Yu Tang paused slightly.

Pei Yan has already walked to the front.

Yu Tang looked at Pei Yan's slender figure and broad shoulders, which were as deep as a river and as strong as a mountain. When you don't need him, he will hide silently invisibly. But when the critical moment comes, he is always the most reliable.

Moreover, she has never been disappointed!

Yu Tang smiled, took a few steps forward, and suddenly lay on Pei Yan's back.

There was a faint fragrance emanating from Pei Yan's body.

At first it smells a bit like sandalwood, but if you smell it carefully it smells a bit like agarwood.

Very light.

If you're not close to it, you can't smell it at all.

This reminded her of the scene when he held her tightly in the warm quilt.

This fragrance is all around me.

From the initial embarrassment to the subsequent habit, liking, and love...it all went by in a blink of an eye, as if a lifetime had passed.

"Xiaguang!" Yu Tang called Pei Yan softly for the first time, "I can't walk anymore!"

She wanted to just hang on to him like this and be controlled by him for the rest of her life.

"It's such a hot day!" Pei Yan was always the one who ruined the mood. He shouted, "Come down quickly! I am hotter than you!"

Yu Tang smiled secretly.

She knew that this guy would not get used to her.

That doesn't seem right.

He has always been accustomed to her.

From the first time they met, she was acting in the name of Pei Mansion, until Gu Xi got pregnant before her.

It's just that his "habit" always comes to her inadvertently, when she is saddest, making her heart feel like a warm spring gurgling endlessly.

"But I want you to carry me on your back." Yu Tang said, her voice full of coquettishness that she herself was not aware of, like a spoiled child.

Pei Yan was slightly stunned and said, "There are so many people watching outside! I'll carry you on my back when we get back!"

The voice was hesitant.

Yu Tang is a person who shines brightly as long as there is a little sunshine, and Pei Yan himself is also hesitant.

She immediately asked, "Where is the person? You don't know the people around you, they have disappeared long ago!"

Pei Yan looked around and found that the people who had been following them like a swarm of swarms just now had disappeared.

These guys are pretty smart!

Pei Yan thought to himself that the warm jade on his back was like Tang Monk's flesh, so fragrant that it made his heart feel like magma was boiling.

He smiled smugly in his heart.

She brought this upon herself, no wonder he wanted to kill her.

"Hold her tight!" Pei Yan said, holding her with both hands and carrying her on his back, "Don't blame me if you fall down later."

Yu Tang lay on his back, with his thick black hair on his cheeks.

The older generation says that people with thick, black hair tend to be honest.

Pei Yan has nothing to do with "Geng", but he is a very "direct" person.

Although sometimes what he said was not nice.

It doesn't sound nice, but that's just his personality!

Yu Tang rubbed Pei Yan's hair with her cheek. It was a little hard, but she liked it from the bottom of her heart.

Is this what it feels like to be in love with someone?

No matter it is good or bad, in her eyes, she likes it so much.

Yu Tang couldn't help but called out "Xia Guang" in his ear and kissed his temple.

——

The Yang family soon learned of Pei Tong's choice.

Madam Yang cursed and said, "I should not have let them go back to Lin'an. Pei Tong is still the oldest and interacts with us the most. Pei Fei was so young when he left the capital. In a few years, I'm afraid he won't even remember our grandfather and uncles. Why did the aunt leave so early? Otherwise, there would be no place for Pei Xuan!"

At first, Pei You wanted to take up an official position, but Old Master Pei disagreed, and other people in the clan also disagreed. As a result, Pei You had a rift with the Pei family. In addition, he married Yang, whom Old Master Pei disliked, and gradually became distant from the Pei family. In officialdom, he and the Yang family watched over each other more. At first, he even planned for Old Master Yang when to go to the six ministries, when to be the chief clerk, and when to be the assistant minister.

Now, Pei You is gone, the Yang family has lost its shoulder, and the second and third elders of the Yang family are on the verge of being fired forever. However, Pei Xuan took advantage of the Pei family's power and became a minister.

Why is Pei Xuan, a man who can't even do a fart even if hit with three sticks, qualified to be a minister?

It was all because of Pei San's help.

Mrs. Yang hated him so much that sometimes she thought that if Pei You were alive, Pei Xuan's position would definitely have been her husband's.

She was so anxious that her mouth was irritated. She was also afraid that the old lady of the Yang family would get angry. The Yang family had lost its main force in the officialdom. She could only discuss with the eldest master of the Yang family in private: "What should we do about this? Can we really report the Pei family?"

Master Yang frowned and said, "What's the point of reporting the Pei family at this time? Not only will our family be implicated, but if the third prince succeeds to the throne, their family will have the merit of following the dragon. If they want to report, our family cannot intervene. It's best to take a detour and see who wants to deal with Pei San, and let them do it! Without Pei San, there is nothing to fear about Pei Er!"

Mrs. Yang nodded.

She thought so too.

She even thought that the reason why Pei San was so highly regarded was because Pei You was no longer around.

"But we can't just let Pei San go." Master Yang felt very uncomfortable when he thought of the humiliation Pei You suffered from Pei Yan when he was alive. He said with a gloomy face, "I think we should talk to our good grandson about this matter and let him know what the Pei family has done."

