After Li Rong and Pei Wenxuan finished playing a game of chess, they received news from their servants that Shangguan Ya had been released from prison. Someone had also brought her a message saying that her mission had been accomplished and that she had become friends with Young Master Su.

Li Rong couldn't help laughing when she heard this. She looked up at Pei Wenxuan and said gently, "If Su Ronghua heard this, she would probably be suspicious again."

"Ms. Shangguan is just like that. Mr. Su will get used to it in the end."

Pei Wenxuan looked at the sky and reminded him, "Your Highness, it's time to go to bed."

"You don't sleep much, but you are too controlling of me."

Li Rong was complaining, but she got up. Pei Wenxuan went over and helped her take off her coat. After washing up together, they went to bed. Li Rong lay on the bed, unable to sleep.

Pei Wenxuan noticed that she didn't seem to be planning to go to sleep right away, so he closed his eyes, turned sideways, looked at Li Rong and asked, "What are you thinking about, Your Highness?"

"Think about what will happen in the palace tonight."

"Your Highness, don't worry," Pei Wenxuan comforted Li Rong, "Your Majesty is suspicious, Concubine Rou was just a knife for him, and you are now a bargaining chip in His Majesty's plan to deal with the aristocratic families. You are still useful. Concubine Rou is plotting to harm you without authorization, which is a rebellion against His Majesty."

"Um."

Li Rong responded, Pei Wenxuan thought for a moment, and suddenly said, "There will be a lantern festival in the next few days, Your Highness, do you want to go and see it?"

"The lantern show?" Li Rong knew Pei Wenxuan wanted to change the subject, so she followed his example, turned sideways, put her fingers on his chest, and said coquettishly, "Master Pei, are you asking me out?"

Pei Wenxuan couldn't help laughing when he heard Li Rong say this. His laugh was very low, and when he laughed, Li Rong could clearly feel the slight vibration coming from his chest under her fingertips.

Li Rong saw him laughing and glared at him slowly: "Still laughing? If you laugh again, I won't have time for you."

"Then I won't laugh," Pei Wenxuan stopped laughing, but the curve of his mouth remained on his face, "Your Highness has time now?"

"You should prepare first," Li Rong said casually, "We'll see if we have time."

"Okay," Pei Wenxuan nodded, "I rented a boat, and I'll row it for Your Highness when the time comes. I've heard that there will be sky lanterns that night, and there will be a lot of people on the shore. I'll take you to the center of the lake to watch."

"I would have forgotten if you hadn't told me." Li Rong was actually expectant after hearing Pei Wenxuan's words. She raised her hands and put them under her ears. "You can also row a boat."

"Luzhou has a lot of water," Pei Wenxuan said slowly as he recalled his youth. "During the three years of mourning, I really liked to row a boat out by myself, find a random place to stop, bask in the sun, take a nap, and then row back when I woke up, picking some lotus seeds on the way."

Li Rong listened to Pei Wenxuan say this. This was a world she had never experienced before.

She had lived in Huajing since she was born, and had never experienced the peaceful time described by Pei Wenxuan, walking casually on the street, having her own small boat, and on summer afternoons, there were vast expanses of lotus flowers.

Just find a place to take a nap, read a book, or go fishing for the whole afternoon. It doesn’t matter if you don’t catch any fish.

"Sometimes I would bring some lotus leaves back home. An old lady taught me how to wrap glutinous rice in lotus leaves, put some chicken nuggets, chestnuts, and spices in them, and steam them together. It has a unique flavor."

"Have you learned how to make it?" Li Rong felt hungry after hearing what he said. Pei Wenxuan smiled and said, "Want to eat?"

"Yes, you said it so well," Li Rong said frankly, "Not only do I want to eat, I even want to go to Luzhou."

"Then when we are old and I retire to my hometown, we will go there."

"I'm old, and I'm afraid I won't be able to walk," Li Rong sighed, "My legs and feet are not good."

"It's okay, I'll carry you."

Pei Wenxuan raised his hand and stroked Li Rong's hair. He looked at her like a child and said, "Besides, I will take good care of you in this life. Even if you get old, you won't feel as miserable as you did in your last life."

Pei Wenxuan said, thinking of the last time Li Rong was sick in her previous life, he couldn't help but reach out and hold her in his arms, sighing, "Go to sleep."

Li Rong was held in his arms, with her head resting on his chest, and she couldn't help feeling a little sleepy.

It's an indescribable sense of security, like a tired bird returning to its nest or a traveler returning home.

Li Rong suddenly realized that she had developed a sense of security with this person without knowing when.

