Li Rong didn't speak.
Hearing these words, she felt a kind of wordless softness that gently wrapped her.
This kind of gentleness made her incomprehensible, and she was extraordinarily reassured. For a moment, she felt as if she was eighteen years old.
Only the 18-year-old himself has the qualification to release his emotions without concealment, and someone can forgive and comfort him.
She lowered her head for a long time, finally raised her head, and said a little embarrassedly, "I made you laugh."
"How could that be," Pei Wenxuan laughed, "I was only happy to see His Highness in a state of embarrassment."
When Li Rong heard this, she glared at him with her still red eyes: "If you don't get scolded for a day, your skin is itchy, right?"
"His Royal Highness," Pei Wenxuan folded his hands in his sleeves, "Today you are sorry for me, shouldn't you do something? Do you know how expensive the flowers you blew up today?"
"How expensive isn't my money? You're afraid you forgot where your money came from." Li Rong sneered, "If you spend your money in a place like this one day, it's fine if I don't bother you. Come on, you still dare to ask me to lose money?"
"Your Highness," Pei Wenxuan brushed off his sleeves and said proudly, "I'm afraid you forgot, I am the one who inherited my father's property."
Li Rong was so scolded by Pei Wenxuan that she remembered that after the trouble from the Pei family, Pei Wenxuan took all the money left by his father in his hands.
Li Rong raised her eyebrows: "I still underestimate you?"
Pei Wenxuan nodded Jinya: "It's good that His Highness knows."
Li Rong was at a loss for words, waved her hand, and walked forward: "Forget it, I'm not going to tell you, I'm freezing to death."
After saying that, Li Rong hurried to the room. After walking for two steps, she felt that it was covered with Pei Wenxuan's warm cloak. Li Rong turned to look at him. Pei Wenxuan was wearing a single shirt and was walking on the corridor. With a smile on his lips, he didn't speak.
Li Rong quickly looked away and bowed her head forward.
She didn't know why, she didn't feel anything when she was talking, and when Pei Wenxuan interrupted her, she felt an unspeakable embarrassment, which made her face heat up.
Pei Wenxuan looked at Li Rong from the corner of his eye, and saw the thin red on her face.
The two entered the room, and Pei Wenxuan escorted Li Rong into the room. Li Rong felt even more nervous when she thought of sleeping with Pei Wenxuan face to face at night.
But she didn't want to push people out again when she finally agreed, so she could only pretend that nothing had happened, and turned her back to Pei Wenxuan and went to work.
Pei Wenxuan looked at Li Rong deliberately being busy, but he didn't look back at him, and he didn't enter the door. Rong heard that there was no movement behind her, and finally turned around a little strangely, and saw the young man standing at the door, she couldn't help but say, "Why don't you come in?"
"Didn't Your Highness allow me to sleep in the study?"
Pei Wenxuan replied confidently.
Li Rong was stunned for a while. She didn't know why, but her nervousness suddenly subsided a lot. At the same time, she was worried about whether Pei Wenxuan was still angry. It's a little awkward to care if he's angry or not.
For a while, her thoughts turned over and over again, and Pei Wenxuan looked at her with changing eyes, and finally heard Li Rong say, "Then what are you doing standing at the door?"
After speaking, Li Rong seemed to feel that her words were too blunt, so she softened her tone and said, "Get some rest early, and you have to go to court tomorrow."
Hearing what she said, Pei Wenxuan immediately laughed out loud. He straightened up, saluted Li Rong, and said respectfully, "I will follow His Highness's instructions, and I will retire first."
Li Rong gave a firm response, and watched Pei Wenxuan turn around and walk away.
She stood quietly in the room, and she couldn't understand Pei Wenxuan's meaning for a while, but she just said it well, why did she have to sleep in the study again.
As she was thinking, she heard footsteps outside, and then saw Pei Wenxuan turn back, he came to the door, and smiled, "I almost forgot something."
"Varied… "
Before she finished speaking, she saw Pei Wenxuan approaching her, bent over and kissed her face gently, and said softly, "Your Highness, good night."
