When Qi Changyi was woken up in a daze, he was sleeping on the bed.
Yesterday, Pei Zheng spanked him with a ruler, causing his buttocks to become red and swollen. It hurt whenever it was touched. Pei Zheng used threats and bribes to make him swear and beg for mercy before letting him go.
After paying respects to his mother, Qi Changyi came to the study early to wait for Pei Zheng to leave the court.
I don't know how Pei Zheng used some tricks to get the emperor to agree to let him personally teach the prince. You should know that when the prince asked Pei Zheng to be his tutor, Pei Zheng directly refused.
After waiting in the study for a long time without seeing Pei Zheng, Qi Changyi lay on the windowsill and stretched his neck to look outside.
There was a sudden noise from the door behind him, and Qi Changyi drew his head back like a frightened rabbit.
The person who came in was not Pei Zheng, but Cheng Feng in black.
"Your Highness, the master has something to do during the day and cannot come. Please do not sleep at night and wait in the palace. The master will have other arrangements by then."
Qi Changyi didn't understand, but there must be a reason for Brother Pei's order.
After leaving the study, Chengfeng accompanied Qi Changyi all the way back to the bedroom.
Noticing that Chengfeng's hand was wrapped in gauze, Qi Changyi asked with concern, "Guardian Feng, Imperial Doctor Jiang said that you injured your hand when you went to the Ministry of Punishment to save me that day. Is it serious?"
Cheng Feng replied, "Don't worry, Your Highness, everything is fine now."
Qi Changyi still had a guilty look on his face as he walked into the bedroom. Chengfeng disappeared without a trace the moment he stepped through the door.
He waited in the bedroom for the whole day, half expectantly and half excitedly, from day to night. When everyone in the bedroom was asleep, Qi Changyi was still sitting in the chair with his eyes open.
Just when he thought Pei Zheng would not come, there were finally two knocks on the door.
Qi Changyi immediately widened his eyes and looked at the dark silhouette reflected by the door with a vigilant look.
The shadow knocked on the door anxiously a few more times and said in a low voice, "Open the door."
Qi Changyi recognized Pei Zheng's voice, jumped over and opened the palace door for him, blinking his round eyes and said, "Brother Pei!"
Pei Zheng, who was standing outside the door, was not wearing official uniform, but a low-key black brocade robe, with a slightly impatient expression on his face.
"Didn't I tell you not to sleep and wait for me? Why are you so slow?"
Qi Changyi glanced around the door, covered his mouth and whispered, "Shh, Brother Pei, keep your voice down. I'm afraid the assassin from last time will come again."
Pei Zheng's eyes twitched. He was too lazy to explain anything to him. He just pulled his thin little arm and walked out the door quickly.
A black sedan was parked outside the palace gate. Two people got on the sedan, one in front and one behind. Several sedan bearers carried it slowly towards the palace gate in the distance.
Pei Zheng, sitting in the sedan chair, closed his eyes slightly and rubbed his eyebrows with his fingers.
He has been busy receiving the barbarian envoys all day today. The envoys have arrived in the imperial capital of the Celestial Empire and will go to the palace to meet the emperor tomorrow. He has to plan every step in advance for the emperor.
Especially when he thought about the details of the marriage after the envoy's arrival, Pei Zheng felt an inexplicable complex emotion rising in his heart.
The emperor said that he wanted him to teach the prince personally, but in fact he wanted him to teach him some unspeakable things...
A pair of small hands slowly came to his temples and gently massaged them twice. An unusually comfortable feeling came over him, and the pain in his mind that was entangled and torn was alleviated. In his heart, Pei Zheng only wanted more.
But as soon as he opened his eyes and saw the cute little face in front of him, he cruelly pulled those little hands away.
"Brother Pei, do you have a headache? I can rub it for you. I have also rubbed it for my mother before..."
The little guy stretched out his arm and wanted to continue to relieve Pei Zheng's discomfort, but he was grabbed by the wrist.
"No need, Your Highness, you might as well save this spare time to massage yourself later."
Pei Zheng's tone was cold and his eyes were indifferent, "I'm afraid I am not worthy of it."
Qi Changyi curled his lips and withdrew his arms. Tears of grievance welled up in his eyes uncontrollably. He turned his back and stared at the top of his head, trying not to let the tears fall.
Pei Zheng saw his trembling back, narrowed his eyes, turned him back with one hand, pinched his chin, and sure enough, he saw his eyes that were red like a rabbit.
"Don't cry, hold back your tears."
Qi Changyi blinked her eyes to try to hold back the tears, but the tears came out instead and fell hotly on Pei Zheng's fingers.
At this time, the sedan chair suddenly stopped, and the guards guarding the palace gate were questioning who was in the sedan chair. Because Pei Zheng was not sitting in his usual sedan chair, the guards did not recognize him.
"Anyone who enters or leaves the palace must be inspected. I don't care who is sitting in the sedan chair. Hurry and lift the curtain for me!"
The sedan bearers looked at each other, and no one dared to step forward and lift the curtain.
Qi Changyi couldn't help but get nervous when he heard this. The space in the sedan was so small, and he would be exposed once the curtain was lifted. If someone found out that he dared to sneak out of the palace without permission, it would be a big disaster!
The guards were used to bullying others, so they put their hands on their hips and shouted, "Hurry up! Don't force me to do it myself, otherwise if the higher-ups blame us, no one will be able to escape punishment!"
"Who are you letting go?"
Pei Zheng's cold voice suddenly came from the sedan chair. The guards were stunned and immediately put down their hands on their waists.
Pei Zheng was still pinching Qi Changyi's chin with one hand, staring at him, but his words were addressed to the people outside the sedan.
"I want to see who has the courage to lift the curtain of true identity."
After these words were spoken, the guards were so frightened that their legs went limp and they fell to their knees. They would never have thought that Prime Minister Pei would appear at the gate of the harem at this time.
"Please spare my life, sir, please spare my life. We were blind and offended you. Please forgive us as this is our first offense!"
Pei Zheng curled his lips, looked at Qi Changyi's moist eyes and smiled faintly, "Forgive you? But you scared the rabbit I raised, what should I do?"
Several guards kowtowed repeatedly, "This..."
Pei Zheng finally loosened his fingers. Qi Changyi's fair little chin had been pinched for so long that several finger marks appeared on it. He found that Brother Pei seemed to be particularly fond of his chin and would pinch it until it turned red at any time.
Reaching out and gently lifting a corner of the curtain, Pei Zheng leaned over and lazily glanced at the guards kneeling on the ground, "I'll relieve you of your duties and send you to the frontier as soldiers."
Leaving behind these light words, the sedan set off again, heading towards the bustling streets of the imperial capital.
After moving for a while, the sedan stopped in front of a building decorated with colorful flowers and willows. In and out of the building were some middle-aged men with fat brains and greasy smiles on their faces.
Pei Zhengxian opened the curtain and got off the sedan chair, then walked straight into the building. Noticing that the person behind him hadn't caught up, he said in a cold and hard tone, "Why are you dawdling? Hurry up."