Chapter 81: Harmony
When it was time to make an appointment with Medea, Pei Baoer took Li Erniang and others to prepare to set off for Dongfeng Tower. Unexpectedly, I happened to bump into two uninvited guests just outside the door.
It was actually Princess Kang and Princess Ning.
When they met Pei Bao'er in person, the two were slightly stunned at first, but there was a happy smile on their faces, as if they were relieved.
The two shouted "sister-in-law Wang" and came forward to say hello, although Pei Baoer was surprised, but it was not easy to leave the two alone, so they had to meet each other, and then turned back into the house to entertain one or two.
Li Erniang is very eye-catching, at first glance, when she saw these two young ladies, they were all dressed extraordinary, all of them were fine and luxurious, and she knew that most of them were from a first-class powerful family in Beijing, and then listening to Pei Baoer and the two of them, it was even more confirmed. After giving a big gift to the two princesses, she proposed that she take the first step and take Dani to Dongfeng Tower to wait for her.
Pei Bao'er responded, anyway, it wasn't too late, she just sent these two concubines with unknown intentions as soon as possible.
Unexpectedly, as soon as she sat down, the smile on Princess Kang's face collapsed instantly, and she pulled out a silk handkerchief as if she wanted to wipe her tears. Looking at Princess Ning again, she didn't have the posture of crying, but her face was also replaced with a sad face.
"Yo, what's wrong with you two today?" Pei Baoer was very curious.
If it is said that Princess Kang was angry with King Kang or his concubine, and came to her to complain, it is unlikely, she is not very close to them. It's not that King Kang and King Ning have caused any trouble and sent the princess over to engage in lady diplomacy, right?
Princess Kang was still hesitating, and Princess Ning said her intention very happily.
"Third sister-in-law, it stands to reason that our women should not be involved in the affairs of the court, but this is related to the future and fate of the princesses, I dare not worry~"
And pro?
Pei Baoer was inexplicable, "Where did the news come from?" Where do you want to get along with? Didn't Princess Beidi just marry into the Liuguo Mansion, how else to make peace with the law? Mo isn't the Xiban side......"
Princess Ning said, "The third sister-in-law still doesn't know? It was said yesterday that the Nanyi rebels had just asked us to marry the princess in the name of the former lord of Nanyue, which is really unbelievable, and it is really shameless......
Princess Kang said sadly, "The most infuriating thing is that there are many people in the court who agree to make peace, and they all say that the war situation in Nanyi is not good, and even if the barren land is defeated again, it will be difficult to contribute taxes to our dynasty, and it will cost a lot of military salaries and food, so it is better to let those barbarians take advantage of it." As for the affinity, His Majesty is young, and he can choose a daughter from the clan to send him. The sister-in-law of our prince and his mother, the fourth princess is now just fifteen, and she has not yet started to discuss marriage, if she is put on this matter......"
Princess Ning sighed, "Who said it wasn't, our prince is also very worried, the fifth princess is only a few months younger than the fourth princess, and she grew up under the knees of the concubine Niangniang since she was a child, and I don't know how anxious the concubine Niangniang is at this time." ”
The two talked like this, and Pei Baoer realized that there was such a new development on Nanyi's side, and she was busy catching up with Li Erniang and others in the past few days, but she didn't see Qi Heng and couldn't learn about it from him.
Pei Baoer asked, "Harmony is a big deal, even if the DPRK and China decide to do so, it shouldn't be so hasty, right?" ”
The two didn't deny this, after all, they only came back yesterday and said something, especially King Kang, who faintly wanted Princess Kang Pei Baoer to inquire about the news here.
Pei Baoer completely understood, this is to inquire about news and lobby.
It's just that seeing the different levels of worry on the faces of the two, she can't help but feel a little funny in her heart, this Princess Ning is too good at acting.
Although the fifth princess is not the biological daughter of Concubine Wen, King Ning and this princess have always been at odds, but in the end, the fifth princess, as an adopted daughter, has been with Concubine Wen for many years, and she is still very popular with Concubine Wen. Look at Princess Kang, how sincere the pear blossoms are with the rain, even if she can't bring back any useful news after she goes back, the red eyes can make Concubine Qu unable to discipline her.
