After hearing the concierge's words, Pei Wanying, who was walking forward, was involuntarily stunned for a moment. She looked through the low flowers and plants and saw that the curtains in her room were not closed. In the glass window, two figures were walking back and forth in her room. Move around.
Standing there and looking at the two figures in the window, Pei Wanying nodded to the concierge and walked straight in. There was no light in her mother's room, and she had obviously fallen asleep.
After thinking about it, Pei Wanying decided to be gentle and tiptoe to the door of her mother's room. Just as she was about to put her ear to the door and listen, she heard a familiar voice whisper: "Wanying? Come in."
The startled Pei Wanying looked at the tightly closed door, stuck out her lilac tongue playfully, then gently opened the door and walked in.
As soon as one foot stepped in, a candle was lit in time. My mother was sitting in the front hall, looking at me with a hint of exhaustion.
"Close the door. You're coming back so late. A girl who runs to the East Palace every day is not afraid of people's jokes." Mrs. Lu rolled her eyes at Pei Wanying, who was acting coquettishly on her shoulder, and pinched the snow-white jade His little face said angrily.
"Mother, is Miss Yang here again?" Pei Wanying sat down next to her at Lu's signal and said with a chuckle.
"Isn't that because you ran to the East Palace every two days and provoked others? Your father is not here. You have become wild these years. You don't know what happened. How can you know the prince? "
"I don't want to either. I've known him since I followed the master to Lantian. I don't know if he is the prince or not?" Pei Wanying shook her head and said, enjoying her mother's care.
"What happened to King Pei?" Mrs. Lu looked at her daughter's cheerful expression and knew that there was nothing she could do to stop it now.
I can only hope that the prince can take more care of Wanying in the future. After all, Yang Yu is the quasi-princess. If the relationship between Pei Wanying and the prince is affected now, in this high-walled compound, who knows what will happen to Wanying in the future
Thinking of this, Mrs. Lu shook her head and sighed again. This daughter has been well-behaved and cute all these years, and she has never let herself worry about it, but about this matter...
"Today, my daughter is going to deliver medicine to the prince. I have no choice but to go, right? By the way, mother, I have a piece of good news for you. You will definitely be happy after hearing it." Pei Wanying picked up her somewhat disheveled hair around her ears and leaned closer. Mrs. Lu came forward and said flatteringly.
"What good news can you have? Is it possible that the prince has rewarded you with something again today? You said that the prince is also fooling around. He brought 1.8 million taels of silver notes to the Poetry Society. What if the world's scholars knew about this? It’s not a joke…”
"Mother..." Pei Wanying said coquettishly in a long voice: "The prince doesn't understand, besides, it was the eunuch Yangwu who made his own decision, and it was not the prince's order. Why don't you say that the prince loves the people like his own son? What about the Lantian plague? , the prince actually went there in person..."
"Yo yo yo, I haven't even passed the wedding yet, but my elbows have started to turn outwards. If I marry into the East Palace, do you still think of me as a mother?"
"Hee hee, you are making fun of me again. Isn't your daughter still at home? Oh, don't interrupt you and forget about the business." Pei Wanying turned around and heard a few indistinct sounds outside, and suddenly remembered that Yang Yu was still waiting. He hurriedly looked at Mr. Lu again and said, "By the way, Mom, Dad is coming back!"
"What?" Mrs. Lu looked at Pei Wanying's excited eyes and asked, trembling in surprise.
"Shh... keep your voice down. The prince said today that he is going to let dad return to Chang'an before Yuan Day, and... it's hard to say this. You'd better wait until dad comes back and ask him yourself." Pei Wanying said at the end, realizing that This is a matter for the court, and there are no horoscopes, so it is better not to tell my mother yet, lest if I fail to do it later, my mother will be happy in vain.
"You... Wanying, is this true or false? Did the prince say it himself?" Mrs. Lu excitedly grabbed Pei Wanying's hand, her face full of eagerness.
"Yes!" Pei Wanying nodded endlessly, looked at the door behind her again, and confirmed: "Yes, the prince said it himself. Dad promised to come back a few days ago."
"This... this is really great. Then... then... you can't go to the East Palace tomorrow. Apologize to the prince. Tomorrow we have to pay homage to our ancestors and wish your father to come back as soon as possible and safely. This... this damn girl, it's only been half a day since you told me, do you want to scare me to death?" Ms. Lu was so excited that she was a little incoherent, but luckily she didn't panic yet, and she confirmed with Pei Wanying several times that she knew she couldn't tell her. After others, Pei Wanying was driven out.
Holding Mrs. Lu's hand, Pei Wanying whispered in Mrs. Lu's ear: "Mom, I have already told the prince that I will stay with you at home these days and wait for your father to come back. Also, Yuanri will be here in a few days. Now, I have to visit the master. Hua Meng and Jing Zhe will accompany you and me tomorrow."
The two of them walked to the door of the room and stopped again. Lu said strangely: "The people around the prince, then..."
Mrs. Lu pointed to the door, listened attentively for a moment, and then whispered: "They don't serve Miss Yang. Now that you have them around, you won't be afraid of Miss Yang..."
