Husband, Be A Gentleman Chapter 14

Chapter Fourteen

Su Yue was banished from Pei Jin's manor .

Yan Shi Ning reflected on Pei Jin's plan and she frowned . She followed his plan but he gave her a surprise . Indeed he asked Su Yue to bring a bowl of herbal soup to her . As planned there was no poison in the herbal soup, but there was a poison powder in her fingernails . When she was blowing on the spoon of herbal soup, she slipped the poison into the bowl to frame Su Yue . What she didn't expect was that the same poison was found in Su Yue's chamber .

The poison in Yan Shi Ning's hand was given to her by Pei Jin . After Bei Dou examined the poison found in Su Yue's chamber it was the same poison as the poison Pei Jin gave her . Initially she thought Pei Jin framed Su Yue by putting the bottle of poison in Su Yue's chamber . But she saw Su Yue's guilty expression and she realised the poison did belong to Su Yue . She suspected that Pei Jin knew long ago that Su Yue hid poison in Su Yue's chamber . That meant someone wanted to harm Pei Jin and Pei Jin used his enemy's poison to deflect his enemy's scheme . She was impressed by how calculating Pei Jin could be .

Yan Shi Ning wasn't certain if Su Yue's poison was intended to harm her or Pei Jin . Also, she didn't know if Su Yue bought the poison on her own or someone secretly gave it to Su Yue . Perhaps someone at Huang Guo's manor was involved .

Yan Shi Ning remembered what Pei Jin whispered in her ear and her heart stirred immensely .

After the maids left the chamber, Pei Jin held her wrists .

'Big brother, what are you doing?' Yan Shi Ning asked and failed to free her wrists .

Pei Jin waved a small scissors in front of Yan Shi Ning . 'Cutting your fingernails . It's too dangerous to keep the poison in your fingernails for a long time . '

In the past Yan Shi Ning hated having long fingernails and kept her fingernails short . But after she entered the Yan Manor, Yan Shi Ting criticized her fingernails were ugly so she kept them long .

Yan Shi Ning wasn't depressed Pei Jin was cutting her fingernails . But a strange feeling stirred in her heart while Pei Jin was holding her hands and cutting her fingernails .

Pei Jin wasn't satisfied to only cut Yan Shi Ning's fingernails . He dipped her hands in a basin of warm water .

'Big brother, there was only a little poison in my fingernails,' Yan Shi Ning said . 'You already cut my fingernails, there's no need to soak my hands . '

'It's an extra precaution,' Pei Jin said . 'What if you accidently put it in your mouth? What am I going to do if I lose little lion?'

Yan Shi Ning played dead .

After a long time Yan Shi Ning picked up a fan and she sat down at a table .

'When did you start taking a fan with you everywhere you go?' Pei Jin asked . 'It's cooler now . '

A fan had many purposes . A fan was pleasant to look at, it hid Yan Shi Ning's mouth when she was eating snacks or yawning . If she wanted to act vibrant and youthful she used it to chase butterflies . If it was a hot day she would use it to cool her body, it also shielded her from sunlight and rain . Yan Shi Ting had borrowed her fan to hide blood stains on Yan Shi Ting's dress .

The main purpose Yan Shi Ning carried a fan everywhere she went since she arrived in the imperial city was to appear like a lady . But she couldn't let Pei Jin know the real reason .

'Ninth prince, don't you have something to explain to me?' Yan Shi Ning asked to deflect Pei Jin's question .

Pei Jin sat beside Yan Shi Ning and he picked up a cup of tea . 'Wife, what do you want to know?'

'Ninth prince, how did you know there was poison in Su Yue's chamber?' Yan Shi Ning asked .

Pei Jin drank a sip of tea and sighed . 'It appears there are some things I can't fool my wife . '

Yan Shi Ning tapped her fingers impatiently for Pei Jin to explain .

Pei Jin put the cup down . 'If your husband doesn't know what everyone is hiding in their chambers then your husband would have reincarnated long ago . '

Pei Jin spoke in a teasing tone, but Yan Shi Ning understood . Before she married Pei Jin, she knew two dragon princes wanted to sit on the dragon throne . Pei Jin didn't want to be emperor, but he wouldn't escape unscathed . There would be spies sent to Pei Jin's manor, which was why she only showed her real self if she was alone with Pei Jin otherwise she would act like a lady .

Pei Jin's manor looked like a tranquil place, but it was a deadly battlefield . Yan Shi Ning feared in the future she needed to be more cautious .

End of Chapter Fourteen

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