His eyebrows frowned slightly: "Do you treat her as a friend?"

I said calmly: "I said, it's better to have a friend than to have an enemy."

He said: "I thought you wouldn't want to be friends with any of the women here."

I looked up at him: "Why not?"

“…”

He was silent for a long time, looking at my clear eyes without saying a word. It was not until a palace maid and eunuch came in to deliver dinner outside that he broke the silence in the bedroom. I threw all the Buddhist scriptures I wrote into the brazier and burned them. In the flames, Pei Yuanxiu's eyes slowly became cold.

He still finds time to come and have dinner with me every day, sometimes it is lunch, sometimes it is dinner. However, the more he does not make this quiet bedroom more lively. Often when he is there, I feel even more silent. The two of them have finished a bowl of rice in front of each other, and they can't even say a word.

However, I still heard that the turmoil in the Xishan Camp seemed to have been calmed down.

I don't quite understand how he did it. After all, when it comes to the interests of both parties, the people in Jinling are definitely unwilling to be thrown away after being used, and just act as an honest stepping stone. The people in Shengjing are ambitious and have not yet spoken out. What method did Pei Yuanxiu use to make them live peacefully for the time being?

I was still thinking about this, but today I heard someone outside say that Pei Yuanxiu had gone to the palace where Miss Gardi lived.

When the news came, I was sitting on the couch reading a book and asked someone to bring me hot tea.

When the little palace maid poured tea for me, she looked at me very carefully, for fear that I would get angry all the time, so she raised her hand and overturned the teacup. However, I just nodded lightly and said, "I understand."

Maybe I thought, actually I didn’t know, the little palace maid said softly again: “I went there at lunch, but I haven’t come out yet.”

Looking at her with an alarmist look on her face, I smiled and said, "Is that true?"

"yes."

"Oh." I originally wanted to end the conversation, but seeing that the little palace maid seemed to be unwilling to end it and wanted to continue talking, I said, "Young Master Pei went over, are there any other instructions?"

She thought for a while: "It seems that someone asked someone to send paper and pen."

"That's all, they practice calligraphy together."

"Practice calligraphy? How can I practice for an afternoon..."

I was really impatient and said, "Don't I write for the afternoon often?"

"..." The little palace maid was a little stupid and looked at me blankly. I sighed, took out a silver naked son from the side and handed it to her: "You are intent, I know this. You go down."

She took it happily, thanked her repeatedly, then turned around and walked out.

However, as soon as she reached the door, she stopped and said softly: "Miss Zitong?"

Han Zitong is here?

My ears moved immediately, and subconsciously stood up from the couch, but after thinking about it, I lay down and went to another page. After turning the book in my hand, I heard a slow sound of footsteps. Han Zitong walked up from the steps and walked to the door. The little palace maid hurriedly stepped aside and gave up her position.

She stepped in.

Then I raised my head from the book and looked at her with a smile: "Are you here?"

She looked at me and didn't say anything. I ordered the little palace maid: "Pour another cup of tea."

"yes."

The tea was poured down quickly and put it on the table. Han Zitong followed the table and sat at the table. But she didn't say anything, but looked at me with a serious expression. When the little palace maid left and closed the door, her eyes flashed, as if she was about to speak, but as her lips opened and closed, she didn't say a word.

I smiled and said, "If it's cold, take a sip of tea first."

She lowered her head and took a sip of tea. The heat of the tea helped her dispel the chill brought from outside, but it seemed that it did not dispel the chill in her heart. Her face had regained a little rosy, but her eyes still looked very congested. At this time, she spoke: "What the hell do you want to do?"

"What?"

"Didn't you say before, do you want to help me?"

"That's what I said."

"Since you want to help me, why-"

I raised my eyebrows, and of course I also understood why she finally couldn't hold back today, so I slowly closed the book and put it aside, saying, "I want to help, and others must also accept my affection. After all, I help because I think it's not because I owe it."

“…”

"But fortunately, there are still people in this world who know how to seize opportunities."

Her face changed and she immediately said, "It was you who asked him to let Yuan Xiu go to her place?"

