He muttered for a while, Lan Yi knew that he was not in a good mood, and took the initiative to ask, "What's the matter, Daddy has someone else in his favor?" ”

The father wanted to continue the string, but it was the daughter who asked first, how embarrassing it was to think about this kind of thing, Pei Gui was no exception, hesitated for a while, and then pretended to be calm and said in a deep voice: "It's not okay if there is no one in the back house, the emperor means that he wants to be a matchmaker for me." ”

Lan Yi felt sad for her mother, and sure enough, her father's promise to her was almost not said, and after her death, she still failed her after all.

But this is the emperor's meaning, no one can disobey, and there is no housewife in the family, it is really not good, and when the daughters get married, they don't even have a person to serve tea. Lan Yi didn't know if it was because he had prepared for a long time, so he accepted it immediately, but comforted his father, "Daddy, don't think that what you said to your daughter has not been fulfilled, your mind, how can you not know what you are a daughter, but this is the emperor's order, and it is also the emperor's gift to our Pei Mansion, you can accept it." ”

Pei Gui sighed again, to be honest, the daughter of that family is almost the same size as Lan Yi, he really doesn't have that interest, but in life, there are so many places where he can't help himself, and he can't avoid it.

After having dinner in the main hall, Lan Yi said that he wanted to say a few words to Aunt Li and go back to the palace, even though Pei Gui took leave, he still had business to do, so he went to the study first.

And here Lan Yi asked Aunt Li, "Can you bring me the account books that Pei Fu has purchased in the past ten years?" ”

Aunt Li hurriedly said: "Of course you can, but there are too many account books in the past ten years, even if the princess lives in the mansion and looks at it for a day or two, she may not be able to read it." ”

Lan Yi said happily: "Then bring me the account books of the year my mother died, I want to see when Aunt Bai started to move the property of Pei Mansion." ”

Aunt Li agreed, and immediately ordered someone to find the account book of that year, she was also good at governing the family, and after a while, a servant sent the booklet over, Lan Yi was not polite, took it and began to look through it.

She didn't have much time, but when it came to her mother's death, as long as there were clues, she would try her best to find out.

That year, because Feng Ying was pregnant, the family was temporarily handed over to Aunt Bai to manage, but Aunt Bai had only taken over the entire Pei Mansion. Lan Yi flipped through the pages one by one, and suddenly saw a few words engraved in his heart.

"Twenty taels of safflower, twenty taels of Chuanxiong."

These two medicinal materials were sent to Aunt Leng's courtyard.

She turned back two more pages and quietly closed the account book, this matter was too long, even in front of Aunt Li, she didn't want to startle the snake, but said: "Aunt Bai was quite honest at that time." ”

Aunt Li bowed her head and asked, "Why did the princess suddenly remember to investigate this matter?" ”

Lan Yi said: "Chang Jue said that my father and the emperor recently investigated corruption in the court and politics, I remembered that the things that Miaoqing took away from home and gave to Mrs. Ruan were all secretly stopped by Aunt Bai, I don't know if it is considered corruption, if it is a large amount of silver when it is folded down, I still want to expose this matter and let Miaoqing fill in the account." My aunt also knows that our Changjue and Guifei Niangniang's side don't deal with each other very well. ”

This is human nature, Aunt Li said that she can understand it very well, but she is a little regretful, "Your father's clean sleeves, Pei Mansion wants to send it, but he can't send so much silver, not to mention that the affairs of the family and the affairs of the court are still different." ”

"It's me who was confused, when I just turned over the account book, I thought of this, if we send out more, it can only mean that Pei's house is not clean, this kind of thing that has eggs under the nest can't be done." Lan Yi smiled a little embarrassedly and changed the subject, "Speaking of which, the year my aunt died, Pei's mansion was also eventful, right?" I remember that Aunt Leng was also sick at that time? ”

Aunt Li smiled, "The princess was young at that time, but her memory is good." However, Aunt Leng has never had any problems, but after giving birth to Concubine Pei Shu, she has been making trouble saying that she is not in good health, and the master often goes to see her for this reason. But at that time, Mrs. was pregnant, and the lord was worried, and he always stayed at Aunt Bai's place, Aunt Leng may be a little anxious, and she was thinking about her weakness and weakness, and she wanted to replenish her blood. You also know Aunt Leng's temperament, in order to make the master notice her, she can do anything, and the concubine has been with her for a long time, but she feels a little cute. ”

