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Kapitel 19: Chapter 14

Su Yue was banished from Pei Jin's manor.

Yan Shi Ning reflected on Pei Jin's plan and she frowned. She followed his plan but he gave her a surprise. Indeed he asked Su Yue to bring a bowl of herbal soup to her. As planned there was no poison in the herbal soup, but there was a poison powder in her fingernails. When she was blowing on the spoon of herbal soup, she slipped the poison into the bowl to frame Su Yue. What she didn't expect was that the same poison was found in Su Yue's chamber.

The poison in Yan Shi Ning's hand was given to her by Pei Jin. After Bei Dou examined the poison found in Su Yue's chamber it was the same poison as the poison Pei Jin gave her. Initially she thought Pei Jin framed Su Yue by putting the bottle of poison in Su Yue's chamber. But she saw Su Yue's guilty expression and she realised the poison did belong to Su Yue. She suspected that Pei Jin knew long ago that Su Yue hid poison in Su Yue's chamber. That meant someone wanted to harm Pei Jin and Pei Jin used his enemy's poison to deflect his enemy's scheme. She was impressed by how calculating Pei Jin could be.

Yan Shi Ning wasn't certain if Su Yue's poison was intended to harm her or Pei Jin. Also, she didn't know if Su Yue bought the poison on her own or someone secretly gave it to Su Yue. Perhaps someone at Huang Guo's manor was involved.

Yan Shi Ning remembered what Pei Jin whispered in her ear and her heart stirred immensely.

After the maids left the chamber, Pei Jin held her wrists.

'Big brother, what are you doing?' Yan Shi Ning asked and failed to free her wrists.

Pei Jin waved a small scissors in front of Yan Shi Ning. 'Cutting your fingernails. It's too dangerous to keep the poison in your fingernails for a long time.'

In the past Yan Shi Ning hated having long fingernails and kept her fingernails short. But after she entered the Yan Manor, Yan Shi Ting criticized her fingernails were ugly so she kept them long.

Yan Shi Ning wasn't depressed Pei Jin was cutting her fingernails. But a strange feeling stirred in her heart while Pei Jin was holding her hands and cutting her fingernails.

Pei Jin wasn't satisfied to only cut Yan Shi Ning's fingernails. He dipped her hands in a basin of warm water.

'Big brother, there was only a little poison in my fingernails,' Yan Shi Ning said. 'You already cut my fingernails, there's no need to soak my hands.'

'It's an extra precaution,' Pei Jin said. 'What if you accidently put it in your mouth? What am I going to do if I lose little lion?'

Yan Shi Ning played dead.

After a long time Yan Shi Ning picked up a fan and she sat down at a table.

'When did you start taking a fan with you everywhere you go?' Pei Jin asked. 'It's cooler now.'

A fan had many purposes. A fan was pleasant to look at, it hid Yan Shi Ning's mouth when she was eating snacks or yawning. If she wanted to act vibrant and youthful she used it to chase butterflies. If it was a hot day she would use it to cool her body, it also shielded her from sunlight and rain. Yan Shi Ting had borrowed her fan to hide blood stains on Yan Shi Ting's dress.

The main purpose Yan Shi Ning carried a fan everywhere she went since she arrived in the imperial city was to appear like a lady. But she couldn't let Pei Jin know the real reason.

'Ninth prince, don't you have something to explain to me?' Yan Shi Ning asked to deflect Pei Jin's question.

Pei Jin sat beside Yan Shi Ning and he picked up a cup of tea. 'Wife, what do you want to know?'

'Ninth prince, how did you know there was poison in Su Yue's chamber?' Yan Shi Ning asked.

Pei Jin drank a sip of tea and sighed. 'It appears there are some things I can't fool my wife.'

Yan Shi Ning tapped her fingers impatiently for Pei Jin to explain.

Pei Jin put the cup down. 'If your husband doesn't know what everyone is hiding in their chambers then your husband would have reincarnated long ago.'

Pei Jin spoke in a teasing tone, but Yan Shi Ning understood. Before she married Pei Jin, she knew two dragon princes wanted to sit on the dragon throne. Pei Jin didn't want to be emperor, but he wouldn't escape unscathed. There would be spies sent to Pei Jin's manor, which was why she only showed her real self if she was alone with Pei Jin otherwise she would act like a lady.

Pei Jin's manor looked like a tranquil place, but it was a deadly battlefield. Yan Shi Ning feared in the future she needed to be more cautious.


Kapitel 20: Chapter 15.1

Yan Shi Ning waved her fan anxiously.

Pei Jin pulled Yan Shi Ning onto his lap and he whispered in her ear. 'Wife, you don't need to worry. My spies have secretly investigated everyone in the manor. Now that Su Yue is gone, you're free to climb walls or roll on the ground.'

'Who's worried?' Yan Shi Ning asked. Pei Jin reminded her of embarrassing childhood memories and she jumped off his lap. 'What climb walls? It was you who provoked me to climb walls. What roll on the ground? It was you who forced me to roll on the ground.'

Pei Jin smiled happily at the sight of an angry Yan Shi Ning.

Yan Shi Ning ran to sit on the chair opposite Pei Jin. She worried pointlessly, Pei Jin had a dangerous stomach and anyone that dared to wrong him was unlucky.

