When Li Rong's men sneaked into Pei's house quietly, Pei Wenxuan was standing in front of a basin of clear water, quietly looking at his own appearance.

Surprisingly survived.

He looked at himself at the age of twenty, and was a little bit unbelievable. However, his many years in the court had taught him to be restrained, and even if his heart was in turmoil, he would remain calm on the surface.

The attendant beside him, Tong Ye, looked at him tremblingly and whispered, "Master, are you okay?"

Since he got up in the morning, he asked him what day it was, and he has been in a daze until now. Although Pei Wenxuan is usually a quiet person, he is rarely so silent. Tong Ye couldn't help but feel a little scared, and then said: "Sir, if you feel unwell, I will go and get a doctor for you."

After hearing this, Pei Wenxuan finally raised his eyes, replied "No need", washed his face, and went out.

He walked out of the courtyard, and Tong Ye followed him out. After holding it in for a while, he finally said, "Sir, don't keep anything in your heart. Say it out loud, maybe you will feel better. Miss Qin came to cancel the engagement, and you can't blame Miss Qin. She is sincere to you, but..."

"That's enough."

Pei Wenxuan saw that Tong Ye was talking more and more, so he paused, turned around and told Tong Ye: "Don't mention this matter in the future."

As he spoke, he folded his sleeves, stood outside the courtyard, and looked at the tall tower in the palace in the distance.

The tower was tall and soaring into the sky, with red paint and golden tiles. There were bronze bells hanging under the eaves, which tinkled when the wind blew, just as he remembered.

When he was in the Prime Minister's Mansion, whenever he encountered troubles, he liked to stand in the courtyard and look up at the tall tower in the distance. Now this habit seems to have been preserved. Looking at the tower at this moment, his heart slowly calmed down and he began to think about his own situation.

He remembered when he was 20 years old, he had just finished mourning in his hometown and returned to Huajing. His second uncle controlled the Pei family, and his mother was weak and could be bullied. She always claimed to be sick to avoid trouble. Although he was the most logical heir to the Pei family, he was ostracized by his family members. As the eldest son of the Pei family, a prosperous family in Huajing, he could only go to the Ministry of Justice to be a small jailer.

The present day should be the time after his engagement was broken off.

When his father was still alive, he arranged a marriage for him with Qin Zhenzhen, the daughter of his old friend Qin. The marriage was arranged at an early age, so there was no formal ceremony. They just exchanged jade pendants and it was settled. So he and Qin Zhenzhen knew each other from childhood and were together. He was thinking about marrying her wholeheartedly, but who knew something unexpected would happen.

His father died young, and the Qin family is now on good terms with his second uncle Pei Lixian, so it is reasonable for Qin Zhenzhen to cancel this child marriage.

The engagement was not serious enough back then, and it was very easy to break off the engagement now. After returning the token of love, he left without even a letter, leaving some money.

Of course, he didn't blame Qin Zhenzhen. He himself had no ability, so there was no reason for him to blame the woman.

What happened next?

Pei Wenxuan tried hard to recall.

Later, it must have been because of her embarrassing identity that the emperor took a fancy to her and promised her to Li Rong.

Given Li Rong's current status, if she were to marry a poor boy, it would be embarrassing and the world would probably gossip about it; if she were to marry a man from a famous family, it would be like adding wings to a tiger, and the emperor would have to be afraid. Someone like him, who looked noble but actually had no future, was the most suitable for Li Rong.

Only after he became the son-in-law of the emperor did the Pei family begin to value him again, and he finally had a real backer in the court.

According to the timetable, the marriage decree should be issued soon. If he had to do it all over again, he would still marry Li Rong.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly.

He and Li Rong were enemies in their previous lives.

After a lifetime of cooperation and suspicion, he thought that Li Rong treated him as a friend, even if not as a couple. He never expected that in the end, when faced with power, she would kill him without blinking an eye.

But if he died, she would not be able to live.

If she gave him a sharp knife, he would give him a bowl of poison to pierce his intestines.

There has never been any debt between them, and their lives are the same.

