After being a widow, the empress dowager was favored by the powerful ministers

Chapter 70
The servant who delivered the refreshments returned to Pei Wan's courtyard, the shocked expression on his face was still there, and the people passing by all looked at him in surprise, wondering in their hearts: Is this a ghost encounter in broad daylight?

The servant told in detail what he saw and heard in Peici's study.

Pei Wan was already ready to be reprimanded by her elder brother and kicked out of the study. With her elder brother's temperament, she would not leave the refreshments behind. She asked someone to deliver the refreshments, but she just wanted to let people take the opportunity to observe.

"You said that Young Master Sheng likes it, so elder brother left the refreshments!?" Pei Wan's eyes widened, with a surprised expression on her face.

The servant nodded in response, "Your Excellency did leave the refreshments behind, and he also said that he didn't know that Young Master Sheng liked it in the past, so the hospitality was not good enough."

It was such a sentence that made him almost trip over himself when he left the study door.

He has been in Pei's residence for many years, but he has never seen an adult treat someone so tenderly, even in the past, when Mr. Sheng and Mr. Shen came, that was also unprecedented.

Many times, Mr. Sheng was hungry, so he left the study and went to the living room to fill his stomach.

As for Mr. Shen, he had to go back to the mansion by himself.

She never thought that she would make an exception for this young master Sheng.

Pei Wan's expression was like being struck by lightning, she seemed to have glimpsed the real reason why her brother was unwilling to get married for so many years... It was this reason, which made people a little hard to digest.

That Sheng Lang is indeed more beautiful than ordinary women, and he is exactly the same as the Empress Dowager, who was born beautiful, but this Sheng Lang has a weak temperament... Doesn't he look like a girl?
But elder brother, this is too outrageous. If parents know about this, maybe tomorrow they will be "smiling in Jiuquan"!

Pei Wan gritted her teeth, no, she can't just watch her brother make detours.

She secretly made a decision in her heart, and planned to have a good talk with Sheng Lang today.

At this time, Sheng Baoling and Pei Ci were in the study, talking about official and private matters for an hour, until everything was discussed.

Pei Ci sat at the table, holding a wolf pen in his hand, writing notes.

Sheng Baoling looked at the furnishings in the study, and remembered the last time he entered his house by mistake. The furnishings in the room he saw at that time were all so elegant and did not seem to have traces of a woman's life.

Sheng Baoling: "Pei Ci, if I remember correctly, you are [-] this year?"

Pei Ci's hand holding the pen paused slightly, and he raised his eyes to look at Sheng Baoling. This was not the first time he heard such a question.

After such a sentence, they began to ask about marriage.

Pei Ci replied in a calm voice, "There are 27."

Sheng Baoling couldn't help being a little confused, "An ordinary family is 27 years old and has one or two children. Why haven't you married yet?"

In fact, with Pei Ci's status, talent, and appearance, he would not fail to find a suitable wife.

In this city of Bianjing, there are countless people who want to marry Pei Ci, and the marriage will not go well without Jin Milan.

Thinking of the dreams he had, Sheng Baoling felt uneasy.

Could it be... Can he still please himself?

But at this time, every word of Sheng Baoling's words completely matched Pei Ci's guess in his heart.

So much so that when Sheng Baoling asked such a sentence, he didn't even need to hesitate to think about it, and said, "The heart of a humble minister is in the court of Sheji, and he has no intention of private affairs with his children."

When he said this, the expression on his face was as usual, nothing unusual.

So much so that Sheng Baoling originally asked with a tentative intention, but now seeing that Pei Ci was not at all strange, and said seriously that he had no intention of having an affair with his children, he was puzzled.

In my mind, it was a mess again.

Could it be that some dreams will come true, while others are just my own speculations?

Sheng Baoling couldn't help touching his chin with his fingertips, thinking, could it be that he saw Pei Ci too much during the day and thought too much, so he had such strange dreams this night.

Pei Ci glanced at Sheng Baoling slightly from the corner of his eye, seeing that she seemed to be in deep thought, he was slightly relieved.

If he didn't say that, he was afraid that she would urge him to get married as before.

Just like bestowing a marriage to King Jing, she also found a marriage for herself.

Obviously, Pei Ci's rhetoric was somewhat useful, although Sheng Baoling's original purpose was to test, not urge him to get married.

Sheng Baoling nodded slightly, "It's a blessing for me that Pei Xiangxin is in the court of Sheji, but I still have to pay attention to my body and don't overwork myself."

"I see that you look good today. If you keep doing this every day, you will feel better soon."

Every caring word of her hit Pei Ci's heart, neither light nor heavy, just right, tickling the tip of his heart, making his heart itch.

Whether it's from monarch to minister or friend to friend, Pei Ci can easily arouse his emotions, but Sheng Baoling doesn't know it.

At this time, seeing Pei Ci's cold expression, Sheng Baoling was still afraid that his remarks today would be too frivolous and absurd, which would make Pei Ci unhappy.

Pei Ci nodded slightly in response, "Thank you, Empress Dowager, for your concern."

Sheng Baoling stared at Pei Ci seriously several times, and was relieved to see that he was indeed not unhappy.

...

Sheng Baoling, who had just come out of Peici's courtyard and was about to go to the courtyard over there to have a look at the school, ran into Pei Wan on the way before he reached the courtyard there.

She didn't know that Pei Wan was waiting for her here on purpose, and thought it was a coincidence, "Miss Pei."

Pei Wan's eyes were deep and meaningful, looking at the person in front of her, she couldn't help but sigh in her heart, how can a good man be so feminine, I don't know, I thought it was a woman.

If you are a man, you can't tell...

Shocked, Pei Wan shook her head violently, shook her outrageous thoughts, looked at Sheng Baoling, and asked in surprise, "Young master Sheng is going back?"

Sheng Baoling smiled, "Not yet, I want to listen to the lectures of academics."

The corners of Pei Wan's mouth curled up slightly, "That's a coincidence, I'll go too, so let's go with Young Master Sheng, so we can talk."

Sheng Baoling faintly felt that today's Pei Wan was a little weird, especially the way she looked at her, which was not quite right, and she had more inexplicable attitudes.

She couldn't help wondering, did Pei Wan in front of her discover something?
Sheng Baoling frowned, could it be that she had already discovered her identity.

Along the way, Pei Wan took the initiative to ask Sheng Baoling many things about Sheng Lang's marriage.

But Sheng Lang has been practicing in the temple until now, so where did the marriage come from?

Sheng Baoling felt even more weird immediately, Pei Wan was very polite, and asked Sheng Lang what he was doing with his marriage?
And just when Sheng Baoling was having doubts, Pei Wan asked again, "Young Master Sheng and elder brother seem to have a very good relationship. I don't know if elder brother ever mentioned to you why he didn't want to get married?"

Sheng Baoling was startled, looked at Pei Wan, and didn't speak for a while.

Could it be that Miss Pei is interested in being a matchmaker?

(End of this chapter)