Ren Yaochi got down from the carriage and saw Pei Zhiyan squatting in the grass on the side of the road and didn't know what Lu Dao was doing, and couldn't help but be stunned.

"Mr. Pei?" Ren Yaochi called softly.

Pei Zhiyan raised his head when he heard this, and was also a little surprised when he saw Ren Yaoqi, then stood up and took out a towel to wipe his hands, and said with a smile: "Miss Ren is here to see your husband?" ”

Ren Yaochi nodded and glanced at the bush of grass where Pei Zhiyan was squatting before.

Pei Zhiyan noticed her gaze and smiled, pointed to the grass and said, "I just saw that there seems to be an orchid in the grass, you can see if I am clumsy." ”

When Ren Yaoqi heard this, he walked over, bent over and looked at the plant that Pei Zhiyan pointed to, it was like a Jianlan, it did not bloom, it grew in the weeds and was very inconspicuous, and I don't know how Pei Zhiyan found it.

Ren Yaochi carefully looked at the Jianlan for a while, frowned and said: "It is very similar to Jianlan, but the sun here is sunny and the soil is also very dry, which is not suitable for the growth of orchids, and the growth of this plant is very good...... It shouldn't be an orchid, right? ”

Pei Zhiyan raised his eyebrows, looked at her and smiled: "What kind of flower is it if it's not an orchid?" ”

Ren Yaochi was about to say that she didn't know what to do, but when she saw a thin rhizome growing in the middle of the plant, she said "huh", reached out and touched the rhizome, and then said happily: "This plant should not be an orchid, but a harrier brocade, a kind of lycoris, I once saw it in a book of "Herb Collections". ”

Pei Zhiyan said thoughtfully: ""Herbal Relics"? ”

Hearing Pei Zhiyan's voice, Ren Yaoqi suddenly remembered that the book "Herb Collection" was still seen in Pei Zhiyan's study, and he had read all the books in Pei Zhiyan's study, so he must know that this was not an orchid.

Is this a test for her? Ren Yaochi couldn't help but glance at Pei Zhiyan in surprise.

Pei Zhiyan smiled slightly and praised: "That's right, it is indeed Harrier Jin, Miss Ren is really well-read." ”

was praised by his husband for being "well-read" or something, Ren Yaoqi blushed a little...... She still read those books under Pei Zhiyan's urging, and in front of Pei Zhiyan, she was really not qualified to admit that she was "well-read".

It seems that he noticed Ren Yaoqi's discomfort. Pei Zhiyan smiled, turned his head and ordered his entourage to dig out the harrier brocade in the grass.

Seeing this, Ren Yaoqi was a little helpless and dissuaded: "Sir, Mr. Xu also likes flowers and plants, if he knows the Tao, he may not be willing to let you dig up this harrier brocade." ”

Literati love flowers and plants, Pei Zhiyan also likes it, but he doesn't like to raise orchids and chrysanthemums and the like, he himself is too lazy, but he is unwilling to fake others, so no matter what kind of precious varieties are raised one plant and one die, no one is spared. Others don't know what to do. Ren Yaoqi clearly understands that the reason why Pei Zhiyan likes this harrier brocade is not only because harrier brocade is relatively rare, but also because the book says that harrier brocade is very easy to feed, just water it once every ten days and half a month, and you don't have to serve it like an orchid.

However, Xu Wanli, who is also a literati, also likes flowers and plants, and may not agree with Pei Zhiyan to dig up the flowers in his garden.

Pei Zhiyan thought seriously for a moment when he heard this: "What you said also makes sense. ”

Ren Yaoqi breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that Pei Zhiyan had given up digging the Xu family's flowers, but he didn't want Pei Zhiyan to smile leisurely next: "I'd better go to Xu Wanli to play chess first, and then dig up his flowers after winning him." He didn't have anything to say. ”

Ren Yaoqi: "......"

Sir, do you think it's really appropriate to always use this trick?

But Pei Zhiyan didn't hear Ren Yaoqi's inner complaint, he went to the second gate very happily, and when he saw Ren Yaochi standing in place and didn't move, he turned around and greeted: "Aren't you going to see your husband?" ”

Ren Yaoqi followed him into the second gate of the Xu family.

Pei Zhiyan suddenly said: "Miss Ren is very similar to an old friend of mine. ”

Ren Yaoqi's heart skipped a beat when he heard this. After a pause, he reluctantly smiled and said, "I don't know which old man Mr. Lu Dao Pei is talking about?" ”

Pei Zhiyan looked at her and smiled, and said softly: "Did anyone say that you look like your great-grandmother?" ”

Ren Yaoqi's originally nervous mood suddenly relaxed, it turned out that Pei Zhiyan was talking about Wan Guifei, she thought it was ......

"Mr. Pei has seen my great-grandmother?"

Pei Zhiyan tilted his head and thought for a while: "I saw it once when I was young." ”

Ren Yaochi couldn't help but be a little curious. In the previous life, she had only seen the portrait of Concubine Wan in Pei Zhiyan, but she didn't know that Pei Zhiyan had a relationship with Concubine Wan herself. When Pei Zhiyan was a teenager, Concubine Wan should be in her forties, right? It's hard to imagine what kind of intersection there could be between such two people.

However, Pei Zhiyan did not satisfy Ren Yaoqi's curiosity. Then he didn't mention Concubine Wan again.

