Cao Bin's wedding room was full of flowers and candles, gentle and affectionate, but Pan's house was full of chaos.
Three years ago, because Pan Renmei stabbed Pang Ji in the back and then added insult to injury, Pan Bao broke up with two friends, Cao Bin and Pang Yu.
Feeling resentful, he exiled himself to the border and hid.
Pan Renmei was also disappointed in him and ignored him. From then on, there was a rift between father and son, and Pan Bao never returned to Bianjing.
A few months ago, Pan Renmei learned that it was Pan Bao who rescued the female general of the Yang family and sabotaged her plan. She was so angry that she cursed at home and vowed to sever the father-son relationship with him.
Pan Renmei did not expect that father and son would meet again because Cao Yang got married.
He didn't know Pan Bao's little thoughts about Sister Yang. He thought that Pan Bao finally came to his senses, understood the principle of winning the king and defeating the bandits, and also understood the situation facing the Pan family, so he ran to stop the marriage between Cao and Yang.
Therefore, seeing Pan Bao's miserable appearance at this time, Pan Renmei was relieved, distressed, and felt a little guilty towards Pan Bao:
"Cao Bin, this little bastard, is so evil-minded."
"Don't worry, Bao'er. Dad will go to the palace to ask for an audience with you. Even if you and Cao Bin are both injured this time, dad will avenge the beating for you."
At this time, Pan Bao had just applied the wound medicine and bandaged it like a rice dumpling. When he heard this, he quickly grabbed Pan Renmei's clothes and said vaguely:
"Dad, forget it...actually, brother Bin can be merciful!"
More than half a month ago, he was still hanging around in Yanmen Pass. When he received the news that Sister Yang was going to marry Cao Bin, it was like a bolt from the blue.
Since childhood, Sister Yang has always been his undesirable one. Bai Yueguang, he never expected that she would marry Cao Bin, a married man.
It is impossible to say that he is not jealous and resentful towards Cao Bin.
But he also knew in his heart that there could be no deeper relationship between himself and Sister Yang, and Sister Yang would always get married.
It is better to marry Cao Bin, a good friend who knows everything about her, than to marry a stranger whom she dislikes.
After all, he knew Cao Bin's attitude towards the women in his family. At least he would not let his eighth sister suffer after marriage, so he felt relieved.
This time he returned to Beijing to rob his wife. He just didn't want to leave any regrets, and he also wanted to come to seek a beating, so he had no hatred towards Cao Bin.
Moreover, he did not mention his powerful backers, but only brought a few people to fight according to the rules on the street. He regarded Cao Bin as an old friend, and wanted to make an "open and aboveboard" settlement on the matter of Sister Yang.
It's just that he didn't expect that Cao Bin was still such a scoundrel. He didn't respect martial ethics and actually let the crowd beat him in a sedan chair. He was beaten until he begged for mercy and lost all face, so he felt resentful.
Pan Renmei was even more pleased when she heard this. She sat beside the couch and patted Pan Bao's arm, saying with fond eyes:
"Bao'er, you are finally sensible and know how to consider the pros and cons for the Pan family."
"Now that your sister wants to take advantage of Cao Bin, we really shouldn't offend her too much."
As he spoke, he assured:
"But don't worry, this is just a warning to him now."
"When Wang Yanling is overthrown, our family will have the final say over the Song Dynasty. Then you can punish him however you want to take revenge..."
Hearing this, Pan Bao was stunned, not understanding what his father had misunderstood. However, he did not refute. He just wanted to get over this matter as soon as possible, so he nodded repeatedly and said:
"Dad is right, the overall situation is the most important thing, the overall situation is the most important thing!"
When Pan Renmei heard this, she was immediately relieved, her face turned into a chrysanthemum smile, and she continued:
"When you return to Beijing this time, don't leave."
"You're not young anymore. Let's get married first, and then take a job in the capital."
"With your mother and father here, you don't have to worry about your future. You can choose an official position in either the three departments or two houses."
