Yin and Pei Jinzhu left the Pei family one after another, and the biggest impact was Pei Jinwan, who was more taciturn than before, except for the morning and dusk.

Pei Jinyao was buried in the pile of books all day long, and she had no time to take care of anything else. Drawing talismans became the only pastime. She feels that she has really made progress through these days of hard training. But it's still a big deal away from calling the wind and rain. Worried, he lost his hair one by one.

Even Qian Wei took the money to the gambling house to cheer her up. The little spy and Lao Wen also joined in the fun. Pei Jinyao didn't dare to ask Ming Kuang and Cen Lu. These people are the most sincere among Wei and Pei Tingwu, and they are 10,000 taels each.

If 20,000 taels of silver are exchanged for copper plates, Pei Jinyao can be buried alive several times.

However, Wei said that if she won the money, she would share half of Pei Jinyao. Odds of 10 to 1. If you win, you will have 50,000 taels. But if you lose, 20,000 taels will be wasted.

It doesn't make sense to reason with a gambler.

Pei Jinyao had a green shadow under his eyes, holding his handbook and sighing.

The little secret agent brought a bowl of lily mung bean soup and put it on the table, "There is a post from the palace, please go to the banquet." ”

Dinner? Pei Jinyao raised her head blankly.

Emperor Yifeng hadn't summoned her for a few days, so how could he ask her to go to the banquet for no reason.

"Isn't Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess of Pingyi still in court? Maybe she wants to meet you. The little agent looked at Pei Jinyao with some concern. In less than a month of hard work, the miraculous envoy lost a lot of weight. It's not appetizing to eat, and even he doesn't like the fried meat very much.

Pei Jinyao pinched the spoon and hummed lightly.

The eldest princess of Pingyi entered Beijing, she didn't go to see the excitement, Lao Wen wen. I heard him say that there was no big battle. Emperor Yifeng originally wanted to greet him at the gate of the city, but Shen Ge Lao Jin Yan said that the war in Liaodong was not over, and everything was simple.

Emperor Yifeng listened to his words, and should greet him at the gate of the palace instead.

Tonight, Emperor Yifeng set up a banquet to wash the dust for the eldest princess of Pingyi, and tomorrow night he invited the clan relatives. It is also the meaning of letting Duhu and Na recognize their relatives. The day after tomorrow, the foreign woman entered the palace to meet Her Royal Highness the eldest princess.

And the post that Pei Jinyao received was the day after tomorrow. There is nothing wrong with the number of rituals. After all, her identity is quite special.

"Then go ahead." Pei Jinyao took a sip of mung bean soup and immediately smiled, "It tastes good." ”

The little agent's face was full of joy.

"Where's Lao Wen?" Pei Jinyao asked.

The little secret agent ran to the door and shouted, "Uncle Wen." ”

After a while, Lao Wen came with a plate of cherries hanging with water droplets.

Pei Jinyao nodded, "This is the advantage of a small place, if it is as big as Dongchang, it is useless to shout and cut your throat." Pointing to the chair opposite, "You both sit." Let's talk for a while. ”

The little agent groaned and sat down on his legs. Sit is sitting, hands are not idle, pick up the porcelain bowl and grind the dansha.

Lao Wen took the half-sewn socks and started needlework.

Pei Jinyao had long been accustomed to the virtuousness of the two of them, and after drinking the mung bean soup, she took a handkerchief to seal the corners of her lips, "Lao Wen, tell me what kind of person the eldest princess of Pingyi is." ”

Although she saved Pingyi's life, she didn't know Pingyi. Inquire about the likes and dislikes of Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, so as not to commit taboos.

