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Yu Tingwan breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, but suddenly felt sleepy. After lying down, he asked casually: "Why is Chen Xi looking for you so late?"

As soon as she finished speaking, she regretted that she was now becoming more and more open-minded and even asked casually about the past.

Pei Zhi didn't care at all, "There are some small things in the East Palace."

"Zhao Heng has another funeral?" Yu Tingwan couldn't think of anything else the prince could do.

Pei Zhi's face, which was slightly cold when he mentioned the prince, smiled because of these words, "My guess was so accurate."

"He is holding a funeral in the palace?" Yu Tingwan felt incredible. After thinking about it carefully, he suddenly realized: "He must be using the funeral to scold you."

"He said that the world was about to be unified, and that the Zhou Dynasty could save his face and die, all because of the loyal ministers in the court, and the loyal ministers should support the Zhou Dynasty." There was a smile on Pei Zhi's lips, and he was not annoyed at all.

Every time he said a word, Yu Tingwan's face became more shocked.

The princess had previously said that Zhao Heng had no ambitions, but her words clearly resented the Pei family.

"Does Pei Shu know?"

"She is stubborn, don't worry about her." Pei Zhi's tone was as cold as ice, "Chen Xi suppressed this matter. She won't know about it until she enters the palace today."

"Didn't Zhao Heng have a princess?" Yu Tingwan murmured, why did Pei Shu still care about her?

"He never married."

Zhao Heng had been delaying his marriage before. After being pushed to the throne by Pei Zhi, the Lu family quickly found reasons to break off the engagement with him.

Yu Tingwan nodded, slightly surprised. She had been away from Chang'an for several months and didn't know many things.

Pei Zhi went to take a bath, and she was lying on the couch alone. After closing her eyes, she heard him lying down next to her.

"Your Majesty, I think the prince may like the princess."

Suddenly hearing what she said, Pei Zhi hugged her and asked, "Are you also going to be a lobbyist for Pei Shu and persuade me to allow them to be together?"

"No." Yu Tingwan paused, her voice trembling, as if she had carefully considered every word before speaking carefully.

"I just think that if he likes the princess, refuses her while getting engaged to the Lu family, and now does this kind of thing in the East Palace, Zhao Heng's temperament is different from what he looks like." Yu Tingwan didn't dare to look at Pei Zhi's face was staring at his throat, and he pursed his lips and said, "Would he want to use the excuse of the funeral to communicate with others, and then...then harm you?"

Mr. Pei had too many enemies. Some people looked forward to surrendering, hoping that Mr. Pei would fall and take a share of the pie.

After a long silence, she said in a panic: "I'm just guessing, don't worry about it."

The arm holding her waist suddenly exerted force, as if to embed her into his own flesh and blood, Pei Zhi said in a complicated voice, "Are you worried about me every night?"

"I just suddenly thought of it." Yu Tingwan was a little painful from being strangled by him, and found that he couldn't push him, so he explained: "Brother mentioned that if something happens to you, there will be chaos in the north."

Pei Xu started his career in Yanzhou, Qingzhou. No matter how wars raged in the world over the years, Qingzhou was still stable under the protection of the Pei family. King Wei was kind to the people of Qingzhou.

Even when she was in Jingzhou, she was always afraid that King Wei would come to visit her, and she never looked forward to King Wei's early death like her brother.

Hearing that she wanted to explain, Pei Zhi covered her mouth and whispered, "It doesn't have to be so clear."

"Don't worry, I'll be fine." His eyes were gentle, but his words were cold, "Zhao Heng's brain won't be able to kill me in the next life."

"The Dragon-Slaying Guard is not a decoration. I know all about Zhao Heng's thoughts." He lowered his head and kissed the end of the eye of the woman in his arms. "You just need to stay by my side safely."

Hearing the last sentence, Yu Tingwan's throat tightened, she grabbed the skirt of his pajamas and crumpled the neat satin pajamas.

When he talked about Zhao Heng, he was extremely contemptuous and did not hide it at all. It reminded her of her brother saying that the King of Wei could not wait any longer.

If King Wei really proclaims himself emperor, she does not want to be the queen, nor is she suitable to be the queen.

"What are you thinking about?"

