Chapter 670 Aren’t You Afraid of Me? (Thanks to the book friend Jianshenbudaidao for the reward!)

"Madam, let me wipe it for you..."

Looking at Pei Zhixiu who was vomiting in front of her, Xiaohuan felt a little distressed and wanted to wipe it for Pei Zhixiu, but Pei Zhixiu refused her kindness. She took the handkerchief from Xiaohuan and wiped the filth from the corner of her mouth herself. At this moment, her expression changed and she looked outside the house. A moment later, footsteps were heard outside the house.

Xiao Huan was startled at the sound of footsteps, then seemed to realize something, so she picked up the spittoon and walked out of the house. However, as soon as she walked out of the door, she happened to see Ye Mingsheng coming towards her. Looking at the spittoon held by Xiao Huan, Ye Mingsheng's expression also showed a little distress. He walked into the house quickly, stroked Pei Zhixiu's back and said with pity:

"Didn't you say that your pregnancy reaction was minimal?"

Hearing Ye Mingsheng's words, Pei Zhixiu said calmly:
"It's not like it's small!"

Feeling Pei Zhixiu's tone, Ye Mingsheng scratched her cheek and said with a smile:

"Who made you angry?"

Facing Ye Mingsheng's gaze, Pei Zhixiu's tone softened and he said:
"You should go see An Miaoyi now! She has been through a lot of things recently, and now is the time when she needs you!"

Ye Mingsheng smiled and nodded when he heard this.

"maybe······"

At the same time, Xiao Huan also came back. Seeing this, Ye Mingsheng changed the subject and instructed Xiao Huan:

"I'm hungry after a busy day. Xiaohuan, go to the kitchen and get me some vegetarian noodles!"

Hearing that Ye Mingsheng, who always loved meat, only ate a bowl of vegetarian noodles at her place today, Pei Zhixiu, who understood Ye Mingsheng's intention, felt a little warmth in her heart···························
After finishing the noodles, the two of them snuggled together, holding hands and talking about some private things. Pei Zhixiu seemed to have thought of something and asked Ye Mingsheng:
"Shen Yutong's baby is born. What name are you going to give it?"

Ye Mingsheng answered without thinking:
"I haven't decided yet! I originally thought that you should give birth first, so I looked through the classics and thought that if it's a boy, he should be named Ye Jingxuan, and if it's a girl, she should be named Ye Xingtong. What do you think?"

Hearing Ye Mingsheng's words, Pei Zhixiu stroked her pregnant belly and said softly:
"Listen to all the nice things!"

Ye Mingsheng smiled and said
"If that's the case, then it's settled! I'll think about what to call that little guy later. Shen Yutong was born half a month premature, and that little guy doesn't look particularly strong, so I have to think of a good name for him!"

After finishing the conversation and seeing that it was getting late, Ye Mingsheng turned off the kerosene lamp and prepared to hug Pei Zhixiu to sleep. Half a cup of tea later, when Ye Mingsheng was a little drowsy, he felt someone was watching him in the dark. He opened his eyes and saw Pei Zhixiu beside him looking at him quietly.

Seeing this, Ye Mingsheng rubbed his eyes and advised:

"Be good, wait until you finish unloading the goods, and your husband will reward you well!"

Among the women he had pregnant with, no matter they were the conservative An Miaoyi and Shen Yutong, or the open-minded Bai Yuanyuan, in order to protect their children, they dared not let Ye Mingsheng touch them after they became pregnant. Only Pei Zhixiu was skilled and bold but also very conservative. However, as her belly grew bigger in the past few months, Pei Zhixiu became more and more cautious...

Seeing that Ye Mingsheng had misunderstood, Pei Zhixiu was a little annoyed and pinched Ye Mingsheng's waist directly, and said softly in angrily:
"It's always you who insists on asking for it, my husband. I only give it to you out of pity for you!"

"Yes Yes Yes!"

After saying a few sweet words to Pei Zhixiu, Ye Mingsheng was about to go back to sleep, and at this moment Pei Zhixiu's cold voice rang in his ears again.

"Sir, don't you have anything you want to ask me?"

