The "sky" of the imperial capital was caught off guard.
At midnight on September 23, the Mohist sect launched a surprise attack on Datong Prefecture, officially kicking off the palace coup.
At that time, the guard system of Pei's residence, which had always been heavily guarded, was in a state of disarray. The well-organized Pei family guards gathered urgently and surrounded the entire Pei family territory tightly, layer by layer, leaving no room for any escape.
Ji Yuqi was sleeping soundly when he heard a loud noise downstairs. He got out of bed and walked to the window, just in time to see the guards of Pei's residence lined up according to their ranks. The special guards stayed in the main house, while the first to third class guards all left the mansion.
I don't quite understand when it happened.
It was the next morning, when I went downstairs to have breakfast, that I heard Ye Wanqing say that the Lian family's Datong Mansion had been bombed by the Mo family. Only then did I realize the seriousness of the situation.
Ji Yuqi's first reaction was naturally to contact Pei Yucheng to find out whether he was safe.
After all, Pei Yucheng has always been close to the Lian family.
When the Lian family is in trouble, how can he remain unscathed?!
Although, Lian Cong was really unkind in the matter of Shang Yu, and the implication of crossing the river and destroying the bridge was too strong.
However, the relationship between the two families is so complicated that it is impossible to completely separate them in a short period of time.
However, Pei's residence's communication system had been shut down early, and no calls, including satellite calls, could be made.
Ji Yuqi couldn't help but recall that except for the noon of the second day after entering Pei's residence, Pei Yucheng called the mansion to inquire about her situation, and then... there was no news.
It's been almost a month and a half.
I have no appetite for breakfast.
Ji Yuqi sat on the sofa in front of the floor-to-ceiling window in the master bedroom, glancing out at the flowerbed at the bottom of the building. The yellow leaves were falling, and the landscape tree was about to become bare. He suddenly remembered that the last time he came to Pei's residence, it was in full bloom.
Although he couldn't recognize what kind it was, when it bloomed, every flower entered Ji Yuqi's heart.
I don’t know if Pei Yucheng will come back when the flowers bloom next time.
When Ye Wanqing knocked on the door with breakfast, Ji Yuqi heard the noise and tried her best to calm down, but the first second Ye Wanqing approached, she still caught the abnormality in her emotions.
He placed breakfast on the wooden table in front of her and sat down on the sofa opposite her.
Ji Yuqi wanted to pull up the corners of her lips and smile, but Ye Wanqing spoke first, "Qiqi, the baby in your belly has just settled down, so you can't have too many emotional fluctuations. You must relax. No matter how precarious the situation in the imperial capital is, everything is supported by the men. We women just need to be beautiful."
Ji Yuqi moved her lips. She wanted to ask Ye Wanqing, "Aren't you worried about Yan Ce?" However, no sound came out of her throat. She only felt her eyes sore and she wanted to cry.
Ye Wanqing said, "Hurry up and have breakfast, then I'll take you downstairs to play."
"What are you playing?!" Ji Yuqi asked with a slightly nasal tone as he reached out to grab the chopsticks.
Ye Wanqing's smile was somewhat cunning.
…
It was already early October when Pei Yucheng called again via video.
The temperature in Jingcheng has been dropping for several days, and it is as cold as early winter, but the house is unusually warm.
When the video call was picked up, Pei Yucheng was a little confused at first about what was going on on the other end. It wasn't until he heard the rustling sound of mahjong tiles that he finally understood and asked calmly, "Playing cards with grandma?!"
It had been almost two months since she last saw Pei Yucheng, so Ji Yuqi naturally wanted to pick up her phone and go upstairs. However… the old lady of the Pei family was having such a good time playing mahjong that she wouldn't let her leave the table. Ji Yuqi could only push the mahjong tiles in front of her onto the table with one hand. Looking at the handsome face that was becoming increasingly thinner on the phone screen, Ji Yuqi felt so distressed that she wanted to cry. However, she was afraid that Pei Yucheng would worry too much and become distracted, which would be detrimental to the battle over there. She could only say aggrievedly, "Grandmother and Wanqing kept me on the mahjong table, and I lost every day. Even Aunt Liu played better mahjong than I did."
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