After realizing this, both of them were shocked. Pei Wenxuan remained motionless, looking down at the chessboard, twisting a chess piece in his hand, pretending to think. Li Rong raised her eyes and looked at him secretly while taking a cup of tea.

Pei Wenxuan thought about Li Rong's behavior. Although Li Rong looked arrogant, she actually acted in a very methodical way. She would not cause trouble for no reason. She seemed to be unreasonable, but she was often just looking for a way to punish the other party. But he and Li Rong had just met for the first time. What did Li Rong dislike about him that made her play such a trick on him?

But if all this is set up as Li Rong being reborn just like him, it would be much more reasonable.

Li Rong was reborn now, it must be because his men succeeded. With Li Rong's intelligence, she must have guessed that it was him who did it before she died. Facing an enemy who killed her, she was able to be patient and not kill him, which was already a mercy and bodhisattva's heart. She played a prank on him just to vent her anger. As for whether she would still marry him, that was unknown.

After all, in the last life...

Pei Wenxuan felt heavy in his heart. Li Rong and Su Rongqing must be in love with each other.

Pei Wenxuan's mind was full of thoughts, but his face looked as if nothing had happened. He put down the chess piece and pretended to think.

Li Rong secretly observed Pei Wenxuan's expression. Seeing that he looked normal, she began to wonder.

She remembered that the twenty-year-old Pei Wenxuan was still somewhat youthful, and was well aware of his situation, and his temper was much better. When he first met her, although he looked calm on the outside, his eyes were already a little flustered.

After all, he was meeting his future wife, or a princess, so he had to have some emotions.

But Pei Wenxuan now, is not only emotionless? He simply treats her as an old acquaintance! That's why he dares to challenge her like this, and makes moves under her nose, calculating the other three people.

Pei Wenxuan like this is too weird, but if he was reborn like himself, then it would be perfectly reasonable.

In an instant, they both had doubts in their hearts, and even this doubt was almost certain. However, they were cautious people by nature, and if they had doubts, they would need to verify them. Moreover, if the other person was also reborn, then whether or not the other person should know that he was reborn was also something that needed to be considered.

So both of them remained silent, pretending to be calm and nonchalant.

The two of them thought about it for a while. There was a strange silence around them. Jingmei and Jinglan stood far away. Jingmei whispered, "You said that the princess doesn't like Mr. Pei. I think the two of them get along very well."

"The princess's thoughts..." Jinglan sighed, "It's becoming increasingly difficult to understand."

Halfway through the game, the two men calmed down from the shock in their hearts. After their emotions calmed down, they had to think about what to do next if the other party was reborn.

It was raining outside the courtyard, and the rain fell into the pond, creating ripples.

The sound of falling chess pieces and the sound of rain intertwined. Li Rong was the first to speak, and said slowly, "Mr. Pei wants to marry me. Have you ever thought about what kind of life you will have after marrying me?"

"I..." Pei Wenxuan hesitated for a moment, and finally said, "I will be good to the princess."

He will be nice to her because that's what he did in his previous life.

He will try to understand this person, work hard to get close to her and make her happy.

Li Rong liked him to wear white clothes, so after marriage, he wore white clothes for many years except for his official robes. Until one day he heard that Li Rong once said, "When Rong Qing wears white clothes, there will be no immortals in the world."

He learned all the dishes that Li Rong liked to eat, and let her taste them again and again. In the end, he became her personal chef. No one understood her taste better than him. Until one day, Su Rongqing began to learn how to cook.

Li Rong's legs were cold and hurt in cold weather. He learned acupuncture and massage. Every time it rained and it was cold, he would massage Li Rong's legs until she felt comfortable and fell asleep. Until one day, they had a big fight and Li Rong told him, "I don't want you. I have others."

Thinking of these things, Pei Wenxuan felt a little uncomfortable, but when Li Rong asked him, he could only say that he would still do these things a second time.