She unconsciously twisted her hand in her pajamas, then came to her senses. She didn't know how to express the words stuck in her throat, and said muffledly: "It's nothing."

"Is there something else you don't want to say to me?" Pei Zhi paused, and when he saw her lips moving, he quickly interrupted: "That's all, I guess it's something I don't want to hear. Go to sleep."

Yu Tingwan didn't refute and closed her eyes. When she woke up, it was already midnight. After breakfast, she leaned against the window with Xiaobai in her arms. When she looked outside, she saw a familiar figure.

Pei Zhi didn't know what he asked the maid in the courtyard, and his steps suddenly became much brisker.

"Just now I asked the maid if you are awake." He sat by the window, looked at the dog in Yu Tingwan's arms, and said with some displeasure: "This dog looks disgusted when it sees me."

Yu Tingwan mocked: "Last time I said it was laughing. You said how can a dog laugh? In a blink of an eye, it will dislike people."

Pei Zhi paused, feeling that the dog was an eyesore, "Aren't you going to the study today to read the booklet Ruyi compiled for you?"

Yu Tingwan would not bring Xiaobai into the study, stood up and put down the furry ball in his arms.

There was still some pain between her legs. It was not far from Guanjuyuan to the study, so Pei Zhi still called for a sedan.

When she arrived at the study, she opened the first volume and suddenly said: "I want to go to Pingyang Hou Mansion tomorrow."

"Your brother will come to the mansion tomorrow to discuss matters. If you want to see him, there is no need to go to the Marquis' mansion."

"I'm not going to see my brother." Yu Tingwan felt tight in her chest, "Qiu Tao is leaving. I will give her a dowry and a letter."

Pei Zhi's expression changed slightly, and he finally looked up from the memorial. Seeing Yu Tingwan's suddenly indifferent expression towards him, he felt panicked.

"I understand." He picked up the cinnabar pen but hesitated to move it. "Do you want to pick something from the darkroom as a gift?"

"I've prepared everything." Yu Tingwan lowered his eyes and stared at a word on the scroll in his hand, as if he wanted to burn a hole in that place.

"Okay, remember to take Chen Xing with you tomorrow."

After saying that, he fell silent and looked down at the memorial in his hand.

After a long while, Pei Zhi finished reading the memorial and caught a glimpse of Yu Tingwan sitting on the imperial concubine's couch, her expression still calm, and her long fingers turning the pages of the book before making a slight sound.

He walked to the imperial concubine's bed, sat down and put his arm around her shoulders tentatively, saying softly: "How can you, your maid, be a good person to marry?"

Yu Tingwan immediately looked at him warily, "Why are you asking about this?"

"I'm not going to kill them." Pei Zhi breathed quickly and held the hand of the woman beside him. "If her husband is talented, he may be able to become an official. He will come to Chang'an to meet you then."

Yu Tingwan's eyelashes trembled slightly, and she felt that Pei Zhi was joking. There were not many civil servants in the court who came from humble backgrounds. They all followed Pei Xu to conquer the world. Now that the north has been settled, the young officials are all from noble families.

Nowadays, becoming an official depends on examination and promotion. Mr. Song has no roots and credentials. Who can recommend him?

Unless Yu Tingwan, in her capacity as Princess Wei, blows pillow wind into Pei Zhi's ear.

"I don't know how talented Mr. Song is, but he has always had character. After he knew my current status, he never expressed any intention of clinging to me in his letter to Qiu Tao. He definitely doesn't want to rely on women to get an official position."

Seeing that her eyes were finally relaxed and she was willing to talk more, Pei Zhi said softly: "I plan to open a subject to recruit scholars and select scholars from poor families."

"Would those nobles be willing?" Yu Tingwan was a little surprised.

"Most of the gentry's sons are unwilling to take some jobs that offer little pay and lots of work. As I mentioned before, they have no objections to letting gentry from poorer families fill this vacancy."

He did not abandon the imperial examination and military conquests, and those sons of the gentry could still be officials, so why take the risk to disobey the king of Wei.

Yu Tingwan couldn't hide her surprise. Her expression was not as cold as before. The man beside her got closer and whispered in her ear.

"I plan to leave this job to Marquis Pingyang."