Li Rong remembered Pei Wenxuan's youth.

Although it has been many years, she still remembers how cautious and flustered Pei Wenxuan looked when they kissed for the first time.

At the beginning, our lips just touched lightly, and I felt it was a little soft, but there was no other feeling. It was not as mysterious as the rumors said.

Later on, he became reckless and clumsy, and had more desires, but Li Rong didn't feel very happy. It was just that they were just a newly married couple, and they were just getting by.

But Pei Wenxuan saw her response, and since he had always been a good student and had learned how to do her makeup and draw her eyebrows, he would not neglect this matter. So he changed his methods every night and kept asking her earnestly, "What do you think, Your Highness?"

This may sound funny, but he didn't hesitate to ask, which actually gave him a way out.

He would apply more than a dozen different kinds of makeup to Li Rong.

He could also give Li Rong the ultimate happiness in the world with just a kiss.

Su Rongqing kissed her, and during the long embrace, he fulfilled the responsibilities that a person by his pillow could give.

But his kiss is always reserved and restrained, just like him and his feelings. It allows people to stay awake all the time, and all the feelings are just the feelings that are born in human nature.

The joy that Pei Wenxuan gave was in addition to his own desires. No matter how strong one's rationality was, it could be transformed into tender thoughts.

When he kissed her, Li Rong was a little shocked at first, but it was only a brief moment of absent-mindedness, and Li Rong's entire mind collapsed. She felt a joy that she had not experienced in decades exploding in her mind, leaving her without the strength to push this man away.

It was not until Pei Wenxuan's lips moved down her neck, bit off the knot of her clothes, and raised his hand to untie her belt that Li Rong finally came to her senses and held Pei Wenxuan's hand.

Both of them were breathing heavily. Pei Wenxuan paused for a moment and slowly raised his head.

He had a smile on his face and a hint of pride in his eyes, suppressing the lustful feelings hidden underneath.

"You..." Li Rong said hoarsely, "What are you doing?"

Li Rong was not a fool. She would never believe that Pei Wenxuan wanted to be "friends" with her.

Where can I find such a friend?

Normally, it would be fine to kiss her and pull her, but to go this far and just be friends with her, do you think she's a fool?!

What made her even more angry was that she knew he had bad intentions, but she still agreed!

I couldn't push him away at the first moment, so I agreed!

Li Rong was angry with herself and Pei Wenxuan, so she stared at him.

Pei Wenxuan saw the vigilance in Li Rong's eyes. She seemed to be extremely afraid that he would kiss her again. Seeing Li Rong so alert and thinking about the reason for her alertness, Pei Wenxuan couldn't help but laugh softly.

"What are you laughing at?"

Li Rong slowly raised her hand and pushed Pei Wenxuan. Pei Wenxuan fell back on the bed under her force, laughing non-stop. Li Rong raised her hand and grabbed the soft pillow at hand and hit him. Pei Wenxuan held his head and let Li Rong hit him.

Li Rong knew that he was laughing at her loss of composure just now. It was just a kiss, and she completely forgot about herself. The more Li Rong thought about it, the more upset she became. She was angry at herself and Pei Wenxuan. She threw the pillow away and raised her hand to hit Pei Wenxuan. Pei Wenxuan hit her several times and finally grabbed one of her hands. Li Rong glared at him. Pei Wenxuan half-supported himself and pulled her hand to his lips. After blowing it gently, he looked up at her and smiled, "Don't hit the hand that hurts."

“Pei Wenxuan!”

Li Rong shouted: "How dare you!"

"Your Highness, don't you like it?" Pei Wenxuan lay on the bed, propped up his head, and looked at Li Rong with a smile, "I think Your Highness should be happy just now."

Li Rong sneered when she heard this: "Pei Yushi is very good at serving people, how can I not benefit from it?"

"That's good." Pei Wenxuan looked at Li Rong with a smile, "If Your Highness wants me to serve you anytime, I will be waiting for you."

Li Rong didn't say anything. She stared at Pei Wenxuan and saw that he was calm. After a long while, she finally gritted her teeth and said, "What are you crazy about?"

"I heard that Lord Su had proposed to Your Highness for marriage."

