Li Rong couldn't help but look up at Pei Wenxuan as she listened to his words.

Pei Wenxuan had the honest face of a scholar, but when he looked at her, his eyes seemed to be naturally smiling.

Li Rong stared at him for a moment, and Pei Wenxuan smiled and stepped back, then took her to eat.

That night was very lively. Li Rong had never had such an experience before. The whole year was noisy and peaceful. She had no worries at all, and did not have to worry about saying the wrong thing. It seemed as if she was very far away from the palace and the court.

Pei Wenxuan drank some wine. He was taking care of his stomach now, so he would not drink if he could avoid it on weekdays. But during the New Year, when everyone was in a good mood, he joined in with a few drinks.

After drinking, I don’t know if it was because he was happy or because of the wine, but he looked very happy.

When he and Li Rong returned to their room, he took Li Rong's hand and walked in front of them, humming a little tune like a child, which made Li Rong laugh: "What are you so happy about?"

“I’m happy about two things.”

Pei Wenxuan held her hand and walked down the corridor. Li Rong raised her chin and said, "Tell me about it?"

"First, Your Highness took the initiative to kiss me today."

"Are you so happy?" Li Rong raised her eyebrows. "If you are happy, I can take the initiative to sleep with you."

Pei Wenxuan smiled and shook his head: "The second thing." Pei Wenxuan stopped walking, he took Li Rong's hand with both hands and pulled it to his chest, "I made His Highness happy."

"I'd be happy if you just stopped saying nonsense."

Li Rong smiled and responded, Pei Wenxuan continued to shake his head, he thought for a while, raised his hand, held Li Rong's head, and rested his forehead on hers: "Rongrong, you came out of the palace."

"I know."

Li Rong answered calmly: "I moved to the Princess's Mansion the day I married you."

"I will give you a home in the future. It will be different from the palace."

"Your Highness," he said very seriously, "I will heal all the wounds in your heart. From now on, Your Highness will have a consort, and Li Rong will have Pei Wenxuan."

Li Rong said nothing. She lowered her eyes. After a long while, she said in a low voice, "I know."

Later, Li Rong had Pei Wenxuan.

When Pei Wenxuan heard her say "I know", he laughed again. He turned around and pulled Li Rong back into the room.

After returning, they both washed up and fell asleep.

Pei Wenxuan was probably tired, for he fell asleep soon after he lay down.

Li Rong looked at him in the night for a long time, and after a while, she touched him cautiously.

She first put her hand on his chest, and when he didn't wake up, she didn't know why, but she reached out, hugged him, and then leaned on him.

She listened to his heartbeat in his chest, felt his breathing, and smelled his usual scent. She felt peaceful and calm.

For a moment, she felt that she was a little different from herself, but... she didn't feel bad either.

The two of them slept until dawn. Pei Wenxuan woke up early because of the habit of attending the morning court. He saw Li Rong sleeping on his chest, and he stopped trying to get up.

After a while, he smiled, raised one hand and put it behind his head, and used the other hand to gently stroke Li Rong's hair, combing her hair gently one by one.

Li Rong's hair was very soft, with her scent. The scent sachets on her body were all made by him, and this scent was unique to him. Pei Wenxuan thought of this, lowered his eyes to look at Li Rong lying on his chest, and couldn't help but think of the kiss that Li Rong took the initiative to give him last night.

When he kissed her last night, he felt wholeheartedly as if he had made a promise of love. Now, he was already sensitive when he woke up in the morning, and with a beautiful woman in his arms, Pei Wenxuan felt a little uncomfortable. His eyes could not help but fall on Li Rong, from her hair, to her thick eyelashes, high nose bridge, and lips as plump as flowers.

He stared quietly at the person in front of him, his eyes becoming somewhat deep.

When Li Rong woke up, it was already daybreak. She vaguely heard voices outside. She opened her eyes blankly and saw Pei Wenxuan looking down at her with a smile. He greeted her in a clear voice, "Good morning, Your Highness."

He smiled gently, and looked at her with a strange look in his eyes. He looked harmless and peaceful, but somehow, she felt that there was a hint of aggression in his eyes.

Li Rong glanced at him and tried to stand up. Only then did she realize that half of her body was numb. Pei Wenxuan noticed her discomfort and reached out to press her arm.

His hand touched her arm, and his hot and broad male palm pinched her sore muscles. After a while, Li Rong felt much better. Then she felt that even though the action of pinching her arm was forced to be clean and neat, she still couldn't help but caressing it a little more inadvertently.

