Chapter 17: The Hunt
Mrs. Ji laughed, but her voice was extremely cold.
"That's natural, I never do anything to bend the law for personal gain."
Pei Yungui smiled and nodded.
"Someone." Mrs. Ji said in a deep voice: "Drag this cheap maid who is fraught and has no respect for the law, and will be punished with a cane for twenty." ”
Ah Xiang was stunned, her face flashed dazed, and she didn't come back to her senses for a moment until a family member stepped forward and dragged her up from the ground.
"Let go of me, let go of me!"
Ah Xiang struggled violently, turned her head frequently, and looked at Mrs. Ji on the main seat, with a blank and distress in her eyes.
If it was said in advance, as long as it is done, she will be given silver.
After so many years of being a cow and a horse, she has saved some, as long as she sells Yingluo again, the added silver money can be exchanged for her deed of sale.
But the dream was shattered.
Twenty canes, can she still live?
Even if she survived, she couldn't afford to hire a doctor.
"Ma'am, ma'am...... You can't do this to me! ”
Ah Xiang's slightly immature face finally shed two lines of tears, and a wave of despair covered her face like ashes.
raised his eyes, but only to the cold eyes of Mrs. Ji Ji.
"It's very noisy." Mrs. Ji's face was even more angry, "Shut her mouth!" ”
This girl can't hide things in her heart, and maybe she will leak things out.
In the past, Mrs. Ji wanted to rectify Pei Yungui as she wanted, and she could rectify it, even if it was put on the bright side, it was understandable.
But now is different from the past, since Pei Yungui has the blue eyes of the eldest princess, and Gu Rin has a relationship, she can only come in the shade.
There are many people in the Ji Mansion, and if it reaches the ears of the eldest princess, I am afraid that it will not be easy to clean up.
This maid can't stay.
Mrs. Ji's eyes flickered for a moment, and then dimmed slightly.
Ah Xiang was gagged, and could only let out a few indistinct cries for help, and after a while, she was taken out of the middle hall.
[Ding, a successful big-faced character: Mrs. Ji.
Face slap character unhappiness value: 45
Reward host lady heroine aura value: 45 points.
Keep up the good work. 】
Pei Yungui was shocked.
At 45 o'clock, I didn't expect Aunt Ji to be quite generous.
She bowed lightly to Mrs. Ji and said, "Aunt is really fair, Yun Gui has thanked me here." ”
Mrs. Ji closed her eyes and spoke lightly.
"Since there is nothing to do, go back and rest, I am tired."
Pei Yungui nodded, turned around and walked out of the middle hall.
When I returned to my courtyard, it was late at night, and there were only a few stars hanging in the sky.
Pei Yungui locked the door, washed up, and tossed for a long time, before he collapsed on the bed, relieved.
The dim light fell on the blue and black place under Pei Yungui's eyes, and a tired color bloomed.
Pei Yungui exhaled a breath of turbid air and poked the system in his brain.
"Tongzi, why do you say that Mrs. Ji wants to frame me?"
Obviously, it has been stopped for more than ten days, but for some reason she wants to be charged with stealing, Pei Yungui thought about it, but he couldn't think of the motives.
Besides, Mrs. Ji wants to punish her, she has always said that she is the same, and if she wants to be punished, she will be punished, so why go around such a big circle and find a reason for herself to punish her?
[Do you remember the mission you gave me not long ago?] 】
4322 asked rhetorically.
Pei Yungui nodded.
"Remember, the spring hunt should be just a few days ago."
Pei Yungui's mind moved, as if he had thought of something, and hurriedly got up from the bed, his crow-colored hair hanging down to his waist along the movement.
"What does Toriko mean...... Mrs. Ji's planting, is it related to the spring hunt? ”
Her eyes widened slightly, and the surprise melted in her eyes.
[Yes.] 4322 is very pleased, and it is easy to talk to smart people, [Naturally, it is an event set by the royal family, and before that, it will definitely send invitations to warm up. 】
"Since I died in the spring hunt in my last life, I must have been sent an invitation." Pei Yungui speculated according to 4322's words, "But the time is approaching, and there is no shadow of the invitation, so there are only two possibilities." ”
"Or, it was the father-in-law who sent the post who was negligent and missed me when he sent the post; Either that, or the post has been sent down, but it was seized by Ji Yanqian and Mrs. Ji. ”
The first guess is unlikely, the father-in-law who works in the palace will not make a mistake, and it is still the matter of the eldest princess.
For now, there is only the second possibility.
No wonder Mrs. Ji will go to great lengths to act in such a big play with the maid.
Presumably, on the one hand, he didn't want to let himself go to the banquet on time, and on the other hand, he was afraid of his relationship with the eldest princess.
Thinking of this, Pei Yungui suddenly laughed, and his eyes were curved like crescent moons.
If Mrs. Ji knew that she had nothing to do with the eldest princess at all, and that invitation was just out of the needs of the plot, would she be angry.
[So, host-sama.] 4322 continued: [Your invitation, if you can't keep it, it was put away by Ji Yanqian's old horseman, 4322 thinks that it is necessary for the host to take back his own things! 】
"Don't worry too much." Pei Yungui comforted: "If Mrs. Ji doesn't succeed this time, she won't have a second moth." The appointment is approaching, if they don't talk about the invitation again, they will save the eldest princess's face, and Ji Yan will definitely not let this matter be stabbed in front of the eldest princess. ”
"We should still eat and drink. I bet that tomorrow, Mrs. Ji will send someone to respectfully deliver the post to my hospital. ”
Pei Yungui was in a good mood, and the corners of his eyes and eyebrows were dyed with a smile.
