Chapter Twenty-Three: Insolence

Pei Qinghe's hand pinching the wall of the bowl instantly clenched, and subconsciously swept around.

"Don't look at it, there are no hidden guards around." Xiao Tan didn't bother to raise his eyelids and said to her.

Pei Qinghe's heart was like a mess, but he had to pretend to be calm, and asked him in a low voice: "Do you also know that the person who hurt me is not King Wei?" ”

"King Wei is not that stupid." He said.

Yes, King Wei is not that stupid.

She should have thought that with Xiao Tanji's cleverness, he would have seen many things clearly.

"You've never told me about that before." She said to him.

"The lord of the county did not work in a scheming before." He replied.

"People change."

Pei Qinghe remembered the events of his previous life, his tone was cold, and there was a faint mockery in his watery eyes.

She said: "Don't look at you and I eating at the same table now, maybe one day in the future we will draw a knife against each other and try our best to kill each other." ”

Xiao Tanji raised his head and glanced at her, his face was unpredictable, and he asked, "Why did the county lord say this?" ”

Pei Qinghe looked at him quietly and did not speak.

The two looked at each other, Xiao Tanji's gaze gradually became cold, he pursed his lips, and said, "The princess's mansion is kind to Xiao." ”

Pei Qinghe thought about what he meant by this and asked, "Do you really think so?" ”

"Xiao Mou has a clear grievance, so the county lord doesn't have to be cautious about Xiao Mou, the current saint is already suspicious of the princess's mansion, and you treat Xiao so kindly, it will only arouse suspicion."

Pei Qinghe couldn't help muttering after hearing this, "Am I good to you?" ”

The latter was silent.

Pei Qinghe nodded compromisedly, "Okay, I know what to do in the future." ”

When the words fell, when the chill on his face had not subsided, she asked him again: "Xiao Tanji, do you hate me?" ”

He paused, "Why hate? ”

"I used to bully you a lot."

"Xiao is the son of a criminal minister and the daughter of the county lord Tian, so what you should do to Xiao."

Pei Qinghe stared at him closely, "But that's not what your eyes told me." ”

He has his ambitions, his ambitions.

The Pei family is his enemy.

She pressed forward step by step, and finally came back to Xiao Tanji's counterattack, he put down the soup spoon, his sharp eyes locked her gaze, and he told her: "Xiao has been thinking about something recently. ”

Intuition told Pei Qinghe that it was definitely not a good thing.

Sure enough, he said: "Since the assassination that day, the county lord's temperament has changed greatly, and Xiao can't figure out why. ”

Pei Qinghe bit the soft flesh on the inside of his lower lip, trying to make himself look relaxed.

She smiled at him: "You said it yourself, I was assassinated, and the ghost door was closed, so it will naturally change." ”

Xiao Tanhe narrowed his eyelashes, obviously not believing Pei Qinghe's rhetoric.

Pei Qinghe also knew that he was talking a little more today, so he opened the topic and said, "The rice is going to be cold." ”

"Let's eat." She said.

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The place arranged for Pei Qinghe and others to copy the Taoist scriptures and pray for blessings is located in a small attic on the west side of the Fengtian Temple.

The attic is surrounded by green trees, flowers are in full bloom, bees are singing and butterflies are dancing, and the breeze is blowing in the face, sweeping a burst of fragrance.

Coincidentally, the person who led Pei Qinghe to the attic was the one who was punished for Pei Qinghe.

Fusheng told Pei Qinghe: "This is the place where Your Majesty prepared for you to copy the scriptures. ”

Pei Qinghe glanced at the thick stack of rice paper on the table, and suddenly had a bad premonition, she asked Fusheng: "How much do you want to copy today?" ”

Fusheng seemed to have a grudge, looked at her complainingly, and said in a sullen tone: "It's not much, it's only two or three volumes." ”

“……”

Pei Qinghe took a deep breath, tried to maintain a good smiling expression, turned his head to look at Xiao Tan beside him, then approached him, lowered his voice and asked him, "Are you sure this is making amends rather than punishing?" ”

A fresh breeze blew, ruffling the strands of their hair and intertwining them.

The fragrant fragrance on the woman's body came into her nose, and Xiao Tan and her eyes darkened.

Suddenly, a voice interjected.

"Qiu Wan has seen the county lord."

Pei Qinghe subconsciously looked back, and the result was Shen Qiuhuan, the third lady of the Shen family.

She almost forgot that Miss Shen San was also passed into the palace to copy scriptures.

Her gaze swept over Shen Qiuhuan's makeup and hair, and her eyes were a little more playful.

Miss Shen San's appearance is fresh and lovely, her body is weak, her light green placket with a gray-white embroidered coat is even more weak, and her long hair is slightly yellow at the end, obviously she has not been well cared for, and her foundation is good, but her eyes are too complicated, there are too many impurities, and she is blind and has a pair of skins.

And she remembered that the last time she saw Shen Qiuhuan, Shen Qiuhuan was dressed plainly, not deliberately, and looked more like good jewelry that she couldn't get her hands on.

Seeing each other again today, there was a lot of gold and silver on her bun.

Pei Qinghe had seen a lot of such people in Pei Zheng's harem in his previous life, and he couldn't afford to have a good impression in his heart, so his tone was naturally hot, "Third Miss, please get up." ”

Shen Qiuwan heard Pei Qinghe's coldness, her face was slightly condensed, she bit her lip, and slowly straightened up.

Pei Qinghe didn't look at Shen Qiuhuan anymore, she turned around and saw Xiao Tan and had found a place to sit.

Pei Qinghe thought about it and chose the position on his right.

Subsequently, Fusheng brought a wolf pen and handed it to Pei Qinghe.

When the maidservant brought by Shen Qiuwan saw it, she stopped Fusheng and asked him, "Eh, little Taoist, where is our young lady?" ”

Fusheng pointed to her a xuan pen that had been placed on the table, "That's it." ”

Shen Qiuhuan's maidservant was not happy, and asked angrily: "Why can the county lord of Qinghe use such an inkstone, but our young lady is-"

Fusheng frowned incomprehensibly, and said, "That is the county lord, is your young lady?" ”

"You-"

"Chunxi." Shen Qiuwan hurriedly stopped her maidservant and shook her head.

Pei Qinghe was worried about copying the scriptures, and when he heard Shen Qiuwan's words, he glanced at her lazily, and didn't bother to pay attention to her.

Unexpectedly, the maid became more and more arrogant: "Our young lady is the righteous daughter of His Majesty, and the light in this place is not good, what should we do if our young lady has broken her eyes?" ”

Hearing this, Pei Qinghe glanced at Shen Qiuhuan's reaction.

Shen Qiuhuan's face was ugly, but she was not embarrassed by her maid's wild words.

Pei Qinghe could see that Shen Qiuhuan also felt wronged, and even deliberately indulged the servant.

Pei Qinghe couldn't understand it.

Does Shen Qiuhuan know that the Shen Mansion is about to be investigated, where did she have the confidence to indulge the maid in the palace?

She originally thought that Miss Shen San was a smart person.

Just thinking like this, Pei Qinghe saw Shen Qiuhuan suddenly look at her in panic.

Before she could react to why Shen Qiuhuan was looking at her, Shen Qiuhuan had already knelt on the ground as if she was greatly frightened.

"The county lord forgives me, this girl is usually spoiled by me, and she is open-mouthed, please let her go if the county lord has a lot."