She cleared her throat, trying to show some of her worries, and comforted the two: "Since it has not yet been decided, it means that there is still room for everything to turn around." It's just that the Nanyi rebels caused the accident in the name of the former Yue Kingdom, and so many years have passed, even if there are really any descendants alive, they can't make any waves. ”
Seeing that the two of them still didn't dare to believe it, Pei Baoer simply took out the matter of Jinghe and the eldest princess and said, "If the people of Nanyi know about the old Xiban King, they are afraid that they will be frightened immediately, where do they dare to ask to marry our princess with a cheeky skin." General Zhennan has always been guarding the southwestern border, and although he is not very familiar with the terrain of Nanyi, he knows a lot about the affairs of the Western Barbarian Kingdom. The Nanyi natives are blind, if they insist on going their own way, they will surely receive the news in a few days. ”
Although Princess Kang cried miserably, her devotion to the fourth princess was really similar to that of Princess Ning.
She thought that it would be best if she could inquire about some new information and coax Pei to say a few words in front of the regent. Where would you have thought that this Princess Pei did not take the usual path, and she actually thought of such a trick, and I don't know if this is the meaning of the regent.
Thinking about it further, isn't it that General Zhennan already has some private battle plan with the regent?
Thinking of this, Princess Kang couldn't care less about crying, wiped away her tears with a thousand demeanors, said a few more polite words, and found an excuse to take Princess Ning away.
Pei Bao'er finally breathed a sigh of relief, boarded the carriage and headed towards Dongfeng Tower.
When I arrived, it was already the beginning of the day, a little later than the agreed time. So, her steps up the stairs couldn't help but be a little hasteer, and she almost stepped on the long skirt and threw herself on her heels.
"Master, be careful~"
Faster than the reminder of the northern goose, it was a powerful hand stretched out diagonally.
With the help of this hand, Pei Bao'er stabilized his body, said words of thanks in his mouth, and looked up, but the whole person fell into a pair of eyes as deep as a lake.
"Xie Yushi ......"
She looked at the big hand that had been withdrawn, submerged under the wide sleeves of her coat, and she was a little uneasy in her heart.
Xie Congyuan didn't seem to have the intention of saluting her, he frowned and looked at Pei Bao'er, he didn't know what he was thinking, but when he heard this sentence "Xie Yushi", he suddenly smiled briefly: "After a long time, the princess is very different now." Now, he is so angry with his little uncle. ”
Pei Baoer had to smile politely, but the "little uncle" that the other party was looking forward to was still not called out in the end.
Xie Congyuan didn't want to talk too much, so he arched his hand at her as a courtesy, and left on his own. Looking at his appearance, it looks like he's here to socialize.
On the way to the private room, Beiyan bit her ear with some trekrieg: "Back then, the master had an accident in Zhushan, and the Pei family just cried except for the third master, and didn't say anything, only Xie Yushi, who seemed to have brought the third master to the palace at that time." The slaves and maids didn't know the specific situation, they all listened to Ling Xue and the others. ”
Pei Bao'er could only smile bitterly, probably because this girl felt that she was too cold to this little uncle, but she had a reason to do so.
Back then, she was extremely shocked when she first learned from her chaotic memories that Pei Shu had a little affection for this titular little uncle before she left the cabinet. Unexpectedly, Pei Shu, such a standard lady, could actually fall in love with an uncle-level figure who was defeated under Mr. Yan with his father, and the age difference between the two was nearly ten years old.
Although Pei Shu married into the palace, the two had no contact, but Pei Baoer was not a fool.
Xie Congyuan was born in a poor family, he explored flowers in the year of the weak crown, entered Hanlin, did not marry before becoming an official, others only regarded him as demanding and unwilling to give in, but after entering the dynasty, he won the blue eyes of the first emperor and rose steadily, but he never had the intention of marrying a wife, and was even privately speculated that he had a habit of breaking his sleeves.
