"Yan Zhou is here?"
The Queen Mother was supported by her nanny and came out with a smile on her brows: "Li'er rarely comes into the palace. I was so happy for a moment that I didn't have time to tell her to stay away. She actually bumped into you. Come here quickly." , no need to be so polite."
"The etiquette cannot be abolished. I see you, the Queen."
"I told you, you don't have to do this in private."
The queen signaled the person to stand up, put her hand on the woman who came over, and swept the purse around Pei Yanzhou's waist calmly, with a kind look on her brows.
"At the last palace banquet, you didn't stay longer because of your injury. I have been thinking about it. Today is a nice day, so I thought of letting you come and sit with me."
"Thank you very much for your love."
Pei Yanzhou followed the queen on the other side, his voice was calm, and his deep eyes showed no emotion or anger.
"Actually, even if you don't talk about His Majesty's regard for you, I and your mother are old acquaintances. Now that you have reached the age where you should marry, no matter what, I should take good care of you."
"Wei Chen has never avoided others in his thoughts now, so why would the empress bother to ridicule Wei Chen."
Pei Yanzhou had a slight smile on his lips, as if he was mocking himself, but there was an air of dignity around him that was hard to ignore.
"I feel sorry for you."
The queen stopped and touched her lips with the brocade embroidered handkerchief. The golden phoenix swayed under the sun, showing her grace and splendor.
"Your mother passed away early. Your Majesty told me a few years ago that when you calm down, I must look after you better and you must not be fooled. Now that several princes have settled down, you and them We're almost the same age, so we shouldn't fall too far behind."
"How can a humble minister compare with several princes?"
Pei Yanzhou brushed the purse on his waist, as if thinking of something, and his brows were a little lonely: "If you can't marry the person you like, the marriage is uncertain."
"Nonsense!"
Several people walked into the hall, and there was a faint white smoke floating out of the beast's mouth, carrying a very faint fragrance.
The woman who was called Li'er bit her red lips tightly, unable to believe that she heard such treacherous words from the Crown Prince's mouth.
She ignored the rules, frowned, and looked at Pei Yanzhou from a distance.
"For a woman... If the prince's words spread, aren't you afraid of others' comments?"
"It has nothing to do with the girl whether you discuss it or not."
Pei Yanzhou grimaced in front of the queen, then pursed his thin lips into a tight line and looked away.
The queen did not blame him, nor did she seem to notice the expression on the woman next to her. She just talked to him about domestic matters.
Pei Yanzhou was not a good-tempered boss to begin with. He ran errands all day long and had blood on his hands from time to time. He rarely had the patience to respond to matters such as the love between children.
Seeing that the queen seemed to have heard what she wanted to hear, he only sat for a moment and then stood up.
"Your Majesty has a new errand today. I can't spend more time with my queen at the moment. If my queen is free in the future, I will go to the palace with my grandmother to apologize."
"It's so good, why did you mention the word "please apologize"? You have time to come and see me, I and Your Majesty are very pleased."
With a nod, Pei Yanzhou left very quickly.
Seeing his figure disappearing outside the palace, the queen's eyes regained a bit of sharpness, and her genial expression also faded a bit.
The girl next to her was holding her handkerchief angrily, her eyes red with anger.
"Aunt, he, he actually doesn't take you seriously!"
"I also said that he is difficult to handle, because he is still a child at heart."
"aunt!"
"alright."
The queen's eyes darkened, and she looked back at the somewhat willful niece in front of her: "The Pei family is not a place where you can stay. Since he has no relationship with you, don't mention this matter again in the future."
"But my aunt really wants him to marry Xu Youyi? The Xu family is not of the same lineage as the prince's cousin. If he has other thoughts..."
"Who told you this? You still need me to teach you that misfortunes come from your mouth!"
The queen's face suddenly turned cold, revealing a heavy pressure, "I will not wrong you, but you must also be sensible! There are more than one Pei family in Kyoto. As long as you are obedient, you can surely be the master. A family with the position of mother.”
"...Yes, Li'er understands."
Seeing that the niece lowered her head and stopped arguing, the queen's expression became a little better.
She also wanted to win over Pei Yanzhou so that he could become the prince's support, but his temperament was unruly and difficult to control, and he was valued by His Majesty. Naturally, she did not want to make such a marriage look bad.
There are many girls in her clan, but this one doesn't like anyone else. As time goes by, it won't be difficult to replace Xu Youyi.
...
After finishing his errands, Pei Yanzhou returned to his house under the moonlight. There were several boxes of items in the front hall, placed in the center of the room.
