What kind of bad thoughts can Mr. Xiao have?

Chapter 71
Three days ago, Prince Duan's Mansion.

Pei Yi, who had been confined in the small courtyard for many days, was currently digging a hole under the willow tree in the courtyard, planning to plant a flower seedling in it.

As a princess for many years, she has been especially generous to the servants in the mansion. Even though King Duan was furious that day, the people in the mansion never turned her cold, and there were always servants who went out to buy to help pass some new things into the inner courtyard to make her happy.

She was a wonderful mistress, and Watchtower knew that better than anyone.

However, the other people wanted to cheer up Pei Yi and give in to King Duan who had already begun to regret it, so that the couple could get back together and the suggestion didn't reach Pei Yi's ears at all.

The watchtower will not let her know that Mrs. Xu is not the concubine that King Duan intends to accept, but Bei Zhai's spy, and entering Beijing as the concubine will not arouse suspicion.

He would not let her know that after the quarrel that day, Prince Duan quickly calmed down, not only went to the palace to visit Xing'er in person from time to time, but also habitually walked to the courtyard where Pei Yi lived after working in the study.

Why should we help Wei Huairen?

Wanglou put a pot of Mingqian tea on the stone table under the tree, knelt down beside Pei Yi, and took out a handkerchief to help her wipe off the perspiration on her forehead.

Pei Yi was a little embarrassed and wanted to take the handkerchief from him, but he held her wrist with his fingertips.

"Master's hands are still stained with dirt, let me help you."

"Oh, knock my memory, I forgot."

Pei Yi narrowed her eyes and waited for his hand to leave, then lowered her head and carefully planted the delicate flower seedlings into the pit.

This period of time was the most relaxing time for her after the accident at home.

There is no need to stand upright all the time, for fear of being seen as weak, falling into the character of my father and brother, and ashamed of my mother's teachings.

There is no need to do everything by yourself, for fear that the general affairs will be blocked, the housekeeper will not be strict, and you will not be able to share the worries for King Duan.

There is no need to show Wei Anxing a smile no matter how hard or tired he is, for fear that he will think too much at a young age and feel that being born in the emperor's family will not be warm.

It's all gone, she doesn't have to care about anything now.

She can be herself.

She even borrowed men's clothes from the watchtower that were easy to move. Although it was a bit loose on her body, it was much lighter than those dresses made according to the princess's dress.

"I don't know if this Broken Star Flower can live, Wanglou, are you sure that's what the servant said? As long as it is planted in a shaded place and don't water too much, it can be fed?"

She also forgot that her hands were stained with dirt, and she unconsciously raised her chin, only to feel the roughness of her fingers before she let out an "ahhh".

"Okay, I have to go wash my face."

Wang Lou helped her to stand up with numb legs, and when she sat on the stone bench again to drink tea, he took out something from his sleeve and placed it silently in front of her.

She didn't pay attention to it at first, she just thought it was something to please her, and after slowly drinking the tea in the cup, she picked up the small cloth bag and joked with him:

"What is it that I haven't seen this time?"

"The master will know when he sees it."

He was rarely serious, and Pei Yi's heart tightened.

Opening the cloth bag, a mace engraved with runes fell into her palm.

Pei Yi threw the wolf tooth to the ground almost instantly.

She jumped up against the case, grabbed the front of the watchtower without thinking, and asked him in a vicious voice:
"Where did it come from? I ask you where it came from! Why did this kind of thing appear in the palace!"

Anticipating her reaction, he calmly met her angry eyes that were almost spitting fire, then took her hand, and slowly pulled it away from his skirt.

"Master, please calm down first."

"Calm down? Do you know what that is? Do you know why I am the only one left in my Pei family!"

"I know. But listen to me, will you?"

There was pity in his eyes that made her fear, as if he knew the reason of all this clearly, as if he knew some secret that could overturn her life.

It seemed like he was just choosing his words so that what he said next wouldn't irritate her.

Just like the soldiers who came to her home from the battlefield to report the funeral that day, she could glimpse the beginning of the tragedy with just this look.

So she didn't resist, nor pushed away the watchtower's embrace.

Because she didn't know whether she could bear the truth that followed.

"Master, this is what Sansao of Lanfang Pavilion found."

She listened to his words quietly, but her body trembled uncontrollably, like a volcano about to erupt.

"Mrs. Xu is from Beidi. Your lord...is secretly cooperating with the Beidi people to assassinate His Highness Jiarou."

