Pei Wenxuan calmed down. Now was not the time to think about these things. He supported Wen and got on the carriage with her. On the way, he went over the prepared words with her several times.
"If His Majesty summons you to the palace, you should say that you knew nothing about this matter, and that it was your second uncle who asked you to call me back and told you to punish me, otherwise he would harm you."
Pei Wenxuan asked Wen to repeat it. After Wen confirmed it again and again, Pei Wenxuan felt relieved.
He looked a little tired. Wen quietly observed his expression and said cautiously, "Your injury..."
"No problem."
Pei Wenxuan said calmly: "Don't worry, mother."
"Wenxuan..." Wen said, and seemed to be about to cry again. Pei Wenxuan immediately said, "Mother, please control your tears. I no longer have the strength to comfort you."
After hearing what Pei Wenxuan said, Wen hurriedly wiped away her tears.
Pei Wenxuan looked at the woman in front of him, but he didn't feel anything in his heart. After all, he had been accustomed to the life without Wen for decades.
When he was young, he was tired of and complained about his mother. Later, in her later years, he felt even more annoyed and impatient with her.
However, when Wen really passed away, he sat in the mourning hall, watching the wind blow the white cloth and the lights in the mourning hall swaying in the wind. He felt all alone, like this floating lamp, with no one to care about him. Then he remembered the time when Wen and his father accompanied him to learn to read and took him to fly kites when he was young.
The greatest helplessness that parents can feel towards their children is probably...
Love is mixed with dissatisfaction, and resentment is mixed with pity.
Fortunately, after experiencing life and death, the long time has worn away his edges and made him more tolerant. Now, looking at Wen crying softly, Pei Wenxuan did not feel annoyed. He just thought of Li Rong. He thought that a girl like Li Rong would probably not look like this in her whole life.
He looked at the gradually increasing rain outside and couldn't help laughing. Wen cried for a while, and seeing Pei Wenxuan's expression, she couldn't help but ask: "How have you been recently? Has His Highness bullied you?"
"Um?"
Pei Wenxuan turned around and couldn't help laughing when he heard what Wen said: "Mother, you are joking. Do you think His Highness will bully me?"
"People say the princess is arrogant," Wen said, sighing, "and you have a good temper. If you are bullied, you probably don't even know it, or you won't tell me."
"Don't worry," Pei Wenxuan's voice softened when he mentioned Li Rong, "Your Highness treats me very well, and I like Your Highness very much."
Wen didn't say anything. After a while, she said in a low voice, "You are very similar to your father. He used to protect me in the same way..."
As Wen was talking, she couldn't help but mention Pei Lizhi. Pei Wenxuan listened quietly. When they arrived at the palace, he interrupted Wen: "Do you still remember what you said just now? Repeat it again."
Wen was stunned. She seemed not to have expected Pei Wenxuan to interrupt her so decisively. She looked gloomy for a moment. After a while, she repeated everything she had said. Pei Wenxuan nodded, and when he arrived at the palace gate, he negotiated with the guards, and then took Wen into the palace.
The two of them changed from the carriage to a sedan chair at the palace gate and walked to Yu's study. The heavy rain made it impossible to see the surroundings. Pei Wenxuan rolled up the curtains and looked around. As he was almost reaching Yu's study, he suddenly saw a man walking towards the study with an umbrella.
The man must have already returned to the government office, and after hearing about what happened in Yu's study, he rushed over on purpose.
It was unknown what he was doing, but Pei Wenxuan clearly recognized the clothes.
It's Su Rongqing.
Even though a lifetime had passed, the time was different, and the things were different, Li Rong was kneeling in the heavy rain in Yu's study, and Su Rongqing was still wearing the same clothes and holding an umbrella.
Pei Wenxuan's pupils shrank, and he shouted, "Stop!"
The people carrying the sedan chair were somewhat bewildered. Pei Wenxuan hurriedly stepped out of the sedan chair and said to the people beside him, "I have something important to do and I will go there first. You carry the lady and follow me."
After saying this, Pei Wenxuan rushed into the rain holding an umbrella.
Wen hurriedly rolled up the curtain and asked anxiously, "Wenxuan, where are you going?!"
