Cheng Ping's legacy

Chapter 11: Suspicion rises

Concubine Lin sobbed while stroking the phoenix picture that day, and all the officials praised King Yong's filial piety one after another. Qin Pei and Xuanyuan Mian stood behind the moving heads, like daytime lights, thinking about each other.

Xuanyuan Mian stood with his hands behind his back, with a light smile, as if he didn't feel any sense of the family happiness, and he didn't know what to think of, and his gaze towards Concubine Lin Guifei lost some warmth.

Qin Pei frowned and stared closely behind Xuanyuan Jin. There was a charming woman standing impatiently among the maidservants. When Xuanyuan Jin flung himself into the arms of Concubine Lin Gui who was weeping with joy, she still yelled loudly. Rolling his eyes, he didn't pay attention to all the nobles in the room.

"Yihuan, that's it?"

Qin Pei came back to his senses and saw that Xuanyuan Mian was also frowning and looking there.

"I think it should be the embroiderer of the Jiangnan Embroidery Village. It seems that she is called Najin."

"Oh?" Xuanyuan Mian didn't pay attention, but Qin Pei knew that it was his posturing, so he might have taken it to heart at this time.

Qin Pei smiled, and simply told him that he would send someone to investigate if he could save himself.

"When we went to Dongshi that day, it was because the ostentation was more eye-catching, and it happened that when the horse-riding case was raging, this woman had repeatedly insulted the prince. However, King Yong did not blame him. She brought two or three outstanding embroiderers into the mansion, and together they embroidered this picture of a phoenix for the imperial concubine."

Xuanyuan Mian raised the corners of his mouth, and said in an unclear way: "The family background is a bit lower."

Qin Pei shook his head and looked at the sky: "I'll go back first, Your Highness will rest early."

Xuanyuan Mian watched him leave, and said to Huai En, "Yi Huan has become more considerate."

Thinking of his icy face, Wynn said with a dry smile: "It's Mr. Qin who is considerate to His Highness."

Xuanyuan Mian glanced at him, and said coldly: "Flaty!"

Huai En was dripping with cold sweat, but Xuanyuan Mian said with a smile: "But you are telling the truth, let's go, say hello to King Yong, and we will drive back to the palace."

In just a few days since Zheng Wenlu changed course, the Qingliu scholars who had been jumping up and down had all died down one after another, and the originally vigorous case of stepping on a horse could no longer cause any waves.It was already in Qin Pei's expectation, so he was not as surprised and resentful as Liu Zenbo. He still sorted out his files and did a good job in the aftermath of the horse-riding case.

The principal criminal, Zhou Mengyuan, was exiled, while the rest of the accomplices were redeemed by their family members with a payment of five hundred gold.

Thinking that the scheming but upright Pei Xingzhi would be a white man in his life, Qin Pei couldn't help but feel a little pity for Xuanyuan Mian's failure, so he hastily decided to pay a visit to the East Palace, thinking of asking for some kindness for him.

Huang Men informed him to bring him in, but saw that there was already a guest at the crown prince's seat, who else was it not Pei Xingzhi?

He sat hand in hand with Xuanyuan Mian, one of them was graceful, very regal and at ease, while the other was dressed in commoner clothes with no other accessories but smiled lightly, without any hint of depression.These two people sat together, although it was just an ordinary chess game, it made people feel that the black, white and white had already fallen in thousands of miles of rivers and mountains.

For some reason, an inexplicable displeasure welled up in his heart, and Qin Pei saluted stiffly: "I see the prince, Your Highness is a thousand years old."

Xuanyuan Mian seemed to be thinking hard about the endgame, and waved at will, "Help Gu at a ring speed, and don't let Gu lose to this guy."

Pei Xingzhi was polite, and bowed to Qin Pei and said: "I was grateful for the care I received in the Ministry of Punishment earlier, and I will definitely repay it in the future."

Qin Pei pursed his lips, hesitated for a moment and still said calmly: "This is His Highness's grace, you don't owe me anything, if you want to repay it, go and pay His Highness back."

