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

Chapter 72
When handing the letter to the guard, Pei Ci remembered what Sheng Baoling said earlier when he was there, and smiled more, the people in the mansion saw it, and felt relieved...

He felt a little awkward, but pulled the corners of his lips, showing a smile that he thought was kind and natural.

But not only the guard, even the butler was stunned.

The housekeeper's face was frozen, and the hand holding the letter was a little stiff. Looking at Pei Ci who suddenly laughed in front of him, he suddenly felt the gust of wind behind him.

What's the matter, my lord?
Why such a sudden reaction?
But today, who doesn't have long eyes and leans in front of the adults?
The guard grabbed the letter, turned around and entered the study in a hurry, looking a little flustered from his back.

Pei Ci suddenly felt that it was not the case, frowned, and glanced at the housekeeper, "But... is there anything wrong with me?"

Could it be that, how could the usual normal guard suddenly behave like this, as if he was afraid of himself.

The housekeeper choked for a moment, stared at Pei Ci, and asked, "What strange things happened to your lord today?"

"Or heard something strange?"

"Why do you ask this question?" Pei Ci frowned.

The housekeeper couldn't help asking, "Dare you ask why you laughed?"

Pei Ci pursed his thin lips tightly, and immediately understood why the guard was acting abnormally.

The corners of his tightly pursed lips remained calm, and before he said anything, the butler, who never talked too much, said again, "Your Excellency, you may as well be as usual, there is no need to laugh..."

It's creepy to watch,

After all, he didn't say the second half of the sentence, but even if he didn't say it, Pei Ci knew what he wanted to say, his face turned cold, and he strode out of the yard with his hands behind his back.

What flashed through my mind was what Sheng Baoling had said.

Her words can't be wrong, it's the people in the mansion who are wrong.

The butler looked at Pei Ci, who was obviously unhappy, stroked his beard, and asked himself, "What's wrong, my lord?"

In the past few days, it has been weird, and today it suddenly laughs like this.

"Oh!" He patted his forehead, "I forgot to ask the doctor to come and feel the pulse this month!"

Look at my own memory, isn't my lord seriously ill and it has affected my head?
After the housekeeper sent someone to send the letter to Pei Wan, he left the mansion in a hurry and went outside to invite the doctor who came to take Pei Ci's pulse once a month in person.

Pei Wan was not interested, so she opened the letter and read it. There were only three things mentioned in the letter. One was about Pei Hua and Pei Qing. Pei Qing was leaving in a few days and was looking for a marriage. Well, the man's family is in the fabric business, and he can be considered to have no worries about food and clothing, and he was a regular wife when he married.

Pei Qing is not a fool, knowing that after such incidents, she naturally has no hope of finding any good marriage in Bianjing City, let alone a regular wife.

This is already the best way out that the Pei family can arrange for her.

It was just that she couldn't be angry, and the next day, she learned from the fragmentary discussions of the servants that Pei Hua had planned this matter, so she immediately went to find Pei Hua to settle the score. During the dispute, she slashed Pei Hua's face I was injured, and I asked the doctor to look at it later, I am afraid it will leave a scar.

It can also be regarded as retribution.

When he recovered from his injury, he sent Pei Hua back to his original home in the countryside.

This matter is also considered resolved.

The second thing mentioned in the letter was Pei Wan's marriage. Pei Wan was not too young, and her marriage with the Marquis of Weiyuan should also be on the agenda.

The third thing in the letter is Pei Ci's marriage.

Pei Wan finished reading the letter expressionlessly, sighed slightly, and threw the letter on the table. Seeing her reaction, the maid at the side comforted her, "Girl, the master and madam think they will be back soon."

However, Pei Wan snorted, "I think my father and mother used the pretext of finding a doctor for my elder brother. They are used to being carefree outside, and even forgot the way home."

"Your maidservant is watching, the master and wife are still thinking about the girl's wedding. If you want to come back, you can prepare for the girl's wedding." The maid said this with a smile on her face.

"Mr. Shen has been paying more and more attention to girls recently."

Pei Wan snorted softly, "The two sisters Pei are leaving, don't you care?"

These days, Pei Hua and Pei Qing, one is waiting to get married in the courtyard, and the other is recuperating in the side courtyard. Pei Wan doesn't go to the academic lectures any more, so every time Shen Cong'an comes over, he feels quiet, so quiet that he feels a little uncomfortable. got used to.

Therefore, every time I saw Pei Wan, I would go up to him and have a good talk.

But in fact, Shen Cong'an chased after Pei Wan because he had been thinking about Pei Wan in his heart ever since he saw Pei Wan wearing a red dress. Wan ran.

But because he is always merciful, the impression left on Pei Wan is that he is so out of tune. At this moment, he thought that Shen Cong'an was bored because Pei Qing and Pei Hua were gone, and wanted to pass the time by himself. Cai felt unhappy, and deliberately avoided Shen Cong'an every time.

How long has she been in charge of Pei's mansion?

If she doesn't come back this year, she will pack up and leave. What kind of marriage is she going to do? Shen Cong'an, the prodigal son, will take away whoever wants it.

"I'm lucky, but I can't take care of him."

Pei Wan's face was sullen, this confidant who was in the capital was thinking about Shen Cong'an, she could be overwhelmed by a word of spittle.

She still wants to live a few more years.

...

Back in the palace, Jian Jia looked at Sheng Baoling, feeling a little worried, because Sheng Baoling was sitting by the window, staring outside for an entire hour.

Just sitting there, watching, not talking, not drinking.

It made Jian Jia think of the time when the first emperor left, the empress often sat there like this, looking outside, as if she was looking at something, but also seemed to be seeing nothing.

Qiuyi also looked worried, and his eyes signaled Jian Jia to come forward.

Jian Jia sighed, and could only step forward and ask softly, "Ma'am, do you want to pass the meal?"

Sheng Baoling withdrew her gaze, her body was sore from sitting for too long, she frowned, "Let's pass it on."

During the meal, seeing that Sheng Baoling was still a little absent-minded, Qiu Yi finally couldn't help it and asked, "What's wrong with your mother, but what's on your mind?"

Sheng Baoling shook his head slightly, and for several hours, he kept thinking about what old scholar Qin said.

There are also those four words, Mingjun Xianxiang.

If there is a bright emperor in the dynasty, the common people will be blessed, and so will the courtiers.

If there is a tyrant, a fool, and courtiers in order to gain favor and please him...the people will suffer.

Only a Mingjun can have a virtuous prime minister.

If there is no Mingjun, on the stone steps of the Golden Palace, it will be like in a dream, loyal ministers with cold bones and blood dripping.

She shouldn't have blindly followed the late emperor's instructions like in her dream.

The first emperor left, and he himself didn't know what kind of temperament Zhao Mi was, and whether he could become a generation of Mingjun.

The so-called, the father does not know the son.

Sheng Baoling put down the chopsticks in his hand, picked up the soup bowl next to him, and drank the soup in it in one gulp.

Only with a wise ruler and a virtuous prime minister can the country and society be stabilized and the people live and work in peace and contentment.

And Zhao Mi is by no means a Mingjun.

(End of this chapter)