Pei Wenxuan did not reply. He held the umbrella, stepped into the rain that flooded the soles of his shoes, and ran all the way towards Yu's study.
Li Rong knelt at the door of Yu's study with her eyes lowered. The rain had completely soaked her clothes, hair and eyelashes.
The chill went all the way up from her knees, and she began to feel needles pricking her legs.
This is a disease that he contracted when he angered Li Ming when he was young and was punished to kneel in the snow. It would flare up when the weather got cold and the pain would be enough to almost kill him.
But now she wanted to fight Pei Liwen to the end, so she gritted her teeth and knelt in the rain, her vision blurred by the pain.
The rain splashed down on her head. Several of the kneeling ministers had already fallen. Pei Liwen was also shaking from kneeling, but he still knelt there with all his might.
Li Rong didn't know how long she had been enduring, nor when, but she suddenly felt the rain above her head stop in an instant.
Someone was standing behind her, breathing heavily.
Li Rong thought the rain had stopped at first, but when her vision became clearer, she saw that it was still raining heavily not far ahead and heard the breathing of the person behind her. She knew that someone was providing her with a little space and heaven.
She remembered this feeling, one of the few unforgettable tenderness she had experienced in her life.
Her heart was beating fast and a little painful. She turned her head slowly and the first thing she saw was a white dress, which was not unexpected.
Then she raised her eyes little by little, and finally stopped at that person's face.
The young man was wearing white clothes and a jade crown, his facial features were handsome but a little bit stunning. He should have been an immortal from heaven, but in the instant of a light breath, he was dragged down to the mortal world.
Pei Wenxuan watched Li Rong's expression change little by little, from the initial complexity to surprise. The moment she saw that it was him, it seemed that all her emotions disappeared.
Pei Wenxuan felt indescribably uncomfortable, but he still pretended to know nothing. He just looked at Li Rong and chuckled: "Your Highness, I'm here, why don't you get up?"
He imitated what Li Rong said when she went to pick her up at Pei's house. He meant it as a joke, but as soon as he said it, he noticed that something was wrong with Li Rong's expression.
"No." Li Rong shuddered as she opened her mouth. She raised her eyebrows, her pale face showing no sign of retreat. "Minister Pei..."
Before he finished speaking, Pei Wenxuan realized what had happened. He squatted down and raised his hand to hold Li Rong's hand. After touching it, it was icy cold. He immediately shouted in a low voice: "Nonsense!"
Li Rong was stunned by his yelling. Pei Wenxuan raised his hand and handed the umbrella to the servant next to him, then went straight to hug Li Rong.
Li Rong hurriedly asked: "What are you doing..."
"Be quiet."
Pei Wenxuan gave a light scold and picked the man up.
His movements were too large, and the wound split open again. Li Rong thought about his wound and didn't dare to fight too hard, and was afraid of losing face, so she could only cooperate and hold Pei Wenxuan's neck to save him some effort.
Pei Wenxuan picked him up, and a palace maid held an umbrella for him. He looked coldly at Pei Liwen who was still kneeling: "I have brought my mother here, Third Uncle, if you really intend to confront His Majesty, you should continue to kneel. If you still want to save some face, see you in the ancestral hall tomorrow night, and let the clan members come together to discuss an explanation. Don't embarrass yourself here."
After saying this, Pei Wenxuan no longer cared about anything else, and walked quickly towards the door holding Li Rong in his arms. As he did so, he ordered someone to take Wen back to the princess's residence.
He has no time to argue with these people now, as Li Rong's matter is more important than anything else.
Pei Liwen was stunned when he heard Pei Wenxuan's words. After a moment, he reacted. Considering Wen's soft-hearted nature, since Pei Wenxuan brought her here, he must have been having an affair with her. Now that he was confronting her in front of Li Ming, what good could he get?
Pei Liwen gritted his teeth, closed his eyes, and fainted.
Li Rong and Pei Wenxuan heard the chaos behind them. Li Rong couldn't help but chuckle. Pei Wenxuan looked at her coldly. Li Rong didn't know why, but she felt a little guilty. She coughed lightly and said, "Why are you so angry? Why are you so angry?"
