Chapter 14
Chapter 14
The drama on the stage was still singing, but Liang Jingyun had long since lost his interest. He saw that Defu had already walked to Pei Huaiwen's side, so he stood up, and the servant girl beside him called timidly, "Your Majesty?"
Liang Jingyun turned his head to look at Qi Huan. At this time, Qi Jing and his wife also returned to the backyard, so he nodded to Qi Huan and said calmly, "I'm going back to the palace first."
Everyone bowed down, "My humble minister respectfully sends the emperor off."
Liang Jingyun glanced at Pei Huaiwen seemingly absently, then walked towards the exit, followed by a few guards with knives.He walked out of Qi's mansion, looked at the dark sky, and couldn't help wondering if he was too anxious, but he was the one waiting.
Speaking of Pei Huaiwen, he was surprised after hearing Defu's words, and then explained the matter to Pei Ling. Pei Ling just looked at him suspiciously, told him not to anger the emperor, and then let him leave.Jiang Zhiming, on the other hand, had a worried look on his face, as if he was going to some grand banquet.Pei Huaiwen said a few words of comfort, and then left the banquet with Defu.
Liang Jingyun waited in the sedan chair for a while, when he heard the voice, he opened the curtain, only to see a figure in black standing by the side of the sedan chair, with a dusty aura on his body.The man understood the emperor's temper, and said something important as soon as he opened his mouth, "Your Majesty, Pei Yiqing is in danger in Yongzhou."
"Oh? What's the matter?"
"According to my subordinates' observation, it has something to do with Shen Fu Yin, but now Pei Yiqing has been rescued, but there is no danger."
Isn't being related to Shen Fu Yin the same as being related to the left minister, isn't it being related to the third prince?Liang Jingyun tapped his fingers and made a dull sound on the table in the sedan chair. He pondered for a while and said, "Send more people to protect Pei Yiqing, and he must be allowed to return to Beijing safely." It's no fun if something goes wrong.
"Yes, Your Majesty. But there is one thing that my subordinates find strange. Apart from the men and horses led by the subordinates, there are also a group of undercover soldiers beside Pei Yiqing. They are also able to search and rescue Pei Yiqing this time. However, their whereabouts are very secretive, and the subordinates are incompetent. Can't find the source."
"Pei Yiqing's people?"
"The subordinates don't think so. Those people don't seem to belong to Pei Yiqing, but they seem to be ordered to protect him."
Liang Jingyun thought for a while, and when he saw a figure appearing at the door of Qi's mansion, he waved his hand, "Go down first, and let this matter go." The figure in black disappeared in a flash.
When Pei Huaiwen walked out of Qi's mansion, Jiang Zhiming originally wanted to follow him, but he was stopped by Mr. Jiang with a livid face before he went out. Seeing that, Jiang Zhiming might not have a good time tonight.
Defu walked to the side of the sedan chair and asked softly, only to hear a low voice, "Let him come up."
Defu nodded to Pei Huaiwen, Pei Huaiwen smiled, put down his doubts and stepped on the carriage.The carriage was very spacious, and Liang Jingyun sat at the table with a calm expression.Pei Huaiwen saluted and said respectfully: "I have seen the emperor."
Liang Jingyun nodded, but Pei Huaiwen covered his mouth and coughed in a muffled voice, "Cold?"
Pei Huaiwen smiled apologetically, "I have been weak since I was a child, and the emperor laughed at me."
"The weather is indeed turning cold now." Liang Jingyun's tone was light, and Defu invited Defu to say something. After a while, Defu brought in a delicate hand stove. Liang Jingyun pointed to Pei Huaiwen, and Defu handed it to him. Pei Huaiwen.Pei Huaiwen smiled, "Thank you, Your Majesty."
The heat from the hand stove warmed Pei Huaiwen's body immediately. After all, in the late autumn night, his body was in poor health, and there was a brazier for heating at the banquet. Pei Huaiwen really couldn't stand the cold outside the house.
"You were the same when I met you last time." Liang Jingyun looked at him, "You are not afraid of me."
Whether you know your identity or not, the attitude is the same.
Pei Huaiwen smiled calmly, "The emperor's benevolence is admired by the ministers, so why talk about fear."
Liang Jingyun sneered, "Rende? This is the first time I've heard of it."
Pei Huaiwen felt a little strange, the atmosphere of the conversation was not right, Liang Jingyun was not in such a peaceful manner now, he was even wondering if he had let Liang Jingyun find out that he was showing his feet.But if he really found out, Liang Jingyun probably wouldn't talk about it around the bend.
"The emperor summoned his ministers to come for something important?"
