Bao Ning saw that Pei Yuan seemed to be happier when he came back than when he left.

Although his face didn't show it, his eyebrows and eyes were relaxed. He sat at the table with his legs crossed and drank tea, his legs swaying.

Bao Ning asked: "What good news did you encounter?"

"Nothing." Pei Yuan put his feet on the ground, changed to a serious sitting posture, looked at her seriously and said, "Just looking at you makes me happy."

Bao Ning had already washed up, kicked off her shoes and climbed onto the bed, leaning in the corner and humming: "How disgusting, I don't believe it."

"What's wrong?" Pei Yuan noticed that she was not right, and her expression was gloomy, which was completely different from just now.

He walked over and sat beside Bao Ning, carefully looking at her face: "Are you feeling unwell?"

Bao Ning whispered: "I'm having my period."

Pei Yuan immediately understood. He rubbed her cheek lovingly, and subconsciously looked outside: "Is the brown sugar water ready? I'll go check and bring it to you."

"I'm fine, not uncomfortable." Bao Ning pulled his sleeve, frowned, and looked like she wanted to say something but hesitated.

"What's the matter?" Pei Yuan couldn't figure out the reason. He hugged Baoning in his arms, rubbed her belly with his hand, and asked with a smile, "Do you want to listen to a song? Just pick one and I'll sing it for you."

He was very gentle today. His lips were on Baoning's forehead. He held her and rocked her, like coaxing a child: "Why aren't you laughing? When you went out just now, you were still laughing, like a little pug. Or did someone make you angry? Well, or did you not eat well for dinner and have an upset stomach? Let me guess again, did you miss me?"

Baoning bit his neck and asked angrily, "Who is the pug?"

Pei Yuan smiled and tilted his face up for her to bite.

Bao Ning still couldn't laugh. She stepped back a little, putting some distance between herself and Pei Yuan, and said in annoyance, "You still don't understand what I mean. I'm having my period, which means I won't have a baby this month."

Pei Yuan was stunned for a moment, then reacted, "That's it?"

"Isn't this important?" Bao Ning reached behind her butt and felt out a small rattle. "I really hope to have a child. I remember you also said that you wanted one." She lowered her voice.

Pei Yuan stared at her drum and suddenly said, "The donkey hair on your drum skin is not burned clean."

Bao Ning's attention was diverted, and she said in disbelief, "No way!"

She brought the drum close to her face and looked carefully, "Where is the hair?"

Pei Yuan pointed to a place at random and lied to her, "Here, here."

Bao Ning's eyes were sore from staring, but she still couldn't see where the flaw Pei Yuan mentioned was. It was not until she heard suppressed laughter beside her that she realized belatedly that he was lying to her!

Bao Ning was so angry that she hit Pei Yuan's head with a drum: "Childish or not, I'm talking to you about business, what are you talking about!"

Pei Yuan laughed and pinched her wrist and kissed her on the lips: "Of course I hope to have a child, but when he comes, whether it's a boy or a girl, I don't care. Or, it doesn't matter if he doesn't come, just let it go. Our life is so stable now, but you want to make trouble for yourself, thinking about having children every day, isn't it looking for trouble, making trouble for yourself?"

He said this, Bao Ning was speechless. Thinking about it carefully, it seems to be true.

Baoning asked, "Then let's wait for fate?"

Pei Yuan grabbed the rattle in Baoning's hand and threw it to the ground, then lifted her hand and looked at it: "Your nails have grown long."

He didn't want Baoning to always think about the child, so he deliberately led her to another place: "You sit here, wait for me to get water and cut your nails."

Baoning looked at Pei Yuan in surprise, and saw him stand up and walk out, not joking, so she couldn't help but clench her hands.

She was happy and worried. On the one hand, she felt that Pei Yuan had become much gentler and more caring, which was naturally what she liked. But on the other hand, Pei Yuan's hands... When he held the chopsticks, Baoning was afraid that he would break the chopsticks, and then he would break her fingers.

But she must be gentle, her bones are very fragile, and a snap might break them.

Even so, when Pei Yuan put the basin filled with warm water and dried flowers on the table, Bao Ning still put her hand in obediently.

Pei Yuan suddenly remembered Wei Meng's bucket of tea leaves. Now looking at Bao Ning's hand, he said for some reason: "It looks like a dish, pickled pepper beauty's claws."

Bao Ning stared at him blankly for a while, then understood what he meant. The deep affection in her heart disappeared completely, and she pulled her hand out: "I think you still look like a halved pig's head!"

"Okay, okay, I'm wrong." Pei Yuan pulled her back into the basin and coaxed her, "Behave yourself, I'll serve you."

Bao Ning scolded him: "You are a good person, but you have a big mouth."

