"Hmm...maybe?"

  Yun Yan stared at her with round eyes, "Second Sister, do you like that adult?"

   "..." Yun Si was surprised by her acuity at such a young age, "You—can you see it?"

  Is she acting so obvious?

  Xiao Yunyan thought for a while, then shook her head, "I don't know."

  She is still young, in her concept, there are only likes and dislikes between people.

   You either like it or you don't, it's that simple.

   "Big sister seems to like him too, but I don't."

  She wrinkled her little nose, "I think he is a bad person."

   "..." Yun Si smiled slightly, "Is it because of what Dad said just now?"

  Children are easily influenced by their parents.

  When her parents scolded a person fiercely in front of her face, she would naturally be affected when she heard it, and she subconsciously resisted it.

  Xiao Yunyan nodded, "Daddy said he is a bad person, I believe Daddy."

   "Second sister, don't like that lord either. If he comes next time, let's hide and don't let him find you, okay?"

  Yun Si hooked her lips, and touched her little head, "This is not allowed."

  Xiao Yunyan, who originally thought she would agree, was taken aback, "Why not?"

   "Because..." She twirled slowly and shallowly, "You have to meet that lord to know how bad he really is, don't you think?"

  Xiao Yunyan's clean eyes showed confusion, "How bad is it?"

   how bad...how bad...

  She didn't understand, "It's just very bad. Daddy said he was very bad, a big bad guy."

   "So," Yun Si smiled, "Seeing is believing, I want to see it with my own eyes."

   "..." Xiao Yunyan grabbed her hand, dazed.

  …

  …

  …

   It was already night when we returned to the palace.

  The sun set and night fell, the carriage returning to the palace stopped at the Imperial Concubine Palace.

  In the palace, the lights are lit.

  Pei Tingwen accompanied the imperial concubine and the fourth prince back to the palace. When she landed, the imperial concubine was supported by him who was the first to get out of the car. She casually glanced at the belt around his waist.

  He used to wear his jade pendant there, which was given to him by an eminent monk when he was a child, saying that it would keep him safe and that his life would be smooth and worry-free.

  He wears it all the time on weekdays, and rarely leaves his body, why today...

   "Where's your jade pendant?"

   She dropped to the ground and asked.

  Pei Tingwen is her youngest brother, and also her only remaining biological brother.

  The Pei family has joined the army for generations, serving the country bravely, and the young men they gave birth to all died on the battlefield one by one.

   Until now, he is the only male in the family.

   Therefore, Pei Guanlan cherishes his younger brother very much, and always cares about everything, lest he make a mistake.

  Pei Tingwen supported her, with a casual and lazy tone, as if he didn't care at all, "I'm giving it away."

   "Send it to someone? To whom?"

   "A child," he withdrew his hand and carried it behind his back, "it's very cute, so I'll give it to her."

  Pei Guanlan frowned, "This was given to you by Master Huineng back then. It was a blessing that could keep you safe. Did you give it away?"

  When he was young, he was in poor health, weak and sickly, often took medicine, and he gradually recovered after wearing a jade pendant.

  In these years, he has almost never been sick, and he can recover quickly when he is injured. Presumably, the jade pendant is at work to keep him healthy and safe.

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