Lao Wen pursed his lips and thought about it, and said, "Your Highness doesn't talk much, he is very gentle and not a difficult master. The small ones are also what I heard people say. If the Divine Envoy wants to know something, the little one will inquire again. ”

"There's nothing special to know. It's just that I'm afraid of saying the wrong thing and offending the nobles. You can see where I am now. Since the last time I entered the palace, His Majesty has never summoned me again. Lu Guoshi is constantly gracious. Pei Jinyao picked up a big round cherry and sighed very sadly, "I have to be more careful." ”

The little agent hurriedly comforted her, "Don't be discouraged, it will definitely be fine in the future." ”

Lao Wen also said, "If Your Majesty doesn't want to see you, you won't let Her Royal Highness the eldest princess see you." ”

"But I just don't know the bottom of my heart. Look outside...... Pei Jinyao pointed out the window, "...... The sun is blazing. It hasn't rained and the land is very dry. The wells in our yard are running dry. Isn't this the answer to Lu Guoshi's words? Coupled with the fact that he entered the palace every now and then, His Majesty must believe in him more than in me. ”

The little agent hung his head and remained silent.

In fact, Pei Shenji was right. Lu Guoshi is not a fuel-efficient lamp. Maybe Your Majesty is hanging the magic trick because Lu Guoshi is playing right and wrong.

Lao Wen twisted his brows and thought for a moment, "If you say taboo, don't ask the Shao family under Her Royal Highness the eldest princess." ”

The Shao family? The first thing that came to Pei Jinyao's mind was Shao Gao.

"What's that to say?"

Lao Wen pricked the needle on the cloth and said a little seriously: "Her Royal Highness the eldest princess and Shao Langzhong's sister were originally handkerchiefs. Later, somehow, the two of them broke off contact. Until His Highness, Dongzhen did not reconcile. ”

"Shao Langzhong, is Shao Gao?"

Lao Wen hummed, "It's him." Lang Zhong of the Wu Xuan Qing Division. Xiao heard that this Shao Lang has both Chinese and martial arts, and is a talent. It looks like he's still a classmate of your father. However, your father Pei Erye is much more famous than Shao Langzhong. If it weren't for Pei Erye falling off the horse......" Speaking of this, Lao Wen suddenly paused and covered his mouth in confusion, "The little one shouldn't chew his tongue." You avoid the daughter of the Shao family. Although it has been many years, His Royal Highness has long let go of the grievances and grievances of the past. But it never hurts to be careful. ”

Pei Jinyao bowed his head and said, "I wrote it down." ”

When the two of them were talking, the little secret agent looked at Pei Jinyao hesitantly several times, but he still couldn't hold back.

"That...... His Majesty instructed the clan relatives who went to the banquet today and tomorrow if there were twelve or thirteen girls in the family to bring them, and it was said that they were to choose a playmate for Princess Nato. However, the Duhu Prince happens to be thirteen years old this year. ”

Pei Jinyao understood. Choosing a playmate for Princess Nato is just a nice way to say, and the fundamental purpose is to choose a princess for Duhu. Although Duhu is only thirteen years old, he is not immediately married. It's not too late to wait for a year or two.

Once Shi Gu was ambushed, Emperor Yifeng sent Duhu back to Dongzhen to claim the king. He marries a clan daughter as the queen, and he can be protected from committing Daxia for at least twenty years. It's a sure-fire deal. If Duhu had an heir in Great Xia, it would be even more reassuring.

Pei Jinyao pinched the cherry's hand and paused, "How is the temperament of the lone tiger?" ”

Lao Wen said in a deep voice: "The Duhu Prince rode into the city on horseback. The little one thinks he looks a little arrogant. Not inhibited at all. ”

At present, the war in Liaodong is not over, and the three of Pingyi, mother and son, must rely on the soldiers and horses of Great Xia to regain the throne. It stands to reason that the three of them should be cautious in their words and deeds. And Duhu doesn't know how to restrain like this, is it deliberate or is it by nature?

