Chapter Eighty-Four: Exquisite
"Finished?" Zhao Wangshu said softly.
Zhao Wangshu's voice was clear, and there seemed to be a smile on his face, but Wu Daoquan suddenly smelled a hint of danger, and he showed a flattering smile with some uneasiness.
"When that's done, let's go in first." Zhao Wangshu didn't realize it, she raised her feet and entered the mansion as she spoke.
Wu Daoquan followed with some reluctance.
Before Zhao Wanning entered, he glanced at Pei Yue in the crowd again.
He received a bowl of porridge and was leaving the crowd with his back to her.
"Wanning?" Zhao Wangshu called.
"Here we are." Zhao Wanning answered, then turned around and entered the mansion.
Pei Yue saw Zhao Wanning very early.
Since yesterday, the officials of the government have been discussing that the princess of Chaoyang and the lord of Qinghe are about to arrive, and Lord Qincha is looking for someone to go to the city gate to greet him.
Pei Yue's first reaction was to blend into the crowd and take a look at Zhao Wanning, Zhao Wanning was still sick when he left, and he didn't know how she was now, the road to Qingzhou was not stable, Zhao Wanning had not gone far away, I don't know if she could adapt.
However, Wu Daoquan had seen him, and if he blended into the crowd at the city gate, in case he was recognized by Wu Daoquan, it would be inconvenient to investigate the case.
Pei Yue had to give up this opportunity to get close to Zhao Wanning.
Early this morning, he hid near the city gate, expecting to see Zhao Wanning.
Who knows, before seeing Zhao Wanning, Pei Yue saw Qi Yu first.
He knew Qi Zhen, Zhao Wanning's ex-fiancé.
In the last life, if Qi Yan hadn't taken the initiative to find Zhao Wanning to withdraw from the marriage, I'm afraid he wouldn't have been able to marry Zhao Wanning.
Pei Yue still remembers how happy he was when he learned that Qi Chuan was going to divorce Zhao Wanning.
When Qi Wei returned to Beijing victoriously, Pei Yue heard that someone was rumoring that General Qi Xiao had brought back a young girl from this trip, and he was probably his confidante outside.
At that time, Qi Wei had not yet divorced Zhao Wanning, and the two of them were still nominally married couples, and Pei Yue was just an unknown scholar, although he had contact with Zhao Wanning when he was a child, it was all about Chen Sesame and rotten grain, and no one knew if Zhao Wanning remembered him.
Pei Yue was not worth Zhao Wanning, he was jealous that Qi Yi could make a marriage contract with Zhao Wanning, and hated him for not cherishing it and failing Zhao Wanning.
But he was silently glad that Qi Chuan treated Zhao Wanning like this, the eldest princess would definitely not bear to feel that Zhao Wanning was wronged, and would definitely make the decision for her, if the eldest princess took the initiative to withdraw from this family business, Zhao Wanning would not have to marry Qi Wanning, an unfaithful, unfilial, unkind and unrighteous person.
Before the eldest princess could make any moves, Qi Chuan couldn't help it.
On the day that Qi asked Zhao Wanning to discuss the divorce, Pei Yue was also dragged to the restaurant by a few friends.
He was preparing for the exam at the time, and he didn't want to go out, but he was forcefully pulled out by his friends to breathe.
Fortunately, he went that day, followed his friends to Qingle Restaurant, and happened to meet Qi Zhen pushing Zhao Wanning down the stairs, Pei Yue stepped forward directly without thinking about it and saved Zhao Wanning.
Otherwise, if he was not there that day, Zhao Wanning really fell down the stairs, and he didn't know how seriously he would be injured.
Two days later, I don't know where the county lord of Qinghe came out of the capital had a private meeting with someone, and was discovered by his fiancé Qi Zhen and divorced on the spot.
Pei Yue wanted to explain to Zhao Wanning that the situation that day was not as bad as rumored, and the truth was that Qi Zhen forced the county lord of Qinghe to withdraw from the marriage and pushed her down the stairs with his backhand.
But those rumors spread vigorously, but no one cared about the clarification. Coupled with the harshest treatment of women in this world, after this battle, the innocence of Zhao Wanning, the lord of Qinghe, was ruined.
