Chapter 80
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Zhuyou couldn’t resist being a bit more reckless.
He deliberately made his father go to bed early, an hour earlier than the agreed-upon time. During this hour, he could turn two days in the dream.
Dealing with the emperor’s demonic aura only required a moment. The rest, of course, was to satisfy his wicked thoughts.
Zhuyou had already figured out how to explain this.
It was his first time entering a dream, not yet skilled, so he was unusually clear-headed and couldn’t figure it out.
If his father still didn’t forgive him, then he could only resort to a feigned surrender.
In any case, he now regarded himself as that young marquis who killed his father and married his mother in historical tales.
Pei Yunshu’s forehead bulged, “What did you say?”
Zhuyou laughed heartily, stepping back. He walked to the side, casually picked up a spear, and skillfully demonstrated some moves.
“Stepmother,” he raised his chin, his gaze lingering around Pei Yunshu’s waist for a while, saying, “Still comparing?”
How could he compete with the dream’s master?
He could win or lose as he pleased. Pei Yunshu had firmly gripped the sword, but in the blink of an eye, it was in Zhuyou’s hands.
Pei Yunshu wisely decided, “Not competing.”
He turned and left, a path opening up for him in the crowd. Pei Yunshu had a cold expression, and these people dared not speak loudly, only whispering quietly.
“The new lady surrendered.”
“How can she not surrender? Now the entire Marquis’s residence is under the control of the young marquis. If you want to live well, you have to give the young marquis face.”
Well, this rebellious son still took advantage of his power in the dream.
Pei Yunshu was angered to tears.
He turned around and gave Zhuyou a warning glance. In Zhuyou’s eyes, this look made him unable to help but take a step forward, but he quickly stopped.
His gaze followed Pei Yunshu until his figure was hidden by the flowers and trees. Only then did he snicker.
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Pei Yunshu followed a servant’s lead, leaving the Marquis’s residence and heading towards the direction of the imperial palace.
The farther away from the Marquis’s residence, the more he could escape the control of the dream’s master. When he reached the imperial palace, Pei Yunshu could already conceal his figure and walk around openly.
He arrived at the Fragrant Sandalwood Hall, where he had seen the emperor two days ago. Upon entering, he found no one inside. After searching for a while, he finally found the emperor sound asleep in a secluded palace.
Pei Yunshu walked in to see, and sure enough, on the right index finger of the emperor, there was a ring embedded with a red gem.
The black aura inside the red gem circulated like flowing water. The demonic energy on it was already visible to the naked eye, entwining around the emperor’s legs and slowly crawling upward.
Pei Yunshu’s expression became serious. Immediately, he took out the Buddha light needle from his storage bag, held the emperor’s right hand, passed through his fingers, and cut the ring in two.
The Buddha’s aura on this fine needle was as effective as cutting through butter when dealing with demonic beings. Pei Yunshu wrapped the black water from the ring with a talisman and put it into a magical artifact inscribed with spells, suppressing it. When everything was done, he could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
Without the ring on his finger, the emperor’s breath suddenly lightened. His eyelashes trembled, as if he was about to wake up from the dream.
Pei Yunshu let him continue to sleep, holding his chin and staring at the lingering demonic energy on him. He wanted to help to the end, but the emperor was, after all, an ordinary person. The demonic energy could be handed over to the abbot, who could purify it day by day through chanting.
After deciding, Pei Yunshu didn’t hesitate. After leaving the imperial palace, he found an inn to rest in. He sat in the room, meditating, waiting for the dream to end.
Half an hour later, suddenly, there was a commotion outside. Pei Yunshu opened his eyes, listened intently, and heard the voices of a group of young people. Listening closely, he even recognized Zhuyou’s voice among them.
“Little Marquis, why do you have the mood to come out and play today? You even brought us to such an unknown inn.”
Zhuyou brought a group of people to the room where Pei Yunshu was resting. After blocking the way, he didn’t bother to knock. He leaned against the door, shouting to the group outside, “Yesterday, the new lady who came to the mansion, my father just left today, and she ran out to flirt around everywhere. What should we do?”
