Cold War Lovesickness
Pei Zhaoying gritted her teeth, thinking that this was not a big deal.
She and Xiao Bo had been married for a short time. Before that, for such a long time, she had been eating, working, and living well on her own.
It was Xiao Bo who suddenly disrupted her life rhythm. Xiao Bo's absence was equivalent to returning her original life to her. She should be happy.
However, today the kitchen made Pei Zhaoying's favorite water shield soup. She took two spoonfuls and had difficulty swallowing. She didn't want to eat, but instead felt like crying.
It was she who made the peaceful life a mess.
Is it normal for couples to have some tricks and schemes?
Pei Zhaoying socialized with the noble ladies of the capital and was used to hearing about the tricks in the harem. She always looked down on them with disdain. However, since they were so common, did that mean that those things had a reason to exist between couples?
The dining table was too quiet.
When her father and mother were around, her mother forced her to eat. The family didn't follow the rule of "don't talk while eating or sleeping". Pei Zhaoying got hungry quickly while practicing martial arts, so she ate heartily while listening to the gossip and laughter of family members at the table.
Pei Zhaoying could not swallow her food when she ate alone.
When dining with Xiao Bo, Xiao Bo saw that she ate little, so he didn't force her or persuade her. Instead, he devised a plan and started snatching food from Pei Zhaoying's bowl. Pei Zhaoying fell for it, and he aroused her resentment. The two of them bickered and fought over food, and Xiao Bo "tricked" her into eating a lot of food.
With the nourishment of grains, Pei Zhaoying's recovery from injuries was better than before. She became plumper and her face had a rosy glow.
Pei Zhaoying suppressed the emptiness in her heart and simply had her meal.
She found that she still lacked a lot of knowledge about how to get along with her husband and wife.
Nanny Sun came to take a special look.
"Mammy..." Pei Zhaoying released her longing for this kind old lady who had watched her grow up, and snuggled into Mammy Sun's lap.
"My Lord, why do you have to be so sad? Even your upper lip and lower lip can quarrel sometimes. Husband and wife are like lips and teeth, and sometimes the teeth may accidentally hurt the lips, but after all, we are a family connected by bones and tendons."
Nanny Sun, who had seen many storms, smiled and patted Pei Zhaoying on the back, not taking their little quarrel seriously at all.
She felt that His Highness had been raised too innocently. The things that caused chaos among ordinary couples were mostly concubines, mistresses, and illegitimate children. When they showed off their skills, they used endless dirty tricks, which even cost lives. Some of the dirty and despicable things were enough to pollute the ears of the listeners just by saying them.
What is the value of boudoir fun?
"Mammy, I don't understand how I'm going to get along with my husband in the future..." Pei Zhaoying whispered to someone who had experienced this for advice.
She doesn't want the moon and stars in the sky.
There are three thousand rivers of water, but I only take a sip.
She wants the clearest water without any impurities. She is afraid of being plotted against and stays away from people with twists and turns in their hearts.
It sounds childish.
Besides, she couldn't let go of Xiao Bo...
"What's the big deal? Just live your life day by day. When your highness is healthy again, and you have a little prince, I think the old prince and princess will be very pleased in heaven."
Nanny Sun saw that Pei Zhaoying was still frowning and her eyes were broken. She seized on her little girl's stubbornness and tried to persuade her earnestly:
"I am Your Highness's servant. If anyone wants to hurt Your Highness, I will be the first to disapprove. If the Prince Consort is not a good man and bullies Your Highness, I will risk my life to save Your Highness from the abyss. But Your Highness's character and deep love are witnessed by everyone, and we are sincerely happy that Your Highness has found a good match. Your Highness does not know what life is like for married women outside. Even if the relationship between the couple is smooth, there will still be hardships from the mother-in-law and the clan. This servant truly believes that Your Highness and Your Highness are a perfect match, and should work together to live a good life."
In fact, in the capital city, there are all kinds of troubles in the backyards of wealthy families, and every family has its own problems.
Pei Zhaoying rarely interacts with people of her age and experienced ladies. She doesn't know much about the ins and outs and is too stubborn.
Nanny Sun dared to have a quarrel with Pei Zhaoying.
I mentioned to her some rumors in Beijing that were not suitable to be made public.
Although the private affairs discussed in rumors are despised by serious and upright people, the more you hear about them, the more you will understand the world and the fickleness of human nature, and the more you will have the vision and methods to deal with the situation.
"Not to mention those far away, let me boldly mention Miss Sang Ningyun, from the family of Scholar Sang of the Hanlin Academy. Miss Sang Ningyun is charming, well-educated, and virtuous. Your Highness approves of her. But Your Highness doesn't know that Scholar Sang has several concubines, and by the time his grandchildren are around, there will be seventeen or eighteen grandchildren. How could an ordinary person take care of them all? Miss Sang Ningyun stood out from the crowd in this wealthy and powerful family, earning the old man's favor and keeping her by his side to raise her personally. Surely that wasn't a lot of effort. But ultimately, she remains a dignified and noble young lady."
Sang Ningyun and her daughter were not outstanding in the Sang family's backyard. They had no prominent maternal family that the Sang family looked up to. In order to pave the way for her daughter to succeed, her mother took great pains to please the old man and designed an auspicious sign of cranes circling the beams at her daughter's first birthday party.
The Sang family is a family of upright officials who made their fortune through poetry and literature and imperial examinations. Scholar Sang has many students all over the world and attaches great importance to the education of his descendants. In order to make her daughter stand out from her peers, Sang Ningyun's mother taught her to read and write at the age of three. By the age of five, Sang Ningyun could recite "The Analects of Confucius" and "The Book of Songs" fluently. The mother and daughter worked hard for more than ten years in the deep courtyard before they found a way to succeed in life.
