Pei Wenxuan looked at Li Rong for a long time without saying anything. Li Rong couldn't help but smile: "You always talk a lot, why don't you say a few words?"

Pei Wenxuan held the tablet in his hands and let it hang naturally in front of him. He lowered his head and chuckled. Li Rong raised her eyebrows: "What are you laughing at?"

"Your Highness," Pei Wenxuan looked at her with a smile, "After all these years, you are still very lovely."

Li Rong was a little confused. Just at this moment, the eunuch's voice came from the hall: "Announce, Princess Pingle, Pei Wenxuan, enter the hall——"

Hearing this call, the two men immediately straightened their expressions, looked at each other, and then walked into the hall one after the other.

In the main hall, Concubine Ning and Yang Quan's father, Yang Lie, the head of the Yang family, were kneeling on the ground together. Li Ming was sitting on a high seat, watching the two people walk in. Li Rong and Pei Wenxuan looked straight ahead, knelt beside Concubine Ning, and saluted Li Ming.

"Pingle," Li Ming asked the two people to stand up and said calmly, "I asked you to preside over the Yang family case before. How did you investigate it?"

Li Rong didn't dare to answer Li Ming's question too thoroughly. If she answered too thoroughly and too cleverly, she would arouse Li Ming's suspicion. So Li Rong smiled and coughed lightly, "This is a case that Master Pei is helping me with. He can speak, but I am not very good at it. Let Master Pei speak."

"Pei Wenxuan."

"I am here."

Pei Wenxuan stepped forward. Li Ming looked at the young ministers who stepped out of the line and said slowly, "Some time ago, you were accused of murdering the wealthy businessman Tuoba Yan. Recently, this Tuoba Yan came back to life and went to Shuntian Prefecture to file a complaint, saying that the Yang family sent people to hunt him down. Do you know?"

"Your Majesty," Pei Wenxuan said respectfully, "Please allow me to report this matter in detail."

"Go ahead."

"Two months ago, Princess Pingle held a spring banquet in her suburban villa. Yang Quan wanted to marry the princess, so he sent people to ambush the princess on her way back to the palace, hoping to be a hero and save the beauty, so as to deceive the princess. On the way back home, I noticed Yang Quan's intention. In order to save the princess, I had a conflict with Yang Quan, and then I was rescued by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. The Crown Prince took me and the princess into the palace. I met His Majesty. His Majesty was frightened by me and sent people to escort me back to the palace. Unexpectedly, Yang Quan hated me for ruining his plan, and he was so bold that he ambushed and assassinated me on my way back home. In a hurry, I accidentally killed the second son of Yang."

"Your Majesty learned that Yang Quan acted so boldly, so he specially appointed Princess Pingle as the chief judge, and I, your humble servant, as the assistant, and Minister Su as the supervisor, to jointly investigate Yang. I have received your orders. After I opened a case and conducted a thorough investigation, I had someone secretly write a letter to expose Yang's actions in the northwest, saying that Yang had been colluding with the enemy and selling out the country for many years."

"You're talking nonsense!"

After hearing this, Yang Lie yelled at Pei Wenxuan. Pei Wenxuan remained calm. Li Rong stood aside, fanning herself with a smile. She looked at Pei Wenxuan and continued in a calm voice, "According to what this person said, Rong is a bitterly cold country. To this day, swords are still mostly made of copper. It's just a small barbarian country. It was the Yang family who reached an agreement with Rong to consolidate their position. Every autumn, Rong would send troops to invade. Yang would ask for soldiers and food. After getting them, they would share the food with Rong. It was a fake war, but it was actually a show. Over the years, all the big and small victories were just Rong taking money to cooperate with Yang in the show..."

"You little brat!"

Yang Lie stood up excitedly. Li Rong saw Yang Lie's action, clenched the golden fan in her hand, and shouted: "Kneel down!"

