Li Rong was thinking about the money she had lost, and she unconsciously covered her forehead with her hands.

She glanced at Pei Wenxuan, then turned her head away. She didn't know why, but she felt a little aggrieved for no reason.

Pei Wenxuan seemed to know nothing. He lowered his head and looked at the memorial in his hand without saying a word.

The two of them arrived at the princess's residence in silence. As soon as Li Rong jumped off the carriage, she saw Shangguan Ya standing guard in front of the princess's residence. Shangguan Ya saw Li Rong and asked in surprise, "Your Highness, what happened to your forehead?"

When Li Rong heard this, she turned around and glanced at Pei Wenxuan behind her.

Even a rough guy like Shangguan Ya can see that Pei Wenxuan is indeed blind.

"It's okay, let's go in first. Have you heard the news?"

Li Rong withdrew her gaze from Pei Wenxuan's face and led Shangguan Ya into the mansion. Pei Wenxuan watched the two of them return to the study together. He stood in the courtyard for a while, then turned around and told someone else, "Go and get me the jade skin cream and gauze."

Li Rong and Shangguan Ya entered the house, and Shangguan Ya immediately spoke up: "I heard that Chen Guang's mother was killed in the court today."

"Well," Li Rong sat down and told the story again: "Xie Lanqing came to me this morning to inquire about the situation, and then they brought Chen Wang out to the court. Chen Wang insisted that we tortured Chen Guang and forced him to confess. She also said that she had never committed the assassination and wanted to die to prove her innocence, so she hit her head and died."

"How cruel," Shangguan Ya sighed as she sat opposite Li Rong, "Qin Zhenzhen gave them inspiration. You used the incident of Qin Zhenzhen's death to force the Qin family to re-examine the case, and now they are using Chen Wangshi to force the case to end. Your Highness," Shangguan Ya leaned back in her chair, "is this case still ours?"

"What do you think happened to my head?"

Li Rong glared at Shangguan Ya, then said, "My father has already told me that the case will be handled by Pei Wenxuan."

Shangguan Ya nodded, her expression softened. Just as she was about to speak, someone knocked on the door. Li Rong called out, "Come in," and then Pei Wenxuan walked in leisurely, holding ointment and a bandage in his hands.

He smiled and saluted Shangguan Ya. Li Rong was a little surprised: "What are you doing here?"

"Nothing." Pei Wenxuan walked to her side with a smile and said calmly, "I'll apply medicine to Your Highness. You continue talking and don't worry about me."

As he spoke, Pei Wenxuan pinched Li Rong's chin and lifted her up, then smeared the ointment on her head. Then, before the two of them could react, he wrapped her head with layer after layer of gauze and finally tied a big bow. It seemed that what hit her forehead was not a folding paper, but an inkstone, and her skin was not broken, but a bloody hole was smashed.

After he finished, he didn't say much. He took the medicine jar and the remaining things and left. Before leaving, he didn't forget to close the door for Li Rong. After he left, Shangguan Ya murmured, "What's wrong with him? Why is he so weird?"

"Maybe I haven't lost money yet."

Li Rong came back to her senses, holding the bow on her head, and continued, "Don't worry about him, let's continue talking about what we just said. Now that the case is in Pei Wenxuan's hands, I can rest assured, but I don't think the matter of Chen Wang will end so easily."

"So what does Your Highness intend to do?"

Shangguan Ya responded immediately. Li Rong thought for a moment and said in a deep voice, "Let's release Lu Feibai tonight."

"Tonight?" Shangguan Ya said in surprise. She thought for a moment and finally said, "Your Highness, in such a stormy situation, it is too risky for you to let Lu Feibai go out and assassinate Xie Lanqing."

"It's okay." Li Rong said calmly, "Let him out secretly and explain everything to him. Remember the agreement with me."

“Your Highness…”

"Just do it, don't worry." Li Rong raised her eyes, "I'm sure."

Shangguan Ya saw Li Rong's expression. After hesitating for a moment, she said respectfully, "Yes."

