Gao Feihe is Pei Xiao's legitimate wife. She comes from the famous Gao family. Her grandfather is the current emperor's tutor, and her aunt is Pei Xiao's biological mother, Consort Gao.

She is beautiful and graceful, but she has been spoiled since childhood and is arrogant and extravagant. Before it gets dark, the lights are on everywhere in the prince's mansion.

Sitting in front of a pineapple wood mirror, Gao Feihe pressed her flower ornaments to her forehead and asked the old nanny, "Did you lose the child?"

The nanny lowered her head and said, "You threw him to Lihu Town, a hundred miles away. He was a five-year-old child and couldn't run back by himself. He probably starved to death. This was done in secret and no one knew about it. They told the outside world that the wet nurse was careless when he went out to play and took the wrong carriage. Don't worry, Your Majesty."

Gao Feihe's eyes flashed with a fierce look, "It would be better if he died! I really don't understand, how could such a wise man like Your Highness do such a thing of sentimentality? He hasn't even married a wife yet, but he allowed a concubine to give birth to a son. Now that I'm married, if I give birth to another son, who will be the eldest son? The existence of that child is simply an insult to me!"

"Your Majesty is right. That child deserves to die." The maid agreed and laughed, "What a coincidence. The Concubine had her birthday yesterday and His Highness promised her that she could go out for a walk. She could have gone by herself, but she chose to take the child with her. Now that the child is lost, it's her fault."

Gao Feihe curled her lips, "Ji Jiaying is just stupid. She went all out to curry favor with that stupid kid with a sick brain. Was she really hoping that the kid would become emperor and bring benefits to her in the future?"

The maid pinched her shoulders and whispered, "It was a wise move by Your Majesty. Not only did she get rid of the thorn in her heart, but she also created a rift between His Highness and the Concubine. There will be something fun to watch in the future."

...

Pei Xiao only found out that Yuanzi was missing after he returned home in the evening. By the time he found out, Yuanzi had been missing for a whole day.

Ji Jiaying knelt at his feet and cried, Gao Feihe stood by anxiously, seeing Pei Xiao's face change suddenly, she knelt down hurriedly and cried, "It was because of my failure to take good care of the little prince that the little prince was lost. The concubine took the little prince out to play with good intentions, but later she concealed the news because of worry. It was because I did not pay attention to the whereabouts of the little prince in time that such a disaster occurred..."

Listening to the two women crying, Pei Xiao became irritable and felt a burning sensation in his chest. He turned his back and couldn't stop coughing.

The child was too important, much more important than the identity of the prince's eldest son.

Pei Xiao couldn't imagine if Gongsun Zhu's son would give him the antidote if Yuanzi was really lost and he had no weapon to shackle Le Xu.

With a few drops of coughed blood in his palm, Pei Xiao clenched his fist, his eyes blazing with anger, and shouted hoarsely: "Find him, even if I have to dig three feet into the ground, I will find the little prince for me!"

...

Yuanzi was sitting in Baoning's courtyard, lowering her head and fiddling with her fingers. Baoning put her little toys on the ground, but Yuanzi didn't play with them.

He was immersed in his own world, constantly picking at the small piece of flesh under his fingernails, until blood came out, and he put it in his mouth to suck it, and continued to pick, as if he didn't know the pain.

Baoning felt that his fingernails were also hurting.

"Chen Jia," Bao Ning gestured for Chen Jia to come over, "Go grab his hand and tell him to stop biting it. Aunt Liu, get some medicine and bandage it for him."

Yuanzi slowly raised his head to look at her. This was a very fair-skinned child with black, bright eyes and long, thick eyelashes. He was very pretty. But not quite normal. I had to ask him his name dozens of times before he was willing to speak. He uttered a single syllable. He only uttered this one word throughout the day.

Chen Jia grabbed his hand, and Aunt Liu quickly got the medicine and pressed him gently to apply it.

"Yuanzi, be good. It doesn't hurt at all. Just close your eyes and it will be fine soon." Aunt Liu coaxed him, "I've applied the medicine. I'll give you some candy."

"Medicine..." Yuanzi, who had been quiet, suddenly became agitated after hearing this word. He struggled hard and said incoherently, "No, no!"

Chen Jia hurriedly held his shoulders, but the mad child was incredibly strong. He turned his head and bit him in the palm of his hand. Chen Jia was distracted by the pain for a moment, and Yuanzi suddenly stood up and rushed towards Baoning.

Baoning was shocked, and Aunt Liu immediately tried to catch him, but Yuanzi ran faster than a dog and hugged her legs.

The collision caused the leeks in Baoning's hands to fall all over the floor. Yuanzi refused to let go, and her snot and tears all rubbed on her skirt, calling out, "Mother, mother..."

