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Before dawn, Pei Zhi went to bed and prepared to enter the palace.

Before going to court, he had to go to the Zichen Palace to borrow the jade seal.

Yu Tingwan heard movement in a daze, opened her eyes and saw him walking out with only his shirt on, wondering whether he was still asleep.

When Pei Zhi saw that she was awake, he returned to the couch and said warmly: "You were tired last night, why don't you take a more rest."

His fingertips were a little cold, and they brushed against the red and swollen corners of the woman's eyes on the couch.

"It's all swollen from crying. I'll ask the doctor to bring some medicine later."

Yu Tingwan pushed his hand away and tilted his head unnaturally.

"Why are you going out without a coat?"

"Court clothes are too complicated to wear. I'm afraid of disturbing you, so I went outside."

For some reason, Yu Tingwan felt inexplicably flustered and irritable when she saw Pei Zhi treating her well.

"Thank you."

The word "cold" was used, but Pei Zhi was used to it.

Yu Tingwan waited until he went to court before slowly getting down.

I was having breakfast when someone outside asked to see me. It was a servant in the front yard.

Zhao Qing paid a sudden visit and wanted to see Yu Tingwan by name. Those servants remembered the King of Wei's instructions not to let his wife see outsiders at will.

Zhao Qing was a little unhappy. Is her aunt also an outsider?

A group of people did not dare to make a random decision and did not want to offend Princess Qinghe, so they ran to Guan Juyuan and kicked the ball to Yu Tingwan.

"It's inconvenient for me to go to the front yard. Can the princess please move to Guanjuyuan?"

After hearing what Yu Tingwan said, the servant immediately went back and invited Zhao Qing into the backyard.

"Good boy, I didn't even say a few words to you yesterday."

Zhao Qing walked in with a smile, feeling like a dead tree blooming in spring overnight, his demeanor regained a bit of his former self.

Yu Tingwan didn't know whether to follow Pei Zhi and call her aunt, or "mother".

Zhao Qing's smile did not change and he held her hand.

"Any stepmother you recognize is for outsiders to see. I know your mother, so you can just call me aunt."

Yu Tingwan was a little cautious at first, but when she heard what she said, he smiled.

"Aunt, what does my mother look like when she is with the princess?"

In my memory, my mother is gentle and kind. She loves to study herbal medicines when she has nothing to do. She often jokes that she is a half-hearted doctor.

Zhao Qing seemed to have remembered something very funny, and smiled until fine lines appeared at the corners of his eyes.

"She looks weak, but she's actually not easy to bully at all."

"She is good at using poison and has a poisonous mouth. Before she was married to your father, one word could make Gongming half angry to death."

Yu Tingwan smiled and said: "In my impression, my father has always been very tolerant to my mother and has never had a quarrel."

"That's natural. Anyone who dares to quarrel with her will not even give me the respect of my sister."

"If I remember correctly, your brother is about the same age as King Wei." Zhao Qing's eyes were bright, "Your mother is pregnant for the first time, and my sister said that if it is a girl, she will be her daughter-in-law."

Yu Tingwan was stunned for a moment, not expecting Princess Chengyang to say this.

"Your mother said that being her son-in-law is not that easy. First, he must be more handsome than Pan An. Second, he must be both civil and military. Third, he is not allowed to take concubines. This made my sister speechless."

"How can there be such a good husband in the world?" Yu Tingwan muttered.

The mother in her impression was completely different from the one in Zhao Qing's mouth.

Before her death, her mother said: "Wanwan, it's not good if everything goes too far. Just as long as your future husband treats you well."

She was in a daze for a moment, until Zhao Qing woke her up with a word.

"Why not? Isn't it King Wei?"

Zhao Qing's eyes held the kindness of an elder.

"Your Majesty?" Yu Tingwan was a little surprised, and then smiled politely, "As the king of Wei, how can you not take concubines?"

Her tone was calm: "Even if I don't take concubines now, what about in the future?"

It was clear that the wedding was imminent, and there was no sadness in the mention of the husband taking concubines.

