It was unbelievable that he could ask a second-rank lady to bow and apologize to a young girl.
Mrs. Xu was speaking when she saw Father Tu turn around and look at Pei Jian who had been standing beside her.
"If you do something wrong, you should bear the consequences. Isn't that right?"
Pei Jian nodded slowly under the gazes of everyone in the room.
The words that Mrs. Xu was about to say got stuck in her throat.
Her husband couldn't stand Tu's father trying to curry favor with Pei Jian, but no matter how noble his father Xu was, he never thought of offending Pei Jian.
He climbed up step by step from the bottom, and he knew best that power was hard-earned. How could he possibly offend such a powerful official who encroached on the power of the government and the country?
Seeing Pei Jian nod, the Queen Mother could only speak, "Now that Miss Xu's life or death is uncertain, how about paying homage to her at the next palace banquet?"
"Of course." Father Tu nodded, "I am not an unkind person."
Seeing that he was no longer relentless, the empress dowager also gave Tu Qingyu many gifts as a way of comforting him.
This thing is even more than the one that happened to Xu Ying.
On the way back, Tu's mother couldn't help but reach out and nod Tu Qingyu's head, "You said you wanted to do it yourself, are you really so careless?"
"How is this sloppy?" Tu Qingyu expressed his dissatisfaction.
"I've heard everything that happened today. If it weren't for your Uncle Pei, I wonder how you would have ended up."
"I only took action because I knew Uncle Pei was here."
Madam Tu paused, "Are you so sure that your Uncle Pei will help you?"
"Yeah, isn't he a close friend of my father?"
In fact, she had known for a long time that Pei Jian seemed to have seen through the world and wanted to become a monk.
In my previous life, I did become a monk.
But Pei Jian has never been a good person.
How could a simple good person end up in this position?
The sandalwood Buddhist beads in his hand are probably used to suppress the anger in his heart.
Plus, he showed up at the scene last time, so he would most likely help in a situation like today.
If he hadn't helped, things would have gone differently.
She had plenty of ways to get out.
"You." Madam Tu tapped her forehead again, "Don't be so reckless next time."
"Don't worry, Mom, I won't do it again."
"Well, go with your father in a few days to visit and express your gratitude."
"Come to thank me? If this gets out, wouldn't it mean that Uncle Pei is indeed helping me lie?"
"What are you thinking? Of course I'm not asking you to come to my house and thank me in a grand manner."
Madam Tu glanced at her and continued, "The peach blossoms at your father's Peach Blossom Manor should all be in bloom in the next two days. When your father is on his day off, invite him to go with you. You and Kang Sheng can also go together."
One is to express gratitude, and the other is to allow the daughter and future son-in-law to develop a good relationship.
"Okay." She lowered her head and played with the handkerchief in her hand boredly.
"What's wrong?" Mrs. Tu was surprised. "Don't you like Kang Sheng? Why do you seem unhappy now?"
Tu Qingyu propped up his chin and said, "What's the point of me liking her? She doesn't like me either."
"Nonsense, my Jiaojiao is naturally beautiful, how could anyone not like her?"
"Mother~"
In the palace.
The Queen Mother asked Pei Jian to stay, and the two of them sat opposite each other. After they finished discussing the affairs of the court, she spoke carefully, "Xingzhi, that little girl today..."
Pei Jian turned his head and asked, "What?"
"You seem to treat her very differently."
"She is Urawa's daughter."
"Is that all?"
"Um."
Hearing his calm response, the Queen Mother felt slightly relieved.
"Now...if you really don't like Kang Sheng, wouldn't it be better to marry someone and have your own child?"
She said this with a smile, but there was bitterness in her heart.
She hopes that he will have a happy life and many children and grandchildren.
But when she thought that the rest of his life would have nothing to do with her, she couldn't help feeling sad.
Whenever she woke up in the middle of the night and thought about the coincidence, her pillow would be wet with tears.
But she knew that no matter how much she regretted entering the palace, even if she said it out loud, the man in front of her would not have the slightest ripple in his heart.
Because she is not in his heart.
Fortunately, there is no woman in his heart.
Pei Jian raised his eyelids and glanced at her. He did not respond but stood up and said, "It's getting late now. I will go to the palace tomorrow."
The Queen Mother was no longer surprised by his temper. She nodded slightly and said, "Okay."
Three days later, Tu Qingyu went to Taohuazhuang with his second sister-in-law.
At that time, she was wearing a sky-blue long skirt and a beige thin cloak with small fluff on the outside.
On her head was a tassel hairpin the same color as the sky and water. Only the hairpin was used to tie up half of her hair, and the remaining half of her black hair was draped over her cloak.
The cape moved with her movements, taking her hair with it.
She shuttled through the peach forest, like a fairy who had fallen into the mortal world, pure and ethereal, and extremely beautiful.
"The splendid peach blossoms are not even a fraction as charming as her..." Pei Kangsheng couldn't help murmuring when he saw this scene.
Pei Jian came back to his senses when he heard the voice beside him.
He lowered his head and turned the Buddhist beads on his wrist, his heart filled with horror.
It's hard to believe that one day he would be so mesmerized by a woman.
"Father." Pei Kangsheng looked at Tu Qingyu in front of him and said, "Why does she look a bit like my fiancée?"
Pei Jian glanced at him and said, "She is."
"Hasn't she always been very willful and liked to wear red? Why has she changed so much today?" He thought for a moment, then suddenly realized, "Could it be because she knew I was coming..."
Did you find out more about it and know that he likes this type of person, so you came here specifically to please him?
Pei Jian frowned slightly. He didn't like Pei Kangsheng's confident look.
Girls can wear whatever they want. When is it the turn of an outsider to interfere?
While the two were talking, Tu Qingyu had already climbed up the peach tree for a cluster of the most beautiful peach blossoms.
Pei Kangsheng's eyes widened. "What is she doing?"
"I just finished talking about why she was like this today... and now, in the blink of an eye, she's climbing trees again. She really hasn't changed at all!" Could it be that she thinks that she can win his heart by changing her clothes?
Pei Jian simply didn't want to say anything.
If his mother had not insisted on adopting him, he would have been kicked out of the house long ago.
He strode towards Tu Qingyu. When he got closer, the little girl slipped and fell from the tree.
"ah--!"
He subconsciously reached out his hand, and fortunately she didn't climb very high, so she fell right into his arms.
As their eyes met, a scent of peach blossoms mixed with a faint scent of camellia wafted into their noses.
He held the girl tightly, and the little girl smiled at him heartlessly.
"Uncle Pei, you're here!"
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