Lan Yi nodded, and said with a smile: "I see, I can't remember many things that year." This Aunt Leng can't calm down for a long time, and she is a little upside down, pretending to be sick and competing for favor, but it is like what she will do. ”

Aunt Li also had a smile in her eyes, and said casually: "Turn it upside down, it's upside down, the days in the concubine's house are actually boring, sometimes talk to Aunt Leng together, or touch Pai Gow, which solves a lot of loneliness." ”

Lan Yi teased her, "Auntie is bored now, and when she marries her daughter-in-law, you have to train her as the master mother of Pei Mansion, and then you will have something to do." ”

Aunt Li waved her hand again and again, "What kind of housewife, the child born by the concubine, the daughter she marries will not be the housewife, and the concubine will not be disappointed if she does not have this hope." ”

Lan Yi smiled: "Auntie, let's have some hope, you cultivate it well, and Daddy won't treat you badly." ”

Aunt Li said: "The princess doesn't know yet, the lord is going to continue the strings, the princess may not feel comfortable in her heart, but the lord's heart for you and the first lady will never change." When the new lady gives birth to a son-in-law, this Pei Mansion will naturally be inherited by the child, and the concubine is really not delusional. ”

Lan Yi naturally doesn't think so, it's one thing for his father's continuation to give birth to a son, and it's another thing to give birth to a son or not, and when his father is old, the child has just become an adult, and obviously there is no such person as Zhiyan who has been cultivated, so she said: "For the future of Pei Fu, my father will not only look at the concubine, but will naturally choose the virtuous person to prevail. ”

Aunt Li hurriedly said: "If you can have a mother like Mrs. Xian, it is really a blessing that has been cultivated for several generations, and the concubine doesn't want to delay, she just thinks that it is better to pick up the sun than to hit the sun, if the princess can still see the master today, it is better to mention it directly." ”

Lan Yi is always moved by the old mother's heart, for Pei Zhiyan's sake, Aunt Li would rather he not recognize himself as his own mother, so what Lan Yi can do is to try not to let them taste the pain of this so-called "mother-son separation".

"Auntie, don't worry, the new lady hasn't entered the door yet, let's take a step at a time."

Aunt Li hurriedly agreed, "Anyway, the concubine listens to you." Now, the concubine only hopes that you are pregnant, and I hope that you will have it later, this woman gives birth to a child, that is, she passes through the ghost gate, and the concubine is too distressed for you to be offended like this, but she understands in her heart that if you don't have children, you can't do it. ”

"Auntie, this is really worried about me as a daughter."

"That's nature." Aunt Li frowned.

When Lan Yi returned to the house today, Aunt Leng didn't bring Pei Miaoyun over to set up a set, and Lan Yi didn't ask them to come over to meet, her heart was very chaotic, and she needed to go back to the palace to be quiet and quiet, so that she could sort out all kinds of things.

Maybe Aunt Bai was right at that time, the tea with peach blossoms and osmanthus or something, it was impossible to really kill her mother, but it was just that it was mixed with other things, which led to such tragic consequences.

At that time, Feng Ying, after all, was a pregnant woman, and what she ate and drank would not increase the amount of food and drink, not to mention that tea was mostly used to entertain others, when Lan Yi went, her mother would let people brew a good cup of tea, and when Lang Zhong went, her mother would do the same, and what she really drank into her stomach may not be as much as outsiders imagined.

Lan Yi walked forward, and when he was about to walk to the gate of Pei's mansion, a crisp woman's voice suddenly came from behind him, and it was Pei Miaoyun.

"Is the eldest sister going back to Prince Gong's Mansion? I haven't been able to talk to my eldest sister yet! ”

Lan Yi turned her head to look at her, the little girl was in her prime, because she had an unobtrusive mother, the childishness on her face was a little more than that of her peers, probably all the way over, Pei Miaoyun's face was dyed with red color, and her mouth was panting, but what reassured Lan Yi was that the light in her eyes was still so simple.

