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Chapter 178 Pei Family

"Pei Zhixing?" Qin Xiao raised his eyebrows.

"Yes. He is very famous." Mo Hanyu gave him some general information, "He is the most outstanding Qi cultivator among the new generation of the Pei family. He is very famous and more popular than Xu Qingyun."

"Oh?" Qin Xiao thought of the young girls and boys following those people downstairs, and asked Mo Hanyu, "What do those people... do?"

"They are his followers." Mo Hanyu seemed a little helpless and smiled, "I heard that he is friendly and has a first-class appearance, figure and temperament. Naturally, he will attract many people to admire and follow him."

"But your brother and the others don't have it." Qin Xiao thought of Mo Hanshang and Bai Shuheng.

“…They actually have it, too.”

Qin Xiao:……?

Mo Hanyu nodded sadly: "It's just that we didn't see it."

Qin Xiao: ...

Qin Xiao looked at Mo Hanyu's slightly disdainful expression and found it somewhat amusing.

"...Haven't you seen him?" Mo Hanyu asked after hesitating for a moment when he saw that he didn't speak.

"No." Qin Xiao glanced at him, "I heard about it for the first time today."

"That shouldn't be the case." Qiu Puryue felt strange. "Isn't he the son of your mother's brother... He must be your cousin, right? Why haven't you seen him?"

Qin Xiao was stunned for a moment, and when he recalled, he had never heard Qin Xiuyun and others mention his mother's family.

In fact, it is quite strange to talk about it, but for someone like Qin Xiao who didn't even know that he had other relatives besides his parents, he didn't pay attention to this problem at all.

"……do not know."

Qin Xiao shook his head, but a slightly lost smile suddenly appeared in his mind.

That was his first New Year's Eve in this world. After the fun, his mother held him in her arms, staring at the starry sky, half lying in a rocking chair, patting him from time to time.

Qin Xiuyun came over and took him into his arms, and whispered to his mother: "They didn't come... If you want, we will visit tomorrow."

"...No." His mother smiled, a smile that revealed a bit of melancholy in her helplessness, "It's been so many years. If you don't want to come, then don't come."

……

Qin Xiao had a feeling that something was wrong here, but it was not appropriate to ask too much in front of so many people, so he didn't say anything.

After the dishes were served, Qin Xiao stared at the table for a long time, and finally couldn't help asking, "Did you order this fried spider?"

Yin Xihui quickly shook his head, indicating that it had nothing to do with him: "He wanted to do it."

Qin Xiao looked at Qingyi, whose expression remained unchanged, and did not say a word, but the words he wanted to ask were almost written on his face.

"What's wrong?" Hua Wujian glanced at him, "Haven't you eaten it before?"

Mo Hanyu instantly thought of that memory. Thinking of the poisonous insects in his memory, his stomach churned and he felt a little nauseous.

"This is a magical beast. Eating it can help your cultivation." Hua Wujian said to Qin Xiao.

Qin Xiao: "...Which of these beast meats and herbs on this table can't help with cultivation?"

Hua Wujian sneered and did not answer.

Qin Xiao twitched his lips as he watched him pick up the black spider with some patterns on it and eat it without changing his expression.

"You can continue if you don't want the eyes anymore."

Qing Yi said coldly.

Qin Xiao withdrew his gaze.

"This restaurant actually has this kind of dish." Qiu Puryue exclaimed and tried to pick one up.

"..."

"I think it tastes pretty good." Qiu Puryue's eyes lit up and she looked at Yin Xihui, "Would you like to try it?"

Yin Xihui kept smiling and said firmly, "No, thank you."

Tian Miao also tasted it after a brief hesitation, and then joined Qing Yi in saying, "It's delicious."

Qin Xiao: ...

After a brief silence, Qin Xiao tentatively picked up a fallen spider leg from the plate and carefully put it into his mouth, chewing it carefully.

"..." Qin Xiao looked at Mo Hanyu, "It's indeed okay, would you like to try it?"

Mo Hanyu: “…No.”

……

"Why does your majesty have to do it yourself?"

Wang Ji's eyes dimmed as he looked at Nangong Huaxue, who was squatting by the stove, controlling the flames and fanning the stove.

"It's nothing." Nangong Huaxue didn't feel guilty. She glanced at him and continued to increase the fire. She put her hand on the bottom of the stove, looked at the boiling medicine in the stove, and estimated the time.

"What is your majesty cooking for?" Wang Ji sat down next to her.

"I'm making medicine for you." Nangong Huaxue stared at him intently, calculated the time, took out a small bottle of Yumian from her arms, and dripped a drop into it in front of him. Then the flame became bigger.

"Do you want to drink more?" Wang Ji laughed, "Didn't you drink yesterday?"

"One course of treatment lasts seven days." Nangong Huaxue fanned the air, "We'll see after seven days."

