A Thousand Hills Indigo Section 106
How could Wang Zhenfeng be willing to deal with such a family matter, and her mother was also very unwilling, but King Qing opened his mouth, how could he dare to refuse in person? After that, he hurriedly came to find Wang, wanted to ask Wang's help, and thought of a way to refuse the marriage. Wang dealt with it vaguely, and after a few days, Wang Zhenfeng's mother came to look for her again, and she disappeared on the grounds that she was busy receiving the princess's concubine.
When Wang Zhenfeng said this, he couldn't help crying again: "I haven't mentioned this matter in front of the horse before, and I don't want to say more." Since my father went with the Shenhu General in his early years, the family situation has not been satisfactory over the years. My mother is not in good health, and my brother has no future at all, so she studies hard at home all day long, hoping to be famous. Usually, he only relies on the rent of a few acres of land left over from his former family, and he can barely survive. My aunt and I are not close relatives, but our own family, and for many years, there has been almost no contact, and we have difficulties, and we never dare to bother. It was at the beginning of the year when I came to the capital, and my aunt suddenly took care of my family in many ways, invited a famous doctor to see my mother, arranged the marriage for my brother, and took me to her side and became intimate. My aunt wanted to ......"
She paused for a moment, met Pei Xiaoyuan's gaze, and said, "Since I have lost face today, I will let it go, and there is nothing I can't say." To tell you the truth, my aunt was optimistic about the future of the colt and wanted to make friends, but because of the past, she hit me on the head, and took a fancy to the relationship between my father and the colt, hoping that I could climb the colt. As for myself......"
She gritted her teeth, "It's because I think too highly of myself, I am delusional, and I also admire Ma Yuan." But some time ago, the news that the horse and the princess were about to get married came, my aunt was disappointed in me, and I was even more ashamed, so I decided to go to the Taoist temple at that time, but in this life, I didn't want to fly into trouble, and this kind of thing happened. My mother was frightened, and her old illness relapsed, and she asked me to come and ask the colt for help. However, good things are about to happen to the colt and the princess, so how dare I disturb the peace of the pony and the princess. The people from the Qing Palace's Mansion frequently came to my house to ask questions. I just had one life myself, but I died a big deal, but there was a mother and a brother at home. After thinking about it, I finally couldn't give it up, and I had no choice but to respond......"
Pei Xiaoyuan's brows furrowed tightly when he heard this, he couldn't bear it anymore, and interrupted loudly: "You are confused!" What kind of person are you, Pei Xiaoyuan? Even because of your father, I will never sit idly by when this happens. ”
"As for the princess," he paused.
"What if the princess knows that you have come to me for help? She's not stingy! You should have come looking for me a long time ago! ”
Wang Zhenfeng looked at him steadily, tears flowed down again, and he choked up: "I was wrong...... Fortunately, however, it has passed. She wiped away her tears again and calmed down.
"Just a few days ago, new news suddenly came from Qingwangfu, saying that the marriage was abandoned, and there was nothing else to say. After my aunt learned about this, she inquired in many ways and found an insider in King Qing's mansion, and came back and said that it seemed that King Qing had won Yuan's words. However, we don't have a relationship with Yuan Value, so how could he suddenly intervene? She decided that it should be the horse who knew about it and secretly entrusted Yuan Zhi. She also said......"
The Wang family was already dead, but based on this, they decided that Pei Xiaoyuan had feelings for Wang Zhenfeng, but because of the princess, he didn't dare to come forward in person. Then she urged Wang Zhenfeng to come to the house today, and she secretly arranged a meeting, asking Wang Zhenfeng to seize the opportunity to show favor to the concubine.
In Wang's words, she will not look away, Pei Langjun is by no means a mediocre person, once the situation in the court changes suddenly in the future, he will definitely take advantage of the situation to ascend to the throne. As long as you can climb the relationship, even if you can't take the bright road now because of the princess, in the future, when the saint goes, or the willows and flowers will brighten, there may be another opportunity.
How could Wang Zhenfeng say these words completely, pick up what he could say, and bring them over vaguely. Pei Xiaoyuan couldn't hear it, his face sank like water. Wang Zhenfeng became more and more ashamed and kept crying.
