The day before going to the flower feast, the sky was clear, Tao Ti got up early, and took Linglong to visit Luoyang City.
Pei Yan was busy with business and couldn't want to accompany them, so he sent Zhan Ping to accompany them—
In name it is protection, but in fact it is responsible for carrying bags.
Tao Ti pretended to be a wealthy businessman's wife, and shuttled among the various restaurants and restaurants in Luoyang City. When she was tired, she would go shopping, and when her stomach was empty, she would go to the next one to continue eating
Just like this, I went shopping and eating for a whole day, until the sun was setting, and then I dragged a carriage full of various specialties back.
At the same time, in Tongming Hall.
Holding the sword in his arms, Gu Feng said in a rough voice, "Your Highness, we have already found out that Princess Mu hired water bandits, and planned to take advantage of the chaos to snatch the princess away during the night cruise tomorrow."
Pei Yan gently turned the jade finger on the thumb, and said coldly, "The secret tricks of the women in the back house."
Gu Fengdao, "Is there a festival between the Crown Princess and Prince Mu's Palace?"
Pei Yan, "No."
Gu Feng, "Then this..."
Pei Yandao, "King Mu and the Zhou family are grasshoppers on the same rope. Brother and sister Pei Changzhou should have secretly instigated this matter."
There was a small knife scar on Gu Feng's brow bone. Hearing this, the scar and eyebrows raised together, and he asked in doubt, "Take such a risk, just for personal grudges?"
If this is the case, he feels that Pei Changzhou brother and sister's move is really... so stupid that it is hard to describe it.
Pei Yan hummed lightly, with a mocking smile on his lips, "The brothers and sisters are so well protected by the Zhou family, they are protected by their impeccable queen mother inside the palace, and their capable and cunning queen outside the palace." Uncle is carrying around, Pei Changzhou is just a pile of mud, and his Zhou family can forcefully help him to the dragon chair."
"The Zhou family has a good plan. If they really help such a waste up, Dayuan Chao should change his surname to Zhou in the future." After Gu Feng said this, he calmed down as if thinking of something, and looked at it with complicated eyes. A glance at Pei Yan.
Pei Yan understood what he meant, and smiled gently, "Uncle Feng, Gu is fine now, and Gu has never blamed his mother and uncle."
Gu Feng pursed his lips, and did not continue this heavy topic. He asked Pei Yan, "Your Highness, what do you plan to do with the Crown Princess? Perhaps, we can use this opportunity to seize the opportunity of Prince Mu's residence... "
Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted decisively by Pei Yan, "No."
Gu Feng, "Huh?"
Pei Yan's black eyes were deep, "She won't go to Huafang, and I won't let her take any risk."
Gu Feng was stunned for a moment before realizing that the "she" His Highness said referred to the Crown Princess, he couldn't help but frowned and looked at the handsome and noble young man in front of him.
No way, before the big wedding, His Highness was still indifferent, and regarded the so-called Crown Princess as a dispensable pawn.
Could it be that in the short two months since he went to Hexi, His Highness fell in love with the Crown Princess
Sensing Gu Feng's gaze, Pei Yan coughed lowly, "Uncle Feng, why are you looking at Gu like this?"
Gu Feng smiled, "Our Highness has really grown up."
Pei Yan, "..."
Gu Feng said comfortingly, "If Your Highness really likes the Crown Princess, treat her well, and don't be like your royal father..."
Having said that, he stopped talking in time, clasped his fists and lowered his head, and said, "This subordinate has made a slip of the tongue."
Pei Yan knew the meaning of his words, his black eyes drooped slightly, and the depths of his eyes were so deep that it was hard to see clearly.
Not long after, Fu Xirui walked outside the screen and said that the Crown Princess had returned to the palace.
Gu Feng left at the right time, but he was a little curious in his heart, and he didn't know what kind of girl doll could move the heart of His Highness who is deep-minded and abstinent.