Although Pei Zhixiu tried her best to hide it, Ye Mingsheng, who was familiar with her, could still sense a trace of uneasiness and anxiety from her calm voice. From this, Ye Mingsheng also understood why Pei Zhixiu was a little abnormal today. Ye Mingsheng immediately calmed down his emotions, opened his eyes, kissed Pei Zhixiu's fair face, and then smiled and said to her,

"I told you back then, if you didn't want to tell me, I wouldn't have asked you!"

Listening to Ye Mingsheng's words, Pei Zhixiu's expression showed some emotion. After pondering for a moment, she admitted to Ye Mingsheng:

"I was the one who poisoned Xiao Ruolan!"

Ye Mingsheng was not surprised by the news. After all, according to the investigation of the Coordination Office, although Xiao Ruolan's true identity had not yet been confirmed, it was certain that she was a master with superb martial arts and was very good at using poison. It would be extremely difficult to poison such a master of poison silently. At least according to what Huo San said, no one in the Coordination Office could do it!

Therefore, Ye Mingsheng had long suspected that it was Pei Zhixiu who did this. After all, with her medical skills, it was not too difficult to poison others...
Seeing Pei Zhixiu bring up this matter on his own initiative, Ye Mingsheng stopped hiding it and asked with some doubt:
"Jixiu, did you already know that she was a killer from the Inspectorate?"

Pei Zhixiu shook his head and said:

“I only found out about this later!”

After hearing this, Ye Mingsheng asked in confusion:
"Since you didn't know she was an assassin from the Supervisory Department, why did you poison her?"

Pei Zhixiu looked at Ye Mingsheng and explained:

"Xiao Ruolan gave you the red medicine of the wife of the rice. This medicine is very evil. It will make you sexually excited in a short period of time and make you dependent on this medicine. If you use it for a long time, it will cause great side effects to your body! I can't tolerate her competing for favor in this way."

Pei Zhixiu paused for a moment, then continued after a moment of hesitation:

"She is An Miaoyi's sister-in-law, so if I tell her, there will always be some trouble, so I will make the decision myself!"

Ye Mingsheng suddenly realized what was going on after hearing this, and then he said:
"No wonder I said she had a very strange fragrance on her body, so this is what happened! I think it's nothing serious as I've smelled it twice." Pei Zhixiu shook her head and said:

"You only smelled it for a short time, so it's nothing!"

Ye Mingsheng felt relieved and thankful when he heard that. Fortunately, he stayed sober and rejected Xiao Ruolan at that time, otherwise he might not know how it would end now...

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but kiss Pei Zhixiu's red lips and said with a smile:

"You have done a great job this time. After you give birth to the baby, your husband will reward you well!"

Looking at the heartfelt smile on Ye Mingsheng's face, Pei Zhixiu hesitated for a while, and finally made up her mind to ask the question that had been hidden in her heart for a long time.

"Aren't you afraid of me, sir?"

When Ye Mingsheng heard this question, he was stunned at first, then looking at Pei Zhixiu's serious expression, he also started thinking about this question.

To be honest, before this, people like Huo San, Wang Xuecheng, Ye Kui, Ye Tie, Ye Dong and others had more or less hinted at this problem to him, but to be honest, he had never seriously considered this issue. However, from a general theoretical point of view, Pei Zhixiu could poison Xiao Ruolan so easily, then if she wanted to kill herself, it would be even easier without any difficulty.

But to be honest, Ye Mingsheng never thought that this was a problem. Thinking of this, Ye Mingsheng was a little surprised. If Murong Qingwu, Shen Yutong, Jinyu, the Su sisters, or even An Miaoyi had this ability, he felt that he would definitely feel like a thorn in his back and be on guard at all times. But when facing Pei Zhixiu, he would not have this feeling, and he even wanted to be closer to Pei Zhixiu!

Thinking of this, Ye Mingsheng couldn't help but look at Pei Zhixiu again, with a faint smile on his face. If this moment was in a cheesy movie or TV series, he would most likely ask Pei Zhixiu, "Will you hurt me?" Pei Zhixiu would answer "No" and then the two of them would be moved to tears··························

But he, Ye, is not the miserable male protagonist in cheesy movies!
Under Pei Zhixiu's gaze, Ye Mingsheng held her soft and boneless hand mysteriously and looked into her eyes.

