Song Huan's words obviously pleased Pei Yan.
The corners of his mouth unconsciously curled up into a boastful arc, and even the Fourth Prince, who was dressed as an old man, felt a little more favorable towards him.
Pei Yan glanced sideways, his eyes seemingly passing unintentionally across the surface of Quzi River. Just over half an hour ago, only three or two sailboats floated by on the river, but now he had only spoken a few words to the Fourth Prince, and the number of sailboats on the river had doubled.
Long before the Fourth Prince rowed his boat to the shore, Pei Yan had already given Pei Shen a secret signal with his hands behind his back.
After seeing the secret signal, Pei Shen temporarily left the carriage and walked towards the depths of the forest path.
When he returned, Pei Yan finally stopped beating around the bush with the Fourth Prince. He glanced at the shimmering river and said, "If it's really as the old man said, it wouldn't be a bad idea for me and my wife to take a boat ride and enjoy the beautiful scenery."
"But just in case, we still need this basin of ice." Pei Yan said as he called Pei Xi and ordered him to bring the extra ice onto the covered boat.
Pei Xi accepted the order: "Yes, Master."
Upon hearing this, Chu Xun's face became even angrier. Marquis Pei had actually been teasing him all along!
But his anger had not subsided, and his face suddenly stiffened again.
Marquis Pei prepared extra ice early in the morning. Could it be that he expected that he would disguise himself as a boatman to look for him?
Chu Xun's mind was slightly tense. He couldn't help but worry whether the news he brought could bring back Yu Ning...
Pei Xi quickly moved the ice basin onto the covered boat. Pei Yan took the small ice stove from Song Huan and handed it to Pei Xi. Then he put his arm around Song Huan's waist and jumped lightly onto the covered boat.
At the same time, there were several more covered boats on the river than before.
Song Huan naturally noticed the abnormality, but looking at Pei Yan's calm face, she pursed her lips, said nothing, and just concentrated on being the background of this meeting.
"Old man, there are too many covered boats here. I prefer a quiet place. Please, old man, please go faster so that my wife and I don't miss the beautiful view."
After getting on the boat, Pei Yan said this lightly, and then took Song Huan to sit under the black sail.
Chu Xun secretly clenched his teeth and didn't bother with Pei Yan for the time being.
They should indeed find a secluded and private place to discuss what they were talking about.
Chu Xun looked at the boats that suddenly appeared on the river, and his eyes suddenly became fierce.
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In less than two quarters of an hour, Song Huan saw that there were fewer and fewer covered boats on the river. From a distance, there were only two boats following them.
The boat she and Pei Yan were riding on seemed to slow down gradually and began to spin on the river.
Pei Yan helped Song Huan smooth down her hair that was messed up by the wind, telling her not to worry, and then leaned over and walked out of the tent.
Chu Xun put away the oars and let the boat drift on the river.
"Are the people on the other ship Pei Hou's men?"
Pei Yan stood at the bow, his hands behind his back. "When this marquis negotiates a deal with the Fourth Prince, I must show sincerity."
Chu Xun snorted lightly and didn't respond.
I didn't see any sincerity from him on the shore before.
"Marquis Pei should know what this prince wants."
Chu Xun got straight to the point: "You and I shouldn't talk for too long, so I won't beat around the bush. Marquis Pei has handed Yuning over to me, and I have a message for him."
"A message?"
Pei Yan couldn't help but sneer, his expression rather arrogant: "A piece of information in exchange for a life, isn't the Fourth Prince a little too naive?"
"If Marquis Pei knew what news this prince was going to tell me, he would probably not be able to laugh." The fourth prince's voice became a little colder, and his eyes were like a sharp knife.
Pei Yan was neither anxious nor flustered, but his eyes were a little sharper: "What if I knew what the Fourth Prince wanted to say?"
The river suddenly became quiet.
The breeze that caressed people's cheeks seemed to disappear in this instant.
Under the black tent, the ice in the ice basin is slowly melting...
Song Huan turned her head to look at the two people confronting each other at the bow of the ship, and quietly held her breath... In this sudden tense atmosphere, she chose to cooperate.
After a long pause, Chu Xun clenched his fists and finally spoke first: "How can this prince believe what you say?"
Pei Yan leaned over and met Song Huan's gaze, saying, "Madam, why don't you tell the Fourth Prince whether Lord Cui's daughter is alive?"
Song Huan: “…” He was suddenly called out.
After a moment of silence, she poked her head out and said to the Fourth Prince in a succinct and shocking tone, "Alive."
Chu Xun stared at Song Huan, and seeing that her expression did not seem fake, he finally felt relieved.
But he still frowned and said, "Empty words are not enough. This prince wants to see her."
Pei Yan was waiting for him to say this. He took a slight step forward to block Chu Xun's view of Song Huan. Without changing his expression, he said, "The Emperor will hold a banquet in three days. I believe the Fourth Prince will surely attend the banquet in the palace. You will see him then."
"What do you mean, Lord Pei?" Chu Xun asked.
The words were spoken quickly and urgently, and the anger between his brows could not be hidden.
Pei Yan said solemnly, "The Fourth Prince is a smart man, why bother asking such unnecessary questions?"
After saying this, Pei Yan extended his hand to Song Huan under the black awning, "My lady, it's time for us to go back home."
Song Huan reached out and held Pei Yan's big hand obediently, then bent down and walked out from under the tent.
At the same time, two boats not far away approached them at the same time, and behind one of the covered boats, another covered boat appeared. That covered boat looked much deserted than the other two, with only one person standing on it, an old-looking boatman.
The Fourth Prince had apparently also noticed that the old boatman on the covered boat had a figure and attire that was very similar to his.
"Marquis Pei, you really have a good trick." Chu Xun gritted his teeth.
