Chapter 89 Really good at playing

"I saw it at Changxingfang on Lantern Festival night."

"Ok?"

"You and your brother and nine other people killed the Sima and guards around His Royal Highness Prince Liang, then set the fire, and took away the couple of Ji Liang, a minor official from the West Market Office."

Hearing this, Li Yuanhui felt relieved. This person was definitely not sent by King Liang.

"Miss Pei, why don't you just speak frankly and tell me what you want Li to do."

Li Yuanhui sat down while talking. The charcoal hot pot on the table was already on. He ignored Pei Yu sitting opposite him and started cooking the mutton slices.

Thanks to the "inventions" of the time travelers, this era has milk tea, fried chicken, stir-fried dishes, cakes, and strong liquor, not to mention hot pot.

"I want you to help me break up my engagement with King Liang."

The mutton slices, cut as thin as cicada wings, were cooked in just a few shabu-shabu strokes. They tasted very good when dipped in the sauce. Li Yuanhui ate half a plate of shabu-shabu meat before looking up and asking.

"I don't know why Miss Pei wants to cancel her engagement with King Liang. And why do you think I can help you with this matter?"

Pei Yu, who had been standing for a long time, also sat opposite him, frowned slightly and said in a cold voice: "Li Silang, don't say you don't know who King Liang is. Which woman is willing to marry such a tyrannical and cruel man? If you don't help me, aren't you afraid that I will spread this matter?"

"Hahahahahahaha, do you think this can threaten me?"

".No, it's my request."

Pei Yu's voice was still cold, but his tone was inevitably more earnest.

Li Yuanhui was still eating hotpot alone and did not respond for a long time, as if there was no one sitting opposite him. Pei Yu just kept staring at him.

"I can't help you with this matter. The Saint personally chose you, and now that King Liang is in decline, if you want to cancel the marriage, the Saint will think that your Pei family is trying to climb up the social ladder and bully the weak. The Saint doesn't like Murong Zan and can suppress him at will, but you, the Pei family, can't."

I put down my chopsticks, took a sip of the spicy wine, and felt completely clear-headed.

After listening to Li Yuanhui's words, Pei Yu looked him straight in the eye and said, "I know all this. It's because my father and uncle wouldn't agree that I want you to help me. You're the only one I can think of. Because you're the enemy of King Liang. I've heard about this northern tour. You were forced to go to Jinyang because of King Liang's advice."

Li Yuanhui smiled and said, "So what? What does this have to do with your marriage? You have many ways to avoid marriage, but you are reluctant to use them, right?"

Pei Yu said angrily, "So what?"

Li Yuanhui continued, "You still want to cancel the engagement, and you don't want the Pei family to be affected. You're also afraid that you'll have a bad reputation that will affect your future marriage. Do you think it's possible? Besides, do you think you can threaten me with Shang Yuanye's incident? You're really overthinking it. I just killed a few assassins of Murong Zan. Even if someone finds out, so what? At most, I'll be dismissed from office. But if this matter is leaked from you, who do you think that madman Liang Wang will trouble? He will marry you into his family no matter what, and then what will happen to you? Haha, you can guess it yourself."

Upon hearing this, Pei Yu looked angrily at Li Yuanhui who was sitting opposite him, his face looking terribly cold.

"Don't act like that. Born in the Pei family of Wenxi, you know at least ten ways to avoid marrying Murong Zan, such as contracting a serious disease, being disfigured, or going crazy. This will not only avoid the suspicion of the saint, but also prevent your Pei family from being affected too much. It's just that if you want to arrange a marriage in the future, you may not be able to find a good family. You can't have it all. It doesn't make sense."

"Why?" Li Yuanhui ignored her and continued to eat the meat, totally unconcerned about the tears streaming from the eyes of the woman opposite him and her icy gaze.

A few moments passed in the blink of an eye. I took out the meat, dipped it in the sauce and put it in my mouth. I felt very satisfied.

"Why!"

Pei Yu asked again.

Li Yuanhui didn't put down his chopsticks until he had scooped out all the meat from the pot. Then he said:

"You ask me why? I wasn't the one who granted the marriage. Miss Pei, you are the direct descendant of the Pei family in Wenxi. You have been living a life of luxury since childhood and have been loved by your elders. Have you ever thought about those good girls who were harmed by King Liang? Most of them lost their families. Who can they ask why? The minor official Ji Liang has to leave his hometown now. Who can he ask why? How many people die every day in the world from wars, famines, and epidemics? Why do you say? Why do they deserve to die? How many girls of your age have to sell themselves to brothels just to have a meal every day? Do you know how much a person is worth? Just a few loads of grain. Tell me, why?"

After finishing speaking, Li Yuanhui stood up, turned around and left, took two steps and turned back to say:
"As for the matter of Shangyuan Night, if you are not afraid of implicating the Pei family, just say whatever you want and see who dies first."

Li Yuanhui turned and left, but his last words completely broke Pei Yuze's defense. He no longer had his usual cold and aloof look and lay on the table crying.

After Li Yuanhui walked out, Pei Qing, the maid who was waiting outside the door, came in and immediately became annoyed when she saw Pei Yu's look.

"Wu Niang, did Li Silang bully you? I'll go find him."

After saying that, she was about to go and cause trouble for Li Yuanhui with the sword in hand, but Pei Yu grabbed her and shook his head vigorously.

"It's none of his business, I'm just being self-righteous"

"What on earth is going on?"

"Stop asking."

Maid Pei Qing didn't know why Pei Yu asked Li Yuanhui out, and naturally didn't know what happened on Lantern Festival. She thought Pei Yu was interested in Li Silang and was...
Li Yuanhui and Han Quan went downstairs and sat in the empty seat next to Liu Xuanji. Li Yuanhui gestured to Han Quan to sit down. Liu Xuanji was a little confused, but knew that there should be nothing to worry about, so he asked the waiter to bring some meat.

The three of them ate and talked, and Han Quan asked with gossip, "Silang, this person who asked you to meet should be a young lady, right?"

Li Yuanhui glanced at him and said, "Don't ask questions that you shouldn't ask." Han Quan chuckled twice, stopped talking and started eating.

Liu Xuanji was a little confused and asked, "Young lady?"

Li Yuanhui shook his head. "He is not from Qi County, nor is he from Jianghuai. Anyway, you don't have to take it to heart. You can talk to him when you have the chance in the future."

After replenishing his appetite with Liu Xuanji, Li Yuanhui finally felt satiated and asked Han Quanhui to settle the bill. The three of them prepared to leave, but before they stood up, Pei Yu and the maid Pei Qing came downstairs, took a look at this side, and left without any expression.

Li Yuanhui sneered, but Han Quan took a few more glances. He naturally realized that although Pei Yu and Pei Qing were both wearing men's clothes, they were actually women, and they were obviously daughters of officials. He thought they dressed up specially for a tryst with Li Yuanhui.

But there is no bed in the private room, right? Why did they have to meet in a restaurant? I wonder which girl she is from, she really knows how to have fun.
(End of this chapter)