It turned out to be the case.

She couldn't stand still, like a tree that had been emptied of its core, and couldn't even take root, and was about to fall lightly.

For Bei Zhai, her national hatred and family hatred were all born of this.It's ridiculous that the last bit of Wei Huairen's goodness that she thought of in her heart disappeared with his collusion with the Beidi people.

But the poison ivy that once entangled her body embraced her as her last line of defense, supporting her not to give up.

"watchtower……"

"master?"

She wrapped her arms around his neck and leaned completely on him.

"Thank you for telling me this, thank you."

"Master, don't say that, Wanglou just can't bear to look at you..."

"Stop calling me master."

She cut him off.He suppressed the corners of his mouth that were about to rise.

"I don't want to be a Duan Wangfei anymore, and you don't have to treat me as your master anymore.

Me and him, until today. "

When she leaned on his shoulder and said these words, he finally saw the courtyard door that was not closed by him being pushed open by that person.

King Duan would pass by Pei Yi's courtyard door alone at this time almost every day, but the watchtower kept showing him the locked door.

Today, he thought that Pei Yi was willing to give him a step, so he pushed open the door without hesitation.

However, what he saw and heard was enough to make him stand on the spot in a daze. He stared at Pei Yi's back in disbelief, and he didn't even notice the smug flash in Wanglou's eyes.

"Qingqing? What are you talking about? What are you doing?"

Duan Wang's voice trembled, and he was about to come up to separate Pei Yi from the watchtower.But Pei Yi turned around coldly and glared at him.

That gaze forced him to stop where he was, and made him feel ashamed.

So he turned his head and stared at the watchtower, intending to deal with this audacious dog slave who dared to go so far.

But Pei Yi took a step and blocked his sight.

"Wei Huairen, long time no see, are you deaf?"

She sneered, picked up the spike on the ground and shook it in front of his eyes.

"Don't you want to hear me say it again? It's okay, you listen well."

Duan Wang recognized the thing, subconsciously wanted to snatch it, wanted to cover it up, but Pei Yi stopped quickly, not even letting him touch a corner.

"Qingqing, listen to my explanation. I can explain it. Don't you believe me?"

He can only say so far, walls have ears, he can't let Beidi people think that he and Pei Yi haven't completely broken up, and can't expose his plan to wipe out Beidi people.

But he didn't expect that Pei Yi, who had always trusted him unconditionally, turned out to be a different person. Just the icy gaze she cast on him made him unbearable.

He regretted it, he regretted taking Xing'er away from her, he regretted the hypocrisy with the Bei Zhai people, and they used their tricks to make their husband and wife separate from each other and become strangers.

But the matter has come to this point, he can only suppress all the guilt, and save it until the plan is successful three days later, he will be able to spread all these truths in front of her and ask for her forgiveness.

"I don't want to hear it, Wei Huairen."

It's just that every second of her being ruthless and unloving to him is a knife in his heart.

"Let's make up."

"what?"

He couldn't believe his ears, and stepped forward to grab her shoulder.

"Do you know what you are talking about? I am King Duan, and you are my princess, how can you make peace with me?"

What he wanted to say was that when they became husband and wife, there was no doubt about their love and affection.How could she say so lightly that she wanted to leave him?
Absolutely impossible!
"Are you going to use your identity to suppress me? That's right, how could your royal family allow me, a powerless orphan, to reconcile?"

But she misinterpreted his meaning.

"I'm tired, and I don't want to be a princess anymore. I will leave tonight on my own. It doesn't matter whether you want to divorce my wife or say that I died of illness. Don't worry, there will be no more Pei Yi in the world."

"No, no, that's not what I meant. Qingqing, how can you treat me like this? Just because of this thing, you have to suspect me? Is this eunuch using it to make you and my husband and wife turn against each other, isn't it!"

Duan Wang is going to strangle the watchtower by the throat.

"You mustn't touch him!"

But Pei Yi twisted her body neatly, and slammed Duan Wang away with her back.

"You actually defended this eunuch in front of your husband?"

This time Pei Yi struck very hard, and habitually used the fighting movements to hit Duan Wang in the ribs with his back elbow, so that he had to hold on to the stone table to stand hunched.

He didn't care about the Broken Star Flower that was trampled into the soil under his feet.

"So what. At least he won't tell me a lie, at least he knows me better than you!"

