Having said that, Pei Yan was still very angry, and continued to complain to Yu Tang about Zhang Ying: "He is also a veteran, since he can't completely retire, he should make good arrangements for the people around him. If he can't, then completely retreat , don’t care about world affairs. Thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi, who can stand on the top and never come down? When reading history books, one understands better than the other. One thinks that he will be an exception. In the past, the Xu family was the most powerful in the capital. How did the Zhang family get there? Didn’t the Xu family go up there? Did the Xu family say that they must find a way to bring down the Zhang family? Who is this? First, who is the second is originally going around, and it should be trying to find a way to stand in the first echelon instead of always thinking about taking the first place."
Yu Tang listened quietly, thinking slowly in his heart. The more I thought about it, the more I felt that Pei Yan's words made sense.
It's not easy to get in, and it's not easy to get out.
It is in response to the phrase "every family has scriptures that are difficult to recite".
It can be seen that the wealthy families also have their own difficulties.
And Pei Yan just muttered a few words in front of Yu Tang, his usually cold face made Mr. Chen feel cold when he saw it, he wanted to ask Pei Yan a lot but didn't dare to ask, so Pei Yan was free for a while up.
When this person is free, he can't help but think about things. Fortunately, Pei Yan had already made preparations, "reading" and "painting" with Yu Tang in the cabin every day, happy and happy like a fairy, and made the shy Yu Tang smash the pot and smash it, covering his ears and stealing the bell as if nothing happened Yes, I forced myself to be calm when I saw the second wife, and I was able to discuss with the second wife whether Pei Yan, Yu Tang and others should stay in Liaocheng for a few more days since the second master sent someone to pick them up in Liaocheng.
From Pei Yan's point of view, there is nothing to see, but the second wife thought that Yu Tang could stay for a few days, and said: "We are separated this time, and I don't know when we can see each other again?"
If Pei Xuan's official luck is good, he may be transferred to the capital if he is judged as a "capable official" after three years. If his official luck is not good, he may be transferred to a farther place after nine years of office. No matter where they go, as long as Pei Xuan doesn't retire, there won't be many opportunities for their sisters-in-law to meet.
Although Yu Tang was reluctant to part with the Second Wife and Fifth Miss, he was more fond of Pei Yan.
Gu Xi really wanted to get off the boat and have a look.
Although they travel by boat, they stay on the boat for a month, and there is an elder Pei Yan on board, she spends eight or nine out of ten times only in the cabin, she is really tired of staying.
She asked Pei Tong: "You often visit third uncle these days, how does third uncle treat you?"
Pei Tong was a little embarrassed.
Pei Yan is not close to him. When his father was around, Pei Yan was at his hometown. When Pei Yan was admitted to the capital, he moved out of the old house of Pei's family in the capital. Later, his father passed away, and the suzerain of their house was handed over to Pei Yan... He didn't know much about Pei Yan either. .
For more than a month, Pei Yan made him feel like he was in the wrong place.
Pei Yan liked to take Yu Tang with him very much, and told Yu Tang to post, paint, fish, and even take Yu Tang to hang out on the deck in the evening.
As a nephew, it is naturally not easy to get close to him.
In this way, although he often looks for opportunities to meet Pei Yan, in fact, even if he does meet, he rarely has the opportunity to say anything.
He felt that this was a way for Pei Yan to politely refuse his approach.
It's just that he was embarrassed to tell his wife, as if he seemed incompetent, and he couldn't even do such a small thing well.
Pei Tong said vaguely: "It's okay."
Gu Xi sat down and said to him expectantly: "Why don't you tell third uncle that we stay in Liaocheng for two days, and you and your second uncle can also have a good talk. This time we met, I don't know what See you soon! As for the fear of delaying the trip, why not add some money and let the boatmen spend a few days at night."
Pei Xuan is still very good to Pei Tong.
Pei Tong hesitated.
It's just that before he could figure out how to tell Pei Yan about this matter, the ship had already docked at Liaocheng Wharf. They didn't wait for Pei Xuan who came to pick up the second wife, but an aide that Pei Xuan brought to Liaocheng.
"Third Master." He saluted Pei Yan respectfully, handed Pei Yan the letter written by Pei Xuan, and said, "Second Master said, he is waiting for you in the capital."
Pei Yan was very surprised. After reading the letter, he found out that Pei Xuan had just received the official seal of the Shandong chief envoy, and the imperial decree came from the middle of Beijing, and Pei Xuan was transferred to be the right servant of the household department, and he was restricted to come to Beijing on 15 days. appointment. Pei Xuan, the chief envoy, hadn't secured the official seal yet, so he handed it over again, and rushed to the capital overnight.
This is Gao Sheng!
Everyone on the boat was so happy that they couldn't close their mouths from ear to ear, and even more cleverly ran to ask the second wife for a reward.
The second wife happily opened the cage and came out with silver beans to reward everyone.
Pei Yan frowned, picked up Pei Xuan's staff and boarded the boat, and drove overnight to the capital.
It never occurred to him that the Liaocheng magistrate who had heard the news rushed over as soon as the boat left the pier stopped him. He insisted on seeing Pei Yan off, and even revealed his relationship with the Fei family: "Fei Zhiwen is my uncle."
Pei Xuan's staff also whispered beside Pei Yan: "It's Lord Fei's father's cousin who doesn't have a third service."
Pei Yan had no choice but to disembark to socialize.
Gu Xi poked Pei Tong and said, "You go with me too!"
Pei Yan didn't call Pei Tong, Pei Tong hesitated.
