After returning to Prince Jin's Mansion, Yang Zhao went back to rest first. He was really tired in Yong'an Palace during this period.
He is the eldest grandson, and he serves his grandmother Dugu Jialuo almost every step of the way.
Yang Ming, on the other hand, just took a nap and then went to Pei Mansion.
He had to ask Pei Ju himself how Gao Lande's matter was investigated.
After receiving the news, Pei Ju greeted Yang Ming at the door and personally welcomed Yang Ming into the study. At his instruction, his daughter Pei Shuying was always with him.
The two sat opposite each other, Pei Shuying knelt down and made tea.
After taking a look at the study, Yang Ming smiled and said:
"Pei Gong's collection of books is so huge that it is really rare."
Other people's study rooms only have two or three rooms, and the larger ones like Yang Su's house only have five or six rooms. Pei Ju's study room is like a special library, with a strong book atmosphere.
Pei Ju smiled and said: "In the old Zhou Dynasty, I was highly respected by the Supreme Being and was the secretary of the Prime Minister's Palace. I didn't dare to neglect the daily affairs. In ancient times and today, whenever the Supreme Being asked me about it, I didn't dare to know. Over the years, I have collected books. It’s going to be much slower.”
Yang Ming said: "Pei Gongxue is really a great scholar when it comes to classics and history."
"Okay, okay, you two should talk about business," Pei Shuying served the fragrant tea to the two of them and said with a smile: "After I came back, I asked my father, but he refused to tell me and had to wait until His Highness asked him in person. That’s all.”
Pei Ju smiled and said, "Women don't discuss important matters. I've reminded you many times, but it's a pity that you always fail to remember. You must have caused trouble to His Highness when you were in Jingzhou."
After speaking, Pei Ju looked at Yang Ming with a smile.
You have raised your daughter well enough. Although Pei Shuying is outspoken, she is still sensible and polite. Yang Ming waved his hand and said:
"I have benefited greatly from getting along with Miss Pei. Mr. Pei has a good daughter."
Pei Shuying felt very happy to be praised by Yang Ming. She sat aside with a smile on her face that never stopped.
Pei Ju sighed and said, "It's a pity that he has passed the age of leaving the court, but he refuses to leave home. Every time he thinks about this, he can't sleep at night."
Old boy, don't talk to me about this. Yang Ming changed the subject and said:
"How is the investigation into Gao Lande's case? Is there any evidence of this person?"
"No!" Pei Ju shook his head decisively.
"No?" Yang Ming and Pei Shuying said in unison.
Pei Ju nodded: "Absolutely not. I have personally checked all the files about the old Qi court in the Secretary's Department, including our study room, and found nothing. There is no Gao Lande at all."
Pei Shuying was greatly disappointed. Yang Ming finally asked her for help, but his father didn't help?
"Have you checked everything, are you sure there is nothing missing?" Pei Shuying said expectantly.
Pei Ju hummed, "Aren't you still worried about working for your father?"
"Alas..." Yang Ming sighed. If even Pei Ju couldn't be found, then no one in Sui Dynasty could find him.
Because when Pei Ju was young, he became an official in the Northern Qi Dynasty and served as the royal literature director of King Gao Renying of Qi Gaoping. He knew the old Gao family very well, and he worked as a secretary for Yang Jian later. It is no exaggeration to say that Gao Jiu and Yang Su were not He knows everything he knows.
Seeing this, Pei Ju smiled and said to his daughter: "When Xuanji opened his government, he took away several carts of books from home. As for whether there are documents about Jiu Qi in them, I don't know. You can go over and take a look. There are some. Get the words immediately."
Or maybe Pei Shuying likes to play in the lake. After hearing this, she stood up neatly and opened the door furiously.
Pei Ju clearly wanted to send his daughter away and had a private conversation with Yang Ming, but Pei Shuying just couldn't tell.
Yang Ming suddenly felt that there was a reason why Pei Shuying was so straight-tempered. It was not easy to be influenced by such a scheming father.
A person like Pei Ju must know exactly what books are in the study. How could he not know what books his son took away?
After Pei Shuying walked away, Yang Ming smiled and said:
"If you have anything to do with Mr. Pei, just talk."
Pei Judian
He nodded, poured tea for Yang Ming, and said: "Pei entered the officialdom as a young man and met his first wife, Mrs. Cui. He had a daughter when he was thirty-seven years old. He had a son two years later. Two years after that, his wife died and her relationship has been broken ever since."
Yang Ming nodded, he knew this. Pei Ju's first wife was from the Boling Cui family, and she was from the same family as Cui Hongsheng, the eldest son Yang Zhao's father-in-law. He heard that he died early, and a pair of children were also raised by Pei Ju. , although there was a concubine at home, she did not renew her relationship.
He did have concubines and concubines, but concubines and concubines were not, strictly speaking, considered descendants, and some of them could not even be buried in ancestral graves.
This phenomenon was very common before the Sui and Tang Dynasties. After the fall of the Tang Dynasty, there was a slight improvement, but not much.
Pei Ju continued: "Now that Xuanji is lucky enough to be able to marry the Princess of Runan, Pei is half relieved, and the other half is with his legitimate daughter Ayun. If she doesn't marry, Pei will not be at ease one day."
It's really tiring to talk to this kind of old fox. There are all kinds of hints, but I won't tell you clearly.
Yang Ming said helplessly:
"Did Mr. Pei hear about Dugu Feng'er?"
"Your Highness asked knowingly," Pei Ju said with a smile, "Pei has been in the Ministry of History all year round and has only left the palace and returned home a few times. How could he not know?"
Yang Ming asked again: "What does Mr. Pei think of this matter?"
Pei Ju raised his head and pondered for a moment: "Dugunu didn't have the appearance of dying young, but she was destined to die young."
