Chapter 32: Rethinking the Past and the Present
After three years of vacant position, Pan Guifei was pregnant for seven months, and there was a secretary to ask for Changqiu, which is reasonable.
Pei Yaowei put away the letter and handed it back to Xiao Di.
Xiao Di asked her: "What do you think about the succession of the Pan family?" β
After the establishment of a new event, it is a major event, and it is by no means a conclusion that can be reached in three or two days. The king of Chu will return to the capital in a few days, but Instantaneous Rain specially ordered someone to run this trip and report this just emerging incident to Xiao Di, Pei Yao knew that the driving force behind this matter was Xiao Di himself nine times out of ten.
Thinking like this, she smiled slightly and said to him, "I don't think much. Your Highness is happy to see it come to fruition, and I am happy to see it come to fruition. β
Xiao Di looked at her suspiciously.
With Pan Xuan's matter in front, Pei Yaowei also knew that she might not have much credit with Xiao Di, and after thinking about it, she simply ruthlessly raised three fingers-
"I ......"
Referring to the matter of the oath of heaven, she unconsciously wanted to say, 'I'm Pei Yao', but fortunately, before the word Pei was spoken, she suddenly reacted.
Xiao Di said suspiciously: "What are you?" β
"I swear to heaven that I will work with His Royal Highness with one heart and one mind for this time after the establishment of the Pan family, and you will never cause trouble. Otherwiseβ"
She thought hard for a long time, thought about all the vicious oaths, but felt that they were not poisonous enough, and finally, when her eyes fell on him, she suddenly had an idea.
She said, "Otherwise, I will live forever and ever, and I will be rejected by my beloved, and I will not die well." β
Xiao Di's expression moved slightly, he was silent for a moment, and nodded slowly.
The carriage went out for a long time, and in the silent carriage, he suddenly asked her for no reason: "Do you have a sweetheart?" β
That's a problem. Pei Yao looked at him for a long time, raised her eyebrows and asked without answering: "Guess?" β
His Royal Highness the King of Chu didn't want to guess.
When she arrived at the outskirts of Beijing, Pei Yao was worried about Mrs. Huan, who had moved to the annex in the suburbs of Beijing to recuperate, thinking that since she got married, she had never had the opportunity to visit, so she talked to Xiao Di and asked him for permission to let her turn around and see her mother.
Mother and daughter are family, human nature, Xiao Di naturally has no objections.
"There are still a few urgent matters in hand, so I won't accompany you." As he spoke, he called Mr. One Yuan, "Then let him go with you." β
Pei Yao's heart moved slightly, and she bowed and thanked her, "Thank you, Your Highness." β
Early the next morning, the two parted ways, Xiao Di went directly into the city, and Pei Yaowei was personally guarded by Wei Chaoyang, and took Mr. Tong Yuan to Xiang's annex in the suburbs of Beijing.
However, unexpectedly, her line of work fell short.
"Absent?"
"Yes." The steward of the annex said: "The princess is Rongniang, the old lady of the Huan family is not very good, the lady has the permission of the adult, and she has set off to return to the hometown of the Huan family half a month ago to visit the old lady!" I'm afraid I won't be back for a month or two. β
Is that so......
Pei Yao secretly thought in her heart, and always felt that there seemed to be something wrong with Mrs. Huan's affairs.
This kind of feeling, when you think about it, is not unique to this time. Not to mention anything else, Mrs. Huan is so painful, even if there is really something bad about her, is she willing not to wait for her daughter to return to Ningning, so she moved to the annex early to recuperate?
β¦β¦ And Mr. One Yuan.
Thinking of this, she looked sideways at the people around her.
Xiang Tao was originally very in awe of Mr. Yiyuan's medical skills, and because of the poison of the colorful frog earlier, before Xiang Yuan got married, Xiang Tao also kept thinking about it, and wanted to invite Mr. Yiyuan to come to the door and give Mrs. Huan a pulse, so as to feel at ease. But why did Xiang Tao not mention this matter after Xiang Yu became the princess of Chu, and was only in a hurry to send people out?
