Li Rong received Li Ming's reward and left the palace happily. Not long after leaving the palace, she changed clothes with Jingmei and told Jingmei, "Go back and find my substitute. Tomorrow, people from the Inspection Department will come to seal the mansion. Let the substitute stay in the mansion for the next few days and cover it up well."

Jinglan and Jingmei nodded. Jingmei couldn't help but ask, "Then how will Your Highness arrange it?"

"I'm going to live in the new house."

Li Rong was thinking about Pei Wenxuan, fanning herself absentmindedly. Jingmei didn't understand: "What is your Highness doing in the new house? Is he thinking about his husband?"

Li Rong paused, and Jinglan coughed softly: "Don't worry, Your Highness, Jingmei and I will take care of everything."

With Jinglan's interruption, Li Rong's embarrassment was eased a little. She responded with a "hmm", and seeing that the distance was suitable, she stopped the carriage, got off the carriage disguised as a maid, and led a few guards to a dark place.

After reaching the dark place, the secret guard who went to clear the way turned back and whispered, "Your Highness, no one is following us."

After Li Rong confirmed that it was safe, she turned around and hurried to the new house.

When Li Rong hurried to her newly bought house, Pei Wenxuan was still in the house looking at several alternative examination questions for this year's imperial examination.

Now everything for the imperial examination has been arranged, and we are just waiting for Concubine Rou to handle the case of the substitute examinee and settle the examinees, and then we can prepare for the examination.

Pei Wenxuan was considering the test questions when Tong Ye's voice came from outside, whispering, "Sir, His Highness has sent someone over to see you for something important."

When Pei Wenxuan heard that Li Rong's people were coming, he knew that she had finished her work in the palace. He lowered his head, circled the words on the topic, and wrote the revised comments. While writing, he said slowly: "Come in."

A moment later, a woman in black came in. She was wearing a cloak that covered her face. Pei Wenxuan did not raise his head. He lowered his head to review the memorials and said calmly, "How is Your Highness?"

"I have returned."

A hoarse female voice sounded, and Pei Wenxuan's hand holding the pen paused. He frowned and looked up at the woman standing in the room.

The woman was wearing a veil in a black tent, and her figure and face could not be seen at all. Pei Wenxuan looked at her quietly for a moment, then turned his head and said calmly: "Oh, that's good, Your Highness, do you have anything else to say?"

Li Rong stood there, and when Pei Wenxuan ignored her, as if he didn't recognize her at all, she got a little angry. She suppressed her voice and whispered, "His Highness didn't say anything else, but said that the Princess's Mansion will be closed tomorrow, and he was afraid that you would be lonely after not seeing you for a long time, so he asked me to come and serve you."

"You are an unruly servant." Pei Wenxuan frowned and looked at her, saying coldly, "Get out!"

Li Rong couldn't help but laugh when she saw Pei Wenxuan's chaste appearance.

She reached into the tent and began to take off her clothes one by one. Pei Wenxuan looked away, lowered his head to look at the document in his hand, and said coldly: "What are you doing?"

"Sir, I was brought into the palace by His Highness. You don't have to be nervous," Li Rong said, then she took off her last piece of clothing and walked barefoot towards Pei Wenxuan.

A pair of white, round feet and slender ankles were vaguely revealed under the black cloak, appearing and disappearing under the clothes, and when it fell to the ground, it looked like a lotus.

As she spoke, she passed by the candlestick and swept her wide sleeves, and the whole room became dark.

The woman fell into Pei Wenxuan's arms in the darkness. Her smooth hands came out from under the awning and hooked around Pei Wenxuan's neck. She whispered, "Your Highness won't blame me."

"Really?"

Pei Wenxuan finally couldn't pretend anymore, and his tone became a little bit smiling in the night.

Li Rong realized in an instant that Pei Wenxuan was bluffing her and tried to stand up immediately, but when she was halfway up, she was pulled back by someone and fell completely into his arms.

Pei Wenxuan held her in one hand and lifted her chin with the other hand to look at her in the moonlight. He smiled and looked at the beauty under the moonlight: "Your Highness, are you coming here tonight to throw yourself into my arms and run away with Hongfu?"

Li Rong rolled her eyes when she heard what he said, hooked his neck and sat upright in his arms, and said lazily: "I am desperate and have come to seek refuge with you, sir. I intend to eat your food, drink your water, and use your things."

Li Rong said, raising her eyebrows and looking at him: "Are you willing to do that, sir?"

Pei Wenxuan smiled when he heard this, rubbed her face with his nose, and said softly: "Give you money, when will I be reluctant to live?" Pei Wenxuan kissed her dishonestly, "Everything I have belongs to your Highness."

"Pei Wenxuan," Li Rong said with a bit of pride, "Do you think what we are doing is... a power-for-sex transaction?"

Pei Wenxuan showed a look of surprise: "So, your Highness's beauty can be traded?"

Li Rong thought about it and felt that this was not a nice thing to say. Pei Wenxuan pushed the things on the table behind her, cleaned it, put the person on it, and supported her with both hands above her. He smiled and said, "You should have said it earlier. In the last life, I still had some power. Whatever Your Highness wants, I will give it to you."