Pei Wenxuan held Li Rong's hand and caressed it carelessly. His eyes fell on the place where he touched it, and he said slowly: "I am afraid that Your Highness will be tempted by Minister Su's beauty, so I am just giving Your Highness a warning."

"A reminder?" Li Rong sneered, "What kind of reminder is that?"

"Your Highness, if you just need someone by your side, Wenxuan is by your side." Pei Wenxuan raised his eyes, his gaze fell on Li Rong, and said softly, "I have said that whatever Your Highness wants, I can give it to you."

Pei Wenxuan couldn't help but smile and repeated Li Rong's previous words: "Including kissing you."

Li Rong didn't say anything, she looked into Pei Wenxuan's eyes.

Pei Wenxuan looked away and said slowly, "I know that Lord Su is special to Your Highness. His willingness to marry you must be a big shock to Your Highness. After all, it's been two lifetimes." Pei Wenxuan's voice was a little low. "Your Highness must have regretted not marrying him once in a legitimate way."

"Your Highness has admired him since he was young. Rongqing wears white clothes, and there are no immortals in the world. Later, they accompanied each other for life. Unfortunately, I have no status. Being able to worship heaven and earth with Su Rongqing is also a long-cherished wish for Your Highness. But Your Highness, now is not the right time."

Pei Wenxuan pushed aside his sleeves, seemingly nonchalantly, "If you had no conflicts of interest with the Su family before, you two would have been a good match. But now you want to build the Supervision Department and seize power from the aristocratic families. If he is willing to stand on your side, your relationship will be compromised, and this is not the Su Rongqing your Highness wants. If he is not willing to stand on your side, your relationship with her will be over. What's more terrifying is that if he wants to use your friendship to seek benefits for himself, just like in the last life," Pei Wenxuan said coldly, looking up at Li Rong, "What should your Highness do?"

Li Rong did not speak. She looked at Pei Wenxuan who was speaking calmly. Seeing that she did not respond, Pei Wenxuan thought that he had touched her heart. He looked around and changed his tone: "If Your Highness must choose someone, Your Highness should choose me rather than Su Rongqing."

"Choose you?" Li Rong said sarcastically.

"Is it not good?" Pei Wenxuan turned to look at Li Rong and said calmly, "In terms of family background, although the Su family is a noble family, the Pei family is also a prominent family. What the Su family can give to Your Highness, the Pei family may also give. Moreover, now that Your Majesty has established the Inspection Department to oppose the noble families, the Pei family will fully support them and will be much easier to control than the Su family."

"As for individuals," Pei Wenxuan raised his eyebrows, "how am I inferior to him?"

"You're boring."

Seeing Pei Wenxuan talking nonsense, Li Rong was too lazy to continue talking to him. She turned around and lay down, facing away from Pei Wenxuan and said, "Go to sleep."

"Don't sleep." Pei Wenxuan was a little dissatisfied when he saw that Li Rong didn't respond to this. He reached out to pull Li Rong, trying to turn her over, and asked, "How am I inferior to him? Tell me!"

Li Rong turned her back to him and didn't say anything. She covered her ears and didn't want to pay attention to him. Pei Wenxuan was annoyed and gritted his teeth and said, "I always rank first in the six arts of a gentleman, no worse than him. In terms of looks, I am not inferior to him. In terms of personality, is he better to you than me? He can't even ask you to marry him, what are you thinking about?"

"I don't want to listen." Li Rong could tell that he was angry, and then she felt a little happy. "What a bastard."

"Li Rong, please explain clearly," Pei Wenxuan turned her over and said angrily, "Why am I not as good as him?"

"Then tell me," Li Rong said, suppressing her smile and pretending to be serious, "You are almost the same as him in every aspect, and he is from a famous family. How are you better than him?"

Pei Wenxuan was stunned by this question. Li Rong sighed, "You can't say it, right? If you can't say it, don't disturb me. I'm going to sleep."

After Li Rong finished speaking, she fell down. Pei Wenxuan sat behind her for a while. Li Rong thought about it and was afraid that she had made too much trouble. She was ready to comfort him, but before she opened her mouth, she heard Pei Wenxuan say, "But I dare to marry you."