'Huang Guo's messenger sent Su Yue the poison,' Pei Jin said. 'I asked Bei Dou to check her chamber long ago. In the past I didn't hesitate to eliminate spies sent to the manor. But she was Huang Guo's spy… out of consideration Consort Chen was my adoptive mother, I acted like I didn't know about Su Yue spying on me. I had her followed and I slowly thought of ways to return her without offending Huang Guo… that was two years ago. After I came back from Southern Jiang I could only avoid her and I waited for the right opportunity to chase her back to Huang Guo's manor.'

'Big brother, how are you going to deal with Huang Guo?' Yan Shi Ning asked.

'As long as my wife is happy I'll use all my abilities,' Pei Jin said.

Yan Shi Ning didn't know how Pei Jin could talk nonsense while looking serious.

'Wife, you can see that Huang Guo doesn't want to only spy on me anymore,' Pei Jin said. 'If I didn't deal with Su Yue then I don't know what would have happened to us.'

Yan Shi Ning remembered the bottle of poison and her heart shivered fearfully. 'Big Brother, the poison… is Huang Guo's scheme?'

Pei Jin nodded and Yan Shi Ning took a deep breath. 'But in the morning didn't big brother said Huang Guo… if big brother can't have children then what's the purpose of you climbing high?'

In the morning Pei Jin whispered in Yan Shi Ning's ear, 'Huang Guo always wanted me to climb high, but I don't want to.'

Each time Yan Shi Ning remembered Pei Jin's words, her heart pounded continuously. She thought the battle for the throne was only between seventh prince and crown prince. She didn't know there were court officials who secretly supported Pei Jin. Although Huang Guo resigned, Huang Guo's influence in the imperial court wasn't insignificant.

Yan Shi Ning didn't know why if Huang Guo was secretly supporting Pei Jin then why Huang Guo sent Su Yue to poison Pei Jin.

'Shi Ning, you should know in this world there's something called puppet,' Pei Jin said.

Yan Shi Ning stayed quiet for a while and thought about the meaning of Pei Jin's words.

Pei Jin smiled at the sight of Yan Shi Ning's revelation expression. He leaned back on his chair and he thought about Consort Chen. When Consort Chen was alive, Huang Guo's desire was for him to become emperor. But Consort Chen didn't want him to be caught in the deep web of battles. Consort Chen only wanted him to grow into a healthy and carefree man. After Consort Chen died, Huang Guo resigned and to other people it appeared like Huang Guo didn't have any influence left in the imperial court.

When Pei Jin was eighteen years old, Huang Guo asked him, 'who do you think suits being emperor?'

'I don't know,' Pei Jin said.

'What if you are emperor?' Huang Guo asked.

'I don't suit,' Pei Jin said.

'I think you suit more than them,' Huang Guo said.

Huang Guo persuaded some court officials to support Pei Jin, but Pei Jin avoided associations with them.

Yan Shi Ning thought many people who were in Pei Jin's position, a prince who was unloved was suddenly elevated high in the sky would make their heads spin. But Pei Jin wasn't like them. Pei Jin knew the day Huang Guo elevated him high in the sky would also be the day Pei Jin would fall onto the ground, shatter bones and flesh.

Ten years ago Pei Jin hid behind a screen and heard Huang Guo said something cryptic to Consort Chen, 'Boys fight, elders win. Destroy roots, pursue ambition.'

Initially Pei Jin didn't want to believe the meaning behind Huang Guo's words until Bei Dou told him that the poison Huang Guo's messenger gave Su Yue was Diao Jing Ji.

Pei Jin realised the poison was intended for Yan Shi Ning. If Yan Shi Ning couldn't have his children, Huang Guo wanted Su Yue or another woman Huang Guo sent to have his children. Only then would Huang Guo have absolute control while he would be a powerless puppet who could die unexpectedly anytime and Huang Guo would steal the throne.

Pei Jin thought Huang Guo's scheme was good. Luckily he evaded Huang Guo's scheme. He put aside his deep thoughts and saw Yan Shi Ning was standing in front of the window brooding.

'Wife, what are you thinking about?' Pei Jin asked.

Yan Shi Ning thought about the cruel battles in the palace. But she didn't expect one day the battles would involve her. If Pei Jin didn't discover the scheme in time then the consequences would be severe. Heavens, she only entered Pei Jin's manor for two days and was faced with such a depressing situation.

Yan Shi Ning looked depressingly up at the sky and spoke softly. 'I'm thinking about my mother's wish for me to live a safe and carefree life. But I fear I can't grant her wish.'

Pei Jin stood in front of Yan Shi Ning. 'Do you regret marrying me? It's useless to regret now. It's your fault for not running away before the wedding.'

'It's your fault for wanting to marry me!' Yan Shi Ning said through gritted teeth.

Pei Jin flicked Yan Shi Ning's forehead. 'If you didn't marry me, I fear your chances of living a safe and carefree life would be less.'

'What?' Yan Shi Ning asked confusedly.

'Perhaps this is a hard path,' Pei Jin said. 'Are you scared?'

Yan Shi Ning tilted her head back, looked at Pei Jin for a while and spoke in a fierce tone. 'I'm married to the scariest person in this world. Big brother, do you think there is anything else for me to be scared of?'

Pei Jin laughed.

'But Huang Guo invested in his scheme for years,' Yan Shi Ning said. 'Will he be willing to let go of it?'

Pei Jin looked at the gardens outside the window. 'Of course not. But right now that's not the biggest worry.'

'What else is there?' Yan Shi Ning asked.

'Tomorrow you need to go to the Yan Manor,' Pei Jin said.

Yan Shi Ning had forgotten about visiting her maiden family home after the third day of marriage.


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