Chapter 48: It's You
After knowing that "herself" seemed to be from a small background, Pei Baoer was on pins and needles, and she was very trembling.
But the more terrifying thing is still to come, this lunch has not yet come to an end, but Aunt Qiu solemnly came out of the matter, indicating that a distinguished guest is coming.
Pei Zimeng didn't react at first, the whole person was quite relaxed, and said lazily: "But Xie Yushi is here?" What kind of distinguished guest is he, he must have eaten the big pot of rice in the yamen and his teeth were knocked out, and now he regrets it, and he came here to eat and drink......"
Aunt Qiu said with a tangled face: "It's not Xie Yushi, it's ......."
After that, he glanced at Pei Bao'er strangely, but the latter was still in a sluggish state and didn't notice it at all.
Pei Zimeng finally straightened his face, "My aunt is a cheerful person on weekdays, how did she vomit today?" What other distinguished guests can we have in this poor country? Could it be that Min Guogong changed his sex and came over to ......"
"Oh, it's not someone else, it's our third aunt, that ......" Aunt Qiu also specially lowered her voice, as if she was talking about some secret.
This finally attracted Pei Baoer's attention, she vaguely heard that there was a distinguished guest visiting, she intuitively felt that it must be Pei Zimeng's official contact, and she didn't know it, and she didn't pay much attention to it. It's just that, looking at Aunt Qiu's posture, this distinguished guest's visit looks like some kind of secret, and it is not good to say that it is a secret envoy sent by the imperial court.
Then she found that Pei Zimeng and Aunt Qiu were both looking at her, with inexplicably complicated expressions. Looking around the whole room, she was indifferent to the news and still didn't change her face, except for Xiao Yan'er, who was immersed in eating, it was estimated that she was only at a loss.
"Uh, what's going on? That, isn't there a distinguished guest, why don't you go to greet it? Third aunt, there are really a lot of relatives in your family who are officials, so how many sisters do you have? ”
Pei Zimeng looked at the direction of the gate of the house with a disgusted expression, and was interrupted by Aunt Qiu before he could speak: "You can't pretend to be sick, you can't not see it." ”
He had no choice but to get up, make a headache gesture according to the position of his temple, and then shook the sleeves of his robe and strode away. Before leaving, in addition to telling Aunt Qiu to explain to Pei Baoer for him, he also specially asked her to leave his share of white fungus lotus seed soup.
"I'm about to die for the past few nights, and I have two foams in my mouth, so I have to eat some of this to reduce my anger. That, green sleeves, you take it and use the well water to spill it, remember......"
Looking at his back as he slowly left, Aunt Qiu's eyes fell on Xiao Yan'er, who was salivating with sweet soup next to her, and couldn't help but smile dotingly, and explained: "San Lang loves sweets when he is a child, which is very different from you. As he spoke, tears flashed in his eyes.
Pei Bao'er looked at the eager little face, and her heart twitched, is it really a nephew like an uncle?
Aunt Qiu sighed with emotion and said, "The lady once said that you and San Lang, the twin sons, are also destined, and they happen to be the third in the house. And the same is true for the uncle who married later, is this considered a destiny destined by God? ”
Pei Baoer was shocked again.
What does this mean? "She" is the third in the Pei family? Isn't that the third aunt ......
She stood up suddenly, accidentally pulled the wound, her face twitched in pain, and she said, "Ahem, I've eaten my aunt." It just so happened that my wound was a little painful, so I went back to lie down first. ”
But before she had time to slip away, Pei Zimeng's disappeared figure reappeared.
The expression on his face was even more displeased than Fang Cai, and there were several more people behind him, one or two of whom looked a little familiar. Because Pei Zimeng seemed to be a little angry and walked in front, covering part of the person's figure, Pei Baoer couldn't recognize it at the first time, but she knew that nine out of nine was that wonderful!
Pei Bao'er's movements were faster, and she grabbed the back collar of Xiao Yan'er, who was still eating, ignored his aggrieved eyes, and carried the person back to the room directly.
This scene naturally fell in Qi Heng's eyes, but he was not shocked on his face, and he still walked slowly behind Pei Zimeng, every step seemed to have been carefully calculated, and the spacing was generally large, looking not like someone who came from afar to have urgent matters, but more like wandering around in his own home.
Only a slightly tight voice revealed a little bit of his emotion: "It's not that I'm injured, why are you still jumping up and down like a rabbit?" This refers to Pei Bao'er.
Although Pei Zimeng also admitted in his heart that the figure of Fang Cai who fled in a panic was really very different from the behavior of Sister A in his memory, but he could say this himself, and he was not happy to say it from other people's mouths.
He stood up and looked sideways, and said in a light tone: "Heh, the prince is very well-informed, I don't know how many eyes and ears have been placed in the eastern city of Xiaguan?" ”
Qi Heng didn't look at him, walked straight past him, and only said lightly: "If it weren't for these eyes and ears, Pei Fuyin's heroic posture would not be able to reach the heavens, let alone the actual achievements in the past year and a half." Without waiting for Pei Zimeng to show a hint of joy, he added: "The matter of private sea trade has been heard by people in the DPRK and China, and you had better stop in moderation......
