Bao Ning put down the work in his hands when he heard the voice, and stood in front of the window, looking outside blankly.

In the small courtyard stood a dozen people, all of them were guards with swords, and in the middle was an old eunuch with oily hair and powdered face.

The old eunuch looked to be in her forties or fifties, wearing a dark purple robe, with rouge and powder on her face, and a scent of fragrance could be smelled from a distance.

Bao Ning recognized his robe, which was embroidered with the unique pattern of the Shaofu Eunuch. Judging from the style of the old eunuch's clothes, her official rank should not be low.

This is strange... The Shaofu Eunuchs are the most snobbish. When she returned home, no one came to arrange things for her. Now it's not the New Year or the festival, why are there so many people coming all of a sudden?

Baoning's heart was lifted. It must be something bad. She didn't dare to go out.

"Where are the people? Where did they die?" A guard with a beard shouted at the top of his voice, "If you don't come out, I will burn down your house!"

Ah Huang realized that the person was not friendly, so he stood in front of him with his back hunched, and let out a low protesting roar.

"Where did this stray dog ​​come from?" Huang Dajian glanced at it and said coldly: "You dare to bark in front of me, come, drag it out and beat it to death!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the person next to him immediately responded: "Yes!" Then he drew his knife and wanted to stab forward.

Ah Huang turned around and ran back. Bao Ning was also frightened and stepped out quickly, shouting: "Do you know where this is? How can you be so presumptuous!"

"Oh, someone finally comes out."

Eunuch Huang turned to look at her, smiling, and looked her up and down with his eyes rolling: "Your servant pays his respects to the Fourth Prince's wife."

He said greetings, but did not move at all. He stood with his body tilted, holding the dustpan, with an impudent and arrogant look.

Baoning frowned and asked, "Who are you?"

Huang Dajian seemed to realize something suddenly: "Oh, I forgot to introduce myself."

"My name is Huang Ji, and I'm the deputy chief steward of the Shaofu Supervisor." He cupped his hands and smiled, "Your Highness, we are old acquaintances. It was I who arranged your marriage with the Fourth Prince. I wonder if you are satisfied?" He

is weird and not a good person.

Bao Ning looked at him warily and took a step back: "General Manager Huang, I wonder why you have come here?"

Huang Ji said: "I came to visit in the name of the Third Prince, to give him some gifts and to see how the Fourth Prince is doing. If he is not well, we, the Supervisor of the Imperial Household, must make preparations early and build a coffin to collect the body."

Bao Ning's face changed instantly. She was shocked and angry. Just as she was about to say something, she heard Pei Yuan calling her from behind. His voice was steady.

"Bao Ning, come back."

Bao Ning looked back and saw Pei Yuan standing at the door without knowing when. He was wearing a black coat and waving at her.

He didn't look angry. With a calm expression, she supported her crutches with her left hand, half-lifted her eyelids and glanced at Huang Ji. Without stopping, she looked at Bao Ning again, "Hold your dog."

Pei Yuan rarely called her name like this. Hearing these two words today, Bao Ning suddenly felt much more at ease. She took two steps towards Pei Yuan, and when she heard his words, she remembered that she had forgotten Ah Huang. She hurriedly picked him up and trotted to Pei Yuan's side.

The man with the sideburns behind her laughed loudly, "You are so timid. You ran away after saying a few words. Stay and talk to your brothers for a few more words..."

Pei Yuan raised his hand and put it on Bao Ning's shoulder, looking at him coldly. His eyes seemed to be filled with ice, and the murderous intent flashed across them. The man with the sideburns was shocked and could not say the rest of the joke.

He pinched the handle of the knife and snorted in a disguised way, "Just a cripple, he really thinks he is the same as before, bah."

Bao Ning's heart was pounding, she had never seen such a battle, those people were full of malice, she didn't know how to deal with it.

Pei Yuan saw her fear and whispered, "Help me into the house."

"Okay." Bao Ning got the backbone, nodded, held Pei Yuan's arm and led him back.

Pei Yuan turned around and said to Huang Ji, "You come in too."

He said it lightly, as if he didn't hear all the sarcastic words just now, still with the attitude of a superior, giving orders without any humility.

Huang Ji was stunned. Pei Yuan was completely different from what he imagined.

He had seen Pei Yuan when he was just released from prison. He was covered in blood, neither human nor ghost, and was about to die. Huang Ji thought that even if Pei Yuan was not dead, he would look slovenly, and the princess would be very angry. She would either beat or scold him, or run away, leaving him here to fend for himself.

Who would have thought that Pei Yuan was still alive and well, in a decent manner.

Huang Ji was unhappy that he did not see the joke he wanted to see, so he said all those words to provoke Pei Yuan and see him angry and helpless. The fourth prince had always been arrogant and perverse, and Huang Ji expected that he would not be able to bear this and would definitely explode.

But Pei Yuan seemed to be deaf, and dared to speak to him in such a commanding tone.

Huang Ji's face was gloomy. He came to see him make a fool of himself, not to see him show off his power.

Huang Ji, with a beard and wrinkled brows, asked in Huang Ji's ear: "Sir, are we really going in?"

Huang Ji flicked his sleeves and snorted coldly: "Go in! Can't I control a paralytic?"