Xuanyuan Mian raised his eyes to meet his line of sight at this time, his calm phoenix eyes could hardly capture any emotion, he smiled slightly in the twilight morning light, patted the empty space beside him, and called softly: "Yihuan."

Qin Pei originally wanted to say goodbye and leave, but at this moment he stood still as if he was being haunted by a witch, and then slowly walked to Xuanyuan Mian's side and sat on the ground.

Pei Xingzhi looked at it with interest, and said with a smile: "I heard that His Highness and Master Qin are like brothers, and there is even a saying that they are sworn brothers. Now it seems that the rumors are true."

"Brother Pei is really well-informed." Qin Pei said indifferently, looking at the chess game in front of him, but he didn't know where his mind went.

Xuanyuan Mian dropped a son, and said silently: "After three months, I'm afraid this little election will be unavoidable."

Pei Xingzhi has no official status, so he should be regarded as a counselor of the Eastern Palace, and mentioning this matter in front of him, it can be seen that although it is not long, Xuanyuan Mian has a lot of trust in him.

Sure enough, Pei Xingzhi looked at Xuanyuan Mian's face and pondered, "Your Highness intends to postpone the time?"

Qin Pei listened dumbly, clasped his hands on the edge of the table, and thought in his heart that the princes have always been married very early, Xuanyuan Xian and Xuanyuan Tan have already left the palace to build a mansion, and they have children, now only the prince and Jin Wang brothers are left behind. with.By October [-]th, the crown prince will be eighteen years old. At this age, he has not yet married, and he is one of the late princes in all dynasties. No matter whether Xuanyuan Mian wants to be a couple for life, I am afraid that this small election is just an avoidance. Don't you want to go?

"Choose first," Xuanyuan Mian said coldly, "You can choose some to distribute to the kings, and the rest will be used as female officials."

The selection of this dynasty has always been to select good families to enter the palace. Except for the few who are outstanding in beauty, talent, learning and character, they can be concubines, concubines, concubines, and side concubines. Most of the rest are selected as female officials. In the deep palace, the years are wasted, and the rest of life is ended.

Pei Xingzhi stopped talking, pondered for a moment, and said leisurely: "Although I don't know what Your Highness means, but if Your Highness doesn't want to worry about the backyard now, I can help His Highness find a few sensible and sensible people who don't have obvious family backgrounds. If His Highness If you feel troubled, you don’t need to see them, just treat them as objects.”

A living person was said to be a thing, Qin Pei frowned unknowingly, but felt that Pei Xingzhi was really smart, and he had figured out Xuanyuan Mian's mind in a short period of time.

Xuanyuan Mian sighed lightly: "If it is absolutely necessary, it is the only way to do so."

The three of them remained silent, and had already lost interest in finishing the game. Qin Pei got up and said, "I just came to greet Your Highness. Now that Your Highness is well, I can rest assured."

Xuanyuan Mian looked up at him, and said gently: "Will Yihuan not leave after dinner?"

"No need." Qin Pei said eagerly, paused for a while, afraid that he felt impolite, and put on a soft tone, "Your Highness still has important matters to discuss, so I won't bother you."

Xuanyuan Mian no longer forced him to stay, but sent someone to reward him with a lot of loquats and lychees that were tribute from Lingnan, and asked Huai En to send him out of the palace.

Qin Pei walked away from the back, Xuanyuan Mian looked back, only to see Pei Xingzhi looking down at the chessboard, showing no intention of prying into the treacherous situation between the two of them.

Keeping his composure, Xuanyuan Mian dipped his fingers in the tea and wrote two words on the case.

After Pei Xingzhi read it, he made a secret note in his heart, and left to make plans.

Xuanyuan Mian was left alone in the huge Chongwen Hall, facing a cup of remnant tea, a game of remnants of chess, and a yard of remnants of flowers, he couldn't help but sighed with a wry smile, "Lonely, the door is closed, no one asks what to think about."

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