After the "family of three" finally left Mi Lao's tent, both of them looked at each other.
She endured it, but couldn't help but say: "I didn't expect you to be quite capable of making nonsense."
Pei Xingyuan sneered from his nose, with a joking look in his eyes, "Your ability to answer my questions is not weak either."
She resisted the urge to roll her eyes and was about to carry Mi Xiaobao back to the tent. Pei Xingyuan followed her footsteps into the tent.
After entering, she realized that he was still following her.
"When you act, you have to do a complete set. Master always likes to keep an eye on things. I'll stay with you for a while."
Pei Xingyuan was sitting on the Grand Master's chair, with his legs crossed carelessly.
Mi Xiayao was speechless for a moment.
In the past, at this time in the morning, Mi Xiaobao would be taken by Song Qiao to read the Three-Character Sutra and learn Chinese characters.
Mi Xiayao sat at the desk and began to handle the accounting in the ledger.
At this moment, the account seemed peaceful. Mi Xiayao was holding a writing brush and frowning at the account book.
Pei Xingyuan held his chin with one hand, his eyes fixed on her, carefully observing her micro-expressions.
In the background is Song Qiao slowly reciting the Three Character Sutra.
Her brows gradually deepened, and the man was really curious. He put one hand behind his back and looked at Mi Xiayao's account book.
When the account was full of numbers, he was silent for a moment.
"Is the expense of a small courtyard so high?"
His deep voice contained a hint of surprise, interrupting her thoughts.
She looked up and subconsciously covered the account book on the table.
But it's still too late.
"Pei Qiqi? It's rare to find someone with the same surname as me." He raised his eyebrows.
Mi Xiayao looked up at him angrily, "I allowed you to come in and stay because of cooperation. Now you are looking at my business secrets, which is beyond the bounds! I will look at yours next time too!"
"Hmm, um, um, someone who has never even been in my house wants to see my privacy. Where are you looking?"
He put his hands on the back of her chair, half-circled her in his arms, looked at her with dangerous squinting eyes, and asked meaningfully.
Mi Xiayao:...I feel so indebted.
While the two of them were staring at each other, no one was willing to open their mouth to answer this ambiguous conversation.
Someone outside cleared his throat unnaturally, and finally shouted: "Boss! It's me!"
"Come in."
The man's movements did not change, he just raised his head slightly and looked towards the tent door.
The subordinate raised the curtain and walked in. He seemed to be mentally prepared and did not even dare to raise his eyes.
"Master He just came to the camp and asked us to follow up on Miao's malicious crime yesterday. He didn't leave it to Master Zheng."
The subordinate's eyes were fixed on the ground, but he did not forget to mention his purpose.
Both of them were a little surprised when the Minister of Dali Temple handed over the investigation right to Pei Xingyuan.
Mi Xiayao began to observe Pei Xingyuan's emotional changes and found that he didn't even frown.
"He didn't say anything else? Then he suddenly asked me to follow up on this?"
The subordinate scratched his head, thought over and over again, and said, "I didn't say anything. Before I left, one of our brothers heard Mr. He muttering...that he owed it?"
Pei Xingyuan was stunned for a moment, "Why is he still swearing?"
"I'm afraid Master He means that he didn't know about Chen Xilai when he went back to the dinner last time, so this time he wants to go with the flow and give you some benefits so that you don't mind."
She endured it again and again. Seeing that these two straight men were suspicious of the Dali Temple minister scolding them, she couldn't help but speak out.
When the subordinates heard her voice, they were so frightened that their heads shrank.
Here, Pei Xingyuan suddenly remembered that there was still this problem.
"I would have forgotten if I didn't tell you..." He glanced at Mi Xiayao, "As long as you remember it well."
"Thank you, I have always been 'grudgeful'."
She emphasized the last two words quite hard.
The person involved understands the hidden code words of the other party, but the subordinate sounds different.
He groaned in his heart, he didn't expect his sister-in-law to be such a jealous sister-in-law.
Then he has to think about his boss's future happiness and give him more attention in the future.
"I'm going to handle Miao Qi's case."
Pei Xingyuan stood up straight and was about to take her subordinates to leave the tent when someone behind her stopped her.
"Wait."
Mi Xiayao couldn't hold it back for a moment and asked, "How will you handle Miao Qi's case in the end?"
"According to the procedure, we must first report to His Majesty that this case needs to be thoroughly investigated..." His tone paused for a moment.
"But according to Your Majesty, this case will eventually affect you, and there may be corresponding punishment at that time, but don't worry."
His deep voice seemed to give him a little more sense of security, "I will try my best to resist you. That Miao Qi will not have a good life."
She nodded slightly, and when Pei Xingyuan saw that she had nothing else to ask, he quickly left with his subordinates.
Song Qiao just heard something. When the others were gone, she couldn't help but ask: "When did Mr. Pei speak? It's so... strange."
"You also think something is wrong with him?" Mi Xiayao finally found someone who felt the same as herself.
Song Qiao nodded and said thoughtfully: "If Mr. Pei was a bit easy-going in the past, Mr. Pei now has a feeling that his whole body is seeking a mate."
"?" What is this description?
Just when she wanted Song Qiao to speak clearly, there was the sound of Gong E talking outside the tent.
After the mothers-in-law checked, they let the palace maid in.
"Mr. Mi is well. The Queen has hosted an outing banquet at the imperial residence. If Mm. Mi is ready, you can go and participate."
"Thank you."
After seeing Gong E off, Mi Xiayao's brows knitted together again.
She couldn't figure out what Queen Xu was doing for a while.
The body of the third son of the Xu family was not cold yesterday, but a banquet is being held today. This is really strange.
"Madam, do you want to take the young master there?"
"No need, I've left a few women to guard the tent. Just take the kids with you. Help me dress up, and I'll go see what the banquet is going to be like..."
Song Qiao responded quickly.
She didn't want to dress up too conspicuously for the banquet, but she just wanted to dress up a little so as not to look sober, so she headed to the imperial residence with her mother-in-law.
There were also many ladies and ladies from aristocratic families walking leisurely on the road.
But when they saw Mi Xiayao, they would inevitably whisper some unpleasant words to each other.
As for the real person involved, his eyes were looking forward, his posture was steady and straight, and he didn't seem to be affected by yesterday in the slightest.
"Sister Mi! When I came to look for you this morning, the woman at the tent door said that you had gone somewhere else.
"Why are you secretly carrying me to practice martial arts?"
Zhu Xiuxiu's brisk voice broke the empty environment around her.
The little girl had bright eyebrows. She put her hands behind her back and tilted her head to look at Mi Xiayao.
"I have other things to deal with this morning. It won't be too late for me to practice martial arts with you tomorrow."
"Sister Mi can't let me go this time." Zhu Xiuxiu frowned and said.