On the third day after the new year, the guest house still didn't wait for the person she was expecting. Wei Miaozhi didn't come, only sent two maidservants, sent a soup to warm up in winter, and asked carefully, only saying that he had a cold, and he was afraid that he would be sick, so he didn't have to go to visit.

When it was late afternoon, Pei Zhenwan dressed up carefully, took the most graceful and delicate dress she was carrying, and put on a scarlet cloak. Then he went out lightly and walked to the main courtyard.

The new snow stopped, and there was still a lot of residual snow in the Hou Mansion, which was covered in silver on the branches and grass. The people sheltered from the cold and shrank in the room, and the house was much quieter except for the various red lanterns hung on the New Year. Along the way, the servants and maids just bowed and saluted, but no one cared.

All the way to the corridor of the main courtyard, you can see the study of Mao Guohou in the distance, and at this moment the two windows are opened alone, and the figure of Wei Mu can be faintly seen. Pei Zhenwan found a gazebo in the garden not far away and sat down, tightened her cloak, and quietly waited for the opportunity to happen.

After waiting for a stick of incense, the door of the study opened. If ordinary people sit in the winter snow for these times, their hands and feet are numb from the cold, but fortunately, Pei Zhenwan will be behind the door, but after getting up and transporting a little Zhoutian, the chill has been removed, and only the posture of Yingying remains, graceful and graceful.

Wei Mu has dealt with some political affairs, but he is also a little tired, and he has always been greedy for warmth in the winter and snow, not to mention that it is the New Year's Festival, so he could have had a good rest. It's just that after the year, the relationship between the officials and the ministry is complicated and intertwined, and Emperor Chen now hates the private malpractices of the court and the Chinese government the most, and strictly orders not to cheat. The secretary always has some relationships that can't be handled, and in order to save face, he can only ask for help from Mao Guohou.

Thinking about the pattern of the DPRK and China, and comparing it with the great cause he had planned, Wei Mu thoughtfully walked out of the study and paced towards the inner courtyard. After a few steps down, he stopped and turned his head to look at the gazebo.

The woman in the pavilion stepped forward with a smile and saluted, but did not say anything.

Wei Mu narrowed his eyes, "It's snowy and cold, Miss Pei is a woman, I'm afraid it's easy to get cold when walking outside, and seeing that the New Year is approaching, I'm afraid it's not appropriate." ”

"What Hou Ye said is," Pei Zhenwan lowered her head and smiled, and said with deep meaning, "It's just that the slave family's illness is small, and the things that Hou Ye is thinking about are more serious, Hou Ye didn't ask for it, he first cared about the slave family's body, and the slave family felt very moved." ”

Wei Mu couldn't help but take a breath and fisted his palm: "What the girl said, why can't Ben Hou understand." ”

"I'm going to talk about big things, I'm afraid that it won't be over for a while, does the Hou Ye plan to be frozen with the slave family in this pavilion?"

Wei Mu didn't take the initiative of her, and suddenly felt that the original investigation of this woman, but the words on the paper, today, it seems that it is unfathomable, and he couldn't help but mutter, Fang said: "There is a warm corridor on the south side of the study, which is open and open, please go to taste the green smoke of the sea in the Hou Mansion." ”

After moving to the warm corridor and sitting down, Wei Mu personally boiled water and poured tea, put it in front of Pei Zhenwan, and said: "Just now the girl said that Ben Hou had something to worry about, I don't know what the girl thinks Ben Hou is thinking." ”

Pei Zhenwan didn't answer, gently picked up the teacup, put it under her nose and sniffed it lightly, took a sip again, and said with a smile: "The green smoke in the Wanghai on the Hou Ye's mansion is afraid that it is a tea with no price, and the slave family is lucky." ”

Before the words asked, Wei Mu couldn't help frowning, relying on his officialdom, he didn't say anything, and his eyes were gloomy and staring at Pei Zhenwan's pretty face.

Pei Zhenwan raised her eyebrows, "Hou Ye is worried about the concubine in the palace, isn't it a thought?" ”

"The concubine has the emperor's favor, what can this marquis remember."

"This year, the concubine broke three times in a row, Tang Xiurong fell out of favor, Kong Jieyu was deposed, and the remaining Luo Fangyi was not used, and at this moment, she had to restrain herself. In such a scene in the palace, if the Hou Ye can be at ease, it will be admired by the slave family. ”

Wei Mu habitually narrowed his eyes, and there was a hint of a smile on his face, but he had already thought about it a few times in his heart. He only said that this woman was born poor and had good looks, and if she could take it for her own use and enter the palace to assist her eldest daughter, it would be easy to say. The dispatch was investigated, and it was in line with what she had said. Today, she took the initiative to come and directly provoked what she was planning, and she knew the situation in the palace well in her words, where is the country woman insightful. I'm afraid that if I don't talk about help, it may be a conspiracy.

After pondering for a while, Wei Mu pretended to be relaxed, raised the tea and said with a smile: "The words that the girl said are chiseled, and Ben Hou is not good at saying anything, but the affairs of the harem are not for people outside the palace to comment, I advise the girl to be cautious in her words and deeds, if others hear it, I am afraid that there will be a disaster of death." ”

"Hmph." Pei Zhenwan sneered, smoothed the folds of her cuffs, and said coldly: "Hou Ye is really interesting, the slave family has already said it so clearly, Hou Ye still has to pretend to be stupid." Hou Ye said that it was difficult for people outside the palace to know about these things, and the slave family only knew one or two little eunuchs who went out of the palace to procure, which was enough to clarify the situation in the palace. I don't know if it's the Hou Ye and the slave family, who has different hearts. ”

