It was the first time that a woman had come into Wei Ge's study, and it was to sit face to face with him, in the Tang Dynasty, which was extremely strict in terms of dignity and inferiority, this was an incredible thing, but Wei Ge didn't care, Pei Ying was Zhang Huan's plenipotentiary representative, which was certainly one thing, but Wei Ge was concerned about why Zhang Huan sent Pei Ying as an envoy?

He knows very well that Zhang Huan is by no means an impulsive and emotional person, on the contrary, he is far-sighted, decisive and ruthless, he is his fierce enemy, he is even much more terrifying than Duan Xiushi, but such a person, when dealing with the final separation of interests of the two forces, he sent a woman, which had to make Wei Ge think deeply about Zhang Huan's true intentions. Drunken Dew Academy

There is no doubt that Pei Ying must already be Zhang Huan's woman, although I haven't heard that there is a marriage between them, it's just that Pei Jun didn't announce it to the public, wait a minute! Pei Jun, Wei Ge's thoughts were fixed on this name, his mind was like lightning, and he suddenly realized, where did Zhang Huan let Pei Ying negotiate, he obviously used this matter to announce to the world that he was already Pei Jun's person, then, would Pei Jun take advantage of the situation to meddle in Longyou?

Wei Ge was flustered for a while, he had already realized that Longyou was about to enter an eventful autumn.

In fact, he guessed that although Pei Ying was Zhang Huan's plenipotentiary representative, Zhang Huan did not give her any specific tasks, nor did he tell her any bottom line of negotiation, but just instructed her to pay homage to the old lady on her behalf, so as to ease the relationship between Hexi and the Wei family, but one thing Pei Ying knew very well that she was now representing the entire Hexi, not the daughter of the Pei family, so when Pei Ying was ceremoniously welcomed into the mansion by Wei Ge and invited into the study, she did not have the slightest humility, let alone the respect of her niece to her uncle.

She took out a handwritten letter from Zhang Huan, gently pushed it to Wei Ge and said, "Wei Shangshu." This is a letter from the governor of my house, and everything he has to say is in it. ”

Wei Ge's train of thought returned to Helong, he pulled out Zhang Huan's letter and read it hurriedly. The content of the letter is simple. But the tone was very sincere, expressing regret for some unpleasant things that happened between them. I am willing to reconcile the two families and deal with Tibet together.

As for the exchange of interests necessary to repair the relationship, he didn't mention a word, and after reading the letter, Wei Ge smiled slightly and said: "In addition to this letter, what else does Governor Zhang Huan have to say for Miss Pei?" ”

Pei Ying pursed her lips and smiled, "I came here this time for two purposes, one is to bring a letter to the governor of my family, and the other is to pay tribute to the old lady for the birthday of the old lady for the governor of Zhang. Nothing else. ”

Wee nodded secretly. Sure enough, as he expected, Zhang Huan asked Pei Ying to envoy Kaiyang is Xiang Zhuang sword dance, which was intended for Pei Gong.

He groaned for a moment, then suddenly smiled and asked, "Are you already married?" ”

Pei Ying's face was covered with a circle of redness, and she looked a little shy. But this shyness disappeared in an instant. She nodded and said calmly, "If Wei Shangshu is willing." It's okay to call me Mrs. Zhang. ”

Wei Ge laughed, "In this way, the old man will congratulate you, tomorrow I will prepare a congratulatory gift, Zhang Huan was kind to my Wei family, I have never thanked him, just take this opportunity to thank you together!" ”

Pei Ying stood up and saluted lightly, "Thank you Uncle Wei Shi for your concern, I want to see the old lady now, I don't know if it's convenient?" ”

Wei Wei nodded, he called a person, ordered him to take Pei Ying to the inner house, after Pei Ying left, Wei Wei immediately invited Jiang Jian to come, Jiang Jian has lived in Wei Mansion for four or five days, several times I wanted to return to the capital was retained by Wei Wei, everything in the Wei family was discussed with him, Jiang Jian was like a drowning man, struggled a few times and then completely sank to the bottom, and now he has officially become the backbone of the Wei Party.

After listening to Wei Ge's account, Jiang Jian pondered for a moment and said: "Zhang Huan is a smart man, he should know that the Wei family has a purpose to reconcile with him, and he must also ask the Wei family, not to mention anything else, Hexi is not enough in grain, this is his weakness, it stands to reason that he should take the opportunity to make a request and reach a real reconciliation with the Wei family, but he did not mention this matter at all in the exchanges between the two envoys, so I think he has nothing more than two considerations, one is waiting for the Wei family to speak first, and the second is that he is dragging out." ”

"Drag?" Wei Ge was a little puzzled, "Can Brother Jiang explain more clearly?" ”

Jiang Jian smiled faintly, "If I guessed correctly, Zhang Huan is now using a mopping strategy, he wants to wait for the Cui and Pei families to mediate, so that he can become a chess piece for the Cui and Pei families, at that time he had no foundation, and he was afraid that others would take the opportunity to eat him, so he refused to win over the Cui and Pei families; And at this time, he has Hexi as the backing, naturally it is a good shade under the big tree, borrowing the hands of Cui and Pei to seek Longyou, Wei Shangshu, this person is far-sighted, if he does not get rid of it early, he will become a big trouble. ”

Wei Ge remembered Zhang Huan's intention of sending Pei Ying as an envoy, and he lowered his head and fell into deep contemplation.

