After a long silence, Wei Jie finally calmed down his slightly panicked heart.

He felt very uneasy and embarrassed because he found that his heart was slowly moving towards the girl in front of him.

He forced himself to calm down, and then looked at her with the most normal attitude.

Ling Yuan, who noticed his subtle changes, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. As long as this man no longer added to her pressure, she would feel very friendly even if he returned to his cold appearance.

"To collect a debt!" Ling Yuan answered as a matter of course. Not only him, but Wei Yuchen also owed her an imperial edict.

"Are you short of money?" Wei Jie turned around suddenly and approached her.

Ling Yuan was startled and leaned back instinctively, her heart tightening uncontrollably. She didn't understand why, whenever she touched this man, her aura would involuntarily weaken.

Just like now, he just took a step forward, and she felt her heartbeat slow down. Because of nervousness, her little hands tightly grasped the front of her clothes. In the eyes of someone, this scene seemed as if he was trying to force himself on her.

Wei Jie narrowed his unfathomable eyes, looked at the silent Feng Yan, and said unhappily: "Why? This question is difficult to answer?"

"No, no," Ling Yuan was secretly annoyed at her own shortness of breath. She was obviously the creditor, why did it seem like the other way around?

What the hell was she afraid of? Could he eat her?

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but get a little angry. She raised her chin and looked at him arrogantly: "What does it have to do with you? Since you have discovered it, I will pay you back first. I have other things to deal with!"

"It seems that the only thing the king owes you is gold?"

Feng Yan thought about it and it seemed that it was only gold. Damn it, it had been such a long time since then that she had even forgotten how much money he owed her.

Oh, yes, there are also the medicinal herbs that the ghost doctor used to treat him. This untrustworthy villain hasn’t even given them out until now. No, I must get them back today with interest.

"And do you have the herbs that Master needed when he treated you last time? If you do, take them out. If not, it's okay, just cash them in."

"Well... together with the help I gave you during the Four Nations Conference last time, I'll make it 100,000 taels of gold!"

Ling Yuan was so busy struggling with the silver that he didn't notice that someone's deep eyes were flashing with an unfathomable light.

If she really looked up and met his gaze, she would definitely feel scared because the man's eyes were too sharp.

It was so sharp that she had nowhere to hide.

"Master? Are you saying that Feng Chi is your master?"

Ling Yuan raised her eyes unhappily, "Yes, my master, what's wrong, is it not okay?"

"It's not that I can't, but... are you sure she is your master?"

Ling Yuan frowned slightly. What did this guy mean by that? What did he mean by sure? She had said it so clearly, why was he still asking?

It was as if I was giving myself one last chance to speak. Damn, why did this feel so uncomfortable?

Ling Yuan snorted coldly, "Of course I am sure, that's fine."

Unfortunately, before she could utter the rest of the words, someone blocked her mouth. He was so fast that she was caught off guard. By the time she reacted, she had been restrained in his arms.

I just opened my mouth to curse, but before I could even make a sound, I gave the other person an opportunity to take advantage of me.

Poor Ling Yuan opened her eyes blankly and whimpered, while Wei Jie held her palm-sized face in his hands as if he was tasting a rare treasure, but his gentleness seemed to be mixed with a sense of punishment.

The 'smacking' sound of saliva made someone blush, her heart beat faster, and she had difficulty breathing. What was even worse was that she could feel his restless hands constantly stroking her back, and there were even signs that they were moving forward.

Ling Yuan was frightened by such intimate behavior. She pushed him hard with her legs and hands, and finally forced the man to let her go.

The moment she escaped from his control, Ling Yuan instantly stood up from the couch, retreated to the corner cautiously, covered her mouth, and stared at him with grief and anger: "You, you hooligan, shameless!"

Before the addicted Wei Jie could come to his senses, he was already in tears and laughter because of her scolding. As he listened, the smile on his lips grew deeper, and it was mixed with a hint of doting.

This expression was even more horrifying to Ling Yuan. Oh my god, is this really Wei Jie? Did she recognize the wrong person?

"Are you done scolding?" Seeing her standing there in a daze, Wei Jie leisurely sat on the couch and waved at her: "Come here."

Ling Yuan frowned, "Only a fool would go over there. If you let me go over there, I will go over there. Do you think I am..."