Li Rong couldn't help but feel a little confused and looked up at him.

Pei Wenxuan noticed her gaze, smiled and looked over: "What are you looking at, Your Highness?"

There was no trace of malice in Pei Wenxuan's eyes, and Li Rong felt even more puzzled. Pei Wenxuan was not a Liu Xiahui at heart. The two of them slept next to each other all night, and it was morning again. He was massaging her shoulders, but there was no reaction at all?

Li Rong looked for answers to questions and raised her hand to lift the quilt. Pei Wenxuan was quick to press the quilt and asked nervously, "What does your highness want to do?"

Li Rong glanced down, hinting, "I'm just a little curious."

"What are you curious about, Your Highness?"

Pei Wenxuan seemed to get even more nervous when she asked him this, and his ears turned red. Li Rong looked at him and couldn't help but laugh: "This isn't your first marriage, why are you so reserved?"

As she spoke, Li Rong stepped forward and whispered, "You are not interested in me?"

"Your Highness, why do you ask such a question when you already know the answer?"

Pei Wenxuan smiled bitterly: "Get up, there is a palace banquet today."

"Pei Wenxuan," Li Rong raised her eyebrows, "Actually," Li Rong raised her hand and tried to reach inside Pei Wenxuan's collar, saying meaningfully, "I don't care that much."

"It is precisely because Your Highness does not care," Pei Wenxuan held Li Rong's hand and sighed, "that I have to care more."

"In the last life, Your Highness and I were reluctant to get married," Pei Wenxuan pressed Li Rong's hand on the bed, took clothes from the bedside, put them on, and buttoned them. "The two were forced to get married, and Your Highness agreed. Now I hope that Your Highness and I should be more serious about this matter, and not speed up the progress just because of our experience."

"Just take the right step," Pei Wenxuan lifted the quilt and stood up, sitting on the bed to put on his shoes, "Don't rush the pace."

Li Rong listened to him saying these things in a serious manner. For some reason, she felt at ease, but at the same time, she had some teasing thoughts in her mind.

If a man took the initiative to do this, Li Rong would feel a little uneasy. But now that Pei Wenxuan refused so seriously, she became interested.

Pei Wenxuan was about to stand up when she suddenly threw him on the back from behind and put her arms around his neck. Pei Wenxuan froze and heard Li Rong coquettishly say, "Brother Pei~"

Li Rong called him, stepped forward, and pressed her entire weight on him, whispering in his ear, "We have to move forward step by step, isn't it uncomfortable, Brother Pei?"

"What does Your Highness mean?" Pei Wenxuan looked at her sideways and raised his eyebrows. Li Rong blinked, moved forward a little, leaned on Pei Wenxuan's shoulder, and her hands began to move.

Pei Wenxuan took a breath of cool air.

"Master Pei?"

Seeing his expression, Li Rong leaned on his shoulder and chuckled, "Sleep a little longer?"

Pei Wenxuan didn't say anything. He closed his eyes, couldn't help but raise his chin slightly, and said in a low and hoarse voice: "Your Highness has ordered, and I dare not disobey."

Li Rong laughed out loud, rolled onto the bed, raised her hand and called him, "Come in."

Pei Wenxuan lowered the curtain calmly and gracefully and returned to bed.

Even though it was daytime, with the curtains drawn, the entire bed was dark.

When Pei Wenxuan held the person in his arms, he lowered his head to look at Li Rong, who was smiling with a smug look on her lips. He pressed the person's head to his chest to prevent her from seeing his uncontrollable smile.

The two of them worked until noon, then went to eat together. After the meal, Li Rong followed the palace rules and took Pei Wenxuan to meet Shangguan Yue.

The palace usually holds a banquet on the first day of the first lunar month to entertain married princesses and important ministers. New Year's Eve is a small banquet in the palace, and the first day of the first lunar month is a grand banquet that gathers many royal relatives and nobles.

Li Rong hadn't visited Shangguan Yue for a long time, so she went to the palace early, wanting to talk to Shangguan Yue for a while.

The two of them arrived at the Weiyang Palace together and saw that Li Chuan had arrived earlier. He was sitting and talking to Shangguan Yue. When Li Rong came in, Li Chuan became happy, stood up and walked outside the palace, saying excitedly, "Sister!"

"Don't put on that expression that says you miss me so much after not seeing me for so long," Li Rong raised her hand and poked Li Chuan away, who was opening his arms to hug her. She walked towards Shangguan Yue and said disparagingly to Li Chuan, "I see you every day in the court. But my mother and I," Li Rong turned to look at Shangguan Yue, "have indeed not seen each other for a long time."