Inside the room, Pei Yunshu tried to remain calm, closing his eyes to meditate.
With one blink, he saw his Nascent Soul. The Nascent Soul was so furious that it grabbed the leaves above its head, saying, “Hit him! Hit him!”
Pei Yunshu said, “I also want to hit him, but he is the master of the dream.”
The Nascent Soul was so angry that it plucked a leaf from the April Snow Tree.
“Don’t be angry,” Pei Yunshu calmly spoke to himself, “I’m not angry at all.”
Outside, someone was really giving suggestions to Zhuyou, “Young Marquis, your little lady is really not obedient. To prevent him from having inappropriate thoughts, you should teach him a lesson.”
Zhuyou was interested in this, “How should I teach him?”
“Hit him.”
“But my little lady has fair skin, tender enough to pinch out water,” Zhuyou said, “if I hit him, it would leave marks. What if he thinks I’m handsome and wants to use those marks to falsely accuse me of improper behavior?”
Pei Yunshu thought, “Is this something a person should say?”
But surprisingly, Zhuyou’s group of friends nodded in agreement, and after thinking for a while, said, “Young Marquis is right.”
“Yes, our Young Marquis is handsome, graceful, and charming. His appearance is unmatched in the world. He is admired by countless people in the capital.”
“Such an excellent Young Marquis is still unmarried, and there is not even a concubine in the mansion.”
“Young Marquis values affection and righteousness. If he likes someone, he will definitely treat that person well.”
“It’s a great fortune to be liked by Young Marquis.”
These people outside the door were talking endlessly, and Pei Yunshu became increasingly annoyed. In the end, he got out of bed and forcefully opened the door.
Zhuyou, leaning on the door, swiftly propped himself against the door frame. He looked at Pei Yunshu, who unexpectedly walked out without any warning. His face wore a smile that seemed like a smirk, “Little lady unexpectedly in the inn, I wonder who you’re waiting for?”
Pei Yunshu’s expressionless face said, “You disturbed my peace.”
The others were momentarily speechless, then they joined Zhuyou, saying, “Young Marquis, your little lady’s temper is indeed not small.”
Zhuyou nodded approvingly, “Indeed, the temper is not small.”
Pei Yunshu gripped the two doors with both hands, not giving the young marquis any face. While they were still talking incessantly, he closed the door.
In the moment before closing it, a hand pressed against the door.
The strength of this hand was immense, forcibly resisting the closing door, pushing it open more and more. Finally, one hand pushed the door, and another hand grabbed Pei Yunshu’s hand through the gap.
“Little lady,” Pei Yunshu was pulled into his arms, “are you trying to shut me out?”
Pei Yunshu couldn’t break free from him. He saw Zhuyou’s fox-like friends looking at him in surprise, and shame flooded his heart. With clever eyes closed, he pretended to faint.
Holding the feigned unconscious little lady, Zhuyou, in a few large strides, left his fox-like friends behind. In a hurry, he returned to the mansion.
Passing by the people in the mansion, Zhuyou placed Pei Yunshu on the bed and, watching him pretend to faint, Zhuyou felt a tickle in his throat.
He lowered his head and lightly blew a breath into Pei Yunshu’s ear, “Little lady?”
Pei Yunshu, afraid that he might say something inappropriate again, tightly closed his eyes, pretending not to hear.
Zhuyou chuckled, “Fainted, huh.”
In Pei Yunshu’s mind, he thought, “I have fainted. I don’t want to see you or hear you. Why don’t you leave?”
Zhuyou said, “Fainting is good.”
He stroked Pei Yunshu’s face, lifted his body, and removed his outer clothes.
Then, he lifted the hem of the inner clothes, and his fingers reached in.
Pei Yunshu grabbed his hand, startled, and sat up directly, glaring at Zhuyou with fiery eyes, “What are you doing?”
