I'm still angry with him about that day.
The little girl is small, but she has a big temper.
His eyes subconsciously smiled.
In a flash, the conversation with Wuliang came to his mind again.
At that time, they were sitting in a small pavilion in the courtyard of Master Wuliang in Huangjue Temple. Wuliang looked at his face full of sorrow and poured him a cup of tea.
Then he slowly said, "Master, you don't need to come here anymore."
Pei Jian paused as he picked up the teacup, "Why?"
"I'm sure you've noticed yourself that this visit is different from previous ones."
"Um."
"My heart has become impetuous."
"What else?"
“It’s not as firm as before.”
"firm?"
"It's your desire to escape from the mundane world."
Wuliang's face was a little fleshy and his beard was gray, giving him a very kind look.
When he smiled and talked, the flesh on his face piled up together. People who didn't know him would never be able to put him together with the Taoist monk.
After listening to this, Pei Jian drank his tea silently, while his other hand was unconsciously turning the Buddhist beads.
As it turned, it finally landed on the jade beads on the Buddhist rosary.
The jade beads still carried his body temperature and were not smooth.
When he thought that this was the Heart Sutra specially carved by the little girl, his heart became even more uneasy.
Wuliang put down the cup in his hand, stood up and walked outside, looking at the few stars in the sky while slowly counting with his fingers.
After a long while, he turned around and said, "I'll calculate it for you. Do you want to guess the result?"
Pei Jian raised his eyelids and saw that he didn't say anything, so he continued to speak, "Did you know that Hongluan's heart was moved?"
The teasing was so obvious that Pei Jian's heart skipped a beat.
It's not that he hadn't thought about this result, but when someone pointed it out, he still felt a little uncomfortable.
Wuliang sat back down and poured him some more tea.
"Do you want me to settle the matter between you and that girl?"
"No need." Pei Jian lowered his eyes and spoke softly, "She and I..."
It's impossible after all.
"With her what?"
"It's fate, but not destiny."
"No, no, no." Wuliang shook his head. "That's not what I expected. There are some things that you, the Lord, should understand better than a monk like me. No one knows the outcome until the very last moment, right?"
His implication was so obvious that Pei Jian was stunned.
No one knows the ending until the last moment?
At this moment, Pei Jian, standing at the palace gate, was slightly startled when he heard the snort and looked at the little girl hiding behind Madam Tu who didn't want to look at him.
After Tu's father and others exchanged greetings with Pei Jian, Mrs. Tu gently tugged at Tu Qingyu's sleeve.
"How can you behave like this, kid? Come out and greet your uncle Pei." If he doesn't like Pei Kangsheng, then he doesn't like Pei Kangsheng. It's not Pei Jian's fault.
What's more, Pei Jian and Pei Kangsheng are just father and son.
If Pei Kangsheng and Pei Jian were biological children, then they could still blame Pei Jian for not raising his son well.
But they all knew Pei Jian's temper.
Pei Kangsheng was originally adopted by Old Madam Pei, and Pei Jian never liked this adopted son.
"It's okay." Pei Jian said calmly, "Go in."
Pei Jian was the highest-ranking official here, so Tu's father made a gesture of invitation.
Pei Jian did not refuse. When he left, he glanced at the little girl who was still hiding behind Mrs. Tu and refused to say a word to him.
From his perspective, he could only see half of the body and a pair of white, slender hands twirling a handkerchief.
After meeting several times, he got to know this girl a little bit.
Turning the handkerchief like this makes me feel irritated.
There were many people coming to today's flower viewing banquet. Although everyone tried to speak in a low voice, Tu Qingyu still felt it was very noisy when he walked in.
She followed behind Mrs. Tu, looking at the brilliant flowers blooming in the imperial garden with boredom.
But her eyes were on the flowers, while others' eyes were on her.
"Why does she seem to be getting more and more beautiful?"
"You discovered it too?"
"Yeah, I can hardly remember what she looked like originally."
"Isn't that what she was like originally?"
"Yes, if you look closely, she seems to be no different from before, but I always feel that she is more beautiful."
"Didn't you say before that you wanted to make friends with her? So what? Did she come to the party your mother hosted last time?"
"Yes, but I...I don't dare to speak to her."
"Look at how little you've accomplished. The polo match is almost three months away, and it's almost midsummer. You're really too slow."
"You can go ahead, you really don't know, I would be so nervous that I can't speak when I stand in front of her.
Fortunately, she is very gentle, and I have not gained nothing. Now we can talk to each other."
…
In addition to them, many people were discussing Tu Qingyu.
Some ladies even said bluntly, "It's a pity that she has already been engaged to the Pei family. Otherwise..."
"Yes, look at her whole demeanor. She can be a little bit arrogant, but in our family, we are all people who take eight steps at a time."
"We didn't realize it a few years ago, and the Pei family actually decided on it first."
Most of these looks and discussions were well-intentioned, with only a small number of people wishing her dead.
For example...Xu Ying.
At this moment, she was hiding behind a cluster of peonies, seemingly sitting at the table drinking tea. In fact, since Tu Qingyu came in, her eyes had never left Tu Qingyu.
It looked so sinister and cruel, as if it was about to pounce on Tu Qingyu and bite him to death in the next moment.
Tu Qingyu: "Is her foot injury healed?"
According to the current medical level, it is rare to be able to recover and attend a banquet in three months.
Dabao: "It was Father Xu who hired an orthopedic expert for her. That expert had received some favors from Father Xu in the past. Father Xu didn't want to see his daughter, who was a good match for marriage, become useless after raising her to such an age, so he used this favor.
But she's not fully recovered yet. If you look closely later, you'll see she's still walking very carefully."
The ladies here don't take big steps when they walk, but Xu Ying's steps are obviously different.
Tu Qingyu: "Does she want to stir up trouble in the palace?"
This is a question, but Tu Qingyu is extremely confident.
Without a clear purpose, who would endure the pain and go out?
Dabao: "There's a girl from a branch of the Xu family who works as a court lady in the palace. Actually, that girl even calls Xu Ying "Auntie." A few years ago, Xu Ying framed this girl and she now owes her a favor."
Tu Qingyu: "What does she want to do this time?"
Dabao: "What else can she do? Either she finds a way to snatch that scumbag away and prove the affair, or she ruins your reputation so she can get promoted."
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