Then, before Li Rong could react, he straightened up, turned around and walked out.
Li Rong stood there, expressionless. After a while, she raised her hand, wiped her face, and muttered, "It's gimmicky."
After speaking, she finally relaxed, took off Pei Wenxuan's coat and hung it aside, then walked to the bed and sat down gently.
Not long after she sat by the bed, she heard Jinglan come in, looked at Li Rong, and said restrainedly, "Your Highness, this servant heard that the concubine is going to sleep in the study today."
"Well," Li Rong said calmly, "add a quilt for him."
"His Royal Highness," Jinglan said with difficulty, "how can a husband and wife have an overnight feud..."
"We don't have any grudges, don't worry about it," Li Rong raised her eyelids and said indifferently, "My concubine and I are called love, don't bother us."
"Ah?" Jinglan exclaimed in surprise, Li Rong stood up, walked to the clean room, and instructed Jinglan, "I will give the concubine a bowl of ginger soup later, so that he won't get cold, and then let others ask. Come on, how much did the concubine spend on buying peony recently, spend the money from the warehouse, and send it to him."
Jinglan listened to Li Rong's words silently. The more she listened, the more frightened she became. She even had to pay back the money. What kind of fun is this called? This is clearly a separation.
But she also understands Li Rong's temperament. She wants to talk more at this moment. Li Rong is afraid of annoying her and doesn't want to see her with her, so Jinglan can only hold back her words, without saying a word, and take Li Rong's words. Write down all orders.
And Pei Wenxuan walked to the study by himself, and when he entered the study door, he closed the door, thinking of Li Rong's surprised expression at the end, and laughed out of joy.
He also lay down on the small couch, and after a while, he heard Tongye's voice coming from outside: "Master, bring the quilt."
Pei Wenxuan hurriedly sat up and said loudly, "Come in."
Tong Ye hugged the quilt, pushed the door and squeezed in, Pei Wenxuan stood up and watched Tong Ye laying the quilt, while Tong Ye was laying the quilt, he couldn't help but say, "Master, what are you and His Highness so angry about? You moved so voluntarily. Come and sleep, Your Highness is afraid that you will be pissed off."
"Hey, what do you know," Pei Wenxuan said in disgust, "I call it retreating to advance, if you want to welcome it, but also reject it. This is a tactic."
"I don't understand your tactics."
Tong Ye made the bed and muttered: "The slave knows that the small couch in the study room is too hard. If you really want to separate the beds, why not find a guest room and sleep in the study room? Don't you toss yourself?"
"Go, go," Pei Wenxuan waved when he saw that Tong Ye made the bed almost the same, "Can the study room be the same as the guest room? Sleeping in the study room is to wait for His Highness to call me back. Sleeping in the guest room, is there any reason for me to go back?"
"Then why don't you just stay?"
Tong Ye asked confidently, but Pei Wenxuan was at a loss for words. After a while, he reacted and said with a 'hiss', "I said why are you getting more courageous? Do you not want to do it?"
"I'm worried about you," Tong Ye said earnestly, "Young master, your feelings can't stand the toss. Since you take His Highness in your heart, you should be direct and shameless. The strong girl is afraid of entanglement. I moved to the study by myself, it's cold, hard and lonely, what are you thinking of?"
"Picture what?" Pei Wenxuan raised his eyebrows, "Of course it's Princess Tu. Don't say it," Pei Wenxuan came over and waved, "Go on, I'm going to sleep."
Seeing that Pei Wenxuan didn't listen to him, Tong Ye sighed and turned to leave.
After Tong Ye left, Pei Wenxuan turned off the lights and lay down on the bed by himself.
He lay on his back first, then turned over after a while, thinking about what Li Rong was probably doing and thinking at the moment.
He could see that it was embarrassing for Li Rong to say this to him today. It might take a long time for her to accept herself, so he backed away and gave Li Rong some time.
Give yourself some time too.
