Pei Ying's identity is the queen of the Tang Dynasty, that is, the mother of a country, and her return to her mother's house is a very important thing as usual, and it must be arranged months in advance, and then the palace and the house have repeatedly confirmed, and many details must be agreed one by one. ^UC eBook^ to see the latest^

But such a cumbersome and complicated matter was canceled here by Pei Ying, the reason is very simple, there is no money in the palace to pay for this expense, and there are not so many eunuchs to run errands for this matter, so she is like going back to her mother's house in Zhang's mansion, in the afternoon, the door of Zuoyintai quietly opened, and more than a hundred guards escorted the Tang Queen's phoenix chariot out of Daming Palace.

In the past few days, Pei Ying has a lot of worries, first of all, the matter of her son's establishment of the prince, her husband has clearly told her that the stability of the prince is related to the stability of the Tang Dynasty and cannot be reckless, because of this, it cannot be arbitrary, and the elder cannot be the first, but the virtuous should be preferred, and the Tang prince is nothing more than a rule that the eldest son does not set up, Qi'er can give priority, but he will not consider the matter of the prince before his son becomes an adult.

Her husband's statement made Pei Ying deeply worried, it is an indisputable fact that mothers are expensive with children, although she and Zhang Huan are married to each other, but there is no guarantee that he will not be fascinated by other women, Pei Ying can't help but think of that Cui Xuezhu, her beauty can be described as captivating, when she laughs, there is a kind of soul-grabbing charm, Pei Ying is a woman, she knows very well the lethality of this kind of stunner to men, especially when her youth is dying, she can no longer be compared with her fresh and delicate beauty, she has been secretly hoping that this woman has no chance with Zhang Huan, But things fell to the worst point, last night Cui Ning told her that the Cui family was ready to use Cui Xuezhu into the palace as a condition for giving up the land. Sima Zhao's heart is known to passers-by!

But her husband didn't tell her about such a major matter, I don't know if he didn't take this matter to heart, or if he had other scruples and felt that it was not time, Pei Ying sighed helplessly. She very much hopes that her husband will not marry this Cui Xuezhu, but she does not have the confidence to oppose it, her husband is the king of a country, but there are only five people in the harem, and it makes people laugh when she says it, not only laughing at the incompetence of the emperor, but also accusing her of not understanding national etiquette, Pei Ying was confused for a while.

Now she can't take care of her own affairs, and she still has to worry about the civil strife in the Pei family. She couldn't help but hate Uncle Jia and the second brother for their selfishness, could a broken Pei family be able to fulfill their wishes, and the lessons of the Zhang family and the Cui family were not profound enough? She heard that Pei Mingyuan came back. The eldest brother and the second brother were not even allowed to enter the mansion, and he was not allowed to worship his father's spiritual seat, which was too much.

Feng Yuan turned a corner, and he was almost on Suzaku Street, but his speed slowed down, and finally he slowly stopped.

"!" A eunuch rushed to report, "The carriage of the salt and iron supervisor Yang Envoy Jundi collided with the carriage of another official. The road is blocked. ”

"Niangniang, it's better to go down and drive them away." The head of the guard who escorted Pei Ying whispered.

Pei Ying immediately shook her head and said, "Don't make a big deal out of it, they don't have the intention to block the road, let's change the way!" ”

At this time, it was the peak of the lower dynasty, and there were carriages of officials of all sizes along the way, and without waiting for Pei Ying's carriage to leave, there were carriages soon following from the left and right, and it was impossible to turn around, so there was an embarrassing scene. The dignified Empress of the Tang Dynasty was blocked in the middle of the road.

Pei Yingdi's carriage is very special. It is the queen's exclusive land phoenix. Generally, it is pulled by manpower. But there were not enough people in the palace. So I switched to horsepower. Nevertheless. Its special decoration and style still attracted the attention of many officials. But many people don't believe that the queen will be in the car. Just when Pei Ying pulled the curtain and looked at the road ahead. A nearby official was the first to spot her. He cried out in astonishment.

