"Missing each other, promising peach blossoms."
Pei Wenxuan glanced at the words, then looked down at the teacup and chuckled. "In your last life, when you were touring the South with me, Su Yongqing wrote a love poem for you. Are you still practicing now?"
Pei Wenxuan had sharp eyes. With a glance, she could tell which lines were written by Li Rong. Li Rong coughed lightly, her expression calm. "I just wrote it casually. I've written all the poems that I have an impression of."
As she spoke, Li Rong hurriedly said, "You've also written it."
Pei Wenxuan faintly glanced at her, but didn't pursue the matter. She only said, "The original name of 'Luo Shen Fu' was' Sentimental Fu '. Many people say that it was written by Cao Zhi when he grieved over Lady Zhen's death. The Luo Shen Fu hinted at Lady Zhen. Now that you're about to get married, in the eyes of others, you're probably the Luo Shen Fu."
"Meeting at the waterside pavilion, not the Luo Shen Fu." Pei Wenxuan sneered. "Fortunately, you hid it well. Otherwise, even if you jumped into the lake today, I'm afraid you wouldn't be able to wash away the rumors."
"That's why I know." Li Rong knew that Pei Wenxuan was also angry at her boldness. She waved her fan and said, "Didn't I tell you to leave a letter for me earlier? The harem's methods are limited. If it's not drugging, then it's catching adulterers. Don't worry, nothing major will happen. "
"Do you still remember how you died?" Pei Wenxuan saw her like this and couldn't help but remind her. Li Rong gently smiled. "So, didn't I learn my lesson and focus on cleaning up the people around me?"
Pei Wenxuan didn't speak. Li Rong leaned forward to take the cup. She raised the small cup to her lips and heard Pei Wenxuan suddenly say, "Why do you think Su Yongqing came?"
Li Rong didn't speak. She drank the tea and heard Pei Wenxuan say, "With his intelligence, why would he risk coming to the palace?"
"What are you trying to say?"
Li Rong put down the cup and smiled helplessly. Pei Wenxuan looked at her and said, "Have you ever thought …"
"No."
Li Rong interrupted him. She looked at him and said, "I know what you want to say. You want to say that Su Yongqing likes me. but whether it's the previous life or this life, at this time, whether he likes me or not, it's not important.
"Because you married me."
. Su, Su Yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy, yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy It's impossible for Su Yongqing to like me. Even if he likes me, "Li Rong looked up at him and said," his love will only be in his heart. He will never do anything to harm his family. Do you understand? "
Pei Wenxuan didn't speak. Li Rong raised her hand to her forehead and said, "If you don't have anything else to say, you should leave. Just looking at you is giving me a headache. Also, "Li Rong looked up and stared at him," You and I can quarrel, but don't go back and spend money. "
She wasn't worried about anything else, but Li Rong was worried about her money.
Although she had a fief, it wasn't very rich. She had to support so many people in the Princess Residence. Now, she had to spend money to set up a dark net for Pei Wenxuan and raise secret guards.
Pei Wenxuan didn't say anything. He stood up, bowed, and prepared to leave.
When he reached the door, Pei Wenxuan suddenly stopped. With his back to Li Rong, he looked out of the long corridor and suddenly said, "Li Rong, do you think you've always been right?"
Li Rong was stunned. Pei Wenxuan said, "If Su Yongqing is really the person you think he is, he wouldn't have come to the palace today. Do you really know what a twenty-year-old Su Yongqing is like? "
"What he is like," Li Rong said coldly, "has nothing to do with me. If you mention the word 'Su' again, I'll have someone throw you into the lake today! "
"Su Yongqing, Su Yongqing, Su Yongqing."
Pei Wenxuan quickly said, and even repeated it three times. He turned to look at her and said, "You can have someone throw me now."
Li Rong: "… …"
"Pei Wenxuan," Li Rong laughed. She clenched her fan and said, "If you have the guts, don't marry me. As long as you enter my princess' residence … … "
"I'll jump into Jingxin Lake myself."
