Ren Yaoqi: “…”
Sir, do you think it's really appropriate to always use this trick?
But Pei Zhiyan didn't hear Ren Yaoqi's inner complaints. He happily went to the second gate. Seeing Ren Yaoqi standing there without moving, he turned around and greeted him, "Aren't you going to see your husband?"
Ren Yaoqi followed him into the second gate of the Xu family.
Pei Zhiyan suddenly said, "Ms. Ren looks a lot like an old friend of mine."
Ren Yaoqi's heart skipped a beat when he heard that. He paused for a moment before forcing a smile and said, "I wonder which old friend Mr. Pei is talking about?"
Pei Zhiyan looked at her and smiled, then asked softly, "Has anyone ever told you that you look like your great-grandmother?"
Ren Yaoqi's nervousness suddenly relaxed. It turned out Pei Zhiyan was talking about Concubine Wan. She had thought...
"Mr. Pei has met my great-grandmother?"
Pei Zhiyan tilted his head and thought for a moment: "I saw it once when I was young."
Ren Yaoqi couldn't help but feel curious. In her previous life, she had only seen Concubine Wan's portrait at Pei Zhiyan's place, but she had no idea Pei Zhiyan and Concubine Wan had actually met before. When Pei Zhiyan was in his teens, Concubine Wan would have been in her forties, right? It was hard to imagine how such two people could have interacted.
However, Pei Zhiyan had no intention of satisfying Ren Yaoqi's curiosity, and he did not mention Concubine Wan again.
Ren Yaoqi couldn't help but wonder, was Pei Zhiyan's surprise at seeing him when they first met on the boat because she looked like Concubine Wan? So, in his previous life, was Pei Zhiyan's rescue from Eunuch Lu also because of Concubine Wan?
Ren Yaoqi was pondering this matter the entire way, so he didn't say anything. Pei Zhiyan, who didn't know what he was thinking, didn't say anything either. The two of them walked in silence all the way to the main courtyard of the Xu family.
I wonder if they noticed, but despite their silence, the atmosphere between them wasn't awkward at all. Instead, it felt like an indescribable harmony and peace. It was a closeness and understanding cultivated over the years, the kind found only between family and close friends.
Before entering the main courtyard, Pei Zhiyan suddenly stopped, glanced at Ren Yaoqi, and said with a smile, "Although it may be a bit presumptuous to say this, Miss Ren always makes me feel familiar." He paused, perhaps afraid of being misunderstood, and then smiled and said, "If I had a daughter, I'm sure she would be like you."
After saying this, Pei Zhiyan nodded and went to the study to find Xu Wanli first.
Ren Yaoqi stood there and watched him leave, then went to Madam Xu.
Ren Yaoqi later learned from Mrs. Xu that Pei Zhiyan had indeed played a game of chess with Xu Wanli, and after winning, he dug up the harrier tree outside the second gate of the Xu family.
May passed by in such an eventful way. At the beginning of June, before the Qianjin Banquet, Concubine Yun from the Yanbei Palace returned.
Concubine Yun is the biological mother of King Yanbei, but she rarely stays in the Yanbei Palace. In her early years, she volunteered to guard the old King Yanbei's tomb. She lived in the villa not far from the Xiao family mausoleum all year round and did not care about external affairs.
Unlike the old princess who was high-profile, Concubine Yun did not like pomp and circumstance. When she came back, there were only three carriages and a few palace guards dressed as ordinary followers. If the city gate guard Mu Hu had not recognized Concubine Yun's guards, they would have entered the city without attracting any attention.
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