Within a few days, the eldest princess took the initiative to find Pei's mansion.
The purpose of the eldest princess is also very direct, this rumor has too much impact on Zhao Wanning, and now, only by letting Zhao Wanning marry Pei Yue, the object of the rumor, can this farce be quelled.
The eldest princess knew that Pei Zheng and Taifu Pei might not agree to marry the royal family, so she directly found Pei Yue.
Pei Yue still remembers what the eldest princess told her: "As long as you are willing to marry Wanning, my eldest princess's mansion will be your backer from now on, and you can mention any conditions." ”
Pei Yue really likes Zhao Wanning, in the past thirteen years, there has not been a day when he didn't want to marry Zhao Wanning as his wife, but Zhao Wanning made a marriage contract with Qi Yu early, which has always been Pei Yue's thorn in the flesh.
Now that he has the opportunity to marry Zhao Wanning, where does Pei Yue still care about these conditions.
Almost as soon as the eldest princess finished speaking, he nodded in agreement.
It's a pity that all this lost its meaning at the moment when Zhao Wanning fell from the building.
In this life, since Pei Yue was reborn, he has always wanted to get close to Zhao Wanning and protect her from harm. Although he really wanted to marry Zhao Wanning by accident like in his previous life, he also knew how much damage the rumors and gossip brought to Zhao Wanning that time.
If he could, he would rather not have that rumor, and he would use other ways to try to renew his relationship with Zhao Wanning.
Fortunately, Zhao Wanning in this life was not rumored, and her marriage to Qi Li was also canceled.
Pei Yue originally thought that after the two divorced, Qi Shen would have no bond with Zhao Wanning, but he didn't want to, so he met Qi Zhen in Qingzhou.
Pei Yue looked at the armor on Qi Shen's body and comforted himself, Qi Shen was the captain of the Imperial Forest Army, Qingzhou was far away, and it was normal for the Holy Lord to send him to escort the eldest princess of Chaoyang and the county lord of Qinghe.
Even so, Pei Yue looked at Qi Wei, who was riding a tall horse next to the carriage, and was still a little uncomfortable.
Later, the eldest princess and Zhao Wanning got out of the carriage and walked all the way to the Qingzhou Mansion, Pei Yue hid in the crowd, and followed the same path all the way, just to see Zhao Wanning for a while.
Zhao Wanning seems to have lost some weight, when she was in the capital, she finally managed to be rounder, but now she has lost weight, the sides of her cheeks have become thinner, and her chin has become sharper.
Pei Yue was a little distressed. Zhao Wanning grew up in the Eldest Princess's Mansion since she was a child, and she has never suffered much. I don't know if her weight loss this time was due to illness or because of fatigue on the way to Qingzhou.
Pei Yue was mixed in the crowd of people receiving porridge, but he unexpectedly met Zhao Wanning's line of sight.
Pei Yue saw surprise in Zhao Wanning's eyes, and he was only surprised.
He was a little disappointed, he also knew that he shouldn't have too many expectations, and he was already very happy that Zhao Wanning was willing to contact him after being reborn.
Looking at Zhao Wanning's back, Pei Yue had to comfort himself that the future would be long.
As soon as he entered the main hall of the mansion, Zhao Wangshu retreated.
Wu Daoquan saw this posture and knew that the eldest princess was going to ask the master for guilt, so he immediately knelt on the ground.
Zhao Wangshu sat on the main seat, Zhao Wanning poured her a cup of hot tea, a fragrance of tea came to her face, Zhao Wangshu smelled it and knew that the tea was the best dragon well before the rain.
Qingzhou suffered from floods, and the people in Qingzhou were not able to make a living, had no food or clothing, so they had to rely on the government to open a warehouse to release grain, and make porridge and charity, so as to survive.
However, the minister sent by the imperial court to treat the flood disaster in Qingzhou full-time and provide relief to the victims of the flood in Qingzhou drank the best dragon well before the rain in the Qingzhou Mansion.
How could Zhao Wangshu not be angry!
Zhao Wangshu sat on the upper seat, and she quietly observed Wu Daoquan kneeling in front of her.
