Synopsis and Starting Chapter Chapter 2.1
Chapter 2.2
Chapter 3.1
Chapter 3.2
Chapter 4
Chapter 5.1
Chapter 5.2
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9.1
Chapter 9.2
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12.1
Chapter 12.2
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15.1
Chapter 15.2
Chapter 15.3
Chapter 16.1
Chapter 16.2
Chapter 17.1
Chapter 17.2
Chapter 18.1
Chapter 18.2
Chapter 19
Chapter 20.1
Chapter 20.2
Chapter 21
Chapter 22.1
Chapter 22.2
Chapter 23.1
Chapter 23.2
Chapter 24
Chapter 25.1
Chapter 25.2
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36.1
Chapter 36.2
Chapter 37
Chapter 38.1
Chapter 38.2
Chapter 39.1
Chapter 39.2
Chapter 40.1
Chapter 40.2
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54.1
Chapter 54.2
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Chapter 57
Chapter 58
Chapter 59
Chapter 60
Chapter 61
Chapter 62
Chapter 63
Chapter 64
Chapter 65
Chapter 66
Chapter 67
Chapter 68
Chapter 69
Chapter 70
Chapter 71
Chapter 72
Chapter 73
Chapter 74
Chapter 75
Chapter 76
Chapter 77
Chapter 78
Chapter 79
Chapter 80
Chapter 81
Categories Genre: All, Comedy, Completed, Historical, Psychological, Romance, Smut Status: Completed ______
Total Chapters in book: 100
Estimated words: 144612 (not accurate)
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Estimated words: 144612 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 723(@200wpm)___ 578(@250wpm)___ 482(@300wpm)
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Chapter Twenty-Five (Part 2 of 2)
Pei Jin took Yan Shi Ning for a stroll around the imperial city.
The streets were crowded with people, there were many sights to see and food to taste. Yan Shi Ning thought she could relax after leaving the manor with Pei Jin. But two of Pei Jin’s guards followed them around the imperial city so she was forced to act like a gentleman in her disguise.
Pei Jin noticed Yan Shi Ning’s reluctance to move around freely.
‘Guards, you don’t need to follow us,’ Pei Jin said to his guards. ‘You can go find a place to drink wine.’
Yan Shi Ning began to worry a little after the guards left. ‘Is it safe? What if there are assassins?’
Before Yan Shi Ning left the manor, she hesitated to leave because of the assassination attempt in the palace. But Pei Jin reassured her and brought guards with them outside the manor.
Pei Jin didn’t know what to explain to Yan Shi Ning to reassure her. What was he supposed to say? Wife, don’t worry two of those assassins were sent by your husband?
After thinking for a while Pei Jin chose the most tactful explanation to reassure Yan Shi Ning. ‘Wife, don’t worry there are guards secretly following us.’
Half of Yan Shi Ning believed and the half of her suspected Pei Jin’s explanation. But if there were guards secretly following them then she could continue to play on the streets.
Pei Jin and Yan Shi Ning continued sightseeing until she noticed someone familiar. She held onto his arm to stop him.
‘Who does that person look like?’ Yan Shi Ning asked.
Pei Jin’s eyes followed Yan Shi Ning’s gaze. He saw a familiar woman walk out of a medicine shop and the woman held a bundle.
‘Widow Li?’ Pei Jin asked.
Yan Shi Ning was happy Pei Jin recognised widow Li too and that her eyes weren’t mistaken.
Pei Jin was happy Yan Shi Ning was holding his arm. She was pulling him in the direction of widow Li.
After Widow Li bought the medicine, she began walking home with a heavy conscience. Her conscience became heavier the moment she saw who stood in front of her and her face paled.
‘Mistress Yan,’ widow Li said.
Yan Shi Ning looked happy to see widow Li. But Pei Jin didn’t understand why widow Li looked scared to see Yan Shi Ning.
‘Widow Li, didn’t you say you were travelling south?’ Yan Shi Ning asked. ‘Why are you in the imperial city?’
Widow Li pretended to fix her hair to think of a reasonable explanation. ‘I… I was planning to visit my older cousin in the south. But he said he wanted to be a merchant in the imperial city so I came here with him.’
‘If you’re in the imperial city why didn’t you look for me?’ Yan Shi Ning asked.
‘I… I can’t be that shameless to look for you,’ widow Li said.
‘Let’s find a place to sit and talk,’ Pei Jin said.
‘Uh, no I have somewhere I need to be,’ widow Li declined.
Pei Jin glanced at the bulky bundle of medicine widow Li was carrying.
‘Widow Li, why did you need to buy a lot of medicine?’ Pei Jin asked.
Widow Li sighed sadly. ‘My older cousin is ill. Mistress Yan, ninth prince, I’ll leave first. I need to prepare the medicine for him.’
Widow Li hurriedly left without waiting for Yan Shi Ning and Pei Jin’s reply.
Yan Shi Ning looked at widow Li’s back and frowned. ‘Pei Jin, do you think that widow Li has changed?’
Pei Jin was relieved Yan Shi Ning noticed the change in widow Li’s personality too.
‘Perhaps something has happened,’ Pei Jin said. ‘I forgot, Bei Dou asked me to buy some medicine for him. Wife, wait for me here. I’ll go inside to buy the medicine and I’ll come out soon.’
Pei Jin walked into the shop and requested to see the shop owner.
‘What medicine did the woman who came into your shop earlier buy?’ Pei Jin asked.
The shop owner told Pei Jin what medicine widow Li bought and it made Pei Jin more uneasy.
Pei Jin knew the medicine widow Li bought were expensive. Widow Li was wearing ordinary clothes, he didn’t understand how she could afford to buy expensive medicine. Also, the shop owner said that she was a regular customer who had been buying the same medicine for many months. He wondered where widow Li would find more than one thousand silver taels to buy the medicine frequently.
Pei Jin remembered widow Li’s panicked expression the moment widow Li saw Yan Shi Ning and his intuition warned him that something was wrong. He decided after he returned to the manor, he would ask some of his guards to wait nearby the medicine shop and secretly follow widow Li.
Pei Jin thought if widow Li was in trouble, he would help widow Li because widow Li was important to Yan Shi Ning. But if widow Li was hiding a dangerous secret involving Yan Shi Ning then he would be prepared to stop widow Li from harming Yan Shi Ning.
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End of Chapter Twenty-Five (Part 2)
Total Chapters in book: 100
Estimated words: 144612 (not accurate)
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Estimated words: 144612 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 723(@200wpm)___ 578(@250wpm)___ 482(@300wpm)
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