Zhuyou’s fingers were still at his waist, and Pei Yunshu tightly held his fingers, trying to remove his hand. With all his strength, Zhuyou remained as solid as a rock, not budging an inch.
Only at this moment did Pei Yunshu feel that he had grown up.
In just over half a month, the once cuddly Zhuyou, who used to lie in his arms, embracing his neck, and playfully calling him “Dad,” had truly grown up.
Feeling a bit melancholic, Pei Yunshu softened his voice, “Zhuyou, stop fooling around. Dad has already taken care of things; let’s dispel the dreamscape.”
He needed to hold both of Zhuyou’s hands to barely resist the mischief of the one hand, and Zhuyou raised an eyebrow, “Is little lady misbehaving again?”
He got on the bed, his entire body pressing down on Pei Yunshu, casting a shadow over him underneath.
“This time, punish the little lady,” he deliberately intensified his nasal breath, “punish her for having illicit s*x with me behind father’s back.”
“If little lady doesn’t agree, then I will tell the public that you seduced me. If the little lady is willing,” he smiled, “we will kill dad together, and I will be your husband, okay?”
Pei Yunshu’s face was ugly, and he looked at Zhuyou in shock and anger.
Zhuyou looked at him for a moment, then suddenly jumped down from the bed. He picked up Pei Yunshu’s coat and covered it in front of him. He said casually: “My dear, please don’t take my words seriously. I’m just here to test and see if you have a change in heart. My little lady behaved well. She was not tempted at all by such a handsome face like mine.”
At the end of his words, Pei Yunshu almost felt as if he was gnashing his teeth.
Zhuyou quickly walked out of the door and took away Pei Yunshu’s clothes. Pei Yunshu sat on the bed in a daze for a long time, then got off the ground, looked around twice, and called out: “Someone come.”
A maid came in and Pei Yunshu asked, “Where is this?”
The maid said: “Madam, this is the young marquis’s room.”
Pei Yunshu’s heart skipped a beat. He leaned against the wall and had to think more.
He asked Zhuyou to study and get to know children in the world, just to let him understand some etiquette, justice and integrity.
But now, clearly Zhuyou doesn’t remember anything, clearly Zhuyou meant it sincerely when he called him “daddy”, but did he actually have such thoughts about his “daddy”?
Pei Yunshu knew that they were not father and son, but Zhuyou didn’t know that. In Zhuyou’s eyes, they were father and son. Even if they were father and son, how could he do such a thing to him?
The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became.
Pei Yunshu swallowed and felt that it was not suitable to stay here for a long time, so he ordered the maid: “Please bring me some clothes.”
After the maid left, Pei Yunshu thought that he also had clothes in his storage bag, so he took out one and put it on. After tidying himself up, he decided it was better to stay away from Zhuyou as soon as possible.
It’s okay to face the recovered Zhuyou, but he really didn’t dare to face the little Zhuyou who he brought up since childhood.
He was such a well-behaved child, smiled so cutely and was so obedient, why did he have such thoughts?
Pei Yunshu was puzzled.
But he obviously couldn’t escape this time.
Zhuyou and his people blocked the front of the house. His face was expressionless and his eyes were fixed on Pei Yunshu like a snake.
“Where do you want to go, little lady?”
Pei Yunshu frowned, “Can’t I go out yet?”
Zhuyou sneered twice and asked the people behind him to come forward. Behind him stood a dozen people, each holding a jar of wine in their arms. Zhuyou said: “I originally wanted to pretend to be my father after I got drunk and turn the raw rice into cooked rice with you, but I didn’t expect that you would want to escape from my side. That’s all, no need for drinks, I want to be sober, so you sober up and see how your son loves you. “
Pei Yunshu was extremely angry: “Why are you so shameless? I have never seen such a shameless person!”
“My dear, you can still use twenty-one words to scold me. You are really energetic.” Zhuyou’s dark eyes were deep and the corners of his mouth were raised. It was obvious that he was smiling, but it made people’s hair stand on end. “Then young lady will be on the bed with me. Let’s spend twenty-one days together.”
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