"What is it? A kitten? Well, you really look like a cat with its fur standing on end. But you're still pretty cute. Come on, meow a few more times!"

Oh my god, this shameless guy actually said she was a cat with its fur standing on end?

Bark twice more? Do you think I'm a dog who can bark whenever I want?

It's over, it's over. Could Wei Jie be possessed by a ghost? Why does everything feel wrong today?

Wow, you kiss me as soon as you have a disagreement?

Why doesn't he kiss Ling Yuan's face?

As expected, men always look at people through tinted glasses. Ling Yuan couldn't kiss her, so he asked Feng Yan to be the experimental subject?

Just as Ling Yuan was thinking wildly and clenching her fists angrily at a man, Wei Jie's lazy voice sounded slowly.

"It seems that my charm is not enough. Just now, you were just a puddle of mud, but now you are jumping around so happily. Girl, I will give you another chance. Tell me the truth. What is your relationship with the ghost doctor?"

Ling Yuan's eyes darkened, and she subconsciously covered her mouth, staring at him warily: "Didn't I just tell you? It's a master-disciple relationship, what else do you think?"

Wei Jie snorted coldly, his voice gradually becoming colder: "Are you sure? It seems that you still haven't learned the lesson just now. What should I do? Do you want me to continue?"

Damn, it turns out that he kissed her right after a disagreement because she just lied to him?

But damn, how did he know that the Ghost Doctor and her had more than just a master-disciple relationship?

Poor Ling Yuan, she had no idea that the perceptive Wei Jie had already seen through everything and was just waiting for this girl to fall into his trap!

Ling Yuan's eyes rolled around like a cat, and someone who saw her felt as if she had scratched his heart, and felt itchy and unbearable.

He finally found out why women are so attractive to men. Just based on the two kisses just now, he already has feelings for her...

Fortunately, Ling Yuan had not been completely bewitched by him at this time. Since she couldn't say it out loud, she naturally had to avoid him.

"Who are you to me? Why should I tell you? If I say we are master and disciple, then we are master and disciple. Even if you ask me a thousand or ten thousand times, the answer will still be the same."

After saying that, she jumped down from the couch, walked to what she thought was a safe distance, and held out her hand to someone: "Hurry up, give me the money, I'm leaving now. It's dark now, and it's inappropriate for us to be alone. If your princess sees us, wouldn't it be even more troublesome?"

"My princess? Haha, don't you know better whether she is here or not?"

Wei Jie was annoyed by her slowness and simply made things clear.

Unfortunately, Ling Yuan never thought that she could be seen through even in this state. So when Wei Jie said this, she was still confused: "How do I know if your princess is at home? I haven't even seen her, okay?"

"You said you haven't seen her?" The man narrowed his eyes and smiled creepily, and no one knew what he meant.

Ling Yuan curled her lips, "Nonsense, I, Feng Yuan, am not someone that everyone can meet. Are you going to give it to me or not? I've seen shameless people before, but I've never seen anyone as shameless as you. Not paying back the money and herbs you owe is fine, but you even bully women at every turn. You really don't deserve the dignity of a great war king!"

The little girl is getting too arrogant. Wei Jie's thin lips suddenly curled up into a meaningful smile: "You want me to give you money? It's not impossible. How about this, you accept this jade pendant first."

Jade pendant?

Ling Yuan squinted her eyes and saw a blood-red jade pendant lying in Wei Jie's palm. It looked very valuable. What did this person mean? She was here to collect a debt, and she wanted his jade pendant first? Was this person crazy?

When something is abnormal, there must be something wrong. Something is wrong, very wrong.

"Why did you give me the jade pendant?"

"If you don't take the jade pendant, how can you go to the bank to withdraw gold?"

Someone said it as a matter of course, but Ling Yuan was not stupid, "Why bother, you can just give me the gold note, why do I have to go and get it myself?"

"With this token in hand, you can ask for as much as you want. Are you sure you don't want it?"

As soon as the voice fell, someone was about to take it back. Seeing this, Ling Yuan hesitated for a moment before snatching the blood jade from the person's hand, "Who, who said I don't want it? It's a waste of time to take it back."

Well, under the strong temptation of gold, someone's so-called "I'm not stupid" became a piece of plain talk that was forgotten as soon as it was said.

