He was very surprised and moved. She was just about to say that although the marriage between her husband and the princess in Ganliang was not successful, they had gone through a lot and now they are finally married. This is fate. Suddenly, she thought of some hidden secrets. She glanced at Pei Ji and saw that he looked happy and sad, as if he was worried. She said nothing more. She just lowered her head and pinched her fingers to calculate the time. She raised her eyes and smiled and said, "It is a great joy for the princess to marry my husband. When my husband went to Chang'an, his journey was rushed and he never thought there would be such a joyous event today. Now there is only one young man there."
"He was reckless. I was always worried that he would get into trouble. Fortunately, he is safe and sound. Now that a big wedding is coming, although the Cui family will certainly do their best, but for us, Qingtou alone is not enough. Today is September 23, and there is only half a month left before the wedding. Time is a bit tight, but fortunately this place is not far from Chang'an. I will go there immediately. If I walk faster on the road, I will arrive in a few days. When I get there, I should be able to help a little."
Pei Ji had called her here with this intention, and told her not to rush back, as he didn't need her to take care of him. He Shi naturally understood his intentions, and nodded with a smile: "I think so too. But you are old, old man—"
"I'm fine here, you can go without worry. Taking good care of things over there is better than anything else, and then I can rest assured." Pei Ji said this before she finished speaking.
He agreed, and the two discussed some matters related to the wedding. He then took her leave and left. After some preparations, she took Zhu'er, who had followed her from Ganliang, and got on a carriage and hurriedly set off for Chang'an.
After He left, Pei Ji read the letter from Chang'an several times and recalled the scene of meeting his nephew before leaving Cangshan. In Pei Ji's cognition, the emperor was paranoid, especially in recent years, this point has become more and more severe. And the nephew seemed gentle and steady on the surface, but in fact he was also a stubborn person in his bones. In this respect, the two were equally matched. The emperor was obviously very dissatisfied with his nephew, and the nephew seemed to resist his proposal for him that day. I really don't know what happened later that made both the emperor and the nephew change their minds.
Prince Ning announced the good news and mentioned the grand archery ceremony, but from the tone of his letter, he seemed to have not fully understood the whole thing.
Pei Ji was thinking about it when a servant suddenly brought him a visiting card, saying that it was sent by someone just now and asked him to pass it to the garrison commander. Pei Ji took it and asked who sent it. The servant shook his head and said that the other party did not mention it.
Pei Ji opened the visiting card, glanced at it, and fixed his eyes.
Towards evening, he had left the garrison and appeared in an ancient temple located in Mang Mountain in the north of the city.
The official position of the garrison governor is noble and he does not usually come into contact with actual government affairs. Because of his special status, after he came here, most people kept their distance from him and did not dare to have much contact with him. Therefore, he usually has quite a lot of free time. The old monk in this ancient temple is an old friend of his and has extraordinary chess skills. He often comes here to stay and kill time. When he came again today, in the eyes of others, he looked no different from usual.
At three o'clock in the morning, with the sound of the ancient temple's long and deep night bell, Pei Ji walked alone on the moon, went out of the back mountain gate, and waited quietly under a ruined pavilion. After a while, a man walked out from the shadows of the nearby forest and gradually approached. It was a handsome young man. He came towards Pei Ji, walking faster and faster, and finally, he almost ran up to him and bowed down on the ground outside the pavilion.