"Where to start?" Yang Ming asked blankly.
Pei Ju lowered his head and looked directly at Yang Ming: "The decline of the Dugu family has appeared. With the full support of the Holy Queen, it is still difficult to enter the palace. Among the next generation of children, there are even less useful people. Such a family cannot bear too much blessing. The Holy Queen I am ill. This woman is suffering from a strange illness. It can be seen that the numerology is such that it cannot be changed by human beings."
What you said is quite mysterious. What kind of numerology is there? Isn't it because someone is causing trouble behind my back?
Yang Ming chuckled: "Does Mr. Pei really not know about Gao Lande?"
"You know, you don't know," Pei Ju said with a meaningful smile.
You Pei Xishu, you just found out clearly. Yang Ming asked: "How can you know the method?"
Pei Ju smiled and said, "Pei still has a girl waiting to be married. If she gets married, Pei can investigate with peace of mind, and the matter will naturally come to light."
Forced marriage, right? Did you do this to Dugu Feng'er?
Yang Ming sneered: "If she can't get married, you can't find out?"
"Your Highness has not yet become a father, so naturally he does not understand Pei's anxious mood," Pei Ju said after a while: "Ayun has not been married for a day, and Pei is really not in the mood to explore these things."
"Are you blackmailing me?" Yang Ming asked.
Pei Ju was stunned and said, "Why did Your Highness say this? Pei is just worried about his daughter's marriage. What does it have to do with Your Highness?"
Yang Ming said in a deep voice, "Don't forget, I was the one who brought about the incident between Pei Xuanji and the eldest sister. You already owe me a favor."
"Pei will never forget this," Pei Ju said solemnly, "If your Highness has an assignment, Pei Ju will do his best."
Yang Ming stood up and said angrily: "Don't play tricks. I asked you to investigate Gao Lande, and you are lying to me. I can't trust you."
Pei Ju also stood up and said: "Gao Lande's matter is of great importance. If you are not careful, Pei may be killed. How can you be careless?"
Yang Ming was stunned: "You really found out clearly?"
Pei Ju shook his head and said: "I haven't found out clearly, and I don't dare to check anymore. But if His Highness is willing to marry A Yun as his wife, then Pei will risk his own life to find out the secrets about Gao Yue for His Highness, and treat it as A Yun's secret." Yun’s dowry.”
"Your dowry is too worthless," Yang Ming said coldly. Does this old bastard actually know about Gao Yue?
Now, in addition to Yang Liang and Yang Su, there is another person who knows.
Pei Ju shook his head and said, "If Ayun hadn't already been interested in Your Highness, Pei would never have forced anyone to do anything. I only have this one daughter. If I don't plan for her, I will be a father in vain."
"Did you do what happened to Dugu Feng'er?" Yang Ming asked sharply.
Pei Ju shook his head: "It's not my turn to take action at all. Pei also
He would not use such inferior means to deal with a weak girl. "
"Then do you know who it is?" Yang Ming asked.
"I don't know!" Pei Ju was about to speak when footsteps came from the courtyard and Pei Shuying was back.
She pushed open the door furiously and saw her father and Yang Ming standing opposite each other, as if they were halfway in a confrontation. She was stunned and said:
"What's wrong with you two?"
"nothing......"
"Your father wants you to marry me,"
The two people's answers were inconsistent, but Pei Shuying was stunned. After a moment, Pei Shuying lowered her head shyly, feeling at a loss.
Pei Ju sighed helplessly, this Yang Ming was too straightforward, that's all, things always have to be made clear.
Yang Ming sneered: "But your father made me a condition."
Pei Shuying suddenly frowned and glared at her father with an expression that seemed to be interrogating.
I'm a bad girl. She's not even married yet, and her elbows are already bent outwards. Yang Ming is such a bad boy. Did he deliberately create a conflict between my father and my daughter?
Pei Ju stopped playing tricks and said bluntly: "There are indeed conditions, but..."
"Stop talking!" Pei Shuying saw Yang Ming secretly winking at her, and immediately understood and said:
"Your Highness, please go back first."
Yang Ming nodded, okay, now it's Pei Ju's turn to have a headache. Let's see how he faces his daughter's torture.
He finally figured out that no matter how old and cunning Pei Ju was, he still had weaknesses, and his weakness was his daughter.
So before Yang Ming left, he specifically told Pei Shuying:
"Be careful what your father does to you."
Damn it... Pei Ju was stunned. This little bastard is not done yet, is he? Are you unwilling to see my father and daughter turn against each other?
"Don't worry, Your Highness, he teased me today, and I will tease him in the future," Pei Shuying said righteously.
Yang Ming felt relieved now and left calmly.
Pei Shuying looked at her father with a frosty face and said coldly:
"Sit down and let's have a good talk. How can you force me into marriage like this?"
Pei Ju sat down with a look of helplessness on his face: "You silly boy, when Yang Ming returns to Beijing this time, the position of the concubine will definitely be determined. If my father doesn't plan for you early, he will be snatched away by others."
"The royal concubine?" Pei Shuying said blankly: "Dugu Feng'er is in trouble?"
No matter what, she is also Pei Ju's daughter, that's all.
Pei Ju nodded and said: "Half crazy and half stupid, the position of the princess has nothing to do with her, now it depends on who gets it first."
Pei Shuying was stunned. After being stunned for a long time, she suddenly came to sit down next to her father and said eagerly:
"What should we do?"
That's right... Pei Ju Laohuai said with great comfort: "As long as you are willing to listen to me, you will not be able to escape the position of princess."
Pei Shuying nodded.
Yang Ming miscalculated. After all, Pei Shuying was no match for her father, and she was taken over by Hu...
