Chapter 404: Mad Dog

Who would have thought Mu Yuanzhi's expression hadn't changed at all, she just gave a light smile: "Is that so? Your Highness, did you add honey or fruit juice? Unfortunately I can't taste it at all."

Pei Si laughed heartily: "It's added with scholar tree flower, and it's the scholar tree flower grown in Juechen Valley; after drying, the flavor is almost nonexistent, so it's only natural the Princess can't taste it."

"No wonder, then this tea tastes especially fresh and sweet." Mu Yuanzhi said.

She smiled on the surface, but inside she was cursing this Pei Si, saying these ambiguous words to test what she was up to, wanting to see if she would get angry or scared, or wanting to see her make a fool of herself.

What a nasty man!

"Your Highness!"

A servant hurried in, saw Mu Yuanzhi was also there, and hesitated for a moment.

"Just speak up." Pei Si said.

These people are all from Juechen Valley; whatever they come to report is at most about Juechen Valley affairs, though it's a secret related to him, but it's fine to say.

The servant still hesitated a bit, then whispered softly: "Your Highness, the young master and young lady mistakenly entered the Cool Pavilion……"

"I thought it was some big deal requiring you to be so nervous; it's just a trifle, just bring them out." Pei Si said dismissively.

The servant nodded: "Already brought them out; the young master and young lady are now playing in the side hall."

"What is the Cool Pavilion?" Mu Yuanzhi asked puzzledly.

"It's just a temporary place to confine Xiao Yichen and Ruo Hua." Pei Si said.

The Cool Pavilion is in the side hall; mistakenly entering it isn't strange, since he placed people in the side hall, he doesn't fear them mistakenly entering, and it's not something shameful.

Mu Yuanzhi furrowed her brows: "Wouldn't that be very scary?"

Don't scare her two children!

"Princess, rest assured, one is as good as dead, and the other I haven't tortured yet, so it shouldn't be scary, right?"

Actually, Pei Si isn't entirely clear either.

Mu Yuanzhi was speechless; she got up and said: "I need to go check on them."

"Let's go together."

Mu Yuanzhi hurried to the side hall, saw the two little beans playing chess, looking perfectly normal, and then she breathed a sigh of relief.

"Mother!"

The two of them, upon seeing Mu Yuanzhi, happily ran over.

"You lot, have all the manners you were taught come back? Today you keep running around!" Mu Yuanzhi crossed her arms and put on a stern face.

The little brats immediately stood properly.

Why does Mother keep using that word?

Could it be that their sneaking in earlier to pick up the ball has been discovered?

They turned their gazes to Pei Si, who shrugged innocently.

Wasn't it the Third Prince who betrayed them? Or was it Mother who guessed?

Mother is amazing! No wonder it's her!

The two little ones both gave an embarrassed smile at this moment.

"Don't blame them, I said they could play freely here; I forgot that children seeing such a scene might feel uncomfortable." Pei Si spoke very sincerely, not like he was putting on an act.

Mu Yuanzhi thought this person might really not know what could scare children; otherwise, frightening the two kids would do him no good.

"Forget it, Your Highness didn't mean it, there's no problem now, let's drop it." Mu Yuanzhi said.

"The Princess is magnanimous."

"But Your Highness." Gu Yutong swallowed before saying: "You put such a terrifying guy in your own room, aren't you creeped out?"

She recalled accidentally bumping into that bad guy and bad woman with her older brother just now, and felt creeped out.

They were bored, so they thought of playing hide-and-seek; Your Highness said they could move around freely, so they boldly looked for hiding spots; when it was her turn to hide, she accidentally entered a place called the Cool Pavilion.

Called the Cool Pavilion, she naturally thought it was just an ordinary place, so she boldly pushed open the curtain and entered—who knew that as soon as she went in, she saw the bad guy from that day chained up!

She jumped in fright, instinctively let out a cry, and her older brother heard it and hurried over.

That bad guy looked at her with a grim, terrifying expression, as if he wanted to eat her raw, as frightening as a ghost!

Her older brother was also frightened upon seeing the bad guy, after all, unlike her, he had actually been tied up by that bad guy; seeing them scared, the bad guy grew more smug, making a move to rise, which frightened them greatly.

The bad guy also asked if they had seen the bad woman nearby; the bad woman is their fate, and he wants to seize them!

But fortunately, in the end the older brother was calmer, saw through the bad guy's empty bluster—he was actually useless, relying only on a glib tongue.

After knowing the truth she wasn't afraid anymore, but still felt creeped out.

Pei Si said to Gu Yutong: "Of course not afraid; evil cannot prevail over good, and besides, my martial arts are strong—subduing those two bad guys is no problem."

Mu Yuanzhi, hearing that, looked at Pei Si.

Is Pei Si's combat power high?

She also doesn't know, having never seen Pei Si fight.

Gu Yutong listened and then nodded: "But Your Highness, you still need to be careful, after all, the higher the Dao, the higher the demon."

"Young Master cares so much about me—did you know I specially ordered people to make a few more plates of snacks?"

"There's still snacks?!"

The two siblings, upon hearing, instantly had their eyes light up.

Mu Yuanzhi: "No eating that much."

"Mother! After we finish eating, we'll double our training!"

"Exactly! It won't just add fat!"

"Children are at the age to grow their bodies; Princess, don't be so strict." Pei Si had the servant bring up the snacks.

Mu Yuanzhi was about to rebut Pei Si that eating too many sweets causes cavities, when she heard Xiao Yichen's voice from the Cool Pavilion: "A Zhi! A Zhi, are you?! Did you come to see me?!"

……

As soon as Mu Yuanzhi heard Xiao Yichen's voice, she felt like vomiting. She suggested, 'Your Highness really ought to seal his mouth, so it doesn't disturb your peace.'

Pei Si just laughed: 'Unlike you, Princess, I enjoy hearing dogs bark; the louder the helpless mad dog barks, the happier I am.'

But I don't like it; the mad dog's barking annoys me, so I'm leaving first.' Mu Yuanzhi told the two siblings, 'Pack the snacks to go; we'll eat them back home.'

The little rascals glanced at the protagonist Pei Si, and only after getting his assent did they nod and agree.

'A Zhi! A Zhi, why won't you come in to see me?!'

'It's too scary, we need to leave quickly.' Gu Yutong whispered to Mu Yumo, still turning his head to look toward the Cool Pavilion, as if afraid the mad dog inside would break its chains and rush out to attack them.

Pei Si waved at them: 'Princess, take your leave; I'll wait for your good news.'

What this good news refers to goes without saying.

Xiao Yichen didn't know that Mu Yuanzhi and the others had already left; he kept shouting inside.

Pei Si let him shout, paying no attention, until Cao Cixiu returned, and Xiao Yichen was still yelling inside, tirelessly.

'Where did you run off to? Just now those two little beans ran in, luckily they weren't frightened, otherwise it would have been trouble.'