The rain was crackling, and the streets were covered with rain showers. There were almost no pedestrians in the streets. An oxcart was parked under the eaves of an official house. A woman with a little makeup was sitting in the carriage, with a sad look on her face. She was The eldest princess.
A guard who also served as a coachman looked away from time to time. Then he looked into the distance and said, "Pei Zhenren's carriage is here."
The eldest princess said, "Go and invite Master Pei over."
"Yes!" The guard listened and drove towards Pei Ziyun's ox cart.
"Sir, the rain came suddenly." Outside the carriage, Ren Wei was driving in his raincoat. The rain hit the stone slabs loudly.
"You are well prepared." Pei Ziyun looked at Ren Wei and said.
"It's not that I'm prepared, but the bullock carts always carry raincoats no matter what the weather is. Especially this summer, no one knows when the showers will come."
As Ren Weizheng was talking, someone suddenly blocked the road. He was so frightened that he shouted to stop. Fortunately, the cow was docile and the car stopped for a moment. Then he asked, "Who are you? Why did you block the road suddenly."
The warrior blocking the road said: "Mr. Ren, is this the frame of Master Pei? The eldest princess invites you!"
It was raining heavily, but I could clearly hear that it was the eldest princess. Pei Ziyun opened his eyes in the car and saw Ren Wei opening the car curtain and asked: "Sir, is it the eldest princess..."
"Okay, I understand, let's drive over." Pei Ziyun said. When the car arrived at the official canopy, he got off the car and saw several guards near the oxcart. The one he saw was the eldest princess.
The eldest princess looked haggard, with worry in her eyes, as well as anger and deep disappointment. When she saw Pei Ziyun getting into the car, she ordered: "Go back home!"
The bullock cart started, and the incense was burning and rising in the carriage. The two did not speak. The eldest princess looked out the window, and the rain hit the bluestone floor. The water splashed and crackled continuously, which seemed to be music.
After a long time, the eldest princess turned around, with tears in her eyes, and said, "Qianye is sick."
Hearing these words, Pei Ziyun's heart sank, and he seemed to feel a slight pain. He hesitated for a moment and asked in a low voice: "What's wrong with you? Have you asked the doctor?"
After listening to Pei Ziyun's words, the eldest princess turned her head and glared fiercely: "You will know it when you see it. Why ask, is Qianye sick? You don't even want to take a look?"
Pei Ziyun didn't speak, just sighed. The rain outside fell even harder. When he arrived at the princess's mansion, he was immediately greeted by someone holding an umbrella. When he got to the steps, there was even a corridor to move around. There was no need for even a little rain in the mansion. Dip.
All the way to the small building, several maids greeted her and greeted her without saying a word. The eldest princess turned around and said to Pei Ziyun: "Go in, Qianye is inside."
As he said this, his eyes turned red.
Pei Ziyun was a little nervous for some reason, and after hesitating for a moment, the eldest princess suddenly became furious: "You don't want to look at Qianye now that she's like this? Then why did you provoke her in the first place?"
As he spoke, tears started to flow down, and all the maids and maids beside him remained silent.
Pei Ziyun didn't say anything. When he entered the small building, there was another maid standing in the corridor with red eyes. When he saw Pei Ziyun, he said, "Master, the little princess is resting. Come with me."
Pei Ziyun's heart sank when he walked in and saw that the little princess was covered with quilt on the hospital bed. Her cheeks were sunken, her hair was withered and yellow, and she was as thin as a stick. She could only vaguely see her original cuteness.
It seemed that on Lantern Festival night, she was still jumping lively beside him, saying: "Brother Pei, my name is Qi Qianye. Brother Pei, don't call me little princess from now on, just call me Qianye."
"Brother Pei, I'm really happy if you accompany me to watch the lantern festival."
"I wish time would always be here."