Her rebuke was so powerful that Yang Lie sobered up a little. He gritted his teeth and knelt down again. Pei Wenxuan glanced at him calmly and continued, "This is just one family's opinion, but since there is such a rumor, I will naturally go to verify it. I heard that there is a foreign merchant Tuoba Yan in Huajing who has bought Yang's cultural relics many times. So I asked the princess for permission to go find Tuoba Yan to investigate the case. When we got to Tuoba Yan, In the palace, I stole the account book of the transaction between Tuoba Yan and Yang family, and found that in recent years, Yang family has received a lot of money from Tuoba Yan alone. The antiques purchased by Tuoba Yan from Yang family were far higher than the normal price, which was obviously not an ordinary transaction. So I followed the clues and asked the Ministry of War to verify, compared all the account books, and checked and interrogated the relevant personnel one by one. "

"This matter may have reached Concubine Ning's ears," Pei Wenxuan looked at Concubine Ning, who was kneeling on the ground with an unmoved expression. Pei Wenxuan turned his head and continued, "In order to eliminate the evidence, they killed Tuoba Yan and framed me and Princess Pingle. At the same time, Yang Lie learned that his family was trapped in his mansion, so he planned to kill the commander-in-chief at the front line, and then submitted his resignation to threaten Your Majesty."

"Your Majesty," Pei Wenxuan raised his head, his expression solemn, "Now the accounts of the ten years of the northwest front, the accounts of the Ministry of War, and the accounts in Tuoba Yan's hands have all been reconciled. The money and time that Tuoba Yan transferred to the Yang family's mansion are consistent with the accounts recorded in the Ministry of War and the front-line accounts. Together with the confessions of Tuoba Yan and others, it is enough to prove that the Yang family has enriched themselves in the border areas over the years."

"Why were they able to leave so much money? Now the frontline reports that the Rong Kingdom had a large number of our Great Xia weapons during the attack. All the evidence combined shows that what the original informant said is indeed true."

"What the Yang family did was to deceive the emperor and pervert the law, harm the country and the people, they did not respect the emperor, did not care about the people, and colluded with the enemy to deceive our Great Xia. Your Majesty," Pei Wenxuan knelt down and kowtowed, "Such a serious crime, the Yang family cannot be kept!"

After Pei Wenxuan finished speaking, all the civil and military officials in the court were shocked. They stared blankly at Yang Lie and Concubine Ning who were kneeling. After a long time, Li Ming spoke up: "Yang Lie, do you have anything else to say?"

Yang Lie knelt on the ground, lowered his head, thought for a long time, and laughed sarcastically: "Whatever your majesty says, that's it."

"Concubine Ning," Li Ming looked at Concubine Ning and said calmly, "What about you?"

As Concubine Ning listened to Li Ming's words, she raised her hands to support her knees and stood up gracefully.

"Now that things have come to this, what is the point of your Majesty asking these questions?"

Concubine Ning raised her head and looked at Li Ming: "What crime did the Yang family commit? Wasn't that all your majesty's intention? Your majesty needed the Yang family, and the Yang family was at the border, fighting for half their lives. Now your majesty thinks that the Yang family is hindering your majesty and wants to support the prince, so the Yang family colluded with the enemy, sold out the country, and deceived the emperor and broke the law. Ha..." Concubine Ning laughed out loud, "So funny, so funny!"

"Yang Wan!"

Li Ming shouted: "How dare you!"

"I am presumptuous?!" Concubine Ning pointed her finger at Li Ming and shouted, "You, Li, have forced me to this point, and you still won't allow me to be presumptuous?! I tell you," Concubine Ning turned her head and looked at the court officials, "My Yang's today is your tomorrow..."

"Someone come here," Li Ming ordered coldly, "Drag this crazy woman out."

As they spoke, the soldiers rushed up and tried to pull Concubine Ning away.

