"Your Highness," Pei Xuan Qing frowned. He stood up and frowned. "Although Wen Xuan married you and is your husband, this old official understands that you are eager to protect your husband. But Wen Xuan is also a member of the Pei family. My Da Xia didn't become the Emperor's son-in-law and leave the clan. He is a member of the Pei family and will always be a member of the Pei family. Your Highness, please forgive us. "
"Forgive what?" Li Rong sneered. "Forgive you people for being ungrateful and short-sighted?"
"Your Highness," Pei Liwen hurriedly said. "How can you …"
"Shut up!" Li Rong slapped Pei Liwen's face and shouted angrily. Pei Liwen was stunned by her slap. He covered his face and stared blankly at Li Rong.
After this, no one in the Pei family dared to speak. She turned her head and stared at Pei Xuan Qing. She said coldly: "I know very well why you sent Pei Wenxuan here today. Do you think that by hitting him today, you can give the other aristocratic families an explanation and give me a warning? You don't want me to establish the Monitoring Department and meddle in other people's business? "
"Do you think," Li Rong looked around, "that your Pei family is now a large family in the imperial court. Pei Lixian's subordinates are the Minister of Provincial Affairs and have a higher position than the Prime Minister. Pei Lixian is the Minister of Arts and Works. He has many other descendants all over the imperial court. So you are the same as those aristocratic families? They sent you to cause trouble for me, so you can't wait to be the knife? Do you want me to remind you? "
Li Rong sneered. "Your Pei family was born in Luzhou. Before this generation, you were even inferior to a second-rate aristocratic family in the imperial court. The highest position you had was a fourth-rank Minister. It was Pei Wenxuan's father, Pei Lizhi, who led your family from Luzhou to the imperial court. He led you from a cold family to an aristocratic family! "
"But now? Pei Lizhi has only been gone for a short time, and you have already humiliated his orphan and widow. "
"Your Highness," Pei Lixian said coldly. "Your words have crossed the line."
"Crossed the line?" Li Rong laughed out loud. "Pei Wenxuan is the new top scorer for three years. He comes from an aristocratic family. With his status, he should have been sitting in a position of real power. But now? If he didn't marry me, he would still be an insignificant official, even worse than a prison guard! You can only fool the Wen family by saying that the disciples of aristocratic families need to go through training. Can you fool me?! "
"When he was sick, you stopped him from being seen. When he went out to socialize, you didn't give him any money and made things difficult for him. Now that he's in the imperial court, he's relying on himself to fight for a way out for the Pei Clan. Why are you so blind to bully him?!"
"You said you're his family." Li Rong glanced at everyone and sneered, "Have you ever cared about him or helped him?"
"The establishment of the Monitoring Division is my business, as well as His Majesty's. Even if you kill him, neither His Majesty nor I will stop. You must remember how your Pei Clan came to be. Don't forget your origins after sitting at the top for too long. "
Li Rong turned to look at Pei Wenxuan. "Who did it?"
Pei Wenxuan knew that Li Rong was angry and didn't dare to say anything. He could only point at the person.
Li Rong directly ordered the person next to him, "Break his hand."
After Li Rong finished speaking, she pulled Pei Wenxuan up and walked out.
Two men's screams came from the hall. Li Rong led Pei Wenxuan to the door. Suddenly, he remembered something and stopped. He turned around and looked at the Pei Clan.
"Today, I'll say it one last time. Pei Wenxuan is my son-in-law. He belongs to me. If your Pei Clan doesn't like him, then expel him from the family tree. I'll accompany him to establish another family. If you want to keep him, you can respect him as much as you respect me. "
"As for Wen Shi," Li Rong guessed that Wen Shi was also present. She raised her voice. "If you can't learn how to care for your child, then go back to your temple and pray to Buddha. Pray to your husband for the rest of your life."
"Pei Wenxuan already has a new home. He has someone to care for him and someone to love him. If you can't bear the responsibility of being a mother, please don't make trouble for him. He can tolerate it, but I can't. "
"Do you understand?"
Li Rong glanced at the crowd. No one dared to speak. The servant whose hand was broken rolled on the ground and wailed. Li Rong saw that no one responded. She turned around and pulled Pei Wenxuan out.
She walked in a hurry. It was obvious that she was controlling her emotions. Pei Wenxuan was dragged by her. His wound hurt when he moved. But for some reason, when Li Rong pulled him through the familiar corridors of the Pei Clan, even though his back hurt, he felt an indescribable joy.
He felt as if he was walking on a path full of blooming flowers. Li Rong was pulling him and leading him to a new, unknown, and beautiful world.
He looked at Li Rong's back and couldn't help but smile. He pulled Li Rong's hand and couldn't help but tighten it. He really wanted to keep pulling her, to keep following behind her and watch her reveal all her emotions for him.
He finally realized that when Li Rong lost her composure for him, he could feel such great happiness.
Li Rong dragged him all the way out of the Pei Residence. When they reached the door, she finally let go of him. Then she suddenly turned around and slapped Pei Wenxuan's face. "Are you stupid?! Don't you know what they're doing? "
"I calculated it. It's fine." Pei Wenxuan saw that Li Rong was angry, but he couldn't stop smiling. Li Rong was even angrier when she heard this. She was so angry that she laughed and only said, "Fine, fine, fine. What did you calculate? Have you ever thought that if your Second Uncle is determined to make a move today and let the servants take the opportunity to cripple you? Your life will be over."