Her facial features are beautiful, her eyes are as bright as stars, and her heartfelt smile is so beautiful that people can't take their eyes off it.
4322 felt that the host was still the same host, but some things were quietly changing.
The next day, early in the morning.
Pei Yungui had breakfast and was pacing in the courtyard to eat, when the wooden door of the small courtyard "creaked" and opened from the outside.
The person who came was Cui Niang, followed by two or three maids.
Cui Niang, the leader, was holding an object in her hand, smiling flatteringly, and judging from the snarky face in the past.
When Cui Niang saw Pei Yungui, she hurriedly brushed her up.
"Why is the young lady blowing the wind outside and not resting in the house?"
Pei Yungui's face remained unchanged, and he said, "It's cool outside." ”
Her gaze fell on the object held by Cui Niang and the maid behind her, her eyes were faint, and she moved away, as if a dragonfly dotted water.
"I don't know what happened to Cui Niang looking for me?"
Cui Niangdui smiled: "Look at my memory, just worried that Miss will catch a cold, and forget about business." ”
Pei Yungui turned a deaf ear and walked straight into the house.
The subordinates of the Ji Mansion are used to seeing the wind and the rudder, and she is no longer surprised.
Cui Niang was not idle, so she followed Pei Yungui into the house with her things.
After Pei Yungui sat down, Cui Niangfang took off the object in his hand and handed it to Pei Yungui with both hands.
"Miss, take a look at it first, this is the invitation sent to you by the eldest princess. It is said that it will be a spring hunt in three days, and I would like to invite you to participate. ”
Pei Yungui took the invitation and appropriately showed a little surprise on his face.
Cui Niang stood aside and looked at the expression on Pei Yungui's face for a moment.
The white fingertips brushed the gilt invitation, and Pei Yungui was a little confused.
In his previous life, he died on this invitation.
As an inconsequential figure, he died in vain.
Cui Niang thought that Pei Yungui was going to open the invitation and take a closer look, but after seeing her caressing, she put the post aside.
Pei Yungui withdrew his gaze from the invitation and asked, "Cui Niang came today, it shouldn't be as simple as just sending a post, right?" ”
"Yes, yes." Cui Niang immediately turned sideways and asked the maid to bring up the tray in her hand one by one.
It was full of things, and at once it filled the mahogany table.
"Inside are some jewelry and clothes that Madame has prepared for Miss, and Madame specially instructed her to wear them on the day of her hunting."
Although Mrs. Ji didn't like Pei Yungui, she didn't want Pei Yungui to participate in the spring hunt.
But Pei Yun is still the Ji family in the final analysis, and the activities held by the royal family, dressed indecently, will definitely make people laugh and lose the Ji Mansion.
One by one, the maid lifted the cloth covering the tray.
Inside the tray, there were all kinds of dresses, gold and silver jewelry, which contrasted sharply with the humble house.
"These objects are prepared in the young lady's place first, and on the day of the spring hunt, the old slave will let the maid come and dress the young lady."
Cui Niang smiled so hard that her eyes narrowed into a slit.
"Then there's Lao Cui Niang." Pei Yun returned.
Cui Niang hurriedly said with sincere fear: "This is what the old slave should do, and the young lady should not see the outside." ”
Here is interspersed with a psychological description of Pei Yungui, I haven't thought about it yet, I'll see it again.
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Three days passed, and soon it was the morning of the spring hunt.
The backyard of Ji's Mansion is full of maids who come in, holding their own trays, changing clothes for Pei Yungui and dressing up for Pei Yungui.
Such a grand occasion, compared with the dilapidated courtyard gate and simple house, still made Pei Yungui feel ridiculous.
A few days ago, she was still the adopted daughter of Ji Mansion that everyone looked down on, but now, she has turned into a noble girl-like existence.
It took about an hour to get everything in order.
Pei Yungui couldn't help frowning when he saw the red-eyed, white-skinned self in the bronze mirror.
The young lady of your family is really troublesome, and the matter of casually talking about it dragged on for an hour.
But looking at himself in the mirror, except for the complicated hair accessories and red lips, there is not much change.
"Miss, it's okay."
The dressing maid made a careful mention, and Pei Yungui stood up and prepared to sit outside the mansion to make a carriage.
It was only the end of the day, and there was still an hour before the hunt began, and it was just in time to arrive from the city as a carriage to the outskirts.
The coachman had already parked the carriage outside the gate of Ji's mansion, and Ji Yanqian and his wife did not come, only sending two maids to serve him.
It's a service, but it's just surveillance.
Pei Yun got into the car by himself.
The interior of the car is particularly plainly furnished, with a stool and a wooden table.
Fortunately, the benches are covered with some soft cushions, which can reduce the pain of some bumps.
The coachman sighed, and the carriage left.
Pei Yungui only held his cheeks, and he had no time to care about the scenery outside the window.
According to the system, the spring hunt is the end of her death, the heroine's aura value is invalid, and the moment of embarrassment depends on her personally.
I still don't know what I should die and how to protect myself?
In the process of self-preservation, he also has to ensure the safety of the emperor.
This point made Pei Yungui not seek to understand.
What does it mean to ensure the safety of the emperor?
Could it be that the emperor also died in the spring hunt?