Soon, Pei Baoer successfully kept herself busy.

The first is the issue of preparing for the decoration of the shop. The grain store has a square layout and a small area, which is quite suitable. Pei Baoer has already proposed a design plan and handed it over to Steward Sun to run the decoration.

Until this time, she couldn't help but remember the paintings that hung in the Jade Pavilion last year, and the young man who painted.

After sighing, she reluctantly cheered up and went to a group of free laborers in the main courtyard to "preach and receive employment and solve doubts".

Strictly speaking, these little maids or servants are all receiving monthly money, and they cannot be regarded as free labor. Pei Bao'er thought that she didn't need so many people to hug and serve alone, if she wasn't afraid of falling into the name of the regent princess, she would like to do it herself and drive all the girls into the "production workshop" converted into a wing room to do assembly line work.

She took advantage of her privileged class and gathered all the raw materials and tools she needed with great efficiency.

In order to cooperate with her perfect production policy, Song Yan even found a few old craftsmen with their own specialties for her, saying that they were released from the workshop to support her when she was old. Pei Baoer was a little suspicious that Qi Heng did it, but seeing that these people had their own abilities, some were good at making boxes, some were good at carving, and some were good at perfume and powder, all in all, they were all the talents she needed at the moment, so she had to accept them suspiciously.

The main courtyard of the palace is so big that it is impossible to hide it from the eyes of those who have a heart.

North Courtyard.

"Good girl, Pei's! Is there still me as a mother-in-law in my eyes? ”

After breakfast, Concubine Wei complained to Mama He angrily, and the latter had to smile bitterly.

In the first two days after returning home, she could still use the excuse that Pei's body was unwell, and now it is almost ten days, if she has the heart, she should climb over to say hello, right?

Mama He had an idea and said, "Didn't the prince say it, the princess hurt her brain and lost her memory before, and now she has just recovered, and it is inevitable that she will be difficult to accept for a while......"

Concubine Wei waved her hand, "Okay, okay, don't give them two and mud here." This pair of sons and daughters-in-law are white-eyed wolves, and my heart hurts when I mention them~"

After complaining, she asked hopelessly: "Those few people in the West Courtyard, still no one can enter the main courtyard?" ”

Mama He smiled bitterly and nodded. Moreover, the person didn't use any excuse for being unwell, and he said directly that he didn't want to see them, and asked them not to bother her.

After thinking about it, she added: "However, I have been out of the house once in the past few days and went to the Princess's Mansion. Most of the rest of the posts were rejected. Even Mrs. Pei Jiayang's didn't pick up ......"

If it weren't for the fact that she had a little understanding of the former Princess Pei, and she was so arrogant and disdainful of associating with people who didn't like her, Mama He would really suspect that what the prince said to the princess was nonsense, and this Pei's style was inevitably too bold.

Concubine Wei sneered: "She will appreciate herself, but there are some people who she can't see if she doesn't want to see them." She has been back for so many days, the one in the palace must not be able to wait, right? ”

Mama He was stunned, but when Concubine Wei mentioned it, she changed her words again.

"What rouge gouache has she been tinkering with lately? Ready to open a new shop? ”

Mama He nodded helplessly again.

Concubine Wei frowned and reprimanded: "A good princess, it is really unreasonable to have to lower her body to do these ninth-rate business affairs!" Hum! Since she refuses to come, you go to the main courtyard and talk to her, and say that I mean it! ”

Mama He's old face twitched. Isn't this a rush for her to be annoying?

Fortunately, when she was halfway through, she just received a message. It turned out that Concubine Wei was so straightforward that the Empress Dowager Qin in the palace actually sent someone to summon Pei into the palace.

Mama He happily rushed to the main courtyard first, and asked people to spread the news, and "by the way" conveyed Concubine Wei's instructions euphemistically.

At this time, Pei Baoer was looking at a letter with a smile on her face.

This letter came from Qingzhou, but it was brought by Pei Zimeng, who was in the east of the city as the governor of Yin, and it was a thick stack. In the letter, he denounced his old father's rebellion, Qi Heng's cunning, and cried about the "unfair treatment" he suffered, such as Qi Heng's refusal to approve his transfer application, just because he didn't want him to return to the capital, and wanted to trap him in this poor country to death.