Only for a moment before answering did he hesitate.

Now that you know the outcome, do you want to try it a second time?

It was not a good ending for them. They had lived together for half their lives, fighting each other to the death. It seemed that most of their lives were wasted.

Li Rong heard the hesitation in his words and knew that he was actually hesitant. She looked down at the chessboard and said slowly, "I believe that the young master will treat me well, but will the young master like me?"

When Pei Wenxuan heard this, he lowered his eyes.

Li Rong raised her eyes to look at him, staring at him seriously and asked, "Sir, will you treat me as your wife or as an ally?"

Pei Wenxuan said nothing. Outside, the rain was dripping. Li Rong looked at the chess pieces on the chessboard. She seemed to have lost interest. She threw the chess pieces into the chess box, leaned back on the chair, turned her head and looked at the lotus leaves swaying in the rain in the courtyard. She said slowly, "I've thought about it. If I'm with you, I probably won't have a husband in my life. I'll only have an ally."

"In the inner court, husbands and relatives are actually not important. What is important is the power in one's hands. However, when a person reaches the top and walks alone in this world, he or she will envy the prosperity of the world."

As she spoke, Li Rong turned her head to look at him and chuckled, "What's the difference between a lonely person and a wandering ghost?"

Pei Wenxuan didn't say anything. He understood what Li Rong said. He stared at Li Rong quietly. An eighteen-year-old girl should be the most beautiful, but in her lazy posture, every move she made showed a kind of loneliness and loneliness beyond her age. She was like a ghost wandering in the world, beautiful and lonely. Just looking at her made people feel their hearts tighten.

Seeing Pei Wenxuan speechless, Li Rong chuckled. She thought that if Pei Wenxuan was also reborn, he would know what she was talking about.

Pei Wenxuan did know, but he didn't know how to respond. Jinglan came in from not far away holding an umbrella and whispered to Li Rong, "Princess, it's raining heavily. The eunuch in the palace said it's about time now and we can end the party."

"Yes." Li Rong nodded, and then said, "Just say I'm not feeling well and you go and see them off."

Jinglan responded and retreated. As soon as Jinglan left, Li Rong turned to look at Pei Wenxuan who was kneeling opposite her and said gently, "Master Pei, do you think I should marry you and live this kind of life?"

She asked Pei Wenxuan for advice seriously.

Although Pei Wenxuan had quarreled with her for many years and even killed her in the end, there was one good thing about Pei Wenxuan.

He never lied to her.

Whether it is good or bad, whether this life should be lived, she felt that the answer Pei Wenxuan gave her must be true.

After she asked this question, Pei Wenxuan just raised his eyes and looked at her quietly.

Her smile was unattractive.

Just like the way he saw her decades ago in his previous life, this smile was completely different from the real 18-year-old Li Rong in his memory.

Eighteen-year-old Li Rong was very good.

Even though he was unwilling to admit it, Pei Wenxuan still remembered that at the beginning of this marriage, he lifted Li Rong's veil and saw the girl looking up at him shyly and curiously, and then said to him crisply while drinking the wedding wine: "Wenxuan, no matter what the reason for us to be together, since we are husband and wife, I still want to spend the rest of my life with you." At that time, he also thought seriously that he and Li Rong would live a good life, they would have children, and they would be together for the rest of their lives.

Until Li Rong knew that he liked Qin Zhenzhen.

In fact, he himself didn't know whether his feelings for Qin Zhenzhen were love or responsibility. They grew up together, and he always had this person in his heart. He hoped to spend his whole life with Qin Zhenzhen, but he couldn't.

Later, Qin Zhenzhen married Li Rong's younger brother, Crown Prince Li Chuan.

Li Chuan was a good prince, but not a good husband. Because of a political marriage, he already had five wives and concubines while he was still the prince. Qin Zhenzhen was impartial by nature and did not know the tricks of the palace. She married into the Eastern Palace because of a family marriage. If it had not been for his help, she would have died in the conspiracy in the Eastern Palace.