"Your Majesty, why are you so sure that I'm sick?" Wang Ji smiled, but the smile didn't reach his eyes. "Where did you learn medical skills?"

“No.” Nangong Huaxue replied blankly, “I just saw that your hands and feet were cold, and your blood and qi were a little weak, so I wanted to replenish them…”

"Oh?"

I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but Wang Ji’s smile seems a lot more dangerous.

Nangong Huaxue blinked, and suddenly realized that it was not a good idea to tell someone like him who had such a strong sense of self-esteem that he was weak in person.

Nangong Huaxue was silent for a moment, then smiled again: "Isn't this just caring about you?"

Wang Ji sneered twice: "Your Majesty, due to the influence of my attributes, it is normal for my hands to be cold. Just like your body temperature is higher than that of ordinary people, it is the same reason."

"Yes, yes, yes." Nangong Huaxue nodded repeatedly. She knew this was a possibility, so she took his pulse to confirm it. Facts proved that his qi and blood were indeed deficient.

But this deficiency of Qi and blood does not seem to be acquired. It seems more like the result of some serious injury in childhood that damaged the roots. The accumulation of scars and the lack of proper treatment have led to the loss of Qi and blood.

It's like a tree that has grown crooked, leaving scars beneath its strong and sturdy skin - although they are not fatal.

Nangong Huaxue stared at the blackened medicine in the stove and couldn't help but wrinkled her nose.

It smells bitter.

Nangong Huaxue thought about it and felt that it would be better to refine the pill.

But she doesn't know how to make the elixir.

It’s okay, you can go find the national master Qingyi and others.

Nangong Huaxue saw that the time had come, so he poured out the medicine, filtered it twice, and then handed it to Wang Ji.

During this time, Wang Ji just stared at her silently without saying a word, until he handed the medicine to her, then he slowly said: "I don't want to drink it."

"why?"

"One is that it's okay, and the other is..." Wang Ji narrowed his eyes and glanced at Nangong Huaxue's blank eyes, a dark light flashed in his eyes, "It's too bitter."

Nangong Huaxue:?

Nangong Huaxue didn't expect him to say this.

Wang Ji not only said it, but also gently pulled her sleeve, smiling and saying in a soft voice like a spoiled child: "I have been unable to endure bitterness since I was young. This smells so bitter, let alone drinking it."

Nangong Huaxue looked at him and easily saw that he was talking nonsense.

But... as long as you are willing to put in the effort.

Nangong Huaxue was quite pleased with his attitude.

"Forget it then." Nangong Huaxue nodded readily, glanced at the medicine in front of him, thinking that it should not be wasted, so he picked it up and drank it in one gulp.

Nangong Huaxue frowned in pain.

Wang Ji beside her obviously didn't expect her sudden action, and by the time he reacted to stop her, he had already drunk half of it.

"Your Majesty..." Wang Ji pinched both of her cheeks with one hand and forcibly broke the bowl out of her hand, his smile a little unsustainable, "What are you doing?"

"The medicines used are quite precious." Nangong Huaxue looked at him in confusion.

"and then?"

"...It would be a pity if it fell down." Nangong Huaxue didn't think he had done anything wrong and said it was as if it was natural.

Wang Ji narrowed his eyes, and a light flickered in his eyes.

It's this feeling again.

This sense of contradiction...

Wang Ji looked at the emperor. Although the person in front of him was not valued by the old emperor, he had never lacked food, drink and entertainment. Everything the royal family enjoyed was the best of the best, and Yuhua had never been short of food in these years.

Why would a person who grew up in a honeypot, has never been exposed to the wind and rain, and has never experienced poverty and hunger, often behave in ways that are inconsistent with that?

Even if such people really have the idea of ​​frugality and compassion in their hearts, they will inadvertently overlook some points in their daily lives. This is not false compassion, but they simply cannot imagine it.

But she didn't.

Wang Ji’s eyes became darker.

Just like now, emotionally he could feel that she was just like she said, unwilling to waste. But his suspicious nature told him that she was probably pretending, because with her upbringing, she would not realize that this was a waste, and the purpose of her action was to make him drink the bowl of medicine.

Wang Ji didn't say anything, but drank the remaining half bowl and showed her: "Medicine is three-quarters poisonous, Your Majesty should not drink these things casually."

Seeing this, Nangong Huaxue said "Oh", lowered her head, and seemed a little depressed.

Wang Ji frowned slightly, wondering what she was thinking.

"Will you have lunch here?"

Nangong Huaxue looked up and the topic changed again.

"……certainly."

……

"Try this, it's delicious."

Wang Ji looked at the girl with starry eyes in silence, then looked at the food on the plate and closed his eyes.

"What's wrong?" Nangong Huaxue asked curiously when she saw him like this.

"……What's this?"

"Fried silkworm pupae." Nangong Huaxue smiled brightly and pointed at them to introduce them. "This is the pupae of the Tianshan snow silkworm. It's crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. This is the phantom spider. It's delicious."

