"You..." Bao Ning's hair was half-lost. She looked at the two halves of the hairpin on the ground, then looked at Song Lan who lowered her head and looked obedient. She didn't know what to say.

But she felt even more uneasy.

Bao Ning said, "Forget it. You go out and wait for me outside. I'll be ready soon."

Song Lan was Qiu Lingjun's maid. If she did something that didn't go her way, Bao Ning would at most reprimand her. She couldn't beat or scold her for a few nagging words and a broken hairpin, and make things awkward with Qiu Lingjun. After all, they were still temporarily living in Qiu's house, living under someone else's roof. It was good to be cautious and kind to others.

But, was this series of events today really just a coincidence?

Bao Ning picked up her clothes and walked behind the screen, lowering her eyes and thinking.

Songlan did not stop her this time. She stood up from the ground, still keeping her head down and looking obedient.

Baoning remembered the man at the Moon Gate, who was called "Brother Yuan" and wore Pei Yuan's jade buckle, but Baoning was sure that man was definitely not Pei Yuan. Although their figures were very similar, Pei Yuan was more muscular. That man's neck was slightly tilted forward, but Pei Yuan was not. His shoulders, neck and back were always straight.

Moreover, Pei Yuan would not lie to her about such a thing. With his arrogant personality, he would never do such a thing as stealing and having an affair.

What did Songlan mean by what she said at that time? Did she really say it casually? As if it was premeditated. What was she deliberately guiding her to do?

Baoning suddenly remembered Qiu Lingjun's foxy eyes, and four words flashed through her mind: sowing discord.

Baoning didn't want to change the dress. It didn't matter if it was a little wet. Songlan, the maid, was much more terrible than wearing a dirty skirt. Who knew what the master and servant were thinking?

Baoning picked up the spare hairpin that had been prepared on the dress, tied up her hair neatly, and was about to find an excuse to leave. When she turned her head, she saw the shadow falling on the screen, and her eyes widened immediately. Songlan was holding a square handkerchief in her hand, and was approaching her on foot. She was only one step away from pouncing on her!

"What are you doing!"

Baoning scolded and dodged. Songlan was startled by her, and Baoning took the opportunity to knock the handkerchief out of her hand.

She had seen this method before. When Feng Yongjia kidnapped her, he also used this method, with a handkerchief stained with aphrodisiac. Baoning's heart was alarmed. She was sure that Songlan had bad intentions, so she didn't want to be polite to her. She looked around for a weapon. She saw a square stool beside the table. Baoning rushed over and smashed Songlan's head with the stool.

"Ouch!" Songlan screamed and fell to the ground. Baoning ran out. Songlan grabbed her skirt and said, "Fourth Prince's Concubine, what are you doing? I have no bad intentions."

"You are lying!" Baoning pulled out the hem of her skirt and ran to the door.

When they were still a few steps away, the door was pushed open from the outside, and another maid came in, saying coldly: "Where are you going, the princess?"

"Shaolan! You're exposed!" Songlan climbed up with blood all over her head and touched the handkerchief on the ground, "Don't waste your words on her, quickly knock her out, and then find her. You hold her, don't let her run away!" Shaolan

narrowed her eyes, stepped over the threshold, and wanted to close the door with her backhand, but Baoning didn't know where he got the strength, pushed her away, and jumped out of the door.

"Don't refuse a toast and drink a penalty!" Shaolan grabbed Baoning's sleeve and shouted at her.

Songlan ran out in a hurry to find someone.

Bao Ning now understood what was going on. The two maids wanted to stage a cliché drama of catching a cheating couple in bed. They would first knock her out and then find a man. Today was Pei Xiao's wedding, and the mansion was not short of spectators. They could find an excuse to lure people over, and she would lose face.

Bao Ning shouted for help, but Shaolan covered her mouth and put a sharp knife to her neck: "I'll kill you if you scream again!"

...

On a tree not far away, Pei Yuan noticed something was wrong here. He cursed and wanted to jump down, but was stopped by Wei Meng.

"There are so many Yulin guards in the mansion. Are you crazy? It would be bad if you go down."

