"Hey, are you awake?" Bao Ning turned around and saw Yuan Zi, and greeted him, "Are you hungry?"

Yuan Zi shook her head, and he rubbed his hands on his pants, looking normal, as if nothing had happened.

"Auntie has something to do now, so I can't play with you." Bao Ning went over and led him out, saying softly, "Yuan Zi, can you go play with Aunt Liu?"

Yuan Zi responded and skipped away.

Bao Ning looked at his back in surprise, as happy as a little rabbit, and tilted her head to look at Pei Yuan. He opened his eyes and looked in the same direction as her.

Baoning paused and said to Pei Yuan: "I now feel that Yuanzi is not stupid at all, he just doesn't like to talk. Look how high he jumped just now."

Pei Yuan nodded: "This child is interesting."

"I think so too, it seems not so simple." Baoning sat down at his feet and applied hemostatic medicine to him, "But how can a child be different from others?"

Baoning said as he pulled out the stopper of the medicine bottle. When he lowered his head to shake the powder in the bottle, he suddenly found that the leech that should have fallen on the quilt was gone.

"Where is the leech? Where did it go?" Bao Ning was surprised. She stood up and looked for it over and over again. "Hey, what happened? Is it really gone?"

She looked up at Pei Yuan in confusion: "A Yuan, am I stupid? Did I just take the leech away and throw it away?"

Pei Yuan was also puzzled. He sat up and accompanied her to look for it, but there was no trace of it.

"Maybe I was so busy that I forgot about it and it's lost."

Baoning thought of Yuanzi's expression just now, with his mouth bulging as if he had eaten something. Her heart skipped a beat: "Did Yuanzi eat it?"

"How is that possible?" Pei Yuan said, "If that were the case, why would he have been jumping just now? He would have fallen to the ground long ago. Don't think too much."

Baoning thought he made sense and nodded: "Maybe I really forgot."

Baoning sat down again and bandaged the wound on Pei Yuan's leg. Every time the detoxification was done, a pea-sized wound would be left. Now it was a small piece, and it looked densely packed. Baoning's heart shrank.

"Tell me, when you are old, will you still have these legs?" Bao Ning tied a knot, rolled down his trouser legs, and forced a smile, "Fortunately, I am younger than you. When you can't walk anymore, I can still push you around in a wheelchair. Please me quickly, and your life will be in my hands in the future. If you dare to be mean to me again, I will take revenge on you."

Pei Yuan pulled Bao Ning into his arms and tickled her earlobe: "Hmm? How will you take revenge on me?"

Bao Ning imagined: "I will push you to the top of a high hillside, then pretend to let go of you by accident, and let you slide down, and you will fall to the ground."

"Tsk, so bad." Pei Yuan laughed softly, he was not serious again, pulling Bao Ning's wrist down, deliberately said, "Then you have to protect this part of mine, if it is damaged, you will be sad."

"You are already in your twilight years, and you still want to do something fishy." Bao Ning retracted her hand and looked at him angrily.

She felt a little uncomfortable just now, and she felt uncomfortable when she thought about the future. Although Pei Yuan's teasing made her upset, it also dispelled this sad mood.

Bao Ning had a bad intention, tickled his waist, and said with a smile: "You are so cunning, you never change your bad habits."

"If a man sees a woman he likes, he will think about her no matter how old she is." Pei Yuan looked at her ambiguously and hooked her little finger, "Guess if I think about her now?"

"Don't even think about it!" Bao Ning's eyes widened: "You are very weak now, don't think about these messy things, just lie down and recuperate!"

Pei Yuan's eyes also rose: "If you say I am weak again, I will kill you on the spot regardless of your age!"

Bao Ning was afraid of his serious look, so she shrank for a moment, turned her head away, and whispered: "You are the one who insisted on saying those things I don't like to hear."

"You will like to hear it in the future." Pei Yuan put his arms around her waist from behind. He originally wanted to make her happy, but when it came to this matter, he couldn't stop.

He suddenly remembered something: "Ningning, I bought you the picture book I mentioned last time. I was too busy yesterday and forgot about it. Let's study it tonight."

Baoning's cheeks flushed red, and he broke away from him and walked out: "The sun is still in the sky. If you must talk about this, can you wait until dark? In broad daylight, you are so shameless and shameless."

"Learning never ends. How can it be embarrassing for you to study skills you have never touched before?" Pei Yuan said, "Wait, I will go find the sketchbook for you. Where did I leave it yesterday?"

He walked on the ground. His leg was still hurting. He jumped on one leg very fast. Bao Ning couldn't stop him and scolded him from behind: "You look like a frog."

Pei Yuan rummaged around in the drawer: "Who cares what kind of chicken it is? As long as you can eat meat, it's a good chicken."

Bao Ning said: "Can't you wait until the evening!"

"Which law says you can't think about sex during the day?" Pei Yuan quickly pulled out a thin book from his messy things and waved it at Baoning, "I found it."

