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The red shadow not far away widened his eyes. He had excellent eyesight and could see clearly, but now his brain was in a mess.

If he remembered correctly, when his lord was training the Dragon-Slaying Guards, he personally said not to expose his back to others. If Yu Tingwan had a hidden weapon hidden in his sleeve, wouldn't it mean that he would be able to kill everyone with one hit?

Akei wanted to say it, but didn't dare.

Pei Zhi sent Yu Tingwan back to Guanjuyuan without any intention of leaving. He sat leisurely at the table and called his maid: "Go and prepare water."

"What are you going to do?" Yu Tingwan suddenly became alert.

"I will rest here tonight."

Yu Tingwan was a little nervous and said after a long silence, "I'm not used to sleeping with other people."

"You want to sleep alone on the ground?" Pei Zhi said calmly, "Since you are a solitary person, you have to get used to it."

That night, Yu Tingwan couldn't sleep no matter what. Suddenly, there was a big living person next to him, and he was the King of Wei.

In the middle of the night, she couldn't stand it anymore, so she got up and lay down. Pei Zhi's voice suddenly came from behind her, as cold as frost and snow, which made her wake up immediately.

"what happened?"

He didn't feel sleepy at all, and he obviously didn't sleep either. Yu Tingwan felt like a light on his back and whispered softly: "I can't sleep, I want to go out for a walk."

"The Dragon-Slaying Guards of Guanjuyuan alternate between day and night, keeping an eye on you all the time. Even in the middle of the night, you can't escape."

"Your Highness has misunderstood." Yu Tingwan said with difficulty, "I will not leave Prince Wei's Mansion."

"Where do you want to go?" Pei Zhi stood up and put on his clothes, "I will accompany you alone."

"No need, Your Highness, I suddenly feel a little sleepy." Yu Tingwan didn't want to go out immediately, so she lay down and said softly.

I don't know if she heard it wrong, but there seemed to be a very light sigh in her ears.

She stayed up all night, and when Pei Zhi went to the morning court, she deliberately pretended to be asleep and listened to the conversations outside.

It was the maidservant of Guanjuyuan who reported to him that Pei Zhi listened in silence to her every move these days, and then left without saying a word.

After King Wei left, she could sleep peacefully without being disturbed. She didn't wake up until late.

Pei Zhi had already gone to court and was discussing matters with his subordinates in the study. He did not come to Guanju Courtyard all day until his wife arrived. When he entered the room, he saw that Yu Tingwan had already gone to bed. He slowed down and looked at her carefully. I couldn't help but want to laugh.

This morning, she really pretended to sleep.

Pei Zhi looked at her sleeping face intently and thought Yu Tingwan was still cute when she was asleep. When she was awake, she always wanted to stab him, but when she saw that he was annoyed, she lowered her voice.

But he didn't like Yu Tingwan's disgusted look, nor did he want to see her being a lowly person.

He saw a thin layer of sweat on the forehead of the woman on the couch, frowned and held her hand, finding that she was shaking, as if she had a nightmare.

He leaned over and put his ear to her lips, and all he could hear was an indistinct "Brother, there's a lot of blood."

Pei Zhi was stunned for a moment, patted her back and said softly: "I'm here."

Seeing that her brows really relaxed a lot, he suddenly remembered the folk tune he heard when he passed by Qingzhou when he was a child.

When he was seven years old, he visited Yu Xin in Qingzhou with his father. His father and Yu Xin had a detailed talk in the back room, while he, as the eldest son of the Pei family, waited quietly in the east room.

Mrs. Yu asked her servants to serve him cakes and held a little baby in her arms. Pei Zhi had been calm since he was a child and remained silent for four hours, until the baby in Mrs. Yu's arms started crying.

Pei Zhi was so disturbed that he couldn't help asking: "Mrs. Yu, is she hungry?"

"This child is timid. Maybe she was startled by the sound of gongs outside just now." After Mrs. Yu explained to him, she gently patted the baby in her arms and hummed a Qingzhou tune to coax her.

Pei Zhi followed his memory and slowly recalled the tunes Mrs. Yu sang. The folk tunes were simple, and he knew the rhythm well, so he didn't find it difficult to sing.

