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"Wanwan, Xie Xuan is picking out sachets over there. Just now she was saying that she wanted to bring one to you."

Yu Xiuyun had a smile on his lips. He could only rest for the past two days. He was dragged out tonight, but he didn't expect to run into his sister and King Wei.

Yu Tingwan walked in the direction he pointed and saw Xie Wuniang bending down to pick and choose.

"Princess, these are sachets made of Lixiang. You can also choose a few."

Xie Xuan watched her pick three, and quickly stuffed the vendor with a broken piece of silver.

She patted Yu Tingwan on the shoulder very casually and said with a smile: "My dowry was carried ten miles away, so I am very rich. If you are short of money in the future, just ask me for it."

Pei Zhi was standing not far away, and his face turned blue when he heard this. He was in charge of the world, how could he let Yu Tingwan be short of money?

After hearing what Xie Wuniang said, Yu Tingwan didn't refuse her and handed her a rice dumpling-shaped sachet in his hand.

"This is chosen for you." She smiled, "You like to eat rice dumplings."

There is another one, for her brother.

The last one lay on her open palm, in the shape of a lotus, neither big nor small.

"Your Majesty, this is for you."

Pei Zhi thought he didn't have it. He was stunned for a moment when he heard the words. He reached out to pick up the sachet and slowly held it in his palm.

Yu Tingwan raised her eyes and looked at him: "When we go back, hang it next to the couch."

"Okay." His throat moved slightly, "Whatever you say will be whatever it is."

"It's too late, let's go back."

Pei Zhi lowered his head and glanced at the hand holding his sleeve, then glanced at Marquis Pingyang with a calm expression.

After returning to the carriage, suddenly a hand stretched out, it was Chi Ying.

The young man was carrying an oil paper bag, and his voice came through the curtain: "My lord, this is what you ordered."

Yu Tingwan thought it was some precious object, but the man beside her took it casually, opened it and gave her a piece of persimmon.

"I remember you liked this very much at Zhang Yuan's house."

She lowered her head and saw a ball of orange in front of her long fingers, with a thin layer of frosting on her fingertips.

"When did you give the order?" Yu Tingwan's tone was harsh.

"When you picked out the sachet."

She took the persimmon and had just taken a bite when she heard Pei Zhi's deep voice: "You didn't say a few words to Marquis Pingyang just now, but you were afraid of my words during the day?"

He wiped off the frosting on his fingertips with a silk handkerchief, and did not look at her when he spoke: "Just think that I am talking nonsense today."

Hearing this, she pursed her lips and felt inexplicably unhappy in her heart, "I want to go back home. It's obviously because it's too late and you haven't had dinner yet."

Pei Zhi is not picky about food at all. After all, he even ate tree bark on the battlefield, but he only doesn't like eating out. Even in Dongguang Tower, he would watch her eat after moving a few chopsticks.

Yu Tingwan was also curious. He said that someone might have poisoned him while eating out. Even if his subordinates tested the poison, he still felt uncomfortable.

She was full, so she couldn't ask him to accompany her when he was hungry, so she took him back early.

Pei Zhi finally raised his head, his heart tingling for a while. Seeing that she seemed annoyed, he quickly pulled her into his arms, resting his chin on her forehead and stroking the back of her neck with his fingers.

*

In the inner room of Guanjuyuan, Yu Tingwan stepped on the embroidery stool and hung the sachet as high as possible.

Someone suddenly held her waist. She turned her head and saw Pei Zhi, "Have you had dinner?"

He nodded slightly, stretched out his hand to help her hang up the things, and after lifting her down, he said with a smile: "Just let me do this kind of thing. What if she falls."

He glanced at the lotus-shaped sachet and felt very good. He called his servant in and said, "Send that jade Buddha sculpture to Pingyang Hou's Mansion, saying it is a reward for Madam Pingyang Hou."

After getting on the bed, all the lights and candles were extinguished, and the bright light in the room could not shine through the bed curtains.

Pei Zhi stretched out his arms as usual and pulled the woman on the pillow into his arms. The faint breath of the sachet at the tip of his nose was intertwined with the fragrance of Yu Tingwan.

He will stop bathing in two days, and until the first day of the new year, he can only accompany her every day.

On the first day of the lunar month, as usual, all civil and military officials have to go to the palace to pay homage to His Majesty early in the morning, and then they have to entertain all the ministers, and they are allowed to bring their families to the banquet.

According to his arrangement, the second time the officials came to persuade him to enter the palace was on Zhengdan. He planned to take Yu Tingwan into the palace with him.

As for the third time, it will be on February 2. After that, you can go to the meditation platform and completely end the life of Da Zhou.