"Although my house is in ruins, I have read a few books, and I know what it means to be ashamed. I don't want to come today, and I'm afraid of offending my aunt, and my brother's future will be blocked. I thought that this matter was a horse to help, I thanked me, it was also my duty, I dealt with my aunt, I went back, what should I do in the future, or what, in the future, when I can withdraw, I will go to practice again, accompanied by pine cranes, and the rest of my life can be regarded as pure. Unexpectedly, the colt didn't know about it. It's me who disturbs the colt, please forgive me! ”
She bowed down again, and for a long time she could not bear it.
"I really didn't do it."
Pei Xiaoyuan said again, his tone solemn.
"Get up. Blame me, some time ago, when I was so focused on myself, that I didn't pay attention to your predicament, and that you were in such pain. I am ashamed of your father. ”
He paused for a moment and continued: "Today's incident, I should not have happened, and you don't have to take it to heart. Now that the matter is settled, it is best that when you go back, live a good life, and don't be at the mercy of my aunt in the future. In the future, if there is something like this that you can't solve, just come to see me generously, and you don't have to hide it. Within the scope of my ability, it is my duty to take care of the families of you sacrificial soldiers of the Divine Tiger Army, and you don't need to have any worries. ”
"I should pick up the princess, take care of Mrs. Wang."
Pei Xiaoyuan finally said, nodded to Wang Zhenfeng, who was looking at him with tears, didn't stay any longer, opened the courtyard door and left.
He hurriedly came to the weeping flower door in Cui's mansion, which separated the inside and outside, and asked someone to tell him, saying that he had come to pick up the princess, but he was told that the princess had gone to the front hall to wait for him, settled down, and hurried back.
Chapter 103
Pei Xiao Yuanzhi had been delayed for a long time, and hurriedly came to the west hall of the front hall, she was indeed there, Wang and others were by her side, she was sitting in the center, listening to everyone's flattery. The words were nothing more than how the princess was blessed, or how she was in harmony with the horse, and so on, and she must have heard the calluses in her ears these days, but instead of being impatient, she seemed to be in a good mood.
Pei Xiaoyuan stopped at the foot of the steps outside the door, saw her expression clearly through a rolling curtain, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
All the maidservants and maidservants who were waiting inside and outside the door saw him, and some of them came to greet him, and some of them sent messages inside. Then, with a chaotic step and the sound of Ke Pei Ling, she walked out surrounded by a group of women.
The Wang family walked beside her, looking very affectionate, and saw Pei Xiaoyuan in a flash, and greeted with a smile, "I'll just say that Erlangjun was forcibly kept by his uncle!" When the old uncle saw his nephew, he must have even taken out the next year's words and kept talking. He was happy, but he didn't care how the new couple resented him! Everyone around me was laughing.
Pei Xiaoyuan ignored it, and his eyes only fixed on her who was stopping in the middle of the steps. Wang couldn't respond to him, so he couldn't help but feel embarrassed and stopped, and then another woman said: "There are so many of us, and the princess is the only one left in the eyes of the concubine......" Wang smiled hurriedly to hide his doubts and uneasiness.
In the laughter, Su Yu said: "There is a lot of disturbance today, I say goodbye to the horse." My aunt didn't have to send us off. ”
She went down the stairs and walked past Pei Xiaoyuan. He followed. The women followed. Outside, Cui Daosi and others were also waiting for the princess, and finally waited for her figure to appear, and hurriedly led people to line up to send them off. She smiled all the way out of the gate of Cui's mansion, boarded the car and left.
Pei Xiaoyuan rode along, and on the way, he fell into contemplation uncontrollably. He was glad that the sinister and more shameful meeting that Wang had set up had passed safely, without arousing any suspicion or displeasure from her. He was even more suspicious of why Yuan Wei would intervene in this matter.
As a person, before he entered Beijing, he must have investigated the relationship between him and the old people in Beijing, and it was not difficult to know his relationship with Wang Zhenfeng accordingly. Could it be that he really did a personal favor?
The group returned to Yongning's house, and the sky was already dark. Doctor Hu also came early to wait as he did a few days ago. After cleaning up, he changed Pei Xiaoyuan's dressing, inspected it, said that the injury had been restricted, which was a good sign, and prescribed a new prescription to promote the growth of new muscles, and told the horse to rest well, continue to abstain from speaking, especially avoid alcohol, so that after a while, it will be healed.