The book was yellow and the corners looked rotten. Baoning felt it hurt her eyes when she looked at it. She covered her eyes and stepped back, saying, "Why can't you buy a new one!"

"This kind of book is like wine. The older it is, the more valuable it is." Pei Yuan threw it to her, "Catch it."

Baoning hurriedly caught it.

Pei Yuan whistled at her.

Baoning looked up and saw Pei Yuan's expression. He leaned back against the cabinet. He was tall and long-legged. He was really handsome, but his smile was not friendly.

Pulling her own collar with one hand, she tilted her head and said, "Girl, come here and help us get dressed."

Baoning wanted to rush over and bite him to death.

"Why not come?" Pei Yuan raised his eyebrows, "Then who has been there?"

As he said this, he was about to walk towards Baoning. Baoning's face was red as blood dripped out. Pei Yuan pulled her collar as he walked, revealing most of his strong chest. Baoning couldn't help but look away, but she didn't expect to meet Chen Jia's suspicious look at the door. Her heart skipped a beat, not knowing how long Chen Jia had been watching her. She took a breath of cool air and pushed away Pei Yuan's face that was about to get close to her.

"What's the matter, is the little cat going to turn into a little leopard?" Pei Yuan didn't know someone was watching him, and he smiled and hooked Baoning's chin, "Playing with fun?"

"Chen Jia!" Baoning said loudly. Pei Yuan was stunned.

Bao Ning quickly put the little book into his sleeves, put on a proper smile, and walked out: "When did you come?"

Chen Jia blushed and said: "When His Highness just started to take off his clothes, he came."

Pei Yuan turned away with a sullen face. His good thing was interrupted, and he was embarrassed. He was so angry that his heart was beating fast. He grabbed a stool and threw it over, angrily cursing: "Then why don't you fart earlier! Are you waiting to see me laugh at you?"

Chen Jia held it in for a long time: "Your Highness, I can't let it go."

"Get out!" Pei Yuan's forehead was throbbing with veins, and he pointed at the door and cursed, "Get out!"

Chen Jia said in a nonchalant manner: "General Wei Meng is looking for you for something, and he's waiting."

"Let him wait!" Pei Yuan gritted his teeth, "Get out! From now on, you are not allowed to step into this room for more than three feet, otherwise, I will personally use a military stick to peel off a layer of skin from you!"

Chen Jia had never seen Pei Yuan so furious, he was afraid, and he crawled away.

The charm just now was gone.

Bao Ning laughed secretly, covering his face with his sleeves, looking at Pei Yuan's ugly expression, he couldn't help it, and laughed wantonly.

"Shut up!" Pei Yuan glanced at her coldly, and walked into the inner room with his hands behind his back. He was angry and took the posture of a prince, and said with his arms outstretched, "Come and change clothes."

Bao Ning walked slowly to his side.

Pei Yuan glanced at her and said in a bad tone: "Hurry up!"

Bao Ning walked to his side, put his hand on his loose belt, pursed his lips and smiled: "Your Highness, don't change, otherwise, wouldn't it be a waste of time?"

Pei Yuan looked at her in surprise, and really couldn't figure out why Bao Ning would say such a thing.

His lips opened and closed, and finally he couldn't say a word. He threw his sleeves and left in shame and anger.

...

Wei Meng didn't know how he had offended this evil god again.

He sat under the tree and teased the sheep, holding a handful of salt in his hand. The tall and fierce man smiled and said softly: "Eat, Ah Mian, eat quickly."

Pei Yuan walked over and curled his lips: "The tone of your voice makes me feel disgusted."

"..." Wei Meng was used to Pei Yuan's sudden disdain, subconsciously ignored it, stood up and said: "The matter of Madam Su has been investigated."

Pei Yuan asked: "So fast?"

"It's easy to investigate. Madam Su and the beggars around her at the time fled all the way from the south. They all spoke the same words and their expressions were natural. It should be true." Wei Meng said, "As for the details before, they are already being investigated."

Pei Yuan nodded and asked again: "Is Jia Ling watching?"

"I'm watching." Wei Meng smacked his lips. "The needle has already been planted in the Chongyuan Marquis' Mansion. This morning, the informant reported that Jia Ling and his wife had another quarrel. The antique vases in the house were smashed to pieces, and he threatened to divorce his wife."

"Is it because of the lack of children again?" Pei Yuan frowned. "Or does Jia Ling think he has climbed up Pei Xiao's high branch and wants to change to a younger wife with a better family background?"

Wei Meng said, "Neither. It's that Jia Ling's concubine is pregnant! The concubine in Qingluofang is called Xue Fu. He wanted to bring Xue Fu into the Jia Mansion as a concubine, but the Crown Prince's wife disagreed, so there was a quarrel. I heard from the informant that Jia Ling's curse was particularly ugly at the time, and he said all kinds of rural dialect, and the Crown Prince's wife was so angry that she kept crying."

"Is he crazy?" Pei Yuan couldn't believe it. "Even if a brothel girl had a child, how could Jia Ling dare to believe that the child was his?"