Zhao Qing was silent for a moment, remembering the look in King Wei's eyes that day in Nuange.

Pei Zhi hid the imperial concubine in his mansion, and Zhao Qing was only briefly surprised.

The Pei family is not surprised by anything they do.

But she at least thought that the two of them were in love with each other, and Yu Tingwan volunteered to step into Prince Wei's palace under the name of infamy.

Zhao Qing felt uncomfortable for a moment, but there were Dragon Slayer Guards everywhere, so she couldn't ask anything.

Although Pei Zhi is her nephew, she cannot afford to offend him.

Zhao Qing's eyes changed, and until he left, there was still a trace of pity and heartache.

Pei Zhi was busy with court affairs today and did not return home until dinner.

Seeing the dishes and chopsticks prepared for him on the table, Pei Zhi showed a smile on his frosty face.

"I've had my dinner."

He sat leisurely aside and stared at Yu Tingwan.

After finally eating, Yu Tingwan couldn't help but get up and wanted to avoid him.

"Where do you want to go?"

Pei Zhi tapped the table gently, his tone was cool.

Yu Tingwan was also annoyed, "It's so hard for me to stay in the courtyard today, why did I bother you?"

"What did you say to your aunt today?"

"Didn't Dragon Slaying Guard tell you clearly what I said?"

Angered by her perfunctory look, Pei Zhi grabbed her wrist, his eyes trembled slightly, and he chuckled: "I heard that Wan Wan praised me for being more beautiful than Pan An, and having both civil and military skills."

Yu Tingwan glared at him, feeling that this man was telling lies.

Has she ever praised these things?

"Of the several conditions your mother put forward, you only picked the last one. It shows that Wanwan also feels that I meet the first two requirements."

Yu Tingwan was stunned for a moment, his face turned red and he said, "It's just your own random speculation."

"You are the only one in my backyard, and you say that I want to take a concubine. Who on earth likes to speculate?"

His face was ugly, and his smile finally couldn't be maintained.

"It has been natural since ancient times for those in power to be ruthless." Yu Tingwan didn't feel that she was wrong at all, "Therefore, if you are deeply in love with a sword, you will inevitably accept the woman next to you as your concubine."

Pei Zhi's eyes were cold, he stroked her cheek and said, "Wanwan, you can't convict me of something I haven't done."

"Since ancient times, the emperor's three palaces and six courtyards were either to balance the court, or this was a weak master, controlled by others, and it was necessary to rely on the harem to control the previous court. I disdain this."

"Either for procreation and heirs, or for sex. This is the most common type of emperor, but I have never been close to women."

Yu Tingwan sneered, and Pei Zhi was a little annoyed.

"Except for you, I have never had a woman by my side. If you get close to your own wife, you are lustful. There are no gentlemen in the world."

Yu Tingwan lowered his eyes and looked at his pinched wrist, and whispered softly: "We are not married yet, so it is too early to talk about a wife."

"If my mother had not died, you should have been my legitimate wife."

Pei Zhi breathed rapidly, looking at Yu Tingwan's expression where a crack finally appeared.

"But how do I know this?"

She murmured to herself, took the initiative to step forward and hooked the waist of the man in front of her, breathing heavily, but her words were filled with resentment.

"You also said you should, but the fact is that you sat back and watched me enter the palace in Xiaoqi, used me to make a deal with Yuan Ziyu, and forced me to kill my brother's cronies."

"Before I entered the palace, you regarded me as a bargaining chip. Then you asked me to enter the palace. Maybe... you were motivated by sex?"

She suddenly laughed and said, "Without the support of my parents, without the support of my brother, if you abandon me in the future, I will be worse than an abandoned concubine in the cold palace. At least there will be no officials to scold them for their beauty and misfortune, and to seduce others with their lust."

If he were exposed to the cold winter without wearing any clothes, Pei Zhi would feel that his breath would be chilly.

He regretted it early in the morning, but it was too late.

"Everything in the past is my fault." He held the cheek of the woman in front of him and said with great care: "You are the only one in my life. If I violate this oath, my reputation will be ruined and I will die young."