Rebirth: The Gatekeeper

When the carriage walked halfway, someone stopped him suddenly, and Qingsun opened the curtain to see that it was a well-dressed servant, who seemed to be no ordinary household slave, so she asked politely, saying: " This little brother, why are you blocking the way?"

The boy had a coffin face, pursed his lips, handed Qingsun an envelope, and said: "My lord gave it to General Yurong." After he finished speaking, he turned around and left without waiting for Qingsun to speak.Qingsun put her hot face on her cold ass, spat fiercely, and said, "Is the prince's mansion just this big? Hmph! I don't care whose carriage it is! Who is my lady!" She said, One side is aggrieved!

My lady is a well-known general and Princess Yongchang's guest, this person has such an attitude!unacceptable!While thinking about it, Qingsun lowered the curtain with a "swipe".

Bei Tangjin was resting with her eyes closed, when she heard Qingsun rambling for a long time, she turned her gaze to her and said, "Bring the letter here."

Qingsun was originally angry, but now seeing her young lady's calm expression, she immediately fell silent, her throat moved, swallowing what she wanted to say.

She suddenly remembered that her young lady disliked loud and talkative people the most. Seeing that she violated her taboo just now, she immediately shut up.

Bei Tangjin didn't pay attention to the green bamboo shoots anymore, but opened the envelope to see that it was just a simple line of writing, full of chic and unrestrained strokes, and at the same time, the font was so elegant and refined.

The word is like its person.

Feng Xichen said, I invite you to listen to Xuege Plum Garden in the evening.

Bei Tangjin's brows furrowed a little deeper. It was already past noon, and she had to pay homage to the ancestral hall when she returned home. Afterwards, there was a family banquet, and Feng Xitang was coming. How could she have time to accompany him?Furthermore, why did he come here?

Think of what he said to her today.

"Losing each other all day, haggard for Qing, does Qingqing know my heart?"

Suddenly, these words appeared in her ears, her heart skipped a beat, her eyes immediately opened, and slowly, her expression became more serious.

How could someone like King Ming like her?It really made her very puzzled.

He said that day that she always had a cold face, couldn't smile, had a vicious heart, and was not gentle.Which point is in line with a normal woman?

Not only that, but she can't embroider flowers or make clothes.

King Ming likes her?She felt a little unbelievable.

The wheels sounded "wheels and wheels", and after an unknown amount of time, they arrived at Beitang Mansion.

As soon as Bei Tang Jin got out of the car, she was called to the study by Bei Tang Xun. Obviously, it was for today's business.

Bei Tangjin followed closely behind Bei Tangxun. Beitangxun asked someone to make tea, and he sat down by himself and asked Bei Tangjin to sit down as well.

Bei Tangjin didn't speak. She glanced at her father, only to see that the other party's expression was half happy and half worried.

The joy may be because of King Ming, and the worry is because of her uncle Wei Guogong.What's more, she offended many speech officials.Those officials are intricate, and she has offended many people at the same time.

She didn't care, but Bei Tang Xun couldn't care less.

Bei Tangjin didn't speak all the time, she drank tea slowly and waited for Bei Tangxun to ask questions.

Bei Tangxun only took a sip of tea, watching himself nurturing his daughter with care for so many years.With a daughter who has a face very similar to the woman he loves, he sighed deeply and said, "A Jin, do you know how many people you have offended today? Do you know that the power in the DPRK is deeply intertwined? There are many of these officials They are all placed by the big families and the princes! Your proposal to make His Majesty lay off so many officials will bring disaster!"

Bei Tangjin sneered in her heart, wouldn't there be trouble if she didn't get rid of these officials?joke!