Baoning was stunned. But it was impossible for Baoning to ruthlessly push away a child who was not even as tall as her waist, so white and tender, not to mention that he called her mother.

Aunt Liu was also stunned.

Yuanzi kept calling her mother, and Baoning's heart softened. She gently stroked his face and soothed him, "Don't be afraid, Yuanzi. If you don't bite your fingers anymore, no one will apply medicine to you, okay?"

Yuanzi looked at her with tears in his eyes and nodded gently.

This child was so beautiful and well-behaved that Baoning's heart melted. All the tenderness in her heart was aroused, and she bent over to pick him up and coax him. Just as his hand touched Yuanzi's butt, he heard a loud shout from the door: "Where did this wild child come from!"

Baoning looked over and saw Pei Yuan standing at the door with a whip in his hand. He looked surprised and walked towards Chen Jia and kicked him: "What are you doing here? You bring everything home. You are so brave!"

The bite wounds on Chen Jia's hands were still dripping with blood, and his butt was kicked so hard by Pei Yuan that it hurt so much. He felt that he was extremely wronged, but he did not dare to defend himself and was speechless.

Pei Yuan intended to make an example of someone else. After dealing with Chen Jia, he walked towards Bao Ning with a sullen face, pulled Yuan Zi out of her arms, and scolded her: "You dare to hug anything? You have the skills, how come you don't know..." Pei Yuan wanted to say, "Why don't you hug me more?" But there were too many people in the courtyard, so he couldn't say it.

"Why don't you clean up the house and cook a few more dishes for me!"

His old habit came back again.

In front of the servants, Baoning gave him face, pulled his arm and coaxed him, "He's a very cute child. His parents can't be found. I've reported to the police. He has nowhere to go. Stay in our house for two days first."

Pei Yuan's expression eased a little, and he frowned and asked, "Boy or girl?"

"It's a boy, named Yuanzi." Baoning pulled Pei Yuan's hand that was holding Yuanzi's collar, "The child is timid, don't pull him, what if he gets scared. Let's have barbecue tonight, the stove is ready, it's cool tonight, let's eat together outside, I'll warm the wine for you."

Pei Yuan didn't let go, he turned around and called Chen Jia over, wanting to take Yuanzi to another courtyard.

Pei Yuan was very unhappy about the fact that Yuanzi was a boy, and shouted: "It's not your child, why do you care so much? Just find a servant to take care of him, and wait for the government to find his parents, and take him away immediately!"

His sleeve was pulled. Pei Yuan ignored him and wanted to say something, but his sleeve was pulled again.

Pei Yuan lowered his head and met Yuanzi's clear eyes. He grabbed Pei Yuan's hand and said something incoherently.

"I didn't hear you clearly." Pei Yuan said impatiently, "Say it again or get out."

"Daddy!" Yuanzi tried to straighten her tongue and repeated it again, "Daddy."

Pei Yuan looked at Baoning blankly and asked in disbelief, "What did he just call me?"

...

Nanny Liu was watching the children in the yard and lighting the stove. Baoning took Pei Yuan to the vegetable garden to pick vegetables.

Chen Jia was too honest. When he was asked to pick a handful of leeks, he only picked a handful, which was not enough for one person to fill his teeth. The vegetable garden was taken care of by Ji Yan after he bought the farm. It was quite large, enough to provide food for the whole farm for a whole summer. There were all kinds of colorful vegetables in it.

Pei Yuan sat on the edge of the field, picked up an eggplant, rubbed it with the hem of his clothes, and put it in his mouth to chew.

Bao Ning was picking lentils, and when she heard the sound, she turned around to look at him. Pei Yuan handed the half-eaten eggplant to her: "Have a bite too?"

Bao Ning tilted her head in disdain: "You didn't even wash it, it's covered with dirt, you can eat it yourself."

"I wiped it." Pei Yuan opened his collar and shook the front of his clothes to wipe off the sweat. "It's not clean, but I won't get sick if I eat it. I'm not as picky as you are."

Bao Ning pulled him over purely to avoid Yuanzi, fearing that they would make things awkward together, and she didn't expect him to do anything.

She put a basket at her feet and put lentils in it while talking to him: "Chen Jia said you picked up a girl, is that right?"

Pei Yuan was shocked. He was busy tormenting that little brat when he came back, and forgot about Su Mingyou before he could say anything.

"Well..." Pei Yuan carefully looked at Bao Ning's face, "You're not angry, right?"

"How could that be." Bao Ning touched the lentils in the basket and estimated that they were almost done, so he went to pick eggplants, which had to be ripe, three would be enough.