What is the condition of his injury, Pei Xiaoyuan naturally knows in his heart. Except for the pain of compression, he felt that there was no serious problem, so he asked the doctor not to come back sooner or later tomorrow, it was too troublesome.
The concubine was so considerate, the imperial doctor was grateful, but he didn't dare to agree immediately, and shirked while looking at the princess. At this time, the princess also spoke: "The imperial doctor listens to him." Since it is no big deal, it is convenient for us to change the dressing ourselves. You come every few days. ”
The imperial doctor responded, thanked the princess and the concubine for their understanding, and gave some precautions, packed up his things and was sent out.
After the imperial doctor left, He took the maidservants to put down the roller blinds behind the bedroom window and the large colorful bead curtains, and withdrew one after another, and in the end, there were only two people left in the bedroom.
Su Yu wore loose bedclothes, still sitting in front of the mirror, holding a comb and slowly combing her hair. The candle flame reflects a mirrored glow. In the mirror, he sat on the edge of the bed, his figure motionless.
"What are you thinking? After the Cui family came out, they saw that you were unstoppable. ”
"Could it be that something happened to his house?"
She asked casually twice.
Pei Xiaoyuan was indeed still troubled by the incident during the day. He decided to take a chance to ask Yuan as soon as possible. If it was indeed him, he really owed him a lot of favors.
Her voice brought him out of his mind. He turned his face in response, looked at the back of the man who was sitting in front of the mirror and trimming his night makeup, and hesitated.
He remembered that Chengping had warned him in a joke before: The best thing in the world to deal with is a woman. As long as the lover says some sweet words, they will be gullible and willing to give everything to them. The most difficult thing in the world to deal with is also a woman. No matter how magnanimous the appearance is, there is no one who is not careful. This should be enshrined as a guideline, otherwise it will be foolish and self-inflicted.
“…… Nothing. ”
His mind had turned back and forth several times in an instant, and finally he decided not to mention the events of the day. I'm afraid that if I can't explain it clearly, it will be eventful.
"It's really fine." To the pair of eyes that she was looking at in the mirror, he added in an emphatic tone.
"It's just been a day out, and I'm a little tired." He explained as if nothing had happened.
She smiled, "If you're tired, rest early." Me too, not to mention that you are still injured, and you are even more tired. ”
Thoughtfully echo him. After speaking, she closed her eyes, and when she finally combed her long hair, she gently combed it, turned around, and under his gaze, went to the bed, lay down, pulled her quilt, covered her neck, and wrapped her body tightly.
As she lay down, the bedroom was completely quiet, leaving Pei Xiaoyuan alone to sit on the edge of the couch. He sat still for a moment, and quietly turned his face slightly, and saw that she had closed her eyes, and she looked like she was sleeping peacefully.
He suddenly felt a little bored in his heart, and after a while, he had to get up and go and extinguish all the dozen or so candles burning on the lamp. His eyes turned dark in an instant, and he stood in front of the candlestick for a few more moments, and when his eyes were slowly adjusting to the night light, he returned to the bed in the dark, took off his coat, laid down the tent, and went down slowly, as little as possible to disturb her.
There was only a shadow left in the tent.
"If Lang Jun is tired, you don't have to accompany me tomorrow, you can rest well and heal your injuries as soon as possible. I went over myself, and it was also convenient. ”
Suddenly, Pei Xiaoyuan's ears heard her voice again.
Tomorrow is the day of the Shenshu Palace's evaluation of paintings, and the final main painter will be selected.
"It's okay for me to be hurt, Your Majesty has allowed me to take a lot of leave, and I'm fine. I'll go with you tomorrow. He answered.
"Whatever you want." She spoke, then turned her back to him and curled up.
She didn't say anything more that night. The next day, she looked radiant, and she should have slept well the previous night. Pei Xiaoyuan felt that his spirit was not very good, which was in stark contrast to her. Naturally, he didn't want her or anyone else to see this, so he cheered up and sent her to the Divine Palace as usual. The painters under the courtyard and the famous painters who were called to come have all arrived.