Unusual. All this is too unusual.
She was thinking about it when she suddenly heard Mr. Yiyuan say: "Princess, it's still early, if you set off at this moment, you should be able to enter Beijing in time before the city gate is locked." β
The hoarse voice, listening carefully, can faintly hear a hint of urgency.
Pei Yao's heart moved, and he smiled calmly: "Mr. is like an arrow." β
Mr. Yiyuan bowed slightly and stopped talking.
After a moment, Pei Yao sighed and said, "That's it!" Since my mother is not there, it is useless for me to stay longer. It's just that these days, I've been thinking about my mother's body, and I wanted to ask Mr. Yiyuan to take a pulse for my mother, but now it's not a ......," she said and asked the steward about Mrs. Huan's body.
The steward hurriedly said: "Don't worry, the princess, Madame has been doing well recently, otherwise, the county prince would not agree to let Madame suffer from this carriage and horses!" β
Pei Yaowei nodded. She turned around and glanced at Qingchen, who understood, exited the door, and after a while, brought a guard and came back with a brocade box that was only two feet square.
"In this box is a large stone, ground into the soothing soup boiled, has the effect of soothing the mind, it was given by Princess Qi when she was in Lingcheng a few days ago." Pei Yaowei patted the brocade box and said to the steward: "I originally planned to borrow flowers to offer Buddha and honor my mother, so let's stay here for now, and when my mother returns, I will ask the steward to watch and dispose of it." β
The steward hurriedly responded, and Zhang Luo stepped forward to pick it up. Unexpectedly, when the two parties delivered, the little guy Xu didn't expect the big stone to be so heavy, and his hands were weak, and he almost threw the thing directly on the ground.
At a critical moment, fortunately, Mr. Yiyuan took a hand.
"Firstβ"
This short and small cry came from Pei Yao's ears. She glanced at it slightly, and saw Qingchen with a worried face, covering her mouth as if she was speechless.
Pei Yao remained silent.
At the other end, Wei Chaoyang had already stepped forward to hold the brocade box, rested it on the table safely, and turned back to Mr. Yiyuan and said with concern: "Is Mr. okay?" β
She was suspicious in her heart - although this boulder is quite heavy, but for ordinary adult men, there is nothing to be embarrassed about, Mr. Yiyuan just helped him, why are they so nervous?
She approached and asked, "Is there anything wrong with the sir?" β
Yu Chaoyang was pinching and kneading Mr. Yiyuan's arm, and when he heard this, he raised his head and explained to her: "Niangniang doesn't know, Mr. has been injured on his arm and can't hold heavy objects." β
Can't carry heavy objects?
Like a gong and drum beating in her head, after a while, she slowly relieved a breath that had been blocked in her lungs for a long time.
It's good not to be able to hold heavy objects, and it's good not to be able to hold heavy objects......
In the first few days after returning to the Chu Palace, Xiao Di's side was really busy, and she almost didn't see him a few times.
Yu Xu is powerful, these days when she is not there, the housekeepers in the house are handed over to this girl to take care of, everything is in order, she has roughly passed it, there is no problem at all, this head put down the account book, but it is more and more nothing to do, good and dignified, I actually looked at the white begonia for a while.
"!"
Suddenly, she dragged her thoughts back, and when she looked at it, it was Qingchen who had been out of the house for a long time, and then came back with a rock sugar gourd.
"Niangniang, try it, this rock sugar gourd is delicious!"
Qingchen said, and stuffed it into her hand, and when Yu Xu saw it, he hurriedly came over to stop her, "This can't be helped!" The things outside are not clean, and the mother's spleen and stomach are weak, so I can't eat it! β
Before Pei Yaowei could speak, she said lightly: "Oh, as the saying goes, if you don't eat cleanly, you won't get sick!" And just once in a while, it's okay! As she spoke, she stuffed another one into Yu Xu's hand, "Sister, you can taste it too, it's delicious!" β
Yu Xu looked at the red fruits that were stuffed over and was stunned for a moment.