"Ben Hou has the intention to leave you a way back, but you don't want it. You deliberately got to know the little girl, sneaked into the Hou Mansion, and really had a plan. Wei Mu's eyes flashed with a scorching gaze like a falcon, "If you can't explain it clearly today, Ben Hou can only ask the girl to go to Jingzhao Yin Yamen to explain." ”

"There is no scheme, how can the second lady have such a fate, and take a stranger back home from the street in vain? Dare to ask the Hou Ye to send someone to inquire about the life experience of the slave family, isn't it the same as what I think? ”

Wei Mu slowly got up and turned to stand out of the corridor. The windows of the corridor are open at this moment, and you can clearly see the situation inside the corridor from the outside, and the warm sunlight in winter is also invested in it. Wei Mu was tall, standing in front of a window, and there was naturally a darkness behind him. Pei Zhenwan also got up, and slowly walked around two steps behind Wei Mu, half of her body was hidden in darkness, but the other half of her face was lined with sunlight like a bead.

"The Hou Ye is worried that the concubine in the palace is single, and he has been deprived of the power of the assistant six palaces, but he is afraid that he will be suppressed by the queen mother and will not be able to recover. However, the second lady is young and cannot be sent to the palace to help at this moment, so the Hou Ye naturally needs to find a more suitable candidate. This is not something that cannot be said, but the slave family is curious, what is the reason why the Hou Ye has been patient for so long and has not moved? ”

"You are conceited and beautiful, how do you know if Ben Hou has promoted you?" Wei Mu was already calm at the moment, and for him, what was on the surface was just two ways to deal with it, either for his own use or for him to stop talking.

Pei Zhen said gracefully: "In the past, the Hou Ye only knew the appearance of the slave family, but today I have seen the courage of the slave family, isn't it enough?" ”

Wei Mu didn't look back, his eyes fell on a few larches in the court, covered in crystal snow, and he was even more upright. The princes and nobles like to plant some plum bamboos in the mansion for winter enjoyment, but Wei Mu planted a lot of pines and cypresses around the study, in order to highlight the sentence of the Confucian sage, "the year is cold and then know that the pines and cypresses wither", in order to show that virtue is not lonely.

Seeing that Wei Mu didn't answer for a long time, Pei Zhenwan sneered and said: "The years are not cold, and I don't know the pines and cypresses." It's not difficult, and you can't know the gentleman. I didn't expect the Marquis of Mao, who was respected everywhere, to act so forward-looking, and the slave family opened their eyes. ”

"Presumptuous." How could Wei Mu tolerate a poor woman pressing forward step by step, her words kept colliding, she suddenly turned around, stared at Pei Zhenwan's face, as if she wanted to dig out a hole, and said coldly: "You have tried your best to ask me to recommend you to the palace, what do you want?" ”

Pei Zhen Wan'er showed a hint of playfulness, and said sideways: "Concubine of the Son of Heaven, enjoy the prosperity of the world, and become a noble lord among the people, for this reason, does the Hou Ye think it is acceptable?" ”

"You have a deep mind, how can Ben Hou know if you can help the concubine wholeheartedly? Now that it is an eventful season, Ben Hou might as well choose another candidate, wouldn't everything be preserved. ”

"If it weren't for the character of the slave family, how could the concubine be at ease, why would it be the same as it is today, and the business would have collapsed for many years?"

Wei Mu Senran looked at the woman in front of him, and had an urge to reach out and pinch her chin to see what this woman was like, he did have a few worries in his heart, worried that he couldn't see clearly, and he couldn't guess this person, and it would be bad to lure the wolf into the room. However, he could not deny that this woman was smart and clever, and she was a material that could make things happen. How to control and use it depends entirely on the ability of the person who controls it.

Wei Mu slapped his fist, suppressed the urge to take a step forward, and sneered: "Ben Hou has seen too many people who chase fame and fortune, and those people are all mercenary, and there are countless things to cross the river and tear down bridges. With this bit of knowledge of yours, if you want to play some tricks, it will be unfavorable to the concubine, and you will naturally not be able to escape the control of Benhou. It's just that you get help from yourself, how do you plan to reciprocate? What handles do you plan to hand over as a containment? ”

"Hou Ye is really old and spicy," Pei Zhenwan nodded with a smile, "The slave family came out of Jiangling alone, and Hou Ye thought about it and investigated it clearly." There is only one sister in the slave family, Zhenyu, although she is from her stepmother, she is very close to me. If you want to remarry your stepmother, the little sister may not be able to win her favor with her new father, and she may not be happy in marriage. If you are lucky in the future, you can marry a good family in Luodu, which can be regarded as accumulating virtue for the Hou Mansion. ”

Wei Mu smiled quietly: "Ben Hou said to let you hand over the handle, but you asked the Hou Mansion to take care of the young sister for you, Miss Pei is calculating." ”

Pei Zhen smiled and bowed her head and said: "Hou Ye has read countless people in the court, and he holds the world's important political affairs, and a little woman in the slave family can make Hou Ye have a little scruples, which should be considered a blessing." Fortunately, the Hou Ye has his own hills and ravines in his chest, and this meticulousness and determination are really admired by the slave family. ”

Wei Mu still looked at her detachedly, and the corners of his mouth lifted lightly, "You don't have to slander, if it is verified that what you said is false, I am afraid that you have to think about how to escape for your life." ”

"Although Master Hou verifies, if there is any falsehood, the slave family will not escape, and let it be disposed of."

Wei Mu stretched out his sleeves, straightened out the wind hair at the collar of the Chinese dress, and turned away, leaving only a light sentence: "On the first day of the new year, all the mansions enter the palace to worship, you go with your wife and let the concubine meet." ”

Pei Zhenwan only bowed his knees to send him away, and when Wei Mu walked out of the warm corridor, he tied his cloak and slowly returned to the guest house from the other side.