Liang Jingyun glanced at him with a half-smile, "I saw you today, this Miss Qi Si didn't seem to find any good husband at the banquet, I wonder what Mr. Pei thinks?"
"How can I say anything about the eldest lady's marriage?"
"Last time, the son of the Minister of Rites was indeed a motivated and handsome young man, but it's a pity that the sky is not beautiful. Now that I think about it, the Hanlin scholar came from a poor family, but he is very knowledgeable and able to speak good words. He is also a powerful young man. A wife and a concubine."
Seeing Liang Jingyun stop talking, Pei Huaiwen thought for a while, and said, "But the Qi family wouldn't want their prostitute daughter to marry a poor family, would they?"
"You're smart." Liang Jingyun nodded in satisfaction, "The Qi family is still too pedantic, so what if it's from a poor family, that Zhang Youling has the ability, and he will be able to climb up sooner or later."
Pei Huaiwen also laughed, "If the emperor thinks so, that Mr. Zhang may have a bright future."
"Then Mr. Pei, what do you think of my bestowing marriages on them?"
Pei Huaiwen was silent.He really couldn't say what the emperor Shengming said. He hadn't seen Zhang Youling yet, and he didn't know what kind of person he was, so he felt uneasy about handing over Qi Ruoshui's life like this.
After a long silence, Liang Jingyun put away his smile, the coldness in his eyes was as heavy as ice and snow, he raised his eyebrows and said: "Mr. Pei is not willing?"
"..."
"Isn't Mr. Pei thinking about Miss Qi Si?"
Pei Huaiwen looked up in surprise, how could he be misunderstood like this? !
Seeing his surprised face, Liang Jingyun thought that he was surprised when his thoughts were discovered, so he couldn't help but sneer even more. The inner resistance was inexplicable, and he attributed all this to the anger at Pei Huaiwen's wishful thinking.
"You don't have a healthy body, you don't have an official position, and you still think about Miss Qi's family? I think you are too confused about yourself!"
Pei Huaiwen was stunned for a moment, then pursed his lips and said, "I have no such intention."
The last conversation broke up badly. What puzzled Pei Huaiwen was that Liang Jingyun didn't say anything after the sarcasm. Pei Huaiwen wanted to return the hand stove before leaving, but Defu declined.Pei Huaiwen was also happy to keep warming his hands on the road, so he didn't insist.
When they returned to the Hou Mansion, the lights were already brightly lit, and everyone in the Pei family had returned.Pei Huaiwen went to Pei Ling's study first, and briefly talked about today's events. After hearing this, Pei Ling only reminded him not to think about Miss Qi Si.Seeing it, Pei Huaiwen seemed to think that the emperor wanted to accept a concubine, so he couldn't help saying: "I don't think the emperor actually has that plan, the emperor is just looking for a marriage for Miss Qi Si."
Pei Ling was noncommittal.
Pei Huaiwen didn't know what to say, could it be that the emperor was only worried about Qi Ruoshui's marriage and had no other meaning, as if no one wanted to believe it.Speaking of which, why is Liang Jingyun so worried about Qi Ruoshui's marriage?Qi Ruoshui seems to be Qi Yun's sister instead of his, Pei Huaiwen thought to himself.
Back in the room, Lan Fu took care of Pei Huaiwen to fall asleep, but there were three clicks from the window.Pei Huaiwen glanced at Lan Fu, and Lan Fu left knowingly.
When the door of the room was closed, a figure quickly jumped in through the window.Pei Huaiwen frowned little by little as he listened to his subordinate's report. "Shen Fuyin made a move?"
"Yes, if it's not in time, Second Young Master Pei may be in danger."
A trace of coldness flashed across Pei Huaiwen's eyes, "Send some quick-handed and quick-witted people over there, and the other protective personnel can be transferred back. People will definitely notice the rescue of Pei Yiqing this time." And the emperor will definitely First realize that Liang Jingyun will not sit still for the sake of stabilizing the situation, and Pei Yiqing will be fine after this time.
"Turn all the people back, the people that Mr. Said sent..."
"Isn't Shen Fu Yin still there? Since he thought of using this opportunity to get rid of Pei Yiqing, how can I let go of this opportunity. Be more secretive, Shen Fu Yin can do things without leaving traces, you can't do it Bar?"
"This subordinate takes orders, and he will definitely live up to his mission." The man in black jumped out of the window neatly and disappeared.
Looking at the dark night, Pei Huaiwen's side face under the candlelight flickered, and he sighed suddenly.Shen Fu Yin is a member of the Third Prince's faction, he is determined to get rid of Shen Fu Yin this time and he is standing on the opposite side of the Third Prince. This is really the first time, Pei Huaiwen pulled out a cold and mocking smile.