No matter what Aunt Leng did, it must have nothing to do with Pei Miaoyun. Lan Yi thought so in his heart, smiled lightly on the surface, and said, "The main reason for coming back today is to take a look at Daddy's body, does the third sister have anything to say to me?" ”

Pei Miaoyun glanced at Ning Fu quietly, where could her mind be hidden, Ning Fu immediately knew that the third girl had something to say to Lan Yi alone, so she said, "Why don't you go to the door and see if the carriage is set?" ”

Lan Yi nodded and said, "Let's go", and when Ning Fu walked away, she continued to ask, "Why is it mysterious?" ”

"No, eldest sister, there's nothing mysterious, it's just that it's a bit embarrassing to say these words, and I'm embarrassed to let more people hear it." Pei Miaoyun is happy, these times, she is the only one left in the family, and Aunt Li is the only one left in the family, and Aunt Li is tolerant and generous and loves her children, her food and clothing are much better than before, what can make her worry is naturally a major marriage event, "Eldest sister, my aunt didn't let me come to see you, but I still came, I have something to say to you." ”

Lan Yi laughed in her heart, this sister is really not smart, she hasn't changed her words for so long, and she even forgot to use honorifics like "you", but fortunately, she didn't care, and said gently: "Say it, I'll listen." ”

"Eldest sister, my aunt said that the second sister is now married into the Yuwang Mansion and is pregnant with a child, which can be regarded as a wind and rain, it can be seen that the concubine room in this palace is much more beautiful than the lady outside, she said that she will not let me follow your will to take the road you arranged, and it is better to marry into the palace as a concubine like the second sister, she also said, the sixth prince is good, it is very good, it is really not good, and the brother-in-law of King Gong is also good......

In the end, she was embarrassed herself, her voice was like a mosquito, Lan Yi heard that Aunt Leng had chosen Wei Changjue, and she was not unhappy, she looked at her expression carefully, and only asked: "This is all what your aunt said, what about you, what do you think?" ”

Pei Miaoyun shook her head, "I just didn't know what to do, so I came to ask the eldest sister." Can the eldest sister give me an idea? ”

I thought that Lan Yi would block her glory and wealth as Aunt Leng guessed, and directly said that she would not be allowed to marry a rich man, but Lan Yi also shook her head and said, "No." ”

Pei Miaojun was dumbfounded, she didn't understand why she couldn't.

Lan Yi didn't expect her to understand, and explained directly: "No matter how I describe the life of those concubines in the palace, it is not as clear as you yourself, if you see how they live, you can accept and even like them, then you want to be concubines in those big families, I will not stop you, because this is the way you choose." But at the moment, you don't know their lives, and you don't know what you have to face to be a concubine, and everything I say is in vain, so I can't give you an idea at all. ”

Pei Miaoyun felt that this was very reasonable, for her, many people's words made sense, and this became a troublesome matter - there are so many reasons, how can she judge which one is the most suitable for her? Who should I listen to?

Seeing that Pei Miaoyun fell into deep thought, Lan Yi knew that she couldn't think clearly for a while, and she didn't want to continue to kill time here, so she said directly: "You are only fifteen years old, and getting married in another year or two is not a problem, if you hesitate, it is better to wait a little longer to see if Miaoqing's life is what you want." ”

Leaving these words, Lan Yi didn't say much, turned around and walked out of Pei's mansion and got into the carriage of Prince Gong's mansion.

It's not a curse on Pei Miaoqing, Lan Yi just thinks that a life that is too vigorous may not be better than a long stream of water. After all, who knows if the back of the blazing fire cooking oil is in the waning days?

In Lan Yi's heart, the most important thing is the death of her mother and younger brother, she can't figure out these two things, she can't eat well and can't sleep, even Wei Changjue can see such an abnormality, and when Lan Yi is asked, she only said: "It's not that I want to hide it from you, it's really something I'm not sure about, I don't want to tell it and let you worry about it." ”

Wei Changjue felt that the weal and woe between husband and wife were shared, it was just a trouble, and it was better for two people to share it than to think about it alone, Lan Yi was so entangled by him that he had no choice but to express his doubts about his mother's death.

Wei Changjue was a little curious when he heard this, and asked, "You said that this Aunt Leng, what do you usually say, and she looks a little scheming?" ”

Lan Yi bowed, "Yes, if she really hides her side, how deep is this scheming?" I can't lure Aunt Bai out like I did to lure her out of the hole. ”

Wei Changjue's perspective on the problem was not quite the same as Lan Yi's, and after hearing these words, he just said: "I think you can think about what she wants, as long as you can grasp what she wants, you can slowly force her to show her original form." ”