The beauty is delicate and soft, and he madly criticizes the powerful officials for taking her as th

Just as Yu Tingwan was about to deny it, she remembered the way her head rested on his chest when she was half awake, and swallowed her excuse.

Pei Zhi glanced at the table. He had finished approving the papers half an hour ago, and he couldn't bear to part with his arms full of Wenxiang Nephrite. What's more, she took the initiative to throw herself into his arms and never moved.

"Now that we're awake, let's go back to Guanjuyuan for dinner." He paused, "I asked the kitchen to make lotus seed soup today, using lotus seeds from Jian'an County, which can calm the nerves."

As soon as he heard the word "soothing", Yu Tingwan raised his eyes and looked at him: "I don't want to drink soothing medicine."

Pei Zhi pinched her face and said, "There is licorice in that medicine and it's not bitter at all."

Yu Tingwan didn't believe what he said. He drank coptis water without changing his expression.

It wasn't until she drank the bowl of medicine that she realized that it was not as bad as before, but the medicine was not sweet at all, so she couldn't help but said: "It's so bitter. I didn't have many dreams or panic attacks during the day, so I just need to drink medicine." "

Pei Zhi was silent for a moment, wanting to say that good medicine is bitter, but seeing her squeamish expression, he rubbed her hair and said, "I'll ask the female doctor tomorrow if I can replace the decoction with pills."

At midnight, the moonlight was like water, reflecting on the curtain. A lamp was specially left in the inner room, and the flame was as bright as a bean. It did not hinder sleep, but was enough to clearly see the expressions of the people on the bed.

Pei Zhi always slept lightly. If there was any disturbance at night, he would wake up immediately. At this moment, he heard a sudden cry from beside him. He stood up and shook Yu Tingwan gently.

"Wanwan." He called out, but the woman beside him didn't respond at all. The curtains were not closed today, and the moonlight clearly illuminated her cheeks. Tears could be seen seeping out from the corners of her eyes and falling onto the brocade pillow, soaking a large area.

Her eyelashes trembled slightly, as if she was struggling to open her eyes, and her sobs were mixed with intermittent talking in her sleep.

Pei Zhi held her waist with one hand and held the limp woman in his arms.

He heard several consecutive sentences of "I want to go back." The four words were broken into pieces by crying, but the articulation was extremely clear.

A few words stung some of his memories, and his eyes suddenly darkened. He held the person in his arms and murmured her name, until she finally opened her eyes, and for a moment, his expression of fear and fear made his face darken.

She even subconsciously wanted to push herself away.

Pei Zhi's throat was tight, he hugged the woman in his arms tightly, and whispered: "Wanwan, you were talking in your sleep just now."

"You said you wanted to go back." He stroked her hair with his hand, "Wherever you want to go, I will accompany you."

As soon as he finished speaking, Yu Tingwan froze.

She thought there would be no more nightmares, but she didn't expect that it would be the same nightmare as last night.

The moment she opened her eyes and saw Pei Zhi's face, she thought she hadn't woken up and was still trapped in a dream.

But he said the same thing as in the dream, which shocked her into interweaving dreams and extramarital affairs. Her mind was in confusion. She shook her head subconsciously and murmured, "I don't want it."

"Wanwan, where can't I go with you?" Pei Zhi said in a dry voice, lowering his eyelashes: "Want to go back to Qingzhou?"

Yu Tingwan's heart was beating hard and she felt out of breath. Her fingertips were cold and she pressed her forehead against his chest.

Drops of tears soaked the man's black pajamas, which quickly became cold in the spring night.

Pei Zhi's heart was filled with ice and snow, and it hurt from the cold. Just when he was numb, burning tears burned wounds in the snow, mixing cold and heat.

He originally thought that Yu Tingwan was frightened by his assassination.

But he clearly didn't hurt any vital parts that day, and he deliberately didn't let her see the untreated wounds. He even told the maid in advance to take her away from the blood stains as soon as possible.

If it was really because of him, why would I cry so sadly.

What's more, when she woke up and saw him for the first time, the emotion in her eyes was clearly fear.

He held the cheek of the woman in his arms and watched her shed tears and cry, and he did not dare to look at her eyes for a moment.

"Wanwan, is it the blood from that day that reminds you of the past?" His throat seemed to be not his own, and his voice was rough and erratic, "It reminds you of the bad things in the past."

After the words fell, the sobbing suddenly stopped, and there was no movement for a long time.

