After rebirth, I joined forces with my mortal enemy to seek revenge.

Putting down the curtain, Li Xiujing glanced at Yuan Yanchong. Instruct the servants waiting outside to fetch the medical officer. He turned back to the couch and sat down.

"Pei Jiaoran often said that the county magistrate is an official who is close to the people. She rarely slacked off during her tenure." Li Xiujing reached out and touched Pei Jiaoran's forehead again, her tone was indifferent.

Yuan Yanchong nodded when he heard this, "She has indeed done well in politics this year, but her behavior is too rebellious. In a place as big as the political hall... naturally some people are not happy with her."

But these are the thoughts of other people in Zhengshitang, and Wu Changli does not know about them. And even if he wanted to help, he was powerless. After all, without the support of those in the political affairs hall, he might not be able to enter the Yushitai.

Originally he shouldn't have spoken out about it. It was only because I knew Pei Jiaoran and Li Xiujing that I mentioned it silently.

As a friend, he is quite loyal.

"So they hid it from Duke Changli and asked you to teach her a lesson?" Li Xiujing burst into laughter, "Yuan Yanchong, how unfair is it to her to do this? Why do you have to act according to your ideas, and will be punished if you violate them? It’s disobedience.”

Listening to Li Xiujing's questioning, Yuan Yanchong frowned. The two people's intention to protect each other was too obvious. However, Li Xiujing and them were not the same people. Even though the two had a friendship before, it had long since faded away. So he didn't bother to talk to him too much.

Unstable factors like Li Xiujing should still stay away from him. It's best to leave it alone to avoid causing trouble.

"I'm going back to the post first. When Pei Jiaoran wakes up, send someone to inform me. If you don't let me do it, you have to let me show off, right?" Yuan Yan said in a deep voice.

After the words fell, Li Xiujing did not answer. Still looking at Pei Jiaoran with concern.

"If you don't answer, I'll treat you as agreeing to this matter." With a glance at him, Yuan Yanchong threw up his sleeves and left.

Pei Jiaoran opened her eyes drowsily when she heard the footsteps, and shouted in a hoarse voice that she wanted to drink water. Li Xiujing gave her some water to wet her lips that were chapped due to heat.

She was dizzy with fever, and her whole body ached. Faintly seeing Xi Fei Pao sitting next to him, Pei Jiaoran guessed that he was Li Xiujing.

"Did Yuanyan rush away?"

"He's gone, but you're sick. I've sent someone to find a medical officer. Just wait."

After drinking some water, Pei Jiaoran regained some strength and got up from the bed. Shivering, he looked at Li Xiujing.

"Prince, you shouldn't be so close to me." She closed her eyes and her voice trembled slightly.

She just heard the sound of the two people confronting each other in a daze. Recalling what Yuan Yanchong said to her before, she vaguely guessed what the center's attitude was towards Li Xiujing.

With such an uncontrollable variable, it's best not to give him a chance to shine. Even though he is the legitimate son of the Li family in Longxi, he does not have a clear position on the surface for a day. They will not accept him and will not care what he does.

It would be best to block his path to promotion and bury him in history forever.

With his thoughts at this point, Pei Jiaoran's eyes flashed with sympathy.

She suddenly understood. Why did Li Xiujing in his previous life end up in the same situation as the Central Committee after returning to Chang'an?

It would happen to anyone...being left out for many years for no reason.

"Why? Are you afraid that I will implicate you? Your position is in the center, and I am in the feudal town, and I even say that I have no position at all?" Li Xiujing looked at her, his voice slightly cold, "Maybe your worries are unnecessary."

"Maybe." Pei Jiaoran smiled meaninglessly.

In the final analysis, no matter what Li Xiujing's stance is in Japan, it has nothing to do with her.

Holding on to the edge of the couch, Pei Jiaoran moved out with difficulty. But Li Xiujing's cross-arm blocked his way.

"Where can you go like this? The medical officer will be here soon. At least you should drink the medicine before leaving."

As he was talking, a knock on the door came into his ears.

Li Xiujing said: "Come in."

The common servant came with the medical officer.

Seeing that it was the same medical officer who treated Li Xiujing last time, Pei Jiaoran was slightly shocked and quickly lay down and pulled the quilt to cover his face. She had already seen the teasing in the medical officer's eyes, and was afraid that she would have to tease them again later.

"I have seen the governor." The medical officer looked at Li Xiujing with a smile, and then said to Pei Jiaoran: "Excuse me, Pei Mingfu, please reach out, I will check your pulse."

Pei Jiaoran stretched out an arm in response.

The medical officer put three fingers on her wrist and sighed once or twice.

Listening to the medical officer's sigh, Li Xiujing frowned.

After a while, the medical officer stood up and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Governor, Pei Ming's house is fine. She just feels cold occasionally. I'll just give her a few patches of medicine and she'll be fine."

"Okay. I'll ask He Liang to go with you, and you can leave the cooking to him." After speaking, Li Xiujing ordered his servant to find He Liang.

Although the medical officer had checked her pulse, Li Xiujing refused to let her leave. It was said that He Liang had already gone to boil the medicine and would leave after drinking the medicine.

He opened his eyes and lay on his side on the bed, looking through the screen at Li Xiujing sitting in front of the desk. Pei Jiaoran rubbed his forehead.

My head is still dizzy.

"Can the governor send someone to the county house to send a message to Bi Fei? Tell her that there is a banquet in the county house and I will go back later." Pei Jiaoran said warmly.

"it is good."

He got up and stood at the window to give orders, and the servants left.

"Have Dugu Chen's people not arrived yet?" Pei Jiaoran stretched out his hand to touch the tassel hanging on the curtain, and asked suspiciously: "He should have come from Liangzhou much faster than Yuan Yanchong, why haven't he seen anyone yet?"

Hearing this, Li Xiujing stood up and walked to the screen. Looking at her through the gauze, "I have sent people to conduct secret searches along the way, but no trace was found."

In short, the people sent by Dugu Chen disappeared. They don't even know where the man disappeared.

"According to this, Dugu Chen can completely blame you for that person's disappearance." Pei Jiaoran looked thoughtful and moved his fingers on the tassel, "Anyway, the fight in the center is already fierce, so let Yuan Yan Rush to check it out. Anyway, their Yushitai likes to do this kind of thing."

Li Xiujing chuckled, "It sounds like you hate Yuan Yanchong? But I think you two are very familiar with each other."

"But isn't the governor familiar with him better?" Pei Jiaoran asked with a smile.

She didn't know that Li Xiujing and Yuan Yanchong knew each other. After all, as far as she knew, Yuan Yanchong didn't like generals like Li Xiujing deep down. So it was hard for her to imagine that the two of them actually knew each other and sounded like they had a good friendship.

"Don't guess. When we were young, we both studied in Hongwen Hall and often got together to fight."

At some point, Li Xiujing had already walked around the screen and smiled at her. There was a faint smile on his face, his eyes were as bright as the spring breeze, and in an instant, the room was filled with spring sunshine.

Pei Jiaoran couldn't help but feel confused. The fingers that were hooking the tassel also stopped.

She almost forgot. The Yuan family of the Northern Dynasties royal family and the Li family of Guanlong had a ancestral relationship, so it was reasonable for them to know each other.

She turned sideways and supported her head with her hands, "So who wins every fight?"

"Of course it's me. My ancestors have great military achievements, how could he defeat me."

Looking at Li Xiujing who raised his head with a stern look on his face. Pei Jiaoran couldn't help but sigh.

"Prince, do you know what you look like?"

"like what?"