After passing through it in such a way, he spent another page of letter paper to describe how beautiful the scenery of Donglin City is now, but he was so sad that he couldn't eat it, had no intention of watching the scenery, and even had no intention of handling official duties.

At the end of the letter, he viciously said that if Qi Heng still pressed his application, he would resign and return to his hometown to gnaw at the old age!

Of course, he didn't forget to mention the recent situation of the two civilians related to his sister. Li Erniang saw that Dani was diligent and sensible, recruited her to her command, and was ready to be cultivated. Liu Yun's injuries have also improved a lot, but he was annoyed by Li Erniang's son, and he actually hid in the temple a few days ago. Etcetera.

Pei Baoer laughed while watching, this Pei Zimeng's temperament is so jumpy, and he can actually manage Donglin in an orderly manner, which is also a miracle.

She shook her head and asked Beiyan to prepare pen and ink and write him a reply. She planned to admonish this young man who had no taboos, if she hadn't asked Ling Xue just now, she would have almost been deceived by the so-called "unfair treatment". Obviously, this guy has only been transferred to Donglin for less than two years, and he hasn't even reached a term, so he wants to come back urgently.

Ling Xue hit the nail on the head: "Just after the Spring Festival, my uncle must be eyeing those young Jinshi who are new to the department." ”

Beiyan was ignorant and mended the knife: "However, at that time, my uncle seemed to be begging for the official of Donglincheng by himself......"

Pei Baoer thought so, so she added a point or two to the tone of her reply, and wrote another half a page on the theme of educating him not to be greedy for comfort and not to forget his original intention, so he could stop writing.

She suddenly thought that in terms of personality, he and Pei Shu really don't look like sisters and brothers, but are more like her.

Before she could sigh a thing or two, Mama He from the North Courtyard arrived with the message from Xiaohuangmen in the palace.

"The Queen Mother wants to see me? And Yan'er? ”

She subconsciously frowned, catching a glimpse of everyone present, but quickly put away that expression.

Ling Xue was very sensible and secretly presented a heavy little purse, Xiao Huangmen's face was happy, and she asked slowly and softly: "Dare to ask this little father-in-law, does the Queen Mother have any other instructions?" ”

The standard smile on Xiao Huangmen's face couldn't help but deepen a little, and he also whispered: "The Queen Mother heard that the princess had returned to Beijing, thinking that the princess had been living in the people in the past few years, she must have lived a hard life, and she couldn't help but feel grateful in her heart, so Princess Xuan and Xiao Lang entered the palace to see each other, and then recounted their family feelings." Oh yes, I seem to have heard that I also sent an envoy to the Celestial Princess's Mansion. ”

Hearing this sentence of "family love", Mama He next to her couldn't help but change her face, and Ling Xue also quickly instigated her.

Pei Bao'er didn't pay attention to these small movements, and asked without thinking: "Isn't Yan'er in the palace these days?" "What she means is, isn't it possible for the Queen Mother to see her grandson at any time, why do she have to bring herself?

When she crossed over for the first time, in the days when she was Pei Shu, she had to drag her sick and dilapidated body to the palace to greet the Qin family on the fifteenth day of the new year, which was not an interesting memory. Now that feng shui is taking turns, and there is no such hard and fast rule, she is not happy to rush up to find guilt by herself.

"Well, that's what the Queen Mother's edict is, and the others really don't know ......"

Xiao Huangmen's face froze, and he looked left and right, but when the wind was strong nearby, he didn't hear anything.

Pei Bao'er received the different glances from Mama He and Ling Xue, and she remembered half a beat slowly, although this Empress Dowager Qin was also her nominal mother-in-law, but Qi Heng did not have a good relationship with her. Therefore, although Yan'er was carried into the palace by Qi Heng every day to go to school, maybe she really couldn't see it.

Well, it's still a tactful to say that the relationship between the two is not good. After all, the Empress Dowager Qin was a lone seedling, that is, His Royal Highness King An, who was captured in the Northern Tour Rebellion, but was sentenced to "death" by the ministers and magnates led by Qi Heng.

Of course, the imperial court would not admit the capture on the surface, and only said that His Royal Highness King An died in Ganzhou with the first emperor and several brothers. Even after the Beidi people lost the battle, they cheekily sent people over every year to discuss the ransom of His Royal Highness King An, and the conditions put forward became more and more whispered year by year, but the attitude of the imperial court was still very tough.

