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Lu Xiuzhu just happened to see Xie Zhichan when she was leaving the palace. When he saw that she was holding an umbrella, he knew that she was here to give an umbrella to Pei Yi. The anxiety in his heart came out again, and he couldn't help but want to come forward and have a conversation with Ayuan.

But before he could say a few words, Pei Yi came out of the palace.

Pei Yi stared at him with a serious look in his eyes, like a wolf guarding its territory. Lu Xiuzhu's heart sank. He was sure that Pei Yi must have fallen in love with A Yuan, but what about A Yuan?

Will she also fall in love with Pei Yi?

Pei Yi was paralyzed before, so it was useless for A Yuan to fall in love with him. But now Pei Yi's body has recovered. He is the prince of Yanwang Mansion, a great general who is powerful on the battlefield, and the most handsome man in Kyoto. A Yuan should be attracted to him, right?

His gaze lingered on the two of them for a moment, and immediately, from the exchange of their eyebrows, he sensed the tacit understanding between them that could not be explained to outsiders.

He had a sudden realization that his fate with Ayuan seemed to have ended when he compromised with the forces of the Princess's Mansion.

He had been trying hard to grasp a little hope, but it was just to deceive himself so that he could take a breath from his current suffocating life.

While he was in a daze, Pei Yi had already pulled Xie Zhichan into the carriage.

There was nothing in front of Lu Xiuzhu except the rain curtain pouring down from the sky.

As soon as Xie Zhichan got on the carriage, before she even sat down, Pei Yi pulled her into his arms, and then he pulled her to sit on his lap, and then he gave her a passionate kiss.

It was so fine and dense, it eroded all her breath, with the man's scorching heat and rare tenderness.

Xie Zhichan was hugged tightly by Pei Yi, feeling his body temperature and falling into Pei Yi's deep affection. A current rushed from his spine to the top of his head.

The rain seemed to join in this sweet exchange, becoming a silent witness between them.

Where Xie Zhichan couldn't see, Pei Yi lifted a corner of the curtain of the small window of the carriage, and Lu Xiuzhu, who was standing outside the window, happened to see the two people hugging each other tightly.

The carriage rattled away in the rain, taking Lu Xiuzhu's soul with it.

He felt that he was completely abandoned in the Lu Mansion.

But these were not what he wanted. He clenched his fists, never wanting to destroy everything as much as he did now.

Lu Xiuzhu felt as if he had been assimilated by Zhao Wuyou. A surge of violence in his heart was running around, pulling him to go crazy like Zhao Wuyou.

His eyes darkened and he turned and walked into the palace.

Emperor Jingde had just finished his court session and was staying in the Taiji Hall as usual. However, he was not in the mood to practice calligraphy. He was still shocked that Pei Yi survived falling off a cliff. When he returned to Beijing at the beginning of the year, the prince sent someone to assassinate him, but he survived even though he was seriously injured and paralyzed.

He asked the eunuch Fu beside him: "My dear, do you think Pei Yi is a tough guy?"

Eunuch Fu smiled and said, "It is a blessing for the Jin Dynasty that the Crown Prince has a tough life. If the Crown Prince has a tough life, the enemy's life will be fragile."

Emperor Jingde smiled happily and said, "What Daban'er said makes sense. I feel more at ease with Pei Yi guarding the northern border. Although Liang Qixing is also very powerful, he is not from a military family after all, so he is still a little worse than Pei Yi."

At this moment, a eunuch guarding the gate came in to report that Lord Lu Xiuzhu had returned and had important matters to report to the emperor.

Emperor Jingde was puzzled. What important matter couldn't be discussed in the Golden Palace? Why did you have to wait until after work to report to him in private?

After the eunuch brought the people in, Lu Xiuzhu knelt down and greeted Emperor Jingde, saying, "Your Majesty, I greet you."

Emperor Jingde waved his hand and said, "Master Lu, please stand up. What do you need to report?"

After Lu Xiuzhu thanked him and stood up, he said, "I heard Lord Pei say in the Golden Palace that he recovered after falling off the cliff by eating the gall of a python. I think that since the gall of a python can even cure the prince's paralysis, there must be a fairyland under the cliff where spirit snakes are raised. The gall of this snake is so effective that it can surely prolong one's life. I heard that the empress dowager has been suffering from headaches recently. If we can get another snake gall, maybe we can completely cure the empress dowager's headaches."

After hearing this, Emperor Jingde's face relaxed and he praised: "Lord Lu, you have made good thoughts. You are so sincere in caring for the Queen Mother. When the Queen Mother recovers, I will definitely reward you."

Lu Xiuzhu lowered his eyebrows, hiding the sinister look in his eyes, and replied: "I am just making a suggestion. As for whether we can find the spirit snake, it depends on chance. I believe that the emperor has already chosen the most suitable person to find the snake gall. I will take my leave first."

Emperor Jingde waved his hand and asked him to leave.