However, this was not what she was going to say to Bei Tangxun. She had a calm face and her eyes were not happy, and said: "Father, Mr. Zheng is a person with political ambitions. They will not be judged, they may be transferred to other positions, or they may stay in their original positions. Those officials who have been dismissed are either not outstanding, or they are sloppy, and they have no position at all. Who would like such a person? Therefore, even if these people are dismissed, it is not worth pity. Therefore, the daughter feels that for these officials, no matter whether it is the big family or the princes, they will not be enemies with her, let alone provoke you, father. "

Bei Tang Xun's originally sad face improved a lot when he heard Bei Tang Jin's analysis, and said, "Yes, yes, these two-sided people who have no position are just for a while, and there is no need for princes to fight for these things. Useless people attacking you, yes! Why didn't I think of it? Ah Jin really has the demeanor of your grandfather!" He was anxious about this just now.

Hearing the words "grandfather", Bei Tangjin's complexion immediately changed and became a little grave.

At this time, she had an impulse to ask her father: my grandfather asked you to take good care of my mother, where did you take care of my mother?You still have the face to mention my grandfather at this time?

However, it was only for a moment, she clenched her sleeves tightly, and immediately endured it.This is not the right time, she can't say such a thing, she must stabilize her conscientious father.

"Father praised it absurdly. My daughter has been with Princess Yongchang for so long. She often mentions the affairs of the court, and my daughter has just been fascinated by it." Bei Tangjin's expression was extremely humble.

Bei Tangxun is more and more satisfied with his daughter. She has always been so stable, no matter how much glory and praise she has, she has never kept her face. This is what he appreciates the most.

However, just when he was happy, when he thought of Wei Guogong's performance today, he had a sad face and said, "A Jin, what your uncle said today, you..." He tried his best to find the most appropriate words to describe it.

However, before he could think of a word, Bei Tangjin suddenly smiled and said, "Father, uncle wants to give my daughter a chance to show off! You should send a congratulatory gift to thank him!"

Bei Tang Xun was thinking about it, but when he heard what Bei Tang Jin said, he couldn't help frowning, and asked, "Ah Jin thinks so?" But, it's clearly... His daughter is so smart that she can't fail to see it. Bar?

Bei Tangjin blinked her eyes, she was very cute, and said: "Father is indeed going to give a gift. It's New Year's Day, and we are very happy. Our two families are relatives, how can we go around without giving a gift?"

It was only now that Bei Tangxun understood what Bei Tangjin meant. She was saying that no matter what the attitude of the Duke of Wei, they pretended not to know it, and it was still the same as usual. rise.

Thinking of this, he felt guilty again, and said, "A Jin, I have wronged you."

After hearing this sentence, Bei Tangjin was a little surprised to see the guilty expression on Bei Tangxun's face.

When he watched her die under Feng Yan's sword in the previous life, he didn't even have any trace of guilt. Now he's just pretending to be guilty!

However, she was just trying to expose the other party, but she smiled obediently: "My daughter is not wronged, for the sake of the Beitang family, this little sacrifice is nothing."

Hearing her words, Bei Tang Xun was extremely moved, and said, "Hey, it's hard for you." He sighed as he spoke, Bei Tang Jin didn't answer any more.

Bei Tang Xun pondered for a moment, then asked again: "Ah Jin, you and King Ming..."

Bei Tangjin knew that his father would ask, she had already prepared the answer, and replied calmly: "Father, King Ming doesn't participate in the government. He just pities the good generals of a country, and has no affection for his daughter. A man like King Ming People, what kind of woman has never seen before, how can she be tempted by her daughter?"

Bei Tang Xun was disappointed for a while, and said: "Well, it's just that King Ming still admires you, otherwise he wouldn't have spoken for you many times, so, Father Wei thinks, you can walk more with King Ming." Cultivate feelings.

Of course, he wouldn't say anything later.

Bei Tangjin naturally knew the meaning of what Bei Tang Xun said, he wanted to climb the big tree of King Ming.So Bei Tangjin replied obediently: "Father, don't worry, daughter understands."

What she said was just perfunctory. She didn't agree or object to what she said.

Bei Tang Xun nodded in satisfaction, and said, "Okay, today's ancestral hall sacrifice, you go back and prepare."

Bei Tangjin bowed and said, "Yes."