Let's say that Pei Ying was taken to the inner house, Mrs. Wei had already sent her granddaughter Wei Ruoyue to pick her up, Wei Ruoyue and Pei Ying are of the same age, they are Wei Qing's sisters, and they have lived in the capital for a long time.

Wei Ruoyue didn't say much, she was very quiet and shy, most of the time she was a very patient listener, and today was no exception, the two walked hand in hand to the inner house, and she listened to Pei Ying's sigh along the way.

"Do you know who I met in Tianbao County? Yang Feiyu, you can't think of it! A few years ago, Chang'an said that she committed suicide, but he didn't expect her to appear in the most remote county in Datang. Drunken Dew Academy"

"Oh, Yang Feiyu, we also learned the piano with her!"

"Yes! On the first New Year's Eve of that year, she played a neon dress song on the concubine's floor, dumping three thousand students, and was known as the first person in the peerless generation of Fenghua, but unfortunately she married the wrong man. ”

"Oh, she's so unlucky."

Pei Yingxiu frowned, and said with some complaints: "Don't be always oh oh oh, do you still want to sing to the sky next?" Tell us about yourself. "Oh, but I don't have much to say."

"Then talk about someone else." Pei Ying suddenly remembered something, and she asked quietly, "How is Cui Ning?" ”

"She! I haven't seen her for a long time, I heard that she locked herself in her room all day and didn't go anywhere, Yiyi went to see her, saying that she was very thin and wanted to become a monk. ”

Pei Ying's heart sank suddenly. She was silent, never spoke again, and followed Wei Ruoyue into the inner house where Mrs. Wei lived all the way.

In the Wei family, Mrs. Wei is the sky. She is the de facto supreme ruler of the Wei family. No one in the Wei family dared to touch her, but she never asked about the Wei family's foreign affairs. has lived in a small *** in the Wei family's inner house for many years, and the most distressed person for her is her eldest grandson Wei Qing, who has regarded him as her own heart and soul since he was a child, and has been living in the inner house, living in a pile of women, and even now that Wei Qing is in his twenties, she still refuses to let him live outside, and Wei Qing was arrested last year. Suffering a little grievance, Mrs. Wei was even more heartbroken. Over the past year, he has loved him in every way, and Wei Ge wanted his son to join the army but was scolded by the old lady.

Pei Ying walked into the inner hall of the Wei family, which was splendid on the golden wall, and saw Mrs. Wei sitting on a red sandalwood couch, dressed in a red tuanhua brocade jacket, and her head was full of pearls and emeralds. The face is kind. was smiling as she walked in, surrounded by dozens of daughters-in-law and granddaughters behind her. And Wei Qing was sitting on her left, looking at her with complicated eyes, but on the other side of the old lady's land was Jiang Ying, Jiang Liandi's daughter.

Pei Ying knew Jiang Ying, she smiled at Jiang Ying quietly, then Yingying knelt down to the old lady, and said coquettishly: "Granddaughter Ying'er wishes her grandmother a birthday, and I wish her grandmother a longer life than Nanshan and a hundred years of life." ”

Mrs. Wei laughed happily, and hurriedly said to Wei Qing: "Don't hurry up and help your sister up." ”

Wei Qing responded, and was about to stand up, but Jiang Ying next to him moved quickly, stepped forward to help Pei Ying up, and said with a smile: "Pei Xiaomei hasn't seen her for a few months, but she is getting more and more handsome." ”

Wei Qing pursued Pei Ying, everyone in Chang'an knew it, how could she Jiang Ying not know?

Mrs. Wei was slightly stunned, and then reacted, a little unhappy in her heart, her most disgusting thing was that women were jealous, from the first time she saw Jiang Yingdi, Mrs. Wei didn't like her with a little gloomy gaze, and felt that she was not worthy of her grandson, but this was her son's marriage for the benefit of the Wei family, so she didn't say anything, and it was a big deal to let her grandson marry a few more women he liked as equal wives.

Pei Ying is her favorite one among all the girls in the family, she has a sweet mouth and knows how to understand the heart of the elderly, especially when she took her boat to Chang'an last year, Mrs. Wei has long regarded her as her granddaughter-in-law, in her heart, Pei Ying is a hundred times stronger than the current granddaughter-in-law, the father is Zuo Xiang, is it better than a small land servant to marry Zuo Xiang?

