"Fifth sister went to second sister's place." Ji Xiangzhen looked at Jia Ling with a smile, "She just left."

"Oh, that's a pity. I put the prepared gifts here. When she comes back, give them to her. They are small things that girls like." Jia Ling also looked at Ji Xiangzhen with a smile. It had been a long time since she spoke to him so kindly. Jia Ling thought that Ji Xiangzhen had been persuaded and came to an end after meeting her sister. Very happy.

Jia Ling raised his hand to hold Ji Xiangzhen's shoulders, and walked into the house with her in his arms, while asking, "Are you feeling better?"

Ji Xiangzhen clenched the small bottle of incense in her hand, and a glimmer of haze flashed in her eyes. He didn't know how many women he had held with this hand holding her. It is said that a prostitute has a pair of beautiful arms that thousands of people sleep with. How good is Jia Ling? Isn't he also an arm that thousands of people sleep with? Ji Xiangzhen suddenly felt disgusted.

She smiled and replied softly, "Much better."

Under her sleeve, she secretly opened the stopper of the incense and sprinkled the powder as fine as smoke on the handkerchief. Halfway through, Jia Ling suddenly pulled her. Ji Xiangzhen was panicked for a moment. After sprinkling half a bottle of powder, she immediately held her breath.

Jia Ling held her in his arms and sat beside the bed, and asked softly: "Xiang Zhen, have you figured out the matter about Xue Fu?"

He paused, and continued: "You have to believe me, I just want a child, she is no different from a pig or a goat in my eyes. You are the only one I love in my heart."

Ji Xiangzhen stopped looking at him, and with a disgusted heart, she rested her head on his shoulder, closed her eyes and said: "Don't worry, I have thought it through."

Jia Ling smiled. He was a handsome man with two deep dimples on his cheeks. He said, "That's great."

"I haven't been close to you for a long time." Jia Ling stood up, went to close the door from the inside, and returned to Ji Xiangzhen's side, took off his large outer robe, and hugged her, "Xiangzhen, I miss you, do you miss me too?"

The smell of a man came to her face, and Ji Xiangzhen frowned. She rubbed the handkerchief stained with fragrance in her hands, gritted her teeth and hugged Jia Ling's waist, saying, "I miss you too."

"Okay." Jia Ling said, "Let's go to the couch."

As he said that, he wanted to take off his middle clothes, but was stopped by Ji Xiangzhen.

"No, I'll help you undress later."

Ji Xiangzhen chuckled and said, "Close your eyes first..."

Jia Ling laughed: "Okay." He leaned over to hug Ji Xiangzhen, pushed her to the couch, and kissed her with his eyes closed.

...

Bao Ning hid in a small, dark cupboard, with clothes and bedding taking up most of the space. She could only curl up in Pei Yuan's arms, listening to the noise outside in shock, her face flushed.

"Ayuan, Ayuan, let's go." Baoning curled her toes in shame, "How can we listen to such a corner, how can I face my elder sister in the future, I can't see anyone!"

"They are both outside, where can you run?" Pei Yuan leaned against the wall casually, hooked Baoning on his chest with one long arm, lifted her chin with his fingers, and smiled, "Why don't we come too, you two listen to each other, then no one owes anyone."

Baoning pinched him lightly: "What shameless words are you saying!"

"Do you think I'm teasing you?" Pei Yuan slowed down his voice, "Do you think I'm joking with you?"

The closet was dark, Baoning couldn't see Pei Yuan's expression, but he saw his eyes, dark and shiny. Bao Ning knew Pei Yuan's personality. He had no idea what was in his head. He was just thinking whatever he wanted. He had no bottom line. It was not impossible for him to do such a thing.

"Don't make trouble..."

Bao Ning wanted to step back immediately. She stumbled and stepped on something. Her legs went soft and she almost fell.

Pei Yuan gritted his teeth and hugged her waist: "You stepped on my foot!"

Bao Ning pursed her lips and suddenly burst out laughing.

Pei Yuan said, "Still stepping on it! Let go!"

Bao Ning laughed and threw herself into his arms again, hugged his waist, and whispered, "I didn't know where your feet were. I was wrong. I didn't mean it."

"Is the Chongyuan Marquis' Mansion so poor that it has such a tiny place that I can't even put my legs down." Pei Yuan pulled Bao Ning's arm and pulled her in front of him, rubbing his sleeves in disgust, "Don't bite me when you laugh, you've wet my sleeves, and I don't have many good clothes to begin with..."

Outside, Ji Xiangzhen and Jia Ling didn't know what they were doing. Bao Ning leaned in Pei Yuan's arms, pulling his hair, listening to his voice and chatting with him.

"Look at you, you're saying that you're so wronged. Am I abusing you and not giving you food and clothes? What do you mean by not having many good clothes?"

"Most of the closet is filled with your skirts, and my clothes are piled up in a small corner, not even as high as one of your fingers. Do you think I have enough?" Pei Yuan pinched her hand, "Be honest, put your hands down, and don't pull my hair."

Bao Ning put her hands behind her back and said in defense, "I originally prepared a lot of clothes for you, but you didn't wear them, and they all got worms."

Pei Yuan asked, "Where are my clothes?"

Bao Ning said: "I asked Madam Liu to cut it and use it as a dishcloth in the kitchen. Madam Liu said that your clothes are made of good material, especially absorbent, and the servants in the kitchen are scrambling to use them..." She looked at Pei Yuan's increasingly hostile eyes, stopped talking, and asked, "What's the matter?"

Pei Yuan said angrily, "You used my old clothes to make dishcloths?"

Bao Ning asked, "Yes, what's the matter?"