"What kind of nonsense are you talking about?"

Li Rong sat up dissatisfiedly: "Is marrying me a disadvantage?"

"I dare to risk my life to marry you," Pei Wenxuan raised his eyes and looked at her seriously, "Does he dare?"

Li Rong was stunned when she heard this. Pei Wenxuan looked at her quietly: "Li Rong, I got you back."

It was the princess he married when he was still alone, after risking his life to overthrow the Yang family and stir up the court.

"But he didn't dare."

He was obviously of noble status and held power, but he didn't dare.

Li Rong listened to these words and looked at the young man in front of her. He was like a lone blade, and he had always been walking alone in his past and present lives.

In fact, she knew.

She had always known that this man who had climbed up the career ladder had the courage and ambition rarely seen in children of aristocratic families, but only in her did he have some of the innocence of a teenager.

"So," Li Rong stopped joking and smiled bitterly, "I'm marrying you."

"Pei Wenxuan, you know what," Li Rong reached out, pulled his hand over and held it in hers, "you are good in everything except one thing."

"In your heart, you always feel that you are not good enough."

"When you brag about yourself, you have to mention some achievements, like you are the best in the six arts, you know everything, you hold a high position, you write beautifully, you are very talented, or even," Li Rong raised her head, half-smiled, "how good your skills are."

Pei Wenxuan's face flushed when he heard Li Rong's words. He pretended to be calm and said, "You can't just say things without any reason. When I say I'm good, there must be some reason."

“But I don’t think it’s necessary.”

Li Rong said directly: "It's good that you are Pei Wenxuan."

Pei Wenxuan's body stiffened slightly, and Li Rong continued, "You told me before that your mother always compares you with your father and others. But now I tell you, you don't need to compare yourself with anyone, let alone Su Rongqing."

"You are afraid that Su Rongqing will propose to me and I will be tempted. I know what you are worried about, don't worry," Li Rong said calmly, "I will not ruin my future for a man."

Pei Wenxuan: “…”

"That's not what I meant..."

It's not wrong to sacrifice your future for a man, but the target can only be him.

This answer flashed through Pei Wenxuan's mind, but he couldn't just say it. It was difficult to speak. He considered his words carefully, thinking about how to start.

Li Rong raised her head and looked at him, her eyes were clear and bright, she seemed to know everything but didn't mention it.

Pei Wenxuan fell silent. For a moment he didn't know whether he should say it out loud or break the paper.

He was afraid that if he spoke up, the person would push him away and they wouldn't even be able to be friends.

But if I don’t tell him, I’m afraid he won’t understand.

He paused for a moment, his eyes flickered across Li Rong's lips. After a moment, he smiled and said, "I know Your Highness can tell the difference. I am the one who worries too much."

"Your Highness has other things to do tomorrow," Pei Wenxuan lay down, "Go to sleep."

Li Rong had been dealing with him all night and was a little tired, so she lay down. After a while, she felt someone coming up from behind.

Pei Wenxuan was holding her from behind. She tensed herself, always on guard against Pei Wenxuan's next move.

"Your Highness," Pei Wenxuan noticed her nervousness, he smiled and whispered in her ear: "We have a long way to go."

Li Rong said nothing.

She thought it through and realized that Pei Wenxuan, this old fox, was really going to take action against her.

Pooh.

Li Rong secretly cursed him as a beast.

The author has something to say: [Small Theater]

Author: Please use the lyrics of a song to describe you.

Shangguan Yue & Li Ming: Looking back, I have never been happy walking with you. I hate too much, but it has no result. It is torture to talk about the past again.

Li Rong & Pei Wenxuan: Come a little closer and I'll let you hold my hand. Be a little braver and I'll go with you.

Su Rongqing & Li Rong: You held me in your arms with an umbrella, and every word of your oath was so careful... If we meet by mistake in this life, I hope we can have a good ending.

Shangguan Ya & Su Ronghua: …

Author: Why don’t you sing anymore?

Su Ronghua: Dear, fly slowly, be careful of the thorny roses ahead~

Shangguan Ya: I would like to apply to ban his wheat, thank you.