"Your Majesty." Pei Wenxuan raised his hand and saluted respectfully towards Shangguan Yue.

Shangguan Yue nodded to Pei Wenxuan, asked him to sit down, then looked at Li Rong and said, "I heard that you were busy these days, so I didn't bother you. I heard your affairs in the harem, one after another, it was unsettling. But I think you have your own plans, so I won't ask any more questions."

"Mother has lost weight." Li Rong looked at Shangguan Yue for a moment, then took Shangguan Yue's hand and said with some emotion, "You are getting older, and we are also older, so you should not work too hard. Take good care of your body. The one who lives longer is the biggest winner."

"I don't have to worry about anything now," Shangguan Yue smiled bitterly. "You have your own ideas, and I don't want to have any conflicts with you. In matters of the court, someone has to give in. You want to move forward now, but I am old, so I can only give in."

"My mother is blaming me?" Li Rong raised her eyebrows, and Shangguan Yue hurriedly explained, "Please don't wrongly accuse me. You are my daughter. How could I have such thoughts?"

"I'm just teasing you." Li Rong took Shangguan Yue's arm and leaned on her shoulder.

Shangguan Yue looked down at her daughter leaning on her shoulder, and her heart softened. "I don't care about anything now, and I only worry about one thing. Chuan'er," Shangguan Yue turned to look at Li Chuan who was sitting next to her. "Even if Sister Yaya doesn't want to marry you, there are so many girls in the world, you can always find one to be the Crown Princess, right?"

Pei Wenxuan and Li Rong looked at each other. Shangguan Yue looked at Li Chuan who was forcing a smile and trying to explain: "Mother, it's not that I don't want to, it's just that it's hard to find the right person..."

"It's not that you can't find the right person, you're afraid of getting married." Shangguan Yue interrupted him and then started to talk directly: "In fact, you have to learn to make do with marriage. Look at your sister and the prince consort. They were also given a marriage, but now they are inseparable. What's wrong with that?"

Hearing the compliments, Li Rong couldn't help but turned her head away and coughed lightly.

Li Chuan felt a little aggrieved and whispered, "My parents are still young, so let's discuss this later."

"Let's talk about it again? When do you want to talk about it again?"

"Mother, I've thought about it," Li Chuan said seriously, "How dare I talk about marriage when the world is not peaceful? As the crown prince..."

"You just don't want to get married, what nonsense are you talking about with me!"

Shangguan Yue interrupted him directly: "I don't care whether you get married or not, but now that you haven't married, there will be a lot of people watching you. Concubine Rou's niece is still wandering around the palace. She bumps into you at the gate of the East Palace every day. Who doesn't know what she is thinking? If you can get rid of her, you can get married whenever you want."

Shangguan Yue said as she sat down and cursed, "You want to have a romantic relationship when you don't have any skills. You are so selfish!"

Li Chuan felt uncomfortable being scolded and kept his head down. Pei Wenxuan noticed that the atmosphere was not right, coughed lightly, and suddenly asked Shangguan Yue: "Your Majesty, I have recently discovered that Your Highness has leg pain easily in cold weather. Do you know why?"

Shangguan Yue was immediately attracted to hear that her daughter was not in good health. Once she started talking to Pei Wenxuan, she couldn't stop. Pei Wenxuan took the initiative to change the topic, and the four of them continued to talk about health. When it was almost time, Li Rong and Pei Wenxuan had to leave to prepare for the palace banquet.

The two said goodbye to Queen Li Chuan. After they left, Li Rong sighed. Pei Wenxuan looked over and asked, "Why are you sighing, Your Highness?"

"Mother is right about Chuan'er's marriage. We really can't keep delaying it."

Li Rong was a little worried: "According to Chuan'er's personality, if I persuade and pressure him, the Crown Princess will choose whoever she wants."

"But Your Highness will not do that now." Pei Wenxuan said calmly. He raised his hand and held Li Rong's hand. "Your Highness hopes that Your Highness the Crown Prince can also continue to move forward well."

Li Rong and Pei Wenxuan walked hand in hand on the corridor. After listening to his words, she remained silent for a long time. Pei Wenxuan saw that she was thinking deeply, and after thinking for a while, he said, "Actually, I have a way."

"Um?"

Li Rong looked up at him. Pei Wenxuan was about to answer when he heard a voice from not far away: "Isn't this Sister Pingle? She entered the palace today?"