Today's appraisal place is located in the south pavilion of Yuyun Building. The paintings of Yao Xu, Fang Shanduan, Song Bokang, Yang Jiming and others, together with Zhou He's paintings, are hung on the wall for people to enjoy. Those celebrities and nobles in Chang'an who wander among the court and dignitaries all day long, no matter how lonely they seem on the surface, are actually honored to be invited by the princess to participate in the evaluation today. Everyone is in groups of threes and twos, or alone, or wandering around, or stopping to admire, discussing, or sighing, or shaking their heads, revealing disdain......
Pei Xiaoyuan originally planned to send her here, but while she was busy, he quietly left to find Yuan Zhi first. However, it backfired, and he stopped for half a day. It was close to noon, but he still didn't get out and left. It's not that he's busy, and it's not his turn to meddle here. He saw Lantai reappear today. He came with his teacher. The old celebrity didn't want to miss today's opportunity, and dragged the sick body to insist on coming, and Lan Tai carried a towel and a cane for him. The princess also had great respect for Lantai's teacher, and ordered someone to enter it in a sitting chariot and carry it to Yuyun Tower. Not only that, but in the process of analyzing the painting, the princess accompanies her most of the time. The old celebrity is known as the poetry and painting of the double master, in the prosperous era before the Jingsheng chaos, he was with Ye Zhongli, Pei Ji and the most famous romantic figures at that time, singing and drinking together, the knowledge is indeed extraordinary, the export is a chapter, and the painting skills are indeed inferior to Yao Xu and Fang Shanduan, who have been serving the court for a long time, but in terms of the level of appreciation, there is no doubt that it is the first-class in the world.
As a result, his student Lantai became one of the closest guests to the princess that day.
Pei Xiaoyuan naturally had no objection to this, but he really couldn't ignore the silent and enthusiastic gaze that this Tanhualang threw at her every time. Tanhualang probably thought that no one could detect it, but Pei Xiaoyuan was an exception.
Half a day passed, Pei Xiaoyuan didn't go anywhere, and waited in a flying corridor outside the south pavilion of Yuyun Tower. Then the princess rehearsed a feast, and the musicians cheered them up, and invited everyone to enjoy the pleasure and drink and rest, and it was only then that he left in a hurry.
He was called away by an unexpected message sent by the Chang'an County Order.
The little boy Qingtou he brought from Ganliang took a few eagle people from the mansion to the West City Bird Fang to see the eagle this morning, and met the prime minister's mansion grandson Liu Yue and his party, and the two sides somehow clashed. At first, it was just a fight between Qingtou and the people around Liu Yue, and it was also a coincidence that Zuo Wuwei Zhonglang Ashina Chengping was also nearby at the time, and when he heard the news, he rushed to the scene, and without saying a word, he directly kicked Liu Yue off the horse, grabbed it and started to move. When the Jinwu soldiers patrolling the street and the Chang'an County Commander and others arrived, they saw the prime minister's mansion and grandson lying on the ground, crying and begging for mercy, and his voice was hoarse. More than a dozen people rushed up and forcibly pressed him to the ground, which rescued people and stopped the chaos. Because both sides are not ordinary people, in order to avoid the situation from becoming bigger, the Chang'an County Order temporarily detained all the people in the prison of the county party, and then notified each of them, and after the people arrived, they would see how to deal with it.
Pei Xiaoyuan rode a horse and rushed to the county party located in Guangdefang next to Xishi. The Chang'an County Commander was pacing back and forth in front of the public hall nervously, and when he saw Pei Xiaoyuan arrive, he rushed out to greet him, and saluted with his mouth. Pei Xiaoyuan strode to the cell and asked about the injuries of Chengping and Qingtou. Knowing that Chengping was fine, Qingtou and the others suffered some flesh wounds, but they were fine, nodded and asked about the Liu family's grandson's injuries. The county magistrate said that Ashina's hand was a little heavy, and the noble grandson of the Prime Minister's Mansion was not lightly injured, not only did he have a big hole in his head, several teeth were missing, and he also fainted, and he was sent to the nearest hospital for treatment.
Pei Xiaoyuan asked again why the two sides clashed. When the county magistrate heard him ask this, he was not as neat as he was, looked at him, and said, "This...... Fang Cai is really too chaotic, the noble grandson of the Liu family is seriously injured, and the subordinate only cares about saving people, and he hasn't had time to interrogate ......"