Back at Tingxue Pavilion, Qiu Rong saw the cloak on Bei Tangjin's body, and said in surprise, "Miss, this cloak is..."

Bei Tangjin said casually: "King Ming's, wrap it up, and return it to him today."

"Ah!" Qiurong was surprised for a while, seeing that his lady was only wearing a tunic, her eyes widened, and said, "Miss, where is your court dress?"

However, Qiurong is very smart, she was shocked for a moment, and immediately understood, she said: "There is indeed something wrong with this court dress, and it is such a solemn occasion as court congratulations, Miss must have had a hard time dealing with these people!"

Bei Tangjin nodded and said, "Duke Wei has damaged many people this time, so you must be more careful in the near future. If my aunt gets the news, I'm afraid she will be uneasy again."

Qiu Rong nodded immediately, worried, and said: "Miss worships the ancestral hall today, Madam, will she play tricks on it?"

Bei Tangjin shook her head and said, "I don't know either. In short, we have to be careful. You tell Qingsun that you must be more cautious than usual, so as not to fall into other people's traps."

While changing clothes for Bei Tang Jin, Qiu Rong said, "Miss, don't worry."

Bei Tangjin smiled suddenly, and said, "I'm afraid, my good mother will be shocked if she sees me! After all, according to Duke Wei's plan, I should be a dead person right now!"

When Qiu Rong heard this, she was startled again, and said, "Are their methods so vicious? They actually put Miss to death again?"

Bei Tangjin smiled and nodded, "I was almost killed by His Majesty today as a witch!"

Qiu Rong covered her mouth in shock, the comb in her hand almost fell to the ground, her hands trembled a little, and she said angrily: "Duke Wei is simply too hateful!"

"Yeah, it's too hateful. Since I can't shake him in the court, I always have to add some pain to him. He won't let me live a good life. How can I let him live so peacefully!"

While the two were talking, Qingsun lifted the curtain and came in, saying: "Miss, there is someone urging Madam, please hurry over there."

Bei Tangjin said: "You go back to that person, I will go right away."

Qingsun went out as promised, Qiu Rong arranged Bei Tangjin's clothes again, took fox fur to put on Bei Tangjin, and took the hand stove, and the two went out.

When Bei Tangjin arrived, the people in the house had already stood up and looked at her, no wonder Wang Yuanxiang was in a hurry.

With a faint smile on Bei Tangjin's face, she looked extremely docile. She walked up to He Lianshi and saluted, then stood still.

Immediately afterwards, there was an incense burning, offering sacrifices, and then a family banquet.

Even though the Northern Tang family is not as prosperous as the Feng family and Wang family, there are quite a lot of people in the house.

Her father was a well-known handsome man when he was young, and he had more than a dozen concubines alone, not to mention the concubines and concubines of the Beitang family.Therefore, these people fully filled the entire hall.

Sitting at the head of the seat, Helian's expression was neither hot nor cold, and said: "Since it's a family banquet, everyone should be more casual, don't be so rigid." Her voice was not cold, and even a little soft.

Hearing Helian's tone, Bei Tangjin was surprised.Everyone was also taken aback, they always dared not breathe in front of Helian, how could they have fun?They are afraid of making mistakes at this time, and they feel like they are sitting on pins and needles!Therefore, when Helian's words came out, everyone was still cautious and surprised.

Seeing the dignified atmosphere, Wang Yuanxiang immediately apologized, and said: "Mother is right, today's family banquet is a family feast, and our family is very happy to get together, so we should have fun!

Bei Tangjin couldn't figure out Helian's temper, but he also knew that the other party was not talking ironically. Moreover, there were not many gatherings every year. It was really uncomfortable to see everyone sitting on pins and needles. Therefore, in order to be active Atmosphere, she also smiled and said: "I heard that my sisters are quite accomplished in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Today we will play a small game. If anyone loses, can we perform for everyone?"

Everyone looked at me, I looked at you, and nodded, but the atmosphere was still not very active.