After all, he is not a magnanimous and tolerant person. After chasing the third world, he died at the hands of his sweetheart. Most of them were exhausted, but there was also resentment.
Another month passed, and the weather was getting colder and colder during this month, Pei Huaiwen almost didn't want to go out, and only sometimes Jiang Zhiming urged him to go to Gu Chang'an's medical clinic for a physical examination.Regarding the consequences of Jiang Zhiming that day, Jiang Zhiming avoided talking about it, but Pei Huaiwen knew that there would be no good results. I heard that Jiang Zhiming, who has always been romantic and wanton outside, did not go out for more than ten days, so he must be at home. As for recuperation, this has not happened before.Generally, when Jiang Zhiming's flirtatiousness reached the point where Mr. Jiang couldn't help it, he would be beaten, and the Jiang family's family rules and punishments were not just for fun.
When winter was approaching, Pei Yiqing finally returned from Yongzhou, safe and sound.Pei Ling was overjoyed. Ever since he received the news from Yongzhou that Pei Yiqing was in danger, Pei Ling couldn't sit still. Even though someone later said that there was no danger, he still panicked.Now that he came back, Pei Ling happily tidied up and went to court to meet his precious son.
Pei Yiqing was full of travel and dust, but the credit for the proper management of the flood made him feel relieved. Although he couldn't hide his tiredness, his brows and eyes were full of radiance.Shen Fu Yin did not come back, unfortunately he died in the flood.
The emperor first rewarded Pei Yiqing for his contributions, and Marquis Zhaoyuan took Pei Yiqing to thank him with a respectful face.Afterwards, the emperor expressed his deep sorrow for Shen Fuyin's accident, rewarded some things and arranged a rich funeral, and then let it go.Zuo Xiang's complexion was not very good-looking, but the smile on the third prince's face remained unchanged, but he couldn't hide the gloom in his eyes.Liang Jingyun glanced at them, and with a cold smile on his lips, he announced his retreat.
When Pei Yiqing returned to the Hou's Mansion, many people greeted him in front of the mansion. Pei Huaiwen was not used to the cold weather, seeing that Pei Yiqing had arrived and was talking to everyone, he left first.After dinner, Pei Huaiwen waited for Pei Yiqing while reading a book, and sure enough, he heard Lan Fu's notification sound after a while.
After staying in Yongzhou for a few months, perhaps overcoming the danger of life and death, Pei Yiqing's already sharp-edged brows and eyes became more serious, revealing a look of determination.Such a person is clearly a soldier, but became a civil servant, Pei Huaiwen sighed in his heart, if he joined the army, Pei Yiqing might live a better life.
Pei Yiqing picked up some bits and pieces of his life for several months, and briefly mentioned the distress, obviously not wanting to worry Pei Huaiwen.It's just that he also showed some doubts about Shenfu Yin, but this matter involved too much, and Pei Yiqing didn't want Pei Huaiwen to get involved.He didn't know that the culprit was sitting opposite him.
Pei Yiqing also found out that Pei Ruo gave birth to the eldest son, and he was relieved when he heard Pei Huaiwen say that Pei Ruo was doing well in Qi's residence.
"My sister is still very worried. After the second brother came back, he went to Qi's mansion to see her, and taught her to be at ease."
"I will." Pei Yiqing nodded, "Speaking of which, Jiang Zhiming took you around these past few months? What did you watch?"
"It's just a round of Kyoto, and my body is not good enough to ride a horse, so I have to pretend to be elegant." Pei Huaiwen smiled, "Oh, by the way, I also watched a piano music conference in the Beauty Square, and I saw the Beauty Square many beauties."
"Beauty Square?!" Pei Yiqing's voice suddenly rose, and his face suddenly fell down, "Jiang Zhiming took you there?"
Pei Huaiwen blinked, "Yes."
Pei Yiqing gritted his teeth and beat up Jiang Zhiming several times in his heart, thinking that he must teach him a good lesson, and then looked at Pei Huaiwen who had an innocent face, he was slightly relieved, it seemed that his brother was still the same Otherwise, he would have killed Jiang Zhiming alive.Pei Yiqing looked at Pei Huaiwen and smiled, his sharp eyebrows and eyes softened, and said: "You should rest first, it's late now, second brother has gone back."
"Second brother, be careful on the road."
Pei Huaiwen looked at his back, picked up the hot tea on the table and took a sip, silently mourning for Jiang Zhiming in his heart, he was honest and not adulterated at all.
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