Concubine Ning was born in a military family. She struggled hard but could not get out. She pushed the soldiers away and rushed to Li Rong: "Li Rong, you fool! He has wanted to get rid of Li Chuan for a long time! None of the men he arranged for you to marry are good! He wants to marry you off and let you die outside, and you still respect and love him... You Li family members will not die well! You will not die well!"

The soldiers pulled Concubine Ning, and she rushed towards Li Rong as if she was fighting for her life.

Pei Wenxuan stood in front of Li Rong without leaving any trace. Li Rong looked at Concubine Ning quietly, her expression as calm as death. Concubine Ning roared and screamed until the last moment when she pulled out the golden hairpin from her head. Li Ming shouted loudly: "Kill her!"

The sword suddenly pierced through Concubine Ning's body. At that moment, Pei Wenxuan subconsciously raised his hand to cover Li Rong's eyes.

Blood splashed on Pei Wenxuan's sleeves as he blocked Li Rong's way. Li Rong held the golden fan in her hand, lowered her eyes, and remained motionless.

She could see Concubine Ning's blood seeping into the hall and spreading all the way to her.

Then she heard someone dragging Concubine Ning out, and she suddenly said, "Wait."

Everyone looked at her, and saw her use her golden fan to press down Pei Wenxuan's hand that was blocking his eyes. She looked at Concubine Ning who was being dragged out like a pig and dog, and said calmly: "The aristocratic family should not be humiliated. Bring a white cloth and carry her out properly."

As she spoke, she took off her coat, walked up to Concubine Ning, and covered her with it.

After a while, people from outside came over with a stretcher, put Concubine Ning on the stretcher, covered her with a white cloth, and carried her away.

Pei Wenxuan walked behind Li Rong, looked at Yang Lie, and said, "General Yang, do you plead guilty?"

Yang Lie raised his head and looked at Li Rong with cloudy eyes. After a long while, he kowtowed and said in a low voice: "I admit my guilt."

The words “I, your humble servant, know my guilt” heralded the end of the Yang family.

Li Ming paused for a moment, then said rather tiredly, "Take him away. The next matter will be handed over to the Ministry of Justice. All members of the Yang family will be detained. Considering that his ancestors have made contributions to the court, we will keep their bodies intact and give them poison."

"Your humble servant..." Yang Lie trembled and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

After Yang Lie admitted his crime, he was taken away. Li Rong and Pei Wenxuan also retreated together. When they reached the door, Yang Lie staggered. Pei Wenxuan reached out to support him. Yang Lie raised his head and looked quietly at the young man who put his entire family to death.

"Do you know what you are doing?"

He spoke hoarsely: "Young man, it's not that easy to be a knife."

Pei Wenxuan looked calm. He raised his eyes and looked at Yang Lie: "General Yang, do you know what you are doing?"

Yang Lie didn't quite understand, so Pei Wenxuan helped him out and said calmly, "I've read General Yang's poems when he was young. He once wrote, 'The white horse leads the sword to the north, sweeping across the Tianguan Pass to repay the country's kindness.' Do you remember it, General?"

Yang Lie looked dazed. After a moment, he smiled bitterly: "Someone actually knows this."

"You are young and ambitious, why don't you continue?"

Pei Wenxuan looked up at him, and Yang Lie shook his head: "One person cannot clean up the quagmire."

"Officials protect each other and have complicated relationships. Master Pei comes from an aristocratic family, so he should understand these principles better than me. Young people may have lofty ambitions, but in the end they will always find that what the elders say is always right."

Yang Lie smiled lightly and patted Pei Wenxuan on the shoulder.

"Master Pei, please send it here."

Having said that, Yang Lie turned around, with an iron chain on his hand, and walked slowly and steadily.

"One day, Master Pei will know what I mean."

Pei Wenxuan said nothing. He stood on the stairs with his hands clasped in his sleeves, watching Yang Lie walk away quietly.

Li Rong stood beside Pei Wenxuan and whispered, "Why ask these questions to a dying man?"