Bao Ning stood beside Pei Yuan, listening to the movement outside, her palms cold.

Pei Yuan took out a handkerchief and wiped her sweat: "Take Ah Huang back to the house, lock the door, and don't come out unless I tell you to."

Bao Ning hesitated: "Then you..."

Pei Yuan snorted coldly and said: "A bunch of bastards, what can they do to me."

Such a loud tone. Bao Ning pursed her lips and whispered to him, "Don't be impulsive."

Little courage. Pei Yuan smiled and coaxed her patiently, "When your grandfather was holding a knife and chopping people, you were still playing shuttlecock in the backyard. Look at you, what are you afraid of?"

Bao Ning couldn't laugh. But she couldn't help here and would only hinder Pei Yuan's business. It would be better to go back to the house. She

picked up Ah Huang, glanced at Pei Yuan worriedly, and returned to the west room before Huang Ji came in with a beard.

The beard looked at Bao Ning's back, exchanged a glance with Huang Ji, showed a hint of greed, then retracted his expression and strode into the house.

Pei Yuan leaned back in the chair, tapping his fingers on the armrest, waiting.

Huang Ji pulled the corner of his mouth, smiling: "Fourth Prince, it's really surprising that you are not dead yet?"

Pei Yuan said: "Even the dog is not dead, how can a living person like me die?"

Huang Ji's face turned cold: "I don't know what the Fourth Prince means by this?"

"I'm talking about you." Pei Yuan stared at him, stroking his chin and smiling, "It was you who fawned on me back then, almost kneeling down to lick my shoes. Now you have changed your face, and it's you who comes to me with Pei Xiao's golden medal to show off your power. Huang Ji, Huang Ji, you are really a good dog who adapts to the situation."

"How dare you!" The bearded man shouted and drew his sword, "If you dare to say something rude again, I will kill you on the spot."

Pei Yuan glanced at him and shook his head, "Huang Ji, I thought you were a smart man, why did you choose such a fool as your deputy." "

But don't despise each other." He stretched out two fingers and shook them: "Two stupid dogs."

"You!" Huang Ji could no longer hold his temper, and took a step forward, pointed at Pei Yuan's nose and was about to curse, but before he could utter a word, Pei Yuan took advantage of

the situation and held down his fingers, and twisted them with force. With a crisp click, Huang Ji screamed, and Pei Yuan grabbed his collar and pulled him over. He turned his hand around, twisted Huang Ji's neck with his elbow, and pressed him face up on his legs.

He used all his strength to strangle Huang Ji so that he couldn't breathe, his legs kicked wildly, and his face turned red and purple.

The bearded man was stunned at first, but when he reacted, he immediately shouted: "Someone come!"

"Yes!" The guards standing outside the door rushed in instantly, and they all drew their knives and pointed the shining blades at Pei Yuan's face.

"Did you see that? They are trying to kill you." Pei Yuan's subordinate Jin'er became more aggressive and his face was gloomy. "Huang Ji, you have followed me like a dog for so many years, why don't you understand? Not to mention that I have a crippled leg, even if both of my legs are crippled, killing you is just a matter of snapping my fingers."

"I, I..." Huang Ji was breathless, tears welled up in the corners of his eyes, and the powder on his face was smudged. His left index finger was curled up unnaturally, as if it was broken, and his eyes were red with pain. "I was wrong, Fourth Prince, please spare me."

Pei Yuan said, "Let them go."

Huang Ji waved his hands and said with difficulty: "Get out!"

The bearded man looked unhappy, but did not dare to resist, and waved his hands: "Retreat!"

The room soon became quiet.

Pei Yuan slowly released Huang Ji's neck, washed his hands with tea, and said coldly: "Go back and tell Pei Xiao that if he wants to cause trouble for me, please ask him to come in person, don't just bring some cats and dogs to ruin my peace."

Huang Ji nodded in response, coughed a few times, and ran away in a hurry, forgetting even to take the dustpan.

The man with a beard was waiting anxiously outside the yard. When he saw Huang Ji coming out, he hurried to greet him: "Sir, are you okay?"

Huang Ji gritted his teeth and said: "You still have the nerve to say that, you can't even deal with a paralytic, what use do I have for you!"

After that, he raised his hand and slapped him.

The man with a beard was hit so hard that his face was twisted. He bent down to admit his fault and said, "Sir, are we going to tolerate this?"

Huang Ji said, "What if we can't tolerate it? Are we really going to kill him? The emperor may not spare him, but he is still thinking about him in his heart. If the paralytic really dies, you and I will have to go to see Prince Yan!"

He was in pain and angry. He stood at the door and looked at Pei Yuan's window for a long time. He gritted his teeth and said, "Unload the things on the car and carry them to the door of the paralytic."

The man with a beard agreed, and then ordered the guards to lift a few cloth bags from the car and quietly put them at the door of Pei Yuan.

One person knocked on the door with courage: "Fourth Prince, the food and supplies sent by the Shaofu Supervisor are placed here."

Then he turned around and ran away without even waiting for an answer.

Huang Ji raised the corner of his mouth and whispered, "I wonder how long you can keep being so arrogant."

"Let's go!"

The carriage rumbled away, and Bao Ning's heart slowly relaxed. She was thinking about Pei Yuan, so she opened the door and ran to the west compartment.