At this time, Pei Yao smiled and said: "Okay, just once or twice, it's okay, you can also taste it, look at her more towards you, this one for you is more red than the one given to me!" β
Yu Xu looked at Qingchen helplessly, "Thank you Qingchen, it's just that I won't take it as an example." β
Qingchen nodded repeatedly.
After a short time, Yu Xu went to cook tea at the back, and Qingchen sat next to Pei Yao's lap, and put a small case in front of her, copying her new "Mencius".
After copying for a while, she encountered something she didn't understand, so she took the book and wanted to ask her, but when she looked up, she saw the master holding his chin in a daze, his eyebrows and eyes were vaguely sad, and he didn't know what he was worried about.
Qingchen asked cautiously, "...... Mother, what's wrong with you? What's the problem? β
Pei Yaowei shook her head.
It's not annoyance, it's just that it's a little confused.
"When I think about what happened after the establishment of the new school, I think it's quite interesting."
Qingchen frowned and wondered, "What's the point?" β
Pei Yaowei asked her what was the key reason why Pan Guifei became the new candidate.
"Hmm...... Her surname is Pan, and she is pregnant with a little doll? β
Pei Yaowei nodded.
She asked Qingchen, "Have you heard about Empress Renyi?" β
"Empress Renyi?" Qingchen looked stunned, and there seemed to be light and shadow flowing in his eyes, "Are you talking about your relationship with Empress Renyi?" β
She shook her head and smiled, "No. I mean, there are rumors inside and outside the imperial palace that when Empress Renyi was alive, she was jealous and couldn't tolerate the fact that the palace concubines had children. β
Qingchen looked at her, bit her lip, and didn't say anything for a while.
Pei Yaowei didn't notice her abnormality, brushed her clothes, and smiled with a little mockery, "Now it seems that such rumors are not entirely unreasonable - at least now Concubine Pan Guifei is very pregnant!" β
"Not really!"
Qingchen said this coldly, Yao Wei was stunned, and looked at her in a daze.
The little girl stood up and shook her head stubbornly, "Niangniang, don't say that, Queen Renyi won't be a bad person!" She is a very nice person! β
Pei Yaowei was really scared at this moment, this girl was so convincing that she was in a trance for a while, thinking to herself, could it be that in her previous life, what was the relationship between herself and her?
Strange in her heart, she looked left and right, turned around and made a silent gesture with Qingchen, and scared her: "Be quiet, in this case, you don't dare to say it in the Chu Palace, if Your Highness hears it, there will be no good fruit for you to eat!" β
Qingchen lowered his head unconvinced, muttering, not knowing what to say.
Pei Yaowei asked her again: "However, you girl is strange, is it possible, you and Queen Renyi are old acquaintances?" β
Qingchen shook his head.
"Isn't it?" Pei Yaowei asked, "Then why can't I say bad things about her so much?" β
Qingchen reluctantly said: "Niangniang, don't talk about other people's rights and wrongs behind your back - isn't this what you taught me?" β
Pei Yao choked, for a moment and a half, there was really nothing to say.
"But the slave maid likes Queen Renyi a lot," Qingchen took the initiative to say: "Didn't you say that it was born from the heart?" Niangniang, you are so good, the slave likes it when she sees it, I heard that Queen Renyi is very similar to you, so naturally it is not bad. So Niangniang, don't say that in the future, Queen Renyi will definitely not be a wicked person! β
Pei Yaowei looked at her with complicated eyes, and in the end, she had to nod and agree: "Well, I know, don't say anything bad about her again." β
Qingchen nodded and smiled with satisfaction.
"However, speaking of Pan Guifei's child-" After a while, she suddenly remembered something, leaned over and said sneakily: "Niangniang, when the slave goes out today, I have heard a lot of new things!" β