After hearing this, Qin Peng couldn't help laughing.

She found it very strange that after so many years, Qin Shuhuai seemed to be still a teenager when it came to love.

But she was different. Looking at that enthusiastic face, she felt like an old person.

For Qin Shuhuai, it was six years, but for her, it was three lifetimes.

Three lifetimes of life and death are enough to make a person let go of too many emotions.

When Qin Shuhuai saw Qin Peng smile, he felt relieved for some reason. He breathed a sigh of relief, then turned and left.

After he left, Wei Yan came in and knelt opposite Qin Peng.

"Uncle?"

Qin Peng was a little confused and didn't understand why Wei Yan suddenly came in. Wei Yan was sitting upright, looking at Qin Peng, and said, "I will probably leave Beijing soon."

Qin Peng was stunned. He was at a loss as to what to do with this news: "Why is my uncle leaving Beijing all of a sudden? Didn't he say that he would not leave after he came back?"

"There are some unusual movements on the southern border, I have to go over and take a look. Also, I have no power in the capital, and it will be bad for the Wei family if I stay away from the border for too long."

After saying that, Wei Yan thought for a moment and added, "It's not good for my sister-in-law either."

Hearing this, Qin Peng felt a little warmer in his heart.

The Wei family is like this, they treat you as a family member and think about you in every way.

Qin Peng couldn't help but said, "Think more about yourself in everything, don't worry about the family, I will take care of everything. Although the eldest princess is not very important now, I can still do some small things for her."

"Don't worry," Wei Yan smiled, "I went back because I was concerned about the war, not just because of you."

"That's good." Qin Peng nodded and thought, "When do we set out?"

"Just in the next few days. I have prepared the food and fodder and am waiting for the approval from the Ministry of War."

"Well," Qin Peng replied, and after thinking for a moment, he said, "You don't have to worry about the food and fodder when you go. I'll keep an eye on it for you. Do you have anyone you can use in the Ministry of War? I'll help look after them when the time comes."

"Don't worry about these. I will leave a confidant to help you when the time comes."

As Wei Yan spoke, he looked at Qin Peng with an especially gentle look in his eyes.

"sister in law."

"Um?"

Qin Peng raised his eyes and saw the soft light of the lamp reflected in Wei Yan's eyes: "It is only now that I feel that the Wei family has stood up."

Qin Peng understood what he meant.

Everyone wants to have a family, simply to have someone to support them. Wei Yan started his own family at the age of 14 and has lived alone until today. Finally, he has someone to help him.

Qin Peng knew very well the feeling of having to handle everything alone. She patted him on the shoulder and said gently, "Don't handle everything alone in the future. Your sister-in-law is here."

"Sister-in-law too."

Wei Yan understood everything: "I will take care of everything. Our Wei family does not need to exchange anything for marriage. My sister-in-law's marriage should be decided by her own heart."

Qin Peng was slightly stunned. He had never thought that Wei Yan was so insightful. Qin Shuhuai's words "I'll wait for you" were enough to make him guess the whole story.

However, Qin Peng has always been a person who believes in "you think about me, and I think about you more". Wei Yan couldn't bear to let her sacrifice her marriage in exchange for something, so she was more inclined to do something for the Wei family and Qin Ming.

As a princess, marriage should always be about maximizing benefits. This is what she has always been prepared for, and she has no major complaints.

It's just that her "maximization of interests" is a comprehensive consideration. Not only does the other party have to be able to give her something, but the other party also has to be liked by her.

She chose Liu Shuyan not only because of the heart-beating moment, but also because he was "the most suitable".

Perhaps Liu Shuyan also saw through her ulterior motives, so he kept saying that he wanted to cultivate feelings with her.

Qin Peng didn't mind Liu Shuyan's intention. She also felt that if she wanted to marry Liu Shuyan and if Liu Shuyan really liked her, she would naturally reciprocate with sincerity.

So she knew that Liu Shuyan was suitable, but she only pursued him after she was attracted to him.

Admittedly, she fell in love a little too early.

But now Qin Shuhuai's demands are too generous.

Give her fiefdom, private army, secret connections, opportunities to place people in the imperial court, and even be willing to add more.

