Extra: Shangguan Mu x Pei Minru (Part 1)
In the summer of the second year of Xihe, Shangguan Mu secretly picked the twin lotus flowers that were in full bloom in the lotus pond in his father's villa and sent them to Qingquan Academy to Pei Minru.
Pei Minru was surprised.
"It's so rare to see a lotus with two stems. How could you have the heart to destroy it?"
Shangguan Mu wanted to express his feelings through the lotus: (°ー°〃)
"This flower has been blooming for two days and will wither tomorrow," he said quickly. "My father has already taken my mother to appreciate the flowers."
Although I've seen flowers before, I haven't seen enough. I went to see flowers in the other garden, but all I saw were bare flower stems. Shangguan Houye: (▼皿▼#)
evil creature!
Giving birth to a roast duck is better than giving birth to you.
Shangguan Mu finished speaking and added: "You can't grow lotus flowers from the lotus seeds of a double lotus, so there's no point in keeping the lotus pods."
Pei Minru smiled.
"None of the children in the academy have ever seen a lotus with two stems. Thanks to you, they can now open their eyes."
She found a celadon vase, picked a few leaves of various shapes and a lotus from the lotus planted in the water tank in the academy, and put them in the vase together with the lotus.
After arranging the flowers, a high table was placed in the corner of the dining room and the vase of flowers was placed on it.
"When you wave your hand, this flower is far more beautiful than the natural beauty of wind and dew."
Shangguan Mu admired it sincerely.
Pei Minru chuckled: "If I don't do it properly, wouldn't it be a waste of your kindness?"
The word "heartfelt" reminded Shangguan Mu of his purpose.
He met Pei Minru's gaze, his Adam's apple moving slightly. "It's rare for a lotus to bloom, and it happens to be in my garden. Don't you think this is a good omen?"
Pei Minru nodded and said, "The twin flowers blooming is an auspicious sign. Your father and mother will surely live happily together forever."
Shangguan Mu: ￣□￣｜｜
"I mean, we..."
He whispered.
He unconsciously lowered his head and stared at his toes.
After a few moments of silence in the dining hall, Pei Minru's voice rang out: "Since we met in Qiben Pavilion, how about asking Elder Xia to be the ice man?"
Shangguan Mu suddenly looked up.
The mouth reacts faster than the brain.
"Okay!" He said incoherently, "It's time to invite Mr. Xia. I'll go find him right away."
After saying that, he turned around and walked out.
Pei Minru reminded him from behind: "Old Xia is out and will not return to Beijing until the day after tomorrow."
Shangguan Mu paused and turned his neck stiffly.
"Where did he go?"
Pei Minru glared at him: "Do you still want to chase him?"
Shangguan Mu: (ω)
Yes, I have this idea.
He made up an excuse: "Mr. Xia probably hasn't seen the Twin Lotus either. I'm going to look for him now. He might be able to come back in time to take a look."
Pei Minru: "..."
Mr. Xia still had two days to travel before leaving Beijing, so there was no way he could make it in time to see the lotus.
After Xia Yunzhi returned to the capital and heard Shangguan Mu's request, he was very relieved: "You two have been wasting time for so long, and finally good things are coming. This ice man is indeed the one I should be."
Shangguan Mu smiled and said, "When is it convenient for you to go to the Pei family? Or why not go now?"
Xia Yun blew his beard and glared.
"I just got home and haven't even had a sip of tea yet, and you're rushing me out?"
Shangguan Mu immediately served the tea he had just brewed.
"You'd better have some tea."
Xia Yunzhi: "..."
He didn't even have time to sit down when he went to the Pei family to propose marriage for Shangguan Mu.
Pei Linghuai was very happy to see his old friend, but he never thought that his old friend wanted to match his eldest daughter with the son of Marquis Enning.
"You can't marry someone who is your ex-husband's relative. Shangguan Mu is Zhao Bixiang's cousin. How can Min Ru be with him? No! This marriage is out of the question."