Pei Wenxuan didn't say anything. He just carried her to the door and saw Su Rongqing coming in.
The umbrella in his hand was still the same one he had held back then. When he saw the two of them, there was a hint of surprise in his eyes. Pei Wenxuan looked at him. Li Rong felt a little embarrassed and said, "Lord Su."
Su Rongqing heard Li Rong's greeting and turned to look at Li Rong. He looked at Li Rong for a moment, as if he was about to say something but hesitated. Finally, he just nodded lightly, bowed and said, "Hello, Your Highness."
Having said that, he made way and waited respectfully to the side, allowing Li Rong and Pei Wenxuan to leave.
Pei Wenxuan carried Li Rong away. Li Rong couldn't help but look up over Pei Wenxuan's shoulder at Su Rongqing. Pei Wenxuan looked ahead and said calmly, "What are you looking at, Your Highness?"
"I just remembered," Li Rong said with some emotion, "the umbrella he made for me that year seemed to be this one."
As Li Rong was talking, she could no longer see the person clearly. Pei Wenxuan put her into the sedan chair and asked her to sit down. Then he lowered the curtain, half-knelt in front of her, and lifted up her skirt.
The sedan chair was very small, and the two of them were squeezed together, and it was very cramped. When Pei Wenxuan lifted her skirt, she couldn't help but hold his hand and asked anxiously, "What are you doing?"
"Your skirt is wet," Pei Wenxuan whispered, "It will hurt more if you cover it."
Having said that, Pei Wenxuan pulled her hands away without further ado, pulled up her skirt, twisted it and tied a knot, then wiped her calves with his sleeves, and then wrapped her calves with the blanket in the sedan chair.
Warmth instantly came from her calves, in stark contrast to the coldness on her body. Pei Wenxuan touched his coat, took it off, covered her with it, and whispered, "It's a little damp, but it's better than nothing. Just bear with it, we'll be back soon."
After Pei Wenxuan finished speaking, he stepped out of the sedan chair, and then asked someone to quickly lift the sedan chair and escort Li Rong out of the palace.
Li Rong took a break in the sedan chair and finally felt better. At this time, she realized that she was wearing Pei Wenxuan's clothes, which had his unique incense. It was a very light smell that could only be smelled at a very close distance. At this moment, this smell enveloped her whole body. Li Rong couldn't tell why, but she felt her heart beat faster.
She thought it must be because of the stuffiness in the carriage that caused her to have hallucinations, so she used a small fan to lift the curtain to let in some air. After lifting the curtain, she saw Pei Wenxuan outside the curtain.
The young man was flying in the wind and rain with an umbrella, his body was like a slender bamboo and his face was like a jade. Li Rong looked at this man and forgot to put down the curtain for a moment.
Pei Wenxuan noticed Li Rong's gaze, raised his eyes and looked over, then frowned: "Put down the curtain, the wind will blow and you will catch a cold."
Li Rong couldn't help laughing when she heard this. Not only did she not put it down, she also put her hands on the window, leaned her head over, looked at Pei Wenxuan and said, "Pei Wenxuan, I suddenly realized that you are really beautiful."
Pei Wenxuan silently turned the umbrella towards her and said, "You still remember to look at her face at this moment. You are really good."
"Pei Wenxuan, are you angry?" Li Rong trembled as she spoke, not sure if it was because of the cold or the pain. Pei Wenxuan frowned and asked, "Does it still hurt?"
"It doesn't hurt that much anymore," Li Rong whispered, "You just covered me with a blanket, and it feels much better now."
"I have already asked someone to go back home and cook the medicinal soup. I will change clothes and take a bath as soon as I get back."
Pei Wenxuan elaborated on the subsequent arrangements: "The medicinal soup is the one you used to use. You are still young in this life, so you must take good care of it."
When Pei Wenxuan said "before", he was naturally referring to the previous life.
In her previous life, she met a famous doctor who prescribed a new prescription for her. It was quite effective in relieving pain, but it could not cure her disease, as he said that she had suffered too much damage when she was young.
After hearing what Pei Wenxuan said, Li Rong focused on another point: "You even know my prescription. You have arranged a lot of people around me."