Pei Zimeng almost didn't jump up when he heard this, and his slender eyes were twice as big as he stared at.
"Nonsense! When did I open the sea trade privately, and there is no port in the east! Besides, haven't the wind and rain been a little smoother in the past two years, and I have paid more taxes and tributes, as for slandering me like this~"
Listening to him take a bite of me, but he threw the previous subordinate aside?
Qi Heng sighed slightly in his heart, he was too lazy to talk to him, and threw down a sentence: "It's all like this, you are not in the government council, but in the back house, it's really not like it!" ”
Then, with a direct look, Pei Zimeng was "friendly" by several guards behind him and was "kindly" sent back to the government office. There were many servants in the house who witnessed this scene, except for Aunt Qiu, who was looking at the door, and several little maids who were in charge of serving the soup and rice were all dumbfounded.
No one knows Pei Zimeng's aggrieved feelings, and Qi Heng doesn't care about it.
He followed the subtle childish words and walked slowly to the inner room, and the boulder that had been hanging in his heart for months finally landed safely.
The furnishings of the room are very simple, and it can be seen that it is just an ordinary guest room, but some delicate things have been added temporarily, such as the brand-new smoke tent decorated with goose yellow tassels, the dressing table that looks new and elegant compared to other large pieces of furniture, and the plain porcelain vase with fresh peach blossom branches on the small table in front of the window, and so on.
The man's mind suddenly drifted far away, and he seemed to have been to her boudoir only once in all these years. Just that time, he only cared about quarreling, except for the plum bottle that he accidentally touched and broken, and he really didn't have any impression at all.
Yes, the bottle seems to be the same, with a slender neck and a surprisingly large belly, and it is very rough. At that time, he felt very ugly, but she was so distressed that she didn't give him a good face for several days.
"You-"
The woman's voice hesitated and hesitated, but she still bit her lip and opened her mouth.
He raised his eyes slightly, looked at the mother and son, still expressionless, walked over and sat down on his own, and then threw out a series of questions.
"Where's the injury? Is it serious? What did the doctor say? Seeing that Pei Bao'er didn't answer with a wooden face, he softened his tone and said: "If you want to recuperate, you should act more properly and take the child to jump around like something." ”
The corners of Pei Baoer's eyes twitched, when she said this, she actually felt that he didn't look like the original owner's husband, but the original owner's father!
While he was looking at the mother and son, she was also quickly observing his reaction. This person can be said to be a veteran of hiding her emotions, but her intuition has always been very accurate, at least she can tell that the way he looks at herself is not the same as the way he looks at Xiao Yan'er, they are all complicated, but the former is the kind that wants to talk about it, but the latter has a trace of prudence and restraint.
In short, she always felt that the eyes of this person surnamed Qi who looked at her cheap son were not very friendly.
So the question is, if the original owner is the daughter of the family surnamed Pei, the princess of the legendary regent who leans towards the government and the opposition, the baby in her belly should be his species. Since he recognized it early on, why did he always ignore Xiao Yan'er?
This is obviously not normal!
Combined with Pei Zimeng's "braided" experience, Pei Baoer couldn't help but think of a bold possibility.
She was very worried that during the time when the original owner was recuperating in Zhushan, she may have met a little white face, came a red apricot out of the wall, and then faked her death and left, but she was abandoned by her lover and finally died in childbirth......
"Yan'er, A-Niang wants to talk to this adult about something, you go out to play with Mama Qiu, okay?"
After coaxing her cheap son away, she frowned and began to ask directly: "Excuse me, should I call you the prince, or?" ”
Qi Heng said disapprerovitously: "It's okay, it's good if you're happy." Don't you have something to ask me? Why don't you say it? ”
Pei Bao'er took a deep breath and asked a question she was most concerned about: "That, Pei Zimeng said that I am his sister, what is Pei Shu's name, is it true?" ”
Qi Heng looked at her quietly, and there seemed to be dark waves in his eyes.
"Yes and no."
What is the answer? Pei Bao'er's brows furrowed even tighter, and she was about to have a seizure but remembered the identity of the other party, so she immediately coaxed, and asked another heroic and fearless question: "Then take it as such." He said, "You were my husband before, so is it you my son's father?" ”
Qi Heng was silent.
I don't know if Pei Bao'er is making up too much of her brain, she always feels that the man's eyes have turned into several sharp knives, and they are flying towards her face.
She couldn't help touching her face, but because of the left hand she subconsciously used, she pulled the wound on her shoulder, although it was only a gentle pull, but it could also make her frown, and it was enough for a man to notice her abnormality.
"The wound hurts?"
The man pursed his lips, and at some point he got up and walked over, his eyes fixed sharply on her left shoulder.
"Is it cracked? When was the last dressing change? Let me see ......"
Pei Baoer hasn't been tossing and turning for the kiss last time and can't fall asleep for a long time, but this is the second time she has officially felt that this man is not as calm as he usually behaves in front of outsiders, in fact, he is a real man of action. Lo and behold, before the symbolic request was finished, a hand had gently touched her shoulder, and it seemed that there was a tendency to untie her wide clothes in the next second.
She was shocked, terrified, and couldn't help but kick over.