"Then what should I do? If I refuse, I'm afraid the prince will send four. Now there are two at least. It might be better as long as I'm careful not to be seen. Besides, Du Qiuniang and the others are not around, and there is no popularity in the family..."
Mrs. Lu patted Pei Wanying's hand, nodded and said, "You make up your mind. In recent years, your father has been away, and you have taken care of a lot at home and outside. Mother listens to you, but...it's not as good as at home in front of the prince. The young lady who was spoiled by your father needs to restrain her temper. There are many royal rules. Only when the prince loves you can you not be bullied. Now that you are close to the prince, mother is afraid that Miss Yang will enter the palace... "
"Mom... don't worry, I know it well. Just like you taught me, don't fight or grab. It's okay to respect Miss Yang in everything."
"I'm just afraid..."
"I'm leaving. You can have a good rest." Pei Wanying stopped her mother's worries, kissed Mrs. Lu on the cheek, opened the door and walked out quietly.
Looking at her daughter's leaving figure, Mrs. Lu shook her head helplessly. It seemed that she needed to find time to write a letter to her sister, Princess Ji, to see if she could get Prince Ji to take care of her in the future.
After this husband came back from Tubo, he still didn't know how the court would cope. If he could occupy a place in the court, Wanying's situation would be better.
But... when I think of Yang Yu's father, Yang Sijian, who has been in the East Palace for many years in the spring breeze, I am afraid that Pei Wanying's situation will be... Sigh.
Sighing silently, she slowly walked into the back hall with a candle. Thousands of thoughts came to her mind. At one moment, she was happy that her husband was coming back, and at another, she was worried about Pei Wanying's future situation in the palace. After tossing and turning, she also I don't know when I fell asleep.
Pei Wanying walked around the main hall, adjusted her mood, and walked gently to the door of her room. Before she could push the door open, the door was opened from the inside.
Yang Yu was stunned and saw Pei Wanying standing at the door with a stunned look on her face. The two looked at each other. Pei Wanying took the lead and smiled and saluted: "Wanying has met Sister Yang."
"Come in, I wonder why His Highness the Crown Prince summoned you to the East Palace today?" Yang Yu waved to his maid, motioning for her to go out and wait.
She and Pei Wanying were suddenly the only two people left in the room. Under the light of the lights, one of them had an arrogant look on his face, as if he was the master. An intellectual and gentle person, now she is more like a concubine.
Two stunning beauties stood in the room, neither of them sat down, they just stood quietly looking at each other.
"The prince asked for some plasters a few days ago, and ordered my little sister to help prepare them. Today I went to the East Palace to deliver the ointments to the prince." Pei Wanying asked Yang Yu to sit down, and Yang Yu sat down on the chair. She was just delicate. His chin is still raised high.
"Oh? I wonder why the prince wants ointment? Why haven't I heard of it?" Yang Yu raised her chin. Facing Pei Wanying's favor in front of the prince, her only pride now is that she is a super-class crown princess. An identity that can compete with her, that can make her proud, feels like she doesn't need to show weakness in front of Pei Wanying.
"This... His Highness the Crown Prince did not tell the younger sister what to do." Pei Wanying frowned. This matter was related to the grudge between the Crown Prince and King Pei, which was not something she could say casually, let alone facing Yang Yu. If she If you say it casually, who knows if it will lead to death for yourself.
Yang Yu's father is the Prince's Young Master, and his duty is to teach His Highness the Crown Prince knowledge. The Young Master is to supervise His Royal Highness's daily behavior. As for the Shaobao, his duty is to supervise His Highness the Crown Prince's physical exercise, martial arts, and moral conduct. This is the duty of the third division to the prince.
In other words, the Third Master and the Third Young Master were originally the closest people to His Highness the Crown Prince. However, in the Tang Dynasty generation, especially the strange Prince Li Hong, the Crown Prince has basically replaced the original responsibilities of the Third Master. It's so weakened that it's almost becoming a display.
You don’t need to be taught knowledge, and it’s almost enough to be taught by others. Needless to say, you can fight here and there with your body, and you are as strong as an ox. As for virtue, even His Majesty and the Queen preached it over and over again, even after more than ten years of fighting. Come out, how can you expect a soft-spoken young master to educate the prince into a model of virtue!
The room fell into silence for a while. Yang Yu lowered his eyes. After thinking for a while, he asked: "It rained heavily a few days ago. Where have you been?"
"Oh, Yan Lingbin and I went to visit the temple." Pei Wanying raised her head and looked directly at Yang Yu.
"Then do you know that there was a fight with weapons that day when it rained heavily in Changmingfang, and it is said that many people died?" Yang Yu looked into Pei Wanying's eyes, as if he wanted to see through Pei Wanying's heart.
"This... I have heard about it. I only know that there was a fight. What was the specific reason and what happened next? I am a girl and I am not interested in knowing." Pei Wanying warned herself tightly in her heart not to panic or get confused, but she couldn't What did she see
But no matter what, Pei Wanying's heart was still beating fast involuntarily. There was no small matter in the royal family, and the matters she was unknowingly involved in seemed to be earth-shattering matters among court officials or dignitaries!
(End of chapter)