After the favored concubine remarried, the aloof and powerful minister forcibly took her away.

Chapter 20 She's seducing him again.

Upon hearing Pei Yanzhi's question, Mingxiang nodded: "Yes, His Highness Prince Qing held a tasting event and specially invited several merchants from Ling'an to come to the capital, including the Lu Family Merchants."

After listening to Mingxiang's words, Pei Yanzhi leaned back and lightly tapped his fingers on the armrest of the chair.

Prince Qing...

"I remember, isn't Princess Huihe, the daughter of Prince Qing, about to have her birthday?"

"Yes, it will be in a while. The Pei family should have received the invitation from the Prince Qing's residence."

Mingxiang stood aside and replied to Pei Yanzhi. Upon hearing this, Pei Yanzhi narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "I understand."

After saying that, he stood up: "If Lu Weimin goes to Beijing, keep a close eye on him."

If Lu Weimin is indeed involved in Ling An's affair, then what role did Prince Qing play in it?

Pei Yanzhi reached up and rubbed his head, feeling a terrible headache.

Mingxiang nodded in agreement: "Don't worry, sir, I will keep a close eye on Lu Weimin."

After discussing the matter, Pei Yanzhi returned to the Pei residence.

Upon arriving at Mosong Garden, he looked at the garden full of flowers. As he walked further in, he saw that Mu Furong had already been neatly arranged by Xiang Ning and her people.

The different colors of the flowers unfold in layers, making the entire Qingyi Residence bright and vibrant.

Xiang Ning held a basket in her hand and picked up the scattered flower branches. She stood in the flower bushes and spoke to Bi Tao, who was squatting on the ground, with her head slightly lowered.

A smile spread across the girl's lips, her eyebrows curving as she laughed, looking very happy.

No one knows what Bitao said, but Xiangning blushed and gently tapped Bitao's shoulder with a flower in her hand.

"Master?"

Cheng Hua carried a pot of flowers in and saw Pei Yanzhi standing at the entrance of Qingyi Residence without going in, so he called out to him.

Upon hearing this, Pei Yanzhi snapped out of his reverie and hummed in response.

"Is everything done?"

Chenghua nodded with a smile: "It's all taken care of. As you instructed, flowers and plants were sent to both the First Madam and the Old Madam."

After saying this, Cheng Hua glanced at Pei Yanzhi and then said, "Miss Xiang Ning seems to be very happy as well."

"Did I ask her?"

Pei Yanzhi said calmly, his gaze sweeping over Cheng Hua, who quickly lowered his head: "It was my fault for speaking out of turn."

After he finished speaking, Pei Yanzhi had already walked towards the house in Qingyi Residence. Cheng Hua watched his back and shrugged.

He didn't ask, but Pei Yanzhi's eyes were practically burning holes in Xiang Ning's.

Chenghua dared not even imagine how much he would pamper Xiangning if the master ever truly took a liking to her.

He walked to Xiang Ning's side with the flowers in his hands and said, "Xiang Ning, Master is back. Go and serve him."

"I'll go right away."

Upon hearing this, Xiang Ning put the flower branches into the basket and walked out of the sea of ​​flowers.

Who would have thought Pei Yanzhi bought so many? It's just fortunate that Qingyi Residence is big enough to hold so many flowers.

She went into the house and put the basket she was carrying aside.

"Master is back? This servant will fetch you water for a bath."

Upon hearing this, Pei Yanzhi, who was sitting on the soft couch, looked up at Xiang Ning, who had just entered.

Perhaps because she had just spent a long time in the sea of ​​flowers, she was covered in their fragrance.

Even though there was some distance between them, Pei Yanzhi could still smell it.

"Go."

A few inappropriate images flashed through his mind for a moment, and Pei Yanzhi looked away, his hand holding the teacup tightening its grip.

Xiang Ning nodded, turned and left, instructing someone to boil water. With the booklet the servant had given her earlier, Xiang Ning became increasingly adept at serving Pei Yanzhi.

Pei Yanzhi was almost never at the Pei residence during the day, only returning in the evening for dinner and rest before leaving early the next morning.

Xiang Ning had free time to do as she pleased, which was much easier than when she was serving Madam Pei at Qionghua Courtyard.

The small kitchen quickly boiled the water and moved it to a side room. Xiang Ning put in a lot of cold water and bent down to adjust the water temperature.

When Pei Yanzhi walked over, he saw Xiang Ning lift her hair, and a few drops of water fell from her wet hand into the bathtub with a soft thud.

The girl bent over, her slender waist so delicate it seemed she could be bent at any angle.

Xiang Ning frowned, feeling a gaze from behind her burning as if it would pierce through her entire being.

She shook her hand, straightened up, and turned around to see Pei Yanzhi standing at the door.

"Sir? The water is ready."

Xiang Ning was almost startled by Pei Yanzhi. After regaining her senses, she calmly said something.

"Go down."

Pei Yanzhi stepped forward, placed his outer garment on the bamboo screen, and uttered these three words to Xiang Ning.

Xiang Ning bowed her head in agreement and left the room.

Did she just see things wrong? Pei Yanzhi's gaze... something seems off...

She gently shook her head, trying to clear her mind of these thoughts.

Meanwhile, Pei Yanzhi, soaking in the bathtub, felt no sign that the surge of energy he had just experienced had dissipated.

It seemed that the fragrance lingering in the bathroom made it even harder to resist.

Pei Yanzhi let out a long sigh and leaned back against the edge of the bathtub.

In order to gain his protection, she was constantly trying to seduce him.

But ironically, after trying it once, what I got was not the satisfaction of my desire.

Rather, it is the unknown, endless, and never-ending thirst for nourishment in the heart.

Food and sex are human nature, and it is indeed something that cannot be suppressed.

Xiang Ning was standing guard at the door when she suddenly sneezed and rubbed her nose.

It's not even that cold outside, so why am I suddenly sneezing?
At this moment, in the Xiuchun Courtyard of the second branch, the second master Pei Zhiyuan held the sobbing Yuzhen and comforted her: "My little darling, don't cry, it's breaking my heart."

Yuzhen cried with tears streaming down her face, and stretched out her hands, saying, "My hands have been swollen from being beaten by that Kang Mama. If they become scarred, how can I serve you, Master?"

Her fair hands were now red and swollen. Madam Kang had come under orders from Old Madam Pei to discipline Yuzhen, so she naturally wouldn't hold back.

Moreover, relying on the Second Master's favor, Yu Zhen actually dared to snatch things from the Eldest Young Master.

Madam Kang wanted to make her remember this time, to see if she would dare to act arrogantly in the Pei family again.

Pei Zhiyuan looked at the injury on her hand and felt even more distressed: "This Madam Kang is taking advantage of her age and her mother's influence to dare to hit you like this."

"My lord, I only took a pot of flowers from the flower room and I was treated like this. You promised me before that once I entered the manor, my life would be better than that of the madam."

"Look at me now, all I asked for was a pot of flowers, and it almost cost me my life. I won't stand for it."

Yuzhen was never one to stay at home, and now that she'd been beaten, she was even less likely to let it go.

It must have been that Xiang Ning who filed the complaint; she would never swallow this insult.

At this moment, Madam Pei Er, Dong Yan, who was standing at the door, revealed a cold smile.

"I had no idea when Second Master had the idea of ​​divorcing his wife."

Pei Yanzhi: When she smiles at me, she's seducing me.

Xiang Ning: nerves.

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