For a while. The whole street was boiling. Countless wagons desperately squeezed in both directions. to make way for it. Many officials even jumped out of the carriage to maintain order. Chase pedestrians. Soon. An artificially open road appeared in front of Pei Yingdi's car. XT debutant

The busyness of the hundreds of officials present made Pei Ying very unhappy. She pulled up the curtain and waved to the officials on both sides of the car to thank her. The crowd erupted in applause and cheers.

"Empress Chitose! Chitose! Pei Ying always had a smile on her face. She waved her hand to Yang Yan, the salt and iron supervisor who was bowing down to apologize. It doesn't matter. All the way out of the road. Pei Ying waved to the officials again to show her gratitude.

The queen's approachability made the cheers even louder. "Empress Chitose!"

Crowds. All local officials flocked to the intersection. watched this close and kind Tang Empress go away. My heart was full of emotion. The crowd did not disperse for a long time.

The accidental events on the road made Pei Ying's mood better, and she suddenly realized that the abolition of the prince was not the final say of her husband alone, even if her husband had his own heart, if hundreds of officials rose up against him, there was nothing to be done, and Qi'er was studious and hard-working, kind-hearted, and by no means a prodigal child

Thinking of this, her heart was slightly lowered, Feng Yuan accelerated, and the group soon drove into Xuanyi Fang.

After Pei Jun's death, because the head of the family was not clear, Pei Mingkai and Pei Mingyao two brothers refused to move away, so they each accounted for half of the house, and each opened a gate, and the connecting doorway on both sides was built with wall bricks, indicating that there was no contact, so that no one left the gate of the eight classics, and it was tightly closed all day and night, and the steps became a place for beggars to take a nap, and after a few months, the stone cracks were overgrown with weeds.

Pei Yingdi waited outside the gate for a long time, a few beggars who were sleeping on the steps had been driven away by the guards, and several guards simply cleaned up the steps, despite this, there was still a dilapidated scene in front of the gate, the gate was rusty, there were a lot of dirt sticking on it, the weeds on the steps were a foot high, and even small white flowers bloomed, look at this scene. Pei Ying remembered the scenery when her father was alive again, there was a lot of traffic in front of the door, and countless officials took the greeting post and wanted to see Xiangguo, how long had it been, and the front of the house was dilapidated for a while, Pei Ying's heart was as uncomfortable as a knife.

That's when it happened. Pei Mingkai and Pei Mingyao came almost at the same time from both sides, and the two of them saluted one after another, "The minister sees the queen Chitose!" ”

Pei Ying didn't give them the courtesy of the monarch and ministers, her face was as cold as ice, she pointed to the ruin in front of the door and reprimanded the two brothers: "Look at it, the gate of my Pei Mansion has been trampled like this, but you have let it go, and you are still hiding filth and dirt in the mansion, is what you are doing worthy of your father's expectations of you?" ”

Pei Mingkai and Pei Mingyao both lowered their heads in shame. Suddenly, Pei Mingyao pointed at Pei Mingkai and said, "This person occupies the mansion first, and I have no choice but to do so." ”

"You're spewing blood! Obviously, you started to build the wall first. Now the wicked are the first to sue him. Pei Mingkai dragged his lame leg and jumped up, his voice was so loud that he even startled the birds in the trees.

"Shut up!" Pei Ying's face was already gloomy to the extreme, and the exchange of praise between the two brothers made her feel extremely ashamed, and she forcibly held back the anger in her heart and ordered: "You can call all the people of the Pei family to me within an hour, and I will solve the internal strife of the Pei family today." Before the two brothers sent someone to find it, Pei You's carriage had already arrived, and Pei Mingyuan was still sitting in the carriage, and they were all notified in the afternoon. As soon as I arrived, I was in a hurry.

Seeing this scene, Pei You naturally knew it, and hurriedly stepped forward to persuade: "Queen Mother, please calm your anger, every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, let's enter the house through the side door first, and if there is anything to say inside, I have sent someone to inform the rest of the Pei family, and I will be there soon." ”

Pei Ying saw that the second uncle had made all the arrangements, and her anger subsided slightly. Immediately ordered Feng Yuan to turn around and enter Pei's Mansion through the side door.