Pei Wenxuan didn't expect Li Rong to bring this up. He choked for a moment, then said, "It's all in the past. We agreed not to take it seriously. And you've arranged a lot of people, so we're even."
Li Rong couldn't help laughing when she heard Pei Wenxuan say this.
Pei Wenxuan took Li Rong to the carriage. After getting on the carriage, there were clothes they usually changed into. Pei Wenxuan whispered, "Your Highness, please change your clothes first."
Having said that, Pei Wenxuan sat down with his back to Li Rong.
Li Rong didn't think much about it. She changed her clothes while shivering. Pei Wenxuan listened to the rustling behind him for a while, and then heard Li Rong say, "Okay."
Pei Wenxuan turned around and saw Li Rong huddled in a corner with a blanket covering her body.
Li Rong saw Pei Wenxuan looking at her, and hurriedly smiled and explained, "It's warm this way."
Pei Wenxuan didn't say anything. After a while, he came forward. Li Rong was a little nervous and couldn't help but lean back against the wall of the carriage. She asked cautiously, "What are you going to do?"
Pei Wenxuan stretched out his hand and hugged Li Rong in his arms.
The wide sleeves of his newly changed outer shirt were pressed against Li Rong's back. He held her in his arms without any flirtatious gestures. He said calmly, "It's warm this way."
Li Rong didn't dare to say anything, she just let Pei Wenxuan hug her quietly. After a long time, she laughed awkwardly: "You... why do you always like to hug me recently?"
"It's a good relationship."
Pei Wenxuan answered very smoothly: "We are already sleeping in the same bed, why are you still arguing with me about this? Don't you know how cold you are now? Why do you have to suffer this?"
"Then last time..."
"I feel sad," Pei Wenxuan immediately added, "I offended the princess, but you agreed to it, didn't you?"
Li Rong was speechless. She always felt an indescribable weirdness.
Pei Wenxuan couldn't help laughing when he saw Li Rong was silent. He continued to exaggerate and said, "You said that we are good sisters. You don't have any thoughts about me, right?"
"Don't accuse me of this." Li Rong said quickly, "We are so familiar with each other, I am not that kind of person."
Pei Wenxuan laughed softly, and Li Rong was a little nervous: "What are you laughing at?"
"Nothing." Pei Wenxuan sat on the cushion and changed his posture, letting Li Rong lean on his chest and putting his arm around Li Rong's shoulders. "I just thought that Your Highness and I really have a tacit understanding. Coincidentally, I think so too."
"That's good."
Li Rong nodded, but she couldn't tell why, but she always felt guilty.
The two sat quietly for a while. Pei Wenxuan seemed tired, so he leaned against the wall of the car and fell asleep.
Li Rong leaned in his arms, feeling warmth and an indescribable sense of security coming from this man. She couldn't help feeling sleepy and leaned against Pei Wenxuan, falling asleep in a daze.
After they squinted their eyes for a while, they arrived at the princess's mansion. Pei Wenxuan carried Li Rong out of the carriage. Li Rong was used to his movements and hugged Pei Wenxuan's neck. Pei Wenxuan couldn't help laughing when he saw her movements: "You are good at climbing up the pole."
"Why," Li Rong raised her eyebrows and looked at him, "Master Pei is a stick?"
Pei Wenxuan saw that Li Rong was in the mood to joke, so he asked back, "What about the monkey, Your Highness?"
"You can't afford to be offended for even a moment."
Li Rong sighed, and Pei Wenxuan chuckled: "There are still times when you suffer losses."
"oh?"
"Well," Pei Wenxuan thought for a moment and said in all seriousness, "When Your Highness and I were husband and wife, didn't I suffer enough?"
Li Rong couldn't help laughing when she heard this: "Were you at a disadvantage at that time? You were obviously not familiar with me."
"You are wrong to say that," Pei Wenxuan said seriously, "I have always been tolerant of my wife. If Your Highness wants to make me suffer, this is the only way."
Li Rong was stunned for a second. She always felt that Pei Wenxuan had something else in his words, but she also felt that she was overthinking it. After all, Pei Wenxuan was a person who had no sense of propriety. If he was not careful, he would easily misunderstand.
But before she could say anything to save the situation, Pei Wenxuan made up for himself: "What a pity, Your Highness will not have this opportunity."
