But the last two words "make trouble again" seemed to have changed into an indescribable tone in her ears.
The tip of her heart was scratching something strange that she couldn't describe.
Song Qiao looked at her wife's ankles worriedly, "Madam..."
"If you can't afford to offend Mr. Pei, let's go."
She sighed and shook her head, just as she was about to accept her fate of following along half lamely.
Unexpectedly, the carriage that had just interrupted the two of them stopped at Pei Xingyuan's hand.
He stood beside the carriage and followed her figure with his eyes lowered.
Until he saw Mi Xiayao getting closer to him, his Adam's apple rolled up and down.
"Are you going to limp across half of the capital to let everyone know that I, Pei Xingyuan, will abuse you again?"
Mi Xiayao raised her head, and she subconsciously refuted him, "How could I have this..."
He interrupted her without mercy, "Get in the car."
She looked at the carriage, then at Pei Xingyuan, twitching her lips, simply complied with his intention, and got on the carriage neatly.
When they arrived at the door of Pei's house, Mi Xiayao raised the curtain and was about to get off the carriage, when she saw Pei Xingyuan standing at the door listening to the butler.
Song Qiao carefully helped her walk over.
I could vaguely hear the conversation between the two of them.
"Duan Honglin...come out..."
Pei Xingyuan lowered his eyes and stepped on the leaves on the steps, "Then find an excuse to keep him locked up."
"But this time they were not released during jail time. Someone deliberately moved the sign..."
When Mi Xiayao heard this, she frowned and asked, "Who wants to fish him out?"
The housekeeper was so frightened that he raised his head and looked over in panic. In contrast, Pei Xingyuan raised his head calmly and looked at her calmly with his deep eyes.
Mi Xiayao had previously speculated that Duan Honglin was able to come to the capital from Jingzhou City because there must be someone with expert guidance behind him.
But after this period of time, she suffered all kinds of torture and humiliation.
She could only see that Duan Honglin was gradually getting a bad reputation in the capital due to her influence, and she could not tell that he was being protected at all.
Just a few days ago, she had just given up the idea that Duan Honglin had an expert behind him.
She was caught off guard by such a conversation, and her doubts arose again.
The housekeeper glanced at Pei Xingyuan guiltily. Seeing that the other party's expression was expressionless, he couldn't make up his mind for a moment and couldn't say anything.
Pei Xingyuan glanced at her right foot and said these words as he turned to leave.
"Have you not been suppressing him so much that you couldn't even find out who was covering his back?"
Mi Xiayao: "..." I am so angry!
Song Qiao looked at Mi Xiayao worriedly, "Madam..."
"It's not a big problem," Mi Xiayao took a deep breath, "Duan Honglin will be able to see the clues sooner or later if he slowly tortures him."
She followed Pei Xingyuan angrily and walked over.
I haven't stepped into Pei Mansion for nearly half a month, and I didn't expect that this place has undergone earth-shaking changes.
The lush gardens, boulder rockeries, and small ponds filled with lotus flowers all add an elegant atmosphere.
This feeling is completely contrary to Pei Xingyuan's usually violent appearance.
He walked into the hall and sat down. Upon seeing this, the maid in the room immediately stepped forward to receive the riding crop he handed over, and someone else stepped forward naturally to untie the jade pendant from his waist.
Mi Xiayao caught a glimpse of this scene out of the corner of her eye, and she moved her lips slightly, trying to hurt him with a few words.
But thinking about it, this old man has a bad temper right now. She wants to have something serious to do soon, so she won't offend him yet.
Suppressing her desire to complain, she endured it quite patiently.
Here, Pei Xingyuan's eyes were always focused on her, looking at the woman's eyebrows, looking here and there, frowning, looking anxious.
The thin lips finally raised in pleasure for a moment, but were quickly suppressed by him.
"It's really hard to invite Ms. Mi to come here. Your words are really strict." He glanced at Song Qiao behind her.
The latter glanced away in a daze.
Song Qiao thought to herself, she can't be blamed for this. It was her wife who told her to block all Mr. Pei's words.
"If I don't go to the street to arrest someone, I won't be able to catch you."
"In other words, Mr. Pei has so many things to do every day, how can he have time to find a little female official?"
She raised her hand to bow and stuffed it back angrily.
For a moment, the room fell into an eerie silence.
Mi Xiayao realized that she couldn't help but snarled again, God... what kind of temper does she have.
"Ha," the man chuckled disdainfully, "Mr. Mi has been very busy recently. Everyone in the capital knows that Mg. Mi frequently visits the Chamber of Commerce to collect news about Jingzhou City."
She raised her eyelids and looked over.
"You still don't know what my purpose is?" She raised her eyebrows and asked back.
Pei Xingyuan's expression did not change, and he met hers with his deep eyes.
"That's what I heard from the female officer last time. Later, I felt that there were loopholes everywhere, so I went to check the East Palace. The prince and his confidants never left the East Palace that day, and it happened that Master Xu entered the East Palace that day.
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Pei Xingyuan's thin lips curved in a sarcastic way, and his deep eyes openly looked at her with meaningful thoughts.
"Mr. Mi is still as impetuous as ever."
She was stunned, "It wasn't the prince who threatened me that day, then who was it?"
Pei Xingyuan no longer deliberately ridiculed her at this time. His frivolous expression just now became a little more restrained, and he said seriously: "It's the third prince."
The third prince...
She reacted quickly.
That day when she heard about Duan Honglin in Yuelai Tower, she became a little angry. When she left the mansion, she encountered the so-called threat from the prince. Although she observed the details, it was not enough...
She was almost used as a weapon by the third prince.
"Jingzhou City Chamber of Commerce, Ms. Mi, do you want to continue looking for evidence?"
Pei Xingyuan crossed his legs carelessly. He held his chin with one hand and looked at her lazily.
Mi Xiayao frowned, "I already made a wedding dress for his bride, and now I want to make a wedding dress for him again. Am I crazy?"
"Ah -" he said in a longer tone, which sounded a little more like a sudden realization.
There was a slight smile on her thin lips, "It turns out that Miss Mi is not too stupid."
Of course Mi Xiayao was not willing to suffer when she was scolded, so she opened her mouth to refute.
He predicted Mi Xiayao's prediction in advance, raised his hand and immediately snapped his fingers loudly.
The maid waiting outside immediately entered the hall neatly holding the chessboard.
The words she was about to curse back were stuck in her throat, and her eyes subconsciously followed the maids, and saw the jade pot filled with liquid.
Thinking of this, it seemed like she hadn't had a drink for a while...
"Your Majesty gave you some wine unique to the Border Pass some time ago. He said it was grape agar liquor. He told me several times to leave some for you. I am doing the work according to the order. Do you still want to return this favor to me, Miss Mi?"
Mi Xiayao stared at the red liquid, her bright eyes sparkling.