Chapter 61 Han People
Ye Lingchuan was sitting in a corner of the Wanhe Tower's main hall at the moment. He watched his men coax Pei Song into the room, and finally felt relieved. He said to the attendant sitting opposite him, "Today's matter is finally done. It can be considered as putting an end to a major matter on Mother's mind."
The attendant echoed, "Yes, the eldest lady has been worrying a lot about the second young lady's affairs recently. The Pei family is really something. Although they are a noble family, they don't consider what kind of person the eldest young master Pei is. Our second young lady is as beautiful as a flower. How can we let that boy take advantage of her?"
He spoke without reservation. The Pei family had some status in the court. Some time ago, Pei Xuan, the second son of the Pei family, was appointed as the Censor of the Household Department. Although the position was not high, the official post was important. He was responsible for supervising the officials of the Ministry of Households, which was usually held by older officials. But Pei Xuan was only in his early twenties, but he was able to be placed in the Household Department. It can be seen that his ability was extraordinary.
It was said that the second son of the Pei family had inherited his father's talent for officialdom, which was why he was so successful in the officialdom. Ye Lingchuan and Pei Xuan were of similar age, having studied together at the Hanlin Academy in their youth. Even then, he had disliked Pei Xuan's sanctimonious demeanor. Now, his foolish brother was trying to marry his sister, a woman from the same mother, and he wouldn't allow it.
So even when his followers insulted the Pei family, he didn't say anything, because what his followers said was exactly what he thought.
He said in a pretentious tone, "Alright, alright, the Pei family can't say anything. Who in the court doesn't respect him? Go up and see what's going on."
The follower answered yes and walked up the stairs in the middle of Wanhe Tower.
Ye Lingchuan was sitting in his seat, looking out the window, but was attracted by the sound of someone slapping the table inside Wanhe Tower.
Wanhelou was the largest restaurant in the Shangjing area, and it was not uncommon to see high-ranking officials, nobles, or chivalrous men in this area. But that group of people really attracted attention, because behind the Han woman were two barbarians!
Ye Lingchuan was on duty at the Honglu Temple. A few days ago, he heard that Nanman was willing to make peace with Dayin, so he had sent envoys to Dayin. However, the journey from Nanman to Shangjing was long, so it would take some time.
He heard this news from someone in the Honglu Temple half a month ago, so it should have arrived by now.
It's just that when an envoy arrives, he should go to the government post station. Why is this person in this restaurant? And the person leading the group is a Han Chinese-looking woman. It really doesn't make sense.
He looked over and saw that it seemed that a servant from Wanhe Tower had accidentally spilled some wine on the clothes of a barbarian behind him. The barbarian was furious and shouted, "Are you fucking blind? Can't you see I'm standing here? Why are you walking this way?"
The servant was a young girl, and how could she withstand such scolding, especially from a ferocious barbarian? She was so frightened that she lowered her head, not daring to speak. The shopkeeper inside also heard the commotion and hurried over, saying with a smile, "Sir, I'm so sorry, but we're not very good at handling things. How about you come with me upstairs and I'll get you a new one?"
Yu Le took a look at himself. The whole pot of wine was spilled on him, almost soaking his chest. Although he was dissatisfied, they were in a hurry on this trip. They had to take time out just to buy some wine, so how could they have time to change clothes?
So he waved his hand to indicate that he would not go, "We are in a hurry to get on the road, so we will just take the wine and leave."
The leading Han woman glanced at the shopkeeper, then looked back at Yu Le's wet body and said, "It's winter in Shangjing, much colder than in the south. If the commander-in-chief catches a cold, we won't have time to find a place to treat you."
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