Chang Feng froze in place, feeling his breath choke. He clenched his fists tightly and said tremblingly, "It is my fault. Please forgive me, Your Highness."

"Why didn't you take action then?" Pei Yanli's tone faintly revealed a sense of pressure from a superior.

"The person leading the team at that time was...was..."

"who is it?"

"It was Miss Lin's brother, General Lin, and the King of Zhenbei was not among them. Later I learned about the bypass he took with his men."

"Lin Yuehong?" Pei Yanli frowned, and gradually loosened his grip on Changfeng's hand, "Are you sure you didn't see it wrong?"

"I am sure I am not mistaken. It is Miss Lin's brother. He seemed to know in advance that we would ambush there. He held a long sword in his hand and was always on guard."

"Why is he there? He should be in Shangjing City." Pei Yanli tilted his head and thought for a while, but he couldn't figure it out. "Have you received any news?"

Chang Feng shook his head. "Before this, I never got any information about the whereabouts of the General. Swords have no eyes. I am afraid of hurting Miss Lin's brother. If Miss Lin finds out that Your Highness has come here, I will be worried..."

Changfeng didn't finish the rest of the words, but Pei Yanli knew in his heart that the people Lin Tingwan cared about most in this life were his family.

If he accidentally hurt Lin Yuehong, whether it was accidental or for some other reason, Lin Tingwan would never forgive him.

Thinking of this, Pei Jinan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, "You did the right thing. If you meet someone from the Lin family in the future, unless it's a special situation, just avoid them. But this time, it's your fault after all."

After a pause, he said coldly, "If you had known that the emperor's uncle would not go that way, you would not be so passive. You will receive the punishment yourself later."

"Yes, thank you for your forgiveness, Your Highness."

Changfeng couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. This was good. Judging from Pei Yanli's expression just now, he thought that he would not let him go today, but he didn't expect that it would be as simple as a beating.

Although he had long since disregarded life and death, and this life belonged to Pei Yanli, no one really wanted to die, even Changfeng, he wanted to live well.

"Your Highness, the Queen is here—"

The eunuch came to pass on the message, Pei Yanli gave Changfeng a wink, and the latter turned around and walked out.

The queen, dressed in gorgeous clothes, walked in alone. When she saw Pei Yanli, she stretched out her hand. The latter quickly stepped forward and let the queen put her hand on his arm.

"Mother, why are you here?"

The queen sighed and asked directly, "Did you send someone to kill your uncle?"

Pei Yanli was stunned for a moment, not knowing how to start the conversation. To be honest, he hadn't thought it through for a while.

"Today, I came to ask you, so I must know something. I am your mother, so you don't have to hide anything from me."

"Yes, mother." Pei Yanli took a deep breath and spoke slowly, "I did send someone to kill the emperor's uncle, but he did not let go and retreated."

The queen breathed a sigh of relief, "Which group of people are there?"

Pei Yanli was silent for a moment. He originally wanted to send a group of people to assassinate Pei Jinan on the battlefield, but Beixiang was Yongjin's enemy.

If he didn't want to be discovered, the only people he could look for were from Beixiang. Pei Yanli didn't want to do that, so he endured it.

They were planning to take action on Pei Jinan's way back to the capital, but Changfeng and his men didn't run into Pei Jinan so they dropped the plan.

Pei Yanli nodded and said slowly, "Only that group of people."

The Queen couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, "Fortunately, your uncle is injured now, he definitely won't just let it go. I'm afraid he will investigate thoroughly."

"Injured?" Pei Yanli looked at the queen with some confusion.

He didn't remember any injuries Pei Jinan had suffered.

Pei Yanli quickly reacted and asked in confusion, "It was you, the Queen Mother, who attacked the Emperor's uncle?"

The queen nodded slowly, "Your father's imperial decree has been issued. The only way for you to marry the daughter of the Lin family is for your uncle to disappear from the world. Otherwise, this imperial decree cannot be changed."

Pei Yanli looked at the queen in surprise. He really didn't expect that the queen would do such a thing. She seemed to be the kind of person who had never blamed her servants before, and she actually killed someone for him.

Pei Yanli's voice couldn't help but become a little low, "Mother, it's my fault that I'm useless, it's my fault..."

The queen smiled and patted Pei Yanli's hand, and slowly said, "Silly son, the greatest wish in your heart is for you to be well."

But the more he said this, the more uncomfortable Pei Yanli felt. He lowered his head and said, "Mother, please don't do this kind of thing in the future. I will do it myself."

The Queen had said before that she would find a way for him to marry Lin Tingwan. He thought that it would be His Majesty who would do it, but he never expected it to be like this.

After all, he was her own son. The queen knew exactly what Pei Yanli was thinking. She shook her head and said slowly, "It's not as simple as you think that your mother has been able to sit on the position of queen for so many years."

Pei Yanli was silent for a moment, said nothing, and lowered his head.

But he soon realized that he had sent people to investigate along the way Pei Jinan came back, and the only place where they ambush was the most suitable along the way, so where did the Queen's people make the move?

"Mother, did you have someone do this on the battlefield?"

The queen nodded.

"Is he from Beixiang?"

The Queen naturally knew what Pei Yanli meant. She turned her back to Pei Yanli with a cruel look on her face. "You can't be soft-hearted when dealing with your enemies. You can use everything you can."

"No matter what the means, no matter what the process is, as long as the result is what you want." After saying that, the queen turned around again and said with a loving face, "Yan Li, it doesn't matter if you are from Beixiang. As long as you use them well, they will be useful to you."

Pei Yanli opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but in the end he said nothing.

"Has the queen mother cleaned up the tail?"

The queen nodded slightly, "Don't worry, those people won't talk anymore. The dead are the best at keeping secrets." The queen narrowed her eyes, and there was a cruelty in her eyes that Pei Yanli had never seen before.

He was slightly stunned. He had never thought that his mother was such a ruthless character. The queen had always been the mother of the country, and even spoke softly to the maids and eunuchs.

I have never seen anything like this.

Pei Yanli couldn't help but feel a little suspicious, wondering how many people in the palace were like this.

How many people are truly simple? And how many people he trusted in his previous life had problems?

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