Ministers: Our Royal Highness King An has already died, your one is a fake, it's a fake, and we won't get a copper plate out!

At that time, the news of the change in the Northern Tour was transmitted back to the imperial capital, and people inside and outside the palace were panicked. The Empress Dowager Qin wanted to take the opportunity to make a palace change, first push a young prince to the throne as a puppet, find a way to get her own son back from the hands of the Beidi people, and then come to Kong Rong to make the pear Zen position.

However, most of the manpower she has managed over the years has been folded in Ganzhou with the old emperor, and the only thing that can be used is her straw bale brother who was born as a businessman. Although he was in charge of half of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, he finally returned in vain, and this "palace change" was suppressed by Qi Heng's backhand before it could change to the palace wall.

So, she could only cry silently in the harem, watching the ministers of the foreign dynasty spitting and crusading against their own unfortunate son, and jointly passed the proposal of "resolutely not admitting that it is our Royal Highness King An", which was a pain in her heart, but she couldn't do anything.

His own son is in the hands of the barbarians, and he doesn't know how he is tortured, he was originally a queen, but he has no say in this matter.

The most infuriating thing is that Qi Heng "killed" the brothers who were the most threatening to him, and after monopolizing the power of the court, he refused to ascend the throne without knowing which one he smooked, and let those gray-bearded old ministers kneel down and beg without letting go. Everyone thought that he was just pretending to resign, in the name of his humility and simplicity, but he actually resigned and resigned, and he didn't know how many times he resigned, and finally he brought the eldest son of King Rui to the front of the stage with a stroke of genius, and with the reason that the so-called edict of the first emperor belonged to King Rui as the prince, he easily gave up the emperor's throne to a little kid who didn't have any hair!

The Empress Dowager Qin resolutely opposed it at that time, questioned the authenticity of the edict, and said that since she wanted to establish the emperor's grandson, why not consider other emperors and grandsons. Although King Rui is literary and romantic, his eldest son's qualifications are mediocre, and he is not even as smart as his second son. Not to mention anything else, King An's eldest son has also been beautiful since he was a child, and he was deeply loved by the first emperor.

However, this time there was no need for Qi Heng to speak, and the ministers immediately remembered His Royal Highness King An, who was sentenced to death by his own cadres and others. They looked at each other, although it was true that what they said on the face was correct, but everyone knew in their hearts that with the virtue of His Royal Highness King An's greed for life and fear of death in the past, when he met the Beidi people, he did not kill himself in time but was captured, which is not a small possibility. King An's move has smeared a lot of black for Dasheng, for the sake of the face of the country, it would be very good not to pursue him for treason and other crimes, and they still want to promote his son as the emperor?

Don't even think about it!

The so-called son Xiao's father, passed down from generation to generation, although the son of King Rui is a little mediocre, it is better than a time bomb that is very likely to escape, right?

As for where His Royal Highness King An's greed for life and fear of death was inherited, the first emperor died so miserably, it was impossible for them to make up for the knife, so they pointed the finger at King An's biological mother, Queen Qin at that time.

This is also why, after the prince of Rui Wang was crowned to the throne, Empress Qin, as the titular grandmother, was not promoted to the empress dowager, but only got the title of the aggrieved queen mother.

Although Princess Rui, who has always been weak, was saddened to get sick and died after learning of her husband's death, she also won the so-called Mrs. Chaohua after her son ascended the throne. The court did not posthumously crown Princess Rui as the queen mother, which was already a face for the Qin family, but she was difficult to calm down.

With so many things coming down, coupled with the battle for the crown prince when the first emperor was there a few years ago, how could the Empress Dowager Qin not vomit blood in her heart, how could she not hate Qi Heng!

After figuring out this layer, Pei Bao'er was a little embarrassed, and smiled slightly at the little yellow door that pretended to be deaf and dumb.

Because she has no intention of being the princess, she doesn't bother to pay attention to the selfishness behind these royal people, but now it's better to be a monk for a day and hit Zhong Xian for a day. Now that the Qin family is down, it is estimated that they will not dare to take her mother-in-law's shelf to find her, and go and see what she wants to do.

"Since the Queen Mother is invited, she naturally doesn't dare to disobey."

Pei Bao'er rarely solemnly freshened up, and ordered Beiyan to bring a prepared box, and then slowly got into the carriage and went to the Hongmen banquet.