Chapter 9 Princess, I'll be back soon
After getting into the sedan chair, Pei Jizai carefully looked at the bruise on Wei Yunzhu's wrist: "Princess, does it still hurt?"

Wei Yunzhu raised his eyes to look at the man, he was very handsome, and sometimes he had the idea that he was not bad.

"It doesn't hurt."

Pei Ji only felt that the little girl's cute voice made people feel distressed. He couldn't help but approached her and kissed her on the forehead.

Then, he took out a hairpin from his sleeve and put it on for her himself: "In the future, don't give the things I gave you to others."

Wei Yunzhu seemed to be slightly stunned for a long time.

"Master Shoufu, thank you today."

Pei Ji never dared to think that he and the princess would have such a tender moment, and suddenly smiled, his eyes were full of satisfaction, like a happy child.

"Princess, you never have to thank me, I have always been willing."

For a long time, Wei Yunzhu thought about the five days when he disappeared, and after thinking about it for a long time, he said cautiously: "That night...are you angry?"

When Pei Ji heard this, she seemed a little surprised: "Princess, why do you think so? I will never be angry with you."

"I just reflected on it for a few days..."

In fact, Wei Yunzhu still wanted to ask about whether he would break up..., but she didn't dare.

When he returned to the mansion, Pei Ji saw that Wei Yunzhu's room hadn't even turned on the charcoal fire, and it was as cold as ice.

After he was furious at all the servants, he insisted on applying the medicine for her himself.

He held her hand and was blowing gently, but Li Yi rushed in in a hurry.

"My lord, the people from the Ministry of Punishment said that they want to invite you to go!"

Pei Ji's eyes froze: "Where are those people?"

Li Yi said quickly: "It's just at the door, I was about to break in just now, but the slaves just stopped me."

Pei Ji seemed to have pondered for a while, and he smiled at Wei Yunzhu: "Princess, I'll go out and have a look first."

Li Yi has always been rigorous in his work. His ability to do this is enough to show the seriousness of his gaffe. Wei Yunzhu subconsciously got up with Pei Ji and grabbed his sleeve.

Pei Ji seemed to be stiff, and gradually turned around.

For the first time, worry flickered in Wei Yunzhu's eyes, his eyes seemed to be filled with thousands of stars, and his lips parted slightly: "Master Shoufu, you..."

Pei Ji smiled, and lightly stroked her blue hair with one hand, stroking her hair intermittently: "Princess, I'll be back soon."

Wei Yunzhu nodded, she looked at Pei Jili's back, and she couldn't understand the inexplicable feelings in her heart at the moment.

But in the end, what she waited for was the news that Pei Ji was detained by the Ministry of Punishment, and Wei Yunzhu was a little flustered.

Why was he taken away by the Ministry of Criminal Justice?Is it because I helped my parents re-establish the tablets, or because Mrs. Gu...

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Gu Mansion.

When Mrs. Gu heard that Mrs. Gu was taken into Baogong Prison by Pei Ji's men, she was so angry that she almost fainted.

Gu Yanyi was even more angry: "Father, son, go and save mother now."

Gu Taifu calmed down and waved his hand: "Yi'er, don't be reckless in this matter. This time, Pei Ji accused your mother of disrespecting the late emperor. It has been planned for a long time, and we must not mess up."

Gu Yanyi was eager to save his mother: "But..."

Gu Taifu just said calmly: "I have already ordered someone from the punishment department to go, this time, I will never let him get away easily!"

At Yin time on the second day, on the jade steps outside the Tai Chi Hall, all the officials waiting to go to the court were discussing what happened last night in whispers.

"Have you heard? Master Shoufu is coming to court today."

"I heard that the Ministry of Criminal Justice was going to convict yesterday, but it turned back on the truth and reversed the confession temporarily, and bit the Gu family back."

"It's so mysterious."

……

After entering the hall, all the officials were silent, the Lord Chief Assistant, Lord Huang, and Gu Shilang all joined the battle, there must be another bloodbath in the court today.

Pei Ji took a step forward and spoke first: "Empress Empress, I have something to say."

After getting the Queen's permission, Pei Ji said solemnly: "In the past few days, I have gone to the Ministry of Households to clear up the national treasury and the allocation of funds in several states near the disaster area."

This month, the south has been flooded and the situation is critical.

Wei Yunqing said casually, "What's the result of Mr. Shoufu's investigation?"

Pei Ji sternly said: "According to our investigation, the Ministry of Household Affairs has no money to allocate."

"The treasury silver that the Ministry of Household Affairs can allocate now is less than one million taels. The amount of money needed for disaster relief and embankment repairs is stretched far beyond 200 million taels."

Immediately afterwards, he presented the list in his hand: "The empress please check the list."

After Wei Yunqing read the list, he was also shocked that the national treasury was so short!
Pei Ji spoke again: "At the moment of the disaster, the people are in dire straits, and all the money used to save lives in the treasury has been borrowed by the officials in Chang'an City!"

As soon as these words came out, some officials began to feel uneasy. After all, borrowing debts from the state treasury is the custom of aristocratic families, and there is no repayment at all.

Pei Ji turned sideways slightly, fixed his eyes on Huang Lu: "According to those debt notes, Mr. Huang is the first to bear the brunt."

Cold sweat broke out frequently on Huang Lu's forehead, he really couldn't deny the loan, he could only talk about other things: "Empress, the household department is under the supervision of Taifu Gu, and Mr. Pei is doing it for him!"