"You are..."
Li Rong was somewhat helpless. She sighed and turned to ask another question: "Aren't you going to deal with the Pei family now?"
"Pei Liwen pretended to faint and ran away. I don't want to alarm Your Majesty with such a small matter." Pei Wenxuan sent Li Rong to the bathing pool, where medicinal soup had been placed. Pei Wenxuan placed Li Rong on the small couch and said calmly, "The Pei family can still be used. I will go to discuss it tomorrow. Your Highness, don't worry."
Pei Wenxuan called Jinglan over and explained the key points of the medicinal bath one by one. Then he said to Li Rong, "Your Highness, you take a bath first. I will go downstairs."
Li Rong responded lazily, and Pei Wenxuan retreated. When they were out of the door, Pei Wenxuan stood at the door, his hands clasped in his sleeves, listening to the girl's laughter and the sound of water, and he couldn't help but have corresponding pictures in his mind.
He had almost never been to Li Rong's bathhouse in his life, and had never stayed here with Li Rong.
Now, a brief pause has stirred up a thousand waves, which are churning in his mind.
If it were in the past he might not have thought too much about it, but now when he recalled it, he could not stop, like a flood with a valve suddenly opened, rushing out in an instant.
This made him realize clearly that he remembered every detail of the past so clearly.
Heaven and hell intertwined together, he stood quietly at the door, and the maid beside him couldn't help but stepped forward and asked: "Prince consort, do you need to prepare for a bath?"
"Um."
Pei Wenxuan responded and said calmly: "Add more cold water."
After saying this, he turned around and went into the room.
After taking the medicinal bath, Li Rong felt relaxed. But she was still cautious and wrapped herself in a thick windbreaker before returning to her room.
When she returned to the room, she found that the charcoal fire had been lit. The whole room was not only "warm", but even a little hot.
Pei Wenxuan was wearing a single shirt and kneeling beside his desk to work. When Li Rong came in, he whispered, "Close the doors and windows, don't catch a cold."
Li Rong came in wearing a windbreaker and half-knelt in front of him. Pei Wenxuan paused in holding the pen, he raised his head and saw Li Rong squatting in front of him.
There was a circle of white fluff on the edge of her windbreaker, and this furry outfit made her look somewhat adorable.
Li Rong was rarely seen like this, and she was very different from her image outside. Pei Wenxuan looked at her quietly for a while and couldn't help laughing.
"It doesn't hurt anymore?"
"Dr. Xue's medicine, I was able to cure even more powerful diseases later on, so today's is certainly a small matter."
"Go lie down first." Pei Wenxuan said gently, "I have placed the memorials you want to read by the bed. Get under the quilt and read them. I will review all the documents and then I will massage your acupuncture points tonight."
"Why don't you teach the others," Li Rong said immediately after hearing Pei Wenxuan's words, "so that you don't have to worry."
"It's more laborious to teach others. Please don't bother me." Pei Wenxuan looked down at the document and said calmly, "It wasn't easy for me to learn it back then."
Li Rong was stunned when she heard this. Pei Wenxuan saw that she didn't say anything and looked up at her: "What's wrong?"
"Nothing." Li Rong laughed, "I just suddenly felt that... you were pretty good to me back then."
Pei Wenxuan paused for a moment before he said, "Your Highness, don't be so easily moved. This is nothing. Don't just give your heart to someone who treats you well."
Pei Wenxuan was hinting at something, but Li Rong didn't hear it at all. She nodded and said, "You're right. You were so good to me back then, didn't you have other thoughts in your mind?"
Pei Wenxuan's heart sank, and then he raised his head and said angrily: "Your Highness, it's not what you said..."
"Let's take a break," Li Rong saw Pei Wenxuan was about to explain again, and hurriedly said, "I slipped up, don't worry about it, I'm leaving."
Having said that, Li Rong ran away. Pei Wenxuan held the pen in his hand. After a while, he didn't know whether to be angry or happy. He lowered his head helplessly and continued to review the memorials.
Li Rong read all the recent news. Xun Chuan has been tracking down witnesses, but witnesses like Luo Juan have been transferred several times and their whereabouts are unknown. Xun Chuan has now tracked them out of Huajing.
