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Pei Zhi was sitting on a simple hard couch, his wound was simply bandaged, and there was faint blood oozing from the area wrapped in white cloth.

His expression was quite indifferent, and he glanced at the young man kneeling at his feet.

"Brother, it's my fault." Pei Jing knelt down to apologize as soon as he came in.

Pei Jing wished he could cut Pei Ke into pieces now and mess up the first errand after returning to the capital. Thinking about how he had vowed to his eldest brother that Marquis Wan was fine, he wished he could slap himself twice.

In the past, King Wei would have asked him to get up.

But today, I acted as if he didn't exist and let him kneel down.

Chi Ying was still checking the dagger, but felt that it was not suitable to stay here for a long time. After half a quarter of an hour, he finally spoke to break the silence.

"My lord, there's nothing wrong with this dagger."

Pei Zhi looked a little tired, raised his hand slightly, and Chi Ying retreated. Before leaving, he heard the voice of Marquis Boping asking impatiently.

"Eldest brother, why did you block that attack today? Why did you put your own life in danger when you taught me that the son of a rich man cannot sit down in court?"

Pei Jing's voice was dull and he was holding back tears. Knowing that his eldest brother must have a terrible look on his face now, he simply lowered his head and finished speaking.

"Based on your skill, you can clearly cut off Pei Ke's hand with your sword. But if you use it for a few more seconds, the dagger will only cut through the skin of the elder sister-in-law."

"Ten thousand steps back, you can avoid that dagger when you are protecting her. Why don't you avoid it, eldest brother?"

Pei Jing became more confused and angry as he spoke, and in the end he couldn't help but ask loudly: "Why?"

"Have you said enough?" A frosty voice sounded.

The man sitting on the couch had ice-cold eyes and a calm tone.

"Gu Ye never thought that one day, something went wrong on Marquis Boping's errand. Instead of trying to make amends, he asked Gu about his personal affairs."

Pei Zhi leaned forward slightly, looked down at the person kneeling on the ground, and sneered: "Gu Ming, you fed him cartilage powder today, did you do it?"

"I have clearly given him medicine." Pei Jing was silent for a moment, his throat tightened, and he couldn't help but speak against King Wei's anger. He said in disbelief: "Eldest brother, do you think this is your private matter?"

"It's still more than half a month before the Zen ceremony. If you are seriously injured today, or if... Pei Ke really succeeds, the world will only think that at this juncture, what happened to King Wei is God's will, and God does not want me, Pei, to take over. "

"At that time, what will your eldest brother do to the Pei family, and what will happen to the subordinates who follow you." Pei Jing lowered his voice, "Your safety is related to the future of ten thousand people, how can it be a private matter?"

"Isn't there still you?" Pei Zhi's voice was as calm as water, "Marquis Boping has so little confidence in himself?"

Pei Jing raised his head suddenly and met those unpredictable eyes.

He couldn't tell whether his elder brother was joking or just mocking him in anger.

Pei Jing murmured: "I can't convince the public with my military exploits. I'm not familiar with the strategic garrison of Chang'an, and I have some foundation in Youzhou. Does your elder brother want me to take the Pei family and retreat to a corner of Youzhou or Yanzhou?" "

His scalp was numb, and he didn't even need to consider the noble officials who might betray him and give it a go. Zhang Ji, Li Wei, and Asul would not be convinced by him alone.

"From the moment my father led troops to surround the palace and murder the queen, the Pei family has no way of turning back. Except for the Pei family, no matter who becomes the emperor, we are waiting for death." Pei Jing took a deep breath, "Eldest brother If something goes wrong, even if the Pei family insists on proclaiming himself emperor, the first king of the new dynasty will not be able to convince the public, and the country will be like a high tower without foundation, crumbling."

At the end of his speech, he even cried bitterly: "Brother, I really can't do it. Don't say such things again in the future."

"Okay." Pei Zhi seemed to have a headache, "Don't put that disgusting thing on your face anymore. You are fine, why are you crying."

Pei Jing raised his sleeves to wipe his tears when he heard this. King Wei didn't let him get up, so he kept kneeling.

He was used to kneeling in ancestral halls when he was a child, so he didn't think anything of it.

"Do you know why I didn't let you get up?"

"Because I don't do things well." Pei Jing pursed his thin lips into a thin line, and the room was silent. He said bravely: "Because I arbitrarily interfered with my eldest brother's decision."

Pei Jing tentatively raised his eyes to see his elder brother's expression.

King Wei finally stood up, looked at him condescendingly, with a stern face, and said slowly: "Did you feel resentful towards your eldest sister-in-law at the banquet just now?"

