Chapter 29 (2/2)

‘Last night what did I do?’ Yan Shi Ning asked.

‘Wife… last night you did too many things,’ Pei Jin teased.

‘Like what?’ Yan Shi Ning asked.

‘You praised the crown prince’s looks,’ Pei Jin said.

Yan Shi Ning took deep breaths… she lost her gentle lady image.

‘Why didn’t you stop me?’ Yan Shi Ning asked.

Pei Jin sighed helplessly. ‘Wife, don’t you remember? I did try to stop you but you were drunk.’

Yan Shi Ning listened to Pei Jin recounted what else happened and she wanted to mourn her lost gentle lady image.

‘I knew your real personality before you married me,’ Pei Jin said. ‘So if you lost your gentle lady image, it’s alright. You don’t need to act gentle anymore.’

Yan Shi Ning was too angry to speak. She knew if she lived together with Pei Jin there would be a day her real personality would be exposed.

Pei Jin saw Yan Shi Ning was angry from her head to her feet, it made him wanted to tease her more. ‘Also… it’s a pity you don’t remember. Last night, you were excessively aggressive and your gentle husband couldn’t cope.’

Pei Jin smiled at Yan Shi Ning and licked his lips.

Yan Shi Ning remembered how she kissed and licked Pei Jin. She rolled over and hid her embarrassed face on the pillow.

‘Wife, you don’t need to be embarrassed,’ Pei Jin said. ‘We’re married. But it appears your expectations are too high. In the future your husband will need to exert more energy. Why don’t we do it again now?’

Pei Jin’s hands stroked Yan Shi Ning’s back.

Yan Shi Ning raised her head, glared at Pei Jin and hid her embarrassed face on the pillow again.

A while later Yan Shi Ning got out of bed and bathed. Afterward her head still hurt and she wanted to go back to sleep. But she saw a maid carried out the stained blanket and she didn’t have anywhere to hide on the bed.

Pei Jin pulled Yan Shi Ning onto the bed and rubbed the herbal remedy between her thighs. Then they ate a morning meal together. After the meal, she slept while Pei Jin visited Bei Dou’s chamber.

Pei Jin recounted what happened at Fu Qing to Bei Dou.

‘Do you think it’s strange that even the crown prince was there?’ Pei Jin asked.

‘No, I think it’s strange your wife was there,’ Bei Dou said.

Pei Jin was speechless.

‘You dote on your wife too much,’ Bei Dou said.

‘Of course,’ Pei Jin said.

‘That’s not good,’ Bei Dou warned.

‘I think we should talk about something else that’s stranger,’ Pei Jin said.

Bei Dou was skeptically silent.

‘I know my boundaries,’ Pei Jin said.

‘Destruction under a beauty,’ Bei Dou said.

‘Elder Ma says that too,’ Pei Jin said.

‘Why did the crown prince go there?’ Bei Dou asked.

‘Perhaps he was too free and wanted new amusement,’ Pei Jin said. ‘When I saw him, he was calm like usual. I don’t think he’s involved.’

‘Then why did you go there?’ Bei Dou asked and gave Pei Jin a don’t-you-know-you’re-a-prince-too look.

‘That’s what’s strange,’ Pei Jin said. ‘You know I’m a cautious person. I wouldn’t go anywhere that’s dangerous.’

‘You suspect someone at Fu Qing?’ Bei Dou said.

‘In the past I ate in the middle terrace of Fu Qing and nothing strange happened,’ Pei Jin said. ‘I think it’s someone from the right terrace.’

‘Brothels usually use aphrodisiac fragrances,’ Bei Dou said.

‘Aphrodisiac fragrances are used in the middle terrace too,’ Pei Jin said. ‘I’ve breathed it in before and it didn’t affect me. I suspected it’s the wine but Fu Qing is a reputable place for food and wine so they wouldn’t tamper with the wine.’

‘Then what do you want?’ Bei Dou asked suspiciously.

‘I need to inconvenient Gentleman Bei to personally go there and investigate,’ Pei Jin requested.

‘No!’ Bei Dou refused and blushed.

‘You’re a healthy twenty-two year old man but you’re no different from a monk,’ Pei Jin provoked.

Bei Dou straightened his sleeves and left his chamber.

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End of Chapter Twenty-Nine