"If you don't have a mouth, won't you starve to death?" Pei Yuan got up to get the scissors and came back, answering casually, "If you don't have a mouth, then you don't need a throat or a stomach, and your stomach is empty. Is it still a person? Stuff some grass in it, and it's a straw bag. Standing next to the rice field, it's a straw man."

Bao Ning couldn't argue with him at all. She slapped the water in anger, splashing it everywhere, and then ordered him: "Spill it, go wipe the table."

Pei Yuan turned around, his throat choked, and resigned himself to cleaning it up. After

soaking his nails, Pei Yuan took the basin away, sat cross-legged beside Bao Ning, pulled her hand to his knees, and carefully cut the first time.

Bao Ning leaned over to take a look and smiled, "Not bad."

Pei Yuan kneaded her fingers, glanced at her, and said with some pride, "That's natural."

Bao Ning moved her buttocks and rubbed closer to him, and put her face on his arm, and said, "Be gentle and careful, and cut it beautifully and roundly."

Pei Yuan asked, "What if it's not round?"

Bao Ning said softly, "I don't know, I haven't thought about it yet, but you will definitely not feel good."

She closed her eyes and enjoyed it. Pei Yuan tilted his head to look at her and thought that her lazy look was very cute now. She was so obediently leaning on his arms, and the days became sweet and warm again.

The warm night breeze blew in from the window. Pei Yuan slowly cut her nails, humming an unknown tune. Bao Ning put her free hand around his waist.

After trimming all five fingers, Bao Ning put them in front of his eyes and was quite satisfied, so he handed the other one to him.

"A Yuan, actually what I've been thinking about is why the emperor hasn't sent an order to see me yet." Bao Ning blew on his finger, his tone worried, "It's been a month since we parted in Lihu, and summer is about to pass, why hasn't he sent an order to enter the palace? Is he dissatisfied with me?"

"It has nothing to do with you." Pei Yuan stopped singing and paused, "He is still wary of me."

Bao Ning frowned.

Pei Yuan suddenly laughed: "But the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet is coming soon."

Baoning asked: "What will happen at the palace banquet?"

Pei Yuan pretended to be mysterious and did not answer her immediately, but his eyes became deep. Baoning looked at his expression and understood his thoughts. She immediately understood that he must have done something at this palace banquet, which might be related to Pei Xiao and the poisoning case of that year.

Her heart beat faster and was about to ask more carefully when she heard a click.

They both looked down and saw that the scissors in Pei Yuan's hand were tilted and Baoning's nails were damaged by him. The originally long and beautiful nails were cut off at an angle, which was ugly and outrageous.

The nails that she had grown for so long were all ruined, and Baoning's head immediately buzzed.

Pei Yuan took a breath and quickly covered her eyes: "You saw it wrong, it's not like that, don't look at it first..."

Bao Ning pulled his hand off and said angrily: "I won't let it go!"

She jumped under the bed anxiously, Pei Yuan grabbed her, Bao Ning was like a loach, and couldn't be stopped at all.

After a while, she came back with a medicine mortar in her hand, which was full of phoenix fairy petals.

She stared at Pei Yuan's finger with a heavy gaze, and Pei Yuan's heart skipped a beat. He vaguely understood what she meant and wanted to show off his manliness to shock her: "Ji Baoning, you must remember that I am your husband. It's okay to have a little fight, but you can't do anything reckless! It's just a nail. If you take care of it, it will grow out soon. What do you want to do now?"

Baoning said nothing, but pursed her lips and stared at him.

Pei Yuan gradually lost the battle.

...

The next day, Pei Yuan's face was very bad. When he went out with a sword, he was a little colder than usual.

Also, his walking posture was strange, as if he was very stiff, and he always looked down. Madam Liu saw that when he stepped out of the door, he hesitated for a long time between his left and right feet, as if those were not his feet. Her face was also extremely disgusted.

She asked Baoning what happened, and Baoning smiled and said, "It's just a mosquito bite, it's okay, Madam, don't worry."

Pei Yuan asked two guards to take Chang Xi to the Ministry of Justice.

Chang Xi was tied up and tied with ropes on his feet. He couldn't walk at all, and he jumped around. The guards escorting him laughed at him.

Chang Xi wanted to hit his head on the ground and die! He thought his plan was foolproof, but he didn't expect that not only did it fail, but his true identity was also discovered, and now he has become a prisoner and humiliated.

It didn't matter if he died, but the prince's reputation would inevitably be affected. Chang Xi thought of Pei Xiao's ruthless methods and felt regretful. He was worried that Pei Xiao would be angry and would vent his anger on his family.

Chang Xi walked dejectedly. He was too tired from jumping around, and he was beaten before leaving the house. His body was too painful. After a while, he felt his knees were sore and he had to sit down to rest.