Pei's mansion is also chaotic, the coarse bricks without any whitewash divide Pei's mansion into two, the uneven and messy wall tiles are particularly dazzling, the exquisite and elegant houses and majestic palaces of the past have disappeared, the houses are dilapidated and messy everywhere, a large number of messy people have been added to the two mansions, and some concubines even moved their mother's father and brother to live in the mansion, Pei Ying only walked a dozen steps. Two wild dogs scurried past her. Dig into the bushes and snort and bite.

Pei Mingyao was very faceless, so angry that he yelled at the housekeeper. Pei Ying glanced at him coldly, then turned around and walked towards his father's Earth Spirit Hall.

Pei Jun's mourning hall is still in its original appearance, and the person in charge of guarding the mourning hall is the old housekeeper of Pei's mansion, and the inside and outside of the mourning hall look very neat and tidy under his careful care.

Seeing that the young lady was coming, the old housekeeper hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down, "The grass people see the queen mother." ”

Pei Ying sighed and hurriedly helped him up, "Old housekeeper, thank you for taking care of my father for me." ”

"That's what an old slave should be."

The old housekeeper didn't dare to say more, and hurriedly retreated to the side, but Pei Ying stopped him again, "Old housekeeper, please clean up a room in the mourning hall for me, I'll be useful later." ”

The old housekeeper answered, and hurriedly went to clean up the side room.

Pei Ying stepped into the main hall, the main hall was very quiet, the light was dim, there was a tablet for her father on the desk in front of her, there were some offerings in front, two long incense sticks were about to burn out, cigarettes were curling, Pei Ying looked at her father's spirit card blankly, she remembered her father's voice and smile when he was alive, remembered his love for her when she was young, and the bits and pieces of life came to her mind one by one, and she was already in tears before she knew it.

"Daddy, my daughter has come to see you." Pei Ying knelt down slowly, and she couldn't help crying in a low voice anymore.

Pei You and Pei Mingyuan also knelt down behind, and Pei You said sadly: "Big brother, my brother has failed your trust, my brother is ashamed!" ”

Pei Mingyuan didn't say a word, he silently stared at his father's spiritual position, before going to Anxi, he specially went to see his father, and his father, who had always been dissatisfied with him to join Zhang Huan, pressed his shoulder for the first time and encouraged him to go to Anxi to establish a career for the country, but that farewell turned out to be an eternal farewell, Pei Mingyuan slowly closed his eyes, pain and sorrow filled his heart, he bowed down and kowtowed to his father three times, Pei Mingkai and Pei Mingyao also knelt down helplessly, but there was nothing to say, at this time, there were messy footsteps outside the mourning hall, Pei Jia and dozens of other clansmen had already hurried over.

Pei Ying suddenly wiped away her tears, she stood up and said to everyone: "Please go to the wing, I have something to say!" ”

After speaking, she turned her head and walked towards the side room, and everyone followed her into the room, which had been cleaned up, very wide and bright, and the old butler carefully placed dozens of cushions in order. He specially placed a new cushion on the main seat.

Pei Ying did not give in, she sat down directly on the main cushion, waved her hand to everyone and said, "Clansmen, please sit!" ”

There were more than 30 clansmen in the room, most of whom were herringbones. That is, with Pei You's generation, there are also seven or eight children of the Ming generation, although Pei Ying is a daughter, it stands to reason that she can't preside over the clan meeting, and she doesn't even have the qualifications to participate in the clan meeting, but she is the queen of the Tang Dynasty and has a respected identity, so no one dares to say more.

Everyone also guessed the real purpose of Pei Ying's return to the province today, and everyone sat down with a heavy heart. The room was very quiet, except for the occasional coughing.