"A dying person," Pei Wenxuan said calmly, "will tell you why he died, and then you will know how not to die because of that, and not to let others die because of that."

"Didn't you understand what he said a long time ago?" Li Rong chuckled. "You've lived for fifty years, but have you lived in vain?"

Hearing this, Pei Wenxuan also laughed: "Princess Buman, I really don't understand what he said even after living for fifty years."

"You're lying." Li Rong said immediately, "If you don't understand this, why are you fighting with me for the throne? When you were young, you also said that you wanted the people to live a better life, but in the end, didn't you still fight with me for private rights?"

Pei Wenxuan was silent when he heard this. He wanted to explain, but he knew that his explanation should not be known to Li Rong.

Li Rong could never understand his ambition, his aspirations, and his almost naive ideas.

Because Li Rong was born in a high place, she had never walked through the fields, seen the mountains and rivers, made friends of all kinds in Luzhou, or seen the hardships of the people like him.

Maintaining orthodoxy and stability is Li Rong's belief. But he knows very well that if he persists in such a belief, the end of Daxia is foreseeable.

But he couldn't say these words, and Li Rong couldn't understand them either.

Seeing that he didn't say anything, Li Rong thought that she had hit his soft spot, but she also felt that her words were too harsh. She walked forward with him while tapping her palms with her fan, trying to change the subject: "But people are like this. Didn't I think about these things when I was young? You are still afraid that I will see blood today. I have seen a lot..."

"Li Rong," Pei Wenxuan suddenly interrupted her, his expression showing no joy or anger. Li Rong turned to look at him and saw him say, "Every time you see blood, your left hand will tremble."

Li Rong slowly calmed down, and Pei Wenxuan continued, "You always tell me that you and Su Rongqing are not sincere, and that you are selfish. But not everyone can take the risk of putting a piece of clothing on a dead person in the court because they can't bear it."

"What you say may not be true," Pei Wenxuan stopped when they reached the palace gate and turned to look at her, "and some words may be jokes, but they may not be false."

"For example?"

Li Rong asked directly. Pei Wenxuan looked at her for a long time, and then he suddenly said, "I'm afraid we won't see each other again before we get married after leaving the palace this time. I plan to rebuild my previous information network in the short term, and I need some money."

Li Rong: “…”

"I really want to know," Li Rong looked at Pei Wenxuan with admiration, "how can you ask for money from women so easily?"

"Because the money you give me today, I can return it double in the future," Pei Wenxuan smiled calmly, "Do you want to do this business?"

In his previous life, Pei Wenxuan's dark web was stronger than Li Chuan's. He had his own system in building the dark web to ensure its efficiency. Many of Li Rong's information channels had to go through him, and the dark web was accompanied by major shopping malls. It can be said that most of Li Rong's wealth in the second half of his life, which was free from worries about food and clothing, came from the money he invested in Pei Wenxuan in the early days.

Anyone who doesn't do this kind of business that is sure to make money is a fool.

Li Rong was not a fool, so she took out her token and handed it to Pei Wenxuan: "If you have any problems, go to the princess's mansion to find the housekeeper. But I have to tell you, I don't have much money now, I only have this little assets, so don't do anything rash."

"It seems that Princess Shang is not that good," Pei Wenxuan took the token and showed a look of disdain, "I wonder if other princesses will have more money..."

"Give it back to me!"

Li Rong reached out to grab the token, but Pei Wenxuan held it behind his back and held Li Rong with his other hand, saying, "Pay attention to your manners, Your Highness. I know I am very pretty, so please don't molest me."

"Pei Wenxuan," Li Rong was almost laughing at his anger, "You are shameless!"

Pei Wenxuan raised his eyebrows and smiled, with a smug look in his eyes. Then he turned his head, put his hands behind his back, walked towards the palace gate and said, "Princess, just send me here. I will take my leave now."

