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"I have met my empress." Yuan Ziyu felt a little better when he saw that Yu Tingwan was not wearing a lotus hairpin today. "My grandmother's birthday has passed, and I will leave Beijing soon. I specially bid farewell today."

Yu Tingwan nodded and said, "I wish Governor Yuan good luck in his official career."

"My Majesty, don't you have anything else to say to me?" Yuan Ziyu's hand holding the tea cup trembled a little, as if in anticipation.

"Yes." Yu Tingwan looked at Yuan Ziyu with a stern look on her face, "I am just a woman from a deep palace. I can't stand the gossip. I also ask Governor Yuan not to come to Yilan Palace in the future."

Yuan Ziyu was silent and asked: "My dear, I only met you a few times on the way, but you are so disgusted. King Wei offered me a hairpin skirt as a gift, why didn't you refuse?"

Yu Tingwan lowered her head and glanced at her dress. The heavy lotus silk silk was as smooth as water, and the tail of her dress was trailing to the ground, embroidered with lotus flowers. Her movements seemed to be filled with lotus flowers. She frowned and said, "What does Governor Yuan mean by this?"

"Don't you know?" Yuan Ziyu paused for a moment. Although the lotus pattern on the skirt was different from the one on the hairpin, he could guess whose handiwork it was for the soothing and elegant style.

When he was studying painting as a child, Yuan Ziyu was childish and joked that Pei Zhi's painting style was too graceful and delicate, and even his poems had a sour taste. His father took him to Pei's house to plead guilty.

"This is from Oriushi."

Yuan Ziyu suddenly laughed. Previously, he was afraid that Yu Tingwan would think that he was a fool, so he tried his best to observe etiquette in Yilan Hall, but now he could not restrain the absurd feeling in his heart.

He thought that the King of Wei had already won the heart of the imperial concubine, and was temporarily defeated. He only thought that for a person like Pei Zhi, it was normal for the imperial concubine to be happy with him. He said goodbye today and had no intention of returning to Chang'an in the future.

But Yuan Ziyu didn't expect that the King of Wei was so arrogant. Even if he showed kindness, he would be so roundabout so that no one would know.

"Your Majesty, I can vouch for the embroidery work, material, and embroidery pattern of this dress. It came from the Palace of the Prince of Wei."

Yu Tingwan's face turned pale, "Do you have any evidence?"

"If the empress had seen King Wei's paintings, she would think the same as I do."

"Your Majesty, the King of Wei is pleased with you." Yuan Ziyu said softly, but it was like a thunder falling on Yu Tingwan's ears.

It's not like she has never made such a guess, but no one has ever said this with such certainty.

Yu Tingwan's hand shook, and the hot water from the teacup poured onto her wrist. Jiaoyue wiped the water stains with a handkerchief, and quickly asked others to get ointment.

Her wrist was burned red, and she slightly lifted the fabric on her right wrist. Yuan Ziyu just glanced at it and saw a little bit of palace sand.

When Yu Tingwan's expression returned to calm, Yuan Ziyu said without any hesitation: "If the empress is willing, even if the King of Wei blocks her, I will try my best to bring the empress out of the palace."

Since there is no relationship between the imperial concubine and the King of Wei, Yuan Ziyu remained silent for a moment, seemingly making up his mind. His expression was not even the slightest bit joking, but what he said was shocking.

"Or, if the empress is willing to accept me, I can resign and stay in Chang'an for a long time." Yuan Ziyu paused, "I would like to be the empress' guest at the wedding."

"Prefect Yuan!" Yu Tingwan's tone was full of surprise, and then anger. She couldn't help but get up to see off the guests: "You are too presumptuous, this is the harem."

"I know that your Majesty cannot accept it at the moment." Yuan Ziyu sat still, looking up at the woman in front of him, with eyes like a goddess, "But since King Wei and I both like the Queen, and the Queen can accept King Wei's kindness, can you try to accept my offer? "

Yu Tingwan thought of those clothes and was speechless for a moment, "I didn't know that was him..."

"So the empress has no interest in King Wei." Yuan Ziyu asked urgently, "Really?"

Yu Tingwan suddenly appeared in front of Yu Tingwan's eyes. He was dressed in a crane cloak and purple clothes. He looked like when he stepped into the hall on a snowy night. He turned into a handsome gentleman in a carriage with a smile in the breeze. Unfortunately, he was just a white-skinned sesame paste.

She lowered her eyes, knowing that there were probably spies from King Wei in the palace, and said softly: "Yes, I have no affection for King Wei, nor do I have any affection for Governor Yuan."

Yuan Ziyu's face turned pale and she murmured: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter."

He bowed his hands and said, "My dearest lady, see you the next day."

Yuan Ziyu was dejected when she came, but she was elated when she left. As soon as she returned to Yuan's Mansion, she drafted a resignation letter and ordered her servants to deliver it to Prince Wei's Mansion.

After two hours, the servant still hadn't come back. After waiting for more than an hour, Yuan Ziyu was planning to go to Prince Wei's Mansion in person.

The door was suddenly pushed open. Yuan Qi was sweating, and his face and lips were white. He came in and punched Yuan Ziyu in the face.

"Go, get the whip!" Yuan Qi ordered the servant beside him. Yuan Ziyu squinted and saw that it was the one he sent to Prince Wei's Mansion.

"Brother—"

Before he could finish speaking, Yuan Qi took the whip and said: "Kneel down, I think you are obsessed with something. You need a pain to know what to do and what not to do."

The clothes on Yuan Ziyu's back were whipped into bloody strips, which were stuck to the wound. He raised his eyes and saw Pei Zhi standing by the door, looking at him with a bit of pity in his eyes.

He understood that Yuan Qi had done it himself, and it was just a superficial injury. His brother was just showing off to King Wei.

Unfortunately, Pei Zhi never spoke, and just looked at Yuan Ziyu. His clothes were not stained by dust, as if the bloody smell in the room had nothing to do with him.

"Okay." Pei Zhi said slowly. It was clearly summer, but there was a chill all over his body. "I want to have a few words with Ziyu."

Yuan Qi was still uneasy. When he left, he turned around frequently and whispered to his servants to quickly go and fetch the doctor and enter through the side door so that no one could see him.

"The spy who is alone in Yilan Palace has reported everything you said today. Yuan Ziyu, you are really..." Pei Zhi chuckled lightly, "You are not afraid of death."

Yuan Ziyu smiled and reluctantly said, "My lord, that's what I said, right?"

Pei Zhi remained silent for a long while before he said coldly: "You guessed wrong."

Yuan Ziyu ignored the tear on his back and smiled so much that his shoulders shrugged, "My lord, let me guess. You are so inconsistent and cover up in every possible way. I'm afraid that when you plant spies, you have to do it in my name."

"I know that I am not as good as you in terms of power, appearance, and talent, but I am still better than you."

Yuan Ziyu struggled to get up and staggered to his feet, blood dripping down his clothes and dripping on the ground. He was covered in filth. Looking at the glorious King of Wei, he showed a trace of arrogance: "I am in love with your noble concubine. I dare to speak out and let her know. But you didn't mention it at all, lest she reject you and damage the majesty of King Wei."

Pei Zhi narrowed his eyes slightly, smiled at the corner of his lips, stretched out his hand to strangle his throat, and slowly tightened his fingers.

"Ahem..." Yuan Ziyu had a happy smile on his face. He was never afraid of death, "I love your concubine openly and openly... Ahem, this heart... I hope the sun and the moon will shine."

"If I die today, I just hope...I just hope that King Wei can cut out my heart...and give it to the empress."