Marquis Boping couldn't hide his thoughts. When he glanced at the princess just now, there was clearly a flash of complaint in his eyes.

"No." Pei Jing subconsciously denied it, then his heart skipped a beat and he admitted honestly: "It was just a moment."

"I'm just afraid. You clearly said that what Pei wants is an invincible king." He looked straight into King Wei's eyes, "You promised me that you would never be like my father. Let nothing hinder Qianqiu’s achievements.”

"You mean, Gu broke his promise?" Pei Zhi laughed angrily.

"I can not."

Pei Zhi was silent for a moment and asked the kneeling man to stand up, as he had done when he was teaching his younger brother seriously. Although his tone was patient, his expression was unquestionable.

"Third brother, she is more important to me than mother and father. Do you understand?"

Pei Jing opened his mouth, but was speechless for a while. He lowered his eyebrows and complied: "I understand."

*

Yu Tingwan was at the stone table and vaguely heard Pei Jing's cry. Her eyebrows jumped and she looked at the red shadow in the corner of the yard.

"Didn't you say he's fine?" She grabbed Chiying's sleeve, "Why did I hear Marquis Boping say 'no'."

"Princess, my lord is really fine." Chi Ying looked serious.

She loosened her sleeves, and the sounds in the room gradually became fainter, and then she saw a young man coming out with red eyes, obviously he had just cried.

"Sister-in-law?" Pei Jing was stunned for a moment when he saw clearly who the woman outside the door was.

He had mixed feelings in his heart. Seeing that although the face of the person in front of him turned pale, he did not shed a single tear, he couldn't help but feel sad for his eldest brother.

After remembering something, he said in a complex tone: "The dagger almost pierced his right shoulder. If he doesn't recover well, he may be at the root of the disease. So no matter what happened before, please be more considerate of my elder sister-in-law these days."

Yu Tingwan rarely had such a good temper and directly pushed away the nagging Marquis Boping.

After stepping into the house and opening the bamboo curtain, the smell of blood lingered at the tip of her nose. She suddenly stopped and stared intently at the man sitting on the couch resting.

Slowly moving to his side, Yu Tingwan said, "Aren't you cold?"

Pei Zhi did not put on his outer shirt, and the wound burst open when he got angry, and the blood stains seeping out of his middle coat were particularly obvious.

"It's not cold." He pointed to the charcoal pot at his feet and carefully examined the expression of the woman in front of him. When he saw that there were no tears, he smiled and said, "Thanks for showing you the injuries on my body before, otherwise I might have scared you today."

He hooked Yu Tingwan's palm with his left hand and said softly: "I was negligent today. Fortunately, Pei Ke didn't hurt you."

After saying a few words, Pei Zhi realized that something was wrong when he saw that the person in front of him looked wooden and didn't even blink.

He motioned Yu Tingwan to sit in his arms. Seeing that she was motionless, he frowned slightly and said in a soft voice, "I won't do anything, just let me hold you for a while."

She moved her eyes and glanced at his injuries.

Pei Zhi chuckled and said, "The wound is on the shoulder, not on the leg."

Yu Tingwan hesitated for a moment and sat on his lap, her face turned pale.

"Pei Jing said you were almost stabbed in the shoulder." His tone was surprisingly calm, without a trace of emotion.

"Don't listen to his nonsense. He likes to exaggerate." Pei Zhi comforted him: "Many doctors in the government were in the army and were good at treating these skin wounds."

When he saw Yu Tingwan lowering her head, as if she couldn't hear him, his heart suddenly trembled, and he gently raised her cheek.

Pei Zhi realized something. She was not calm. She was frightened and angry, and her emotions were hurt internally. The more she was like now, the more it hurt her body.

"Wanwan, let's go back to the house now." He squeezed the hand of the person in his arms, unable to hold it warm no matter what, "I am really fine. If you don't believe my words, don't you believe the words of the doctor in the house?"

As soon as she finished speaking, her eyelashes trembled slightly, "Pei Jing has been crying, I thought..."

When she was protected, Yu Tingwan felt that it had been a long time before she was let go. She thought Pei Ke had stabbed him more than once.

Her head was pressed close to his chest, and she could clearly hear his laughter.

"Don't worry about him. He has been crying since he was a child." Pei Zhi said in a serious tone and lowered his head, "Believe me in Wanwan, I am sensible and nothing will happen to my body."

He gently kissed the forehead of the person in his arms, with a smile on his lips, "What will you do if I die? Just for you, I have to strive to live a long life."