Pei Yuan paused, thought for a moment, broke off a branch, put it on the bow, and shot it towards Shaolan.

Shaolan had practiced martial arts, so her strength was not comparable to Baoning's. Just as she was about to succeed, she suddenly heard a sound of wind breaking through the air from behind. Baoning's mind moved, and he immediately thought of Pei Yuan. Shaolan also heard it, and looked over with vigilance. The branch with broken leaves was like a sharp arrow, hitting her right eye!

Blood spurted out, and Baoning only felt a few drops of warmth on her face. Shaolan screamed piercingly and fell to the ground.

"My eyes, my eyes..." Shaolan trembled as she touched the branch. Her face was covered in blood, and her cries were terrifying. Baoning's heart also trembled, and he took two quick breaths, turned around and ran back.

"Zhao Cheng, catch her!" Song Lan had already arrived with her men. Seeing the terrible situation at the door, she gasped, "The Yulin Guards will surely be here soon. I will take Shaolan away, and you go and catch that woman!"

Pei Yuan broke off another branch, drew the bow to its full length, aimed at the man's eyes, and was about to shoot when he heard a commotion in the front yard.

Someone shouted, "It's on fire! The concubine's room is on fire, come and put out the fire!"

The man named Zhao Cheng was startled, and Pei Yuan let go of him quickly, and the branch shot into his left eye. Zhao Cheng wailed like a slaughtered pig and fell to the ground.

Song Lan was stunned on the spot. She didn't know what happened. She only saw that Shaolan and Zhao Cheng were both blinded by the flying branches, and there was no one nearby. She was afraid because she had done something wrong, and she was shaking like a sieve. Finally, she came to her senses and shouted, "Ghost! Ghost, there is a ghost!" She ran away.

Wei Meng held the long knife at his waist and whispered, "You guessed it right, Lu Yun really took action!"

He squinted his eyes and looked at the fire in the distance. It was windy tonight, and the fire took advantage of the wind and soon spread into a large area. But the wind alone would not have caused such a burn. Wei Meng observed the fire and found out something: "Oil was spilled on the roof. I'm afraid it was planned long ago. That woman is vicious enough. It just happened to help us!"

"Brothers are ready. I have distributed the portrait of Gongsun Zhu and asked them to keep an eye on it and look for it. I will search Pei Xiao's study while the chaos is going on. You..." Wei Meng finally realized something was wrong. Pei Yuan had not answered him. His eyes were searching everywhere, and he didn't know what he was looking for.

"What are you looking at!"

"Bao Ning is missing." Pei Yuan's fingers turned white as he held the bow. "The mansion is in such a mess now. She is in danger. I have to go find her."

Wei Meng was shocked: "Are you crazy? Such a great opportunity. How much money can you wait for this opportunity? Why don't you take the opportunity to do something and go find a woman?"

"Can you do this?" Pei Yuan threw down the bow, drew the soft sword from his waist, and turned around to ask.

Wei Meng hissed and tried to pull him: "Young general, what kind of love potion did you drink? It's already this time, and you are still thinking about this. The young lady may have gone back to find her aunt, so don't worry about it."

Pei Yuan felt uneasy: "She doesn't know the way!"

Before Wei Meng could say anything else, Pei Yuan jumped under the tree and ran towards the direction where Bao Ning disappeared without looking back, leaving a sentence: "Thank you, I'll treat you to a drink later."

Wei Meng stuck half of his head out and said angrily: "You...! Women are really wrong!"

...

It was hot in the banquet hall, so Tao and Qiu Lingjun went outside to get some fresh air by the railing.

The palace servants were busy, carrying fruit plates and bowls. They recognized Tao as the mother of the prince's concubine and knelt to salute. Tao nodded in response, looking graceful and polite.

Qiu Lingjun glanced at her and smiled disdainfully.

"I said, you just want to sow discord, and you didn't do anything else, did you?" Mrs. Tao held the railing with one hand and touched her belly with the other. "The dead girl is unpleasant to look at, but she is the daughter of the Duke of Rong after all

. If she makes a big fuss and causes unpleasantness, I will also be embarrassed. Lingjun, you should be more sensible in doing things. Just let them have some distance between them." "Aunt, you are too worried. Lingjun is of course following your instructions." Qiu Lingjun smiled at her and pretended to turn around casually to look for Songlan.