Pei Xiaoyuan glanced at him, saw him smiling, and didn't ask any more questions, and went to the prison room where Qingtou was held. The county ordered someone to open the door.
The green head, nose, blue face and swollen face are already hanging colors, and a new dress that he deliberately changed when he went out this morning also tore a large piece of his chest, and he is sitting in a daze in the corner of the prison at the moment, and the other house slaves in the Horse Mansion are also about the same, all of them are depressed. Suddenly, seeing Pei Xiaoyuan come in, those people hurriedly knelt down. Qingtou jumped up excitedly, crawled to the ground in front of him, reached out and hugged his leg tightly, and then, with a flat mouth, looked up at his master, and asked in a somewhat frightened tone: "Lang Jun, am I causing trouble for you again?" Princess, will she be angry with me? ”
Pei Xiaoyuan has no way to take this little guy from childhood to adulthood. Suppress his displeasure and ask him why he is fighting in the street.
Speaking of this, Qingtou's anger came up again, and he said hatefully: "Lang Jun, you don't know, it's they who speak evil words and deceive people too much!" ”
According to Qingtou, he and a few eagle people were watching the eagle at that time, and wanted to buy two heads to go back so as to fill the eagle house in the house. Otherwise, in space, so many people in the palace have nothing to do, but they met Liu Yue and his party, who also came to see the eagle, and wanted to buy a Tuhu eagle that they were optimistic about first. He naturally recognized the other party, he was a famous evil boy in Chang'an, and he didn't want to make trouble for his master, so he reluctantly backed down, who knew that the other party would have to make an inch. Just as he was about to leave, the house slaves ridiculed, saying that "the master clings to the noble master, once he attains the Tao, he will climb the high branches, and even the chicken and dog will ascend to heaven, and even a vulgar and lowly slave will also look like a noble person in front of people."
"It's just that they scold me, I don't know if I'm scolding Lang Jun! I was so angry that I rushed over and fought with them! There were so many of them, and seeing that we were about to be defeated, Prince Ashina came, and when he heard me, he kicked the man surnamed Liu off his horse with one kick, and then ......"
Qingtou also knew that Prince Ashina was heavy, and he was afraid that he would break people. If someone really dies, even if there is a princess to support him, I am afraid it will be a troublesome matter. Thinking of this, he secretly glanced at his master, and saw that he was expressionless, and he didn't know what he was thinking at the moment, and his heart was a little weak, and he reluctantly said: "If something really happens, Lang Jun can send me out to fight for my life...... I can't let people underestimate my cool man's courage......"
Pei Xiaoyuan didn't say a word, pulled out one of his legs from Qingtou's arm circle, turned around and walked out of the cell, ordered the county order to take him to see Ashina, and said: "Ask Lang Zhong to give them some medicine to see if there are any sprains." ”
After the return of the saint Cangshan, after the news of the princess's marriage spread, there were slowly some after-dinner jokes about the horses, saying that Pei's son climbed the dragon and attached to the phoenix, such as ants attached to the body, after coming to Chang'an, the surface looked like a green pine on the cliffside, a famous flower in the snow ridge, and a clear and tall group. Others seek the law with their bodies, he seeks glory with their bodies, and just the dowry brought by the princess, he will enjoy it for the rest of his life, and so on.
The Chang'an County Commander naturally heard about this, so he knew the cause of today's conflict, and he didn't dare to mention half a word in front of the horse. At this moment, when he heard his slave himself say this, he saw the horse come out, and gave such an order, and promised it in a row.
Pei Xiaoyuan was about to go to the prison where Chengping was held alone, when the county lieutenant came on foot and said that the people over there had also arrived.
The Liu family did not send anyone here, it was Wei Juren, the brother of the crown princess. He had already brought the imperial doctor to see the grandson of the Liu family, and knew that Pei Xiaoyuan was here, so he rushed over. When they met, they said that they had woken up and that there was no big problem, and said that they had asked the cause of the fight, and it was their own fault, and when they went back, they told Liu Xiang that they would beat to death those cheap slaves who dared to speak falsely, and asked Pei Xiaoyuan not to blame.
He had a deferential attitude, and took the initiative to take all the blame in the past, and Pei Xiaoyuan said that he was willing to pay for the medicine of the Liu family's grandson. Wei Juren refused with a haha, saying that today's matter is over, and it is fortunate that the horse is not to blame.