After being silent for a moment, Pei Ying finally said slowly: "All of you here are important people of the Pei family in Beijing. They are all smart people, everyone must have guessed my intention of convening this clan meeting, yes, I am here today to solve the matter of the head of the Pei family. ”

Pei Ying said her intentions openly and honestly, she slowly glanced at everyone, some people were happy, some people were worried, and some people didn't think so, Pei Ying saw that Pei Jia secretly made a gesture to Pei Mingyao, she secretly sneered and said: "The car in Zhangjiadi in Hedong and Cuijiadi in Shandong is not far away, and everyone in the world knows it." But the people of our Pei family can't see it, and we have to repeat the mistakes of the past, if the old family master does not have a will, it is understandable that everyone is vying for the position of the head of the family, but the old family master obviously has a will, but you refuse to admit it, do you have to consume it like this to cause the Pei family to split, are you willing to give up? ”

Pei Ying's words were so loud that everyone was speechless. The atmosphere in the room became extremely solemn, and the sound of heavy breathing could be heard clearly, at this time, Pei Jia stood up and said: "Please listen to me, we are not disobeying the wishes of the old master, we are angry that Pei You betrayed the interests of the Pei family without authorization, so that our Pei family suffered heavy losses, only 10,000 hectares of land, while the Cui family got 100,000 hectares of land."

He didn't finish his sentence. Pei Ying interrupted him. "The Cui family has handed over 90,000 hectares of land, doesn't the fourth uncle know? In addition, 10,000 hectares of land have been given according to the Prince's Yongye Tian standard. The imperial court is already very tolerant of our Pei family, how many people can be supported by 10,000 hectares of land, has the fourth uncle calculated, how many people are in our Pei family, is 10,000 hectares of land not enough to enjoy? ”

"Fourth Uncle doesn't mean that 10,000 hectares is not enough." It was Pei Mingyao who stood up to defend Pei Jia, and he glanced at Pei You coldly and said, "What the fourth uncle means is that Pei You betrayed the interests of the Pei family without consulting the clansmen, and he was at fault for doing it without authorization." ”

"Shut up!" Pei Mingyuan stood up angrily, forced his eyes on him, and said, "Second Uncle's name is you can scream indiscriminately?" The second uncle gave up the land and the army for the benefit of our Pei family, let me ask, in that case, does the second uncle still have a choice? Everyone can see the fate of the Chu family, even if the second uncle did not discuss it with everyone, but the old family master has already handed over the right to deal with things to him, and he can decide for himself. ”

"But we didn't see my father hand over any authority to the second uncle." Pei Mingkai was beside him in a weird way, although he and Pei Mingyao were incompatible, but he had the same interests as Pei Mingyao in opposing Pei Mingyuan as the head of the family.

The room suddenly chattered and shouted, and Pei You, another veteran clansman, said loudly: "I think that the eldest son should be appointed to inherit the head of the family, and I support Ming Kai." ”

"I support the second uncle!"

"Alright, you all don't fight." Pei Ying stopped everyone's argument, she stood up and said solemnly: "I have been fighting for several months without a conclusion, and if I continue to fight, the Pei family will be dragged to death sooner or later, since I have returned home today, I will make a conclusion on this matter." ”

Speaking of this, she took out her father's will, raised her mind in front of everyone, and said categorically: "Since the old family master has a will, and the fifth brother Mingyuan is the heir of the family head, then according to my Pei family rules, the old family master's will should be followed, so the new head of the Pei family is Pei Mingyuan." ”

"Queen Mother! What if I don't agree? Pei Jia squinted at Pei Ying coldly.

At this time, Pei Mingyao and Pei Mingkai also stood up, stared at their sister with great dissatisfaction, and said, "Queen Mother, what if we don't agree either?" ”

The room was extremely quiet, the tense atmosphere was so oppressive that people were almost out of breath, dozens of pairs of eyes were watching Pei Ying, although she was the queen, but if there were many opponents, the family meeting would not buy her account.

Pei You hurriedly stood up, waved his hand, and said, "Everyone! Don't do that, it's a long-term solution. ”

"No!" Pei Ying finally spoke, she looked at Pei Jia and the two brothers expressionlessly, and said word by word without compromise: "This matter is non-negotiable, if you are not willing to obey the last orders of the old master, you can withdraw from the Pei family!" ”

(The boss went on a business trip for two days, went to work and secretly coded the word, the boss will come back tomorrow, the company will end in the spring, thanks to everyone's support in the past two days, it is easy for the monthly pass to catch up with the front, but it was pulled away again, and Lao Gao continued to plead for the monthly pass!) ）