Ren Yaoqi got off the carriage and saw Pei Zhiyan who was squatting in the grass beside the road and didn't know what he was doing, and couldn't help but be stunned.
"Mr. Pei?" Ren Yaoqi called softly.
Hearing this, Pei Zhiyan raised his head and was a little surprised when he saw Ren Yaoqi. Then he stood up and took out a towel to wipe his hands. He smiled and said, "Miss Ren came to see your husband?"
Ren Yaoqi nodded and glanced at the clump of grass where Pei Zhiyan was squatting before.
Pei Zhiyan noticed her gaze and smiled, pointed to the grass and said, "I just saw an orchid in the grass, you can see if I am clumsy."
When Ren Yaoqi heard the words, he walked over and bent over to look at the plant that Pei Zhiyan was pointing at. It looked like a Jian orchid. of.
Ren Yaoqi carefully looked at the Jianlan for a while, frowned and said, "It's very similar to Jianlan, but it's sunny here and the soil is very dry, so it's not suitable for orchids to grow. This plant is growing very well... It shouldn't be an orchid. Bar?"
Pei Zhiyan raised his eyebrows, looked at her and said with a smile, "What kind of flower is it if it's not an orchid?"
Ren Yaoqi was about to say that she didn't know either, but when she saw an inconspicuous young rhizome growing in the middle of the plant, she let out a "huh", reached out and touched the rhizome, and was delighted. Tun said: "This should not be an orchid, but a brocade, a kind of lycoris, which I once saw in a "Herbal Supplement"."
Pei Zhiyan said thoughtfully, "Herb Supplements?"
Hearing Pei Zhiyan's voice, Ren Yaoqi suddenly remembered that the book "Herbal Supplements" was still seen in Pei Zhiyan's study. He had read all the books in Pei Zhiyan's study, so he must know that this is not an orchid.
Is this testing her? Ren Yaoqi glanced at Pei Zhiyan in surprise.
However, Pei Zhiyan smiled slightly and praised: "Yes, it is indeed Yaojin, and Miss Ren is indeed a well-reader."
Ren Yaoqi blushed a little when her husband praised her for being "experienced in books"... She still read those books under Pei Zhiyan's urging.
Seemingly noticing Ren Yaoqi's discomfort, Pei Zhiyan smiled and turned to instruct his entourage to dig out the brocade in the grass.
Seeing this, Ren Yaoqi reluctantly discouraged him: "Sir, Mr. Xu also likes flowers and plants. If he knew about it, he might not be willing to let you dig this brocade."
Literati loves flowers and plants, and so does Pei Zhiyan, but he doesn't like to keep orchids and chrysanthemums. One was spared. Others don't know, but Ren Yaoqi is very clear. The reason why Pei Zhiyan likes this brocade is not only because the brocade is relatively rare, but also because the book says that the brocade is easy to support, and it is given for ten days and a half months. Just water it once, you don't need to serve it like an orchid.
However, Xu Wanli, who is also a literati, also likes flowers and plants, and may not agree with Pei Zhiyan to dig out the flowers in his garden.
Hearing this, Pei Zhiyan thought about it for a moment: "What you said also makes sense."
Ren Yaoqi breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that Pei Zhiyan gave up digging for the flowers of the Xu family, but Pei Zhiyan smiled leisurely: "I'd better go to Xu Wanli to play chess first, and then I will dig his flowers after I win him. He has nothing to say."
Ren Yaoqi: "..."
Sir, do you think it is really appropriate to always use this trick
But Pei Zhiyan didn't hear Ren Yaoqi's inner complaints. He went to the second door very happily. Seeing Ren Yaoqi standing still, he turned around and said hello, "Didn't I want to see your husband?"
Ren Yaoqi followed him into the second door of the Xu family.
Pei Zhiyan suddenly said, "Miss Ren looks like an old friend of mine."
Ren Yaoqi's heart skipped a beat when he heard the words, and after a while he forced a smile: "I don't know which old friend Mr. Pei is talking about?"
Pei Zhiyan looked at her and smiled, and said warmly, "Did anyone ever say that you look like your great-grandmother?"
Ren Yaoqi's originally nervous mood suddenly relaxed. It turned out that Pei Zhiyan was talking about Concubine Wan, she thought...
"Mr. Pei has seen my great-grandmother?"
Pei Zhiyan tilted his head and thought: "I saw it once when I was young."
Ren Yaoqi couldn't help but be a little curious. In the last life, she only saw the portrait of Concubine Wan Gui from Pei Zhiyan, but she didn't know that Pei Zhiyan and Concubine Wan Gui had a relationship. When Pei Zhiyan was in her teens, Concubine Wan should be in her forties, right? It's hard to imagine what kind of intersection can be between such two people.
However, Pei Zhiyan didn't mean to satisfy Ren Yaoqi's curiosity, so he didn't mention Concubine Wan again.
