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Jiang Wansang frowned unconsciously and was silent for a moment before asking, "You brought Shen Qiuyun into the Imperial Preceptor's Mansion. Did you reach some kind of cooperation with her?"

Given Pei Zhanzhou's personality, even if he wanted Beisheng Kingdom's help, he would not sacrifice his marriage and use a woman to achieve his goal.

He must have reached some kind of cooperation with Shen Qiuyun, so when Shen Qiuyun's people were sneaking around outside the study, Zhou Zhi and the others pretended not to see.

Of course, if that maid was really Shen Qiuyun's woman, she wouldn't be sneaking around outside the study.

The book mentioned some things about Shen Qiuyun, and Jiang Wansang knew her situation roughly, so she guessed that she had some kind of cooperation with Pei Zhanzhou.

But Pei Zhanzhou shook his head and said, "It was the Emperor's wish to let her live in the Imperial Preceptor's Mansion."

As for that maidservant...

That is Shen Qiuyun's own business, and the Imperial Master's Mansion should not get involved.

Jiang Wansang hadn't expected the Emperor to be involved in this, and was confused. "Why is this?"

Princess Beisheng is going to marry a foreign prince. Even if the bride is not a prince or a grandson of the emperor, it should be someone from the royal family of Nansu. What does it mean to let Shen Qiuyun live in the Imperial Master's Mansion?

Pei Zhanzhou obviously knew the reason, and a hint of sarcasm flashed in his eyes, "The Crown Prince and the Third Prince both want to marry Shen Qiuyun, so naturally the Emperor wants to too."

Jiang Wansang widened her eyes in surprise.

If she remembered correctly, Shen Qiuyun was one year younger than the prince, right?

However, in this world where imperial power is supreme, it is not surprising that the emperor's concubines are younger than his own sons, but the premise is that the power represented by those concubines is lower in status than the emperor.

Beisheng and Nansu are equally powerful. Does the emperor want to take Shen Qiuyun as his concubine because he wants to humiliate Beisheng or because he wants the power that Shen Qiuyun relies on?

If it is the former, the situation between the two countries will probably become more tense, and Shen Qiuyun will not have a good ending in the future.

If it is the latter, then the emperor’s thoughts are not simple.

The emperor in the book is just a simple tool, but now he is involved in these things, and it is not known whether it is good or bad.

In just a moment, Jiang Wansang figured out a lot of things, including some that were not mentioned in the book.

"Right!" Jiang Wansang suddenly realized, "What did Shen Qiuyun mean by fair competition?"

Everything was fine, why did you get her involved?

Pei Zhanzhou raised his eyes slightly and said slowly, "She said in public that she had taken a fancy to our national teacher. Due to the face of Beisheng Country, our national teacher couldn't refuse directly, so he told her that you also had a crush on our national teacher and were trying to find a way to win her over."

Jiang Wansang: "...When did you start to care about other people's dignity?"

I wonder how many noble ladies in this imperial city had to hide at home and cry for ten days or half a month because he rejected their feelings in public. Why didn't he consider other people's face at that time?

Facing the doubts, Pei Zhanzhou remained calm and said, "You don't want Shen Qiuyun and Su Huanyu to be involved. The emperor has also issued an order. This national teacher is just going along with it."

This was what Pei Zhanzhou was thinking, but there was one thing he didn't say.

Part of the reason for letting Shen Qiuyun live in the Imperial Master's Mansion was to see how Jiang Wansang, who "loved him", would react, and another part of the reason was because Shen Qiuyun was from the Beisheng royal family.

As if remembering something, a strange look flashed across Pei Zhanzhou's eyes uncontrollably, but he quickly suppressed it and no one noticed.

The reason he gave made sense, but Jiang Wansang always felt something was not right.

Is Pei Zhanzhou's personality really such that he would compromise on principles so easily?

Jiang Wansang was just beginning to wonder when Pei Zhanzhou suddenly interrupted her thoughts. "You don't want Shen Qiuyun and Su Huanyu to be associated with each other. Is it because you don't want Su Huanyu to receive such a huge boost, or is it because that person is Su Huanyu?"

Jiang Wansang immediately understood what he meant. "Master Imperial Master, do you think I still have feelings for Su Huanyu?"

Pei Zhanzhou remained silent.

Seeing this, Jiang Wansang laughed out loud.

She imitated Shen Qiuyun's previous behavior, flicked her sleeves at Pei Zhanzhou, and even threw him a seductive glance. "Is the Imperial Master jealous?"

Pei Zhanzhou, who had no reaction just now, had the same movements and expressions as Shen Qiuyun. He suddenly held his breath and his eyes flashed.

He said nothing, as if he didn't want to pay any attention to Jiang Wansang's meaningless question, but he raised his hand and took a sip of the wine that had been in his hand without being touched.

Jiang Wansang watched his actions and the corners of her mouth curled up unconsciously.

She was about to say something when Zhou Zhi's voice suddenly came from outside, "Master, the Second Miss Jiang wants to see you."

The smile on Jiang Wansang's lips disappeared instantly, and his eyes turned cold.

Jiang Zihan coming to the Imperial Master's Mansion is definitely not a good thing.

She turned to look at Pei Zhanzhou and said nothing, but her eyes were inexplicably oppressive.

Pei Zhanzhou was silent for a while, holding his wine glass, before he said, "Take him to the hall."

Everyone said that Master Pei treated the second lady of the Jiang family differently, but she had to notify the guards when entering and leaving the Master's Mansion, and she could only meet Pei Zhanzhou in the banquet hall, instead of being able to enter and leave Luqing Cottage at will like Jiang Wansang.

Jiang Wansang seemed to have thought of this as well, and his aura subsided a bit, but he still had many doubts in his mind.

She looked at Pei Zhanzhou and asked, "It's said that the Imperial Preceptor treats Second Miss Jiang differently. Can I ask why?"

She had long wanted to know what stories there were between Pei Zhanzhou and Jiang Zihan that were not recorded in the book, but she guessed that this might involve the privacy that Pei Zhanzhou did not want others to know, so she had never asked. Now she asked in a different way.

Pei Zhanzhou was indeed silent.

Just when Jiang Wansang thought he wouldn't answer, Pei Zhanzhou suddenly spoke: "She saved my life when I was young."

He didn't tell the details, but Jiang Wansang could roughly guess it.

The life-saving grace happened when I was a child. Isn’t this the perfect setting for Bai Yueguang?

Jiang Wansang frowned, "Because of this life-saving favor, she will always be special to you?"

If this is true, perhaps she should reconsider her plan to win over Pei Zhanzhou as an ally.

What Jiang Wansang herself didn't realize was that when she asked this question, her tone was so stiff and cold, as if she would just turn around and walk away the next moment, completely severing ties with the man in front of her.

She is a person who cannot tolerate any grain of sand in her eyes. If Jiang Zihan is really the special one in Pei Zhanzhou's heart, she will kick this man out without hesitation.

Perhaps sensing her tone or something else, Pei Zhanzhou put down his wine glass, turned around and looked at her seriously, "Is my national teacher such a sucker in your eyes?"

This question made Jiang Wansang stunned for a moment.

Seeing her expression, Pei Zhanzhou actually explained, "She saved our national master once, so naturally, our national master only needs to repay the favor once."

After this incident, Jiang Zihan was no different from everyone else in his eyes.

Pei Zhanzhou has a scale in his heart to measure his own principles and standards, but what he himself did not realize is that the standard of "repaying a favor once for saving a life" seems to have been broken by Jiang Wansang a long time ago.