When Pan Bao heard that his father was going to force him to get married, his face suddenly turned bitter and he hurriedly said:
"Dad, there is no rush to get married. My son wants to get familiar with official affairs first."
"And I don't want to go to the three offices or two offices. I want to go to the front office."
Pan Renmei was about to reprimand when the housekeeper suddenly came in and said:
"Master, Master, the prince and the prince next to the queen are here."
Pan Renmei had no choice but to stop educating her son and welcome the eunuch Wang in.
"Grand Master, the empress was very angry when she learned that the young master was beaten. She has already sent people to reprimand Marquis Zhongjing."
"In addition, the empress is worried about the health of the young master, so she specially ordered the slave to bring the magic medicine from the palace."
"Also, I hope that my young master will go to the palace to visit him after he gets better..."
Eunuch Wang gave the wound medicine, conveyed Queen Mother Pan's attitude and left. Pan Renmei was a little unhappy and complained to Pan Bao:
"In your sister's eyes, the only thing she sees now is her son's throne. Her own brother was beaten, and she just scolded her to get over it?"
"Why do we have to fine Cao Bin half a year's salary and make him lose face? Humph, it's really a female foreign minister..."
Pan Bao shook his head speechlessly:
"Sister is also in trouble. It's just a flesh wound. I'll be fine in a few days..."
Just as he was talking, the housekeeper ran in again and said:
"Master, my cousin is here to visit the young master."
Pan Renmei didn't like to see her nephew, and was about to send him away casually, when Pan Bao said:
"Now that you're here, let that kid come in."
Although he doesn't really like this older cousin who wants to seduce his sister, but he is tired of Pan Renmei asking questions now, so he doesn't mind meeting her.
After Gong Liangchen entered the door, he saw Pan Bao lying on the couch groaning, looking like he was about to die, with confidence in his eyes.
He first cared about Pan Bao for a few words, then changed his tone and said:
"Uncle, my cousin is so seriously injured, what are your plans?"
Pan Renmei gave him a strange look and said impatiently:
"If you have something to say, just say it!"
Gong Liangchen's expression suddenly turned serious:
"Uncle, Cao Bin is so arrogant, has no regard for the Pan family's face, and embarrasses the Queen Mother. He clearly wants to make an enemy of my uncle."
"A good minister is not talented. I am willing to give advice to my uncle and avenge my cousin."
He was willing to give up literature and join the martial arts and work as a guard in the palace because he thought he could get close to Queen Mother Pan and renew his childhood friendship.
But the actual situation was not what he thought. Under normal circumstances, he had no chance to get close to the inner palace, and Queen Mother Pan seemed to have forgotten him, which made him quite distressed.
He had a high self-esteem and was a scholar, so naturally he was not willing to be a low-level military attaché for the rest of his life, so when he heard that Pan Bao was severely beaten by Cao Bin, he immediately had an idea.
He is not afraid of being a pawn, but he is afraid of not being reused. As long as he gets Pan Renmei's attention through this matter, he will have a chance to prosper.
When Pan Bao heard this, he no longer wanted to talk to him.
Although this guy is his cousin, he is not popular with Pan Renmei. In the final analysis, he is just a sour scholar.
He didn't know anything, but he still wanted to get involved in the grudge between himself and Cao Bin. If he hadn't been hurt, he might not have been able to help kicking Gong Liangchen out.
At this time, Pan Renmei had almost the same idea, her face was full of disgust, and she couldn't help but angrily said:
"Shut up, who are you? How dare you criticize a minister of the imperial court? Retreat!"
Gong Liangchen was stunned by the scolding and wanted to argue, but he heard Pan Renmei yell:
"Get out of here!"
Then he warned:
"Don't think that I don't know what you are thinking about abandoning literature and joining the military. If you dare to have such wishful thinking again, I will kill you first!"
As a scholar, had Gong Liangchen ever been insulted in person like this? I just feel ashamed and angry to death.
When he walked out of Pan's house with a livid face, he turned back and took a hard look at the door, gritted his teeth secretly and said:
"Pan Renmei, you have insulted me too much. I swear to avenge you..."