Pei Yan glanced at the open window, the sky was full of red clouds, and the setting sun was sinking.
When he arrived at Jixian Hall, his little princess was pointing to a list of things in the room.
Seeing him coming, she greeted him with a smile, and happily shared with him her achievements today—
"These silks and satins have just arrived from Suzhou. They are novel in style and beautiful in pattern. I have selected a few in various colors. The stone blue and dark green ones can be given to my mother. The bean green is gentle and the maroon red is bright. You can give it to A Chan. And this gouache and goose yellow, make a dress for Xiao Liu, it must look good."
"This set of four treasures of the study was bought for Xiao Wu. This red sandalwood wolf brush is very delicate, and the pine, cypress, cloud and crane patterns on the inkstone are also very elegant. Oh, by the way, there are also these leathers, which are very good and the price is affordable. I bought a few, and I will take them back and give them away when the time comes!"
"I also bought a set of ruby head masks, which are in the shape of peony flowers. The carvings are lifelike. Concubine Xu Guifei has given me a lot of good things on weekdays. I plan to give this to her when the time comes."
Pei Yan listened to her patiently, and at the end, he handed her a glass of water thoughtfully, "moisturize your throat."
Tao Ti took the teacup.
Pei Yan asked, "Ah Ti bought so many gifts for them, what about the lonely one?"
Tao Ti, "Pfft—"
She coughed violently twice, her face flushed with a slap, "cough cough cough."
Pei Yan stepped forward and patted her on the back, "Why are you choking?"
"No, nothing." She waved her hand and put the teacup aside, guilty of not daring to look at Pei Yan, she whispered awkwardly, "Your gift, I... I didn't buy it."
She wanted to come to Luoyang for a visit and bring some gifts back to her friends in Chang'an. She spends time with Pei Yan day and night, so she didn't think about buying one for him.
Pei Yan saw her two white and tender hands grabbing the hem of her clothes, with a faceless look, and chuckled, "Okay, Gu just asked casually, don't take it to heart."
Even so, Tao Ti felt sorry for him.
She raised her head slowly, stared deeply at him, and said sincerely, "I will definitely remember to buy it for you next time, the best and most expensive one!"
Pei Yan raised his hand and rubbed her little head, leaned over and smiled gently, "Okay."
During the day, she ate a street in Luoyang City. Tao Ti was not very hungry at night. After drinking a bowl of bird's nest porridge, she took out the perilla, peach, and ginger that had been soaked in cold well water for a day and a night.
The anthocyanins in the perilla leaves are soaked out by acetic acid, fully blended with the peach pieces and shredded ginger, and dye them a beautiful pink. After the catalysis of time, the originally hard peaches are slightly softer, but they still taste crunchy, with the sweet and sour peach flesh and the clear aroma of perilla, which is very refreshing and fresh in this early summer.
Pei Yan, who doesn't eat much ginger, took a bite of the shredded ginger under Tao Ti's instigation. The ginger is fresh and tender, not too spicy, but slightly sweet, sour and crunchy. Very appetizing.
After the two finished eating, they took a walk for a while and went to bed to rest after bathing.
Before going to bed, Pei Yan reminded, "Ah Ti, come back tomorrow after admiring the flowers in Prince Mu's Mansion, and won't go anywhere else, you know?"
Tao Ti was a little tired from shopping today, her eyes were half closed, and she let out a dazed "hmm".
After a while, she fell into a deep sleep.
Pei Yan turned sideways, stared at her hazy sleeping figure, stretched out her long arms, and habitually embraced her soft and sweet body into her arms.
He murmured, "It's better to pick you up alone tomorrow..."
The man in his arms let out a lazy moan, and rubbed his little head in his arms, looking for a reassuring angle.
Seeing her sleeping sweetly without knowing the danger, Pei Yan laughed dumbfounded, lowered his head and kissed her forehead, "Sleep obediently."
What gift do you want
She is his best gift.