It can be said that marrying Qin Shuhuai would almost make her a powerful princess.

Although the Wei family has a large army, their foundation in the court is still a little weak. She needs to have her own foundation in the court, and all of this seems to be within her reach as long as she marries Qin Shuhuai.

Qin Peng thought about it and didn't answer Wei Yan. Wei Yan couldn't help but remind him, "Sister-in-law?"

Qin Peng came back to his senses and smiled: "I was distracted just now. I have written down everything you said, don't worry."

Qin Peng stood up and said, "It will be dawn in a few hours, go to bed quickly."

Wei Yan nodded, bowed and left without further ado.

After Wei Yan left, Qin Peng lay down on the bed and Bai Zhi made the bed for her. After all the maids left, Qin Peng returned to the bed. As soon as she reached the bed, Bai Zhi's knife stopped at Qin Peng's neck.

"Qin Shuhuai wants to marry you."

Qin Peng was stunned for a moment, then reacted.

The reason why Bai Zhi followed her was not because she was Zhao Peng, but because she wanted to kill Qin Shuhuai.

Bai Zhi wants to use her hand to kill Qin Shuhuai, or make Qin Shuhuai fail completely.

Qin Shuhuai gave up Zhao Peng for power, so Bai Zhi took away his power.

This is Bai Zhi's revenge. If Qin Peng doesn't intend to attack Qin Shuhuai, then her revenge will lose its meaning.

"Do you remember what you promised me?"

Bai Zhi approached Qin Peng, and Qin Peng said coldly: "Put down the knife!"

"Are you going to marry Qin Shuhuai?!"

"It's not decided yet, don't get excited."

Qin Peng said calmly: "Put down the knife and we will talk again."

"There's nothing to talk about," Bai Zhi sneered, "Qin Peng, don't blame me for not reminding you that Qin Shuhuai married two wives in exchange for benefits. What happened to them?"

"Jiang Yi and Dong Wanyi, the grass on your hair must be waist-high, right?"

"I don't need you to remind me," Qin Peng raised his hand to hold the blade, pushed Bai Zhi's knife away, and said calmly: "I know."

"So what are your plans?"

“I’m considering it.”

"I know you're still considering it?!"

Bai Zhigao shouted: "Are you crazy?!"

"Bai Zhi," Qin Peng raised his eyes, his expression cold: "Don't let revenge blind your eyes, you should have another life."

"I didn’t."

Bai Zhi clenched her fists: "As long as Qin Shuhuai lives well, I won't have any other life. I didn't protect the princess well, so I must avenge her."

"Why..."

Qin Peng was somewhat helpless. Bai Zhi closed her eyes: "You don't understand."

Seeing Bai Zhi's expression, all of Qin Peng's irritability and anger disappeared.

She remained silent and walked forward to hug Bai Zhi.

"It's my fault."

She whispered, "Don't be angry."

Bai Zhi pushed her away and said awkwardly, "What are you doing?"

After saying that, he left.

Qin Peng smiled and went back to bed.

When Qin Peng went to court the next morning, he was still thinking about this matter.

Qin Shuhuai changed into court clothes in the morning and dressed up specially. Standing outside Qin Peng's curtain, everyone could notice that he seemed to be in a very good mood.

Liu Shuyan looked up at Qin Shuhuai and Qin Peng, with understanding in his eyes.

After the court session ended, Liu Shuyan did not leave early. Instead, he waited until everyone had left before going up the steps and coming in front of Qin Peng.

At this time, Qin Shuhuai was still waiting. He originally wanted to wait until no one was around so that he could talk to Qin Peng. Unexpectedly, Liu Shuyan not only did not leave, but also came up to him, bowed respectfully and said, "Your Majesty, are you not leaving yet?"

Qin Shuhuai nodded and asked, "Isn't the Grand Tutor going to teach His Majesty yet?"

"The princess and His Majesty are on the same route, so I stayed here to wait for the princess."

"That's right," Qin Shuhuai said calmly, "I also have something important to discuss with the princess."

"It seems that the prince has been discussing important matters with the princess for more than half a month," Liu Shuyan said with a smile, "Hasn't the discussion been completed yet?"