Old Madam Wei was dissatisfied, but she didn't show it on her face, she coughed lightly, and then beckoned Pei Ying to her side, hugged her distressedly and said: "This ice and snow, it's difficult for you to come from Chang'an to celebrate my birthday, you say it early, I'll let Qing'er pick you up, say okay, just live here for a few months, I'll let Qing'er accompany you to Longyou to turn around." ”

Jiang Ying next to her heard that she was short about Pei Yingqing'er, and she had been in Longyou for several days, but she had never heard her say that she would let Wei Qing accompany her to Longyou to turn around, although she didn't dare to attack, her face sank, and her eyes looked even more gloomy.

Pei Ying has a delicate heart, she saw that the old lady misunderstood that she was from Chang'an, and saw Jiang Ying's uncertain face, and more importantly, Wei Qing behind her, his crazy eyes almost pierced her back, of course she understood the key in her heart, that is, the old lady Wei still did not give up.

She didn't say anything, smiled and said: "Old grandmother doesn't know, in a few days, the Pei family will worship their ancestors, Daddy asked me to rush back early, Ying'er is Daddy's good girl, how can I be disobedient, next time!" Next time, I will definitely come to spend time with my grandmother. ”

Her voice was sweet and glutinous, and a little coquettish, which coaxed Mrs. Wei to a great heart, and she took Pei Ying's hand and said repeatedly: "Okay! Good! Good granddaughter, the old grandmother likes you the most. ”

At this time, Wei Qing couldn't hold back any longer, so he stepped forward and said with a smile: "Why don't I run and send Yingmei back to Chang'an?" ”

As soon as his words fell, Jiang Ying couldn't restrain herself anymore, she snorted heavily: "I'll go back to Chang'an tomorrow!" He left a room full of people and turned away.

The inner hall was very silent, and Mrs. Wei stared coldly at her back, waiting for her to go away, and then sighed: "Some people now! I don't take the old man in my eyes anymore. ”

She patted Pei Ying's hand, "The old grandmother is tired, she wants to take a rest, thank you for coming to pay your respects, I won't stop you if you want to leave, just give me a face, let Qing'er give you a ride!" ”

Pei Ying had no choice but to agree first, she walked out of the inner hall, Wei Qing followed her, the two walked more than a dozen steps, Pei Ying turned around and smiled: "Just send it here!" Brother Wei, please go back. ”

Wei Qing was stunned, he watched Pei Ying walk away, and suddenly thought that he would live with a woman he didn't love for the rest of his life, and the person he had been infatuated with for many years would never see each other again, the grief and grief in his heart poured out together, he could no longer suppress the outburst of feelings in his heart, rushed to Pei Ying, and stretched out his arm to block her way, "Don't go!" ”

Pei Ying saw that his eyes were almost desperate, and she couldn't bear it, so she said softly: "Jiang Ying should be crying in the house now, you go and coax her!" She has a deep affection for you and is a good match for you, so treat her well. ”

"But I don't like her at all!" Wei Qing roared out, and the blue tendons on his forehead burst out, "I like you, don't you know?" I've always liked you, I've liked you since I was a kid, and it's you who I want to marry! ”

Pei Ying didn't move, she shook her head lightly, and said in a low voice: "I know, but it's not suitable between us, I've found someone I like, he's in Hexi, and I'll tell you that I'm actually from Hexi, not Chang'an." Wei Qing seemed to have been struck by a muffled thunderbolt, he couldn't believe his ears, he saw that Pei Ying was leaving, he suddenly rushed up and grabbed Pei Ying's arm, and shouted viciously: "Are you talking about Zhang Huan?" Is he worthy? ”

Pei Ying shook off his hand suddenly, the gratitude in her heart suddenly turned into incomparable disgust, she ignored him and continued to walk forward, Wei Qing finally became violent, he lost his mind and roared loudly, "I like you, you have to marry me!" ”

Pei Ying suddenly stopped, and she said coldly: "Master Wei, who do you think of me?" Your maid of the Wei family, or the descendant of your Wei family, if you like it, I have to marry you? Originally, I was grateful to you, and I could treat you as a brother and a friend in the future, but now, you really let me down. ”

She took a deep breath and said word by word: "Let me tell you, I Pei Ying likes heroes who stand up to the sky, not Jiao Sun who hides behind her grandmother all day long, just now you said that he is not worthy, do you know?" I marched thousands of miles with him, only to know what a real man is, not to be intimidated by difficulties, never to give up, he marched in a snowstorm for two days, and captured your Hexi, and what are you doing at that time? Because of him, I am a woman who can be on an equal footing with your father and the dignified military secretary, and can you do it? What does it mean to be unworthy, you are the real unworthy! ”

After Pei Ying finished speaking, she didn't look at Wei Qing again, turned around and left the inner house, Wei Qing stared at her delicate figure and walked away, her eyes were full of infinite nostalgia and sorrow, and before she knew it, he had burst into tears, at this moment, he knew that he had finally lost her.