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

Chapter 8 Meeting Pei Ci Again
Although the two had met earlier in the Chui Gong Hall, they were far apart and separated by a curtain, but it was not as close as they are now, and they could see them so clearly.

Sheng Baoling looked inquiringly, "I wonder if Mr. Pei can take me to have a look?"

Pei Ci lowered his eyes and glanced at the official uniform that he hadn't changed in the future, hesitated for a moment, then nodded slightly, "Weichen will order someone to take the lady there."

Soon, Pei Ci called someone and led Sheng Baoling to the back.

When Sheng Baoling left, he didn't know what he thought of, he looked back, and looked from a distance at the purple-robed figure standing there and looking down at the ground.

She didn't know if it was an illusion, but she caught a glimpse that the corners of Pei Ci's lips, which were usually tightly pressed, seemed to rise slightly.
She was slightly taken aback, but when she looked again, there was nothing there, as if the glance just now was just an illusion.

Sheng Baodai Ling thought about it, turned his head, and followed the servant to the back.

After Sheng Baoling left, the purple figure took a step forward and bent over. Bai Leng's fingertips under the cuffs fell on the yellowed leaves piled up on the ground in the courtyard, and picked up one of them.

A gust of autumn wind blew, slightly blowing the hem of his clothes, and he quietly held the fallen leaf in his hand.

The servant led Sheng Baoling towards the Shushu.

At this time, many young masters had already arrived, and what was surprising was that there were several girls sitting on the other side of the two screens.

After listening to the servant's explanation, I realized that the girl from Pei's family and the cousin girl who lived in Pei's mansion also wanted to study here.

Old scholar Qin hadn't arrived yet, but the young masters who had arrived earlier chatted.

Sheng Baoling took a closer look, and could recognize that the man who spoke with a bit of playful accent was Shen Cong'an, the son of the Marquis of Weiyuan's mansion, whose features were very similar to Marquis Weiyuan's.

The others were unrecognizable.

Those who can enter Pei's house will naturally not be ordinary people, but seeing a new face today, the other people are also curious and come forward to talk.

Cao Mingxuan, the young master of Cao Guogong's mansion, was gentle and polite, and he was the first to ask, "I'm Cao Mingxuan, who is your Excellency?"

Sheng Baoling bowed his hands slightly in return, "Young master is very polite, I'm Sheng Lang."

There was a trace of surprise on the faces of several people.

This Sheng Lang is the son of the eldest son of the Sheng family, the younger brother of Sheng Gong, and the current Empress Dowager, the twin brother of Sheng Baoling, but his body was weak since he was a child, and he was sent to the temple on the mountain to recuperate, but he didn't know that he had returned to Beijing up.

Sheng Baoling in front of her is dressed as a man, because her daughter's body is different from that of ordinary men, so it seems that she really looks a bit weak.

No one was suspicious, after all, this appearance was indeed [-]% similar to Sheng Gong.

"So it's the young master of the Sheng family."

At this moment, behind them, a man in white who was sitting alone at the desk raised his eyes and looked over when he heard "Young Master of the Sheng family".

Sensing this line of sight, Sheng Baoling looked over, his eyes met each other, slightly familiar yet unfamiliar.

Just as she was guessing the identity of this person, Grandpa Cao smiled and shouted at the person, "Lou Shang, the scholar hasn't arrived yet, what are you doing sitting there alone, why don't you come over and talk to us for a while?"

"No." Lou Shang glanced at it, and then looked down at the notebook on the desk.

At this time, someone remembered the grievances between the Lou family and the Sheng family.
In the eyes of others, if the Lou family hadn't been forced by Queen Mother Fan to refuse to admit such a marriage with the Sheng family, now this girl from the Sheng family should have married into the Lou family.

After the girl from the Sheng family entered the palace, the relationship between the Sheng family and the Lou family dropped to a freezing point, and the two families fought against each other.

Now, Miss Sheng's younger brother is here, Lou Shang's attitude is embarrassing.

And at this moment, Sheng Baoling had already remembered.

This Lou Shang is Grand Master Lou's grandson, she had a playmate with whom she met a few times when she was a child, and was even engaged to her.

Unexpectedly, instead of seeing Taishi Lou, he saw Lou Shang first.

Sheng Baoling took a look, then quickly looked away.

Someone, on the other hand, was looking at Sheng Baoling carefully, curious, this Sheng Lang and Sheng Baoling are twin siblings, they must be very similar in birth.

Shenglang's male body, his appearance is already so outstanding, it attracts people's attention frequently.

How stunning is Miss Sheng who is a daughter?

But it's a pity, no matter how good-looking she is, she can only be a widow in the palace now.

At this time, old scholar Qin had arrived, and what was surprising was that Pei Ci was speaking beside him.

At this time, Pei Ci had changed from his official uniform, but even in white uniform, it still made people feel alienated and indifferent, as if there was an invisible high-rise building between them, and they couldn't look at each other.

Seeing Pei Ci, Shen Cong'an raised his eyebrows, and raised the hair on his forehead with his fingertips. He asked him yesterday, and said that he was busy with business today, so he didn't intend to come over to have a look. Why did he come here again now.

Several people saluted respectfully, "Scholar, Mr. Pei."

Pei Ci nodded slightly, his eyes flicked over the people below, and finally fell on the most petite figure behind a few men.

She was standing behind those people, and the surrounding environment, for a moment, seemed to return to a certain moment on a certain day many years ago.
But when he saw Lou Shang on the other side, he frowned slightly, but no one noticed.

Sheng Baoling's eyelids twitched as he looked at Pei Ci who was wearing ordinary clothes in front of him. This white dress was exactly the same as the one Pei Ci was wearing in his dream.

Dressed in white, in an instant, Sheng Baoling was brought back to the dream scene.

In the dream, the cold voice overflowing from the lips and teeth seemed to ring in the ears again, crisp and numb.

Sheng Baoling couldn't help but clenched her hands tightly. She had never seen Pei Ci wearing such a uniform, but the clothes that appeared in the dream were now on Pei Ci.

This is why she doesn't care.

Old scholar Qin nodded slightly, looked down at the students below, and when he reached Sheng Baoling, he stayed for a little longer.

Those eyes that were a little cloudy due to aging, but at this moment, there was a flash of clarity.

He turned sideways, glanced at Pei Ci, then turned around, and said to the students below, his voice was deep, but full of spirit, he looked very knowledgeable.

"Since everyone has arrived, let's all sit down."

The young masters immediately thanked them for taking their seats.

Looking around, facing Cao Mingxuan, Cao Xiaogong looked puzzled, as if he was asking why Sheng Baoling didn't take his seat yet.

This is thinking that he is also studying in Peijiashushu.

Sheng Baoling hesitated for a moment, then looked at Pei Ci, only to see Pei Ci nodding slightly, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and sat down at the desk next to the window.

Through the screen, one could faintly hear the woman's low voice talking on the other end.

Sheng Baoling couldn't help thinking that a few years ago, before entering the palace, when Sheng Gong was about to take the exam, his family invited a gentleman to teach, and Sheng Gong also invited his friends to come to the house to study together.

(End of this chapter)