The Great Zhou Northern Border, Longzhou.
Marquis Wei Yuan's Mansion.
In the study, Pei Shiqing, his hair unbound and dressed only in his inner robes, was hunched over, intently reading a letter.
Pei Shaotang sat quietly to the side, waiting.
Seeing Pei Shiqing put the letter down, he immediately stood and stepped forward to ask, "Father, do you think Yujin's speculation could be true? That Second Brother was deliberately hiding his abilities all this time, and that all his absurd actions were just a way to tarnish his own name, which is why he's been completely different since leaving the Capital City?"
"Absolutely impossible!" Pei Shiqing shook his head, his tone resolute. In a low voice, he said, "How many years has it been since Yujin married into the Pei Family? She doesn't understand that rebellious son of mine, and neither do those outsiders. You grew up with him; don't you know him? Does he have the brains for that? No!"
