Chapter 112:
In her past life, she died, and it was clear without thinking that Pei Yuqing must have used many tricks, but Lu Ziyan ultimately ascended the Imperial Throne.
This time…
Who could still be his opponent?
Her worry was so obvious that Pei Yuqing pinched the palm of her hand and said, “Are you so afraid?”
“…Yes,” Xie Wanning muttered softly, “You don’t know, he’s really quite mad.”
After she said this, the room suddenly fell quiet.
After a long time without a response from the man before her, Xie Wanning looked up curiously and met a pair of dark eyes. She was slightly stunned, “What’s wrong?”
Pei Yuqing’s eyelashes trembled, and the light in his eyes softened: “He’s so powerful, and I can’t protect you completely. Will you… regret marrying me?”
“Of course not,” Xie Wanning said: “I should be the one asking that. I should worry if you’ll regret marrying me and offending such a formidable enemy.”
“Do you really think that?” Pei Yuqing curved his lips in a faint smile.
Xie Wanning said: “Of course!”
Hearing the answer he wanted, warmth suddenly bloomed in the depths of Pei Yuqing’s eyes.
He patted the top of the young lady’s head and smiled: “You don’t need to worry about this. Your husband isn’t made of clay. Even if he truly becomes the Nine-Five Supreme, as long as you don’t change your mind, something like forcibly taking another man’s wife will never happen to me.”
He controlled the Qing Tian Guard, which was practically grasping the Great Khan’s lifeline. With the world in such turmoil, if he truly offended him, it was uncertain whether this empire could be stabilized.
Unless Lu Ziyan went mad enough to disregard the world he had already obtained, just to forcibly seize another man’s wife.
If it came to that, then even the new emperor wouldn’t care about the Great Khan’s realm. Why should he guard it?
The worst outcome would be no worse than that.
Thinking this in his heart, his expression was extremely gentle, “It’s late. Wash up and rest early.”
As he spoke, he called loudly for the servants outside to come in. When his gaze turned back, the corner of his eye glanced over the edge of her skirt hem and suddenly paused.
Noticing his gaze, Xie Wanning also looked down.
She had returned to her family home today, wearing a lake-blue satin ruqun. This color wasn’t dark, so any speck of dirt would be very obvious. Right now, there was a dark red stain on the side rear of her skirt hem, extremely glaring.
This was a dried bloodstain.
Xie Wanning was slightly stunned, quickly recalling that this was the blood Lu Ziyan had spat out in rage. Her lips parted, about to say something, but Er Qing had already led several maidservants in.
It wasn’t some praiseworthy good deed after all, so she gave up the thought of mentioning it.
When she looked up again, Pei Yuqing had already shifted his gaze away. Seeing her look over, he smiled faintly at her, “Go on.”
Xie Wanning: “…”
She frowned, feeling that his expression was somewhat off.
But the scent left on her by Lu Ziyan made her feel uncomfortable all over. Ignoring everything else, she stood up directly and went into the bathhouse.
The main bedroom bathhouse had two rooms. These past few days, the two had an unspoken understanding, each using one, so neither had to wait for the other.
But this time, when she came out after bathing, Pei Yuqing was just as he had been when she left, his sitting posture unchanged, completely still.
Hearing the footsteps, he finally looked up. His usually bright and gentle eyes were shrouded in a faint gloom.
Their gazes met for a few breaths before he stood up, taking the cloak draped over the screen while saying: “I’ll be quite busy these next few days. To avoid disturbing your rest, I’ll move to the study for a while.”
Xie Wanning was stunned.
They were still newlyweds, and he had never mentioned being busy before. Why suddenly propose moving to the study?
Thinking this, she saw him already preparing to leave and hurriedly called out to stop him.
Pei Yuqing’s figure paused slightly as he stopped in his tracks.
“All of you, leave,” Xie Wanning took the towel for wringing her hair and said to Er Qing.
The several maidservants quietly retreated, and the door slowly closed.
Once again, only the couple remained in the room.
Xie Wanning stood up from in front of the dressing mirror and looked at the man with his back to her, saying: “Turn around.”
The girl’s voice carried hidden anger. Pei Yuqing sighed softly in his heart and slowly turned around.
He still had the poise of a jade tree in the wind, a gentleman’s bearing. His handsome features hidden in the candlelight appeared even more gentle. Who wouldn’t say he was a fine man like jade?
But Xie Wanning only grew more annoyed upon seeing him.
“What do you mean by this?”
Wanting to live apart right after marriage—if word got out, where would she put her face?
She had married him without intending to become an ornate decoration again.
That angry and aggrieved questioning made Pei Yuqing’s heart ache even more. He lowered his eyes and said softly: “You were frightened today. You should rest early. Once I finish handling household affairs, I’ll come see you.”
Hearing this, Xie Wanning immediately flared up in anger, “Moving to the study to sleep overnight—what’s that for?”
“You really do mind that he abducted me, don’t you!”
“Or are you really afraid of making an enemy of Lu Ziyan?”
“Liar!” She gritted her teeth and glared at him.
The man opposite her smiled helplessly, “Wanwan, I’ve never deceived you. Anything I promise you, I will surely do.”
He was actually still smiling!
Xie Wanning grew even more annoyed. She pursed her lips tightly and said: “Then why are you moving to the study to sleep? We’ve only been married a few days, and you’re abandoning me. Do you want others to laugh at me!”
“You can rest assured. You are my wife. No one above or below in the Pei residence would dare to be rude to you.” Seeing the young lady’s stubborn eyes turning red, Pei Yuqing’s chest ached bitterly, and his expression indeed showed bitterness.
“Wanwan, I’m leaving you a way out.”
……Leaving a way out.
A hard-to-describe stifling pain surged in Xie Wanning’s chest, sour and astringent, carrying all sorts of grievances.
Who needed him to leave a way out!
She sniffled softly, then suddenly hurled the jade comb in her hand at him.
“What way out do I need from you? Why would I need you to leave me a way out!” As she spoke, she picked up the jade pendant he had given her and threw it at him too, angrily saying: “Are you an idiot!”
Pei Yuqing hurriedly caught the jade pendant. Before he could speak, he heard the accusation from the bristling young lady.
“I am your properly wedded wife. What way out are you leaving me—Lu Ziyan?” Her voice was full of anger: “Your fetish is truly rare. Your own wife, yet you keep thinking she’ll find another, right?”
Pei Yuqing looked helpless, “I’m just moving to the study, and you’re this aggrieved?”
He had thought she would gladly see him off.
“Shouldn’t I be aggrieved!” Xie Wanning was so angry she laughed, “Marrying you, a man who can’t perform, I’m already aggrieved enough. And you have this strange fetish, constantly preparing for me to abandon you and return to Lu Ziyan’s side!”
She had already told herself that this was fine. It didn’t matter if he couldn’t perform; she didn’t care much about those things.
But he was becoming more excessive, always doing things that upset her under the banner of it being for her own good.
What right did he have to think she would definitely regret it, that she would definitely turn back to Lu Ziyan!
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