Back at the post house, Mu Changan asked Wei Jiu to invite Pei Xia to the room.

When Pei Xia arrived, Mu Changan was holding a teacup in his hand and was standing by the window looking out of the window.

"Your Highness." Pei Xia saluted.

Mu Changan turned around, only to see Pei Xia with her head down, and the flickering lights cast a large shadow on her face, which made her beauty a little less flamboyant and a little softer. Her eyes were half-drooping, and from Mu Changan's angle, she could see her long eyelashes, almost no fluttering, just like its owner, she always looked like she was calm and confident.

Mu Changan suddenly had some teasing thoughts, wanting to see what such a cold beauty would be like when she panicked. He reached out and hooked Pei Xia's chin, forcing her to look up and meet his own.

"It looks really good, especially these eyes, which are even the king's appetite. This king has helped you with this, how are you going to repay this king? ”

Mu Changan's tone is frivolous, and he is like an evil young man who flirts with a woman from a good family and asks for favors. Long Zhi, who has been responsible for secretly guarding the roof, almost slipped his foot and fell off the roof, his Royal Highness has never been close to women, and only one of the maids who served him personally chose it, and it was a little girl who had just turned ten years old. In the past, when I was in the capital, many girls rushed to see His Royal Highness and never gave him a chance, and I didn't know what was special about the girl in the house, which made His Royal Highness have such a stubborn heart.

Even Long Zhi didn't know, let alone Pei Xia, she thought that Mu Changan would ask her to come this time to further test her details, but he didn't know that he was uneasy to play his cards, and he was a little flustered for a while.

She planned to borrow Mu Chang'an's east wind, but she didn't plan to dedicate herself to him. Pei Xia was annoyed that he was too careless, and on the other hand, he was afraid that Mu Changan really didn't care about what he wanted. Outside is full of palace guards, just like that, she can still fight for Mu Changan with a little bit of leakage, but the kung fu on the roof is much better than her, if it weren't for her five senses, she would have been listened to on the first day.

"Why don't you speak?" Mu Changan bent down, no more than an inch away from Pei Xia's face.

was so close, Mu Changan's handsome and extraordinary face was not only flawed, but more impactful. Knowing that he was teasing himself, Pei Xia still felt his heartbeat accelerating uncontrollably. Annoyance mixed with shyness made her breath short, her eyes slightly watery, her eyelashes fluttered slightly, and her cheeks were stained with a thin layer of red.

Mu Changan was stunned, Mu Ran withdrew his hand, and the room was quiet for a while, and the atmosphere was quite embarrassing. He stiffened and poured water into his teacup, and drank it without even realizing that it was cold.

I didn't feel it when I confronted Mu Changan before, but as soon as Mu Changan retreated, Pei Xia only felt that her face was hot, her whole body was soft, and her anger finally squeezed her shyness away, but how much of this anger was angry with Mu Changan's lightness, and how much was angry with her own gaffe, only she knew in her own heart.

"Do you want to drink water?" Mu Changan rarely stammered, he poured another glass of water, and just about to hand it out, he remembered that this was the cup he had used just now, and when he changed the cup and was about to hand it over, he finally found that the water was already cold.

said that he wanted to see others panic, but it turned out that he was panicking. Mu Changan calmed down and asked cautiously, "Angry?" ”

Pei Xia didn't answer, but he knew it by looking at his expression.

Even now, this angry look looks much better than when it was cold before. But Mu Changan only dared to think about this in his heart, he couldn't say it at this juncture, to let Pei Xia know that he would definitely leave without saying a word, even if it was a prince, Mu Changan felt that she could do it.

"It's because I'm not thoughtful, and the joke is too much, Miss Pei has a lot, just forgive me." Mu Changan has never coaxed a girl, he doesn't know where to start, and his only experience is to coax the ten-year-old girl in his yard. The little girl once accidentally broke the glass cup given by the emperor in his room, and she was so frightened that she cried all day, and in the end, it was not Mu Chang'an who coaxed it, but Wei Jiu went to buy a string of sugar gourds, and bluffed her into saying that if she didn't eat it, she would melt. The little girl sobbed and choked after eating, and Wei Jiu played with her for a while before she finally stopped thinking about crying.

However, Pei Xia is not a ten-year-old girl, the sugar gourd is afraid that it will not work, and Mu Changan doesn't want to ask others to come in to see Pei Xia's heart-warming appearance now, so he has to rack his brains, he has never worked so hard when he was in the capital and dealing with various forces.

"Or I'll let you come back lightly?"

Pei Xia glared at him, but still didn't speak.

At the very least, they will stare at him, which is better than ignoring him and not reacting at all. Mu Changan felt greatly encouraged and decided to make persistent efforts.

"Then why don't I sing you a little song?"

There was a "bang" outside the window, and Long Zhi finally couldn't hold it anymore and fell. On the other side, there was a burst of snickering laughter outside the door, and it was obvious that the guards outside the house had also heard it.