"Maybe it doesn't matter whether it is his or not." Wei Meng smiled bitterly. "He just needs a child to prove himself and to stabilize his position as the crown prince."

"It's ridiculous." Pei Yuan sneered. "But this opportunity may be used. Let's call her Xue Fu, right?"

Wei Meng said, "I also asked at Qingluofang. Jia Ling is going to redeem Xue Fu. It's just that the money is in the hands of the crown prince's wife and he can't take it out for the time being."

Pei Yuan said, "Raise the price so that he can't get it together this month. Then control Xue Fu and don't let her run away."

Wei Meng patted his chest and said, "Well done, don't worry!"

Pei Yuan said, "Hmm", lowered his eyes, and didn't know what he was thinking. Wei Meng studied his expression and said hesitantly, "Young General, I have something to say, but I don't know if I should say it."

Pei Yuan said, "Just say it if you have something to say. Don't waste your time."

"The Crown Prince's Consort is the young lady's elder sister. Now that the Crown Prince's Consort is troubled by this matter, she must need someone to comfort her. The young lady is naturally one of the best candidates." Wei Meng clapped his hands and said, "If the young lady can take action, wouldn't it be so difficult? She can talk to the Crown Prince's Consort, and the Crown Prince's Consort must have a lot of secrets about Jia Ling."

Pei Yuan raised his head, "Do you want her to instigate her elder sister and plot against her elder brother-in-law?"

"Don't say it so harshly?" Wei Meng stuttered, "Those who achieve great things will do something secretive. On the way to the top, it's all about who is more ruthless. With such a good network of contacts, why not use them?"

"There is no room for negotiation on this matter." Pei Yuan turned around and wanted to leave. "Is there anything else? If not, I'll leave."

Wei Meng stopped him: "Young General, please think about it again. You are a couple. Is there anything that can't be said clearly? Besides, if this is successful, won't the young lady also enjoy the glory?"

Pei Yuan took a deep breath and blocked his hand: "Don't mention this matter again in the future."

Wei Meng sighed and watched Pei Yuan leave with disdain.

On the way back, Pei Yuan kept thinking about this problem. If he put aside his personal thoughts and talked about public affairs, he would definitely hope that Bao Ning would be willing to help. But he couldn't bear to embarrass Bao Ning. Bao Ning was his beloved life. He didn't say it, but he knew very well in his heart that Bao Ning was his life. Even more so, if Baoning cried and told him that she didn't like him to interfere in the affairs of the court again, she would definitely give in after a few tantrums.

He could give up everything and take her away to live the life she liked.

But Pei Yuan knew that Baoning would never say such a thing capriciously. He liked her so much and cherished her. Baoning's understanding was also a very important reason.

Thinking of this, Pei Yuan felt even more sorry for Baoning. She endured a lot of grievances for him that she shouldn't have to bear.

Pei Yuan suddenly remembered the incident at Pei Xiao's wedding. Because of him, Baoning was forced to get involved and made a dilemma. And Qiu Lingjun's targeting of her, to put it bluntly, was also because of him. Pei Yuan felt even more guilty and eager to make amends.

He walked into the house, and the images in his mind were all the tears that Baoning shed at that time. She said that she didn't like this kind of life at all, and that he would never bother her with such things again. Pei Yuan dared not forget a single word.

So when Wei Meng repeatedly asked Baoning to come forward, he rejected them mercilessly.

He couldn't give Baoning the days she liked now, so he could only try his best to make her live a happier and happier life.

It was enough for him to block the wind and rain outside.

The moment he stepped over the threshold, Pei Yuan had made up his mind.

Baoning was playing with the dogs in the house, with Ah Huang and Jixiang surrounding her feet, and Baoning fed them soft beans. Seeing Pei Yuan coming in, she patted her skirt, stood up, and greeted him with a smile. Pei Yuan looked at her smile and thought to himself, if she could smile like this forever, everything he did would be worth it.

Pei Yuan stretched out his arms casually and said with a smile: "Girl, come and change clothes for me."

Bao Ning patted his hands: "Finally you have learned a sentence. You have said it eight hundred times. Are you tired of it?"

Pei Yuan laughed and hugged her and walked to the bed. Bao Ning was worried about the wound on his leg and hugged him. She knew Pei Yuan very well and knew that although he was smiling at the moment, he must have something hidden in his heart. Bao Ning didn't know what he was thinking about now, but she thought that if she could explain the knot in her heart to him, Pei Yuan would at least be happier.

After talking with Aunt Liu that day, Bao Ning wanted to talk to Pei Yuan about it. She felt that she should get closer to his world. She could try to get in touch with him about those disputes. Even if she couldn't help, listening to him might help ease Pei Yuan's burden.

But she was delayed by various things that day, and later she was embarrassed to bring it up, so she didn't say anything. Now she has the chance.

They sat down on the edge of the bed.

"A Yuan, what did General Wei want to see you about just now?" Bao Ning fiddled with his sleeves, looked up at him and asked with a smile, "Are you willing to tell me?"