That's it, the key is that when Pei Baoer went back to her parents' house and met this little uncle "by chance", she saw a certain kind of forbearance in the other party's eyes, which made her even more frightened, and she didn't dare to go to Pei's house again, for fear that something terrible would happen, and the plot didn't have to go, and she was directly dragged to Shentang.
I thought that when she "died", the other party would stop thinking, but I didn't expect that after a few years, this Xie Yushi was as usual in all other aspects, except for growing a beard, and he was still alone, ignoring the rumors and rumors outside.
Thinking of the previous chance encounter in the East, he didn't recognize himself at that time, mostly because he was an extremely rational person, and he didn't believe in this miracle of resurrection. Or, he didn't believe that Pei Shu would forget him, and there was only the fear of ordinary people treating strange officials in his eyes.
Pei Bao'er sighed lightly and walked into the private room, only to find that there were only Medea and her maid, as well as a nervous Dani, and the other two who should be present were nowhere to be seen.
She raised her eyebrows slightly and looked at Medea, who was leisurely drinking tea. When the latter saw her coming, he quickly got up and saluted, as respectful as ever.
"I've seen the princess, please take a seat."
Pei Baoer asked, "What about Second Lady Li and your fourth brother?" Isn't it here yet? ”
It's impossible, I originally made an appointment today because today is the middle vacation of Guozijian students. These two are now nominally uncles and sisters-in-law, living in the same house, so there is no reason for them to come back and forth. And Dani is here, Li Erniang must have been here.
Medea laughed, "They've been here, but they're all gone." She pointed to the tea at the bottom, "Look, I haven't even eaten a bite of tea, the two of them are out of luck, why don't I accompany the princess to taste the apricot garden spring of this Dongfeng Building?" ”
Pei Bao'er saw Medea smiling easily, although Dani was a little restrained at first, but after she came, she relaxed a lot, and there was no worry about the missing two on her face, so she was relieved.
"Are you still selling money to me? If you don't recruit it truthfully, you will be punished for drinking those two cups of cold tea! ”
Pei Baoer was talking and laughing, but suddenly remembered that the other party was pregnant, and hurriedly said: "Ouch, but I forgot, your current body is only afraid that you can't eat tea." As he spoke, he asked Beiyan to call someone to exchange for other soups.
Medea's original smile fell, and her beautiful face wrinkled cutely.
"According to me, you Central Plains people are still exquisite. At home, the Duchess of the country sent two grandmothers over to watch my every move, and they didn't let me eat or touch that, which really worried me. We, ahem, where do we have so many rules in Beidi, it's really ...... If I hadn't known that I came out to see you today, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to get out of this mansion. Don't say it, those two mammas are really sticky spirits, if I hadn't slipped away fast, I would have almost been followed by them. ”
"It is true that it is not advisable to drink tea in the first three months......"
Pei Baoer had to tell her something about scientific fetal protection, and asked where the two were.
Medea covered her mouth and smiled: "Oh, the affairs of the children's family, why bother the princess and mother to worry so much." And he told him what had just happened.
It turned out that except for Pei Baoer, who was tripped up, the rest of the people arrived quite early. As soon as they met, Medea pretended to see the scenery, and took the idlers to wander under the porch, and cleared the scene with a considerate word to the two. I don't know what the two people in the house said, Li Erniang suddenly rushed out, her eyes were red and she wanted to leave, Liu Yun reacted half a beat slowly before chasing out, and she didn't care about explaining anything else, so both of them ran away.
However, Medea, who was standing upstairs and watching the scenery, saw the scene after the two left Dongfeng Tower, between men and women, one ran and one chased, it was nothing more than that.
Pei Baoer listened, but was a little worried.
It seems that this Ah Yun is not unintentional towards Li Erniang, but now that the identities of the two of them are not unintentional, it is difficult to have a happy ending.
She didn't want to talk too much to Medea, so she still ordered Beiyan to find two people to go out to find Li Erniang, but she found nothing, but it didn't take long for the people from the palace to come to report that Li Erniang had gone back, and Pei Baoer was relieved.
She decided that she should go back and talk to Qi Heng about it, after all, he was to blame for the current situation, and he had to be responsible for helping her solve it.
Unexpectedly, Qi Heng came to the door this night.