Gu Xi encouraged him: "Opportunities are created by people, and opportunities will be given to those who actively use him."
Pei Tong cheekily followed.
The prefect of Liaocheng was naturally very enthusiastic, and Pei Yan didn't chase him away. He breathed a sigh of relief, and slowly let go of socializing with those people in Liaocheng's officialdom, and gradually felt like a fish in water.
Pei Yan didn't stop him, but created some opportunities for him.
Pei Tong went back to the boat, looked at Gu Xi again, and felt that she was worthy of being Gu Chang's younger sister, and some of her words were quite reasonable.
Taking advantage of his drunkenness, he tentatively discussed with Gu Xi: "Let's go back to the capital and live in the old house!"
Before he left, the eldest wife asked him to live with his grandfather, but he made up his mind to live in his own house in private.
Gu Xi wondered: "Could it be that you planned to live in your grandfather's house before? Didn't we agree on this matter before?"
Pei Tong blushed, and said falteringly: "Aren't I afraid that you are not used to it? I see that you have been staying in the cabin these days..."
Gu Xi interrupted him forcefully, and said: "I'm not used to it, but I can't do something that displeases the elders and makes others laugh because I'm not used to it. We went back to Beijing with the third uncle, and lived in In the old house of the Pei family, serving the elders is what we should do, who can pick the wrong one."
She knew that her mother-in-law was more than a failure than success, so she took the opportunity to beat Pei Tong a few times.
Pei Tong snorted a few times, and stopped talking. Seeing that, he agreed with Gu Xi's words.
Gu Xi breathed a sigh of relief.
They traveled day and night, and finally arrived in the capital before the Buddha's Day.
Mr. Shu and Zhou Zijin came to pick them up at Tongzhou Wharf, along with the third son of the Zhang family, Master Xiao Zhang.
As soon as Pei Yan got off the boat, Zhou Zijin gave him a bear hug.
Master Xiao Zhang looked at the side and smiled straight, and said to Pei Yan: "Welcome to the capital. Your second brother was called into the palace by the emperor. There is no way to pick you up today. We will return to the capital tomorrow. We will meet you at the Laishun Building." You take the wind and wash away the dust."
"Farewell." Pei Yan pushed Zhou Zijin away, greeted Mr. Zhang with a smile, and said with a smile, "Tomorrow, I can have something casually at our house, and then I can go to visit my teacher."
Now that the situation in the capital is complicated, Mr. Zhang didn't force it, so he agreed with a smile. Instead of going to the post station, everyone stopped at the largest inn in Tongzhou City.
Master Xiao Zhang even brought his wife over.
He made a special trip to receive the female relatives of the Pei family.
Mrs. Zhang Jiasan was born in a wealthy family in the north. She was tall and strong, plump and fair, with the bold enthusiasm unique to northerners.
"I have long heard that Xia Guang married a peerless beauty, but today I saw that she really deserves her reputation." The third wife of the Zhang family said to Yu Tang with a smile, "Since you have come to the capital, take a good walk in the capital, Tan Zhe Temple, Hongluo Temple, and Chang'an Avenue, you have to go and see it."
Yu Tang liked such a straightforward person very much, and thanked him repeatedly.
The second wife and Mrs. Zhang San also met for the first time. Everyone greeted each other. Accompanied by Mrs. Zhang San, they had dinner in the back hall of Bao's yard, rested all night, and changed carriages to the capital the next day.
It was the first time in Yu Tang's life that he rode a horse-drawn carriage, and felt that although the horse-drawn carriage was more magnificent than the mule cart, it was also more bumpy.
The second wife endured all the way and vomited as soon as she got off the carriage.
Yu Tang didn't have time to take a closer look at what the Pei family's old house looked like, so he hurriedly helped the second wife to the house arranged for the second wife.
Fortunately, Pei Xuan had already left the yamen, and was waiting at home a long time ago. Seeing that the second wife had vomited and her face turned pale, she hurried forward to pick up the second wife in person, and helped serve the second wife with tea and water.
Seeing this, Yu Tang immediately backed out and returned to the courtyard where he lived.
Qing Yuan has already begun to instruct the maidservant to arrange the residence, and the nurse in charge of the inner courtyard has been waiting outside respectfully for Yu Tang to summon her.
Yu Tang was also very tired, she didn't want to force herself, she told the nanny in charge surnamed Min, and the people dispersed, and she was served by Qing Yuan, washed and changed, and went to the inner house to entertain the female guests In the flower hall, I went to entertain Mrs. Zhang San.
Mrs. Zhang San learned that the second wife vomited and couldn't have dinner with them, and blamed herself: "I thought you would not get used to it, but I didn't expect it to be so severe. If I knew it, I wouldn't go back with their men." .We don't eat with them anyway."'
"Everyone didn't think of it." Yu Tang and her were polite, took Fifth Miss and Gu Xi, and entertained Mrs. Zhang San on behalf of the Pei family.
After Mrs. Zhang San went back, she kept praising Yu Tang in front of the old lady of the Zhang family: "You are so beautiful! There is no female family member in our family who is more beautiful than her. No wonder Xia Guang was unwilling to marry the Li family. Girl."
Mrs. Zhang didn't care too much about this, and asked Fifth Miss Pei Dan: "How is the little girl?"
Mrs. Zhang San hesitated and said: "The person hasn't grown up yet, but the mold is printed in the same mold as Mrs. Pei Er. It seems that the temperament is also very gentle..."
It's not bad for such a little girl to marry in as a second daughter-in-law. But being the eldest daughter-in-law... is a bit inappropriate. What's more, there is still a difference of five or six years old.