"Who gave it to you? You have to keep a record of every penny I spent! I want to check the accounts!" Li Rong wanted to tear him apart, but with so many people around, she couldn't say too much. After yelling, she calmed down a little and was about to leave when Pei Wenxuan suddenly stopped her and said, "There's more,"

Li Rong turned around and looked at the young man in front of the palace gate. He stopped and looked back at her. He suddenly smiled and said, "If there is a next time, I will still cover your eyes."

Li Rong was stunned.

"Girl," Pei Wenxuan's eyes were filled with an indescribable tenderness, like a warm summer breeze, gently curling around her. He lowered his voice and said gently, "It's always good to have someone to protect you."

After Pei Wenxuan said this, he really didn't look back and walked out of the palace.

Li Rong stared at his back quietly, and for a moment, she actually felt that even though she had known him for more than 30 years, she seemed to have never really understood what kind of person Pei Wenxuan was.

She was in a daze for a moment, and then she heard Jinglan say, "Your Highness, His Majesty seems to have left the court."

After hearing this, Li Rong came back to her senses, sorted out some of her thoughts, turned around and said, "Go find His Majesty."

Li Rong asked someone to inform Li Ming, and then hurried over to have dinner with Li Ming.

Li Ming had just come to the Palace of Supreme Harmony after leaving the court. After changing into his casual clothes, he was washing his hands with a handkerchief when he heard the announcement that Li Rong had arrived. He smiled and asked someone to call Li Rong in. After Li Rong saluted him, Li Ming looked Li Rong up and down and said with a smile, "You've lost weight."

"That place is totally unsuitable to stay in," Li Rong said unhappily, "How can I not lose weight?"

"Why," Li Ming threw the hot towel back into the basin and walked to the dining table, "blame me?"

"Not really," Li Rong sighed, "It's the Yang family that's going too far. Father, you have your own difficulties, and I know that."

"You understand all this?" Li Ming smiled and asked her to sit down. "You have grown up."

"What's so difficult about this?" Li Rong sat down. "I understood it as soon as Pei Wenxuan said it."

Li Ming listened to Li Rong talking about Pei Wenxuan and couldn't help but look at her a little more: "I heard that you were imprisoned with him?"

"Yes," Li Rong said casually as she picked up the chopsticks, "Otherwise I wouldn't know anyone and would be alone at night. How scary it would be."

"You two have been together for quite some time." Li Ming took the fish that the eunuch had picked out the bones from and said slowly, "What do you think of him?"

"Ah?" Li Rong was a little stiff when she heard this. An unnatural look flashed across her face. She whispered, "It's... okay."

"What else could it mean?" Li Ming saw Li Rong's expression and understood what was going on. He laughed and said, "I gave you four candidates. Yang Quan is gone. You have to choose one, right?"

"It's just..." Li Rong blushed, "It's just... it's good."

Li Ming rarely saw Li Rong being shy, and couldn't help laughing out loud: "When did we Pingle become unable to speak clearly? Is it because the Pei family kid is not good enough? If not, Cui Yulang and Ning Shizi, you choose one."

“I didn’t say he couldn’t do it.”

Li Rong was anxious and said quickly: "Mr. Pei is fine."

"That's the truth."

Li Ming picked up his chopsticks and took some food. He smiled and said, "No one has been able to control you for so many years. This Pei family kid is quite capable. What did he say to you? I locked you up, and you still come to cry and scold me?"

"He told me that my father loves me and would definitely help me if he could. You must be in trouble, otherwise you wouldn't treat me like this. Father and daughter are of the same mind. I stand by my father, and I will always be his sweetheart."

"He is right about that." Li Ming sighed, "You have grown up a lot in prison. Where is your mother? Has she visited you?"

Li Rong immediately showed a disappointed look when she heard what Li Ming said: "She... must have her own difficulties."

Li Ming sneered: "She does have problems. She doesn't care about you in prison at all. She quarrels with me every day for Chuan'er and never mentions you."

