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Dan Qing Han suddenly woke up from her dream and saw red curtains in front of him. The dragon and phoenix candles were still burning and the light outside her window was already brightening. There was a faint knock on the door, "Master, it's time to get up and prepare to go to the court."

Dan Qing Han turned her head to the side and met Pei Sheng's eagle-like eyes. It seemed that she had woken up for a good while.

Pei Sheng looked down at her awakening and asked: "Did I wake you up?"

Dan Qing Han shook her head and laughed: "I had a dream."

Pei Sheng said: "You dreamed of me?"

Dan Qing Han was surprised: "How did you know?"

Pei Sheng caressed her smooth shoulders with his finger, his eyes shining with a bright light, "You called out my name in your dreams."

Dan Qing Han was embarrassed, "Really?"

Seeing her like this, Pei Sheng smiled, bent over, and kissed her on the lips: "I was lying to you." He then stood up, put on a robe and said to the outside, "Come in."

The door creaked open, and Zi Yu led a few servants in entering softly. Dan Qing Han felt that the commotion from last night was huge, and embarrassedly crawled into her bed, listening attentively to the movements in the house.

After Pei Sheng washed up, he glanced at Dan Qing Han who was hiding under the bed, but was nowhere to be seen, so he walked to the side of the bed and pulled her out, "What are you doing hiding under the bed?"

"Sleep." Dan Qing Han said with a little guilty conscience.

Pei Sheng knew she was shy, so he did not point it out, and said softly: "Last night I exhausted you, it's still early, sleep a little more."

Dan Qing Han could only nod her head obediently. She couldn't understand why she was acting like a little girl in front of Pei Sheng, thinking back to how she had always had the upper hand when she was with Ling Xuan Su and Xuan Yuan Jing.

After Pei Sheng left, Dan Qing Han was tossing and turning on the bed, unable to fall asleep, until the sunlight shone through the window, she slowly got up.

Zi Yu had prepared hot water long ago, when he was bathing her and changing her clothes, he only saw that her body was covered with densely packed kiss marks, and when Zhao Xi who was at the side saw it, his heart immediately started to beat red.

Zi Yu seemed to be used to seeing this, as she washed her body and said: "This servant has already prepared breakfast for Madame, Master has told me that if Madame wakes up, I will bring you around to familiarize with the house, when he gets next, he will greet the Old Master together with you."

Hearing that, Dan Qing Han nodded her head, she had known Pei Sheng for a long time, but had never seen his father before. It was said that Pei Sheng's mother died of blood when he gave birth to Pei Jin, and only Pei Sheng's father was left alone in his sickbed.

Zi Yu suddenly thought of something, and said: "There are still the General's concubines, the General has already been handed over to you, Madame."

Dan Qing Han was suspicious, "Punishment?"

Zi Yu laughed: "Actually, General has already instructed me before, when the new Madame entered, all of you will take the silver and leave the house. Although the general has already given them his orders, since you are the mistress of the General's Estate, it is better for you to pass down the orders."

Dan Qing Han recalled the promise Pei Sheng made to him a few months ago, and was secretly shocked in his heart.

Hearing this, Zhao Xi's face was filled with gratitude: "Young Master truly dotes on Miss."

"I have served Master for so many years, but have never seen Master place any lady in his heart like that. Everyone knows that the Great General is cold, but he is extremely passionate towards you." Zi Yu also started to tease her.

"He's also called passionate like that?" Dan Qing Han had a helpless expression.

"For someone as cold as that, it's a passion." But Zhao Xi was busy agreeing.

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Cheers and laughter came from inside the house, and the servants outside the house couldn't help but smile when they heard this. It seemed like the new Madame of the General's Estate was easy to get along with.

After bathing, Dan Qing Han used the breakfast and only used half of it to hear the commotion outside. Zi Yu frowned, she wanted to go out and see who was making noise outside, but someone pushed the door open and entered without permission.

Who dares to be presumptuous in front of the Madame! Zi Yu scolded sternly, her gaze also sizing up the people around him, based on her clothes, it could be seen that she was an elder.

Sixteen blade guards followed behind the man. He smiled and shouted at Dan Qing Han, "I am Li Quan, the manager of the Chao Yang Palace, and I have come under the orders of the Emperor to invite you to enter the palace."

Although Dan Qing Han looked respectful, her expression was sharp, and her tone was filled with an unspeakable unyielding strength.

"It is the morning assembly now, why does the Emperor want to invite the Madame?" Zi Yu sensed that something was wrong and asked cautiously.

"Mrs. Pei will know once she goes." Li Quan did not reveal any of his intentions, and only gestured.

Dan Qing Han put down the chopsticks, used the handkerchief to wipe the corner of her mouth, and then slowly got up. Although she did not know why Emperor had called her into the palace, looking at Li Quan's posture, he was definitely going to invite her into the palace.

"Young mistress..." Zhao Xi suddenly had a bad premonition, and immediately took a step forward, "I will follow young miss into the palace."

"Emperor has only summoned one person, Mrs. Pei, to the palace." Li Quan retorted coldly.

"But!" Zhao Xi still wanted to speak, but he was interrupted by Dan Qing Han, "Alright, you guys wait in the mansion, A Sheng is also in the palace, he'll be fine." Of course, these words were only meant to appease Zhao Xi and Zi Yu, she naturally knew that something must have happened to this battle. Otherwise, why would Emperor summon her into the palace on the second day of Pei Sheng's wedding and even make Eunuch General Li Quan bring sixteen guards with sabers to invite her in? This was clearly to prevent her from refusing to enter the palace and forcing her into the palace.

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Dan Qing Han left the General's Estate surrounded by the palace guards. Her heart tightened as she instinctively guessed what was going to happen, but she did not dare to think further.

He had been thinking good thoughts in his heart, maybe the Emperor had already left the and wanted to meet her, that was all.

But after entering the palace, Li Quan led him straight to the throne room. At this time, her heart had already dropped to the bottom, and it looked like the Emperor was summoning her to the throne room.

Her hands clenched into fists, her nails digging into her palms. Despite the pain spreading throughout her arms, she did not loosen them.

"Dan Qing Han has arrived!" The guards outside the throne room shouted towards the inside of the hall.

After waiting outside for a while, Li Quan said softly: "Mrs. Pei, go in."

Dan Qing Han took a deep breath to calm herself down, and then stepped into the throne room.

The moment she stepped into the hall, she saw a hundred densely packed officials standing in the large and resplendent main hall. Everyone's gaze was strangely measuring her, and the atmosphere in the throne room had already condensed to the extreme.

She had long since lost the time to observe who were the officials standing on both sides, and quickly walked towards the front with heavy steps, her gaze locking onto Ling Xuan Su who was in the center of the hall.