"There is one more thing," Shangguan Ya finished talking about Chen Wangshi's story and couldn't help but talk about another thing, "Last night, Concubine Chen went to Mingle Palace."

When Li Rong heard this, she paused, then responded, "I understand."

"Your Highness," Shangguan Ya was a little uneasy, "Shouldn't we slow down? We are pushing too hard. I'm afraid many of the noble families will defect to Prince Su's side."

Hearing this, Li Rong laughed.

"Aya, do you know why father favors Concubine Rou?"

Shangguan Ya said nothing. Li Rong fiddled with the tea bowl. "He gave her unconditional honor and love. Everyone said that he doted on Concubine Rou and that Concubine Rou was a demon who brought disaster to the country. If he really cared so much about Concubine Rou, how could he let her bear such a reputation?"

"Your Highness, what you mean is that His Majesty does not love Concubine Rou as a person, but something that Concubine Rou represents?"

"The favor bestowed upon Concubine Rou is a means of balancing the power of the Queen Mother."

Li Rong said calmly, "As long as she is the bargaining chip, no matter what mistakes she makes or how great the crime of the prince is, father will never really give up on them. If he gives up on them, there can only be one reason."

As she spoke, Li Rong raised her eyes, looked at Shangguan Ya, and smiled meaningfully: "They are no longer bargaining chips."

Shangguan Ya didn't say anything. She looked at Li Rong for a long time. Then, with a stern face, she raised her hand and pointed at the bow on Li Rong's head and said, "Your Highness, please take care of your hair before you talk to me. Otherwise, I'm afraid I'll laugh and seem disrespectful to you."

Li Rong's expression changed, and then she said in a low voice: "Hurry up and get out and do your work."

Shangguan Ya laughed out loud, she stood up and raised her hand to salute: "Your Highness, I will go back and release the rats from the cage first, you have a good rest."

Li Rong nodded, and Shangguan Ya walked out. After two steps, she suddenly remembered something, leaned back halfway, looked at Li Rong, smiled and said, "Your head got hit, aren't you angry? Do you want me to vent your anger for you?"

"You don't have to do anything about this kind of trivial matter."

Li Rong waved her hand: "Hurry up and leave."

Shangguan Ya smiled and said, "Then I'll leave."

After saying that, Shangguan Ya withdrew her body and disappeared at the door. Li Rong thought for a moment, stroked her forehead, and looked up at Jinglan: "Is my head really that ugly?"

"How about I show you the mirror?"

Jinglan spoke hesitantly. Li Rong hesitated for a moment, waved her hand and said, "Forget it. It's not a big deal."

Li Rong stood up and told Jinglan, "Go to the accountant and ask the prince consort how much he paid for the peony. Return the money to him. I'm going to sleep for a while."

"Your Highness," Jinglan glanced at Li Rong and whispered, "You'd better not think about this matter."

Li Rong paused, raised her eyes and asked, "What's the matter?"

"I've asked about the expenses for the Princess's Mansion for half a year. The accountant can't come up with that much money in a short time."

Hearing this, Li Rong almost fainted.

Ever since her rebirth, she has been frugal with money, just to save more money and develop her own abilities.

Raising secret guards, raising intelligence organizations, raising official connections, and now raising an inspection department, which one is not money? Pei Wenxuan's contribution is half a year's expenses for the princess's mansion. When she heard this, all her romantic feelings disappeared, and she was so angry that she wanted to curse immediately.

But as she took a step forward, she quickly calmed down. She and Pei Wenxuan had already had a conflict over this matter, and it was over. There was no point in her saying more.

Pei Wenxuan was not a person who did not know the importance of things. He was willing to give up such thoughts because he was thoughtful. She had wasted other people's money. If she now accused him of being extravagant and wasteful, there would probably be another conflict.

Li Rong paused for a moment and realized that Pei Wenxuan knew her account clearly and how much money he had spent. He probably knew long ago that she could not afford the money.