"The maid in the palace said that men's words cannot be trusted," Li Rong raised her body and whispered in his ear, "especially in bed."

"For example, someone once told me," Li Rong pointed her finger across Pei Wenxuan's chest, "It's worth dying on me."

"I'm not lying to you."

Pei Wenxuan smiled, and then heard Li Rong groan and hold his hand tightly.

"How did your conversation with His Majesty go tonight?"

Pei Wenxuan's voice was very steady. Li Rong held the edge of the table, and her tone remained as cold as before: "It's almost done. I hinted to him how to issue the conscription order and reminded him of the issue of military power. If he thinks about Qin Lin again, he will secretly give Qin Lin the conscription order."

"After all, the border cannot be lost. He cannot mobilize the troops of the noble families, and he is reluctant to let his own people go to fight. He can only let Qin Lin waste time on the front line."

Pei Wenxuan responded and leaned his hands on the edge of the table. Li Rong gritted her teeth and said nothing, but Pei Wenxuan liked to talk to her at this time, as if he wanted to see how long this person could hold on.

After waiting for a long time, Li Rong's mind was a little distracted, and she lost her temper when talking to Pei Wenxuan. She complained and murmured, "He did everything he could to help Prince Su ascend the throne. He sent Xiao Su to the northwest to give Prince Su military power, let Concubine Rou handle this case of a poor family to accumulate people for Prince Su, and let Su Ronghua be his teacher to let the Jiangnan family establish diplomatic relations with him. He just waited for another ten or twenty years for him to teach Li Cheng into an adult, and then hand over the world to Li Cheng in a safe place. I don't understand, they are both children, how can they be different? If he had any sympathy for me and Chuan'er, he would think of a way..."

"Your Highness," Pei Wenxuan knew that she was thinking about the past without any purpose. He didn't want her to think about it, so he intertwined his fingers with hers and asked her softly, "You came to my house because you missed me?"

Li Rong had a hard time thinking and responded vaguely. Pei Wenxuan lowered his head and kissed her: "Are you going to stay here just like this?"

"Yeah." Li Rong closed her eyes and whispered, "I've been hiding here with you lately, waiting for you to come back in your room every day..."

Li Rong hadn't finished her words, and she didn't know what Pei Wenxuan was thinking, and everything stopped.

Li Rong stared blankly, Pei Wenxuan was also a little embarrassed. After a moment of silence, Li Rong smiled and said, "Let someone fetch some water."

Pei Wenxuan stood up, carried Li Rong back to the couch, and asked someone to get some water.

After the two of them washed up, they lay on the bed together. Pei Wenxuan asked about the layout of the princess's mansion, and after confirming that there was no problem, he held the person in his arms.

His movements were heavy, as if he was very happy. Li Rong thought about what had just happened and couldn't help but feel a little strange. She raised her hands to her ears and looked at Pei Wenxuan sideways: "What were you thinking about just now that made you so excited?"

When Pei Wenxuan heard her questions, Li Rong felt that he seemed to be blushing even at night.

Li Rong couldn't help but reach out to touch his face to confirm whether it was burned. Pei Wenxuan quickly pushed her hand away and whispered, "Stop it."

"Are you blushing?" Li Rong asked quickly. Pei Wenxuan pressed Li Rong into his arms and said, "Your Highness, go to sleep."

The more Pei Wenxuan tried to cover it up, the more curious Li Rong became. She poked her head out of his arms, hugged him and said, "Tell me, how can I sleep if you don't tell me?"

As she spoke, she raised her hand and touched his earlobe, confirming that it was indeed hot.

She shook Pei Wenxuan and asked, "If you hadn't told everyone to stop sleeping, I could still catch up on my sleep during the day, and you still had to go to court..."

"All right."

Pei Wenxuan was somewhat helpless and opened his eyes: "Then I said, you can't laugh at me."

"I promise not to laugh." Li Rong blinked, "Hurry up and tell me."

"Actually, I have always had a wish in my heart."

Pei Wenxuan's voice was very soft. He hugged Li Rong and spoke softly, "I hope that one day, Your Highness can be my own Highness alone. It doesn't have to be too long. Just a few months, a few days, or even a few hours will make me happy."

This was an answer that Li Rong did not expect. After all, she had experienced sex before. At first, she thought Pei Wenxuan would give her a more "human" reason. However, she found that every time she thought Pei Wenxuan was indulging in the joy of sex, this man would give her a more gentle response beyond sex.

She leaned against Pei Wenxuan gently, and after a moment's pause, she asked, "How can I be considered your Highness?"

Pei Wenxuan was a little surprised when he heard Li Rong's reply. After a moment, he lowered his head and kissed her forehead: "That's it, it's good."

"You are in my arms and I am in your heart."

"That's enough."

Li Rong didn't say anything, she just looked up at him.

"Your Highness," Pei Wenxuan smiled, holding her hand, and said softly, "With me here, you can move on from the past."

No matter whether Li Ming cares about her or not, no matter whether Shangguan Yue loves her or Li Chuan, no matter whether anyone liked her in the past, no matter how many broken relationships she has seen and how much darkness in human nature, as long as Pei Wenxuan is there, he will not let her drown in the past.

He would pull her out and move towards a better future together.