The gambling god's wife in the Duke's Mansion is getting divorced again

Pei Jinzhi snorted coldly when he saw him in his night clothes:

"I don't want to be a commander, I want to be a thief eavesdropping."

Baili Xi held his stomach and laughed wildly:

"I...I'm here to join you too, Wen Ruo. Hahahaha!"

Pei Jinzhi shook his head, speechless.

He could never have anticipated Rong Zhuer's train of thought.

Baili Xi sat down with great confidence, picked up the tea set on the table, and drank a large bowl:

"In my opinion, this trick of yours is useless. She's so persistent, you have no choice but to give in to her."

Li Jiu pushed the door open and came in. When he saw Baili Xi, he was dumbfounded: "Master Baili, why is it you?"

He looked at Baili Xi, then raised his head to look at the roof: "That thief is you."

The secret guard spotted a suspicious night walker on the roof. When he was about to chase him, he saw him fall into the flower hall.

"Go away, who is the thief?" Baili Xi rolled his eyes.

Pei Jinzhi put his hands behind his back, walked slowly to the armchair and sat down, gathering his sleeves.

"You should be shot to pieces by archers."

Baili Xi smiled with a careless look on his face:

"Hey, you can't bear to leave me."

He imitated Li Jiu and pinched his throat: "Brother Jinzhi, let me join you and become the second most handsome man by your side."

Pei Jinzhi stroked his brow and said, "Li Jiu, silence him."

Li Jiu rushed forward and covered Baili Xi's mouth with his big hands, laughing crazily: "No, there can only be me by my side."

The two of them laughed and joked again, and exchanged a few moves.

"Alright, alright." Baili Xi begged for mercy, sweating all over: "Let's talk about serious matters."

Without any need for eye contact, Li Jiu immediately understood and went to guard outside the door.

"The government has given me a top-secret mission, so I have to act as if it's my job." Baili Xi pointed to the rooftop. "Besides me, who knows if there are other people involved?"

Pei Jinzhi lowered his eyes and refilled his empty cup with tea: "I'm tired."

Baili Xi picked up the teacup and lowered his voice:

"Someone has reported that the late emperor secretly left behind a decree of succession, which is hidden in your possession."

Pei Jin was stunned, his dark eyes smiled deeply: "You believe it too?"

Baili Xi was anxious: "Does it matter whether I believe it or not? Wen Ruo, someone wants you dead."

Pei Jinzhi suppressed his smile, his tone remaining the same: "Where did the news first begin?"

"As you know, after the emperor ascended the throne, he placed several important civil and military officials under house arrest. Half a month ago, the elderly Duke Wende muttered something in his sleep about the imperial edict of succession, and it reached the emperor's ears. Upon waking, Duke Wende flatly denied it and was immediately imprisoned. From then on, everyone the late emperor had contact with within the past month was interrogated by the Imperial City Bureau, and no one was spared."

Pei Jinzhi raised his eyebrows unhappily:

"How does this relate to me?"

"I don't know. You've always lived a secluded life. The Imperial City Bureau has looked through the palace records and found you hadn't been there for over a year before the late emperor passed away. The Duke of Zhenguo is still a pillar of the country, so it's difficult for the government to arrest you and bring you back to the capital. So let me come."

Pei Jinzhi shook his head and laughed:

"It's true that when you are at home, disaster strikes from the sky."

"Wen Ruo, you can still laugh. Does this thing exist?" Baili Xi went straight to the point.

"Of course not. The late emperor's death was so sudden, how could there be an imperial edict? Besides, how could such an important item be in the hands of a sickly prince like me?"

Pei Jinzhi rolled his eyes at him.

Baili Xi's face turned pale, and he looked at him as if he were a dead man: "It's over, Wen Ruo, it's really over."

Holding the imperial edict of the previous emperor is a capital crime; and if you cannot produce the imperial edict and the emperor becomes suspicious, you will also be put to death.

Naturally, he was anxious about why Baili Xi had arrived at Fengshui first, and wanted to find out clearly.

"How is my father in the palace?"

Pei Jinzhi wanted to know Pei You's situation.

"Of course I'm not aware of it, and I don't believe that the imperial edict is in your hands. But the emperor's attitude is very ambiguous. The Duke has been invited to the Imperial City Office for tea for half a month." Baili Xi couldn't bear it.

