With her deceased husband as her dowry, would Your Highness dare to marry her?

Princess Yongle has been crying for half an hour.

Her body was not only swollen, but she also kept farting, the farts were loud and smelly, and she couldn't stop them. The leopard cat, who had been lying at the foot of the couch with her, couldn't stand it after a few farts and ran away.

According to Yilin Ci, this is called "detoxification." Once the turbid air in her body is cleared away, Princess Yongle will be able to regain her original playful and lovely appearance.

This greatly troubled the nanny and her personal maids. They had to comfort the princess, wash her face with basins, and feed her soybeans and radishes to prevent the foul air from escaping. When the foul air was released, the room smelled strange, so they first opened the windows to ventilate it, and then lit the imperial sandalwood incense to permeate the room.

Princess Yongle smelled a strange odor that was both fragrant and foul, and she started crying again with a wail.

Pei Jinxuan was driven crazy by her antics. He knew Lin Ci must have another way to reduce Yongle's swelling within a day. But Lin Ci didn't say anything, only prescribed those few recipes, steadily putting Princess Yongle on the hot seat.

This cannot be blamed on Lin Ci, after all, it was Princess Yongle who went and rummaged through the coffins in the cellar.

"Is the stuff in the coffin interesting?" Pei Jinxuan asked with a forced smile, sitting on a round stool in front of the bed.

Princess Yongle sobbed sadly, her eyes brimming with tears. As she ate the radish puree, she said, "I was just curious what she was hiding. I thought it was some kind of treasure."

"Did you see it clearly?"

"I saw it clearly." Princess Yongle nodded frantically, not even bothering to eat the radish puree. "I knew there was a corpse inside after I opened the coffin. I was going to leave, but since I was already here, I wanted to see what it looked like."

"and then?"

"Then, I tore off the shroud and looked at its hands first." She leaned closer and lowered her voice, "Brother Wang, you don't know this, the body didn't decompose at all, except it was a little cold, it was just like a living person."

"Really?" Pei Jinxuan became curious after hearing her question and asked again, "What about the face?"

Princess Yongle slammed her thigh down, "That's where the trouble started! I wanted to know what that person looked like, so I went to remove the cloth covering his face, and suddenly a cloud of green smoke came out, blinding me."

"You...you deserve it." With that, Pei Jinxuan got up to leave.

Princess Yongle quickly grabbed his sleeve and said, "I haven't finished speaking yet, I saw you!"

Pei Jinxuan paused, turned around, and asked, "Me?"

"Hmm." Princess Yongle nodded vigorously. "When I saw you glaring at me, I was so scared that I turned and ran away. I bumped my head on the cellar door while running away and passed out."

Princess Yongle's words were startling, but Pei Jinxuan was speechless. He figured it must be a smokescreen set up by Lin Ci to confuse people's minds. This girl was always afraid of him, and in a moment of distraction, she mistook the corpse for his face.

Pei Jinxuan sighed, "If you keep acting like this, I'll send you back."

"I'm not going back," Princess Yongle said coquettishly, hands on her hips and cheeks puffed out. "It's no fun at home without Amo."

"So you have no one to bully except him, right?"

Princess Yongle snorted and raised her chin smugly.

Pei Jinxuan felt a throbbing sensation in his forehead, his brain about to explode. "Hurry up and eat the radish, otherwise you'll still be like this tomorrow."

Upon hearing this, Princess Yongle deflated like a punctured ball. She stuffed radish paste into her mouth while sobbing and lamenting her miserable fate.

"Once you feel better, come with me to apologize," Pei Jinxuan ordered sternly.

"Why should I?" she mumbled, her mouth full of mashed radish. "Have you ever seen anyone carry a corpse around? I just don't think she's a good person."

"Stop making a scene." Pei Jinxuan's face darkened, and Princess Yongle immediately shut her mouth, eating the mashed radish with a bitter expression, tears falling into her bowl.

After this incident, Princess Yongle no longer had any intention of provoking Lin Ci.

Seeing that she was behaving herself and her headache had lessened, Pei Jinxuan gave her a few words of advice such as "get some rest" before having the nanny lock the door and leaving the place.

Princess Yongle was so angry that she wanted to smash a bowl, even though she was already in such a miserable state.

The nanny "kindly" reminded him, "His Highness said that if you break things, your confinement will be extended by another half month."

Upon hearing this, Princess Yongle had no choice but to suppress her temper and stop making a fuss.

Unable to hear Yongle's cries, Amo became uneasy. He paced back and forth along the wall outside the courtyard, glancing at the birds on the branches from time to time, as if waiting for them to send a message. When he couldn't see the birds, he looked into the gate, his eyes filled with longing.

"Amo".

A low, cold voice suddenly came from behind him, and Amo couldn't help but shiver. He quickly turned around and gave a deep bow.

Pei Jinxuan's face was grim, all the smile in his peach blossom eyes gone. He stood with his hands behind his back, slowly walked up to A-Mo, and gestured, "What exactly happened?"

"It's all my fault, it has nothing to do with the princess." Amo responded urgently in sign language, "It was my dereliction of duty."

"Don't speak up for her," Pei Jinxuan said coldly. "Is she bothering you again?"

Amo's eyes flickered, but he immediately shook his head and waved his hands, refusing to admit it.

Pei Jinxuan chuckled, "Do you think I, as her cousin, don't know Yongle's temper? She disobeyed me and ran into the cellar without permission, so she naturally deserves to be punished. As for you..."

Upon hearing this, Amo's expression froze. He knelt on one knee, took off his sword, and placed it at his feet.

"I didn't intend to dismiss you. Put your sword away."

Amo raised her head, her big eyes wide open, waiting for Pei Jinxuan to finish his sentence.

Pei Jinxuan made a series of hand gestures: 【Go investigate the blind monk beside Prince Liang and make amends for your past mistakes.】

Amo breathed a sigh of relief and bowed to accept the order.

Finally, everything is settled here.

Pei Jinxuan returned to his study, intending to handle official business. He thought that he had already scolded and punished Princess Yongle, and had given Lin Ci an explanation, but for some reason, he just couldn't calm down.

He opened a document, picked up his pen and dipped it in ink, but the pen tip hovered over the paper for a long time without writing a single word.

After hesitating for a while, Pei Jinxuan put down his pen, got up, and went to Liufang Garden.

Night was approaching, and it was time for dinner, but the garden remained quiet, and not even a servant could be seen.

Pei Jinxuan stood in the courtyard as if he were in a cemetery. His heart, which had been calm, was inexplicably thrown into turmoil. He asked, "Where is everyone?"

Suwen and Siqi ran out of the side room, both still sleepy-eyed, clearly having just finished playing chess with the Duke of Zhou and hurriedly returned.

Where is Madam Lin?

Pei Jinxuan's tone unconsciously became heavier, frightening the two maids so much that they trembled and dared not utter a sound.

Hearing the commotion, Granny Qian rushed over and quickly bowed, saying, "Your Highness, Lady Lin has not returned."

"Haven't you come back?" Pei Jinxuan frowned slightly, somewhat displeased.

Suwen replied, "Yes, she hasn't come back since she left this morning."

Siqi nodded, "Yes, we didn't see anyone when we went to the princess's place."

Pei Jinxuan pondered for a moment, and then he had an answer.

He turned and walked away, but stopped at the crescent-shaped gate. He turned back and instructed Granny Qian, "This place is too desolate; it doesn't feel like a place for the living. I'll rearrange things later."