These people all knew Bei Tangjin's status in this family and knew that she was a very powerful character, so they were very afraid of her.

The Helian family didn't value concubines at all, so they rarely met Bei Tangjin, and they were really not familiar with her temper. Even if they heard her speak so gently, they were full of guard.

After all, their mistress was the one who stabbed with a smile.

Bei Tangjin didn't care, and said with a smile: "This game is really simple. It's called drumming and passing flowers. Everyone must have heard of it. Whoever passes the flowers will be punished with alcohol and then perform a show."

Wang Yuanxiang looked at the smile on Bei Tangjin's face, and glanced at her countless times. She is a smart person and knew that the plan must have failed for Bei Tangjin to come back so safe and sound, but even though she was resentful in her heart, she would In order to please Helian Shi, she should play her role as the housewife well!

Therefore, as soon as Bei Tangjin finished speaking, she immediately smiled and said, "Ajin's idea is really good, Zi Ling, you go to beat the drums, Hong Xiang, you go and tell the butler to prepare some equipment.

The two girls were the big girls next to Wang Yuanxiang, so they immediately agreed and went down to prepare.

After a while, the drums sounded and the fake flowers were in everyone's hands. Everyone couldn't help but become tense, and the atmosphere immediately improved a lot. He Lian tasted the dishes casually and watched these young ladies become active. Finally, they were young Oh, and she's in a much better mood, too.She knew it was her harshness that made the children so reserved.

However, she also wanted to enjoy the family happiness during several festivals this year. Therefore, in the past few days, she felt more and more that an old woman with children who seldom moved around was a little too cold.

The person who played the drum was blindfolded, so she couldn't see where the flowers were being passed. However, the person next to her was watching, and if she poked her, the girl who played the drum stopped.

When everyone saw that it was the Eighth Miss Bei Tangyue, they hurriedly said, "Alcohol punishment!"

Beitang Yue smiled shyly, raised her head and drank the wine.Her cheeks were slightly red, as if she was drunk, and she said: "Among all the sisters, I don't have any talent that I can show, so I will play a flute for everyone."

Everyone heard that some people laughed, and some people praised her. Bei Tangjin saw that her younger sister was really shy, and couldn't help shaking her head and smiling. Hearing her flute sound, although she hadn't reached the peak, it was still very good.

Miss Eight finished playing the flute, and the drums sounded again. Next, Miss Ten, Miss Eleven, and Miss Fifteen... all stepped forward to perform. Bei Tangjin watched with a smile all the time, and praised her from time to time.

Feeling the kindness of the elder sister, the ladies gradually let go of their guard, and the atmosphere became more active, and there was really a joyous family holiday.

Bei Tangyun was always watching from the side without saying a word. She looked at her mother, Bei Tangjin, and grandmother Helian from time to time. The corners of her mouth sometimes curled up and sometimes tightened.

Seeing that her elder sister wins people's hearts even better than her!In such a short while, at a banquet, the hearts of all the sisters in the family are going to her!Bei Tangyun stirred the veil vigorously, but remained silent.

After all, Bei Tangjin is still of great use at this time, and she will have to endure it for a while before she is still valuable. When she thinks like this, she feels much better, and she thinks of the letter Feng Yan wrote to her , said that she will come back in the near future, then, she will be able to see him soon!Thinking of Feng Yan, her cheeks turned red again, her cherry lips were pursed, and she didn't even notice that the fake flowers were passed to her hands.

Bei Tangjin teased, "Sister, why is she so engrossed in thinking of this?"

Bei Tangyun was stunned, and felt ashamed for a while, but she was more restrained, she just lowered her head, and said in a low voice: "No...it's nothing...don't make fun of me, sister." Her voice was timid and lively The beautiful moon eyes are flickering and flickering, very cute.

Wang Yuanxiang immediately "coughed" and said, "Ah Yun, let's put on a show for everyone!"

Bei Tangyun was taken aback for a moment, and then realized that the fake flower had landed firmly on the table in front of her eyes. She couldn't help being startled, and immediately said: "Yes."