Pei Yuan asked again, "Where are my old boots?"

"Burned." Bao Ning answered him, "I asked Uncle Zhang, the horse keeper, if the soles of your boots could be used to make horseshoes. He said no, saying that horseshoes must be made of iron shoes. So I threw them into the firewood pile and used them as kindling. The servants in the kitchen also said that your soles are very good for kindling fires, and they are both resistant to burning and can make the fire burn vigorously..."

Pei Yuan asked, "Where are your old clothes?"

"Of course they are left in a big box." Bao Ning said, "My clothes are all of good styles. They are old now and not in fashion, but they may become new again in a few years, so they can't be thrown away. The patterns and styles must be kept."

"Oh." Pei Yuan narrowed his eyes at her, "My clothes don't look good?"

Bao Ning was surprised: "Don't men's clothes all look the same? They just change the color. What's good-looking or not?"

She felt that Pei Yuan was a little unhappy, and lowered her head to turn over the candy in her purse: "Okay, okay, I'll give you candy, and I'll give you some money tomorrow. Go buy whatever you like, and don't argue with me here."

Bao Ning took out two plum candies, peeled off the candy wrapper, stuffed one into Pei Yuan's mouth, and held one in her mouth, and asked him: "You've been standing for so long, do your legs hurt?"

Pei Yuan said vaguely: "It's okay, I can bear it."

"Put your head on my shoulder." Bao Ning held his shoulders in his arms, "I'll help you bear some of the weight, you will feel better."

Bao Ning smiled and pinched his face: "A Yuan, be good. When you go home tomorrow, I will make you something delicious. You have worked hard today."

Pei Yuan looked at her strangely and felt a little unnatural. He is also a big shot outside. He is used to giving orders and there are countless people who rely on him. But when he comes to Bao Ning, he feels like being coaxed like a child.

However, it is quite comfortable.

No matter what he is doing, whether it is hard, tiring or annoying, he can find comfort and peace of mind here with Bao Ning.

...

Zhao Qian followed the carriage to the stable in the backyard of Chongyuan Marquis's Mansion.

The horse was tied to the pillar, and he hung under the carriage, watching the horse swinging its tail and dropping a ball of shit from under its butt. Zhao Qian was already ill, and he was dizzy from the shaking along the way. He was so disgusted that he almost vomited the yellow bile in his stomach.

He waited for the driver to go to the bathroom, quickly untied the ropes that tied him, and crawled out from under the carriage.

The smell of horse shit hit his face, and Zhao Qian bent over and leaned on the wheel, gasping for air.

But fortunately, his journey was not in vain. Under the carriage, in the first half of the journey, he did hear a lot of useful news. But in the second half, he couldn't help it and fainted. He slowly woke up after entering the city gate.

Zhao Qian wiped his face, forced his weak legs and feet, limped out, avoided people, and ran out through a back door.

He had to tell Pei Xiao all this quickly. He

had to write a letter to him!

Without paper and pen, Zhao Qian tore off a piece of white underwear, then went to the back door of the kitchen to pick up a piece of charcoal, sharpened the charcoal, and recalled the things he heard under the car, and wrote them down one by one.

He folded the cloth, went to the street to find a beggar, stuffed five silver coins into his pocket, and said, "Child, go to the Prince's Mansion, pretend to be a beggar, and find a man named Chang Xi. Then give this thing to him. Do you hear me?"

Zhao Qian half squatted down and threatened him viciously, "If you are done, come back to me and I will give you another five silver coins. Otherwise, I will kill you."

The child was frightened by his dusty appearance, so he dared not disobey and left in a hurry.

Zhao Qian breathed a sigh of relief. He seemed to have relieved himself, and rested on the sack that the child had spread on the ground. He didn't care whether it was dirty or not, and took a bite of the rice in the broken bowl. He thought it was rotten, so he spit it out. He squinted at the back of the child running away, thinking secretly in his heart, after this is done, he will finally have a good life, right? !

...

At the street corner in front, Wei Meng had been following him for a long time with a knife in his hand. With

one more person on the carriage, the sound of the wheels passing over the ground and the traces left behind will be different. Pei Yuan noticed it from the beginning and told him to pay more attention. Sure enough, within two quarters of an hour after arriving at the Chongyuan Marquis Mansion, a plaster monkey crawled out from under the carriage.

This guy is interesting. With such perseverance, why not go and take the imperial examination? Why do you have to do such a dirty thing as crawling under the car?

Wei Meng shook his head. He could foresee that this guy would have a miserable end in the future, and Pei Yuan would not let him go easily.

Wei Meng stretched out his leg to stop the beggar, and used two taels of silver to trick the secret letter from his hand, and gave him another two taels, coaxing him: "Go to the gate of the Prince's Mansion later, and then go back and tell that person that your letter has been delivered."

The child was extremely surprised and nodded heavily.

"Thank you, sir!"

...

In the closet, Bao Ning had already eaten two candies. She and Pei Yuan snuggled together, drowsy and about to fall asleep.

Pei Yuan asked, "What does the candy in your mouth taste like?"

Bao Ning said, "Peanut."

"I haven't eaten it yet." Pei Yuan pinched her cheeks and forced her to open her mouth, "Spit it out and let me taste it."

Bao Ning pushed the candy out with the tip of her tongue and held it between her lips. Pei Yuan lowered his head to suck it. Ji Xiangzhen suddenly opened the door of the cabinet.

Her hair was a little messy, but her clothes were still neat. She said, "I have already knocked him out. You guys should come out quickly!"

Seeing the scene inside, Ji Xiangzhen was stunned: "Otherwise, um, do you need some more time?"

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