The old eunuch surnamed Miao certainly couldn't be turned away, and the five girls... Pei Yuan was present, and there were people from Emperor Zhou, so Bao Ning couldn't make a decision on her own.

She really wanted to send these girls away immediately, but now she had to ask Pei Yuan's opinion.

Bao Ning pushed Pei Yuan, her heart beating a little faster. She was somewhat sure that Pei Yuan would not keep these concubines in the mansion, but she was also worried. It is a bad nature for men to be lustful, and those girls were young and beautiful. Pei Yuan was drunk and confused now. What if he was confused and agreed without thinking? What should she do?

Baoning pinched his arm again, this time using a little more force. Pei Yuan groaned in pain. Baoning asked, "Are you awake?"

Pei Yuan frowned and asked, "Why don't you go into the mansion?"

"The prince sent a servant." Baoning opened the car window curtain and pointed it out to him, trying to be as calm and gentle as possible, "I saw that your mansion is short of staff, so I prepared this for you. Do you want to take it into your room?"

Baoning smiled and said, "There are still many empty rooms in the mansion."

Pei Yuan looked at her face inquiringly, "Why are you not angry? Is this true?"

Baoning really wanted to grab his ears and twist them. Where is the fierce and powerful person on weekdays? He was hesitant and sticky. Why did he care whether it was true or not? Of course she was pretending to be generous. Was she going to make a scene on the spot and drive everyone out! She provided him with delicious food and drinks, and even went a long way to buy roast chicken for him. Now that she needed him, she could just send him away with one word, but he refused to say anything and asked her why she was not angry!

Bao Ning asked, "Do you want to keep these women or not? If you keep them, they will be your maids."

She emphasized the last few words.

Pei Yuan asked, "Can you afford to keep them?"

"..." Bao Ning gritted her teeth, "You are joking, my Lord. Of course I can afford to keep them. Do you want to keep them or not?"

Pei Yuan asked, "Where is my roast chicken?"

Bao Ning was stunned. Why was he still thinking about roast chicken at this time?

The five women outside looked at each other, waiting for an answer. Bao Ning secretly stepped on Pei Yuan and glared at him: "Will you stay or not?"

Pei Yuan looked very tired, drunk, with a headache and sore throat. He wanted to vomit, so he supported himself against the wall of the carriage and hurried out.

Bao Ning asked in astonishment: "Where are you going?"

Pei Yuan jumped out of the car. Bao Ning, holding the chicken in her arms, hurried down to support him: "What's wrong?"

When the girls and Miao Guanshi saw him coming out, they hurriedly knelt down in a row. Pei Yuan supported the armrest of the car with one hand and pointed at the girls with the other hand, mumbling: "Stay, stay, stay..." Stay!

He didn't say the last three words. His stomach churned, and Pei Yuan bent over and vomited with a wow.

Chen Jia was dumbfounded: "Really stay?"

Bao Ning felt very uncomfortable. She looked at Pei Yuan who was vomiting there, and really wanted to leave him here and let those maids serve him. Seeing those girls were so surprised and bowed to thank her, Bao Ning's eyes were sore. What was going on?

She defended Pei Yuan in her heart, saying that he was drunk and his words could not be true, but after all, people speak the truth after drinking, right? Did he really want to take a concubine a long time ago? She felt

wronged in her heart, but she couldn't lose her composure on the surface. Bao Ning said lightly: "After listening to the prince, let's do it quickly. Clean up a few empty rooms in the west courtyard temporarily, and ask the girls to stay there. Pay respects to the prince tomorrow morning."

She looked at the old eunuch again: "Manager Miao?"

The old eunuch quickly replied. Bao Ning said, "Manager Miao, please bear with it tonight and stay in the empty room in the East Courtyard for one night. We can change rooms tomorrow. It's getting late. Let's go to bed."

Everyone knelt down to thank him and left. Pei Yuan had finished vomiting and was much more sober. He pinched his nose and asked, "There were a lot of people here just now. Where did they go?"

Bao Ning wiped his eyes with his sleeve, ignored him, and walked straight into the mansion.

Pei Yuan asked Chen Jia, "What happened to her?"

Chen Jia looked at Bao Ning's back and knew that something was wrong, but he was just a guard and didn't say much. Baoning was his master, and Pei Yuan was also half of him. Chen Jia thought about it and asked with concern: "Prince, have you ever slept on the ground?"

Pei Yuan said: "No."

"That's difficult..." Chen Jia thought for a while and asked again, "How about you and Ah Huang Jixiang squeeze in?"