The matter was settled, Wei Juren left in a hurry, and the county magistrate hurriedly released the remanded people.
Pei Xiaoyuan took out Chengping, who was asleep in the prison, and came to a nearby river with few people, and stopped to ask him if he was injured.
Cheng Ping kicked up a stone on the embankment with his boots and aimed it at a pair of mallard ducks on the river that came from nowhere and were cross-necked. The male and female waterfowl were frightened, flapping their wings and fleeing in panic. He laughed.
"Pei Er, are you looking down on me? Just those few pieces of waste that are similar to the girls, if I don't get angry, I don't even bother to do it. ”
In front of his forehead, there was still a cyan bruise that had not yet disappeared, but it should have been beaten by the eldest princess and others on the wedding night. In addition, the whole body, except for the crown of the head, is indeed intact.
Pei Xiaoyuan raised his hand, carefully straightened his head, and then thanked him with a smile: "Fortunately, you were passing by at that time." Otherwise, that stupid slave in my family only cares about standing up for me, but I don't know how many catties and taels I have, and I am afraid that I will suffer a big loss today. ”
Chengping mingled in the restaurant banquet all day long, and naturally heard some jokes that ridiculed Princess Tashang, and knew that he was different from himself, and he was a son of a family who paid great attention to his reputation, but now he was said behind his back like this, he was a little worried, but when he saw him like this at this moment, he looked at it and nodded: "I'm afraid that the rumors are spread by people with intentions." However, if you don't care, it's okay for me to worry. Originally, being a man should be as you like, how to be happy. This is also a scruple, and it can't be let go, what fun is there in living? ”
Pei Xiaoyuan stood on the embankment, smiled and didn't say anything, and only cast his eyes on the two water birds that gradually gathered back.
"That's right!" Cheng Ping suddenly remembered, and his eyes swept back and forth on him a few times.
"How did I hear that you were attacked and injured before your marriage? Are the assassins trying to take your life? Is it true or false? ”
Pei Xiaoyuan shook his head.
Cheng Ping was stunned for a moment, then his face showed anger, and he said in a low voice: "Is it really as rumored, it's the prince-" He paused for a moment, and seeing that Pei Xiaoyuan didn't react, he slowly closed his mouth, stood for a moment, and said: "That's it, that's it for today, I'm fine, thank you for picking me up." After Cangshan came back, we didn't get together again. I gambled a few days ago, and won a jar of excellent deer wine from the hands of King Fanyang's son, which was called to strengthen the body, and the effect was amazing. I am reluctant to drink it myself, so I store it in the Chen Family Restaurant, and I want to wait for you to taste it together. I only know that you are newly married, and you still have injuries on your body, so I'm afraid you won't have a chance recently, so keep it for the future. You've been out for too long, I'm afraid it's inconvenient, hurry back, I'm going too! ”
He turned around to stay, and suddenly heard Pei Xiaoyuan stop him, so he stopped.
Pei Xiaoyuan pondered his words and told him what the eldest princess asked her to convey the day before yesterday. Although his words were extremely tactful, before he finished speaking, he saw Cheng Ping's face suddenly change, and he cut off the words with a sneer.
"It was her own daughter who pestered me, and I was not interested in this kind of noble girl who didn't understand anything, and I didn't pay attention to it, how did it all become mine? When I don't know? That shrew has always looked down on me. Why are we people in the Wolf Court inherently inferior? It's good that she doesn't say it, but since she says so, I have to get my daughter to see how it tastes different from other women! Otherwise, how could it be so expensive? ”
"Ahmao! Lu Wenjun is not comparable to the women you usually get! Don't be a fool! Pei Xiaoyuan warned.
Cheng Pingyuan opened a pair of eyes that shimmered with evil energy, glared at him, and saw that he was looking at himself with a straight face, and he didn't let him go at all, and after a moment of confrontation, his eyes slowly received an evil light, and suddenly, he nodded.
"That's it! It's not good to embarrass you. Be lowly if you are lowly! It's not like I've never experienced it. Anyway, although we people have learned the same things as you since we were children, and wear the same clothes as you, in the eyes of you naturally superior pilgrims, Hu'er is Hu'er, and we should bow down to you! I will never become like you! ”