Thinking of this, Pei Ziyun's eyes were slightly red, and there was a medicinal smell in the room. He gently reached out and touched the little princess's cheek. The little princess seemed to be feeling drowsy, and whispered: "Brother Pei"
The voice was so low that you had to tilt your ears to hear it clearly. Pei Ziyun leaned closer and responded: "I know, I'm here."
"Brother Pei, I really like you, why don't you want me." He murmured in his dream, and Pei Ziyun's heart ached. He stayed for a moment, sighed heavily, and left without staying.
When they arrived at the corridor outside, the maid choked with sobs: "The doctor said that the little princess has a mental illness. She doesn't have many physical problems. She just doesn't want to eat. She sometimes plays the piano and sometimes smiles at the paintings. She gradually becomes thinner and thinner, wuwu."
As the maid spoke, she began to cry in a low voice. At this time, the eldest princess came up, her eyes were red and swollen, she just looked straight at Pei Ziyun, waved her hand for a long time, and said, "Stand back."
The maids and mothers retreated silently. The eldest princess looked at the sleeping little princess in the room, and then walked to the corridor further away.
Pei Ziyun followed. There were small gardens on both sides of the corridor. The rain fell on the eaves and then on the bluestone. The eldest princess did not look back. When she arrived at a place, she stared at a pool and suddenly said: "You Have you heard about me and Prince Consort Mei?"
Hearing this, Pei Ziyun was a little surprised and nodded: "I've heard a little bit."
Qimei came from a scholarly family with 200 acres of land. She was a member of the previous dynasty. She was proficient in classics and history. She was respectful by nature, strategic, and good at bows and horses. She was respected by many people in the county at that time.
The world revolutionized Ding, and later joined the emperor's camp. He provided disaster relief, guarding, and governance many times. His orders were very strict, and he won the love of the eldest princess, and the husband and wife were harmonious.
However, the good times did not last long. Not long after the founding of the People's Republic of China, he died in an unknown manner and was drowned in the river.
The emperor posthumously named Xin Feng Bo.
As if thinking of these, the eldest princess blushed and stretched out her hand to catch the rain. She was almost forty, her hands were as straight as green green leaves. The rain splashed on her palms, one after another, fleeting.
"The horse has no children and only one daughter. Qianye is the apple of my eye."
"Your talent is even greater than Fu Ma. I also ordered you to read the papers you took for the Jieyuan exam. They are indeed every word. Even the emperor said that this is a paper for Jinshi Hanlin."
"You don't envy wealth and honor, but you practice Taoism for your father. Although I feel it's a pity, I also think it's your filial piety."
"The fame of your poems and prose has spread all over the world. It was so popular that no one can match it. But your fame will not be far away in the literary world. I am happy for you."
"As for you pacifying the enemy, opening the customs, leading the army to quell the chaos, it was all over in a blink of an eye. Just as Uncle Zhongqin said - I followed the emperor on his expeditions to the north and south, and saw many people. But watching this man clean up the thieves and help them, it was perfect. , if the old general changes his position, can such a person be perfect?"
"It's amazing how talented a person is. In fact, you declined the marriage, so I'm not that angry at all. Don't forget the friendship between the poor and the lowly, and the wife of the poor will never leave the family - you have such talent and moral integrity, what can I say? "
"Only more respect."
The eldest princess said sadly, but her eyes were frozen as she stared at the rainy scene. For a long time, she said word by word: "It's just that I didn't expect that the little princess's love is so deep, and she is getting haggard day by day. Although I always admire you, the court also respects you." "More, but the little princess is my heart. If anything happens to her, I will not be the eldest princess, but a mother who has lost her only support. What do you think I should do?"
The eldest princess said, looking at Pei Ziyun with hatred in her eyes.
Pei Ziyun avoided the look, looked at the rain hitting the lotus leaves on the pond, stood still, and turned around: "Well, if you ask what love is in this world, it will teach you whether life or death will be together."