Now he understood his father's thoughts. Such a scheming man had the most powerful army in the world in his hands.
If this person ever develops rebellious thoughts, it will be a serious problem...
"Your Excellency, Fourth Prince, you are so kind." Pei Yan seemed to have seen through the Fourth Prince's thoughts at the moment and suddenly became humble: "Your Excellency is simply worried and confused. And I... am just gambling."
"Isn't Marquis Pei afraid of losing the bet?"
"Afraid."
Pei Yan admitted frankly: "That's why I, the Marquis, never bet on just one person."
As the covered boat was about to approach theirs, Pei Yan protected Song Huan and left Chu Xun with one final word: "Cooperate with me, and the beauty and the kingdom...will all belong to the Fourth Prince."
Chu Xun was stunned when he heard this.
What exactly is this Pei Hou planning?
At this time, Song Huan's heart in Pei Yan's arms began to beat rapidly. What did Pei Yan mean?
What? All the beauties and kingdoms belong to the Fourth Prince? Could it be that he...isn't going to rebel?
"Husband..." Song Huan was about to speak when Pei Yan carried her onto another covered boat.
The sun was blazing overhead. Pei Yan first took Song Huan to sit in the black tent, and then said, "Madam, if you want to say something, you can say it."
The covered boat continued to row towards the most famous scenery of Quzi River, "Qulanglin". On the other side, the Fourth Prince sat in the black covered boat, lowered the bamboo curtains at both ends, and his men jumped onto the bow and continued to sail, gradually separating themselves from Pei Yan, Song Huan and others.
Despite this, Song Huan still felt that she should be cautious and asked, "What did my husband just say, is it true or false?"
The book wrote that the fourth prince was born to the late queen, and the death of the late queen was caused by Emperor Xiaocheng.
As the Fourth Prince was in charge, he knew the truth as early as when he was fifteen years old.
Moreover, in the book, the death of Emperor Xiaocheng...is closely related to the fourth prince Chu Xun.
Therefore, Song Huan could understand why Pei Yan met with the Fourth Prince Chu Xun and used Cui Yuning's life in exchange for the Fourth Prince's cooperation at the palace banquet. He even wanted the Fourth Prince to join him in dealing with the old emperor.
But all his planning for so many years...how could it be that he was just making wedding dresses for others?
"Huanhuan." Pei Yan's expression paused slightly. "War is the end of the road."
"If there is a way to have the best of both worlds, why go down the dead end?"
Song Huan's mind was suddenly shocked.
The "thump, thump, thump" sound of the heartbeat was stronger than before.
Maybe she never understood him...
However, this shocking feeling disappeared immediately after Song Huan returned to the Marquis' Mansion.
As the sun set, she was so immersed in shock that she even ignored her hunger.
It was not until the carriage stopped outside Mingsong Hall and her calves went limp as she jumped out that Song Huan suddenly realized she hadn't eaten for almost a day.
The wind was gradually picking up, and the air wasn't as hot as it had been at noon. Song Huan's eyes fell on the two baskets of fish that had been taken from the back of the carriage. He thought that under the pretext of delivering fish to the kitchen, he could cook a few dishes for himself.
However, Pei Yan actually asked Pei Xi to move two baskets of fish into Mingsong Hall.
"Husband, why are you moving into Mingsong Hall? There's no small kitchen there..."
Pei Yan's ears turned slightly red, and he coughed lightly: "My wife, this fish... your husband needs to deal with it first."
Song Huan: “???”
Pei Yan? Processing fish?
No matter how I hear this, it doesn't feel right!
After Pei Xi and Pei Shen left, Song Huan finally realized that something was wrong...
This guy took out the fish bubbles from the fish...
It's already this late, can't this guy focus on his work?
"Husband, your knife skills are truly amazing."
After watching Pei Yan kill the first fish, Song Huan covered his face and ran away.
I'm sorry, I'm really too embarrassed to see anyone.
Fortunately, Pei Yan did not shamelessly drag Song Huan into doing anything unspeakable that night.
Before falling asleep at night, Song Huan saw that Pei Yan had been well-behaved. He finally felt relieved after being uneasy for half the night. He thought that Pei Yan knew what was important and what was not.
But she didn't know that the truth was... the fish bubbles needed to be processed before they could be used...
They returned home late today, so the thing could not be put into the small wooden box until dawn... After Song Huan fell asleep, Pei Yan stared at the curtains and counted the hours energetically, with no intention of going to bed.
Pei Yan was not the only one who couldn't sleep that night.
However, the reasons why other people couldn't sleep were very different from his.
Did Pei Yan really get on a covered boat just for his wife to have fun and enjoy the scenery?
No one believed that the truth of the matter could be so simple.
"For less than a quarter of an hour, we have not seen any trace of Marquis Pei and his wife." In the palace, Yuan Bo Yizheng reported the matter to Emperor Xiaocheng.
The author has something to say: Song·Too embarrassed to see anyone·Huan: I’m sorry to have made you all laugh.
Jin Jin: As the ending approaches, I can probably only reply with “hahahaha” or “hehehe” or something like that, otherwise I’ll accidentally tell you what the ending is, although it’s definitely a he~ ps: I see that the little angels are afraid of a bad ending, but don’t worry~ I will be responsible for my work and will do my best to ensure its integrity.
The reason for ending it is that there is only one last point left in the plot line, and it is just right to finish the main text after writing this point.
As for the love line, there will be some shameless daily life and new born babies taking care of babies later, but since it has nothing to do with the plot line, I will put it in the extra chapter~ Finally, I will whisper (trying to save face): ahem, I can't control the number of words in the update, but I can control the content of the article, so the content I promised you before will be there~ Good night.
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