Mrs. Yang rolled her eyes and asked, "What do you mean?"

"I will personally handle this matter." Master Yang gritted his teeth and said, "Don't worry about it. As for the second and third brothers, since the Pei family has agreed to help, we will wait until the Pei family takes action."

This means you have to eat and take at the same time!

The Yang family got used to eating and taking when Pei You was around, so they felt it was fine even though they hated Pei's family because of this.

Master Yang sneered a few times and went to apologize to Pei Tong in person. He blamed himself and said that he had not managed the affairs of the inner courtyard well, which made his aunt say something inappropriate in front of him. He had already severely reprimanded Madam Yang and asked her to go to the temple to eat vegetarian food and recuperate for a while. The two uncles of the Yang family had to rely on the Pei family. It was already a great blessing to be able to save the lives of the two. He dared not think about or force anything else.

He even sighed in front of him, saying that if he had known this would happen, he should have retired after Pei Tong's father passed away, so that the two families would not have to suffer until today.

Pei Tong couldn't help feeling a little guilty after hearing this.

But he had made his choice, and there was nothing he could do but move on.

He suppressed the sadness in his heart and chatted with his uncle for a long time. He knew that from now on, even if there was a rift between the Yang and Pei families, it would be difficult for them to be as close as before.

Pei Tong sighed secretly in her heart, not knowing how to explain to her mother after returning to Lin'an.

Maybe, mother would really take Pei Fei to live in the capital.

He sent Mr. Yang away with a wry smile and turned to go to Gu Xi.

Gu Xi called the people from the silk manor over and was about to select suitable fabrics for the child with the wet nurse. When she saw him standing up with a smile on his face, she greeted him tenderly, "You're back!" and enthusiastically ordered the little maid to serve tea.

The wet nurse hurriedly led the people from the silk manor away.

They returned home in silence that day, without saying a word to each other about the pregnancy and the Yang family.

Pei Tong also thought that Gu Xi's so-called pregnancy was to win him over, but when she saw how happily she was making little clothes just now, she felt that she seemed to have misunderstood Gu Xi.

He couldn't help but hesitate: "Are you okay?"

"Very good!" Gu Xi smiled, and put her hand on her belly, laughing, "I didn't expect that."

Is the baby coming so soon?

After all, Pei Tong was a father for the first time, so he was a little embarrassed. He smiled and said, "You, tell the wet nurse or your second aunt what you want to eat or drink. Your second uncle has already told your second aunt, so you don't have to be polite."

"I know!" Gu Xi smiled happily and said, "My husband, just study hard. I will take care of myself."

Pei Tong hummed, not knowing what to say.

Gu Xi was generous and asked about studying with Yin Mingyuan with concern: "Are you adapting to it? If not, let your brother find you another one? Or you can ask your second uncle to help you!"

"Not bad!" Pei Tong was relieved to have a topic that he could talk about. He thought it was good. He had made up his mind to help the Yang family before he went to his second uncle's place. He knew that Gu Xi was against it, so he did not discuss it with her beforehand. Gu Xi did not want him to help the Yang family, so she brought up the pregnancy. Both of them were wrong. Today, they are even. Just pretend that what happened before never happened.

Absentmindedly, he instinctively began to talk about studying.

Gu Xi listened with a smile on his face.

Her wet nurse was so anxious that she kept jumping up and down.

Gu Xi is "pregnant" with the eldest grandson of the Pei family. If she fails to give birth to the child, how will she explain to the elders of the Pei family?

How could she be so stupid!

There are so many good excuses to make, why not use the excuse of "pregnancy"?

Is it really going to be a "small production" at that time?

Gu Xi's wet nurse was so worried that she couldn't sleep.

Pei Yan and Pei Xuan followed their previous promise and worked hard for Pei Tong's two uncles. Although they failed to get them acquitted, they were not banned from employment forever and were instead sentenced to exile in Lingnan.

That's where the Tao family lives.

The Yang family had no choice but to ask Pei Yan to help with things.

When the Yang family's affairs came to an end, Xu Xuan gave birth to a healthy, plump, eight-pound son.

The Yin family was overjoyed. The aunts, big and small, came to visit one after another, and even Yin Hao's wife rushed over from her hometown.

Xu Xuan was extremely annoyed, but she had to patiently entertain these female relatives.

Yu Tang did not disturb her and helped the second wife prepare the dowry for the fifth lady.

The Qin and Pei families decided to make the decision on June 26th.

After Xu Xuan found out, she shouted, "Can't we wait until August? I also want to attend your A Dan's wedding ceremony."

Yu Tang smiled and said, "Just stay at home! Old Madam Zhang has said that she will take good care of you and you can't leave the house until three months later."

This caused Xu Xuan to scream again.

After knowing this, the Second Wife asked Yu Tang nervously, "Is this the rule in the capital? It is considered noble to stay in confinement for three months? I heard that Madam Yin invited a midwife into the house as soon as she got pregnant, and the eldest young mistress is also pregnant. What do you think, should we also invite a midwife to live at home? After all, we are not her real mother-in-law, and it is better to do more than less. Besides, it is just a matter of having more food and a few more taels of silver."