Chapter 368: Subjugating Pei Lang (3)
When she said this, her eyes were clear, but there seemed to be a hint of mischief in her eyes. She looked like an innocent girl, but for a moment she had an unconscious charm. Pei Lang's gaze paused slightly.
"This wine is Lu wine," Shen Miao raised the wine cup and pointed it at Pei Lang from a distance. Pei Lang's face suddenly changed, but Shen Miao seemed not to notice his expression. She continued to speak slowly, "The wine brewed in the Qi and Lu regions is also amber in color. The Lu wine in Happy Tower must have been shipped from Qi and Lu."
Pei Lang looked at her, then suddenly picked up the wine cup on the table and drank it all in one gulp.
"This wine isn't intoxicating," Shen Miaoyan said with a gentle smile, "otherwise, others would think Mr. Pei was a wine jar." Her tone was delicate, but her words made Pei Lang's palms moist. She said, "Speaking of which, the people of Lu are good at drinking, and they often use jars to drink. Mr. Pei's behavior just now did seem a bit like that of a Lu person."
Pei Lang pursed his lips and said nothing, but his gentle eyebrows and eyes were slightly twisted.
Shen Miao propped her cheek with one hand. Her face flushed slightly from drinking. Even though she wasn't drunk, it had a faint blush on it. When she squinted her eyes, she looked like a sleeping crabapple blossom. However, because she was dressed as a man, she looked fresh and pretty, and she also had a different kind of charm. She said, "I remember a prefect in Lu, more than ten years ago, who seemed to have the surname Pei. If you didn't know, you would think Mr. Pei was related to that man."
Pei Lang suddenly placed the wine cup on the table. At the same time, Mo Qinghu glared and pressed the sword at his waist with his right hand.
"Unfortunately, because Magistrate Pei was involved in an old affair from the previous dynasty, His Majesty had his entire family executed. All the men in the mansion were executed, and the daughters were exiled and made into courtesans." Shen Miao couldn't help laughing. "I heard that Magistrate Pei had a pair of outstanding children, still young, but they also died in the turmoil."
Pei Lang's lips trembled slightly as he asked word by word, "Who are you?"
“Shh.” Shen Miao hushed her voice and drank another cup of wine. A blush suddenly appeared on her snow-white face. She said, “In fact, I have the honor of hearing a secret. Since Mr. Pei also has the surname Pei, I might as well share it with Mr. Pei.”
"That Prefect Pei could have saved both his son and daughter from the disaster. Unfortunately, the officials were in hot pursuit, so he could only save one, and so... Prefect Pei saved his son, but his daughter was captured by the officials." She shook her head regretfully, "The officials are like wolves and tigers, and they will never show mercy to the families of criminals. There's no way that little girl would have a good ending if she was captured." Shen Miao sighed, "If you ask me, Prefect Pei knew that his daughter would be in a fate worse than death if she fell into the tiger's mouth, but he still pushed her out. He was a bit heartless."
Pei Lang closed his eyes, a look of pain on his face.
"Mr. Pei is so sentimental, I think he feels the same way." Shen Miao held up her chin and looked at him with a smile: "But I think this has nothing to do with Mr. Pei, because Mr. Pei is not from Lu. Mr. Pei was born and raised in Dingjing City as a merchant. He only said this because he was intoxicated by this Lu wine and was sentimental for a while."
The gentle expression on Pei Lang's face suddenly disappeared, replaced by a strong sense of vigilance and precaution. He asked, "Is this what General Shen meant?"
Shen Miao shook her head.
"My father loved me so much that he gave me an embroidery workshop, but they were in need of an embroiderer." Shen Miao dragged out her voice. "I heard that more than ten years ago, Prefect Pei's eldest daughter was able to embroider double-sided embroidery since she was a child. Coincidentally, Miss Liuying from Baoxianglou can also embroider double-sided embroidery. I thought, since they both fell into prostitution and both knew how to embroider double-sided embroidery, maybe Miss Liuying had some connection with the young lady who was expelled from the court. I felt a little compassion for her and rescued her from prostitution." Shen Miao looked at Pei Lang and said, "Mr. Pei, do you think this student's behavior is right?"
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