As she spoke, she had already stood up, and said: "The younger sisters performed very well just now, I'm making a fool of myself."

Looking at the change in Bei Tangyun's expression, Bei Tangjin knew what she was thinking. There was a sarcastic smile on the corner of her mouth. It is easy to win people's hearts, but it is really not easy to raise a white-eyed wolf!

Bei Tangyun played a qin melody, the sound of the qin was sublime, melodious and melodious, and the artistic conception was good.Everyone praised him again and again, even Helian who was seated at the top was shocked. She heard that her cowardly granddaughter was learning the piano with Bei Tang Jin, and that she also performed very well at the banquet that day, but she hadn't heard it herself, I always thought it was someone's compliment, but I didn't expect her to play it so well.

Beitang Xun sat at another table with Beitangfeng and the men from Beitang Mansion. When they saw Beitangyun's piano sound, they all turned their heads to look, and there was a burst of admiration.

The more Wang Yuanxiang listened to it, the more complacent she became. She thought her daughter was an elm bump!I didn't expect that she was just cowardly, and her head was extremely flexible. She really deserved to be her daughter!

On the day of the banquet, Bei Tangxun arranged it outside and did not hear Bei Tangyun playing the piano. At this time, Bei Tangyun's song ended, and the lingering sound lingered. Bei Tangxun's eyes were very bright, and he stared at his daughter for a long time in disbelief. , the last burst of joy.

Bei Tangfeng looked very happy. He liked his sister very much. Even though she was cowardly, she was still very kind. Therefore, he praised: "Okay, Ah Yun plays the piano well! Your piano skills will catch up with Ah Yun in time." Sister!"

He praised so much, and everyone also praised. Naturally, amidst the praise, Bei Tangjin also saw jealous eyes.So she laughed.

Bei Tang Xun was still very happy today, he immediately said: "Not bad, not bad, my Bei Tang manor has produced another talented woman!"

It was really not easy to get his father's appreciation. In the entire Beitang Mansion, there were probably only Bei Tangjin and Bei Tangfeng. Bei Tangyun was naturally happy.At the same time, she is not worried, she already has the strength to control these concubine younger sisters at this time, their methods are basically useless, they cannot compete with her, and the only strong enemy is the older sister who raised her as a relative, she now It can be said that it was very smooth sailing.

She blushed with embarrassment, and said in a sweet voice: "Daughter, you're showing your ugliness." As she spoke, she greeted Bei Tang with blessings.

Bei Tangxun praised Bei Tangjin again and said: "Ayun's piano skills are so proficient, Ajin's contribution is indispensable, so I will reward you as a father today!"

Bei Tangjin immediately stood up and said, "Teaching my younger sister is what I should do as an older sister. My daughter dare not ask for a reward from my father. My daughter begs my father to reward my younger brothers and sisters. Their performance is also very outstanding. I must Given time, it will surely reach its peak."

Beitang Xun was overjoyed just now. Hearing Beitangjin's reminder at this time, he found that the other children present were indeed eager and dissatisfied, so he said: "Well, well, it is indeed a good reward!" Beitang As Xun said, he ordered the housekeeper to take out the good things he treasured in his hand and let his sons and daughters choose.

The concubines and concubines of the Northern Tang Mansion rarely received rewards from Bei Tang Xun, and they were very happy to hear this. At the same time, they looked at Bei Tang Jin with gratitude, full of goodwill. She returned a loving smile as an older sister.

Everyone felt that this older sister was even more amiable. When the family banquet was over, many people had already come forward to make friends and talk about themselves. Bei Tangjin didn't care much about her concubines in her previous life I know them well, but her eyes are sharp, even if she hides her sharpness, she can see everyone's expressions clearly, she knows who is sincere and who is fake.

It took a long time to deal with these younger brothers and sisters, and when it was almost Si time, she returned to Tingxue Pavilion, and just stepped into the door before she remembered that she had forgotten an important thing.

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