Li Rong's eyes were red when she heard this. Li Ming paused while eating. After a moment, he slowly said, "Father is there for you. You don't have to be sad. I didn't arrange a marriage between you and Pei Wenxuan in the palace today because I thought it would be bad to see blood. I'll have someone deliver the imperial decree of marriage to Pei's house later. When you get married, you can live in the princess's house in the future, and you don't have to worry about the affairs in the palace."

"Will I not be able to live in the palace from now on?"

Li Rong raised her head and looked at Li Ming with red eyes. Li Ming smiled helplessly: "How can there be a princess who lives in the palace all the time? Now that you are married, you can live a good life with Pei Wenxuan."

Li Rong lowered her head, looking a little sad again. Li Ming paused for a moment and said, "Alas, you cried all the way through the meal. Let's not talk about this anymore. Let's be cheerful and talk about your marriage. I plan to set the wedding date for the third day of next month. What do you think?"

"I will listen to my father."

Li Rong sniffed and said, "Hasn't my marriage been discussed for a long time? It has been delayed for two months because of the Yang family incident. Is the Ministry of Rites no longer interested?"

"Don't wrongly accuse them." Li Ming laughed, "The Ministry of Rites not only took care of it, but also prepared two wedding dresses for you. Go and choose one."

"Really?"

When talking about clothes, Li Rong's eyes lit up. Li Ming saw that she was like a child and couldn't help laughing: "Childish, how can I lie to you?"

Li Rong was very happy. She talked to Li Ming about the wedding process. She was like an 18-year-old girl, sticking to her father and talking about life. After the meal, both father and daughter were in a good mood. Li Rong sent Li Ming to the study. Before Li Ming left, he suddenly remembered: "Why did Ronger put on clothes for someone like Concubine Ning today? Aren't you afraid of seeing blood?"

"Why not?" Li Rong laughed, "But I am a princess, I can't let people laugh at me. I've been with Concubine Ning before..." Li Rong sighed, "It's unbearable to watch her like that."

"You," Li Ming pointed at her, and said with some regret, "You are too soft-hearted. Okay, go back, Fulai," Li Ming turned to look at the eunuch next to him, "Ask the Ministry of Rites to send both wedding dresses to the princess for selection. If the princess has any requirements, ask the Ministry of Rites to add them. My Princess Pingle's wedding," Li Ming patted Fulai's shoulder, "Don't mess around."

After hearing this, Fulai bent down and escorted Li Ming into the study. Then he turned to look at Li Rong and said with a smile, "Your Highness, look how much His Majesty cares about you."

"That's right," Li Rong laughed and said proudly, "I am my father's most beloved daughter."

Li Rong waved her hands and said, "I will go back first. Eunuch Fulai will not see me off."

"Farewell, Your Highness."

Fulai bowed and saluted respectfully.

After Li Rong and Li Ming finished discussing their marriage, they returned to the palace yawning. At the same time, Pei Wenxuan also arrived at his home.

As soon as he was released from prison in the morning, he asked someone to notify Tong Ye. After leaving the court, he avoided the carriages of other elders of the Pei family and waited by himself until Tong Ye came to pick him up.

Tong Ye brought a shabby carriage and complained, "Sir, don't complain about the shabby carriage. We took the carriage from the same courtyard last time and didn't return it. The old woman who took care of the carriage asked me for money every day. You haven't been home for so long, and I don't have the money to pay her back. She said she won't let us use the carriage anymore if I don't pay her back. It's good that she can lend us one today."

Pei Wenxuan sat in the carriage with his eyes closed, and he was too lazy to care about these little things. Tong Ye saw that he didn't say anything, and sighed, "These old slaves are bullying us. Look at the young masters in the courtyards of the second and third masters. Who would be troubled by a carriage? But sir, when will you pay the monthly salary? The money for the carriage must be paid soon, otherwise you will have no way to go to court tomorrow."

