Pei Shaoqing returned home from the Imperial Palace.
"Husband, what did Your Majesty say?"
Xie Qingwu hurried forward to ask.
Pei Shaoqing replied, "Your Majesty has agreed to award us a residence. Also, I've noticed a problem."
He sat down at the table as he spoke.
"What problem?" Xie Qingwu asked as she poured him some tea.
Pei Shaoqing picked up his cup, took a sip, and set it down before frowning and saying slowly, "He seems quite pleased to see the discord between me and the Marquis Wei Yuan's Mansion. I suspect that's the reason for his repeated, generous rewards."
"Oh?" Xie Qingwu began to ponder this carefully.
For a moment, neither husband nor wife spoke.
It was so quiet they could hear the rustling of the wind outside the window.
