She had a depressed look on her face.
Pei Renfang looked at her expression and smiled instead.
She had no experience getting along with girls of the same age, and rarely played with boys of the same age. It was really interesting to suddenly meet a girl of a similar age who did not follow the rules.
After pondering for a moment, she truthfully told Jiang Liniang about her family affairs. Finally, she talked about today's affairs: "The King of Baling invited Qiyun Tower, and I went to keep the appointment. There was something wrong with the wine at the banquet. …”
Jiang Liniang advised her: "This King of Baling, doesn't he know something?"
Pei Renfang's heart skipped a beat and he was silent in deep thought. After a long time, he finally laughed at himself and said, "You know it if you know it."
Jiang Liniang: "..."
Sister, don’t show off!
Or is it not as serious as I thought?
She hurriedly asked: "If this spreads..."
Pei Renfang: "Oh, for the crime of deceiving the emperor, I will probably be beheaded? My grandfather still has some connections in the court. If the situation is good, he can save his life. If not, the whole family will probably go on the road."
Jiang Liniang: "???"
Then you can still be so calm?
Seeing her anxious look, Pei Renfang smiled: "This is a crime of deceiving the emperor, but it will not bring death to the nine clans. As for the separation of the Pei family, they stopped interacting with each other long after my father passed away. It is not implicated. What is involved is of no great importance."
She said nonchalantly: "Once something happens, at most the whole family will be executed. There are only four people in our family, grandfather, mother, sister, and me. When I was ten years old, my family got together to talk. In this matter, my grandfather gave us the opportunity to choose. Should I die of a sudden illness and be the adopted daughter of the Pei family, or should I continue to be Pei Renfang? As you can see, we made a unanimous decision. Make your choice and have no regrets.”
Jiang Liniang felt a little sad. After being silent for a long time, she finally said: "Why is it so difficult for girls in this world!"
Only sons can inherit family property, aren't daughters the flesh and blood of their own family?
Thinking of this, Jiang Liniang became even more sad - let alone ancient times, even in modern society, there are still people in their forties or fifties who would risk their lives to fight for their sons!
Seeing this, Pei Renfang smiled and caressed her: "Things are not really that bad. It also depends on who King Baling is and what his plans are."
She said: "It would be best if he knew nothing about it, but if he really knew something -"
Pei Renfang pondered: "We have to consider how he felt about spying on the secrets of the Pei family... King Baling, he is the first cousin of the late emperor. Before the late emperor's departure, he wanted to enter The news about the master is very popular, if he wants to use this to blackmail me and win over the Pei family..."
She raised her eyebrows slightly: "I'd better strike first and sell him to His Majesty in the palace!"
Jiang Liniang: "???"
Are you all so dirty when it comes to politics?
But I still have to say - well done!
Regardless of what King Baling has in mind, if he invites people to dinner but there is something wrong with the drinks, it can almost be concluded that this person is either stupid and being used as a raft, or he is bad and has evil intentions. !
Jiang Liniang doesn't sympathize with him!
Now that Pei Renfang had an idea, Jiang Liniang didn't say much. Instead, she remembered another thing and immediately asked her enthusiastically: "I plan to recruit people to form a group and create a cooperative organization. Are you interested in participating? Woolen cloth?"
…
How weird, King Baling thought.
He asked around: "Have you found Mr. Pei?"
The servants panted and shook their heads: "No trace of Young Master Pei has been found."
"Go away!" King Baling was upset. He waved his hands and dismissed them casually. He sighed and began to think hard: What is wrong?
For today's meeting, he specially brought a kind of strong liquor that he had collected from his previous expeditions to the Western Regions.
This kind of wine is soft in the mouth, with a bit of fruity aroma, but has a strong stamina. People who have never drank it will probably be knocked down when they drink it for the first time.
King Baling originally had some bad intentions. He wanted to see how Pei Renfang, who had always been upright and self-sufficient since he was a child, would be like when he got drunk. However, he didn't expect that Pei Renfang was indeed drunk, but he also retained three things. When he knew something was wrong, he lifted his legs and left.
King Baling was caught off guard and rushed to chase him. Pei Renfang drew his sword out of its sheath without saying a word.
After being classmates for several years, the King of Baling knew Pei Renfang's abilities very well. He was good at poetry and poetry. He studied under Sikong Gengzhang and learned good swordsmanship...
He didn't dare to face it directly. In such a panic, he didn't know where to go.
This time the plan did not go as planned. If I try to invite you next time, I am afraid that Pei Renfang will not keep the appointment...
King Baling couldn't help but feel melancholy, but besides this melancholy, he also felt a little confused - Pei Renfang's face just now was really ugly, but also a little strange.
But what was so strange about it, he couldn't tell for a while.
King Baling sent someone to Pei's house to see if Pei Renfang had returned, and he also returned to the palace.
In order to persuade Pei Renfang to drink, he had to drink some. At this time, he was drunk and his mind was dizzy. He just wanted to find a place to fall down and sleep.
It was while he was half asleep and half awake that King Baling finally realized what the problem was.
