Chapter 894: Aristocratic Family (5)
Finally, Shen Miao stood up and walked out of the room, deciding to talk to Pei Lang in person.
Pei Lang's room was the last one on the east side of Prince Rui's mansion. The environment was quite good. Prince Rui's mansion was already very large, so it was not difficult to clear out a courtyard. Pei Lang's treatment was quite good. However, whether intentionally or unintentionally, it was located diagonally opposite to Shen Miao's residence, making it the farthest distance in the entire Prince Rui's mansion.
When Shen Miao arrived at Pei Lang's courtyard, he was sitting there playing chess. Beside him stood two maids in green, both of whom were beautiful. They were pouring tea for Pei Lang from time to time, and occasionally their eyes fell on Pei Lang. Although they were restrained, there was always some inexplicable meaning in their glances.
This scene fell into Shen Miao's eyes, and she felt it was very strange. She stopped and looked at it from a distance, while her mind was thinking about the things in her previous life.
In his previous life, Pei Lang possessed boundless talent and learning. When Fu Xiuyi ascended the throne, he appointed him Imperial Preceptor. Pei Lang himself was handsome and proud, always dressed in azure, appearing modest yet aloof from worldly concerns, a man with a certain sage-like demeanor. Court officials knew he was deeply trusted by Fu Xiuyi and dared not antagonize him. Pei Lang was a renowned figure throughout Mingqi.
But he was also very young and handsome. Fu Xiuyi had once tried to offer him the minister's daughter as a wife, but Pei Lang politely declined. Such a genius probably had his own temperament, a man of character. Fu Xiuyi, thinking Pei Lang probably didn't like being dictated to, went along with him. Before Shen Miao went to Qin as a hostage, she had a good relationship with Pei Lang and had once asked him if he had a girl he liked.
How did Pei Lang respond at that time?
Shen Miao looked a little dazed.
Pei Lang said, "Your Majesty, I have no interest in this matter." These four words, seemingly contradictory, actually clearly expressed Pei Lang's attitude. Pei Lang was a very rational person, so rational that when helping Fu Xiuyi make a decision, he would exclude any possibility of emotion to ensure the outcome would not be unexpected.
Speaking of which, until Shen Miao's death in his previous life, Pei Lang had always been alone, and it was never heard that he had any girl he liked.
At this moment, Pei Lang stood with the two women, but Shen Miao felt a little dazed. Even when he was in Guangwen Hall, Pei Lang had attracted many female students with his charm. Now that he was at the right age, people were thinking more about him.
As Shen Miao was thinking this, the maidservant beside Pei Lang, who was fanning him to drive away butterflies and insects, saw Shen Miao and was startled at first, then she quickly bowed and said, "This servant greets the princess."
Another maid in blue also quickly bowed.
Pei Lang raised his head and saw Shen Miao. Shen Miao walked over with a smile and said to the two maids in green, "You can go down."
The maids glanced at Pei Lang with some embarrassment. Pei Lang waved his hand, and the two maids withdrew as he had been told. Shen Miao looked at the two graceful figures, and a rare hint of mischief rose in her heart towards Pei Lang. She asked, "It's rare to see Mr. Pei so elegant, with such a beautiful woman by his side."
The two maids looked at Pei Lang with a look of longing that they could not conceal.
Pei Lang shook his head and gave a wry smile, but he didn't argue. Under the eaves, one must bow. These two maids were assigned to him by Prince Rui's Mansion. In the past, if he had encountered such undisguised servants, Pei Lang would definitely have tried to drive them away and not keep them around. But this wasn't Mingqi, and they weren't his servants. He didn't know if it was Xie Jingxing's idea. No matter how much he disliked it, Pei Lang had no choice but to endure it.
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