After he sent his subordinates away, he turned around and found Mi Xiayao staring at him thoughtfully.
The man's mood was no longer gloomy at the moment, and he even had a smile on his face.
This doesn't look like it was caught off guard at all.
"You knew that His Majesty would be critically ill sooner or later? Didn't you?"
With a sharp look in her eyes, she asked Pei Xingyuan aggressively.
Mi Xiayao could always come up with conclusions that surprised him, and he was even surprised at first.
But after more experience, he is now used to Mi Xiayao's smart reaction.
"I originally wanted to take a break and come here specifically to accompany you. Didn't you say you would leave the capital in a while?"
But he is not that kind of simple and naive man.
Otherwise, he would not have ascended to the position of a powerful minister at such a young age, but at the age of early twenties, he could take on two responsibilities at once.
This is a situation that rarely occurs in Daqi's officialdom.
Pei Xingyuan also accurately hit one of Mi Xiayao's plans and put her conspiracy on the table.
This was a disguised form of revenge for her frequent attempts to expose his schemes.
That makes it look like he has no plan at all.
There were obviously only two people in the room, but the two of them combined had 1,600 thoughts.
She snorted and said, "It seems that we each get what we need."
"I'm not." He decisively denied Mi Xiayao's taunt.
He said this kind of ambiguous content today, almost all at once.
"I deliberately stayed away from court because I wanted to take care of you. Even if that didn't happen, I would have done the same thing. Otherwise, do you think I disappeared for a day yesterday just to have some free time?"
The more serious he was, the more Mi Xiayao wanted to sing the opposite.
But facing Pei Xingyuan's deep gaze, she swallowed the words she had blocked in her mouth.
Looking at her face, she was holding back her big move for a long time without saying it.
The smile at the corner of his mouth faintly deepened.
Fortunately, Pei Xingyuan didn't stay with her for too long. He put some fresh items on her table and left.
——
The palace had long been in chaos because of the two unexpected and heavy bells at night.
In order to avoid unnecessary things happening, Wang Shangfu asked the female officials not to enter the palace if they could.
Mi Xiayao happened to be enjoying herself in the mansion.
After Pei Xingyuan left last night, her sleep quality was surprisingly good. When she woke up early the next morning, Song Qiao told her that Pei Xingyuan was already waiting for her in the front hall.
"He must be poisonous."
Not long after she woke up, she couldn't hold back her voice and couldn't help but complain.
"Who is this person? He didn't go to court early, so he comes to my place? Tell him that I don't have the heart to entertain him, so he can stay here when it's cool."
She also wanted to sleep in her cage again, and Song Qiao always relied on her wife in this regard.
But someone outside the door was not happy.
"My young master has almost emptied the ice cellar in the mansion just to keep your courtyard cooler. If I don't stay here with you, where will I go?"
A man's voice came through the crack of the half-open door.
When she heard the word ice, she opened her eyes just as she was about to close them.
"Seriously?" she asked Song Qiao.
Song Qiao witnessed cart after cart of large ice cubes being stuffed into the house.
"When Madam, you were not awake, I was looking for an ice cellar in this villa and found that we didn't have one in this house..."
"No!?" She raised her eyebrows.
Song Qiao nodded, "I was in a hurry when I bought this yard and didn't pay attention to these things."
"What about the ice?!" She was more concerned about what to do with the ice that had been transported.
Mr. Pei standing at the door has a unique ear.
He raised his voice and said: "The ice cubes were crushed and stuffed in every corner of the hall. Now, except for the imperial palace, your place is the most comfortable place in the whole capital."
"Give him what he can endure."
Mi Xiayao stood up immediately and asked someone to change her clothes, while she couldn't help but complain.
When she walked out, the coolness that hit her face really lifted her spirits.
"I asked the cook to make some porridge. I brought it from Qingzhou. You can try it to see if it tastes authentic to your home."
Pei Xingyuan walked beside her, mumbling about the arrangements he had made for her these days.
"I think you have nothing to do recently. Anyway, you will leave the capital soon. I went back last night and thought about it again. Why don't we just take advantage of the chaos now and let the two of us go shopping in the capital."
His words were like the whispers of the devil in hesitation hell.
A little tempting.
Mi Xiayao was sitting in the hall, and Mi Xiaobao had already eaten.
When the child saw Mi Xiayao coming, his eyes immediately widened.
"mother!"
When the wet nurse saw the lady coming, she quickly stood up.
Pei Xingyuan glanced at the child, but soon his attention returned to Mi Xiayao, "How is it? Are you satisfied with this arrangement?"
"I won't go out to play in the hot summer."
Mi Xiayao decisively rejected his invitation.
He was not discouraged and sat down next to her quite naturally.
Taking advantage of the situation, he picked up the chopsticks to pick up the food for her, and at the same time said: "If you don't like to go out and play, there are other ways to pass the time."
He had long expected that Mi Xiayao would definitely make things difficult for him.
"Which family's gossip in the capital do you want to hear more about? Zhou Ze——"
He raised his voice and shouted Zhou Ze's name.
Mi Xiayao drank the porridge for a moment, then turned to look at Pei Xingyuan in shock.
This guy must be crazy.
Even if he takes a break, he actually asks his subordinates to give him a second job on his days off!?
Zhou Ze walked in from outside. The young man was wearing his own private clothes today.
He lazily leaned against the door, his eyes falling on Mi Xiayao for a brief moment, and then he raised his eyes to look at his immediate boss.
"People in Dali Temple must not only have first-class torture methods, but also be well-informed. The only one of my men you may know is Zhou Ze."
He spoke easily, even raising his chin to signal Zhou Ze to speak.
Mi Xiayao turned and looked at the young man at the door.
"Ahem," Zhou Ze cleared his throat, "Miss Mi, you can ask me whatever news you want to hear."
Mi Xiayao raised her eyebrows, this is interesting.
What girl doesn't like to hear some gossip.
"Can I ask my friends to come over and listen together?"
Having fun alone is not as good as having fun with everyone. The most important thing is that having a like-minded person listen to the gossip together and complain about the same point is the truly effective gossip.
Pei Xingyuan shrugged indifferently. He already indulged Mi Xiayao, otherwise he wouldn't have let Zhou Ze, who was extremely busy, come over and tell her gossip so early in the morning.
"Song Qiao, go to the Chen Mansion to pick up Chen Xi."
At the same time, Mi Xiayao looked at Zhou Ze with a smile and asked: "How much do you know about the gossip in Mi Mansion next door?"
"Miss Mi, are you testing me on purpose?!" Zhou Ze opened his round dog eyes and looked at the woman in front of him with disbelief.
She insults herself!
"I'm just testing the effectiveness of Pei Xingyuan's training of his subordinates." She narrowed her eyes and smiled slyly.