Now she can't afford to pay for the expenses, and Pei Wenxuan is angry, so it's normal that he doesn't like her.

Her anger turned into guilt in just a moment, but when she thought of Pei Wenxuan's ambiguous attitude in the past few days, especially today, she became dissatisfied again.

Jinglan observed the ever-changing expression and said cautiously, "Your Highness, there is no need to divide money so clearly between husband and wife. If you really gave the money to the Prince Consort, he might get angry. I think you should be nicer to the Prince Consort. The Prince Consort has a good temper. If you say a few nice words to him and make him behave himself, he might be happy."

"Submit, how can I submit?"

Li Rong said coldly: "Am I not soft enough?"

"Your Highness," Jinglan said helplessly, "The Prince Consort is still sleeping in the study. How can you call this soft?"

"What should I do? Do you want me to carry the sedan chair back for him?"

Li Rong got angry and walked to the small couch beside her and fell on it. Jinglan quickly covered her with a blanket and said softly, "Just talk to your husband."

"What can I say?" Li Rong closed her eyes. "I can't afford to pay him back, and he's upset. Why should I pick on this soft thorn? Today I was wronged, but he didn't comfort me. He ignored my injuries and even made such an ugly excuse for me. I can see what he's thinking now. I won't go to him to get angry."

Jinglan was speechless after hearing what Li Rong said. She didn't know why, but she could sense some grievance in Li Rong's words. But she also thought that Li Rong was not such a delicate person, and she would not speak out for such a small matter.

She couldn't persuade him anymore, so she sighed and said, "Your Highness, please take a rest first."

Li Rong responded and closed her eyes to rest.

After Jinglan left, Li Rong felt very upset. She stood up, took out Pei Wenxuan's favorite book from the side, smashed it, and then fell asleep again.

I've been busy for most of the day, but nothing has gone as I wish. I'm so upset.

She fell into a drowsy sleep and slept until nightfall. When she woke up, she heard that Pei Wenxuan was still in the office and had not returned.

She ate her meal and returned to the study to deal with the matters of the Inspection Department. After a while, Jinglan came in with a pile of small papers and placed them in front of Li Rong respectfully: "Your Highness, this is the intelligence sent to us today."

Every day, the informants hired by Li Rong would sort out all the valuable matters in Beijing and send them back. Li Rong responded and began to read the notes.

She already knew in the morning that Li Ming went to Concubine Rou to punish Hua Le yesterday. It didn't hurt or itch at all. When she opened the next page, she saw "Princess Hua Le dined with the emperor and was reprimanded for wearing a white magnolia hairpin. The princess deceived the emperor, and the emperor was angry and tied her up."

Li Rong was stunned after reading the note. Hua Le was the daughter of Concubine Rou and had a fickle temper. She was used to being pampered. Why would she be beaten by Li Ming for just a hairpin?

Li Rong pondered and read all the news, but she couldn't find the reason why Hua Le was beaten. She thought about it and looked at Li Ming's schedule again. Only then did she see that Li Ming summoned Pei Wenxuan before dinner.

Li Ming met Pei Wenxuan, then met Hua Le, and then taught Hua Le a lesson. Li Rong thought for a moment and couldn't help but wonder, was it Pei Wenxuan who did something?

Pei Wenxuan has never cared about the affairs of the harem, so why is he interfering in Huale's affairs today?

When this question came up, Li Rong immediately had a vague answer, which made her stunned for a moment, until Jinglan asked her: "Your Highness, what are you daydreaming about?"

She finally reacted and said hurriedly, "Nothing."

As she spoke, she reorganized the things in her hands. She actually wanted to ask Pei Wenxuan what was going on, but she felt it was a bit embarrassing to ask such a trivial matter, so she simply pretended not to know and continued to do her business.

She sat all the way until Pei Wenxuan came back. As soon as Pei Wenxuan entered the mansion, Jingmei ran back and said happily, "Your Highness, the prince consort is back."