People's resentment is nothing but injustice, and there is nothing unfair about the past thirty years between him and her. He has someone in his heart, and she has someone by her side; she gave him a sword, and he gave her poison.

Thinking in this way, even if she killed him, he didn't have much resentment. Now that he had a new life, he didn't have much resentment when he thought about marrying Li Rong again.

In fact, he couldn't help thinking about it.

At the age of 18, Li Rong was still somewhat naive and kind. She would blush occasionally when she saw him. On the day she lifted her veil, she looked up at him with a sincere smile. She took the wedding cup and said to him, "Pei Wenxuan, no matter what brought us together, since we are now husband and wife, I still want to spend my life with you."

If he had not let Li Rong find out that he cared about Qin Zhenzhen in this life, or if he had not cared about Qin Zhenzhen in this life, she would not have been so angry, would not have separated from him, and would not have met Su Rongqing...

Maybe, they can still be an ordinary couple and grow old together.

He was tired of the suspicion and fighting in his previous life. If possible, he also wanted to have an ordinary family and live a stable life.

As for Qin Zhenzhen...

I couldn't ask for it in my last life, but I protected her all my life. As my life went by, responsibility was greater than love, and regret was greater than longing. Since we were destined not to be together, that was it.

After thinking this through, Pei Wenxuan calmed down. He turned around and said to Tong Ye indifferently, "Let's go back."

He doesn't need to do anything now, just wait for the imperial decree of marriage.

However, after he waited in the house for several days, the imperial decree of marriage did not arrive, but an invitation to Princess Pingle's spring banquet was delivered to his house.

Pingle was Li Rong's title. Looking at the fancy invitation, Pei Wenxuan felt a little uneasy. He frowned and couldn't help but recall - in his previous life, he had participated in the spring banquet held by Li Rong? Was he too old to have amnesia, or was reality out of sync with his memory?

While Pei Wenxuan was at home pondering over and over what this Spring Banquet was all about, Li Rong was in the palace, happily arranging the Spring Banquet.

She likes this kind of lively occasion. When she was young, she thought it was noisy. But when she got older, she realized that the elderly like to watch the young people making noise while disdaining it.

This makes her feel energetic!

Besides arranging the Spring Banquet, she had a lot of other things to do.

She first picked out a bunch of clothes again, put all her old black and white cold-colored clothes in the bottom of the closet, and specially got some bright colors such as red and gold, making her look radiant and charming!

Then she brought over all the maintenance procedures from her previous life, massaging, bathing, and applying ointment from morning to night every day, not giving up any detail and fully enjoying the beauty of being a princess.

Finally, she had to listen to Jinglan report the itinerary of the four gentlemen when she was free.

Lu Yu squatted at home every day to count ants. He had already counted two ant nests and became good friends with the ants.

Yang Quan recently got into a fight at the training ground and sent three of his colleagues to the hospital. Then he was beaten by his father and fell to the bed, where he has been crawling on for two days.

Cui Yulang had recently been in high spirits at a brothel and had written thirty poems, which had been well received.

As for Pei Wenxuan, he went to work and practiced calligraphy every day. At a young age, he became a retired official in the court. The strangest thing about him every day was that he always stood at the door of his house, as if waiting for something.

Of course, I finally got her invitation to the Spring Banquet.

"God really helps those who work hard," Li Rong listened to Jinglan's report while taking a bath in the flower petal pool. She couldn't help but ask, "Was he surprised? Was he surprised? Did he ever think about how a minor official like him could receive a letter from Princess Pingle? Was he so happy that he went crazy?"

"No," Jinglan said calmly, "Master Pei didn't look too good at the time. The servant next to him named Tongye asked him how he got the invitation and whether he sent it to the wrong person."

"What did he say?"

"Master Pei said," Jinglan said seriously, "the note was sent to the right person. He is good-looking, so this note must have been sent by you."

Upon hearing this, Li Rong couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of water.

It was the first time she knew that Pei Wenxuan was so confident about his face.