She answered Pei Yuan, "I believe you must have a reason. You wouldn't want to take a beautiful woman home to be your concubine just because you saw her. You're not a bandit."

Pei Yuan was happy. He leaned over to pull Bao Ning into his arms and kissed her cheek hard: "I know our Ning Ning is good. There is no such a good fairy in the world."

"Don't call me fairy anymore. It's too ugly." Bao Ning wiped the saliva on her face, glared at him, and stuffed the half-eaten eggplant in his hand back into his mouth. "Eating can't stop your mouth."

Pei Yuan still smiled. The sun hadn't set completely yet. A little golden light was left, shining on the green leaves, and the color was very beautiful. Cicadas were chirping on the trees in the distance.

After a busy day, Pei Yuan finally felt like he was back to a truly peaceful place, and his whole heart relaxed.

He looked down at his hands, and saw that his fingertips were hard, but the joints were distinct and his fingers were slender. He deliberately put it right under Baoning's eyes to show off: "Does it look good?"

Baoning was busy, so she pushed his hand away and said perfunctorily: "It looks good."

"Your nails have grown long." Pei Yuan pulled the broken hair on Baoning's temples and asked in a low voice, "Who can help me trim it?"

Baoning looked at him helplessly: "I'll trim it, I'll trim it, please stop bothering me, let me finish this."

Pei Yuan retracted his hand, supported his arms behind his body, spread his legs, looked up at the clouds in the sky, remembered something, looked at Baoning and said: "Don't pick too much, I brought you two crystal pig's trotters, and you won't be able to finish eating too much."

"Why didn't you say so earlier..." Baoning looked at the messy dishes in the basket with a bitter face, and glanced at Pei Yuan who seemed to have nothing to do with it, pursed his lips and said, "Anyway, what I cook is delicious, just stuff it into your stomach, and you are not allowed to go to bed with one vegetable left at night."

"It's not that serious." Pei Yuan said shamelessly, leaning towards Bao Ning and trying to kiss her mouth, "Wouldn't you be happy if I kiss you?"

"Bao Er," Pei Yuan knew how to call her by her nickname at this point, "It's better to be apart than to be together again. You have to go to bed with me. Please forgive me."

...

After leaving the vegetable garden, Pei Yuan straightened his clothes and became as serious as when he entered.

Bao Ning secretly thought that he changed his expression so quickly.

The square stove was already lit. It was a two-layer stove, separated by a layer of iron mesh, and charcoal fire was burning underneath. In order to prevent the vegetables and meat from sticking to the mesh, Bao Ning took a piece of pig skin and rubbed it on it, and then put the vegetables skewered with small wooden sticks on it to roast.

After Aunt Liu and Chen Jia prepared everything, they went downstairs. Today the manor was celebrating fasting, and they would have barbecue in the evening. The servants also lit the stove.

Baoning enjoyed the cooking process, and he liked to cook with Pei Yuan even more. Home is where there are fireworks, and there are no worries that cannot be solved by a delicious meal.

No one would come to the yard, so Pei Yuan simply took off his shirt and put it aside, and put the meat skewers on with his bare chest. Yuanzi circled around him, staring at his fingers. Maybe because of the word "Daddy" at that time, Pei Yuan didn't dislike him so much now. Yuanzi felt the kindness and rubbed against him.

Pei Yuan was annoyed and said coldly, "Little brat, stay away. Isn't the dog in the corner? Go find the dog and don't bother me."

Bao Ning frowned, "He has a name, don't call him little brat."

Pei Yuan raised his eyebrows, hooked his finger to let Yuanzi come over, and asked, "What's your name?"

Yuanzi sucked his finger and didn't say anything.

"Don't bite your finger all the time." Pei Yuan pinched his chubby hand down and threatened him, "If you bite it again, I will beat you?"

Bao Ning thought he was rude and worried that Yuanzi would be scared. He looked over and saw his timid expression. But his hand was behind his back and he stopped biting.

Pei Yuan was satisfied and asked him, "I heard you have a name, what is it?"

Yuanzi stuttered, "Daddy, Daddy."

"Is he trying to please me or what?" Pei Yuan looked at Baoning in surprise, "This child is so smart, he doesn't look sick at all."

"Ayuan, don't be so mean to the child all the time." Baoning brought him the roasted leeks and pointed at Yuanzi, "Give it to him, be patient."

Pei Yuan took it.

He looked at Yuanzi, who also looked at him eagerly.

Pei Yuan asked, "Do you want to eat?" Yuanzi nodded.

Pei Yuan felt that the child was too dull, and it was not good for a child to be so dull, so he had to make him laugh.

Pei Yuan raised the leeks high and teased him, "Can you call me grandpa?"

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