44 The fox spirit seduces the scholar
The Queen Mother was a little annoyed. "I know you resent me, but if it were you, you would have made the same decision as me at that time."
When the Buddhist beads stopped, Pei Yuning raised his eyes and stared quietly at the woman in front of him, his mother.
"I won't."
This sentence extinguished her anger and also made the Queen Mother's angry mind pause for a moment, "What?"
Pei Yuning said in a deep voice, "I won't resent you for your original decision, and I won't make the same decision as you."
"Mother, I have many things to do today, so I will go back first. You don't have to consider choosing concubines for me. Urge the two princes to grow up well, and I can rest assured to give this position to them."
It’s not that I don’t hate, but that I have never hated.
Hearing this, the Queen Mother used all her strength to hold the armrest of the chair tightly. Her teeth shuddered and she said in a trembling voice, "Do you really want to become a nun?!"
Pei Yuning chuckled and shook his head, "This place doesn't belong to me. It's just that everyone has their own place."
The Queen Mother was anxious, "Why doesn't it belong to you? You are my son, and you were born as the most noble prince!"
Pei Yuning stood up and bowed to say goodbye, "Son, take your leave."
After saying this, he strode out of Yongshou Palace, without noticing that the empress dowager, who was sitting alone behind him, had red eyes.
She looked at the statue of the Bodhisattva and murmured, "I have done such a sin. This must be my punishment."
Pei Yuning left Yongshou Palace and was "accidentally" met by Concubine Shu on the way.
Zhang Quanfu was also complaining in his heart. Why were these guards just there to eat and do nothing? As soon as he left Yanhua Palace, he met countless concubines.
Shufei was born in the Duke Xu's mansion and gave birth to the eldest prince, so she should have been extremely favored.
But Pei Yuning had a cold expression on his face, and was not moved at all by the visitor's crying.
Concubine Shu was very charming, and she was crying with tears streaming down her face, all because of her dissatisfaction with His Majesty. "Your Majesty, how did I displease you and make you alienate me? I will definitely change!"
"But I hope you won't treat me coldly, okay? I hate that feeling. You haven't come to my palace to rest for a long time, and the eldest prince misses you too!"
Pei Yuning stared at the woman in front of him silently, until the last sentence mentioned the eldest prince, then his eyes fluctuated.
"Let the eldest prince come to Yanhua Palace, and you don't have to come." Pei Yuning ordered softly, then walked away.
Before Concubine Shu could be happy, the second half of the sentence was enough to send her to hell.
Concubine Shu was so frightened that she wanted to reach out and grab his sleeve, "Your Majesty! Your Majesty!"
Zhang Quanfu quickly winked at the guard next to him.
Pull the person away! ! I really have no vision, no wonder I can't be your Majesty's confidant!
But no matter how she screamed, Pei Yuning didn't even look back at her.
Concubine Shu couldn't understand how the two people who were once so affectionate had become like this. !
Since a serious illness, His Majesty's personality has changed completely. He speaks less and becomes more and more unfathomable.
More importantly, she almost never goes to the harem anymore.
The Queen Mother only said that she was depressed and had some memory imbalances, so she could not remember them, and asked Your Majesty to heal himself.
But it has been several years, and His Majesty has become increasingly unfriendly to these people, almost treating them as enemies.
Could it be that Your Majesty really wants to enter Buddhism?
Otherwise, why would he have no interest in women and spend his whole day either reviewing memorials or studying Buddhism?
Concubine Shu was a little nervous, she had to go to the Empress Dowager to ask for clarification.
Pei Yuning returned to Yanhua Palace and rubbed his eyebrows with his hands. His tired nerves were slightly relieved.
Zhang Quanfu brought up a cup of warm tea, "Your Majesty, please have some tea."
Pei Yuning hummed lightly, "Ask Li Ming to come in."
"Yes." Zhang Quanfu put down his tea and went out to call the person in.
"Li Ming pays respect to His Majesty!" Li Ming knelt in front of the great hall with a loud "bang".
Well, he's a real person.
"Did you find anything while monitoring the Xiao family?"
"Your Majesty, the rumor yesterday was spread by the Xiao family, and it was the third young lady of the Xiao family." The people sent by Li Ming kept an eye on the Xiao Mansion.
Naturally, he knew which restaurant Xiao Tingyun had entered, but he was shocked to see that the man had just left the restaurant and entered another one.
Pei Yuning stopped rubbing his forehead and asked, "Are you seeing right?"
"No."
Li Ming saw it very clearly. When his subordinates were passing on the message, he was also watching it carefully, so he could not be wrong at all.
He also didn't expect that the weak and fragile young lady would be the mastermind behind the incident.
"Go down."
Pei Yuning waved everyone away and sat there in deep thought for a moment.
Xiao Tingyun...
"Miss, it's time for you to go to bed." Luzhi reminded Xiao Tingyun who was still reading a book.
It's dark now. It will hurt your eyes if you read any more.
Xiao Tingyun said lightly, "I understand. You take a rest first. I will go to sleep later."
Luzhi made the bed, closed the doors and windows tightly, and lit another lamp.
The room brightened up a bit.
Xiao Tingyun had a slender waist and a graceful figure, with a light gauze draped over her pajamas.
The book that Xiao Tingyun had opened had never been turned. The book was just spread out on her body, with one hand gently resting on the inside of the book.
He didn't move for a long while.
"Miss, what are you looking at? So absent-minded?"
Luzhi was making the bed when she saw her young lady standing there in a daze, as if she was in a trance.
Xiao Tingyun was asked, and came back to his senses. He smiled and said, "Nothing."
"The bed is ready, you can go to bed early. I'm in the outer room, call me if you need anything."
"knew."
Luzhi prepared her things and closed the door, leaving her alone lying there.
Xiao Tingyun lowered his eyes and looked at the lotus scroll in the book.
The originally plump petals have now lost their moisture and become dry, but the colors are still bright.
"Give it to the destined one."
"Does the young master mind?"
"Let's go."
well……
Xiao Tingyun's face turned pale as he stared at the petals, recalling how they had spent time together at the banquet.
Pei Yuning.
Someone from the Pei family.
It’s not impossible to think so, but is he still in Kyoto?
Don’t know where he lives?
Are you married?...
You have to ask before you give up.
The figure swayed slightly with the light, and the girl's bent back created waves like the sea.
Ask him next time and next time, and then you will have no obsession and no worries.
The next morning, Xiao Tingyun sat down on the bed without waiting for Luzhi to wake up and call him.
Maybe I'm too excited, or maybe I'm a little worried, so I can't sleep well at night.
I just sat up and waited for dawn.
When Luzhi came over, she was slightly surprised, "Miss, why did you get up so early today? Are you feeling unwell?"
As he said this, he was about to touch her forehead to feel the temperature.
Xiao Tingyun did not dodge, but waited quietly for her to finish touching him.
"It's not hot?" Luzhi touched her head again.
"No, I just couldn't sleep. I read a very interesting book last night and thought about it a little late at night." Xiao Tingyun explained.
Luzhi helped her up and asked with amusement, "What book did you read that made you so obsessed? Even your favorite thing, sleeping, has declined."
Xiao Tingyun smiled softly when he heard this, a strange color flashed in his eyes, and he answered in a mysterious voice, "A book about a fox spirit seducing a scholar."
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