"Go change your clothes first, and you'll have money."

After changing his clothes, he went to the princess's mansion to get money. With Li Rong's money, he bought himself a carriage, but he couldn't buy an expensive one, because if Li Rong found out, she would probably scold him for being wasteful. So he just bought a random one first, and when he had money, he could buy a better one.

Pei Wenxuan was thinking about it seriously. Tong Ye was quite worried after hearing what Pei Wenxuan said. He felt that Pei Wenxuan might have suffered some kind of stimulation in prison.

Pei Wenxuan arrived at the Pei Mansion, entered the house with Tong Ye, and walked around the corridor back to his own yard. As soon as he arrived at the gate of the yard, he noticed something was wrong. He vaguely saw that his yard was full of people. He suddenly felt something was wrong and immediately began to analyze who was in his yard at the moment.

There were only two groups of people who would bring their people to wait for him in the courtyard of Pei's mansion. Either his mother or his second uncle and third uncle.

And these two groups of people, no matter who they are, probably want to stop him from marrying Li Rong. His mother had always disliked the fact that he married a princess, but she just couldn't accept it. Now that the imperial decree for the marriage has not been issued, it is entirely possible that his mother came to "save the situation."

If they were his second uncle or third uncle, they would not want him to marry a princess. Once he married a princess, it would mean that he would have a backer and would be out of the control of the Pei family.

He felt annoyed when he thought that these people were here to disrupt his marriage.

Although he was forced to marry Li Rong, it had indeed become his goal. In order to marry Li Rong, he killed Yang Quan and destroyed the Yang family. Now someone wants to stop him?

He felt irritated when he thought about it, and rushed out with his sleeves thrown up, saying in a low voice: "Why is it so difficult to find a wife?"

Tong Ye was a little confused, and then he saw Pei Wenxuan grabbing the tablet in his hand, and walked into the courtyard with a cold face. He glanced at the servants sitting in the courtyard waiting for him, and said coldly: "What are you doing here? Who allowed you to come in?"

Pei Wenxuan was already prepared. If anyone dared to interfere in his marriage, he would kill the chicken to scare the monkey and use these servants to slap the face of his superiors.

Who would have thought that a fat woman in the front would come forward, bow to Pei Wenxuan, and respectfully say: "Master, I have been waiting for you for almost two months. I heard that you would be back today, so I specially waited for you here."

"What are you waiting for me to do?" Pei Wenxuan frowned, sensing something was wrong.

The woman smiled softly, "You borrowed that carriage two months ago, and the bill has not been settled yet. A carriage is not a big deal, but it is a family thing after all, so there must be rules for everything. Don't think that I am making things difficult for you. Do you want to pay the money to settle the bill, or return the carriage?"

Pei Wenxuan: “…”

Pei Wenxuan was silent for a moment, adjusted his mood, and asked calmly: "How much?"

The woman raised two fingers: "Two hundred taels."

After deducting the additional allowances for food, silk and cloth, his monthly salary was only two taels, which was good, he was sure.

Can't afford it.

Author's words: Pei Wenxuan: "If I had known it was so expensive, I would not have dismantled the carriage and thought of a solution..."

Tong Ye: "Sir, don't be too sad. You can pay back the two hundred taels by working for another ten years."

Pei Wenxuan: "No, I have other ways!"

(On a dark and windy night, Pei Wenxuan knocked on Li Rong's door)

Li Rong: "What are you doing here so late?"

Pei Wenxuan (grievance): "Your Highness, I don't want to work hard anymore."

Li Rong: “…”

After a moment.

Li Rong: "I don't want to work hard anymore, what do you want to do?"

Pei Wenxuan: "I want to buy a car."

Li Rong: "What kind of car?"

Pei Wenxuan: “…”

After a moment.

Pei Wenxuan: "You are still taller."

Li Rong: "You are still the one who is flirting."