It's called tea, but the Imperial City Division's methods...

"Zi Ren, I'm deeply grateful that you can tell me this tonight. But there's something I have to tell you."

Pei Jinzhi looked into his eyes seriously:

"Why did I come to Fengshui? Besides tending to my grandmother's illness, I also came to Jiangnan Road to seek the late emperor's imperial edict of succession to the throne, following a secret imperial decree from the emperor."

Baili Xi fell off his chair and landed on the ground.

"What did you say? You were also ordered to come here to find the imperial edict?! How could this happen?"

"Yes. Shortly after the Emperor ascended the throne, he suddenly summoned me to the palace. Therefore, your statement that the imperial edict was caused by Duke Wende's dream is not accurate. The Emperor must have known about it for more than a year."

Baili Xi climbed up and sat back in his chair, shocked: "Where did he get this news?"

Pei Jinzhi shook his head slowly:

"I don't know. But the news clearly points to Jiangnan Road. The reason why the emperor sent me is because the Pei Mansion is in Fengshui Town. Although Fengshui is small, it is the core area of ​​the entire Jiangnan Road."

"Have you found any clues? Where is the imperial edict?"

"Over a year has passed, and I haven't found any clues about the imperial edict. There's a Jiangnan sect called the 'Tianxuan Sect,' deeply connected to the palace. Years ago, they attempted to kidnap Princess Jinghe in the suburbs of Beijing. I suspect they fabricated this story. Last month, I reported it to the emperor in a secret letter. But your presence today proves that the emperor doesn't believe me."

After more than a year of gaining nothing, and the imperial edict concerning the emperor's throne and the country, it was hard not to make him suspicious of Pei Jinzhi.

"No wonder, now the rumor is spreading with all sorts of truth, saying that the imperial edict is in your hands. This trick of using a knife to kill someone is really vicious."

"Zi Ren, you and I are trapped in this dead end." Pei Jinzhi sighed.

It doesn’t matter whether there is an imperial edict or not.

What’s important is that the government thinks so.

If Pei Jinzhi and Baili Xi cannot get the imperial edict back, they will both die.

Baili Xi was a smart man and understood it as soon as he heard it.

His face was ashen, and there was no trace of his coolness left.

"On the way here, I was still struggling with how I should handle this mission given our friendship. I never imagined that the government sent me here to capture both of us?!"

"If that doesn't work, how about we forge one?"

Baili Xi changed his mind and made up his mind.

He wanted to present "A Thousand Mountains with Fallen Plum Blossoms" to the emperor to get promoted to a higher level, but now he is going to lose his head before he even accomplishes it?

Pei Jinzhi rolled his eyes at him:

"You forged the imperial edict, and you want to punish your entire clan?"

Baili Xi lay on the table, like a powerless salted fish: "What else, what should I do?"

Pei Jinzhi raised the corner of his mouth and smiled coldly:

"Okay, I'll do as you say. We'll bury each other later, and when Li Jiu visits your grave, I can also pull some grass from your grave."

Baili Xi rolled his eyes impatiently:

"Pei Jinzhi, shut up. I haven't even gotten married yet, and I don't want to die."

Pei Jinzhi pointed his finger and pointed the way for him:

"If you don't want to die, be smart. Bring your brothers from the Imperial Guards to protect Princess Jianing tomorrow."

"What? Do you mean that Jianing is really in danger?" Baili Xi was confused.

"Jia Ning was also there when the Tianxuan Sect kidnapped Princess Jinghe ten years ago." Pei Jinzhi held the teacup and fell into deep thought.

"But what does the imperial edict have to do with what happened ten years ago?"

Pei Jinzhi was silent for a long time. The light and shadow made his face more angular and handsome, like a carved statue of a god.

"If the late emperor had an imperial edict to appoint a crown prince, to whom would he pass it on?"

Baili Xi blurted out without thinking:

"It's Prince Yun, Xiao Yi. He is the legitimate son of the late emperor's empress. Who else could be more noble and more suitable than him?"

A trace of melancholy appeared on Pei Jinzhi's calm face:

"Ten years ago, in addition to Princess Jinghe and Princess Jianing, there was also a seven or eight-month-old baby in the carriage. It was Prince Yun, Xiao Yi."