"You know my..." Xiao Tingyun looked directly at him without any hesitation.

She can't be a canary!

Pei Yuning's deep eyes reflected her stubborn face, her expression was soft and a bit nostalgic.

Xiao Tingyun wanted to find out something from it, but soon the strange color disappeared again.

Thinking it was his misunderstanding, Xiao Tingyun threw it away and still wanted to tell her that she would not enter his harem.

"This token will return to Zhao intact." Xiao Tingyun took out the token and returned it to him.

Everyone goes back to their own way, he continues his reign over the world, and she continues her desert scenery!

Everyone has nothing to do, everyone is safe!

Pei Yuning lowered her eyebrows, the token lay in her hand, cold and gentle mixed with it.

"You don't like the palace." He said softly, not simply asking, but affirming.

Xiao Tingyun pursed her lips. It didn't matter whether she liked it or not, but there were too many twists and turns in that place.

There was too much intrigue in that position, and she didn't want to let herself or her family become pawns in it.

The incident with Zhang Mansion serves as a lesson to the past, and the Xiao family would do well not to follow in their footsteps!

"I just hope that someone will be with me for the rest of my life." Xiao Tingyun raised her head, her voice faltered, "I'm very greedy. I want my future husband to be mine alone. We will enjoy the setting sun, clouds, mountains and rivers in the south of the Yangtze River, and ancient temples together." The scenery, instead of guarding an empty boudoir alone every day, just hoping that he will have some compassion for me before he comes to see me!"

Xiao Tingyun was a little excited as she spoke. She trembled and closed her eyes, "Those kind of days will end in a blink of an eye, and you will be like a living dead..."

She didn't want to experience it at all!

"I know, I won't force you to enter the palace, I just hope you won't alienate me." Pei Yuning said warmly.

Xiao Tingyun smiled bitterly. If she didn't alienate him, would it be possible to stay with him and be his shameless lover? ? ? !

Or is it his pastime when he's bored?

Xiao Tingyun immediately shook her head, "I won't -"

"Maybe you can give me time to tell a story. After listening to the story, you can tell me the answer." Pei Yuning interrupted her.

Xiao Tingyun stared blankly at the hope in his eyes. It was something she had never seen him look like before, as if a person in the world was grabbing a little light and trying to hold on to it!

Her heart suddenly twitched...

"Okay?"

She seemed to have never been able to resist the way he lowered his posture and asked her softly, which captivated her heart.

Somehow he said "Okay."

The tension between the two of them just disappeared immediately, and they sat quietly at the tea table.

Pei Yuning poured her a cup of tea, "Moisten your throat."

Having cried for so long just now, my throat must have been uncomfortable.

Xiao Tingyun picked it up unceremoniously and took a sip. His throat was indeed much more comfortable.

Seeing her drinking, Pei Yuning raised the corners of his mouth.

"Can we talk now?" Xiao Tingyun asked.

Pei Yuning nodded, his tone was normal, and he spoke slowly as if he was really telling a story, "This story is a bit long, maybe I should start with why I called me Pei Yuning..."

Why is it called Pei Yuning?

Xiao Tingyun was a little confused. He said his name was Pei Yuning, but he was Qi Yuhan, the leader of Daqi? ?

One person was called by two names, and it was obvious that he was a little indifferent to Qi Yuhan's name. And he still insists on calling him Pei Yuning? ?

"In the 21st year of Da Qi, the Pei family has become one of the most prominent families in Da Qi. Although they live in Huaizhou, all the children of the Pei family are outstanding in talent and learning. Women also often study literature and art, just like men. And because Mr. Pei is always willing to do charity and does not stick to trivial matters, and he is very popular among the people."

"But sometimes too much fame is not necessarily a good thing. There were rumors that if the leader of Da Qi is incompetent, the children of the Pei family can take his place, and the people of the world should support him."

Xiao Tingyun frowned. Isn't this equivalent to giving the handle to the person in power? ? Which emperor can tolerate such a family that is popular among the people?

But nowadays, the Pei family is mostly semi-reclusive, not entering official circles, not marrying any aristocratic families in Kyoto, and have you never heard that they were destroyed by the late emperor?

"The late emperor naturally heard about this rumor, so he went to Huaizhou to find out the news privately."

"The people in the Pei family naturally heard the news, but before anything happened, an earth-shattering event happened in their own backyard." Pei Yuning's tone was very calm, without any emotion mixed in it.

"What's the big deal?" Xiao Tingyun asked curiously.

Pei Yuning poured a cup of tea and took a sip, "In those days, the Pei family, regardless of gender, would choose a spring day to send the men and women of the family to Ruzhou to study for a month. The third daughter of the Pei family's head happened to be of the right age at that time. She was young and beautiful. , lively and fond of laughing, I met a similarly good-looking young man at a spring banquet."

"The young master was very talkative and said that he was from Kyoto. The woman was a little hesitant, but the two of them met by chance. Soon, the woman fell deeply in love with him, and later they even became unmarried."

"The young master told her that he would come to propose marriage soon."

"I didn't expect that before the news of the young master's marriage proposal, her family discovered that she was pregnant."

"Ms. Pei has never done anything so against the family tradition, so he planned to marry the woman and imprison her in a Buddhist temple for life."

"But suddenly a guest from the Pei family came, that young master. The woman thought that she had finally not missed her lover and had waited for the savior, but that young master was the late emperor!"

Xiao Tingyun was shocked, and his whole body felt chilly.

Did the late emperor do this intentionally? Knowing that she was Pei's daughter, he deliberately set up a chance encounter with her and then ruined her reputation?

Not only her reputation, but also Pei's reputation...

Why was he telling himself these things?

This can be regarded as a secret in the palace!

"What happened next?" Xiao Tingyun swallowed hard.

"The late emperor naturally learned that the woman had his child, and he asked Mrs. Pei to marry her as his concubine."

"Ms. Pei proposed that if the woman agrees, she will sever the relationship with her, and claimed that she is not allowed to mention that she is the daughter of the Pei family in this life, and is not allowed to use the surname Pei again!"

"For the sake of her sweetheart and the prosperous Kyoto, the woman left her family behind and followed the late emperor to Kyoto."

"Later, the woman got her wish and became the late emperor's concubine and gave birth to a prince."

Xiao Tingyun thought, is that him?

It turns out that his origin is so disgraceful that it was the product of a private meeting between his father and mother!

"The prince is as smart and studious as she expected. He is well-read in poetry and books. He has a lot of shadows of a descendant of the Pei family."

"The late emperor had few heirs, many died young, and even fewer grew up. The prince's intelligence was naturally noticed by the late emperor, and he was chosen as the next head of the kingdom."

"He lived up to expectations, multiplied his heirs, and governed the Qi Dynasty."

When Xiao Tingyun heard about procreating heirs, he slowly clenched his hands...

Pei Yuning seemed to have not heard anything, and his tone remained calm and unreasonable. Until the last sentence, Xiao Tingyun was so frightened that his pupils shrank!

"But unfortunately, I had a hidden illness. I contracted wind-cold at the age of twenty-four and died!"

"boom!"

The teacup shattered to the ground!


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