Pei Linghuai refused outright.
"The new law doesn't prohibit it, so why is it not allowed?" Xia Yunzhi advised.
"How can we allow the ethical principles to be transgressed!" Pei Linghuai said firmly, "Even if the law does not prohibit it, we must pay attention to the opinions of the scholars. Our Pei family has been a clean family for a hundred years and we cannot sully our family reputation by rebelling against the moral code."
Xia Yunzhi: "..."
"Really don't want to consider it?"
Pei Linghuai: "There is absolutely no turning back on this matter."
Xia Yunzhi had no choice but to return with his halberd.
After he left, Pei Linghuai was still upset and said to Pei Yunzhan who came to see him:
"Yun Zhi is really old and confused. He actually wants to arrange a marriage between your sister and the son of Marquis Enning. I really don't know how he can even say that."
Pei Yunzhan had run into his sister accompanying Shangguan Mu to appreciate the lanterns during the Lantern Festival, and had known about their relationship from the beginning.
Hearing this, he smiled and said, "Shangguan Prince is both talented and handsome, and his family background is outstanding. He and Min Ru are a perfect match, so it can be said that they are a good match."
Pei Linghuai was stunned.
"You actually agree? Shangguan Mu and Zhao Bixiang are cousins!"
"So what?"
Pei Yunzhan asked back.
"Princess Minghui doesn't care, so why should you be so obsessed with it?"
Pei Linghuai was furious.
"You're always picky and you're not getting married at your age. Your sister has already been married, yet you're so eager to push her to get married again. What's your intention?!"
Pei Yunzhan frowned: "I'm not finding fault with anything, I just don't want to get married."
Once you have seen the sea, all other waters will seem dull to you. Once you have loved that person, no one else will seem attractive to you.
He has never been a person who would compromise. He would rather be single in his life than marry casually.
Pei Linghuai sneered: "When it comes to marriage, it's the parents' orders and the matchmaker's words. When is it your turn to speak? I'll ask Bingren to go to the Mu family to propose marriage later."
Pei Yunzhan said calmly, "If you insist on doing this, everyone will know tomorrow that I have a homosexual tendency."
Pei Linghuai: “?!”
"You, you're a homosexual?"
No wonder he refuses to get married at his age!
"I'm not into homosexuality, but I can be nice to him." Pei Yunzhan said expressionlessly, "If you insist on forcing me to get married."
“You! You!”
Pei Linghuai almost couldn't breathe.
"You evil creature, are you trying to make things difficult for me?"
He was fine when he came back from his travels, but how come he became so different after going to Hezhou to provide disaster relief?
Could it be because he came into contact with Qu Mingzhang in Hezhou?
Pei Yunzhan made him a cup of tea.
"Dad, you get what you ask for. If you insist on upholding the Pei family's reputation, don't blame your children for not following your wishes."
Pei Linghuai looked at him steadily and spat out one word: "Get out!"
Pei Yunzhan obediently "rolled" out of the study.
He went to Qingquan Academy to find Pei Minru.
"Dad is stubborn. You don't have to care about what he thinks."
Pei Minru smiled and said, "Second brother seems to have changed a lot."
In the past, Pei Yunzhan would have stood on the same side as his father and tried his best to stop this marriage.
A smile appeared on Pei Yunzhan's lips.
“Has it gotten better or worse?”
"I like my second brother now," Pei Minru replied. "He's more human."
Pei Yunzhan: “…”
Is there anyone who scolds his second brother like this?
"What are you two going to do? Just let me know if you need my help."
Pei Minru chuckled: "Thank you for your kindness, second brother. Shangguan Mu has gone to the Regent for help. It shouldn't be difficult to resolve."
Pei Yunzhan: “?”
Use Ji Changqing's power to suppress your father?
The next day, when the palace maids came to Pei's house to announce the imperial decree, he learned that Shangguan Mu had requested an imperial decree to grant the marriage.
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