Snowy Chang'an Road

In Yongle Palace, Ban Zhuo looked at his sister from time to time and did not dare to speak.

Many things have not gone smoothly recently. Cai Yu's death and Pei Sheng's birth of a daughter are all directly related to Ban Miao, and none of them have gone smoothly.

Looking at his sister who was concentrating with her eyes closed, Ban Zhuo didn't know why she called him here. He could only look at his sister from time to time and drink a few sips of tea to relieve his tension.

"What have you been doing lately?"

Hearing Ban Miao's sudden question, Ban Zhuo put down his tea cup and replied respectfully: "Recently, I often study and study political affairs in the mansion."

"Then why did I hear people say that you hang out in restaurants and brothels with those dandies all day long?"

"Sister, all men in the world are the same. I just go and relax."

Ban Miao opened her eyes and looked at her brother. Seeing his nervous look, she slowly said, "I need you to do something for me."

"Sister, tell me."

"Find an alchemist among the people to refine a poison. The poison should be slow and cannot be noticed by others."

After that, Ban Miao handed a small wooden box to Ban Zhuo.

Ban Zhuo opened the small wooden box and saw a small black pill lying inside.

"Sister, what do you want poison for?"

"For Your Majesty to eat."

With a "clang", the wooden box fell from Ban Zhuo's hand. The small pill rolled on the ground for a while and then stopped. Ban Miao stepped forward and picked up the small pill.

She walked to Ban Zhuo and said: "This is the medicine donated by the Peking Palace to His Majesty. Since he got this pill, His Majesty has never taken any prescription prescribed by the imperial doctor. He was already haggard, but now he is getting better and better." He is full of energy and vitality. His Majesty trusts this pill very much, and Wu Xun keeps it personally for His Majesty on weekdays."

"Then why do you have a sister?"

"This is not something you should know."

Ban Miao continued: "My request is very simple. Find a private alchemist to refine the pill according to its color and size. The toxicity should be slow so that the imperial doctor cannot diagnose it. Don't rush this matter."

"Sister, once someone discovers this, the Nine Clans will be punished."

"In this world now, only you and I know about this matter. As long as you don't tell it, no one will know."

"But."

"But I have waited too long. If Wei Yuan does not die, the prince will not be able to succeed to the throne. We will have to live by watching the Wei family's faces."

"The prince is also from the Wei family."

"Huan'er is my son, and I am his mother. He dare not disobey anything I ask him to do."

"elder sister."

"If you want to persuade me, you don't have to. There can only be one person living between me and His Majesty, and you are my brother, and you are the only person I can trust in this world."

Ban Zhuo was so shocked in his heart that after he came out of Yongle Palace, his palms holding the small wooden box were still sweating.

The crime of regicide is probably the biggest crime.

Although he was struggling in his heart, he still accepted the wooden box. In fact, he had already made his attitude clear.

What they wanted to do was to blame Wei Shao, the king of Peiping, for this matter without anyone noticing.

In the Peking Palace, Pei Ying has been depressed since she came back from Yueyang Palace, and she did not speak to Wei Shao along the way.

Two people entered Yueyang Palace together, but Deng Shou sent Wei Shao out on the grounds of speaking his mind, leaving the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law behind.

Wei Shao didn't know what his mother-in-law said to Pei Ying, and she didn't answer well when he asked Pei Ying, which made him very anxious.

After holding it in for a long time, Wei Shao asked after entering the room: "Pei Ying, are you trying to kill me? What did the mother-in-law say to you? If you tell me, can you not hide everything in your mind? in my heart."

Pei Ying glanced at him, said nothing, walked to the bed, took off her shoes, and lay down undressed.

Seeing that she ignored him, Wei Shao became even more worried. He followed her to the bedside, sat next to her and continued to ask questions.

"My mother-in-law said she would take a concubine for you." "What?"

This time Wei Shao was surprised.

"I never said I wanted to take a concubine."

"I know, this is what the mother-in-law means."

"what do you think?"

Pei Ying sighed and said, "Wei Shao, I agree."

"Why did you agree? Why did you agree? Why didn't any of you ask me if I wanted to take a concubine for me?"

"Then let me ask you now, do you want to take a concubine?"

"Do not want to."

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Wei Shao said: "Pei Ying, you know, you have always been the only one in my heart, no one else at all. I understand, did the mother-in-law force you because we never had children after we got married? It's okay, we are now Just go find a famous doctor, and you will definitely have a child. Get up, and we will leave now."

Wei Shao stretched out his hand and helped Pei Ying up.

"We're not going to have kids."

Pei Ying's eyes were firm, and Wei Shao panicked when he saw her firmness.

"Why won't we have children?"

"Wei Shao, there is one thing I have been hiding from you. Since the first time we had sex, I went out to find a doctor and asked for a medicine to avoid children. Every time after I had sex with you, I would secretly drink it behind your back. Medicine, so having no children is not your problem at all, the problem is mine."

This sudden sentence made Wei Shao freeze on the spot.

"Why? Do you really not want to give me a child?"

Pei Ying didn't answer.

Wei Shao's emotions were hurt like never before. His wife, the only woman he loved for twenty years, actually drank the medicine to prevent him from having a child.

The impact of this truth was not only emotional but also psychological.

"Pei Ying, why are you doing this?"

Pei Ying still didn't speak. She had already done the thing, and she took the initiative to admit it. No matter how many reasons she gave now, they were just excuses and would only make the matter darker.

After all, what is done is done.

Looking at Wei Shao's hurt expression, Pei Ying said softly: "Wei Shao, I'm sorry."

"I don't want to hear your apology. I want to know why? Why are you unwilling to give me a child? Am I, Wei Shao, really that bad in your eyes?"

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Pei Ying's silence made Wei Shao feel even more uncomfortable. A suffocating feeling seemed to be strangling his neck.

"Let me ask you, are you sincere to me?"

"Have."

"Then why did you agree to take a concubine for me?"

"I want to stay behind for you."

Wei Shao squeezed Pei Ying's shoulders and said, "Raise your head and look at me."

Pei Ying's eyes were wet. She slowly raised her head and met Wei Shao's scarlet eyes. Her heart was full of guilt. Even the moment they looked at each other, she had already thought that what happened today might end the two of them. This intimate relationship between people.

When the words came to his lips, Wei Shao swallowed them back. Seeing the tears in her eyes, Wei Shao stretched out a hand, held the back of her head, and kissed her domineeringly.

A tear trickled down the tip of Wei Shao's nose.