Chapter XXII
Pei Xi saw that Qin Ke reacted like most people, panicked, panicked, and thought that he was too reckless, he couldn't help but feel a little bored, and just planned to be perfunctory, but when he saw Qin Wan staring at him, his eyes were full of curiosity, and a trace of interest rose in his heart, and he replied: "Don't you know, these sages have tried every possible means to recruit 'virtuous people', and they have received the difference of assisting the palace, and they have done a thing to sell their reputation." "There is something wrong with the prince of the first * hair, they are not admonishing in private and guiding slowly, but on the fold. Those folds are really more ruthless than one by one, and the scolding is hearty and dripping, and it is no wonder that the prince's temper is getting bigger and bigger day by day. ”
When he said these words, he was still the kind of careless, arrogant, and frivolous look that didn't look at the world, but he heard Qin Ke's heart beat: "Xuzhi! ”
As soon as the words fell, Qin Ke realized that he was a little out of shape, and after calming down, he couldn't help but answer: "You are too impulsive." ”
Pei Xi is extremely smart, and he can see through it at a glance whether the concerns of others are sincere or false. Although Qin Ke's actions were a bit rude, it was a little reckless for a person who had only known each other for a short time. But compared to his father, who was blue when he was in the court, and immediately used family law against him after returning home, and mediated relations everywhere, lest the family be implicated by his actions, this concern from strangers is more pure. Therefore, he also accepted a little lazy appearance, and his expression softened a lot: "I stayed well in the Yushitai, and I didn't care about these nonsense things, who expected that one of the prince's guests was a relative of the insider, and when he heard that I was a 'monkey' recognized by even a saint, he relied on the so-called kinship to teach me righteous words, hoping that I would change my evil and return to the righteous, and my own reputation could be further improved." This kind of fame-seeking, hypocritical guy, if you don't let him carry a big heel, don't you want him to step on my face and fly into the sky? ”
When Qin Ke heard this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly.
He understood that Pei Xi was smart and smart, but he was really bold. The reason why this kid can stand in front of him with all his beard and tail is that his family background accounts for a large part of the credit. That's it, it's just a young man, impulsive, understandable.
Pei Xi was very aware of the general opinion of the world, so he didn't pay much attention to the reaction of the king, but glanced at Qin Wan. Seeing that she was thoughtful, not like she disagreed, nor like she didn't understand what he was talking about, the corners of her lips rose slightly, and she felt that this trip to Peng Ze on a whim was the right one, and it was not in vain that he cut it first and then played it, and he suffered a family law from his angry and corrupt father.
Seeing Pei Xi's appearance of stabbing the sky and not taking it seriously, Qin Ke only felt a headache, and he had such a nephew in his heart, and he was proud and proud, but from time to time he felt that he was determined to lose ten years.
Qin Wan saw that his father was embarrassed, so he interjected: "A-Niang's health is not good, Liu Yuanjun is leaving again, Pei Yuanjun, take the liberty of asking, can I borrow a few clever maids from Mrs. Pei to serve A-Niang?" ”
"I'm sorry." Pei Xi shook his head and politely refused, "Xu's heart is more than enough, but it's a pity that his strength is insufficient." ”
Seeing that Qin Wan was a little unrestrained and not very happy, Pei Xi explained: "Neizi is virtuous and virtuous, when I heard that I was coming to Pengze, I cried and shouted that I would be filial to my mother-in-law and mother-in-law. As for me, I have always understood the beauty of adults, so I sent her back to Luoyang to be a gentle and humble granddaughter-in-law. ”
When he said this, his expression was faint, and he couldn't hear a trace of anger, but everyone could understand the meaning of his sarcasm.
It stands to reason that this move can be called very ungraceful. After all, in the eyes of most people, how to make trouble at home is a family matter, how can you take it outside and say that outsiders criticize their own family or their own wife's strengths and weaknesses? As a last resort, no one will use this trick of killing a thousand enemies and damaging eight hundred, where would it be as understated as Pei Xi and not taken to heart? However, Qin Ke and Pei Xi's situation is somewhat similar, and when he heard this, he felt a little sympathetic, and felt more and more that there were too few good women like Shen Man who could share weal and woe with her husband, so he felt sorry for Pei Xi: "Xu Zhi's three years of rear and crown, there is no need to be so urgent." "If you delay two years and get married, maybe you can pick a better one, and save yourself from sharing a bed with a woman who can't give up her wealth, can't throw away her reputation, and is obviously selfish, but she still has to pretend to be extremely virtuous.
At the beginning of the founding of the Great Xia, the people's livelihood withered and the population was sparse, in order to encourage childbearing, Taizu stipulated that men could marry at fifteen and women at thirteen. If the man is 20 and the woman is 18 has not yet married, he must inform the government, or explain the reason, or let the official media match. But as time passed, when the world was stable and the people were rich, this law was inevitably relaxed. Nowadays, if a woman marries in a hurry before she is married, she will be ridiculed by others; It is not uncommon for a man to have never married a wife at the age of a weak crown. Pei Xi is only seventeen this year, and there is a brother-in-law who inherits the family business, so there is really no need to be in such a hurry.