Ren Yaoqi couldn't help but think, when Pei Zhiyan saw him on the boat for the first time, he was surprised because her appearance was similar to Concubine Wan? Then in the last life, Pei Zhiyan saved him from Eunuch Lu because of Concubine Wan
Along the way, Ren Yaoqi has been thinking about this matter, so he did not speak. Pei Zhiyan didn't know what he was thinking and didn't say anything, so the two of them went silent all the way to the main courtyard of the Xu family.
I don't know if the two of them noticed, although they were silent all the way, but the atmosphere between the two was not only without embarrassment, but also an indescribable harmony and tranquility. That is the intimacy and tacit understanding that has been precipitated over a long period of time, which can only be found between relatives and close friends.
Before entering the main courtyard, Pei Zhiyan suddenly stopped, glanced at Ren Yaoqi, and smiled: "Although it may be presumptuous to say this, Miss Ren always makes me feel familiar." Afraid that others might misunderstand, he smiled and said, "If I had a daughter, it would be like you."
After saying this, Pei Zhiyan nodded and went to the study to find Xu Wanli first.
Ren Yaoqi stood there and watched him leave, then went to Mrs. Xu's place.
Ren Yaoqi later learned from Mrs. Xu that Pei Zhiyan really played a game of chess with Xu Wanli.
May passed so smoothly, and at the beginning of June, before the Qianjin Banquet, Concubine Yun of the Royal Palace of Yanbei came back.
Concubine Yun is the biological mother of King Yanbei, but she seldom stays in the palace of Yanbei. In her early years, she invited herself to guard the tomb of the old King Yanbei, and lived in the courtyard not far from Xiao's mausoleum all the year round. , do not ask foreign affairs.
Different from the high profile of the old princess, Concubine Yun didn't like to be ostentatious. When she came back, she was only in three carriages, a few palace guards dressed as ordinary followers, if it weren't for the guards of the city gate guard Mu Hu who recognized Concubine Yun. , they entered the city without attracting any attention.
When Mu Hu saw Concubine Yun's car driving into the city, he immediately sent someone to the Yanbei Palace to report. When Concubine Yun's carriage arrived at the main entrance of the Yanbei Palace, Princess Yanbei had already greeted it.
Concubine Yun was one or two years older than the old concubine. She was in her early fifties and wore a navy blue jacket without any decoration. Her temples were already a little gray, and there was only a pair of white hostas on her bun. There is no other jewelry on the body. Although her face already has traces left by the years, it can be seen from the facial features that this Concubine Yun must have been a rare beauty when she was young.
Although compared with the old princess, Concubine Yun's dress can only be described as shabby, and even some decent old women dress more expensively than her, but no one will mistake her for a servant. There are people in this world who don't look like the prince in dragon robes. Naturally, there are also people in commoner clothes who have extraordinary temperament. Concubine Yun is such a person.
Concubine Yun supported the princess who was going to come forward to salute her, and said in a low voice, "There is no such rule, don't let people see the joke, go in."
Her face was cold and her voice was calm, and she didn't have a very affectionate attitude towards her daughter-in-law and niece.
The princess seemed to understand the temperament of this mother-in-law very well, and she didn't insist. As soon as Taifei Yun supported her, she got up and went in with her. The two of them didn't even talk much along the way, and they were basically the princesses. When asking, Concubine Yun occasionally replied "um".
The wangfei personally sent Concubine Yun to her Lanxi Palace, and brought someone to wait on her, change her clothes, and serve tea.
"Where's your lord?" After being seated, Concubine Yun asked.
"After the Duanyang Festival, the prince went out."
Where did the princess go, the princess didn't say it clearly, and Concubine Yun didn't ask, just nodded: "Jingxi isn't in the mansion either?"
The princess glanced at Concubine Yun, Concubine Yun was not particularly close to Xiao Jingxi and Xiao Jinglin, and rarely asked questions on weekdays.
"Jingxi has been recuperating in another hospital these days."
When Taifei Yun heard the words, she glanced at the princess, then said nothing, and lowered her head to drink tea.
The princess sat with Concubine Yun for a while, when someone came in and reported that the eldest lady of the Yun family was here.
Concubine Yun nodded: "Let her in."
The princess frowned slightly, then quickly let go, sitting there without speaking.
But Concubine Yun said to the concubine: "I told her before that I came back today."
The princess wanted to ask, even my daughter-in-law didn't receive the exact news of your return to the house today, but was your grandniece informed by you? The princess didn't know what medicine Yun Taifei was selling in the gourd.
In fact, because Concubine Yun's temperament is cold, the concubine cannot be said to be close to her. However, since she married King Yanbei and became Princess Yanbei, Concubine Yun has never interfered in the internal affairs of the palace over the years, and their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have never had any conflicts.
The princess knew that Concubine Yun treated Yun Qiuchen very differently. She used to think it was nothing. After all, Yun Qiuchen was the grandniece of Concubine Yun and her own niece, but now the princess felt a little worried.