Wu Daoquan trembled, he knelt there, all the fat on his body piled up, looking very funny.
Wu Daoquan was very happy at the moment, fortunately, the eldest princess retreated after sitting down, otherwise it would be disgraced for others to see him so embarrassed as a minister, and he would not be able to look up and see people.
As if feeling Zhao Wangshu's gaze falling on his body, Wu Daoquan's head tried his best to lower a little. He tried to tighten his body and reduce his presence, as if this would make Zhao Wangshu ignore him.
The fire dragon was burned indoors, but it wasn't so cold.
Wu Daoquan's head was covered with sweat, and he tentatively raised his hand to wipe the sweat with his sleeve, but he didn't even dare to lift his head during the period.
After two pillars of incense, Zhao Wangshu could speak: "Lord Wu, are you guilty?" ”
Zhao Wangshu said this without hurry, but Wu Daoquan trembled when he heard it.
He also knew that he was shooting in the wrong place today, and he hit the muzzle of this aunt's gun at once. However, Princess Celestia directly said that he was guilty, which was not a simple slap on the wrong shoulder.
Wu Daoquan thought for a long time before he cautiously spoke: "Weichen doesn't know, I still hope that the eldest princess will make it clear." ”
Zhao Wangshu sneered, the corners of her mouth smiled, but the smile did not reach the bottom of her eyes: "Lord Wu, I thought you were a smart person, do you still want to deny it now?" ”
Wu Daoquan stiffened his head and continued to say stiffly: "Back to the eldest princess, the minister admits that it is a little inappropriate to lead the officials and people of Qingzhou Mansion to the city gate to greet you and the county lord of Qinghe today, but the minister is also very kind. ”
Wu Daoquan raised his head and said with an aggrieved face: "The saint ordered in the secret letter, the princess of Chaoyang and the county lord of Qinghe represent the royal family, and the saint sent your two nobles to Qingzhou, just to let the people of Qingzhou know that the saint values the people of Qingzhou very much, and the strange disease of Qingzhou, with you and the county lord of Qinghe, will be properly solved, and will not ignore the people." ”
The more Wu Daoquan spoke, the more he felt that he was justified, and he even had some confidence in speaking. He continued: "Eldest princess, Lord Qinghe, you two ignore the government and don't know anything. This is a matter of particular treatment for these people. ”
"The Holy Lord sent the two of you here to appease the people, not only to appease the people of Qingzhou, so that they can obey the arrangement, not to spread this strange disease to other places, but also to appease the people of the world, I Da Zhou really put the people in my heart, so as to win the hearts of the people."
Although Wu Daoquan still had a flattering smile on his face, his waist straightened unconsciously. He relied on himself to have been up and down in Guanhai for many years, and the two in front of him, one is the princess who has been away from Beijing for many years and has returned to Beijing not long ago, and the other is the county lord who is trapped in the eldest princess's mansion.
Emperor Shengde sent the two of them here just to be a mascot.
What can two powerless women do? Although Wu Daoquan was very respectful on his face, he thought that Zhao Wangshu and Zhao Wanning were just here to make up the numbers, and he didn't expect the two to be able to deal with the Qingzhou plague, but only hoped that the imperial doctors brought by these two would have some effect.
Zhao Wanning on the side was dumbfounded. She didn't expect this Wu Daoquan to be so arrogant and talk nonsense with his eyes open. Didn't his remarks put all the responsibility for his mobilization of the people, the labor of the people, and the loss of money and the leadership of Qingzhou officials and people to the city gate to meet him today?
As for what he said about officialdom, Zhao Wanning didn't understand it, but Zhao Wangshu ......
Zhao Wanning turned her head and glanced at Zhao Wangshu, only to see that Zhao Wangshu didn't look at Wu Daoquan who was kneeling on the ground, she looked at the tea cup in front of her intently.
Zhao Wanning doesn't understand tea sets, but she can also see that this set of tea sets is worth a lot of money.
Zhao Wanning took a closer look again, the pattern on the tea cup was not the common Meilan bamboo chrysanthemum, it looked a little familiar, as if it had been seen somewhere.
Where?