In addition to the difficulty in finding evidence, the biggest problem also comes from the court officials. Today, nearly 150 memorials were sent to Li Ming, all about the removal of the Inspection Office. The reasons were varied, but the goal was very consistent. If Li Rong could not find strong evidence, Li Ming might not be able to bear the pressure.
When Li Rong finished reading this, it was almost night. Pei Wenxuan came to her side and saw that she was frowning. He took the letter from her hand. Li Rong was stunned for a moment, then shouted, "What are you doing?"
"You've asked this question many times today." Pei Wenxuan threw the folded paper aside, and directly lifted the small table with the folded paper and moved it far away. Then he turned off the light and returned to the bed: "Lie down, I'll give you a massage."
"No need." Li Rong felt a little nervous in the dark night. "It doesn't hurt today. Let's do it another day. And aren't you still injured? Take good care of yourself and don't use too much force."
"Is it really healed?" Pei Wenxuan frowned, a little unconvinced. Li Rong hurriedly said, "It's healed, it's healed. By the way, have you applied medicine to the wound?"
Pei Wenxuan paused for a moment, then said, "It's time to change."
"Hmm? Then I'll help you."
Li Rong sat up and patted the bedside: "Come, turn on the light and give me the medicine and bandages."
Pei Wenxuan listened to her, turned on the light beside him, took out the medicine and bandages, then took off his shirt and lay down on the bed.
His movements were smooth and calm. Li Rong repeatedly warned herself not to think too much. She focused her eyes on Pei Wenxuan's wounds and frowned, saying, "These people are really capable of doing this."
"It's just family law." Pei Wenxuan said calmly, "All clan members have gone through it before, it's nothing."
"By the way," Li Rong lowered her eyes, "did you suffer in your last life?"
"How could you not have been through it?" Pei Wenxuan smiled bitterly, "You just don't know."
"oh."
Li Rong whispered, "Do you hate them?"
Pei Wenxuan didn't say anything. After a while, he said slowly, "You hate someone because you care about them. I hated them when I was young, but later I forgot about it. It's not a big deal. Besides, those who should have gone have gone, and I have everything I should have. I don't want to worry about them."
"Pei Lixian," Li Rong recalled, "You were the one who killed him in the previous life, right?"
Pei Wenxuan was silent for a while, then he suddenly asked, "What were you worrying about just now?"
When Li Rong heard Pei Wenxuan change the subject so abruptly, she knew he didn't want to talk, so she didn't bother to talk about it and continued, "Xun Chuan has been looking for witnesses for a long time, but he hasn't found any. I'm afraid something has happened to these people. If something has happened to them, the only more evidence we have now is to find the people who sealed the mansion and find out where the gold came from."
As she spoke, Li Rong sprinkled the powder on Pei Wenxuan's wound. Pei Wenxuan shuddered slightly, and Li Rong raised her eyes: "Does it hurt?"
"No," Pei Wenxuan said hurriedly, "If you want to find evidence that the gold was stolen by them, you can only go find the person who handled it. Are you worried that there is no list?"
"Yes," Li Rong thought, "It seems I still have to look for Su Rongqing once."
"He won't give it to me." Pei Wenxuan said decisively, "You might as well change your mindset."
Li Rong looked up at Pei Wenxuan, who continued, "There is someone from the Pei family who works in the Ministry of Justice. Although his position is not high, he is in charge of everyone's log. If I can reach an agreement with the Pei family tomorrow and let them follow your arrangements, we can find the soldiers' attendance logs from the day the mansion was sealed, and then we can find the person."
“That’s one way.”
Li Rong nodded. Pei Wenxuan stood up and let Li Rong wrap the gauze around him. He continued, "It's more reliable than looking for Su Rongqing. Shangguan Ya just wanted to see the excitement. Is this a bad idea?"
"She has good intentions," Li Rong said with a smile, "She wants to kill two birds with one stone."
"When it comes to love," Pei Wenxuan said seriously, "you can't kill two birds with one stone, otherwise, there will be a lot of misunderstandings."
"You didn't say that to me before." Li Rong tied the bandage for him. Pei Wenxuan pondered for a moment and said slowly, "At that time, I didn't understand many things."