"Bullshit, are you sick?" Pei Yuan scolded him hatefully, "You just slept with the dog, why don't you sleep with the dog?"

After he finished speaking, he staggered to chase Baoning: "Why are you walking so fast? Where's the roast chicken?"

Baoning didn't even want to look at him. She was furious now. When she thought of those girls, she felt that Pei Yuan was really a piece of shit. She rarely scolded people, but she was going to scold now. Pei Yuan was really a piece of shit. She said it so nicely, but in reality, she was the same as all men in the world, dreaming of having a beautiful woman by her side, a soft jade and a warm fragrance. When they were living a simple life, he didn't show up, but now that his position has been elevated, he is no longer the same person. Keep, keep, keep... Seeing his eager look, I almost want my eyes to fall out!

Pei Yuan chased after her, Bao Ning's steps were so fast that he couldn't keep up with her, and he walked crookedly, and couldn't catch up.

When he was three steps away from the door, Bao Ning slammed the door in front of his face.

Pei Yuan was stunned, and then he got angry. She quickly walked forward and knocked on the door: "Ji Baoning, you have locked me out again, how many times? I gave you some color and you want to open a dyeing factory? Open the door!"

Baoning bolted the door, then remembered the roast chicken in her hand. She walked to the window, opened it, and said to Pei Yuan: "Don't yell in front of my door, if you yell again, I will go back to the Duke's Mansion tomorrow!"

Pei Yuan was about to yell a few more words, but after hearing the second half of her words, he fell silent.

But his expression was still unfriendly. He rushed towards the window

angrily and said in a low voice: "You again..." Baoning threw the roasted chicken that he had been thinking about in front of his chest: "Hold your chicken and go find your lover! Get out of here!"

The roasted chicken rubbed a large oil stain on the front of his lapel, and then rolled to the ground. Baoning closed the window with a snap. Pei Yuan picked up the chicken on the ground in a daze, and watched the light in the window turn on. It was on for a while, and then went out again. There was no movement in the room. Pei Yuan was angry and wanted to knock on the window again, but he was scared when he remembered Baoning's words "I want to go back to the Duke's Mansion".

She could do such a thing as going back to her parents' home, and Pei Yuan didn't dare to take the risk.

But now... Pei Yuan looked up at the sky. It was already past the second watch. How was he going to spend the night?

Just as he was in a daze, he heard the chirping of birds coming from the gate of the courtyard. Pei Yuan turned around and met Chen Jia's eyes. Although Chen Jia was not good-looking and dull, he was a kind-hearted guard. He whistled to attract Pei Yuan's attention and said enthusiastically: "My Lord, there is an empty room in Jixiang's courtyard. I have prepared it for you..."

Pei Yuan held the dirty roasted chicken in his hand, veins popping out on his forehead: "Is there no other place to live?"

"No..." Chen Jia said, "The people sent by the prince live in the west courtyard, and the stewards sent by the emperor live in the east courtyard. They cannot be disturbed. The only place left is Jixiang's place."

Chen Jia comforted him: "Your Highness, they are on good terms with you and will not drive you away. Besides, you have brought a gift. If Jixiang doesn't like you and wants to bite you, just send this roasted chicken to it... Hey, this will definitely be done..."

The people sent by the prince, who did the prince send? Pei Yuan was confused for a moment, but his attention was quickly attracted by the second half of Chen Jia's words. The more he thought about it, the more aggrieved he felt. He kicked Chen Jia's butt several times and said, "Get out!"

Then, with a belly full of resentment, he squeezed into the doghouse for the night.

...

The next day, he was awakened by Nanny Liu: "Prince, why are you here?"

Pei Yuan opened his eyes on the small bed, rubbed his swollen forehead, and asked in a hoarse voice: "What time is it? Has the princess calmed down?"

Nanny Liu said worriedly: "Those concubines went to the princess's room to pay their respects, and the princess asked you to come as well."

Pei Yuan was shocked: "Concubine, what concubine?"

"Just yesterday..." Nanny Liu told him everything in detail, and asked in surprise, "You didn't know anything about it?"

"I drank too much!" Pei Yuan cursed, and then he understood why Baoning was so angry and drove him out of the room last night. He jumped up, patted the wrinkles on his clothes, and hurried to the main courtyard. After he stepped through the threshold of the main house, he saw Bao Ning sitting in the main seat drinking tea with a calm expression, and five well-dressed women standing below him. When they saw him coming in, they bowed their hands and saluted shyly.

Pei Yuan was shocked, frowned and said, "All of you go out."

Bao Ning put down the teacup, and the women looked at each other, not daring to disobey, and left one after another.