Why hasn't Songlan come back yet? Qiu Lingjun frowned slightly.

She has been planning for this for many days, and nothing can go wrong at this critical moment. Otherwise, she will really have to marry that stupid second prince!

The emperor has five sons. Pei Che is missing, Pei Yang is young, Pei Xiao has a wife and a concubine, and only Pei Yuan is left. Others think that the future of the fourth prince is bleak, but Qiu Lingjun doesn't think so. She has heard her father talk about Pei Yuan more than once. He is a young general with courage and is not an ordinary person. Moreover, she has seen Pei Yuan from a distance several times. Seeing that he is handsome, broad-shouldered and masculine, she has long been attracted to him.

The most crucial thing is that his princess who was married to him in an improper way looks like a little white orchid. She is beautiful, but she is a soft persimmon and easy to control.

Qiu Lingjun set up a series of strategies, and she didn't believe that she would not fall into the trap. As long as Pei Yuan gets angry and divorces his wife, things will be much easier in the future. With her skills, how could she not marry him!

Tao and Qiu Lingjun stood facing each other, each with their own evil intentions, and were speechless for a while.

Qiu Lingjun gradually became impatient. She just wanted to find an excuse to say goodbye to Tao and go to see Songlan and Shaolan in person, when she heard a little eunuch crawling over from a distance: "It's on fire! The concubine's room is on fire, the fire is too big to be controlled! It's about to burn over, Your Highness, please move to a safe place, follow me quickly!"

There was a cry of despair.

Tao was stunned for a moment, but she quickly reacted and cried out, "My Jiaying!"

She was eager to protect her daughter, so she squeezed through the noisy crowd and went to the fire. Qiu Lingjun pulled her, but Tao was anxious and slapped her instead.

Qiu Lingjun covered her face and let go of her hand angrily: "Go, go find your damn daughter, and die together!"

People were in a hurry to escape, and at this time they didn't care about etiquette and status, and rushed out all at once. Tao was hit several times with her big belly, and finally lost her balance and fell to the ground. She screamed, blood oozed from her skirt between her legs, and her face turned pale.

She knew she was scared, so she stretched out her hands to stop people, crying, "I'm going to give birth, I'm going to give birth, someone come to save me..."

Qiu Lingjun looked at her, gritted her teeth and stamped her feet, and left with the crowd.

...

In the backyard, Baoning was really lost.

She grew up in the mansion and had never been to any unfamiliar places. The prince's mansion was very large, as big as three dukes' mansions, with crisscross corridors and green trees everywhere. Baoning got confused as she walked. She was in a remote corner and couldn't find the way to the main courtyard.

There was no one around, only insects chirping, and Baoning shivered.

She tightly grasped the quicklime powder in her sleeve. She was afraid of danger before going out, so she brought a bag with her, but she didn't have time to use it just now. This thing dissipates heat when it comes into contact with water and burns the skin. At the critical moment, pouring it into the opposite eye may save her life.

Baoning also thought that Pei Yuan might be right beside her, watching her secretly. She felt much more at ease.

Pushing aside a bush, she could see flames all over the sky in the distance. That was the direction she should go. She would definitely go towards the flames.

Baoning calmed down and was about to cross the half-person-high bushes in front of her when she suddenly heard a series of groaning sounds. There was a woman's suppressed cry, which sounded like pain and joy.

Bao Ning stopped in shock. She swallowed and looked towards the place where the sound came from. There were two figures leaning against a tall plum tree. The woman was pressed against it, with her hands on her head. The man seemed to be quite old. In the moonlight, his hair was white. He was quite strong, shaking the leaves of the tree.

Bao Ning nervously grabbed the hem of her clothes. She seemed to have seen something extraordinary that she shouldn't have seen...

The old man was so excited that he put his arm around the girl's waist and said in a low, hoarse voice: "Luyun, the method I taught you is not bad. Melt the white phosphorus into the candle, and when the flame reaches the right place and the fire starts, burn that little bastard you hate into ashes..."