Pei Jinyao pondered for a moment, "I don't know who the palace wants to be the princess." ”

The little agent put the porcelain bowl on the table, "The little one will cook some mung bean soup and send it to the brothers later." ”

Lao Wen took the needle and scraped it on his scalp, and said with a calm smile: "The little one is going to gamble two at night." ”

Pei Jinyao gave him a purse full of silver bills, "Lose more." ”

……

Pei Jinyao was not idle. She handed a post to the West Factory, had dinner at noon, and arrived at the West Factory with a wooden box.

Cen Lu sat in the octagonal pavilion in his regular clothes, holding a bowl of sour plum soup with a cool breeze in his hand and taking small sips to drink.

Pei Jinyao greeted him and put the wooden box on the stone table, "The little thin gift also hopes that Lord Cen will accept it with a smile." ”

Cen Lu continued to drink the sour plum soup without raising his eyelids, "Gift-giving looks raw." Pei Shenji, take it back. "It's not that he is high, but I'm afraid that Pei Jinyao will ask for something. His Majesty the Emperor has become closer and closer to Lu Lang in recent days, and even the time when the eldest princess of Pingyi entered the city was not counted by him. In comparison, Pei Jinyao is like a hard-working child begging for a life under the hands of the late mother.

If Pei Jinyao wanted him to help say a lot of kind words in front of His Majesty the Emperor, it would be embarrassing. He hasn't been able to gain a firm foothold in the West Factory yet, where does he have the leisure to take care of the affairs of the Shenji Division.

So he didn't accept Pei Jinyao's gift.

Pei Jinyao smiled, "Here are a few gadgets for your brother." It's not anything of value, it's made from the material of my grandmother's gown. As long as you inquire a little, you can know that what is on the tip of Cen Lu's heart is not a person or an object, but a big white cat named Fugui. Cen Lu hated to spoil it to the sky.

Your brother? Cen Lu lifted his face from the sour plum soup. A small silk cloak comes into view. The button under the neck is a jade, and the word "wealth" is carved on the top with an ancient seal. Cen Lu happily rubbed it in his hand, "How can this be done." ”

"Look at what you said. What's not to do. Don't be afraid of rough craftsmanship, our embroidery lady is also the first time to make clothes for cats, hand-born. Pei Jinyao took out a small hydrangea from the wooden box and placed it on the table. A small cape, a small hydrangea, and a white cat puppet the size of a palm.

Cen Lu picked it up one by one and looked at it carefully, and the more he looked at it, the happier he became. Seeing enough, Cen Lu brushed the hair on his sideburns with his orchid fingers, "I thank Pei Shen's clever envoy for our noble brother." ”

"No thanks. As long as you like it, your brother can do it. ”

"Like. Don't look at our noble brother who can't speak, he seems to have a mirror in his heart. Cen Lu smiled even more on his lips, "Pei Shen's clever work is good, our noble brother has written it down." You might as well speak up if you have something. ”

Pei Jinyao frowned, her expression a little sad, "Presumably Lord Cen has also heard about it." I will enter the palace the day after tomorrow to meet Her Royal Highness the eldest princess of Pingyi......"

"This undercurrent under the calm sea is not something that can be avoided if you want to." The corners of Cen Lu's lips curled slightly, "Even if you aspire to become a tall tree, you have to work hard to accompany you, don't you?" If the achievements are uprooted by the wind, wouldn't it be a waste of a good seedling? ”

He put the dim sum plate in Pei Jinyao's hand, "For the sake of you thinking about our noble brother, I will tell you something heart-wrenching." Back then, I could only see two kinds of people – good guys and bad guys. I never thought that the good and bad in this world were not as simple as I could recognize. Some people appear to be good, but they are actually hypocrites. Some people look evil, but they are much more lovely than hypocrites. I've seen demons in human skin, and I've dealt with beautiful women with iron-hearted hearts. Later, I couldn't tell the difference between good and bad, good and evil. Anyway, I'm just going to be confused. ”

Cen Lufu took another sip of sour plum soup and took a sip, "Why should Pei Shenji be stubborn. It's much easier to make vines than tall trees. ”

"Thank you, Lord Cen for your kindness. However, the vines are boneless and not pleasing enough. ”

Hearing this, Cen Lu laughed until tears overflowed from the corners of his eyes. If there is a choice, who would like to be a vine instead of a big tree? He was the poor creature who didn't choose. It is really helpless to cling to Empress Han, and when he survives in the gap between Emperor Yifeng and Empress Han with ease, he will want more.