Li Rong remained calm as she continued to look at the memorial, saying, "I'm back, so what are you making such a fuss about?"

"Your Highness," Jingmei knelt down in front of Li Rong, "won't you go and take a look?"

"He won't come to see me, but he wants me to go to see him?"

Li Rong sarcastically said, "What a great official authority."

Jingmei and Jinglan looked at each other. Li Rong lowered her head and said, "You guys go down. I'll go to sleep for a while."

Pei Wenxuan came back late and did not come to see Li Rong. Li Rong washed herself, turned off the lights and went to bed.

After the lights went out, Li Rong lay on the bed for a while and couldn't help turning over again.

Since Pei Wenxuan was not here, the bed was much bigger, but for some reason, she couldn't sleep on such a big bed.

When a person develops a habit, he or she seems to take everything for granted, such as asking after a woman when she is injured, giving in to her, laughing and joking with her, and lying beside her at night no matter what happens, is also natural.

And when something that was supposed to be a matter of course was taken away silently, even though she knew rationally that it was Pei Wenxuan's power, she would still feel a little uncomfortable as if it was unreasonable.

She didn't like the feeling of being controlled by others, but she had to accept it.

Whether it was the feelings expressed in the corridor, or the inexplicable daze and secret joy when she saw the traces of Pei Wenxuan in Huale being punished, they all indicated that this relationship was out of control.

Li Rong tried hard to close her eyes, but her mind was in a mess. After a long time, she didn't know why, but she kept thinking about Hua Le being tied up. She finally couldn't help it, so she lifted the quilt and turned over.

She had to go find Pei Wenxuan to find out.

She thought to herself that if Pei Wenxuan had a good attitude, she would ask him about going back to his room. If Pei Wenxuan had a bad attitude, she would let him live alone in the study until the end of his life.

After all, she had promised him that she would try to change her temper.

Pei Wenxuan asked him to wait, and she couldn't always be like before, stubborn about everything, she had to wait for Pei Wenxuan to give in.

Li Rong thought secretly, and when this thought came to her mind, she could hardly control herself. She seemed to have found some reason to justify all her actions. This reason seemed to have magic power, tempting her to get up and quietly go to the window.

Even if she took the initiative to look for Pei Wenxuan, she didn't want to be seen by other people, so she opened the window and stuck her head out, looking around. Seeing that there was no one outside the window, she jumped out of the window wearing only a single piece of clothing and trotted all the way to Pei Wenxuan's study.

When she arrived outside the study, she looked around and saw that there were only two people guarding the door of Pei Wenxuan's study, and some of them were dozing off. She went around to the back of the house and came to the window.

It was now night, and a charcoal brazier was burning in the room. Pei Wenxuan opened the window for ventilation. Li Rong gently pushed the window open and climbed in.

After entering the room, it was pitch black. Li Rong followed her memory and walked carefully to the side of the couch. After walking a few steps, she brought down a few books with her sleeves. She hurriedly caught them, not knowing whether she had woken Pei Wenxuan.

She stood there for a moment holding the book. When she saw that there was no movement, she breathed a sigh of relief and continued walking forward.

At this time, she also adapted to the light in the room and roughly saw the direction of Pei Wenxuan. She came to Pei Wenxuan's bed like a cat. Before she had time to think about what she was doing, the person on the bed suddenly reached out and pulled her, and then he dragged her into the quilt.

Warmth came over her, Pei Wenxuan covered her mouth with one hand, hugged her waist with the other, wrapped his legs around her, and held her in his arms.

Li Rong's heart was beating fast, and she heard Pei Wenxuan whispering in her ear, "Princess, why did you come to my bed at night? What do you want?"

As he spoke, Pei Wenxuan moved closer, his lips almost touching her earlobe, his voice was full of smiles, his thin lips opened and closed as he spoke, brushing against her earlobe, his usually clear voice was a little hoarse, like a gemstone scratching against brocade silk, producing a gorgeous voice line: "Miss me?"