However - Li Rong soon became confused - how did Pei Wenxuan know that I like good-looking people?

Li Rong kept this question in mind.

Time passed very quickly, and just when Li Rong felt that she had adapted to life in Changle Palace, the Spring Banquet arrived.

On the first day of the Spring Banquet, she went to her own courtyard in the suburbs in advance, missing the schedule of other noble families in the capital the next day. When the next morning came, the young men and young ladies of various noble families came one after another, and there was an endless stream of luxurious carriages and horses outside the courtyard. Each carriage was luxurious and exquisite, and servants followed them, looking very respectable.

After a while, two jade-carved carriages came one after another. On the front carriage was a jade-carved "Su" character, and on the back carriage was a jade-carved "Pei" character.

The two great families of Huajing came one after another, and everyone tried to make way for them.

After a while, the carriages stopped, and a man came out of the Su family's carriage in front. He was wearing a white brocade robe, a jade hairpin and a crown. He had handsome and gentle eyes, and his temperament was elegant and moving.

As soon as he appeared, someone called out in a hurry, saying loudly: "Master Su, you are here too!"

"The princess invited me," Su Rongqing said with a smile, "How can I not come?"

Having said this, he got off the carriage and asked the servant to make way for the carriage behind.

As soon as Su Rongqing appeared, everyone gathered together and talked to Su Rongqing excitedly. When Pei Wenxuan came down, not many people paid attention.

Pei Wenxuan got off the carriage by himself. When he heard Su Rongqing's voice, he couldn't help but look up.

This was the person who stayed with Li Rong for the next twenty years, and he didn't like him.

His dislike for Su Rongqing had almost become an instinct.

After all, even if he and Li Rong made it clear that they each had their own lives, Su Rongqing was always a challenge to his dignity, just like Qin Zhenzhen to Li Rong.

This kind of disgust has nothing to do with love, but is related to the self-esteem in people's hearts.

But this was already the next life after all, and Pei Wenxuan felt it was irrational to dwell on things from the previous life. He quickly turned around and led Tong Ye into the yard.

Although Su Rongqing was talking to someone, he did not stop and walked into the courtyard one after another with Pei Wenxuan.

At this time, Li Rong also woke up. After she finished dressing, she yawned and hurried to the courtyard where the main banquet was held. Just as she reached the gate of the courtyard, she heard a familiar voice.

The voice had changed slightly from what it had been before, but it was still engraved in her heart.

She was so familiar with that voice that she turned around subconsciously.

Then she saw two people coming towards her.

One was dressed in white and wore a jade crown, standing there with a smile on his face; the other was dressed in blue and wore a gold crown, staring at her in a daze.

One of them was elegant and gentle, the other was handsome and upright. The two of them stood not far from each other, and their appearance was stunning.

Li Rong looked at the two people and was stunned for a moment. At this time, Su Rongqing was the first to come back to his senses. He saluted towards Li Rong, and between his lips and teeth, he recited the sentences he had recited countless times in the past.

"I am Su Rongqing, your humble servant, and I have met Her Royal Highness the Princess."

The author has something to say: At this time, let us make a multiple-choice question:

If you were a princess, you would:

1——Respond to Su Rongqing and chat with Su Rongqing

2——Respond politely to Su Rongqing and chat with Pei Wenxuan

3——Ignore everyone, respond politely, and leave immediately

Come on, 1,2,3, start voting, the one with the most comments will decide where to start the next chapter!

【Small Theater】

Pei Wenxuan: I am my ex-wife's only choice. Now I just need to wait for the emperor to give me a wife. Waiting at the door every day is my greatest effort.

On the first day of surveillance, my daughter-in-law did not come with the order.

On the second day of waiting, the daughter-in-law did not come with the order.

The third day of waiting...

The daughter-in-law sent someone: Hello, your ticket to the Spring Banquet fiancé selection is here.

Pei Wenxuan: Why should I participate in the fiancé election? ! !

Li Rong: Sorry, I have at least four backups. Line up well, compete hard, and promise me to cheer for you, okay? !