How can anyone not be greedy?

Cen Lu smiled brightly, but his heart was sad.

"That being the case, Pei Shenji is going to stick to the end. Otherwise, our noble brother will look down on you. The tone was light, as if he was rejecting people thousands of miles away.

"It will live up to your brother's expectations." With that, Pei Jinyao got up and said goodbye.

Cen Lu put his palm on the small silk cloak and said slowly: "The auspiciousness of Huayang Palace is his own person. Pei Shenji made it possible to get his place if he commanded. ”

Pei Jinyao paused and bowed slightly to Cen Lu, "Thank you, Lord Cen." ”

Cen Lu turned his head away from looking at her, and snorted lightly, "The little guy who has no one in his eyes will die sooner or later and have no place to be buried." In the future, I don't come to the West Factory, I think you're unlucky. "There are dogs in the East Factory, and the Shenji Division is not very popular.

Pei Jinyao pursed her lips and laughed, "When I'm done with this, I'll send you something fun." ”

"Hey, who's rare." Cen Lu picked up the small hydrangea and shook it, muttering with a smile.

……

That night, Emperor Yifeng was in Huayang Palace to pick up the wind and wash the dust for the mother and son of the eldest princess of Pingyi. The people who came to the banquet were all clan relatives.

Those familiar or unfamiliar faces flashed in a hurry in front of the eyes of the Changgong of Pingyi. Some of them she remembered, while others she didn't remember at all.

Emperor Yifeng was dressed in homely clothes, like an approachable elder, and smiled to introduce the eldest princess of Pingyi.

More than ten or twenty years have passed, and the cowardice between the eyebrows of the eldest princess of Pingyi has long faded, replaced by calm and calm. Emperor Yifeng couldn't help but sigh with emotion. He is not the boy who needs to be guarded by his sister. Now he is His Majesty the Emperor above tens of thousands of people, holding the power of life and death.

Empress Han looked at the eldest princess of Pingyi, who was greeting her relatives, and frowned almost invisibly. Just as she was thinking about what Pingyi looked like in the past, a string of hearty laughter rang out.

Na Tuo stood with the wine cup in her hand, and standing opposite her was the handsome and dignified Liu Yan. The girl's delicate face is as vivid and rich as a paulownia flower stretching in the sun.

Liu Cheng was accustomed to seeing the smiling and toothless Daxia girl, and the enthusiastic Princess Dongzhen made him embarrassed.

He didn't like it, and he didn't like Nato, who made him feel that way.

Na Tuo didn't notice Liu Yan's dislike at all, she leaned the wine cup forward, "Cousin, I respect you." Without waiting to finish speaking, he poured a full glass of wine into his mouth.

Liu Cheng's eyes widened.

Jinhua wine, which is as golden in color as gold, is sweet and pure, and is soft and not strong in the throat. Good wine needs to be tasted carefully. Liu Cheng secretly slandered Na Tuo for violently destroying the heavens, but said: "Cousin Na Tuo has a good amount of alcohol." ”

Queen Han forcibly suppressed her displeasure and said to Liu Yan: "Qi'er, don't let Na Tuo eat so much wine. ”

Nato wiped the wine from her lips with her backhand and giggled again, "We drank a lot more wine in Dongzhen than this." She raised her face and winked at Queen Han, looking innocent like a young child who didn't know anything about the world.

Empress Han beckoned to her lovingly, "Na Tu come and sit next to me." ”

Na Tuo pulled up Liu Yan's sleeve, "Aunt Queen, I want to drink with my cousin." ”

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