"The court is very busy with government affairs, and it would take more than half a month to complete the discussion. Now there are still many things that have not been clarified."

The two of them were quietly fighting. Qin Peng packed up his things, stood up, rolled up the curtain, and bowed respectfully to Qin Shuhuai, saying, "I haven't seen your Majesty study for a long time. I miss you. Today, I will not discuss business with you. I plan to go see your Majesty. What do you think?"

What do you think?

What can he do?

Qin Shuhuai pursed his lips and could only say, "Then... let's talk about it tomorrow."

Qin Peng nodded and went with Liu Shuyan.

Liu Shuyan held an ivory tablet in his hand and walked side by side with Qin Peng. He said calmly, "I heard that the prince has been taking good care of the princess recently?"

"Yeah." Qin Peng nodded, still thinking about who to choose.

Liu Shuyan's eyes darkened, but he didn't show anything on his face. He continued with a smile, "I heard that you also taught the princess about government affairs?"

"Um."

"What do you think, Princess?"

"What?"

Qin Peng finally came to her senses and felt something was wrong. Liu Shuyan didn't look at her. Although he was still smiling, his tone was a little sour: "Princess, what do you think of the Regent?"

Qin Peng couldn't help laughing when he heard this: "This is the first time I know that this is how the Master behaves when he is jealous."

Liu Shuyan was stunned for a moment, and was awakened by Qin Peng, then he came to his senses.

Yes, he was indeed jealous.

He originally thought that he just had a good impression of her, but when Qin Shuhuai appeared, he suddenly felt a sense of crisis.

This sense of crisis was not only because he knew that Qin Peng had originally liked Qin Shuhuai, but also because...

He cares.

Only when you care, you will be afraid of losing.

He had never had such a feeling before, and he was not even aware of it the first time it happened. It was not until Qin Peng reminded him that he realized it.

He couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, but Qin Peng laughed out loud: "Master is jealous, I'm very happy."

This made Liu Shuyan feel much better. He coughed lightly, turned his head away, and whispered, "How bad."

The two of them went to the waterside pavilion together, Qin Peng read the memorials while Liu Shuyan gave a lecture.

At this time, Qin Peng felt particularly peaceful. Liu Shuyan's voice was very calm when he was teaching, and it had a soothing effect on people. Qin Peng looked at the memorial and occasionally looked up at Liu Shuyan.

She suddenly felt that she couldn't bear to live like this.

Such an ordinary, beautiful and quiet day.

After school, Liu Shuyan suddenly asked, "Shall I take you to the lake?"

Qin Peng did not refuse and followed Liu Shuyan to the river.

Liu Shuyan took her onto the boat with ease and pushed the boat into the lake.

"Where are we going?"

Qin Peng saw that he seemed to be very determined. Liu Shuyan smiled, entered the lake, put the oar aside, and jumped in.

The boat swayed slightly because of his jumping. Qin Peng was afraid of water and couldn't help but change her expression. Seeing that she seemed to be afraid, Liu Shuyan slowed down his movements and sat opposite her. He supported himself with one hand and bent his knee with the other hand. He looked at Qin Peng and said, "Are you afraid of water?"

"I can't swim."

Qin Peng answered seriously: "So if I fell in, I would definitely drown."

Seeing Qin Peng speaking so seriously, Liu Shuyan was stunned for a moment, then smiled: "Princess, you are really interesting."

“I’m serious.”

"Don't worry," Liu Shuyan said with a gentle look, "I'm here, you won't drown."

"It's better not to try."

Qin Peng made a very serious suggestion.

Liu Shuyan looked at her and couldn't help but say, "Actually, when I'm with you, I often think of an old friend."

"Old friend?"

"Yes." Liu Shuyan lowered his eyes: "You probably know that it is Qin Shuhuai's ex-wife, Dong Wanyi."

Hearing this, Qin Peng was stunned.

It seems that there has never been a person named Liu Shuyan in her memory?

"How do you know Dong Wanyi?" Qin Peng chose his words carefully: "She is Qin Shuhuai's wife, right?"

"yes."

Liu Shuyan smiled bitterly: "The most regrettable thing in my life is probably that I didn't meet her earlier."

"How on earth do you know her?"