There is only one reason why there has been no one to take care of it, and that is the things that come out of the palace. Without his order, it would be difficult for others to record them.
"Your Majesty, these are the items sent by the Queen. She said they were reserved for the future Crown Princess. I didn't know what to do with them, so I left them here untouched."
Seeing Pei Yanzhou's eyes falling on those things, Butler Wang had someone open the box.
There are a lot of jewelry from girls' houses, one box set at a time, which is very dazzling.
"Since she wants me to give it to the Crown Princess, then you can choose a set and give it to the Xu family."
"This... Master, you and the Xu family haven't reached that stage yet. If the Xu family girl really brings the gift from you, I'm afraid it will end badly in the future."
"It won't end if it doesn't end well. Besides, Xu Youyi doesn't like these things, so he just keeps them for fun."
Song Jinyin came in with a tea cup and heard him talking about the Xu family. She didn't want to interrupt, so she put her raised steps down again and walked back out the door.
It turns out that the two of them have reached the point where the queen and the queen have started giving gifts.
It's just that he doesn't feel that even the items in the palace are enough. I wonder if Pei Yanzhou will be satisfied with the head and face sent by the third girl.
"Why don't you just lie down in the room and come to the front?"
I don't know when Pei Yanzhou saw her. Song Jinyin was stunned for a moment, and then the words came over.
She lowered her head and stepped into the hall, walked around the wooden box, and put the things on the table.
She is not fully recovered now, so she doesn't have to work as a front-line errand, but she has always been doing the work of registering in the warehouse. Butler Wang is afraid that someone else may cause trouble temporarily, so he tricked her in some way.
"You look so ugly, are you planning to be sick until spring?"
Hearing the worry in his words, Song Jinyin lowered her eyebrows and did not mention that Butler Wang asked her to come over.
"The items in the palace need to be registered in a separate register. I didn't know what the prince would do, so I followed Butler Wang here."
"There is no one in the entire Zhuya Courtyard who can do this job, so why do you want you to come here?"
Pei Yanzhou seemed to be infected by the cold color. Seeing that her skin was originally like mutton-fat white jade, but the color had lost some color in one day, and it became more transparent under the candlelight. His brows were dyed with a trace of violence for no reason.
It's just that these words fell into the ears of others, as if they were a bit sarcastic.
Song Jinyin's slightly parted lips murmured for a long time. Perhaps she didn't expect that Pei Yanzhou would dislike her so much, and she didn't know how to speak.
He seems to be right, others can indeed do this job.
After being blessed, Song Jinyin said in a hoarse voice: "This servant has exceeded the rules. I will go back to the house right now."
When Pei Yanzhou saw her thin body retreating into the night, he didn't hesitate at all, his brows furrowed a little tighter, and he couldn't help but raise his hand hanging on one side slightly.
But when he thought about this moment, he didn't ask her to stay.
Recently, when he was busy running errands all day, he would occasionally think of her current injury, but she didn't want to take it to heart, and she didn't want to keep a good face.
Looking at him like this, it seemed that he was worrying too much and was becoming more and more difficult to control himself.
Pei Yanzhou's jaw tightened, and the emotions that he had deliberately ignored began to counterattack, and he even had the idea of destroying everything.
"Master..."
Butler Wang on the side couldn't help but feel a little thump in his heart when he saw Song Jinyin's eyes that fell silent when she turned around.
He was the one who summoned him. He was afraid that the prince would be angry with him, but the girl didn't mention it at all.
If this continues, if that girl loses her favor, he will really be a sinner for the ages.
Butler Wang was about to explain, but he saw that the eyes of the person in front of him were getting darker and his breath was getting colder.
"If she can't sit still, let her go back to the front and guard from tomorrow. Whenever I return to the house, she will wait until that time to serve me."
"But Miss Jinyin's body..."
After a pause, Butler Wang seemed to be aware of it. After considering it for a moment, he said cautiously: "Sir, it was the servant who called Miss Jin Yin over... Miss Jin Yin has been guarding here for nearly an hour, just to avoid being delayed. Over time, I have omitted things related to the palace, but actually speaking, Miss Jin Yin is still thinking about me."
Pei Yanzhou's hands in his sleeves stiffened slightly, and his dark eyes seemed to be filled with emotions.
It suddenly started raining outside, black clouds covered the moonlight, and the winter cold suddenly broke out.
Thinking of Song Jinyin's frail figure when she turned around, Pei Yanzhou's throat tightened.
"With her body like this, you let her guard these dead things for an hour? Wang Kangjiu, you are getting better and better at running errands now!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the tall figure of the man stepped into the rain.