She grabbed his jade pendant and waved it in his direction, "Are you sure I can take as much as I want?"

Wei Jie raised his thick eyebrows, with a clear smile in his cold eyes: "Of course."

Ling Yuan smacked her lips in satisfaction, "Ha, you said it, don't deny it later, I don't intend to be polite with you."

Wei Jie ignored her. He was more curious about how she planned to use the imperial edict from Wei Yuchen.

When asked about this, Ling Yuan actually hadn't thought it through yet. "Keep it for now. He doesn't need it yet. But, aren't you too concerned? This imperial edict is mine. It has nothing to do with you. Don't covet it."

Wei Jie glanced at her calmly and said, "It's getting late. Otherwise, we..."

We? Who the hell is we to you?

Ling Yuan jumped three feet high, "Ah, I suddenly remembered that I have something else to do. Well, thank you for your jade pendant, I will return it to you when I get the money. Now I'm leaving, bye!"

Having said that, without caring about the expression of the man behind him, he looked impatient and quickly jumped into the thick night.

The man who followed her out looked in the direction she disappeared, with a smile of success on his face.

"I'm afraid you won't return the jade pendant."

The next morning, before daybreak, Wei Jie had already started practicing sword skills by the Youyue Lake. No one expected that at this time, a eunuch would come with an imperial decree.

This has been put on hold for three months. Could it be that his good "father" finally remembered him as his younger brother?

Putting down the sword in his hand, Wei Jie walked to the front yard. Without kneeling, he raised his eyebrows and looked at the visitor: "Go ahead."

The eunuch seemed to be accustomed to such situations, and Wei Yuchen himself said that he didn't have to kneel when he saw him. In fact, it was not that he didn't allow others to kneel, but even if he asked others to kneel, they might not give him that face.

That's why he gave himself this way out.

The eunuch who announced the decree was Liu Shi's apprentice Xiao Dengzi. It was almost the same as Wei Jie's guess. Wei Yuchen wanted him to enter the palace to attend court.

Think about it, it has been more than two months since he got married, Wei Yuchen is really patient. However, nearly three months have passed, what's the matter with asking him to go to court today?

He instinctively felt that this was not a good thing. If he didn't want to go, even Wei Yuchen couldn't do anything about it. But he also didn't want their relationship to drag on like this. It was time to end it.

The sky in early July is bright early in the morning. The streets have already been swept clean and the hardworking people have already started their busy day.

Wei Jie did not ride a horse today, but sat leisurely in the sedan chair, guessing the purpose of Wei Yuchen's entry into the palace this time.

His marriage was already set in stone, and even if he disliked Ling Yuan, there was no way to change it.

This person just met Xia Suguang yesterday and summoned him today. Could it be that his visit to the palace this time is related to the Xia brothers and sisters?

After so many years, Wei Jie believed that he understood Wei Yuchen.

He must have had some unspeakable secret in rescuing Xia Suguang and taking him away, but he didn't expect that he would wait so long before coming to him.

It seems that what is coming cannot be stopped, and what needs to be faced must be faced eventually.

The court was relatively peaceful at that time, and all the ministers were doing their own jobs and taking care of their own business.

Although the "Du Zi Ming Ming" affected the entire court situation, Wei Yuchen, who had always been vigorous and resolute, was not to be trifled with. He had filled the vacancies of the deceased officials as soon as possible.

There are only a few people left in the court who can be linked to the Du family massacre. Even if there are some left, they are insignificant people.

But Wei Yuchen himself understood that this did not mean that the death warrant was over, because the other party's clear goal had led to many officials being transferred or resigning recently.

Wei Yuchen was extremely annoyed at their cowardice, but he could not stop their persistence. He thought that enough people were involved in this incident, and he could not let those who followed him feel discouraged because of his persistence.

He simply approved them one by one, whether it was transfer or resignation, all were treated with leniency by him.

While the officials were grateful to him, they also believed that this was what he should give them. After all, if it were not for him, they would not be forced to leave Beijing today.

Because of this move, the entire court underwent a major reshuffle. Due to the scarcity of personnel, Wei Yuchen no longer cared who the replacements were. He only selected the best candidates, and everything was guaranteed by the foundation of Siyou Kingdom.

In this regard, Wei Yuchen's approach was wise. Even if he employed Wei Jie or Wei Ziheng's people, he could not sit idly by and watch the court of Siyou Kingdom fall into chaos.