He had always known that Pei Renfang had good looks. Ever since he entered the palace as a companion to the prince, the princesses, princes, and their companions all liked to talk to him.
At that time, Pei Renfang was sitting in the courtyard reading a book. The sun shone on his face, with clear skin and warm eyebrows. He was like a beautiful woman, and everyone around him was stunned.
And he has always been calm and self-possessed. Even when he was seven or eight years old, he looked mature, but he was also polite. No matter what his status was, even if the palace maid conveyed a message, he would express his gratitude to everyone. If not, he would thank everyone. It's just that the nobles like him, and even the attendants call him Pei Lang affectionately.
Everyone loves beauty, and King Baling is no exception. At that time, he was still young and had a naughty temperament. He subconsciously used a bad attitude to cover up his yearning for Pei Renfang. For example, he deliberately copied Pei Renfang's book. Throw it into the pool, or hide his pen and ink to tease him...
And Pei Renfang seemed to be born without a nerve called impatience. He was not angry when he was teased. He thanked the waiter who helped him fish out the book from the pool, and declined the invitation to someone who wanted to use the book with him. While reading, I rolled up my sleeves and went to the yard to dry the water-soaked books.
When the doctors came to class, he didn't have a book in front of him. However, when he was asked to answer questions, he still said something meaningful without any mistakes or omissions.
Yes, that’s Pei Renfang!
Pei Renfang has a photographic memory.
King Baling was furious when he saw this, and secretly hid Pei Renfang's things. The first and second times were fine, but halfway through the third time, he raised his head and saw Pei Renfang. Standing outside the window, looking at him with a calm expression.
King Baling subconsciously felt guilty, followed by strong anger: "What are you looking at?!"
Pei Renfang said: "It's nothing."
Then he left.
gone!
King Baling almost died of anger on the spot!
What's being hidden isn't yours, is it? !
He chased after him angrily: "Hey, Pei Renfang, you've seen everything, right?!"
Pei Renfang nodded and said, "Yes."
King Baling became even more angry: "Don't you have anything to say? Are you a coward?!"
Pei Renfang stared at him with his dark eyes, thought for a moment, and said, "I do have something to say, but after thinking about it, I realized that these are words that will make people feel embarrassed, so I'll leave it at that."
King Baling: "???"
King Baling was furious: "You speak, and I listen!"
Pei Renfang looked at him for a while, and then said: "I think you don't hate me, but why do you do this again and again? It's because you want to attract my attention. ?"
King Baling: "..."
Oh my god, what does it mean to be so embarrassed that you can dig out two bedrooms and one living room with your toes!
King Baling covered his mouth and face.
If possible, he would like to find an airtight garbage bag to get into!
Pei Renfang stared at him calmly, as if he wanted to say something, but was interrupted by another companion who came from outside.
"Renfang - eh, King Baling? Why are you here?"
King Baling's heart tightened.
Immediately afterwards, Pei Renfang's calm and cold voice was heard: "Nothing, we happened to meet each other and said a few words. What's wrong?"
The companion said with a smile: "There is still one person missing to play polo. Are you going to go?"
Pei Renfang smiled and said, "Go."
Then he nodded politely to King Baling and left with the companion.
King Baling didn't know what he was feeling, so he returned the book he had planned to hide secretly.
After that, he was too embarrassed to speak to Pei Renfang anymore. Even a single eye contact would make his scalp numb with embarrassment.
But Pei Renfang himself didn't seem to feel anything awkward.
Life in the palace passed peacefully until...
What happened next was so unpleasant that King Baling quickly skipped it. After that, Pei Renfang left the imperial study and never entered the palace again. Not only the nobles missed him, but also the serving palace and chamberlains. He would sigh with regret: "It's been a long time since I saw Pei Lang."
King Baling was drunk, and he vaguely thought of the past, Pei Renfang's cold and handsome face, and his drunken cheeks and slightly messy hair when we parted today -
Rather than saying that he was a drunken and handsome young man, it was better to say that he was a beautiful girl with a somewhat heroic appearance!
When King Baling thought of this, his drunkenness suddenly flew out of the sky.
He was shocked to realize - Pei Renfang, a beautiful girl?
Can the two be linked? !
Did he think too much, or——
King Baling was completely stunned and did not fall asleep again that night.
He stayed up until the early morning of the next day, when he asked his confidant to come over: "Go and do something for me, be careful, don't let the news leak out!"
After a brief pause, he added: "Chang Shi has always been cautious, so don't let him know about this matter."
King Baling had heard more or less about the old stories of the Pei family. For this reason, when he was in the palace, the princesses and their companions paid special attention to the young Pei Lang. ——People who have a bad life always make people feel pity.
But now, King Baling had doubts in his heart. Looking back, he vaguely understood something.
Under such circumstances, Mrs. Pei must give birth to a male heir!
…
As soon as the people in Prince Baling's palace moved, Pei Renfang got the news. She was about to throw the trap she had set over to a midwife named Liu who was nearly sixty years old.
The so-called truth revealed from her mouth was enough to fill King Baling's belly full of doubts.
If he has good intentions towards the Pei family, then this trap is just a bit of harmless bait. If he really has something in mind...
