The beauty is delicate and soft, and he madly criticizes the powerful officials for taking her as th

A thick layer of sweat broke out on Chiying's forehead. He felt that King Wei was furious at this moment because his subordinates were nearby and tried their best to endure it.

After Pei Zhi calmed down, he felt a little headache.

Xu Youzhen was his teacher. She had no shortcomings except lust. She was loyal to the Pei family and never dared to speak ill of the King of Wei.

Dragon Slayer Guard specifically mentioned that Xu Youzhen is currently stationed outside the capital and has little exchange of letters with Mrs. Xu. She is unaware of these things and has never been disrespectful to the princess in private.

In half a month, the governors and generals from various states need to go to Beijing to report on their duties.

Pei Zhi took out a piece of letter paper and said in a cold tone, "To Pei Shu."

He glanced at the rest of the letter.

"Burned."

Chi Ying silently took the letter and stepped back. Pei Zhi remembered that he had not returned to Guanjuyuan today and wondered whether Yu Tingwan liked the pot of Longyou Mei.

He felt better after opening the bead curtain in the inner room of Guanyuan.

"Today is my birthday, so I gave you your favorite plum blossoms."

Yu Tingwan was applying powder on her neck when she suddenly heard him say this. She felt less annoyed and didn't know what expression to make.

"It's your birthday, why do you give me a gift instead?"

Pei Zhi walked up behind her, took the mother-of-pearl powder box, and helped her cover the teeth marks. Apparently practice makes perfect.

He looked indifferent and said, "I celebrate my birthday just to make myself happy."

Rubbing the back of her neck affectionately with his fingertips, Pei Zhi bowed his head and said, "I feel happy to see you happy."

Yu Tingwan looked straight at the man in the mirror, suddenly remembered something, turned her head and asked: "Your status is indeed not suitable for celebrating your birthday with great fanfare, but didn't the late king give you any gifts?"

"Never."

Pei Zhi lowered his eyes and said, "My third brother gave me a jade sculpture as a gift."

You can tell how close you are by addressing each other. Yu Tingwan understood clearly: "Marquis Boping and you have a really good relationship."

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have cleared the way for her on her wedding day.

Pei Zhi didn't comment, but silently covered up the last trace of blush on the side of her neck.

He had nothing to do today, so he gathered up her clothes and whispered, "After lunch, let's go to Merlin."

In another half month, all the officials from the border areas who were reporting on their duties would come to the Prince of Wei's Mansion. They would be very busy by then, and they might neglect her.

"It was too late last time and I couldn't enjoy the scenery in the courtyard, which was a pity. I ordered people to rearrange the courtyard so that we can stay there for the next few days."

Standing outside the small courtyard of Meilin, Yu Tingwan saw a plaque that read "A plum blossom breaks spring first."

"Whose handwriting is this?"

Pei Zhi raised his eyes and glanced at the plaque, "Written by the late king."

"The late king liked plum blossoms?"

"He doesn't have anything in particular that he likes. Merlin is just arty."

Pei Zhi looked calm, put his arm around the shoulder of the woman beside him, and walked into the courtyard. Seeing her curiously looking at the hollow stone tiles on the low wall, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "Why are you so focused?"

He saw nothing special about these stones.

"Every piece is different." Yu Tingwan pointed to the one closest to her, "This one is the most interesting."

A life-size dancing girl was carved, and the beauty covered her face with a fan. The place where the fan should have been carved was hollowed out, just to reveal a pink plum tree outside the wall.

Pei Zhi's eyes wandered to the wall for a moment, then moved to Yu Tingwan's face. As soon as he nodded, he saw her suddenly pulling his sleeves and walking out.

She looked at the large plum trees in front of her and raised her head slightly, "Which one do you like best?"

Yu Tingwan felt that his expression was extremely serious, and the man in front of him chuckled and said some nonsensical words in a serious manner.

"you."