Seeing that her breathing had calmed down, Pei Zhi sat on the edge of the couch, lost in thought.

At that time, his father and Yu Xin were not on speaking terms. After returning to the military camp, Zhang Yushu asked him if he had seen the two children of the Yu family. He said that Mr. Yu had gone to school and only saw a girl.

Zhang Yushu was depressed all day at that time. He twitched the corner of his mouth as if he was missing something, and asked: "What do you think? Your mother once said that if Yu Gongming has a daughter, she will get engaged to you."

Pei Zhi thought of the baby's cry and said indifferently: "He is timid and very noisy. He probably won't have a good temper when he grows up."

His mother had passed away at that time, so he didn't take it to heart. In the following years, the Yu family was in decline, without any improvement, so his father made an engagement for him with the Cui family.

Although he has never met Cui's daughter, he is very satisfied with the marriage. Cui's century-old noble family is very helpful to him.

When he was sixteen years old, he returned to the imperial court after his victory. He passed by Lingji in Qingzhou and was greeted by people. Sitting on a tall horse, he saw a little girl wearing a curtain and leaning on a woman's arms and falling asleep.

She moved her head bit by bit, and the curtain fell down, revealing a face with pink makeup and jade. The woman on the side saw the Crown Prince of Wei looking over and quickly apologized: "Your Majesty, this is the daughter-in-law of the Yu County magistrate's family. , I have been ill recently and am not in good spirits."

Pei Zhi smiled. He didn't care about a little girl. He just suddenly remembered what Zhang Yushu said. He was glad that she was not engaged to him. She was weak and not good at etiquette, so she was not suitable to be the wife of the Pei family.

The next time he heard her name was from Yuan Ziyu's mouth, Pei Zhi just listened silently. There are countless beautiful women in the world, and there are many talented ones among the nobles. He just felt that Yuan Ziyu was exaggerating because beauty was in the eyes of lovers.

When the emperor wanted to summon Yu Tingwan to Beijing, no one objected, but Pei Zhi acquiesced to the emperor's behavior.

It would not only make the emperor's already bad reputation worse, but also sell Yuan Ziyu's favor, so he had no reason to stop it.

According to common sense, everything should go according to his plan, but he himself ruined this beautiful thing that killed two birds with one stone.

Pei Zhi was lying on the couch, holding Yu Tingwan in his arms, gently stroking her hair, murmuring a soothing tune, and suddenly felt regretful.

Early the next morning, he went to the morning court. On the way, he suddenly remembered something and told Chi Ying: "It is Chuangu's order that Jiangling Marquis must not be mentioned again in Chang'an City."

At noon, Chen Xi personally took people to Xuanpingmen and took away a corpse. The stench was soaring all the way.

The guard at Xuanping Gate, as if he was about to be granted amnesty, hurriedly said: "This traitor has been hanging here in public for how many days. At first, the people came to see the fun, but now they don't want to get close."

Chen Xi said in a deep voice: "Are you dissatisfied with King Wei's order? This is a traitor. You should whip your corpse and hang it on the door as a warning to others."

"How dare you. How dare you." Several guards quickly apologized.

After more than half a month, the weather became colder and colder, Xuanpingmen no longer had any strange smell, and the people kept silent about Jiangling Marquis.

In the Guanju courtyard, Yu Tingwan no longer had nightmares in recent days, and her complexion improved a lot. After dinner, Pei Zhi said to her: "I will take you out of the house tomorrow."

She was a little surprised and looked up at him, "Where are you going?"

"Aren't you always thinking about the Marquis of Jiangling?" Pei Zhi mentioned him, suppressing his anger and saying with a smile: "Gu said that he was buried in peace, but you didn't believe it. Gu took you to worship him."

"I don't believe it." Yu Tingwan thought he was testing something again, and said in a panic: "I haven't been thinking about him all the time."

Pei Zhi thought about the "lots of blood" she murmured in her nightmare, and his heart sank slightly. He said without changing his face: "Seeing is believing. I don't want you to misunderstand. Do you really not want to go?"