"Since ancient times, we have been in love for a long time. How can I be worthy enough to receive such a loving approval from the little princess?"
"As a mother, you blame me. I really have nothing to say. It's me who failed the little princess." Pei Ziyun smiled bitterly. Although he was talking eloquently, thinking of her pitiful appearance, his heart couldn't help but surge with emotion. He said Here, the voice is also hard to swallow.
"Asking what love is in this world will teach you how to make love between life and death."
"Since ancient times, love has been deep and eternal."
"You are really good at literature, but I don't want to hear this. I just want to know how you treat Qianye. If you divorce your wife and marry Qianye, I will ask you to be the true king. Even if the government and the public are under pressure, I will do it for you." Take it."
"If you refuse, you may think that you are irreplaceable - if you think so, you are wrong." The eldest princess spoke in a low voice, faintly heard, clear and sinister, and even Pei Ziyun shuddered.
After a long silence, Pei Ziyun calmed down, stared at the rain gloomily, and said: "I am already married, and it is impossible to divorce my wife. However, the princess has two thousand shi (mu) of land, and the princess only has 800 acres of land. I will make money." The island has five thousand acres of farmland.”
The words came suddenly and were spoken very abruptly. The eldest princess was stunned for a moment before she understood. She was instantly furious: "How dare you, do you want Qianye to be your concubine?"
"People said you were so bold. I didn't believe it yet, but now I believe it." This matter has something to do with the honor of the royal family. It is absolutely impossible. The eldest princess was truly irritated, and her words were filled with murderous intent.
Pei Ziyun had his mind set, but was not afraid. He just said lightly: "It is impossible for a princess to be a princess, but Qi Qianye can, and she is not a concubine. I am a Taoist, and I don't need to respect many rules. My wife is equal to my wife. I am deeply in love, I never thought that Qianye would be so infatuated, I can't live up to it, this is the only way."
"Your Royal Highness, the rules are death and people are life. The little princess loves me so much that I had no choice but to come up with this idea."
"Are you asking the little princess to cheat her death and marry you?" The eldest princess was a smart person and figured it out immediately. She was so angry that her whole body was shaking. She had never seen such a shameless person in her life. She was about to get angry when she heard Pei Ziyun ask coldly. : "Princess, have you read the biographies of immortals? For example, Shen Ziyuan recently? Why did Qixuanmen participate in the prince's rebellion, but the court remained silent?"
The eldest princess was shocked and sighed when she saw Pei Ziyun: "Of course, the court is not afraid. Even in the cave, the court's will can be defeated, but the earth immortal has a body and suppressed the whole place. He did not obey the edict and was not killed. Will is difficult to enter and even harder to take away.”
Seeing the eldest princess's face ashen, Pei Ziyun couldn't help but turn his head and look at the misty rain in the distance. A bird flew by in the sky, hunting insects, and then headed towards its nest.
Pei Ziyun paused: "In the Qixuan Mountain area, the power of the Earth Immortals has increased greatly. If they engage in guerrilla warfare, even thousands of officers and soldiers will have difficulty resisting it. In the Legend of Immortals, there is no such thing as risking one's life to assassinate the king and kill him. Is it possible? The imperial court does not want to destroy the otherworldly sect, not because it is unwilling, but because the price is too high."
"Before we annihilate King Lu, we can't break up." Pei Ziyun said this, leaned forward, and said in a low and hoarse voice: "King Lu has this person to help him, and he is even more powerful, and I am the Taoist standing in the Da Xu camp, the closest Earth Immortal."
After saying that, without waiting for the eldest princess to reply, Pei Ziyun bowed and said, "I leave."
The path in the mansion was paved with bluestones. Pei Ziyun stepped up and walked away slowly, only to see that he had no raincoat on him. However, within three feet, the raindrops fell, as if they encountered a transparent barrier, and fell diagonally, without getting wet at all.
Seeing this scene, the eldest princess's expression changed.
(End of chapter)