He never thought that Li Rong would tell him this, but when Li Rong said it, he saw clearly for the first time that what he had left for Li Rong in the previous life was such a deep wound.
He thought that time healed these wounds, but now he realized that there was no wound that healed out of thin air, it was just hidden in a deeper corner, as if it had disappeared.
But it has always existed, then it will play a role in countless choices in life.
Li Rong is afraid of feelings.
She was proud all her life, but she didn't have the slightest confidence in herself when it came to love. Because she knew that she was an inevitable loser, she would resolutely withdraw and leave every time she started.
This was the dead end between them, she couldn't recognize herself, and he was too weak.
So in the last life, even without Qin Zhenzhen and Su Rongqing, they would eventually bring this relationship to an end in other matters.
He can't force her.
Pei Wenxuan thought quietly, Li Rong was like a cat who had just come to the emotional world, she was afraid of everything, he could only let her explore, and couldn't move everything in front of her at one time.
It's up to her to come and go, and only if you have enough decision-making power will you have enough sense of security.
That's about what Li Rong wanted to wait for.
The distance between them should be decided by Li Rong, not him.
And Li Rong's willingness to take the first step and decide this distance is already a good start.
Pei Wenxuan pursed his lips in the night and couldn't help but laugh.
The two of them each fell asleep thinking about what happened that night, and when it was dawn, Li Rong vaguely heard someone wake her up. She subconsciously wanted to call Pei Wenxuan, and then she remembered that Pei Wenxuan had gone to sleep in the study.
She called out in confusion, and Jinglan came in with the lamp in her hand. The dazzling light made Li Rong unable to adapt for a while, and then she was called out of bed.
In the past, Pei Wenxuan woke up first, covering her eyes with a handkerchief, then returning to the window, blocking the light with a shadow, and a sudden light pierced her eyes. Then he would take the clothes under the quilt and help her put them on, making sure that she wouldn't get the slightest bit of cold.
Now that he's gone, even if he tries his best, he can't be so considerate.
However, in one detail, Li Rong remembered Pei Wenxuan's good fortune. She sighed softly and turned her head: "Has the concubine got up?"
"The concubine is already waiting in the dining room," Jingmei said while waiting for Li Rong to get dressed, "Your Highness, would you like to have dinner together?"
"Naturally it has to pass."
Li Rong replied, got dressed, and went into the dining room.
Pei Wenxuan had already changed into his official uniform and sat to read the information just sent back. Li Rong entered the room, and Pei Wenxuan raised his head and said with a smile, "Morning, Your Highness."
"Morning." Li Rong laughed, her eyes falling on the information that had just arrived, "Is there any special news today?"
"It's nothing," Pei Wenxuan put down the information in his hand and looked at Li Rong, "Did Your Highness sleep well last night?"
"Very good," Li Rong said, sitting next to Pei Wenxuan, "How about you?"
"Not bad." Pei Wenxuan said, Li Rong nodded and wanted to find something to talk about, but he didn't think of it yet, so he heard Pei Wenxuan say, "In the case of yesterday's assassination, your Highness intends to attend the court today, or does he intend to wait and see. a bit?"
"Let's wait and see." Seeing that Pei Wenxuan took the initiative to bring up the business, Li Rong responded, "Maybe we didn't participate, but the mastermind took the initiative to participate in him?"
"It's not impossible." Li Rong nodded and said slowly, "Just wait and see what happens."
Pei Wenxuan responded and started talking to Li Rong about other serious matters. Pei Wenxuan didn't mention a word about what happened last night, as if it had never happened.
Li Rong followed Pei Wenxuan's words, but there was always a vague sense of unease in her heart.
She felt like she should say something, but she didn't know what to say.
After a meal, the two went to court together. Li Rong and Pei Wenxuan walked side by side on the promenade. Usually, Pei Wenxuan would always find some reason to pull her, but today Pei Wenxuan was very upright, as if he was with her. It's just a relationship between colleagues, not the slightest charm, and has always only talked about the affairs of the court.