Nangong Huaxue was not interested in these things at first, but during those few days in his previous life, he accidentally chatted about them with Qingyi. He was a little resistant at the time, but during the war and famine, there was a shortage of food and grass, and he could only eat this to fill his stomach. Later, he liked it.

Now she tries to share it with Wang Ji.

Wang Ji refused several times, but finally failed to get out.

……

"Ah? Pei family and your father?"

At night, Nangong Huaxue rubbed her wet hair, and the heat from her fingertips dried it instantly.

"Do you know?" Qin Xiao was a little surprised.

"Of course. You didn't know?" Nangong Huaxue was also surprised. "This incident was very famous back then."

"What do you mean?" Qin Xiao frowned.

"The Pei family." Nangong Huaxue took a sip of tea and recalled, "I remember hearing that the second young lady of the Pei family in Yangtianzhou - that is, your mother, broke up with the Pei family because she was with your father."

"Is the Pei family very opposed to it?" Qin Xiao sat on the bed in the hotel and looked at her.

"That's quite against it." Nangong Huaxue rolled her eyes, gossiping glittering in her eyes, "Why? Didn't your father tell you?"

"No." Qin Xiao shook his head, "I haven't seen anyone from the Pei family either."

"Speaking of which, the Pei family is really stingy. They haven't even visited your mother for more than ten years." Nangong Huaxue took out a fruit from her ring, took a bite, and said to Qin Xiao, "In fact, the matter is simple. You should have inquired about the Pei family in Yangtianzhou. Compared with them, your family is not even a little bit inferior."

"Your father became famous at a young age. With his talent, he entered the best Qi cultivation academy in Luoyun and became acquainted with your mother. Although he is a genius, the Pei family has many talented children, and their family is well-off, so they look down on your father."

"Your mother was also a leader of her generation. Not only was she beautiful, but she also had a high level of cultivation. Even compared to Luo Yun's genius, she was even better. So... it's actually quite surprising that your father and mother are together."

"The Pei family wanted your mother to marry into the Mu family, which is also a big family in Yangtianzhou. But your mother was stubborn and refused to listen. She insisted on being with your father. So the head of the Pei family announced in anger that he would sever ties with her, remove her name from the family tree, and drive her out of the Pei family."

Speaking of this, Nangong Huaxue's voice became a little deeper: "The Pei family believes that your mother's achievements are all due to the Pei family's training and support over the years. Since your mother does not obey the family's instructions, then take back all the resources of the Pei family and tell her to admit her mistakes when she has figured it out, and then talk about it again."

“So…” Nangong Huaxue secretly observed his expression, unsure of his thoughts, “I never contacted your mother again.”

Qin Xiao lowered his head slightly, his bangs drooping, covering his eyes, making it impossible to see his expression.

"Yeah."

After a while, he nodded and said that he understood.

"What? Have you met anyone from the Pei family?" Nangong Huaxue asked when she saw him like this.

"Yeah." Qin Xiao said casually, and turned to see Qiongqi staring at him and smiling inexplicably.

"I'm going out to dinner with them today and meeting Pei Zhixing." Qin Xiao recalled Mo Hanyu's words and said softly.

"Did he talk to you?"

"No." Qin Xiao crossed his arms and looked at Qiongqi calmly, "He examined me for a while and then turned away."

"Oh..." Nangong Huaxue was far away in the palace, and had only heard about the grudge between them in general, but had not learned much about it in detail. "Then what are you going to do?"

"What should we do?" Unexpectedly, Qin Xiao raised his eyebrows, "Are you talking about what I did to the Pei family?"

"if not?"

"Hmm..." Qin Xiao thought for a moment and shook his head, "That's my father's business. It has nothing to do with me."

Nangong Huaxue was a little surprised by his reaction: "I thought you would be very angry."

"Angry?" Qin Xiao was slightly stunned. "Not really. I just don't like that Pei Zhixing very much."

"Oh? Why?" Nangong Huaxue didn't expect that he would express his likes and dislikes so directly.

"The look in his eyes... I don't like it." Qin Xiao felt annoyed when he thought of the way the man looked at him during the day.

"Pei Zhixing's attribute is fire. Like Xu Qingyun and Bai Shuheng, he can be considered a child of destiny." Nangong Huaxue said, "He's just a few years older."

Qin Xiao nodded: "I understand, thank you."

"Oh, I told you not to thank me." Nangong Huaxue said embarrassedly.

Qin Xiao smiled, chatted with her for a while, and then hung up the phone.

"Is it really nothing?"

After watching the floating figure in front of him disappear, Qiongqi spoke, staring straight at Qin Xiao and asked suddenly.

"What?" Qin Xiao didn't understand.

Qiongqi did not explain. He looked at him deeply, then looked away and closed his eyes again.