When the guard refused, Chang Xi started arguing with him. The guard also got anxious and raised his hand to hit him. At that moment, a man who looked like a scholar suddenly rushed out from the roadside and shouted to stop him, "How can you hurt people in broad daylight? And you tie them up like this and abuse private punishment. You are simply conscienceless! Under the feet of the emperor, do you treat the laws of our Great Zhou as dirt? In ancient times, there were foxes relying on the power of tigers, and now there are dogs relying on the power of others. I have seen it today. If I don't stop it, I will have read the books of sages for so many years in vain!"

Chang Xi looked at the man in front of him in surprise. The thin and quiet scholar could be knocked over with a push, but he was so righteous and outspoken. Chang Xi couldn't help but be moved.

"Where did you come from, poor scholar!" The guard swung his stick twice, pointed at his nose and cursed, "Do you know whose mansion this prisoner belongs to? He is from the Jibei Palace. It's your turn to say anything?"

"I'm not a poor scholar. I'm a scholar from Dongying who came to take the exam. My name is Sun Xingye!" The scholar looked back fearlessly, "No matter whose house the prisoner is in, or what crime he has committed, it is wrong for you to abuse lynching and beat people in the street. If he is guilty, he should be handed over to Kyoto Prefecture and the Ministry of Justice. It will never be your turn! Princes who break the law are guilty of the same crime as common people. If this man is to be sent to the Ministry of Justice, you princes must go with him!"

As he said, he rolled up Chang Xi's sleeves, revealing the scars inside, and called the passers-by around and said, "Look, this is the prince of the Jibei Palace, he beat someone!"

Seeing more and more people gathered around, all pointing and talking, Chang Xi almost cried with joy. He never thought there would be such a turn of events.

Since Wei Meng tied him up, he just hung him up and never beat him. Who would have thought that a group of people suddenly broke in this morning, and one of them hit him with a stick. Chang Xi was beaten dizzy and turned around, angry. Now looking at the scholar and the people watching, he just thought that the beating was good!

He also shouted: "It's the prince, so what? Can the prince beat people at will? Today I was beaten, tomorrow it will be you!" After

this, the people became even more angry and indignant, and some even pushed the guard forward and asked him to let him go.

The scholar shouted loudly: "There is no justice, no law! Let him go! Otherwise, call your prince out and punish him together!"

The guard was dumbfounded. There were only two of them. Although they had weapons in their hands, they still had no chance of winning against more than a dozen angry people.

Their faces turned cold, and they wanted to draw their knives to scare and drive everyone away, but they didn't expect that this would anger everyone even more. Everyone stood up, and some even took off their shoes and smashed them in the faces of the two guards. Some were brave enough to grab knives. The scene was instantly in chaos, and a fight was about to happen.

At this moment, Chang Xi felt that his wrist was grabbed, and when he looked up, it was the scholar named Sun Xingye.

"Sir, I know you!" Sun Xingye's eyes were eager, he took out a knife and cut the rope on his ankle, and pulled him out, "Let's escape while the chaos is going on!"

Chang Xi glanced behind him, and a fight really started, and the two guards were pinned to the ground.

What happened? Chang Xi was still confused, but escaping was the most important thing, so he quickly followed Sun Xingye as if in a dream.

After reaching a safe place, Chang Xi was still gasping for breath. Sun Xingye, with tears in his eyes, suddenly knelt down in front of him and kowtowed, saying, "Sir, I have a favor to ask. Please grant me your permission!"

Chang Xi hesitated, "Go ahead."

Sun Xingye raised his head and said, "Since I came to the capital, I have heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is famous and I have always admired him. I want to become his disciple, but His Royal Highness has so many talented people under him and I don't know how to do it. Today I met you. I admire the Crown Prince and respect you as much as I respect the Crown Prince. I immediately thought that I would risk my life to save you!"

Chang Xi was moved and said, "I didn't expect that in such a world, there would be someone as pure-minded as you!"

Sun Xingye said with tears in his eyes, "I am stupid and not as smart and talented as others, but I am loyal and faithful, and the sun and the moon can witness it."

"I am already a useless person." Chang Xi sighed, "Your Highness will not want me to stay with you anymore, you don't have to worship me like this."

Sun Xingye showed a look of grief, and Chang Xi said again: "But I can still recommend you. You risked your life to save me. I will meet His Highness later and will naturally speak well of you." Sun Xingye

was overjoyed and kowtowed to express his gratitude.

...

Not far away, Pei Yuan leaned against the wall, nodded, and said to Wei Meng: "Not bad, the acting was very good, and the people you found were very good. Especially the one who took off his shoes and beat people, he acted the anger very realistically." Wei

Meng said: "Pei Xiao is too cunning, and he will be suspicious if you plant people around him. He is too smart. Sun Xingye is good and easy to trust." As

he said this, he lowered his head and asked Pei Yuan: "Young general, what's wrong with your feet? Why are you so uncomfortable and always grabbing the ground?"