Qin Peng felt that she should have left an impression on such a high-quality man.

Liu Shuyan closed his eyes and said slowly: "I used to be arrogant and always thought that I wrote well, and I didn't care about anyone else. At that time, I had a good relationship with Miss Dong's brother. One day, he suddenly told me that there was someone's article that he wanted me to appreciate..."

As Liu Shuyan spoke, Qin Peng gradually began to remember.

When she was Dong Wanyi, she seldom went out because of paralysis. She was bored at home every day, so she wrote a lot of things.

She had no reader at that time, so she asked her younger brother Dong Cheng, who came to visit her from time to time, to read to her.

Dong Cheng has always been a fool. He gets overwhelmed when he sees a book, let alone reviewing an article? However, in order not to embarrass himself in front of his sister, Dong Cheng asked to go back to study.

After she went back to study, he came back with a drastic change in his style and began to give her comments on her writing.

She thought Dong Cheng didn't have the courage to do that, so she asked who it was. Dong Cheng then confessed that it was Liu Shuyan, but he didn't reveal Liu Shuyan's name.

Qin Peng did not take the initiative to introduce her name. She was a tactful person and usually just sent someone a message. When the other party sent her a letter, she would reply. After a few exchanges, they became familiar with each other.

She was just a fun thing in life. After chatting, he didn't think it was a big deal. No further contact was established. So after being reborn, Qin Peng almost didn't think about this person.

However, when talking about it now, Qin Peng realized that this person was actually Liu Shuyan...

Qin Peng actually really likes the mentality of that pen pal.

In the past, when she was paralyzed in the yard watching the spring flowers and autumn moon, she sometimes wondered whether this pen pal could be a wealthy and noble person, who might come to rescue her one day?

Now, looking at the people chattering about the past under the moonlight, Qin Peng suddenly felt that God was really kind to her.

Liu Shuyan was talking about Dong Wanyi while Qin Peng was pouring wine beside him.

Because Qin Peng was listening attentively and thinking about something, he didn't control his drinking and drank glass after glass. Soon Liu Shuyan's face turned red.

However, he remained sober and said seriously: "Do you know why I told you this?"

"have no idea."

Qin Peng answered honestly. Liu Shuyan came over with a smile and looked at Qin Peng's features: "You look like her, especially."

"So I'm really afraid. Do I really like you, or am I just treating you as a substitute? If I don't like you, how can I make you like me?"

"So what do you think now?"

Qin Peng looked at the person in front of her who was very close to her and found it a little funny. Liu Shuyan looked at her for a long time, then he lowered his head and buried it in Qin Peng's palm.

"I'm not happy anymore."

"Um?"

Qin Peng found this childish behavior a little funny.

Liu Shuyan buried his head and said in a muffled voice: "He likes you, I'm not happy."

"Qin Peng."

Liu Shuyan said in a low voice: "I think I might have fallen in love with you."

Qin Peng was slightly stunned. She didn't know how to answer.

If Liu Shuyan had said this before, she would probably be very happy. But not at this moment.

Qin Shuhuai's appearance kept echoing in her mind. He stood in the corridor, raised his voice and said, "I'll wait for you."

"You are hesitating."

Liu Shuyan raised his head and looked at Qin Peng: "If it was before, you wouldn't hesitate."

"I……"

"Tsk."

Liu Shuyan placed his finger on her lips and looked at her tenderly: "It doesn't matter."

He shook his head, smelling of alcohol: "None of this matters, Qin Peng, I can wait."

"Just tell me whether you like me or not, that's enough."

Qin Peng didn't say anything. Liu Shuyan seemed a little disappointed and fell back: "Hey, you're not in love yet?"

"Nothing."

Liu Shuyan said nonchalantly: "I can wait for Dong Wanyi until she dies, but you..."

“I still like it very much.”

When Qin Peng heard him talking about Dong Wanyi, she couldn't help but think of the rare joy and comfort she had during those days and nights when she was Dong Wanyi.

She didn't know why, but she inexplicably felt that Liu Shuyan seemed to be more than just a person.

He seemed to be the embodiment of all the good things in her life.

Calm, gentle, stable.

The right person who won't make her feel scared and shrink back.