Speaking of this issue, Pei Xi smiled disappreciatively: "Neiko gave birth to a boy four months ago, and he has passed it on to his brother. ”
When Qin Ke heard this, he couldn't help but be moved: "Xu's high wind and bright festival are really admirable." ”
Qin Wan didn't understand what kind of dumb riddle these two were playing at first, and after thinking about it for a long time, he finally thought of the reason, and couldn't help but look at Pei Xi with surprised eyes, nodded his head, and agreed with his father's "Gao Feng Liang Festival".
Although Pei Xi's brother is six years older than him, he is also in his prime, if it weren't for the fact that one of the husband and wife had a child and couldn't have children, how could he be busy with step-heirs at such a young age? You must know that when an heir who has passed from a sibling inherits the title, the title must be reduced to the second class; If the Marquis of Shangwan directly passed the title to Pei Xi, the second son, the title only needs to be lowered by one level. In this case, a slightly more normal person will choose to pass on the title to an excellent second son, right? As for the son who fills the house? Xia Taizu was originally born with the surname of Anointing, and his stepmother failed to kill the eldest son left by his ex-wife in order to let his son inherit the great family's business, so he ruthlessly killed Xia Taizu, and led Xia Taizu to wander and become cloth. With such a founding emperor who hates house-filling, how much can the house-filler and house-filling girl of Great Xia get?
How many noble families fight for a title, like a brother and an enemy. Pei Xi is good, the title and family property are at his fingertips, but he got married early, and his son was born to pass on to his brother, and he ran away to other places by himself. If it weren't for his wife's nostalgia for wealth and refusal to leave, Shengsheng would have left a flaw in the perfect situation. The eldest son of the Pei family should have been grateful to his younger brother for the rest of his life.
Luoyang Pei's family, Xuanhe is a wealthy family, with tens of millions of family assets, and has always been luxurious. Such a big family business, but Pei Xi said to throw it away, and he said to give it up, what kind of open-mindedness and bearing? In the face of such a move, what are the prince's guests, who are known for their "virtuousness", count? Whoever wants to teach him a lesson, they have to weigh whether they have such courage to decide whether they have the qualifications or not.
Qin Ke originally thought that Pei Xi was too conceited, very sharp, and didn't know how to restrain. Now that I think about it, I feel that he has done the right thing, and his demeanor is a little gentler.
Qin Wan stared at Pei Xi for a long time, and felt in his heart that this guy was really powerful.
Although she had never seen the crown prince, let alone the saint and Empress Mu, from the words and deeds of Qin Ke and Shen Man, she already knew how partiality the saint was in the matter of sending wives and concubines. However, Pei Xishen and those prince's guests, at most, are verbal attacks, and even have the suspicion of nitpicking, if from the perspective of "truth", it is actually impossible to show the slightest evidence that these people are selling their reputations.
Aya once said that the most important thing in reading is to "respect the teacher". In this case, those prince's guests, the reason why the assistants of the East Palace dared to play the prince and scolded them more and more fiercely was because they were the prince's teacher, and the prince was not good at doing anything to them, so they were so unscrupulous. What's more, these teachers are still chosen by saints, Pei Xi will definitely not be happy when he participates like this, even if the prince is happy in his heart, he must have lost face and swore to protect his teacher's reputation. In any case, he will not openly favor Pei Xi and end up with a reputation for resentment towards the teacher.
Aya also said that saints can't be wrong, and they can only be wrong by those who do things underneath. Thinking about it this way, if Pei Xi participated, the saint punished those people, wouldn't it prove that the saint was wrong? Therefore, the saint will certainly not punish these people immediately, but will appease them. In this way, wouldn't Pei Xi have to be punished? But looking at Pei Xi's appearance, it doesn't look like he has been punished, at least this punishment will not be too heavy.
Qin Wan had been paying attention to the expressions on the two of them when they were talking, and knew that Qin Ke was a little disapprehensive of Pei Xishen's approach to Prince Pei's guests, probably thinking that if it weren't for the strength of his family, it would be impossible for him to retreat. Qin Wan remembered that his father said that although the Pei family in Luoyang was a top wealthy family, it had a very close connection with the Great Xia royal family, and it was a knife that the emperor could use very well.
Zhao Jiulang wants to rely on Aye's promotion to make a fortune, and he is extremely respectful to Aye, who is now powerless and powerless, and he fights for his life several times, and he is very respectful to his little girl, which is not bad. The saint is rich in the world, life and death are taken away, the people of the Pei family should be more cautious and cautious, how can they pull teeth out of the tiger's mouth several times?
Thinking that his father didn't do anything, just because of his identity as the eldest son of the emperor, he was implicated and exiled here, and then look at the radiant Pei Xi...... Qin Wan's gaze was a little uncertain.
She has always admired Qin Ke, even because of Shen Man's actions and July's complaint, she knew that her father was not as tall and firm as she thought, and her parents were not kind in the past. But in her heart, Aya is Aye, her own father is the best, and he will never be replaced, as for Pei Xi...... He is much more shrewd than Aya in this regard, and Bao'er reluctantly approves of him, so let's have a chance to play with him!