Pei Ji's eyes froze: "Which one of the supervisors of the household department is not an important official of the court, may I ask which one has made a difference?"

"It's related to military, government and civil affairs. Why are you still doing it for us? You know, if the skin doesn't survive, the hair will not be attached to it? Such a disaster is caused by personnel and not repairing. You and I are both the people of the Great Zhou. The water is flooded today. It's the common people, if you indulge in human affairs, tomorrow, the city of Chang'an will be flooded."

What he said was so eloquent and eloquent that all the officials were silent, and even Huang Lu couldn't express it in words.

Gu Taifu, who has been supervising the household department, immediately knelt down: "I have neglected my duty, and I ask the empress to come down."

Gu Yanyi, who was the servant of the household department, also knelt down immediately: "This humble minister is guilty."

In this way, a large area fell to his knees, and no one expected that Pei Ji would suddenly intervene in this matter.

After such a commotion, Pei Ji turned the story of assassinating the court official, but all the officials felt that if the old fox in Huanglu really kept his word and resigned, he would not be in such trouble as he is now.

After the morning, when Pei Ji finished his work, it was almost dusk.

He looked at the sky and got up immediately: "Li Yi, follow me to Yong'an Lane."

But before going out in the sedan chair, Li Yi came to report again: "My lord, Mr. Gu Wenhe from Baogong Prison has brought you something, please take a look, do you want to take it or not?"

Gu Wenhe, Gu Yanyi's second uncle, seems to want to protect Mrs. Gu.

Pei Ji's brows were casual: "Take it."

Can he have a reason not to eat the fat in his mouth?After all, if he doesn't take it, someone else will take it, and it would be a pity that the fat water flows into the fields of outsiders.

The house outside Pei's mansion.

It was already three o'clock, and the mansion was quiet, except for the lamp in Wei Yunzhu's room.

With her hands on her chin, she leaned on the table in a daze, and the sound of the door opening "squeaked" woke her up.

Pei Ji held a box of things in his hand, looked at the little girl in front of him, and suddenly remembered what he said before leaving yesterday——

I'll return soon.

There was a smile on the corner of his eyes and brows: "Is the princess waiting for this humble minister?"

Wei Yunzhu was a little embarrassed, her cheeks flushed slightly, and she naturally refused to admit it: "I'm going to take a break."

Pei Ji approached her slowly: "Nian Shuang said that your appetite has been poor these days, try this."

When Wei Yunzhu realized that it was a chestnut cake, she smiled suddenly, her eyes were looking forward, and raised a curved arc, like a blooming lotus flower, which made Pei Ji stunned for a moment.

She twisted a piece of pastry and tasted it properly.

"Beads."

The man's voice was inexplicably hoarse, Wei Yunzhu turned around for no reason, her tender lips were still stained with pastry crumbs, under the dim candlelight, she was charming and charming.

Pei Ji's Adam's apple rolled, he stretched out his hand and rubbed it with his fingertips, and put it into his mouth, it was so sweet...

Unexpectedly, Wei Yunzhu suddenly rolled the cake in his hand.

She didn't know what was wrong, her waist tightened, and she was pulled into a hot embrace.

The man's palm against her waist was so hot that she didn't dare to move, and he whispered in her ear with a chuckle: "Eat more, so you can grow up..."

As soon as these words came out, Wei Yunzhu was immediately ashamed, and she suddenly remembered the stupid things he had said on the bed.

Shameless disciple!

The two of them were very close, and in the breath, the fragrance of crabapple flowers on the little princess's body, to Pei Ji, it was the most difficult medicine in the world for him to control.

He fixed his eyes on the slender hands with fingers like peeling onion roots, and he was still twisting the chestnut cake just now, it must be delicious.

Holding up the small palm, the back of the hand, and the fingertips, tasting every detail, trying to completely...

Wei Yunzhu twitched away in fright, with a trembling ending: "Master Shoufu..."

She didn't even think that she could make such a coquettish tone, so she quickly stopped talking.

During the panic, he escaped from the man's confinement, his back collapsed, and he didn't dare to look sideways at the fiery gaze.

Pei Ji put his hands on the table, tilted his head to look at the nervous girl, and said in a provocative and hoarse voice, "Come here."

Wei Yunzhu's breathing was uneven, and the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven was getting closer, so she couldn't provoke this man anymore.

Then he turned sideways and slowly approached him. Seeing her taking the initiative, the man's eyes became darker and a cluster of fire was lit inside.

As soon as Wei Yunzhu touched the man's sleeve, he was pulled violently, and his whole body was brought in, and his hand happened to rest on his tight waist.

Seeing the girl's gradually turning red ears, Pei Ji chuckled lightly: "Only Zhuzhu is familiar with this place, why are you still shy?"

These words made Wei Yunzhu feel ashamed and immediately buried her hot cheeks into the man's chest, refusing to come out again.

But she touched something cold by her hand, she witnessed it, and subconsciously lowered her head.

The man's seductive tone came from the ear: "Take it down."

Wei Yunzhu took off the jade pendant, was looking at it, the man said again: "Do you still remember it?"

Wei Yunzhu raised his eyes and shook his head blankly.

There was inexplicably a trace of loneliness in Pei Ji's eyes: "The princess will never remember me."

His thoughts drifted to Shunde for 25 years.

(End of this chapter)

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