Thrown out of the house, the wet nurse enters the noble household and becomes a person of high statu

Sunlight filtered through the light blue curtains. When Liu Wenying woke up, Pei Yaojun was still asleep.

He wrapped one arm tightly around her waist, holding her close in his arms, as if afraid she might be stolen away in the middle of the night.

Liu Wenying carefully moved his arm away, her movements very gentle.

But just as he sat up, before his legs had even extended off the edge of the bed, a low, hoarse murmur came from behind him.

"Where to...?"

She felt a tightness around her waist as he pulled her back, her back hitting his warm chest.

"Lie down a little longer, sweetie."

He mumbled incoherently, but his hand had already slid restlessly to her waist.

Liu Wenying turned her head and met his half-open, sleepy eyes.

The morning light shone through the gauze curtains onto her face, casting a light brown hue over her eyes, in which a tiny image of him could be seen.

Immediately afterwards, Pei Yaojun's kiss landed on his lips.

With the languor of just waking up and an instinctive longing, the kiss was deep and lingering.

"Third Master, stop fooling around, we have important business to attend to today..."

Liu Wenying finally managed to find an opening and pushed him away.

"I'm off today, I don't have anything important to do." He said matter-of-factly, and then reached out to grab her.

"I have important business to attend to, it concerns Third Master."

She deftly dodged, got off the bed barefoot, turned to look at him, and said, "Third Master, please get up."

Pei Yaojun propped himself up, his muscles bathed in the morning light, clearly defined and incredibly striking.

"What important business is it that concerns me?"

"You'll know when you get up."

Liu Wenying pulled him to sit up, put on his nightgown, and pressed him to the dressing table by the window.

The bronze mirror reflected his disheveled, dark hair, which lacked the usual dashing air of a high ponytail and instead exuded a more unrestrained and wild charm.

He looked at her in the mirror, raising an eyebrow slightly. "What is Yingying up to?"

"I'll braid your hair."

Last time he was just idly braiding her hair, but this time Liu Wenying is serious.

She stood behind him, picked up a comb, and gently combed through his long hair.

Pei Yaojun's hair is on the stiffer side but very smooth, feeling like a piece of dark satin in your hand.

She had never combed a man's hair before, and her usually nimble fingers began to become unruly.

The first pass was too loose, the second pass was too tight, and Liu Wenying was not satisfied, so she kept fiddling with it.

Throughout the entire process, Pei Yaojun remained motionless, letting her do as she pleased, and didn't utter a sound even when a few strands of his hair were occasionally pulled out.

This startled Liu Wenying, who felt extremely guilty.

"alright!"

Liu Wenying finally finished tying her hair up and breathed a sigh of relief, but it wasn't completely over yet.

"Please close your eyes, Third Master."

Pei Yaojun frowned. "You want me to close my eyes again?"

"It'll only be for a little while."

"No one else would dare to order me around like this, except for you."

Pei Yaojun groaned, but still closed his eyes as instructed.

Liu Wenying then took out a hair ribbon from the dressing box on the dressing table. It was three fingers wide and two feet long, made of the finest brocade, and dyed vermilion, like the color of a battle flag in the army.

The hairband was carefully tied, the vermilion color contrasting against the black hair, exuding a bold and unrestrained style.

She stepped back a few paces, examined him for a moment, and nodded in satisfaction. "Third Master, open your eyes."

Pei Yaojun opened his eyes and saw the crimson hair ribbon on his head in the mirror, and he was overjoyed.

"Did you make this?"

Liu Wenying nodded, "I made it myself, using silkworms from Zhiyun Manor. I also did the silk reeling, weaving, and dyeing. It took a lot of effort, but luckily it suits Third Master very well."

She gently touched the faded bracelet on Pei Yaojun's wrist; he couldn't bear to take it off even when he was taking a shower or going to bed.

"This needs replacing. It's so old and worn out, yet you still wear it like it's a treasure."

Pei Yaojun, unusually, withdrew his hand, preventing her from touching it, saying, "It's a treasure, I won't take it off."

Not only that, he went even further, pulling her down and kissing her deeply.