"That won't happen." Pei Wenxuan smiled and said, "Besides, aren't you here?"
As he spoke, Pei Wenxuan seemed to have thought of something. "Didn't you go to Su Yongqing for dinner? I specifically told them not to disturb you. "
Li Rong didn't say anything. She stared at Pei Wenxuan. She couldn't tell what she was feeling. She just looked at this person and faced everything as if nothing had happened. She felt an indescribable pain and bitterness in her heart.
Pity, sadness, and pity were mixed with an indescribable emotion. She stared at him with a cold face.
"Pei Wenxuan." Li Rong finally spoke. "When will you think more for yourself? When will you feel that you're very important? Don't put yourself at risk for everything?"
Pei Wenxuan didn't say anything. In fact, Li Rong's expression was no different from usual, but at that moment, he seemed to see moisture in Li Rong's eyes.
Gentleness seeped into his heart, making him suddenly feel that he seemed to be a little precious.
She was worried about him, cared about him, felt injustice for him, and felt sad for him.
Pei Wenxuan smiled. He walked forward and hugged Li Rong. He pulled this person into his arms and tightened his arms.
"I'll work harder in the future."
Pei Wenxuan whispered, "Work harder so that you won't worry."
"I'm not worried."
Li Rong's voice was stiff. "I just feel that you've embarrassed me. You're my son-in-law. Only I can bully you. "
"Okay." Pei Wenxuan smiled and hugged her tightly. "In the future, I'll only let you bully me."
"Pei Wenxuan." Li Rong heard him admit defeat and her tone softened. "Why are you so useless?"
"I was wrong."
Pei Wenxuan said gently. "In the future, I won't let anyone bully me."
Li Rong felt that Pei Wenxuan was just being perfunctory. But since he said this, she had nothing else to say. Xun Chuan led the people out. Li Rong was a little embarrassed to be hugged in public. She whispered, "Let's get on the carriage."
Pei Wenxuan nodded and slowly let go of Li Rong. Xun Chuan walked over and saw the two of them. She nodded at Pei Wenxuan and then reported the situation to Li Rong.
Li Rong let Pei Wenxuan get on the carriage. She and Xun Chuan listened to what she saw in the Pei family. She said, "I'll find trouble with the Pei family tomorrow. You continue to look for Luo Juan. Have you found him?"
"No." Xun Chuan frowned. "He's not at his house. He's been missing for several days. I'm still looking for him."
"Okay." Li Rong nodded. "Continue to look for him. It's getting late. Let's go back."
Li Rong said and got on the carriage. Pei Wenxuan was already sitting in his seat. Apart from his pale face, he looked normal.
Li Rong walked in with a cold face and sat next to him. "Let me take a look."
"When we get home, let the doctor take a look."
Pei Wenxuan smiled. "It's useless even if you see it."
"Turn around."
Li Rong said coldly. Pei Wenxuan's face stiffened. He looked at Li Rong's face and finally turned around. He smiled and said, "Don't blame me if you're scared."
As she spoke, Li Rong saw his blood-stained clothes.
She couldn't see it clearly in the dark, but now it was much clearer under the candlelight. Li Rong looked at him quietly. Pei Wenxuan saw that she didn't say anything and joked. "What, do you want me to take off my clothes for you to see?"
"Pei Wenxuan," Li Rong said hoarsely. "Don't you feel pain?"
Pei Wenxuan turned his back to her. After a while, he sighed. "Your Highness, I'm not the same as you. You're of noble birth. Many times, you can use your status and power to suppress others. But I can't. Ethics and morality always suppress me. I can't be like Your Highness. "
"Today, Your Highness can say the same thing, but I can't."
Pei Wenxuan smiled bitterly. "This humble subject is used to these days. I don't think there's anything wrong. It's just that this humble subject is guilty of causing Your Highness to suffer. Originally, this humble subject didn't want to disturb Your Highness, but I didn't expect Your Highness to come. But Your Highness, don't worry. Now that I'm injured, my mother is a fence-sitter. Tomorrow, as long as you can persuade my mother to stand on our side, you can negotiate with my grandfather. Not only will the Pei family be handed over to me, but my father's property must be given to me. "
Li Rong listened to Pei Wenxuan's words, but she didn't respond. She unbuckled Pei Wenxuan's belt and pulled down Pei Wenxuan's clothes.
Pei Wenxuan's back was facing her, so he could feel her movements. He knew that she wanted to take a look at his wound and help him take care of it, but he didn't know why, but he felt an inexplicable sense of nervousness.
Li Rong looked at Pei Wenxuan's exposed back under the light. He was born white, and his back had the unique thinness of a scholar. His back was crisscrossed with bloodstains, which looked a little scary.
Li Rong looked at the bloodstains. The light in the carriage was a little dazzling. She leaned forward and looked at the wounds.
Her breath sprayed on Pei Wenxuan's back. Pei Wenxuan's body stiffened.
He felt that she was too close to him, but he couldn't wait to be closer. For a moment, heaven and hell overlapped. Li Rong gently put her hand on his shoulder and touched his back with her forehead. There were no wounds on his back.
"Pei Wenxuan, in fact, I used to dislike you for not having money. I was just teasing you."
She whispered: "Don't be like this in the future. Seeing you work so hard makes me uncomfortable."
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