Pei Wenxuan held Li Rong in his arms. After a long while, he could hear Li Rong's even breathing. He lowered his head and kissed her, then finally closed his eyes and fell asleep.

The two of them slept until midnight when Pei Wenxuan heard an urgent knock on the door. Li Rong moved, and Pei Wenxuan held her down, saying in a steady voice, "I'll go check."

Pei Wenxuan stood up, put on a coat and walked to the door. When he opened the door, he saw Tong Ye standing at the door. He lowered his voice and spoke a few words to Pei Wenxuan quickly. Pei Wenxuan's eyes turned cold and he only said, "Are you sure?"

At this time, Li Rong also put on her clothes and walked to the door. She heard Tong Ye whispered, "It is confirmed that Concubine Rou brought Master Hongde into Yu's study. The old bald donkey was telling the truth. He only said that someone from the princess's mansion asked him to change the prince's wedding date."

Pei Wenxuan did not speak, so Tong Ye continued, "His Majesty was extremely angry and intended to summon Your Highness immediately, but the messenger was called back as soon as he left the palace."

"Anything else?" Pei Wenxuan asked calmly. This matter didn't seem to have any impact on him. Tong Ye was infected by the calmness in Pei Wenxuan's words. His panic just now gradually disappeared. He calmed down and continued, "Nothing else. His Majesty doesn't seem to intend to investigate this matter."

Pei Wenxuan nodded, and after thinking for a moment, he whispered: "Leave the city immediately tonight and go to Qingshui County next door. Find a laundry worker named Tian Fang, give her three hundred taels of silver, tell her that her husband has been found, and let her bring her mother-in-law to Huajing to recognize her relatives."

"Yes." Tong Ye responded. Li Rong, who was listening nearby, immediately understood what Pei Wenxuan was doing and asked directly, "Are you looking for the scandal of Master Hongde?"

"Yes." Pei Wenxuan turned to look at her, "The kind that will find evidence soon."

Li Rong turned around and went back to the table. She wrote down a list with names and addresses on it and handed it to Tong Ye: "Look for them according to the list and tell them directly that the quack who deceived them before has been found. Let them come and identify him."

Tong Ye was stunned. He didn't expect Li Rong to give him such a list. Li Rong saw that Tong Ye was stunned, so she pushed the list forward and urged him, "Take it."

Tong Ye finally reacted, quickly took the list, and left.

After everyone left, Li Rong turned to look at Pei Wenxuan, pulled her clothes, and asked calmly: "What's wrong?"

"Just now, news came from the palace that Concubine Rou summoned Master Hongde to the palace to meet the emperor."

Li Rong's expression remained unchanged. She stared at Pei Wenxuan: "He is going to the palace to see the emperor. Why are you panicking?"

"After the Spring Festival, I sent someone to look for him." Pei Wenxuan told the truth. Li Rong frowned, "Why did you look for him?"

"I have told His Highness that if we want to completely solve the problem of His Highness the Crown Prince's marriage, letting this person come out to make a prediction for the Crown Prince's marriage is a once-and-for-all solution."

"Didn't I tell you too?" Li Rong controlled her emotions, "Chuan'er has already agreed to be chosen as a concubine, why are you still worrying about this?!"

Pei Wenxuan didn't say anything. Li Rong stared at him. After a brief silence, Li Rong closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and then asked, "Did you leave any evidence?"

"No." Pei Wenxuan said decisively, "I asked the secret guards to find him. I didn't tell him who I was, nor did I directly tell him about the prince. I just asked someone to test him once, and found that he was too timid, so I didn't continue."

"Then why is he entering the palace now?" Li Rong asked quickly.

If Pei Wenxuan had only tried it once and had not taken any actual action, how would Concubine Rou have found this person and let him enter the palace?

“That’s what I want to know.”

Pei Wenxuan said calmly, "People in the palace said that after this old bald donkey entered the palace, he filed a complaint against you, saying that people in the princess's mansion asked him to postpone the prince's wedding to five years later."

Li Rong looked at Pei Wenxuan in shock. Pei Wenxuan continued, "I didn't go looking for this bald donkey rashly. This matter shouldn't be known to anyone else."

Li Rong didn't say anything. Pei Wenxuan saw her expression and clenched his fists unconsciously.

He wanted to say something, but looking at Li Rong's expression, he didn't dare to say it.

He didn't want her to know about this, and even, if possible, he hoped to keep it secret for the rest of his life.

He is confident that he can defeat Su Rongqing of this life, but what if it is Su Rongqing who has been with Li Rong for more than 20 years?

He didn't dare to compete.