Pei Yuan's eyebrows relaxed. He stopped for a while, walked over carefully, sat opposite Bao Ning, looked at her carefully again, and poured tea: "... I said I didn't know anything about what happened yesterday, do you believe it?"

Bao Ning looked at the messy short hair on his clothes, frowned and asked: "Where did you sleep last night?"

Pei Yuan said: "The doghouse."

Bao Ning was so surprised that she held half a mouthful of water in her mouth, swallowed it reluctantly, and looked at his expression carefully, and asked: "You really don't remember what happened last night?"

Pei Yuan said in annoyance "I was drunk and I just remember vomiting. I have no memory of those women and I had no intention of staying!"

Baoning said, "That's not what you said last night. You said stay, stay, stay, and you were so impatient that you were on fire."

Pei Yuan slapped his thigh, "I know. What I said was, stay, stay, stay, stay! You only heard the first half of the sentence, not the second half!"

Baoning was skeptical: "Really?"

Pei Yuan asked anxiously, "Do you still want me to die to prove my will?"

"If you die, what will happen to this rotten stall?" Bao Ning glanced outside the door, vaguely seeing the shadows of the maids, "You said you would stay last night when you were drunk, but if you drive them away today, and it gets out, people will say it was me who instigated it. They will say I'm jealous and that I'm making trouble with you, so I drove everyone out. Then your reputation will be bad, and people will say you're afraid of your wife."

Pei Yuan was very annoyed with Pei Xiao, this troublesome villain.

After a while, Pei Yuan said, "I have a way."

He noticed Bao Ning's eyes at this time. She must have cried last night, and now her eyelids are still red and a little swollen. Pei Yuan felt a pain in his heart, and hurriedly squatted in front of her and grabbed her hand: "What's the matter, why are your eyes so swollen? It's just a small matter, you can just drive me out and not let me sleep in the room, why are you crying..."

"You make it sound easy." Bao Ning pushed him, the grievances from last night surging up again, "You know exactly how I feel. I'm most afraid that you'll become bad once you have money and follow others in buying a house full of women. How many times have I told you this, openly or secretly, but did you listen? You said stay, stay, stay last night, I really want to push you into that roast chicken shop and burn you to death."

Pei Yuan kissed her fingers: "Didn't I give you a dagger? If I take a concubine in the future, you can use it to cut my neck."

Bao Ning pulled her hand back, She spit on his face: "That's murder, not chickens or ducks. If I kill you, I'll go to jail!"

Pei Yuan saw that she was smiling and no longer looked stern, and felt relieved: "Baby, I didn't get to eat the roast chicken last night, and your dog got it for free. What should I do?"

Bao Ning said: "I'll buy you another one."

Pei Yuan said: "I want to eat your roast chicken."

Bao Ning snorted: "You're getting ahead of me."

Pei Yuan simply sat on the ground, holding her wrist tightly and not letting go. He was a first-class rogue.

Bao Ning had no choice but to say: "Then go and get rid of those women now, and think of a way to prevent people from sending maids to the house, and I'll do it for you."

Pei Yuan said okay, stood up and walked out.

Bao Ning called him from behind: "Change your clothes first..."

...

It was almost noon, and Pei Yuan still hadn't come back. It was hot outside, and Bao Ning sat in the house, reading a book next to the ice basin. She didn't read a few words, and kept wondering what Pei Yuan would do?

Ah Mian was playing with a ball nearby, and when she had had enough, she came over to bite her finger. Bao Ning smiled and pushed it away, and saw Aunt Liu rushing in with a complicated expression.

"Madam, the prince has sent all the maids sent by the prince to clean toilets and latrines. He said that he was drunk last night and misheard, and thought that the prince sent menial servants, so he accepted them. But out of sympathy for the maids, let them do what they want, and leave if they don't want to, and their slave status will be changed."

"This method," Baoning hesitated, "is quite good."

Madam Liu said, "But the prince has posted a note on the door of the mansion, which says..."

She sighed and said, "Madam, go and see for yourself."

Baoning saw that her face was not good, and her heart skipped a beat, and she hurriedly got up to see.

When she arrived, she saw that there were already some people gathered at the door of the mansion, some of them were the people from the surrounding area, and some were servants in the mansion. The steward Miao was also standing in front of the door with a strange look on his face.

Chen Jia cleared the crowd, and Bao Ning went to the door and took a look. He was speechless. He only saw two lines of words on it.

The first line was in black: Gift givers please go through the corner door to avoid being seen. No work will be done after receiving gifts. Please consider it carefully.

The second line was in big red words: No women accepted.