao Ning, and asked, "Is this your bodyguard?"

"Yes." Bao Ning replied, anxiously wanting Jia Ling to go back to the house quickly.

"He looks very good, I didn't expect you could find such a talent." Jia Ling smiled, "But why do you always keep your head down? Raise it quickly, let me see what you look like."

Bao Ning's palms were sweating, and she couldn't let Jia Ling see Pei Yuan's face. Bao Ning thought of a solution in a hurry. He suddenly looked up and said, "Brother-in-law, what are you looking at in the sky?"

Jia Ling hadn't passed the medicine yet, and he looked up with Bao Ning in a daze. Bao Ning secretly poked Pei Yuan's arm, and he immediately understood. He picked up a stone from the ground and threw it at the largest gardenia above Jia Ling's head. The big petals hit Jia Ling's face with a bang, and the pollen rushed into his nose. Jia Ling blinked hard, then bent over and sneezed.

Bao Ning asked, "Why did my brother-in-law suddenly fall ill? Did he catch a cold?"

She called the maid over and said, "Help your master go into the house to rest!"

Jia Ling picked up the flower, covered his nose, and wondered in his heart, how could this flower fall down when it hasn't bloomed yet? But his mind was dizzy and he didn't have the energy to think too much. After saying goodbye to Bao Ning, he was helped away by the maid.

Bao Ning breathed a sigh of relief.

Less than half an hour later, Ji Xiangzhen hurried in from outside, walked up to Bao Ning and said, "It's done!"

She said, "I searched for it in the secret compartment for a long time, and I was almost dying of anxiety, but I just couldn't find it. Later I found that Jia Ling had put it in a stack of letter papers and placed it on the table. He is smart and lives in seclusion... The secret letter said that the emperor would set out from the east gate the day after tomorrow and arrive at the canyon of Yanhuang Mountain at about a quarter before noon. The emperor sat in the third carriage. The letter said 'a total of three', I added two strokes in front of the word 'together' and changed it to 'ten'. When Pei Xiao received the letter, he would mistakenly think it was the thirteenth car."

Bao Ning and Pei Yuan looked at each other and said softly, "Thank you for your hard work, sister."

"Why work so hard? It's all for yourself, for a better life." Ji Xiangzhen glanced at the house, "Okay, you guys go quickly, I'll go back to look after Jia Ling, don't let him get suspicious."

...

It was getting late, and the sky looked overcast, as if it was going to rain, so it was inconvenient to walk on the mountain road. In addition, Pei Yuan was not feeling well, so they decided to rest in the inn for one night and leave tomorrow morning.

Pei Yuan and Bao Ning sat at the table after calling the waiter to bring hot water. Bao Ning buried her head in eating a pile of melon seeds sent by the inn, and Pei Yuan looked at her.

Seeing that the melon seed shells had already piled up into a small pile, Pei Yuan patted the back of her hand and said, "Don't eat anymore. Eating too much will make you get angry."

Bao Ning stopped. She felt hungry and went to grab some peanuts. Pei Yuan held her hand and asked, "Don't you have anything to say to me?"

"No." Bao Ning looked at him puzzled. After staring at each other for a while, Baoning remembered that Pei Yuan was probably talking about the thing she had been thinking about in the Chongyuan Marquis Mansion.

She no longer thinks about it now. Those thoughts only appear occasionally, but most of the time, Baoning is still very immersed in the present. Looking back, Baoning felt that the words she said to Pei Yuan were a bit embarrassing, hypocritical and embarrassing. She was eager to cover up, grabbed a handful of peanuts and asked Pei Yuan: "Do you want to eat it? I'll peel it for you."

Pei Yuan said: "Eat it yourself."

Baoning retracted her hand.

Pei Yuan gritted his teeth in hatred, and really wanted to pry open her head to see what she was thinking about every day. She said those few inexplicable words, and now she didn't mention it again, leaving him alone to think about it. He understood Baoning, and he also knew the anxiety and sensitivity in her heart. He has been trying to make Baoning feel at ease. I thought I had done it, but now it seems that it is still far from enough.

Pei Yuan thought of what Bao Ning mentioned about Yuanzi.

Does she have to have a child to make her devoted? Tie her up with the child.

Pei Yuan rubbed his fingers and was about to hook Bao Ning's belt, but suddenly remembered that he couldn't do it because there was something else he hadn't done. There was someone he hadn't dealt with yet.

A disgusting person who pretended to be a man but pretended to be a woman.