"Third Master, you said we had serious business to discuss, we're not done yet..."

"It's important..." he mumbled, his kisses sliding from her lips to behind her ear and collarbone. "This is important."

There are countless treasures in the world, but none can compare to the effort she put into them over the past few months. How could he not be moved?

My heart was overflowing with emotions, and I could no longer restrain myself.

"Pei... um!"

As the morning light gently fell, the two returned to the curtained space, oblivious to the passing of time.

……

When the clouds dispersed and the rain stopped, the sun outside the window had risen much higher, and birds were chirping.

Pei Yaojun lay on his side, propping his head up with one hand and casually stroking Liu Wenying's loose black hair on the pillow with the other.

He was well-fed, energetic, and showed no sign of fatigue.

Liu Wenying, on the other hand, couldn't resist at all. She fell into a deep sleep with her head on his other arm, her cheeks still flushed.

He looked down at her, and the corners of his lips unconsciously turned up.

She was exceptionally quiet when she slept, her eyelashes occasionally fluttering like butterfly wings gently closing, her lips slightly swollen and red, yet like a begonia after the rain, even more delicate and beautiful.

Pei Yaojun lay down, intending to change his position, when suddenly something poked his waist.

Reaching out to touch it, I came across something cold and hard with tassels.

Pei Yaojun took it out and saw that it was a mutton fat jade pendant with openwork carvings.

Unexpectedly, Yingying placed his jade pendant under her pillow and kept it close to her every night.

Pei Yaojun wanted to put it back on the pillow, but after looking at it carefully, he was stunned.

The hollowed-out area is carved with the character "钰".

His brows furrowed slowly, but he managed to hold back his anger.

But when he put it back, he touched something hard again.

When you take it out, it's the same mutton fat jade, the same shape, but the openwork part is engraved with the character "玄".

His eyebrows were furrowed into a deep frown.

I kept touching it and finally found the third jade pendant in the innermost corner. The character "钧" was engraved in the hollow part.

All three pieces were carved from the same piece of jade, with identical color, texture, and carving technique.

The only difference is the three different characters in the cutout: Jun, Yu, and Xuan.

But now, the three jade pendants lie neatly under her pillow, keeping her company day and night.

Jealousy burned in his heart like a flame, and Pei Yaojun lowered his head to kiss and bite her lips.

Liu Wenying was fast asleep when she was disturbed and woken up.

She sobbed and tried to get away, but he held her face in his hands and she couldn't escape.

She continued until she couldn't breathe and groggily opened her eyes.

"Third Master, what's wrong?" The voice was muffled, and the eyes were glazed.

Pei Yaojun did not pull away, but slightly lifted his lips away from hers, his nose touching hers.

"Yingying, do you think I'm good?"

Liu Wenying was so sleepy that her eyelids were barely open, and she had no energy to discern the trap in his tone. "Okay..."

"In your heart, is someone else better, or am I better?"

Liu Wenying instinctively shrank her neck and casually replied, "Of course, Third Master is better."

Otherwise, her back would have been broken...

Normally, Pei Yaojun would have been satisfied and let her go with this answer.

But after he finished speaking, he didn't stop. Instead, he chuckled, his voice carrying a dangerous undertone.

"Wrong answer."

"Huh?"

Liu Wenying glanced at the three jade pendants on the bedside table, and her sleepiness vanished instantly.

She tried to explain, but he silenced her with a kiss.

Liu Wenying realized that no matter what she chose, he would spoil her rotten.

"Third Master, are you even being reasonable?"

"I won't speak. I'm a military officer, and I don't study the classics."

"You clearly read it—"

"I forgot."

Liu Wenying was so exhausted that she begged for mercy, panting heavily.

"Third Master is the best, Third Master is the best, please let me go..."

Upon hearing this, Pei Yaojun, regardless of whether she was forced by him, finally smiled.

Liu Wenying thought she was about to be let off, but then she heard him say, "Well answered, I'll reward you with myself."

The sunlight outside the window was just right, and the scenery was beautiful. I probably won't see Liu Wenying all day.

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