When Pei Wenxuan didn't pull her, Li Rong felt an unspeakable strange feeling in her heart. She seemed to take this as a habit, but when Pei Wenxuan suddenly stopped doing it, she couldn't tell... not used to it.
She didn't show her face, but quietly approached Pei Wenxuan and walked side by side with Pei Wenxuan.
Pei Wenxuan felt Li Rong leaning over, her sleeve rubbing against him. As the two walked around, her hand touched the back of his hand inadvertently. After such a short interlace, an unspeakable itch appeared. Pei Wenxuan couldn't help but look up at her, then pretended to know nothing and continued to talk seriously.
He didn't hide, but he didn't take the initiative. He let the corners of Li Rong's clothes brush past him. He just lowered his eyes and lowered his head.
"According to what you said, if Xie Lanqing really ordered Lin Feibai to help the Chen family to assassinate you, is the Xie family still willing to support the prince with their current position?"
As Pei Wenxuan said, the two came to the side of the carriage. At this time, Pei Wenxuan finally stretched out his hand, and Li Rong supported Li Rong on the carriage.
Li Rong's hand was placed on the back of his hand, and the skin of the two finally overlapped. Pei Wenxuan's face was calm, but he thought it was a polite gesture.
Li Rong, however, took advantage of the two people's overlapping hands, and gently stroked the back of Pei Wenxuan's hand with her fingertips. She felt that her gesture should be obvious enough, but Pei Wenxuan remained unmoved.
The two got into the carriage, and Pei Wenxuan continued to analyze it for Li Rong: "Moreover, with Xie Lanqing's thoughts, he was afraid that he would take the initiative to participate in the Chen family in the early morning today. "
"Let's take a look first." Li Rong replied casually.
Anyway, Xie Lanqing is the grasshopper of the autumn, and it won't be long. She is focusing on one thing now.
Obviously he said it well last night, why did Pei Wenxuan go back on his word today
What does Pei Wenxuan mean? If he said that he rejected her last night, he shouldn't come back and kiss her again.
If you agreed to her, why would you go to the study room to sleep again, and still love and ignore her in the morning
Li Rong thought about it, Pei Wenxuan's words came into her left ear and came out of her right ear. Anyway, it was something she had already thought about last night, and she didn't want to repeat it.
She listened to Pei Wenxuan's speech, and looked at him from time to time.
Pei Wenxuan got the look in her eyes, and knew that Li Rong had taken the tick when she let such an inch.
He didn't change his face, and continued to talk nonsense about the upward thing.
Li Rong thought about it all the way, and when she got off the carriage, Pei Wenxuan stretched out her hand to help her down, Li Rong coughed lightly, and decided to show her goodwill a little more clearly: "Pei Wenxuan, that, the couch in the study is very small, don't you? Sleep well?"
"Reporting to Your Highness," Pei Wenxuan echoed with a smile, "I have slept with soft pillows on the high bed for a long time, and the small couch has a unique flavor."
Seeing that Pei Wenxuan didn't accept the offer, Li Rong couldn't help laughing, and said softly, "It's such a good sleep, if you don't sleep in the study room for the rest of your life."
"His Royal Highness is joking," Pei Wenxuan said again immediately, "Weichen still has to go back, after all, Weichen and His Highness," Pei Wenxuan looked up at her with a smile that was not a smile, "It will be long in Japan."
Li Rong didn't speak, she stared at Pei Wenxuan's smiling face, she looked at it for a long time, and finally came back to it.
This time the peony is really a bit expensive.
She understood that Pei Wenxuan didn't want to part ways with her, fearing that he agreed to her words, but he was not angry that the mountain of peony was destroyed, so he decided to find a place to vent his anger and take Joe with her.
Li Rong thought for a moment, tapped her palm with a small fan, and said sympathetically, "I understand what you mean."
Pei Wenxuan was a little dazed, Li Rong raised her eyes and said seriously: "I will pay you for the peony money, but you can't be so arrogant in the future."
Pei Wenxuan: "..."
You obviously know every word, how can you not understand it when you put it together