Ren Yaochi couldn't help but think, when Pei Zhiyan met him for the first time on the boat before, he was surprised because her appearance was similar to that of Concubine Wan? So in the previous life, Pei Zhiyan would save him from Gonggong Lu because of Concubine Wan?

Along the way, Ren Yaochi had been pondering this matter, so he didn't speak. Pei Zhiyan didn't know what Lu Dao was thinking and didn't speak, and the two of them were silent all the way to the main courtyard of the Xu family.

I don't know if the two of them noticed it, although they were silent all the way, the atmosphere between the two was not only not awkward, but also an indescribable harmony and tranquility. It is the sense of closeness and tacit understanding that has been precipitated over a long period of time, and it is only between relatives and close friends.

Before entering the main courtyard, Pei Zhiyan suddenly stopped, glanced at Ren Yaoqi, and said with a smile: "Although it may be a bit presumptuous to say this, Miss Ren always gives me a sense of familiarity. After a pause, I don't know if Lu Dao was afraid that others would misunderstand, he smiled again, "If I had a daughter, I guess it would be like you." ”

After saying this, Pei Zhiyan nodded and went to the study to find Xu Wanli first.

Ren Yaoqi stood there and watched him leave, and then went to Mrs. Xu's place.

Ren Yaoqi later learned from Mrs. Xu that Pei Zhiyan really played a game of chess with Xu Wanli, and after winning, he poached the harrier brocade outside the second gate of the Xu family.

May passed without waves, and at the beginning of June, before the golden banquet, Concubine Yun of Yanbei Wangfu came back.

Concubine Yun is the biological mother of the king of Yanbei, but she rarely stays in the palace of the king of Yanbei, she invited herself to guard the tomb of the old king of Yanbei in her early years, and lives in the courtyard not far from the mausoleum of the Xiao family all the year round, without asking about foreign affairs.

Different from the old princess's high profile, Concubine Yun didn't like pomp, when she came back, it was just three carriages, a few palace guards dressed as ordinary entourage, if it weren't for the guards who recognized Concubine Yun by Mu Hu, the city gate guard, they would not have attracted any attention and entered the city.

When Mu Hu saw Concubine Yun's car driving into the city, he immediately asked people to go to Yanbei Wangfu to report. When Concubine Yun's carriage arrived at the main gate of Yanbei Palace, Princess Yanbei had already greeted her.

Concubine Yun is a year or two older than the old princess, in her early fifties, wearing a navy blue jacket skirt without any ornamentation, her temples are already a little white, there is only a pair of white hostas on her hair bun, and there is no other jewelry on her body. Although there are traces of time on her face, it can be vaguely seen from her facial features that this Concubine Yun must have been a rare beauty when she was young.

Although compared to the old princess, Concubine Yun's dress can only be described as shabby, and even some faceless mothers-in-law are dressed more luxuriously than her, but no one will mistake her for a servant. There are people in this world who don't look like the prince in dragon robes, and naturally there are people who are also dressed in cloth and have an extraordinary temperament, and Concubine Yun is this kind of person.

Concubine Yun held up the princess who was about to come forward to salute her, and said lightly: "There is no such rule, don't let people see the joke, go in." ”

She has a cold face and a light voice, and she doesn't have a very affectionate attitude towards her daughter-in-law and niece, and she doesn't seem to be a little close, but it's not like she deliberately wants to give her daughter-in-law a command.

The princess seemed to know the temperament of this mother-in-law very well, and she didn't insist, Concubine Yun got up as soon as she helped her, and followed Concubine Yun in, the two didn't even talk much along the way, and basically the princess was asking, and Concubine Yun occasionally replied "um".

The princess personally sent Concubine Yun to her Lanxi Palace, took someone to serve her to change her clothes, and served tea.

"Where's the prince?" After taking a seat, Concubine Yun asked.

"After the Duanyang Festival, the prince went out."

Where did the princess go, she didn't say it clearly, and Concubine Yun didn't ask, just nodded: "Jingxi is not in the mansion either?" ”

The princess glanced at Concubine Yun, who was not particularly close to Xiao Jingxi and Xiao Jinglin, and rarely took the initiative to ask on weekdays.

"Jingxi is recuperating in another hospital for a while."

Concubine Yun glanced at the princess when she heard this, then said nothing, bowed her head and drank tea.

The princess sat with Concubine Yun for a while, and someone outside came in to report that the eldest lady of the Yun family was here.

Concubine Yun nodded: "Let her in." ”

The princess frowned slightly, then quickly let go again, and sat there without speaking.

Instead, Concubine Yun said to the princess: "I told her before that I came back today." ”

The princess wants to ask, even my daughter-in-law didn't receive the exact news of your return home today, but my niece and granddaughter were notified by you? The princess didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Concubine Yun's gourd.

In fact, because Concubine Yun has a cold temperament, the princess is not close to her. However, since she married the king of Yanbei and became the princess of Yanbei, Concubine Yun has never interfered in the internal affairs of the palace over the years, and their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have never had any contradictions.

The princess knew that Concubine Yun treated Yun Qiuchen very differently, she used to think that it was nothing, after all, Yun Qiuchen was Concubine Yun's niece and granddaughter and her own niece, but now the princess felt a little worried. (To be continued......)