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That day, Pei Yi and Xie Zhichan returned to Prince Yan's mansion. They had just taken a hot bath to wash off the cold and changed into dry clothes when Dan Feng came to find Pei Yi.

Ever since the two masters fell off the cliff, Dan Feng had been busy looking for news about them and had no time to carefully investigate the assassin. After finding the people at the bottom of the cliff, Yue Yan also told him the clues about the man who shot the arrow. Only then did he let He Ying withdraw and let them investigate the assassin's news.

Now he hurried to Tingxueju to report the results of Pei Yi's investigation.

Pei Yi asked Xie Zhichan to sit on the small couch and twisted her hair with a towel.

Ever since the two of them came back from the bottom of the cliff, they have been getting along much more naturally and intimately in front of the servants.

Dan Feng took a look and was naturally happy, and was secretly looking forward to the arrival of the young master.

He said, "Those black-clad death servants were sent by the prince, but they were all killed by He Ying. The one who secretly shot arrows at me was the death servant of the He Mansion. In addition, I also found out that the reason why the prince's wife's horse went crazy was because someone added tiger velvet to the horse feed. The person who added tiger velvet was the personal maid beside Princess Anle——"

He paused, as if he was about to speak, but obviously he hadn't finished what he was saying.

Pei Yi didn't stop and glanced at Dan Feng: "What's wrong? You are so hesitant. Just say what you want to say."

Dan Feng continued to reply, "It was Miss Qin who told Princess Anle that tiger velvet grass can drive horses crazy. I interrogated the maid who mixed the tiger velvet grass in the fodder. She said that Miss Qin was kind enough to tell the princess to be careful with the horses and not let them accidentally eat the tiger velvet grass on the roadside. But she also specifically told the princess that horses can usually recognize tiger velvet grass unless someone deliberately mixed it in the fodder. I think Miss Qin seemed to do it on purpose."

Pei Yi's sympathy for Qin Baiwei's life experience was almost gone when Qin Baiwei instigated the Queen Mother to make things difficult for Xie Zhichan.

He also didn't know how such a beautiful girl could have such a black heart?

He sneered and said, "Send a message to Qin Xu and ask him to come and take his daughter back. If she can't take good care of her daughter, it's not like no one knows the truth about Concubine Li's past."

Dan Feng agreed and went out to make arrangements.

When Xie Zhichan heard the word "Li Fei", she remembered that her adopted maternal grandfather's family was exiled because of this, so she asked Pei Yi, "Do you know the truth about Li Fei's incident?"

Pei Yi nodded and said, "I was planning to tell you about this when I got back from the bottom of the cliff. Your grandfather, Hang Yuanzheng, was the main imperial physician of Concubine Li and was responsible for keeping her pregnant. But after ten months of pregnancy, Concubine Li gave birth to a child without arms and legs. Although the child was alive, it was a bad omen for the emperor to have a disabled child born in the royal family. The emperor ordered the child to be put in a coffin and buried in a Feng Shui treasure land in Daxingshan Temple. Concubine Li was originally banished to the cold palace, but she couldn't stand the child being buried alive, so she hanged herself in the cold palace. Your grandfather's family was also exiled because of the poor pregnancy."

Xie Zhichan felt uncomfortable when he heard that the baby was buried alive. He said, "There are many factors that lead to the formation of deformed fetuses. The main reason is the parents' genetics or the living environment. How can I blame my grandfather for this?"

Pei Yi said: "After Concubine Li gave birth to a deformed baby, Imperial Physician Qin claimed that he had found poppy seeds in her pregnancy-maintaining medicine that could cause fetal disability."

Xie Zhichan turned around abruptly and asked, "Are you saying that Qin Xu framed my grandfather in order to become the director of the Imperial Hospital?"

Pei Yi nodded and said, "On the day of the return visit, I saw that you seemed to be worried about your mother not having her family to rely on in Kyoto, so I sent people to investigate the truth of Hang Yuanzheng's exile. Later, the third princess gave me a clue. Following this clue, I didn't expect that I would really find out some old stories. But this matter is a taboo for the emperor. After so many years, the emperor will definitely not want to bring it up again, so I am still waiting for the right time to overturn the case for your grandfather's family."

Although the Hang family was not her biological ancestor, Xie Zhichan did not expect that Pei Yi also took her ancestor's family matters to heart. She leaned into his arms and said, "Thank you, Pei Nandu."

Seeing how docile she was, as obedient as a little lamb, Pei Yi couldn't help but lower his head and rub his lips against hers for a while.

Suddenly, there was another oral order from the palace, saying that Pei Yi was to be summoned into the palace.

Xie Zhichan and Pei Yi looked at each other. They felt that it was not a good thing to be summoned back into the palace just after leaving it.

But the eunuch who delivered the oral order was waiting for Pei Yi. Xie Zhichan had no time to say anything more to Pei Yi. He only told him: "Emperor Jingde must have something for him to do. If he can't refuse, he should accept it temporarily and come back to find her to find a solution together."

Pei Yi patted her hands and said, "Don't worry, Beijiang needs me, I will be fine for the time being."