Xicheng, Ruixiangfang, Chen Family Courtyard.

Hearing a knock on the door from outside, Old Man Chen's wife quickly walked over and opened the door a crack. She saw a heroic young woman standing outside. She couldn't help but asked nervously: "Who are you?"

"Tell the girl inside that my name is Ye Qi."

Chen's wife did not dare to delay, so she quickly closed the door tightly and ran all the way to the east wing where Chen Xizhi lived.

After a while, Ye Qi slowly stepped into the slightly stuffy room, glanced at the charcoal basin placed in the corner, and couldn't help but sigh softly.

Chen Xizhi sat on a chair covered with brocade, smiled and asked, "Why are you sighing?"

Ye Qi walked to the window and opened the gap a little, then sat down opposite Chen Xizhi and said in a complicated tone: "The cough is still not gone?"

Chen Xizhi shook his head calmly: "I won't get better for a while, but it's okay. I'm just a dead person, and it's your mercy to be alive."

Ye Qi twitched her lips when she heard this. She could tell that Chen Xizhi's words were not sarcastic. But for a woman with a lofty ideal, no one could tell whether the current situation was better than death.

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After Nongyu helped Ye Qi pour tea, she left the wing. She closed the door carefully when she went out, then brought a small stool to sit at the door.

After a moment of silence, Ye Qi asked: "If you are short of something, just tell me and I will get it for you. It is best not to let that maid walk around Kyoto."

Chen Xizhi stared into her eyes and suddenly smiled: "You seem very abnormal today. Did Pei Yue discover any clues and you decided to tell him the truth?"

Ye Qi shook his head.

Chen Xizhi joked: "That means you can't bear the condemnation of your own conscience and plan to take the initiative to explain everything to Pei Yue? Speaking of which, I am a little curious, what kind of ecstasy soup did Pei Yue pour into you to make you completely different from before?"

Ye Qi's brows furrowed slightly, and he said a little helplessly: "You seem to want to anger me."

Chen Xizhi waved his hand, then tightened his thin coat, and retracted his upper body into the chair. A touch of unhealthy red appeared on his slightly pale face, and he frowned and said: "You have ruined my martial arts cultivation.

You have also dismissed the capable people around me, and even the last treasury of our Chen family is in your hands, which is almost arbitrary.

You're at your mercy, why don't you allow me to say a few sarcastic words? When you were in the mountains, you were very competitive. You never gave in during martial arts competitions, and you would always trade every penny in an argument. Now I've become like this

Look, since you are unwilling to kill me, what if you let me have the upper hand in words?"

Ye Qi listened to her ramblings and felt a little funny and a little sad.

The Chen Xizhi in her memory was naturally not what she saw in front of her.

During those years in the Hengduan Mountains, Chen Xizhi only thought about martial arts training, planning, and connecting with the ruling and opposition forces every day. His temperament was cold and aloof, and he did not bother to express his feelings so directly.

Chen Xizhi looked at Ye Qi with a strange expression and said slowly: "Although my current situation is very miserable, you don't have to put a pity expression on your face."

Ye Qi suppressed his melancholy and changed the subject: "You are right, I am going to tell Pei Yue about this."

Chen Xizhi couldn't help but cough a few times. Ye Qi handed the tea cup on the table to her hand. Chen Xizhi took a sip and said after a while: "With Pei Yue's affection for you, this matter will definitely not happen."

It will affect the relationship between you. Of course, he will definitely try to create an accident afterwards to make me leave this world. For example, a fire. Bandits are hard to find in Kyoto, but fires are very common."

When she said the word "fire", the evil spirit flashed across her face.

Ye Qi frowned slightly and said, "Pei Yue is so unbearable in your heart?"

When Chen Xizhi heard this, he couldn't help but exclaimed: "I was obviously praising him for his decisiveness in killing, how could I be disparaging him? In fact, having said that, I actually admire him now. A bastard in a difficult situation, he seized the only opportunity to rise to the sky.

, this move is beyond what anyone can do. Of course, don’t expect me to treat him differently, after all, his opportunity is to use me as a stepping stone."

"I will tell him the truth, but I will not break my promise to save your life." Ye Qi said seriously.

Chen Xizhi smiled indifferently and said nonchalantly: "You came to me today not just for this matter, right?"

Ye Qi was silent for a moment and said: "After returning to Beijing, I found that he was very worried. He seemed to be worried about something, and he refused to tell me when asked."

Chen Xizhi asked: "Is he worried?"

Ye Qi nodded and said, "Yes, he refused to sleep many times late at night and stayed alone in the study. Please help me analyze what he is worried about."

Chen Xizhi said in surprise: "Is that true? This is indeed a bit strange. Now that he has been granted the title of Marquis, Liu Zheng must also reuse him to balance the forces in the army and prevent Wang Pingzhang from being the only one who dominates. The officialdom is so smooth, plus you

He and the girl from the Gu family are willing to accept the arrangement of being an equal wife. He should be at his most prosperous, so what is there to worry about?"

Ye Qi looked at her steadily, seeming a little embarrassed.

Chen Xizhi quickly smiled and said: "Okay, let me help you guess. Pei Yueming's enemies include Pei Rong, Xue Tao and Li Pingzhong. This is a grudge that is basically irresolvable. Pei Rong is not Pei Yue's opponent in terms of ability and scheming.

Xue Tao's foundation is in Lingzhou, and Liu Zheng, a saint who was dismissed from office

The decree can make him helpless. As for Li Bingzhong, this person is just a hawk dog of Wang Pingzhang. He dare not move without his master's words. If Wang Pingzhang wants to deal with Pei Yue, then he really has to be more careful. This old thief is usually restrained.

If you really take action, you will definitely show no mercy."

Ye Qi asked in confusion: "Why did Wang Pingzhang deal with Pei Yue?"

Chen Xizhi kicked off his cotton shoes, put his feet on the edge of the chair, hugged his knees with his hands and sneered: "The left and right are just fighting for power. Actually, you don't have to worry. I only learned 20% of what Master did in terms of scheming, and it is far behind Pei."

Apart from that cunning man, I don't think anyone in Kyoto can completely plot against him."

Ye Qi responded softly and did not continue the topic. After chatting for a while, she stood up and said: "You should take good care of yourself and I will come see you in a few days."

A touch of warmth flashed in Chen Xizhi's eyes, and he nodded: "Okay, you go, I won't send you away."

"No need."

After Ye Qi left the Chen family courtyard, he wandered aimlessly in Kyoto, and then he found that he had arrived in Beicheng.

Looking at the majestic palace buildings in the distance, Ye Qi knew that Pei Yue was in the palace at the moment, and she couldn't help but walked over there. Although she also believed in Chen Xizhi's judgment, Pei Yue should not be in any crisis now.

But she always had a bad feeling in her heart.
Chapter completed!