"Do you understand now?"
Li Rong thought for a moment and said, "I don't think anything that happened to us recently could have made you think of this."
Pei Wenxuan didn't say anything. After a while, he said, "Your Highness, listen to my advice. If you are not sure about a relationship, don't think about having feelings for the other person. It was my fault before. I always thought that you and Su Rongqing were together to continue the previous relationship, so I wanted to bring you together. But now I understand that love is fate, and fate is not something that can be forced."
"Your Highness, you don't have to do anything. Just wait quietly."
"Waiting for what?"
"Wait for the right fate."
Pei Wenxuan said, he stood up and turned off the light. Li Rong sat on the bed, thinking about what he said. Pei Wenxuan returned to the bed, bent down, half-supported his body in front of Li Rong, and leaned close to her.
He was very close to her, and she could clearly see his fair and smooth skin under the moonlight. He looked at her with a look of alcohol, which immediately intoxicated her. He smiled and said, "Your Highness, I am with you anyway, so there is no need to worry."
"If Your Highness is lonely, I can talk to You. If Your Highness needs someone to care for You, I can also take care of everything, no matter how big or small, to make sure Your Highness is satisfied. Your Highness should focus on court affairs, build the Inspection Office, and then let fate take its course."
Li Rong couldn't help but raise her eyebrows when listening to Pei Wenxuan's words: "You can do everything?"
"Your Highness, is there anything you think I can't do?"
"There is one thing you can't do." Li Rong became happy.
"For example?"
Pei Wenxuan tilted his head slightly, looking like he was listening attentively. Li Rong smiled and fell to the side of her bed, saying loudly, "Kiss me!"
As soon as she finished speaking, she felt a huge force coming from behind, pulling her into his arms, one arm around her waist, and the other hand pinching her chin to force her to raise her head.
Li Rong sensed what he was going to do, and her heartbeat quickened. She raised her hands in a hurry and pressed his face against hers, saying anxiously, "I was wrong, I was wrong!"
Pei Wenxuan was pushed away by her and did not turn back for a long time. Li Rong carefully leaned over and asked, "Are you angry?"
After a while, Pei Wenxuan laughed softly. Li Rong was a little surprised: "What are you laughing at?"
Pei Wenxuan sat and hugged her and smiled, then raised his bright eyes and said happily: "Your Highness, you are so cute."
Li Rong knew Pei Wenxuan was teasing her, so she ignored him and lay down with her back to him, saying, "Let's sleep."
Pei Wenxuan said nothing, he just looked at her with a smile.
He slept more than her during the day, and when Li Rong fell asleep, he was still asleep.
Li Rong slept for a while with her back to him, then turned over. Pei Wenxuan supported his head and watched her sleeping soundly. The moonlight fell on her face. She must have had a good dream, with a smile on her face.
Pei Wenxuan looked at her for a while, then leaned over and kissed Li Rong gently on the lips.
The kiss was very light, like a dragonfly skimming the water, then returning and moving back and forth several times. After several times, Li Rong seemed to feel disturbed, raised her hand to drive him away, and then turned over.
Pei Wenxuan took a deep breath, hesitated for a long time, and finally held the person in his arms.
Li Rong protested with a light "hmm". Pei Wenxuan chuckled. He lowered his voice and whispered: "You tell me this, do you think I'm a vegetarian?"
He knew that the other party couldn't hear what he said, so he sighed.
He hugged the person, took a deep breath of the fragrance, closed his eyes and fell asleep.
The two of them slept until the usual time for court. Li Rong woke up in a daze. When she woke up, she was still held in Pei Wenxuan's arms. Li Rong was drowsy and unconscious. She wanted to get up in a daze: "It's time to go to court..."
Pei Wenxuan grabbed her waist and went straight back into her arms, holding her down and saying, "I've asked someone to take a leave for you, go to sleep."
When Li Rong heard the word "leave", all her willpower collapsed and she fell asleep instantly.
When she woke up again, she finally realized something was wrong. She woke up instantly and stared at Pei Wenxuan beside her.
Pei Wenxuan noticed that she had woken up, yawned and slowly stood up, then looked up at Li Rong and asked in confusion, "Your Highness?"
