Chapter 78 The Powerful Eunuch's Fox Pet
In winter, the eaves are covered with frost.
Pei Duo walked under the eaves wearing a cloak and returned to the small study in Yuxuan Hall.
He had developed a habit even when the little fox was not here.
There were two basins of warm charcoal in the study. Pei Duo took off his cloak and sat in the study for a while, his palms were still cold.
He looked down at the letter, thinking and writing down his response.
Perhaps the emperor had noticed his recent actions and became a little anxious.
He only targeted the queen a few times, and the emperor stayed at Concubine Shu's place for several days in a row.
Now everyone knows that he is targeting the Queen and wants her to step down and replace her with his niece Pei Yunzhi.
The emperor and Prime Minister Huo were both very anxious. Under such circumstances, their favoring of Concubine Shu was not a sign of loyalty to him, but an attempt to sow division.
After all, with Pei Yunzhi in front, it would be too easy for Shufei to become a stepping stone and a discarded pawn. Naturally, the emperor would take this opportunity to win over Shufei and her father.
This was the emperor's means of resistance, but Pei Duo did not take it seriously.
For him, it didn't matter whether the child came from Concubine Shu's belly or Pei Yunzhi's belly. As long as Pei Yunzhi's position was noble enough, it could be Pei Yunzhi's child.
He had already promised Concubine Shu that her child might also become emperor.
Under such circumstances, it was impossible for Concubine Shu to be so foolish as to betray the people who supported him and join the arms of the emperor. She turned around and told him what the emperor had said to her.
Pei Duo's eyes were indifferent, and he wrote "Yun" in bright red on the letter in his hand.
These actions against the queen were just tricks, and what he was going to do was still to come.
Compared to his previous plan, he did speed up his pace.
Because he wanted to get Lin Zhi's demon heart as soon as possible, he was not sure how much time he had.
The headaches became more frequent and severe, and without the little fox by his side to calm him, it became even more unbearable.
But even though it was unbearable, Pei Duo endured it.
Pei Duo was in a state of confusion. Before his thoughts became clear, he didn't know how to meet Lin Zhi's eyes.
Therefore, he deliberately made Lin Zhi tired. Strangely, as a fox demon, Lin Zhi was also particularly prone to sleepiness because of this, but this was exactly what he wanted.
These days, Pei Duo has been looking through the files of the Demon Suppression Bureau in his spare time, looking for an answer.
Do demons understand love?
If you ask any Taoist priest about this, most of them will answer in the negative.
How could monsters understand the loyalty and love of the human world? Many monsters eat humans and treat them as toys and food. Vows of love are just a joke to them.
Pei Duo had never thought about this before, because he didn't care whether the monsters understood love or not. No matter what the reason, the monsters that harmed people would be killed or imprisoned by him.
Now Pei Duo is trying hard to find answers from the archives and the events he has experienced.
When he woke up from Lin Zhi's dream that day, he often wondered why Lin Zhi was willing to stay in the world for him and walk with him after she got his complete heart. Was it out of love, dependence or loyalty? These emotions were too similar and expressed in the same way.
After reading the files to the end, Pei Duo didn't know whether he hoped Lin Zhi didn't understand or not.
He hoped that Lin Zhi understood that this answer would make him happy and relieved, but he didn't have enough time. If he died, how sad would Lin Zhi be?
Whenever Pei Duo thought of it, he felt unwilling and resentful of his so-called fate.
Pei Duo thought that it was good that Lin Zhi didn't understand. After his death, he would still be a fox demon living freely in the mountains and forests, without any restrictions.
He could even let Lin Zhi go earlier and let her live the life she wanted freely.
But this also made him tormented. He tossed and turned but could not find a satisfactory answer. He even sneered at his own generous idea.
If only he could live longer. His master had predicted his fate and told him that he wouldn't have long to live. His increasingly severe headaches seemed to be his death knell.
Pei Duo used to be very calm about this matter. As long as he was well prepared, the Pei family would be fine. His death actually made many people feel relieved.
His revenge has been taken, so he doesn't care whether he lives or dies.
But now it is different. His greed and desire for life are growing day by day.
Every night when he hugged Lin Zhi, he felt love and reluctance at the same time. He listened to Lin Zhi's nice words, and felt happy and sad at the same time.
It was late at night and Pei Duo returned to the mansion through the secret passage.
As soon as he entered the bedroom, Pei Duo discovered something was wrong.
There were many scratches on the table and the legs of the bed, and some things were tilted, as if a fight had taken place.
Pei Duo anxiously went to look for Lin Zhi, but found him lying in the middle of the bed in the form of a fox. He seemed to be fine, so Pei Duo breathed a sigh of relief.
He leaned over to touch Lin Zhi, but was slapped away by the fox's tail.
This resistance made Pei Duo pause. Before he could speak, he heard the little fox's surprised voice: "My lord, you are back."
"Is your headache better now, sir? You haven't been taking me with you these days."
There was a hint of loss in Lin Zhi's concern, and she looked at Pei Duo with some grievance.
"I'm almost well now. The reason I didn't bring you along is because you slept all day."
Pei Duo tapped the fox's head, his expression normal.
Lin Zhi knew that he was lying to him. Headache, as Pei Duo's symptom, was just like the sound of Ming Yao's legs and Song Jiazhu's voice. It was impossible to cure it until the treatment was effective.
Pei Duo's heart was hidden too deeply. Lin Zhi walked in but was unable to touch it completely.
At least Pei Duo had not yet planned to tell Lin Zhi that he felt he did not have much time left, and he did not even tell Lin Zhi the reason why he was in such a gloomy mood.
If Lin Zhi didn't know the previous situation from a God's perspective, he would probably only have a vague understanding of Pei Duo.
Lin Zhi has not seen the kitten pendant that represents the inner image of the mission object yet.
Having been in a high position for a long time, people like Pei Duo all have a kind of "arrangement" and "deployment" in their love. He is even used to going around in circles and will not ask about the other party's wishes.
Lin Zhi guessed that Pei Duo was probably considering whether he should fulfill his lover's wish to return to Lin Ye before he died.
He had clearly made it clear enough, and he had done that before in order to make Pei Duo further confirm his feelings and thus cheer him up.
Who would have thought that Pei Duo was so sure that he was really going to die, which gave Lin Zhi a headache.
As a person of the same kind, Lin Zhi knew clearly that in this situation, Pei Duo was more confident that he could arrange everything.
This kind of scheming and defensive person is really troublesome. Lin Zhi carelessly included himself in it, but fortunately he already has a way to break the deadlock.
Hearing Pei Duo's words, he replied: "It's all because of you, sir... But sir, I do feel very uncomfortable recently."
Pei Duo's expression became more serious. He checked Lin Zhi's body again, but found no problems.
"I'll take you to Fanjing Temple."
As an old senior, Master Wuchen has more experience than Pei Duo in dealing with the abnormal behavior of monsters.
Pei Duo did not delay and immediately carried the fox to Fanjing Temple.
After all, a fox only has half a heart, and it would be terrible if something went wrong here.
Pei Duo had imagined many situations, but he had never considered that Lin Zhi would die before him. That was absolutely impossible.
Master Wu Chen was meditating in the Purple Bamboo Forest and he rarely saw Pei Duo looking a little out of control.
He checked the fox's condition with some surprise in his eyes.
"This is the first time I've seen this kind of situation in all these years."
"This is a happy pulse, but isn't the donor a male fox?"
Wu Chen looked at Lin Zhi, and Lin Zhi pretended to be confused and looked at Pei Duo.
Pei Duo's posture was already stiff, and the feeling of "joy" kept echoing in his mind.
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