Pei Xia also had a smile in the corner of his eyes, but he couldn't stop laughing.

Mu Changan struck while the iron was hot and continued: "Whatever you want to hear, I'll sing it to you." ”

Looking at Mu Changan's earnest eyes, Pei Xia finally laughed "poof". She didn't really let Mu Changan sing a little song to her, after all, she was a dignified prince, even if no one dared to spread it, so many guards would be ashamed to listen to it, and Mu Changan was cheeky enough to say this.

"What did Your Highness call me for?" After calming down for a while and sobering up, Pei Xia realized that judging from the information she had gathered, Mu Changan was not a straw bag, and those simple and cowardly appearances were just disguises, so that a thoughtful person would not be bored enough to call her to play tricks.

Mu Changan really didn't have this plan in the first place, so he just made a temporary decision. However, he finally coaxed the person, and he was suddenly reluctant to take the word to find out her details. Pei Xia is a smart person, he will definitely notice as long as he asks her. Temptation comes and goes, and temptation is not divided again? Besides, there is no hurry in this matter, with people under their noses, her secret will be revealed sooner or later.

"Today, I recommended you to the Qiu Zhou Criminal Prison Division, but in the final analysis, I actually made my own opinion. You helped me this time, and I will help you with one thing, if there is anything you want me to do for you, please bring it up. ”

After what happened just now, Pei Xia realized that Mu Changan no longer called himself "this king" in front of her. According to Pei Xia's original plan, since the primary goal has been achieved, she will refuse the rest no matter what favor Mu Changan proposes, and say something beautiful to win Mu Changan's trust and favor. But now it seems that there is no need, and if this is the case, is it possible to be greedy......

"Your Highness knows what I want, but where is it for yourself. I don't have any other wishes for the time being, but since Your Highness has promised me, I wonder if I can keep it? ”

Mu Changan was a little surprised by Pei Xia's reply, but he quickly understood the little Jiujiu in Pei Xia's heart, and it was because of this that he was even more surprised. Pei Xia's performance in the past few days is like a snail constricted in its shell, wrapping all the thoughts in her heart tightly. But at this moment, this cautious snail actually quietly showed a tentacle out.

It was a bigger takeaway than he had planned. Logically speaking, the more Pei Xia asks, the easier it is to show his feet, so this is a good thing; In terms of feelings...... Mu Changan interrupted his thoughts, not wanting to think about it further.

"It's okay, if he thinks about it, he can come to the palace to find me."

"Thank you, Your Highness."

After Pei Xia left, Long Zhi came in, with an indescribable expression on his face. Mu Changan only pretended not to see it, in terms of pretending to be shameless, Mu Changan has made great progress in the past few years, if it wasn't for Long Zhi hearing it with his own ears just now, I'm afraid he wouldn't have thought of what his Royal Highness had done just now.

"What do you know about Pei Qifang's case?" Mu Changan asked seriously.

Long Zhi was stunned by Mu Changan's brainless question, and recalled it before saying: "I was still ten years old when Pei Qifang first served as the secretary of Dali Temple, and the reputation has been very good for five years, until later there was a case involving Zheng Qian, the head of the household department at that time, it is said that the case was later suppressed by His Majesty, and I am not very clear about the specific situation, and then there were rumors that Pei Qifang was instructed to slander Zheng Qian, and then Pei Qifang was dismissed. ”

Pei Qifang's case has been around for more than ten years, at that time Mu Changan was still young and had not had much contact, Long Zhi was older than him, but judging from Long Zhi's words, he didn't know much more than him. This is still fortunate that it was Wei Yi, the eldest of the guards, who was sent to follow Qi Hong at that time, and if he changed Wei Ba and Wei Jiu, he might not know Pei Qifang.

It is said that Pei Qifang was very honest when he was in office, and his wife was seriously ill after being dismissed, and died because he had no money for treatment, Pei Qifang said that he took his wife back to his hometown for burial, and he has not been seen since then.

"I remember...... Pei Qifang still had a daughter when he left the capital, and his age was right for her. Mu Changan said slowly, "Wang Yunsheng, the prefect of Qiuzhou, is Zheng Qian's protégé, and he also served in Beijing back then, and it is very likely that he will be involved in Pei Qifang's case. I sent her to the Qiuzhou Criminal Prison Department so that she could have more opportunities to contact Wang Yunsheng, and she admitted that this was her purpose...... But I still think it's a little weird......"

"What does Your Highness think is wrong?"

Mu Changan shook his head: "I can't say it, I just think our investigation seems to be too smooth." Of course, it may also be that I am too careful, she is just revenge. ”

"Then why don't I let Wei Yi continue to follow Miss Pei?" Long Zhi asked.

Mu Changan thought for a while and said, "No need, if she deliberately let us know, if she deliberately let us know, she will still lead her by the nose if she continues." Let's wait for her to come to Qiuzhou City and think about it, and see what she wants to do. ”