Pei Zhi clasped Yu Tingwan's waist with his fingers. The more silent she became, the colder his heart felt. Finally, he hugged her, patted her back gently, and whispered: "I won't ask anymore. You can go to sleep. I'm here." Stand by and watch."

Yu Tingwan was stunned by his question. He was at a loss for a moment. After understanding what he meant, his face suddenly turned pale. Thousands of words were stuck in his throat, and he couldn't say anything.

She wanted to tell the truth, but the possibility imagined by the man in front of her made panic and guilt wash over her heart like huge waves, so she had no choice but to lie down stiffly and ask herself repeatedly why she hadn't thought of it before.

*

"Yu Xiuyun, what's the matter with you? The princess was fine when she came here early in the morning. Damn it, she went out with you and then came back like this. Did you bully her?"

In the Pingyang Hou Mansion, Xie Xuan was so angry that she circled around the man in white. If she hadn't realized that the person in front of her was her husband, she would have wanted to slap him.

Early this morning, Yu Tingwan came to Pingyang Marquis Mansion and said to Xie Xuan, who looked surprised: "I hugged the book and said that my brother wanted to see me for something."

Xie Xuan was even more surprised. Yu Xiuyun had not yet gone to court. Why was it so important that he had to temporarily send his secret guards to the Prince of Wei's Mansion and let the princess wait at the Prince's Mansion first?

"Did he say what happened?"

"No." Yu Tingwan shook his head.

"Have you had breakfast? Come and try the pastries I made recently." Xie Xuan smiled as brightly as the morning sun. "Yesterday I went to Dongguang Tower to buy pastries and saw King Wei."

"Early yesterday morning?" Yu Tingwan's eyelashes trembled slightly. She picked up the cake in front of her, looked at it for a while, then put it down. She forced a smile and said, "I don't have much appetite today."

"Yes, that's the only bad thing about Dongguanglou. They only make cakes in the morning. Their domino cakes are best eaten within an hour after they have been steamed." Xie Xuan supported her chin and said with a smile, "But if When the King of Wei comes to visit, the chef in Dongguang Tower will definitely start cooking at any time."

Yu Tingwan felt that the medicine he drank this morning was too bitter, and the taste was still lingering. He didn't want to talk. In the end, he picked up the pastry and bit it slowly, saying a few words from time to time.

Xie Xuan only thought it was inconvenient for her to eat and didn't notice anything was wrong.

Until Yu Xiuyun went downstairs and took Yu Tingwan away, and came back a few hours later, she sat at the tea table, dumbfounded without saying a word.

Xie Xuan poured her a cup of tea, and the moment she handed the cup over, she was frightened by the emotion in her eyes. She was so angry that she dragged Yu Xiuyun outside to question her, but she didn't expect him to start making boring gourds.

"I took Wanwan to pay homage to Marquis Jiangling." Yu Xiuyun finally spoke out. Although his tone was calm, there was a trace of confusion in his eyes.

He didn't know what he did wrong, but his sister ended up like this on her way back.

The whole court only knew that King Wei was assassinated, but they did not know that the assassin actually hurt him. This morning in front of the palace gate, Chiying stopped Marquis Pingyang and brought a message.

King Wei said that there was too much blood on the ground on the day of the assassination, which might remind the princess of the past and give her nightmares.

There was really no other way, so she had to ask Marquis Pingyang to take her to pay homage to Marquis Jiangling. It would be best to relieve her heartache.

Yu Xiuyun immediately thought this was unbelievable, but Chiying handed him a letter. After he opened it and read it, he frowned and nodded, "Please tell King Wei, I understand."

Xie Xuan squinted her eyes and looked at Yu Xiuyun for a moment. Seeing that he didn't seem to be joking, she concluded with absolute certainty: "Your brain has been gnawed by a dog."

"King Wei ordered me to go."

She took a deep breath: "You have never listened to King Wei like this before."

Xie Xuan did not dare to scold King Wei directly. She only knocked her head and said, "King Wei is just like you. There is a problem here."

"You don't know what's going on." Yu Xiuyun was scolded one after another, and his face looked a little unhappy, so he explained a few words in a low voice.

"Okay, okay, you are smarter than anyone else. The king of Wei is better at solving cases than the people in Tingwei Mansion. You can guess what the princess is thinking in just a few words. I am willing to give you the upper hand." Xie Xuan's face turned pale with anger, neither yin nor yang. Laughed a few times to show respect.

She calmed down and asked, "So, what did you say to her in front of Jianglinghou's tomb?"