As he spoke, he shrank back, pulled his clothes in and said, "Why...why are you looking at me like that?"
"you……"
Seeing his expression, Li Rong didn't know how to explain what had just happened. She was not even sure whether Pei Wenxuan knew about it.
Everything was fine before, both of them had a standard sleeping position, so why did they hug each other last night?
Li Rong didn't know what to say for a moment, but Pei Wenxuan spoke first. He warned her with a serious face: "You hugged me all night last night, don't go too far."
Li Rong: “???”
"You don't know?" Pei Wenxuan looked at her expression, a little uncertain, "You kept complaining about being cold last night, have you forgotten?"
Li Rong: “…”
No impression at all.
"I think you are lying to me." After a long while, Li Rong finally managed to utter a rebuttal. Pei Wenxuan scanned Li Rong from top to bottom, and then scanned Li Rong from bottom to top. Then he suddenly stretched out his hand and placed it on Li Rong's leg, and asked seriously: "Your Highness, what is this?"
"Leg." Li Rong was a little confused, and then raised her hand to hit him, "What are you doing?"
But Li Rong acted quickly, and Pei Wenxuan retracted his hand even faster. He immediately put his hand on his leg: "What is this?"
"You...your legs?" Li Rong was a little uncertain.
Pei Wenxuan smiled: "Yes, they are all legs. This is the relationship between you and me in my eyes. To be honest, I can't feel that they are not mine when I touch your legs. Please don't fantasize too much. Just leave this rich imagination for you to read."
Pei Wenxuan got up from the bed and said elegantly, "Your Highness, I have other things to do. I will get up first. You can go back to sleep?"
"No need."
Li Rong adjusted her mindset, thinking that she might have misunderstood and was overthinking.
After all, according to Pei Wenxuan's personality, if he liked her, he would definitely do something "for her good" and it would be absolutely impossible for him to take the initiative to hug her at night.
She calmed down for a moment, and regarded this as an accident, so she nodded and said, "I will go meet the other adults today, and come back to accompany you to Pei's house at night."
"Why are you accompanying me?" Pei Wenxuan rubbed his handkerchief and raised his eyes with a half-smile, "Are you worried about me?"
"Yes, yes, yes," Li Rong was too lazy to argue with him, "I really admire your ability to recover from such a long injury by just going to Pei's house."
"Don't worry," Pei Wenxuan saw that Li Rong was serious, so he stopped joking and smiled. He said seriously, "I calculated everything. Nothing will happen this time."
Li Rong responded. She did not doubt Pei Wenxuan's ability.
After getting up and washing up, the two went to deal with their own affairs. Li Rong began to contact officials in various places. Currently, the Inspection Department has a bad reputation and everyone is still waiting and watching. The officials she could contact were all useless and powerless, as well as some minor officials.
But Li Rong didn't care. She made a list of the behaviors of the descendants in the previous life and contacted them one by one.
Although Pei Wenxuan returned home to recuperate, he did not neglect any of his work. His intelligence network spread everywhere, and staying at home did not hinder him from writing memorials to impeach others.
Both of them were busy until evening. As soon as night fell, Pei Wenxuan changed his clothes and walked out of the door, he saw Li Rong's carriage waiting for him at the door.
Li Rong seemed to have heard him leaving the house. She lifted the curtain with her little golden fan and smiled at him from inside the carriage. Her beautiful eyes were full of teasing. "Where are you going, Master Pei? I happened to be passing by. May I give you a ride?"
Pei Wenxuan laughed softly, walked forward, and then sat next to Li Rong: "After so many years, Your Highness still loves to make such jokes."
"Isn't it interesting?"
Li Rong said, tapping her palm with her fan: "Every time we meet, we treat it as if it's the first time. We know who the other person is, but we still greet each other on purpose. I think it's very interesting."
"Then your highness must find this life very interesting."
Pei Wenxuan smiled and answered. Li Rong paused for a moment and chuckled, "Indeed."
"Where's my mother?"
Pei Wenxuan didn't joke and asked the key person directly. Li Rong raised her hand and pointed to the back: "In the carriage behind, is everything OK?"
"alright