After he finished speaking, he paused and pointed at the cinnabar plum behind her, his eyes filled with smiles, "The one behind you."

Yu Tingwan turned around and looked at it carefully for a moment, as if he was about to memorize it. After returning to the small courtyard, he entered the room and saw pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the desk, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

She thought about the pot of plum blossoms, and it felt a little awkward. How could anyone accept a gift from a birthday girl, but she didn't know what to give.

She is not good at female celebrities, and she is not as good as him in calligraphy and painting. She seems to be only slightly good at plum blossom paintings, which she is best at.

When the painting is completed, I pick up the pen and write on the side: "The cold fragrance makes the bamboo thin, and the clear shadow brings clouds."

"Isn't this a poem I wrote when I was young?" Pei Zhi had been standing quietly aside, and now he couldn't help but lean forward slightly.

"This is for you." Yu Tingwan saw his stunned expression for a moment and said again: "This is your birthday gift."

Seeing that he didn't speak, thinking it was because he was dissatisfied, Yu Tingwan pursed her lips and said, "This is the cinnabar plum you chose. If you don't like it, I don't have anything else to give as a gift."

Pei Zhi seemed to have finally come to his senses. He lowered his head and kissed the corner of her lips, his eyes burning, "You gave it to me, of course I like it."

*

In the Zuiyun Tower of Chang'an, Chiying, who was wearing a mask, stood upright, looking at the charming beauty on the stage trying to please the spectators with no wavering in his eyes.

The strange middle-aged man on the side patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Why is this young master so uninterested? Could it be that he wants to watch the competition on the third floor?"

There was a group of handsome young men on the third floor. Chiying's eyelids twitched and goosebumps appeared on his arms.

Seeing that the young man didn't say anything, the middle-aged man just thought it was his first time and said enthusiastically: "Young master, it's better to redeem yourself early, otherwise the ransom will be doubled when the competition is over."

The corner of Chiying's mouth twitched to express his gratitude. He couldn't tell the difference between beauty and ugliness, so he just waited for the competition to end to see which ones had the highest ransom.

The palaces of the left and right princes of Wei are not short of this little money.

When the competition for the top spot was over, Chi Ying glanced at the jade piece in his hand and gently pulled it, causing the bells on the heads of everyone on the floor to jingle.

His voice was calm and he pointed at the beauties at the front of the stage.

"I want all eight of them."

Chi Ying spent thousands of dollars on Zuiyun Tower, and Pingyang Marquis An was sitting on the fifth floor. Naturally, he knew it. Hearing what was going on below, he planned to take a look at who was so willing.

When he caught a glimpse of the boxes of gold ingots and the unobstructed patterns on the wooden boxes, the smile on Yu Xiuyun's face froze, and doubts slowly emerged.

He pushed open the private room and heard the singing of orioles and the red shadow sitting in the middle, like Liu Xiahui.

Yu Xiuyun knew Chi Ying and frowned: "What's going on?"

When those beauties saw Pingyang Marquis, they all sat aside honestly. Chi Ying finally had a moment of peace, "I will send them to Xu Youzhen's house tomorrow."

Yu Xiuyun frowned, Xu Youzhen was a fierce general under Pei's command. He had no faults in terms of fighting and loyalty. He was like a brothel.

It is said that he had previously wanted to ask the King of Wei to give him the oiran, and avoided his wife's permission, so that the brothel girl could enter the palace in good faith.

Pei Zhi is not Pei Xu. He has never been interested in getting involved in ministers' family affairs and flatly refused.

Who can inspire King Wei to take time out of his busy schedule to let his confidants come to Zuiyun Tower? Pingyang Hou figured it out almost immediately, and the last bit of warmth on his face disappeared.

"What did the Xu family say about my sister?"

After a while, Yu Xiuyun raised his hand to signal the others to go out, and said calmly: "The Dragon-Slaying Guards claim to be all-pervasive, how come they didn't detect General Xu's green clouds circling the top?"