He and Li Rong had just started their life, and he didn't want to take any risks at this time.

After a brief moment of shock, Li Rong quickly controlled her emotions and said, "What should we do now?"

"His Majesty has not summoned Your Highness yet because he is concerned about the Inspection Department in Your Highness' hands," Pei Wenxuan analyzed, "but if His Majesty has already made up his mind, he will definitely be jealous of Your Highness. What we can do now is to minimize the impact of this incident."

"How to dispel it?"

"In two days, Your Highness will go to Huguo Temple to arrest people." Pei Wenxuan looked at Li Rong and analyzed, "Now that His Majesty will not release people from the palace for the time being, you go to Huguo Temple to arrest people, and reveal the background of Master Hongde, saying that you are investigating this evil monk who cheated people and killed people. In this way, you can directly say that the people from the Princess's Mansion went to Huguo Temple to investigate a case. As for what the Princess's Mansion said to him specifically, they will insist that they never said it, and we don't know."

"It will take a lot of time to collect all the evidence, but if we can handle this case properly in these two days, it will be hard for everyone to believe that we are handling the case temporarily. If you are not handling the case temporarily, and you know that Hongde is a demon monk, then it would be natural for the people in the princess's mansion to find Hongde before. Instead, it is a very stupid move for you to find a charlatan to help you promote the prince."

"That's the only way." Li Rong nodded calmly, and after she finished speaking, the two fell silent again.

In fact, they all had countless things to say, but when the words came to their lips, they couldn't say them.

The two of them seemed to have touched upon an unspeakable topic at the same time. Li Rong was silent for a long time, and finally said, "Go to sleep. Since the emperor has not summoned you now, you should just bear with this matter."

She endured it calmly on the surface, but secretly, Li Ming probably wouldn't give her so much power anymore.

If Pei Wenxuan hadn't had deep connections in the palace to find out this news, she would have had to bear the consequences herself.

With Concubine Rou's ability, she couldn't have planned this.

Putting aside other things, just the reason why they found Master Hongde is strange enough.

Li Rong pondered, and the thoughts that had once appeared in her mind came to her mind again.

She couldn't help but think of the day when she married Pei Wenxuan in this life and Su Rongqing came to pick her up. She suddenly remembered so clearly the tone of his parallel prose.

"Love can chase the sun and moon, and look forward to the peach blossoms next year."

She then realized that the elegant young man paused for a moment before reading this sentence, in a strange, unusual, and even inappropriate manner.

Li Rong subconsciously clenched her fists. The moment she tried to control her emotions and turned around, Pei Wenxuan suddenly grabbed her hand, pulled her into his arms and kissed her!

Li Rong was startled by his sudden action and pushed him away almost instinctively, but at the moment she pushed him away, she realized something and wanted to stop.

But Pei Wenxuan had no time to notice her emotions. When she tried to push him away, he just held her hand tightly, pushed her against the pillar, and kissed her like biting her.

His body was trembling slightly and he closed his eyes tightly.

His movements were reckless yet restrained, and his bite hurt Li Rong a little.

Li Rong frowned. She knew she couldn't provoke Pei Wenxuan at this moment, so she stood quietly and endured all the pain. Pei Wenxuan's movements slowly slowed down. After waiting for a long time, Li Rong spoke calmly and reminded him: "Pei Wenxuan."

Pei Wenxuan put his hands on her shoulders, he distanced them and panted softly.

"sorry……"

Pei Wenxuan said in a low voice: "I'm sorry..."

He didn't say it, and he didn't seem to know what to say to apologize.

Li Rong stood there quietly for a long time before she heard Pei Wenxuan speak: "Rongrong," Pei Wenxuan said, raising his head and forcing a smile, "Let's have a baby, okay?"

As soon as he said this, Pei Wenxuan closed his eyes in pain.

He felt a little disgusting.

How could he be so hateful?

How could he think of using a child to keep Li Rong?

How could Pei Wenxuan live like this?

“I’m sorry, I just…” Pei Wenxuan took back his hand from Li Rong’s shoulder, trying to be as decent as possible, and said slowly, “I just…”

Before he could finish his words, Li Rong reached out and hugged him tightly.

"How many children do you want?" She whispered. Pei Wenxuan was stunned for a moment, and then he heard the girl leaning on his chest and asked with some expectation, "Boys or girls?"

Pei Wenxuan listened to these words, and for some reason he felt a little sad.

His eyelashes fluttered slightly, and after a long time, he finally replied in a hoarse voice.

"I want you."

"I don't want a child," Pei Wenxuan hugged Li Rong and buried his face in Li Rong's shoulder, "I want you."