After more than half a month of recuperation, Wei Ziheng's body has basically recovered, and today is his first day to attend court.

When the court meeting was halfway through, a eunuch came back to report that Prince Feng had arrived.

Wei Ziheng looked at Wei Yuchen in surprise. Apparently, he didn't know about Wei Jie's attendance at court.

Soon, Wei Jie came to the court. He first bowed to Wei Yuchen who was sitting on the high seat, and then looked at Wei Ziheng who was sitting at the first seat: "Is my brother in good health?"

Wei Ziheng nodded repeatedly, "Okay, I'm almost recovered. But you,"

"The Emperor summoned my brother to the palace. What is the matter?"

He didn't think that he was free to come and chat with him, so as soon as Wei Jie stood firm, he didn't even say a word of courtesy and looked directly at Wei Yuchen, whose face had turned cold.

Wei Yuchen snorted coldly, "If I don't summon you to the palace, you won't come? You've been resting for two or three months, don't you have any self-awareness? Do you really think you are a hands-off boss?"

Wei Jie looked up at Wei Yuchen calmly without saying anything.

Even if he didn't say it, other people knew it clearly, so why waste their breath?

Wei Yuchen didn't expect him to answer, but softened his tone and asked with concern: "Are you feeling better now? You're such a fool. You should tell me if you were injured. If I didn't know, how could you have two or three months of leisure time?"

Upon hearing this, Wei Jie couldn't help but look at Wei Yuchen deeply. It was still this guy's usual routine, giving a slap in the face and then a sweet date. It seemed like he cared about her, but in fact, haha, he was really good at finding excuses for himself.

"Thank you for your concern, my dear brother. I am fine now."

"Since there is nothing else to do, then take over the government affairs. The court has not been peaceful recently."

"yes."

The seemingly meaningless conversation between the two brothers sounds different to other people.

Originally everyone thought that Wei Jie was deliberately left out for so long by the emperor because he disobeyed the emperor's order, but according to what he just said, could it be that he was allowed to rest for so long because of His Royal Highness the Phoenix King's injury?

This is what people who don't know the truth think, but the officials on Wei Jie's side know it very well. Even if they are dissatisfied and contemptuous in their hearts, they don't show it on their faces.

Wei Yuchen got a satisfactory response and answer, then he turned to Wei Jie and started talking about business.

"You are not young anymore, and your princess is still young. You can't just waste time like this. So, I have asked the Queen Mother for her opinion and will not arrange another marriage for you. I heard that there is a girl named Xia Yunhe in your mansion?"

Wei Jie raised his head expressionlessly and stared at Wei Yuchen, as if he wanted to see through him.

Wei Yuchen let him look at him like this and said every word he needed to say.

"Since she has lived in your house for so many years, I will make the decision for you and appoint her as your concubine. How about that?"

Haha, is this the condition you agreed upon with Xia Suguang?

Wei Jie sneered, his stern expression did not change at all, and there was no emotional fluctuation in his voice, but anyone could hear the displeasure in his tone.

"The emperor has said so. Do you think I still have room to resist?"

"Don't be upset. I am doing this for your own good. Your princess is so young. You can't wait a few more years for her, right?"

Besides, it looks so disgusting, how can you eat it?

This Xia Yunhe is at least beautiful and talented. Even though her health is not that good, she can still be considered a close friend, right?

Of course, he didn't say this directly, because there was no need to do so. Anyone can tell the difference between good and bad.

Who in the circle in Beijing doesn't know what Ling Yuan looks like?

"Don't worry, the Queen Mother will naturally explain to Princess Feng, and let her come to the palace tomorrow!"

Wei Jie said expressionlessly, "No need. She has been feeling unwell recently and is not fit to enter the palace. The Emperor and the Empress Dowager have already made up their minds. Why bother with this?"

You have already made the decision, why do you still need to inform them? Is it annoying?

They don't need to.

As for Xia Yunhe, whether she is a concubine or a guest, it makes no difference to him. If you want to arrange a marriage for me, just do so. I will just accept it.

Wei Yuchen noticed that Wei Jie's face looked unhappy. If he insisted on letting Ling Yuan enter the palace, it would be inappropriate, so he simply did not insist.