Chapter 35 (2/2)

Yan Shi Ning dreamt her father and Princess Kang Hua killed her mother. She was tied to a chair and couldn’t save her mother. ‘Mother… mother…’

Yan Shi Ning was startled awake. She opened her eyes and saw Pei Jin was lying next to her in bed but she didn’t know what time it was.

‘Shi Ning, what’s wrong?’

‘Pei Jin, I want to kill her!’ Yan Shi Ning said. ‘I want them to die suffering!’

‘I’ll help you avenge your mother’s death,’ Pei Jin promised.

Yan Shi Ning knew Pei Jin would keep his promise and she sobbed loudly for her lost mother.

After Yan Shi Ning tired herself to sleep from sobbing, Pei Jin returned to Bei Dou’s chamber. Pei Jin hugged Pei Khan then the imperial guards escorted Pei Khan back to the palace.

‘What happened?’ Bei Dou asked.

‘My wife knows,’ Pei Jin said.

‘That’s good,’ Bei Dou said.

Pei Jin frowned. ‘Why do I feel you’re too happy about it?’

‘If your wife becomes stronger, it’s good for you,’ Bei Dou said.

Pei Jin felt he failed to protect her.

‘Your wife is naturally a strong person,’ Bei Dou said. ‘But you’re too protective of her.’

Pei Jin sighed. ‘You’re right, my wife is a strong person. She’s stronger and is more vengeful than I thought.’

‘Of course a little lion has different blood to an ordinary person,’ Bei Dou said.

Pei Jin turned the jade ring around his finger for a while.

Pei Jin remembered a lost memory. He remembered a drunkard was about to assault Yan Shi Ning’s mother but Yan Shi Ning pulled out a knife and scared the drunkard away.

‘Your wife knows everything?’ Bei Dou asked.

‘Not yet,’ Pei Jin said. ‘She’s in a turmoil state and can’t process too many thoughts. But I think she’ll recover too quickly and force me to tell her everything.’

Pei Jin didn’t want to tell Yan Shi Ning that Princess Kang Hua not only killed her mother, but Princess Kang Hua wanted to kill her too.

‘I don’t know how my wife wants to avenge her mother’s death,’ Pei Jin said. ‘But I know anyone who dares harm her or someone she loves, she would make that person suffer a hundred times more than she suffered.’

‘You and your wife are even more compatible than I thought,’ Bei Dou said.

The following day, Yan Shi Ning quietly sat on a chair and thought for the whole day.

Pei Jin’s biggest fear was hatred consuming Yan Shi Ning’s head.

Pei Jin wasn’t going to let his biggest fear become real. He knelt in front of Yan Shi Ning, propped his chin between her closed knees and looked up pitifully at her. ‘Wife, I’m lonely because you neglected me for the whole day.’

Yan Shi Ning looked at Pei Jin’s pitiful face and her pursed lips relaxed. She knew he was worried about her and wanted to make her laugh. It lessen the cold sensation in her heart.

‘Wife, your husband is a gentleman,’ Pei Jin said pitifully. ‘Why do you want to neglect me?’

Yan Shi Ning stroked Pei Jin’s ears, held his face and kissed his lips.

Pei Jin felt Yan Shi Ning’s kiss was filled with gratefulness and light after a dark night.

The maids and servants quickly left the chamber and closed the door.

‘Pei Jin,’ Yan Shi Ning said.

‘Um?’ Pei Jin asked.

‘Do you want me?’ Yan Shi Ning asked.

Pei Jin understood and carried Yan Shi Ning to their bed.

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End of Chapter Thirty-Five