Envoys from various states, civil servants and generals, and Pei's most elite soldiers were all there.

Logically speaking, he shouldn't bring the princess to such an occasion, but he hoped she could be by his side.

Moreover, if the meditation platform is too far away from the Palace of the Prince of Wei, he will be very homesick.

Pei Zhi held her hand and slowly brought it close to her heart, feeling a warm current flowing into her body along her fingertips.

"Wanwan, how about going to the Zhengdan Banquet with me?"

"Zhengdan Banquet?"

She hesitated for a moment and didn't want to go. She guessed that there would be a lot of talk and the ceremony was long and complicated. The officials and courtiers were sitting separately, so maybe someone would come to ask her questions.

Thinking of her temper, Pei Zhi added: "I will be by your side from beginning to end, and no one will bother you."

"it is good."

Seeing her promise, Pei Zhi pressed forward and said, "When I go to the meditation platform, you will come with me."

"No."

Yu Tingwan suddenly woke up, and his tired tone just now disappeared.

"It doesn't matter, just sit on the high platform every night."

"Then everyone down there can see me."

Pei Zhi smiled and said, "Isn't that better?"

Yu Tingwan tightened her arm on him and whispered, "Where is the best place?"

"Let them all know that you are the future queen and how much I value you."

After saying that, he remembered that these two things might not be very attractive to Yu Tingwan. Pei wrapped his fingers around a strand of her hair, pressed her under him, and said warmly: "I feel good."

His tone was soft and calm, but his face was hidden in darkness, and he was obviously unhappy.

The next day after going to court, when Pei Zhi came back, he said to Yu Tingwan: "Wanwan, do you still remember that you promised me to go to the meditation platform last night?"

"How could I ever agree?" Her face turned crimson, and it was clear that he had taken advantage of her unconsciousness to trick her into agreeing.

Seeing that she was really annoyed, he was silent for a moment and said, "That's it, we'll talk about it next year."

"I promise to accompany you to meet Marquis Pingyang today." Pei Zhi's face froze for a moment, then he said as usual: "Do you want to go now?"

Yu Tingwan also chatted with his brother yesterday. Yu Xiuyun said that he was fine and just wanted to hide at home for a few days to relax.

When the King of Wei comes to visit, he must keep the Hou Mansion busy for a while no matter what.

"No need."

Since she didn't go to her brother's place, she was pulled into the inner room of the study. As soon as she sat down on the imperial concubine's couch, she heard Pei Zhi say: "Wanwan, do you want to see the list of Qingzhou's candidates for this year?"

Yu Tingwan's eyes brightened slightly. She wanted to know if Qiu Tao's husband had been cheated.

She sat on Pei Zhi's lap and read the envelope handed over by the Qingzhou examiner. She pursed her lips and searched for a moment before finally finding a familiar name.

"So happy?"

He originally planned to tell Yu Tingwan that the top scholar in Qingzhou was Mr. Jiang whom she had helped in Yuan County, Pingyuan County.

But after watching it for so long, she probably didn't remember Mr. Jiang in her heart. Instead, she was looking for someone else's name.

Pei Zhi's heart skipped a beat, remembering that Yu Tingwan had clearly said that she didn't have any childhood sweethearts.

He frowned slightly, remembering that Lingji did have two scholars on the list, and his voice became colder, "Who were you looking at just now?"

Yu Tingwan spoke briskly, with a smile on her lips, "Qiu Tao's husband."

Pei Zhi was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered that she had mentioned this person, lowered his eyes, and laughed at himself for thinking too much.

He glanced at the name and saw that his ranking was not high and he would not be eligible to come to Chang'an next spring, but he was deeply impressed by this person's strategy.

His words and sentences are not subtle enough, but he has something to say and he should be a pragmatic official.

He said softly: "Wanwan, he will probably take office in Jiangzuo next year."

Fu Xun and others killed many officials and nobles in Jiangzuo who were stubbornly resisting and dissatisfied with the King of Wei, leaving too many vacancies that needed to be filled.

"If you miss that maid, I will transfer him to Chang'an next year."

Seeing that he was serious, Yu Tingwan was stunned for a moment and then shook his head: "In the letter Qiu Tao handed me, he mentioned Mr. Song's temper and that he would not be willing to be transferred to Chang'an because of this."

What's more, for young officials like Song Gongzi, it is better to go to the south to come to Chang'an to surround the children of powerful people.

"Qiu Tao has always longed for the scenery of Jiangzuo in the book." She lowered her head and said: "Besides, you yourself said that you should only appoint people on their merits. How could you just recruit and promote ministers so casually just because of me?"