I just looked at her with a smile and didn't answer.

Her face turned red and white, and it was already very ugly. When she spoke, her voice changed a little: "Didn't you say you have a grudge against them? If you help her like this, aren't you afraid of shooting yourself in the foot?"

I slowly stood up on the bed and sat upright: "Of course I don't want to shoot myself in the foot, but if the other party wants to let go of my past grudges or even form an alliance with me... With no interest on the other side, I can't forget my grudges with one smile. After all, grudges and love are worth a few dollars, but my freedom is hard to buy."

Her face looked even more ugly.

I think she has actually not been easy at all in the past few days. It can be seen from the red bloodshots in her slightly blue eyes. She probably has been thinking about this all the time and has been working hard. But just when she was swaying, I got closer to Gardi. Even Pei Yuanxiu had some relationship with Gardi, so how could she not be angry?

However, I didn't plan to tell her the truth.

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After a while, Han Zitong was panting. Although she was just sitting there, she seemed to be very tired and said, "What do you think now?"

Then I slowly stood up on the couch and walked up to her, looking down at her: "What I said is still effective today."

“…!”

Her eyes flashed immediately.

I continued, "But if I delay it, it may not work."

"Why?"

I smiled faintly and said, "Men, they will always be a little different to women who have had skin ties with me."

“…!”

I clearly heard a sound in her throat, and my whole body tensed up and sat on the stool, staring straight into my eyes: "What did you say? The skin's love?"

“…”

"You mean-"

"Don't worry, there isn't yet."

“…”

"However, it doesn't mean there will be no in the future. Maybe in a few days-"

I glanced at her and she trembled.

I smiled and said, "You must know that not everyone has the patience as good as you, waiting for ten years, or even longer, especially now, Pei Yuanxiu has such a status and standing in such a position. In a few days, I am afraid that countless butterflies will pounce on him. At that time--" I curled the corners of my mouth, looked at her with a smile, and looked at her up and down with my eyes: "How much chance do you think you have to win?"

“…”

"Not to mention the officials in the capital, many of them have already focused on this harem. The Song family alone - I heard that Song Huaiyi's younger brother was planning to send his youngest daughter to the palace. He was only sixteen years old and very young and beautiful."

Han Zitong's face suddenly turned pale.

In fact, before, the girls such as Gardi and Tanna were sent to Shengjing, who should have been alert, but her mind was still doing things, but she didn't notice that she was facing not a few women, but a whole "harem"; but now, Han Ruoshi has fallen, and she has to face all these colorful flowers, and the impact she suffered is much greater than when Pei Yuanxiu married Ao Jiayu.

Song Huaiyi also made great contributions in the battle of Cangzhou. Pei Yuanxiu could not feel wronged when the Song family's daughter entered the palace.

Seeing her face getting paler, I smiled and said, "However, it's actually too early to say this. What you are facing now is the girls of Shengjing, and Miss Gardi. If you can't seize the opportunity now, then your path may be really difficult in the future."

She could not speak at all, and even sat there without even knowing what she should do. She fumbled on the table with one hand and wanted to pick up the teacup, but in a flash, she touched the teacup and the teacup was poured out. Fortunately, the water was not hot and did not hurt her.

She was in a hurry to clean up, but I reached out and grabbed her wrist.

She looked up at me, her eyes full of confusion. At this time, I slowly said: "You are not young anymore."

“…!”

This sentence is like the last straw that broke the camel's back.

I could clearly hear the sound of her heartbeat, and the last light in her eyes seemed to have been extinguished. She looked at me for a long time, then slowly lowered her head and looked at her appearance reflected from the pool of water on the table.

It has been several years since I first met me by the river with her.

In a woman's life, there are not so many years and months that can be consumed as free as the passing of rivers.

She lowered her head, closed her eyes, and was silent for a long time. I waited quietly and felt the wrist that was pinched in my palm, and the trembling wrist was slowly stabilized at this time. She slowly broke free from my hand and then looked up at me.

"Okay, I promise you."

“…”
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