Even though she and Ye Mingsheng were already an old couple, Pei Zhixiu couldn't help but blush. She spat at Ye Mingsheng, but couldn't help shaking her head out of curiosity.

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Luoan, Murong Mansion
Murong Lun and Chen Jingyu were sitting opposite each other in the study. Chen Jingyu took a sip of the teacup and couldn't help but exclaimed:
"This tea tastes sweet, and its aroma is fresh and refreshing. It is really a top-notch tea. I have heard that the Longjing tea in Murong Shangshu's mansion is from the south of the Yangtze River and is the best tea. After tasting it today, it is really extraordinary!"

Murong Lun smiled and said:

"Master Chen, you are too kind. The Longjing tea in my house is just an ordinary tea. If we talk about tea, it has to be the fragrant tea from the Prime Minister's house!"

Chen Jingyu just smiled and didn't respond. The two chatted for a while. Seeing that Murong Lun had no intention of taking the initiative to speak, Chen Jingyu cursed him in his heart as "old fox", but he could only speak first:
"Lord Murong, I'm sure you can guess why I came here today, right?"

Seeing Chen Jingyu say this, Murong Lun naturally couldn't play dumb anymore. He smiled and nodded and said:
"I can roughly guess one or two things!"

After getting this answer, Chen Jingyu continued:

"The Prime Minister originally thought that by giving Xu Zhaojie so many firearms, he would be able to cut off the trade routes between Fengwu Army and Jiangnan. But now it seems that although Xu Zhaojie has some ability in land warfare, the Huainan Navy under his command is like a silver spear with a candle, which looks good but is useless!"

"Nowadays, the trade between Fengwu Army and Jiangnan is in full swing. According to spies, in the past month or so, more than 100,000 taels of silver have flowed from Jiangnan into the hands of Fengwu Army...

"This has played a big role in alleviating the financial burden on the Fengwu Army. With the money from Jiangnan, that bastard Ye Mingsheng has recently recruited another 30,000 to 40,000 soldiers. If this continues, the Fengwu Army will pose an increasing threat to the imperial court!"

Listening to Chen Jingyu's story, Murong Lun picked up the teacup and took a sip, then looked at Chen Jingyu and said:
"I advised the Prime Minister not to give Xu Zhaojie the post of Sannan Governor in the court that day. Jiangnan Governor Lu Jianchao is a sensitive person. Giving Xu Zhaojie the post of Sannan Governor would definitely make him think that the court and Xu Zhaojie have joined forces, so it is only natural for him to go to Ye Mingsheng!"

Chen Jingyu was silent for a while after hearing this, and then he sighed and said:

"Lord Murong is a man of foresight that no one can match! If the officials in the court had half the wisdom of Lord Murong, they would never allow that villain Ye Mingsheng to become a threat to the court!"

After saying this, Chen Jingyu turned around and looked at Murong Lun, hinting:

"But now that things have come to this, cutting off the financial resources of the Fengwu Army is the top priority! If Jiangnan can stop trading with the Fengwu Army, it would be equivalent to cutting off an arm of Ye Mingsheng!"

Hearing Chen Jingyu talking about this, Murong Lun snorted in his heart, but on the surface he still said calmly:
"It seems that you already have an idea, Master Chen?"

Seeing that Murong Lun insisted on explaining himself, Chen Jingyu stopped hiding and said:

“Everyone in the court knows that Lord Murong and Governor Lu of Jiangnan are close friends... If you can write a letter to Governor Lu, explain the pros and cons, appeal to his emotions and reason, and clarify the court’s position to him, I believe that Governor Lu will come to his senses and turn back from his wrong path, draw a clear line between himself and that bastard Ye Mingsheng, and cut off all ties with him!”

As soon as these words came out, Murong Lun's expression suddenly became a little playful. After looking at Chen Jingyu for a few seconds, he said:

"Is this what the Prime Minister meant?"

Chen Jingyu said vaguely:
"Lord Murong, you said that we, as ministers, cannot wait until the Prime Minister has given us instructions before we do anything, right?"

Murong Lun smiled and nodded and said:

"I know about it. Since it is beneficial to the court, I will naturally write this letter. However, Lu Jianchao and I haven't seen each other for many years. As time goes by, I don't know how much of our friendship remains..."

(End of this chapter)