"Hahahaha, Pei Yi, are you crazy? Do you think I will let you out of this yard? Let me tell you, you are dreaming!"

King Duan glared at Pei Yi and Wanglou viciously, and ordered to the guards who heard the movement and filed in:

"Take this cowardly eunuch out and execute him with one knife at a time. The princess is not allowed to step out of this yard!"

"Yes."

The guards who received the order hesitated under Pei Yi's gaze, but they still came to the watchtower step by step.

Wanglou, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke behind Pei Yi.

"Master, Wanglou may not be able to serve you anymore. You just said that I don't need to call you master?

Then can you grant the minion's last wish? "

Pei Yi protected him and it was impossible to retreat. Behind the guards, King Duan stared at the watchtower with hatred, thinking that the eunuch died not fast enough.

"You say, you say, I agree."

Wanglou held her hand behind her, as if he didn't feel that he was in a desperate situation at all.

Pei Yi seemed to be able to hear his inner voice, she didn't break free, but turned her head to meet his lingering gaze.

"I want to call you Yi'er, is that okay?"

"Watch Tower! You lowly slave, how dare you be so rebellious! Why are you still standing there, pull the concubine away, and kill that dog for this king now!"

King Duan was furious, looking at Wanglou and Pei Yi's clasped hands, his eyes were tearing apart.

But the palace has strict rules and regulations. At this moment, the guards in the courtyard are all unarmed, and only Pei Yi has a long sword at his waist.

A flash of sword light flashed from the silver snake, and Pei Yi held the sword in front of her, declaring her position clearly.

Wanglou didn't seem to have heard what kind of killing order that King Duan had just issued, and gave Duan Wang a faint look, as if he was looking at a bereaved dog barking and barking.

Duan Wang recognized this look.

This kind of condescension, and hypocritical pity, seems to feel that even mocking him is a waste.

Just like the darkest days when he was discriminated against by the people in the palace after he lost his mother, he thought that no one would dare to show that kind of look to the majestic king anymore.

But the watchtower seemed to be telling him:

"You have nothing left."

In the next moment, he only saw the golden needle flying towards him, and then the hidden weapon entered his body, and he fell limply on the ground with his eyes open.

He bit the tip of his tongue, unwilling to maintain consciousness in the dizzy dizziness, and looked over the guard who was also collapsed on the ground, looking at the two people who were still standing there.

"Qi...Qing..."

He vaguely wanted to call Pei Yi, but Pei Yi's surprised eyes only glanced at him and the guards, and then turned to the watchtower.

"What happened to them? What are you?"

She didn't even realize that she wasn't worried about whether the lives of people on the ground would be in danger.Maybe it's because he doesn't care, maybe it's because he trusts someone so much that he never thought that he would harm her.

Wanglou handed the hidden weapon to Pei Yi.

"This is a hidden weapon in southern Xinjiang. They will fall into a coma all day after being poisoned. But don't worry, the slaves guarantee their lives, and they will never be in danger."

What he said was very measured, as if he was thinking of Pei Yi all the time, even if she wasn't worried about it, it still made her feel ironic.

The hand-shaped concealed weapon with exquisite style and extraordinary origin was casually handed over to her like this, and she suddenly felt that she had underestimated this person.

But Wanglou didn't give her time to continue thinking, he let go of her hand, lifted his robe and knelt in front of her.

"What are you doing?"

She was still at a loss as to what to do, but she was startled when he knelt down unexpectedly.

"The lord has completely murdered the slave. Now that the slave is in the palace, he has no way out in the capital."

He kowtowed on the ground, but it seemed that he was forcing her to make a decision.

"The servant is leaving."

He is leaving?Pei Yi opened her mouth to say something, but the mess in the courtyard made her unable to say anything to persuade her.

Is letting him stay soon killing him?
How could she be so selfish.

"Okay, let's go, I have some gold and silver jewelry here, you take them all, the farther you can escape, the better..."

She said something that she didn't even know what she was talking about, and her eyes were wandering, wanting to go to the house to prepare something for him.

He was about to leave, but she kept thinking about the words he asked her in the desperate situation just now.

"Yi'er."

Watchtower stood up and grabbed her back.

"Would you like to go with me? We can go to your northern border, or to my southern border, or wherever."

　I like every character very much, but it doesn’t mean they are all good people or can be understood hahaha
　　As long as they're whole people I'm successful
　　
　
(End of this chapter)