Li Rong naturally knew that he was helping others, but she didn't say anything at first. Later, at a palace banquet, when he was secretly helping Qin Zhenzhen out of trouble again, he almost let the cat out of the bag, and Li Rong had to go up to smooth things over for him.

On the way home that day, they were sitting in the carriage and Li Rong said nothing. He felt a little panicked at the time and wanted to explain, but didn't know what to explain. He just felt that no matter what Li Rong said, it was justified.

Then Li Rong returned home. After entering the bedroom, she walked to the table, poured herself some tea, and turned her back to him and asked him, "Do you like her?"

Pei Wenxuan stood at the door. He actually wanted to say no, but he felt that he was not lying, so he could only tell the truth: "I can't let her go."

"What is your relationship with her?"

Li Rong held the teacup, looking particularly calm. Pei Wenxuan still told the truth. They were engaged as children, they were childhood sweethearts, his family fell into poverty, the Qin family broke off the engagement, and Qin Zhenzhen was forced to marry into the Eastern Palace...

"I just want to help her," he said in a low voice, "I have no illusions. She is the Crown Prince's concubine, I won't do anything."

After he finished speaking, Li Rong did not speak for a long time, and silence became Pei Wenxuan's most profound impression of that night.

He saw Li Rong drinking water, one cup after another. After a long time, Li Rong seemed to calm down. She turned her head, stared at him, and asked, "Will you betray me?"

"No," he answered immediately, looking her in the eye. "You are my wife."

"I am not your wife."

Li Rong looked at him seriously: "I am just your ally."

Pei Wenxuan was stunned by these words. Li Rong turned her head, looked out the window, and said calmly, "In fact, neither you nor I had a choice in this arranged marriage. We both wanted power. Actually, there is no love between men and women. You have someone in your heart, and I have someone in my heart too. It's just that we didn't make it clear before, so there were some misunderstandings. Now that it's clear, it's nothing."

"It's not a big deal," Li Rong smiled, her eyes looking like they could burst into tears at any moment, "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

Pei Wenxuan looked at her blankly. He wanted to deny it, but he felt that what Li Rong said was not wrong. He did not have any romantic feelings for Li Rong, because it was impossible for a person to love two people at the same time. He had Qin Zhenzhen in his heart, so how could he have room for Li Rong?

Seeing that he was silent, Li Rong lowered her head and said gently, "If you explain clearly, there will be nothing to worry about. We will still live the same in the future. I just hope that Master Pei understands it in his heart."

"I am not your wife, and you are not my husband. I don't care who lives in your heart, and you don't care who I am with. You and I each have our own lives and we each have our own fun."

"I just want Master Pei to promise me," Li Rong stared at him, her eyes as sharp as an eagle, "Since you and I are allies, we will never betray each other."

It rained that night too.

Just like now, the rain is pouring down.

Li Rong walked up to him, stared at him, and said, "Pei Wenxuan, speak."

He was speechless.

Li Rong saw him hesitate, so she smiled: "Pei Wenxuan, if you don't say anything, I will think you have feelings for me. But if you and I are in love, then everything you do is too disgusting. We shouldn't be together. I will go and ask my father for help. No matter what," she said calmly, "we have to divorce."

Thunder roared, and Pei Wenxuan looked at Li Rong who was looking up at him.

At that moment, he finally understood clearly how uncompromising this woman was in her demands for love. Even if it meant both of them would perish together, she wanted a clean relationship.

So he laughed.

"Why bother?" He said harshly, "You're right, we are allies. I have someone else in my heart, so I shouldn't care about you. Divorce is not good for you or me, is that it?"

"We live our separate lives under the name of husband and wife. You and I are allies and will never betray each other."

"If you break this oath," Pei Wenxuan said hoarsely, and Li Rong laughed, "you will die a miserable death."

However, they eventually broke their oath and finally fulfilled it.