The two hundred and sixty rounds

After Qin Ying finished bathing, she put on a loose robe with big sleeves under Mei Sanniang's service.

At first, Qin Ying was not used to standing stunned and being "manipulated" by others, and her face was still a little embarrassed. But Mei Sanniang persuaded that since he is the head of the family, he should also learn not to work hard. Qin Ying gradually recognized the enjoyment that was normal in the eyes of the world.

Watching Mei Sanniang tidy up her clothes, Qin Ying remembered that they had done the opposite in the past, and laughed out loud. Mei Sanniang asked Qin Ying why she was laughing, she shook her head and said nothing.

Out of the steamy room, Qin Ying and Mei Sanniang went to the hall to set up tea sets and wait for Pei Lone.

After a while, the tea soup boiled twice, Mei Sanniang poured Qin Ying a cup and asked her how she had anything to do with Master Pei on this trip. Qin Ying took a sip of the blue tea soup and said that it was a long story, and he was not afraid of a long story.

Mei Sanniang was surprised after hearing this: "This Master Pei is not only the father of your colleagues in the Hanlin Academy, but also the future father-in-law of your senior brother?" ”

"That's how things go wrong." Qin Ying nodded, holding the teacup and sighing. She saw the unconscious old man on the mountain road, and subconsciously saved him without knowing his identity. Now that I think about it, there may be a fate in the dark.

Qin Ying was silent for a moment, then suddenly put down the cup and patted Mei Sanniang's hand and said, "Master Pei should be staying here for a few days recently, you let the kitchen cook easy to restrain the food." ”

"You have to worry too much, how can I not think about such a simple detail." Without outsiders present, Mei Sanniang would not call Qin Ying an adult. At this time, Mei Sanniang was coquettish, but her smile was bright and moving.

"In short, don't slack off." Qin Ying is colorful. She went to see Mei Sanniang through the tea mist, and felt that she hadn't seen her for a long time, she became more lively, and swept away the solemnity of the lady in charge when she first entered the house.

When the two were chatting, Pei Lin came in and drank a cup of tea to moisten his throat under the guidance of the little maid, and then rode into the palace with Qin Ying. Qin Ying was going to the Ministry of Rites to report on his work, and Pei Lin was going to meet His Majesty, and they separated as soon as they got out of the car.

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu looked at Qin Ying's casual and uninhibited robe, and his face was as black as the bottom of a pot for a moment. You must know that the people in the Ministry of Rites are often extremely strict with the Outline of Etiquette, he glanced at Qin Ying coldly, and went to concentrate on criticizing the draft of the Mid-Autumn Festival Night Banquet in the various ministries. After deliberately drying Qin Ying for a long time, he asked faintly, "Why don't you change into official clothes?" ”

Mei Sanniang was serving by the side before, but Qin Ying forgot to tell her that she was going out, so she changed into the wrong clothes. Now he can only stubbornly bow his hand and say: "Qin Mou just returned to the house to bathe in the dust, because he was afraid that he would be late to enter the palace and the adult would not be in the official office, so he came in a bathrobe and dared to come." I hope that your sins will be forgiven. ”

Hearing her quibble, the Ministry of Rites slammed the table and said, "Do you think this Ministry of Rites is like a fictitious figure?" I took a ten-year leave to visit Zhongnan Mountain, but I didn't come back after ten years. Your Majesty will not hold you accountable for your faults, and I must not be accommodating here. ”

Qin Ying was full of anger when he heard his words, and he leaned over again and again and saluted: "It's all Qin's poor calculation of the distance, but he is punished by the adult." She didn't mention that she didn't rush back to Chang'an within ten years in order to save Pei Lian, and was ready to carry it all by herself.

"Don't think about this month's Yulu, the court will allocate it to you. Anyway, as the master of Xihuaguan, you are not short of a few taels of silver. The Ministry of Rites snorted through his nose. At first, he was full of optimism about Qin Ying, a junior, and even thought that she would be able to do more in the future, but he didn't expect her to show all kinds of fox tails as soon as she asked for leave, and he was angry.

She nodded silently in response.

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu touched his beard and muttered for a while, thinking that Qin Ying has been in the limelight recently, and the market is full of fame, and the reputation of the DPRK and China is also good. But she was absent from work for a long time after taking leave, just relying on her identity and not taking the rules seriously, she had to kill Qin Ying's authority.

So he stroked his palm and said loudly: "These days, the ancestral hall member Wai Lang is doing the things in the Lang for you, entering in the morning and going out late, far more dedicatedly than you - are you willing to let him be virtuous?" ”

The corners of Qin Ying's eyebrows jumped fiercely, but she didn't expect that the Ministry of Rites Shangshu was already about to remove her from her official position. Gritting her teeth and swallowing the words in her stomach, she respectfully bowed again: "Qin has no objection. Although she was aggrieved, since she chose to bear the consequences herself, she could only hold back.

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu looked at Qin Ying with a heavy gaze, thinking that she actually had some backbone. He put down the red pen in his hand and said, "Tomorrow I will give you a new fish talisman." "Qin Ying's official position has changed, and the fish talisman will naturally have to be re-engraved.

And she didn't say a word, like a clay statue in a temple.

Here, Qin Ying failed to report on the side of the Ministry of Rites, but was squeezed out of his position by the adjutant and demoted to a member of the Ancestral Department; Over there, Pei Lin successfully met His Majesty in the imperial study after being reported.

Li Shimin found that the high-spirited Pei Lin had gone through the vicissitudes of life in the past, and thought that he had done too many wrong things in order to fight for power. He issued an edict to absolve Pei Lian's family of old and young, and allowed Pei Lin to spend his old age in Chang'an.

Pei Lin kowtowed gratefully, Li Shimin called him several times to get up, and Pei Lin held back his tears. When people are old, tears will always flick out.

The two of them talked a little, but the atmosphere was not as intimate as it had been two years ago.

Pei Lin knew in his heart why he was caught by Li Shimin for such a little mistake back then, and he was degraded and exiled, and he only hated himself for not understanding the sentence "A companion is like a companion tiger". He doesn't have a companion, but it's absolutely impossible to accompany the emperor!

Qin Ying drooped his head and came out of the wing room of the Ministry of Rites, only to feel that everyone he met on the road looked at him as if he was a joke. She couldn't help but quicken her pace and prepare to leave the Ministry of Rites.

Walking to the door, the guard saw that there was no fish bag on Qin Ying's belt, and kindly asked her if she was pulled inside.

Qin Ying shook his head and said nothing, he didn't plan to tell outsiders about the confiscation of his fish talisman at all. Her steps were a little vain, her eyes wandering, and she bumped into someone without noticing. She held her heart and said sorry repeatedly, but she felt a gentle hand rubbing the top of her head.

“…… Brother? Qin Ying raised his dejected face and called tentatively. There are only senior brothers in the world who like to touch her head and treat her like a child. She took down Li Chunfeng's messy hand above her head, pulled a reluctant smile and asked, "Why are you here?" ”

Li Chunfeng raised his eyebrows and said, "I counted you into the palace today, so I stood by the road and waited." I have something bad to tell you. ”

She blinked her confused eyes and said, "What a coincidence. I just have something good to tell my brother. Thinking that they should have been talking to each other for a long time, Qin Ying invited Li Chunfeng to get into his car. (To be continued.) )