The population of the Princess's Mansion is small, but when there are more children in the future, complicated planning will be inevitable where there are people.
Pei Zhaoying seemed to understand but not quite, and seemed to be thinking about something.
Nanny Sun said it calmly, saying that the fact that the prince consort was willing to spend time on her was a reflection of the deep love between husband and wife. Some women, on the other hand, put all their efforts into winning their husbands' hearts.
Pei Zhaoying couldn't sleep alone.
I hate this body. I’m used to being in Xiao Bo’s arms.
He didn't show his emotions much. He lay with her on the bed, their skin touching, and they only had the simplest and most intimate hugs and kisses.
As a man, Xiao Bo restrained himself and acted according to etiquette, simply because they had married first and expressed their feelings for each other later. Xiao Bo wanted to wait until their feelings grew stronger and Pei Zhaoying was sure of her feelings before letting things take their course and letting things that were bound to happen a long time ago take their course...
He didn't want Pei Zhaoying to regret it in the future, so the comfort he gave her was a gentle and lingering breeze and drizzle, which did not wet her clothes but moistened her heart silently.
An attachment is established invisibly.
The bed was empty.
Pei Zhaoying felt a sense of loss in her heart.
Through the green gauze window, she saw the lush green grass of early summer, which was pleasant and luxuriant, with fireflies fluttering among them, leaping and leaping, leaving behind glittering and flickering tails of light, which was quite interesting.
If Xiao Bo were here, she would definitely act coquettishly and ask him to catch some fireflies.
In the Dali Temple, the atmosphere was tense and eerie, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that everyone was on high alert.
Many gossipers privately discussed that Xiao Bo rose to prominence through nepotism. After Xiao Bo issued a series of orders instructing them to investigate the case, no one dared to be so blind as to question their superiors in official settings.
The reason why the difficult cases accumulated previously had been suppressed for a long time without any progress was that each one involved officials of the current dynasty, making them extremely difficult to handle.
Xiao Bo ignored all the twists and turns and ordered that all officials should be punished according to the law. All officials who should be detained should be imprisoned regardless of who was protecting them.
After all the evidence is collected and signed, if there are any evil forces that want to use bribery tricks outside the law, Xiao Bo will also catch them all and investigate thoroughly. Those who deserve it will be punished with canings or exiled.
There were a few people entrenched in the capital who took advantage of the declining people's livelihood to make a fortune and sell official positions. Xiao Bo wrote a memorial overnight, tentatively sentencing Pei Heng to death and execution in the autumn, and hurriedly submitted it to the palace to have Pei Heng's death sentence reviewed as soon as possible.
For a time, all the corrupt civil and military officials were in a panic, fearing that they would be brought down by Xiao Bo.
The light was dim, Xiao Bo drank cup after cup of strong tea and quickly read the files.
"Lord Xiao Bo, there are so many intertwined interest groups, and officials protect each other. If you punish them mercilessly, how many people will you offend? How many people will hate you?" Xie Zheng was worried.
It's a good thing that his friend gets married and promoted, but Xiao Bo's actions may easily backfire.
Xiao Bo had a deadpan face: "I don't care."
"What if some villain comes to assassinate you?"
"If they want to take revenge on me, let them come. It's a good opportunity for me to see which is stronger, my sword or their necks."
After Xiao Bo finished reading the case in his hand about a Ministry of Revenue official who abducted a woman and forced civilians to death, he dipped his pen in thick red ink and wrote the word "death" at the end.
As if he were the most upright judge.
"Alright, you're so brave. I'm afraid to work with you! I hope no one takes revenge on me... I'm just someone who follows orders... Luckily, you're married to the eldest princess, the most powerful of the royal family! Even if the others hate you to death, they'll just have to be obedient and be suppressed."
Xie Zheng was yawning and could hardly keep his eyes open.
Xiao Bo did not rest for a moment, and kept asking his subordinates to complete the evidence materials. Everyone was busy running around. The good thing was that the corrupt atmosphere in the officialdom of the capital became much clearer immediately.
Xiao Bo was deeply moved by Xie Zheng's words. He put down his pen, pressed his head, and felt a sharp pain in his temples.
Usually at this time, he would have been coaxing Pei Zhaoying to sleep in her boudoir.
Pei Zhaoying was concerned about her reputation, so she only had the courage to engage in in-depth sexual intercourse with him after the lights were turned off and the servants were dismissed at night.
She liked to use her slender fingers to stroke Xiao Bo's chest inch by inch... She liked to lie softly against his chest, listen to his heartbeat, and giggle, as pure as a pool of water that you could see to the bottom at a glance.
The tenderness and love, the daily intimacy, had almost made Xiao Bo drown in the vast happiness.
He stroked the paper, his thoughts pouring out.
No matter how expensive the paper is, even the tribute paper from Chengxintang, it cannot be one thousandth as delicate as Pei Zhaoying's skin.
Her every frown and smile captivated his soul and even took his life...
"Xie Zheng, you can go to the dormitory and rest. You don't have to accompany me. I'll think about it carefully."
"Okay, but don't take the Dali Temple too seriously. Don't neglect the Princess!"
Anyone with eyes and ears can see how deeply Xiao Bo loves her.
Xiao Bo poked his solar plexus fiercely, and the lovesickness penetrated his bones, turning into a poison that penetrated his intestines and attacked his body.
Strong tea was harmful to the body, triggering a cramped stomach ache. No part of his body was intact. Beads of sweat rolled down Xiao Bo's forehead. He gritted his teeth silently and curled up tighter and tighter...
As if this is worth a hug from someone...
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