Pei Wenxuan turned around and walked away. He said indifferently, "Once a day."
Jingxin Lake was the lake in the princess' residence's backyard. When Li Rong heard this, she was so angry that she felt dizzy. She propped herself up and wanted to chase after Pei Wenxuan and scold him. But when she got up, she sobered up a bit. She was in the imperial garden, and she wasn't a shrew. Why should she lower herself to his level?
Li Rong quickly fanned herself with her fan, trying to use the cold wind to calm herself down. Jing Lan walked in and saw Li Rong's appearance. He couldn't help but laugh, "You were angered by Lord Pei again?"
"Unruly people."
Li Rong shook her head, "I can't lower myself to the same level as unruly people."
Pei Wenxuan, the unruly person, walked out of the waterside pavilion. When he reached the forest path, he suddenly stopped in his tracks. He looked back at the waterside pavilion and saw Li Rong talking and laughing with someone as they walked out. He felt a little regretful for a moment.
When he came out this morning, he wanted to ask her which wedding dress she chose. But when they met and argued about Su Yongqing, he forgot about it.
He was happy when he thought about it this morning, but he didn't know why, but he didn't want to think about it now.
The wedding dress he chose was the one she wore in her previous life.
In her previous life, they got married two months early, and the Ministry of Rites only prepared one set. Now that the Ministry of Rites had more time to prepare, they made another set. He liked things that were familiar to him, so he chose something familiar. He didn't know what Li Rong chose. But no matter what Li Rong chose, he didn't know why, but when he thought about it now, he didn't feel it was important.
He clearly knew that no matter what Li Rong wore, she would eventually be separated from him after marrying him.
This wasn't a wedding, it was just a transaction.
In this transaction, Li Rong only wanted power and protection. Nothing else mattered.
Pei Wenxuan took a deep breath and didn't think about it anymore. He returned to the official residence and repeatedly flipped through his memorials.
After Li Rong finished arguing with Pei Wenxuan, she went back to her palace. When she reached the palace, she was still angry. She called everyone over and had them report what happened today one by one. Then, she rewarded and punished some people. She dragged Qiu Feng out and gave her a beating. After interrogating her for less than an afternoon, Qiu Feng confessed.
Sure enough, it was Changle (Ming Le changed to Changle) who secretly bribed Qiu Feng to not report Consort Rou's order to Li Rong. She also stole Li Rong's manuscripts that she didn't burn.
Li Rong didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She didn't know whether she should say that Qiu Feng was lucky or not. She just happened to steal the manuscript that she wrote Su Yongqing. If she stole other manuscripts, perhaps Pei Wenxuan wouldn't be so angry and her life would be better.
Li Rong felt helpless. She had people take Qiu Feng away. She rested for a moment and listened to the sounds of crying in the courtyard. Jing Lan came forward and gave her a bowl of sweet soup. He asked tentatively, "Your Highness, after dealing with the people in the palace, is there anything else you need to do?"
Although Changle was grounded, Li Rong had already made it clear that this matter was related to Consort Rou.
Li Rong thought for a moment and said slowly, "Changle got into trouble today. His Majesty must be in a bad mood. Your Highness still went to Consort Rou today? "
"Yes," Jing Lan said in a low voice. "When His Majesty is upset, he always goes to Consort Rou's."
"Frame the Scripture of Filial Piety that Hua Le personally copied," Li Rong immediately said. "In a moment, send it to the Empress Dowager. Tell her that you heard that the Empress Dowager's health hasn't been good recently. Previously, His Majesty said that the scripture that Princess Hua Le copied had spiritual energy. I'm sending a copy to her."
"Your Highness, what do you mean?"
"Consort Rou gave me such a gift." Li Rong chuckled. "I have to make a show of force and give her a reminder. You've been a rabbit for too long. People think that you don't bite. "
Jing Lan agreed. Following Li Rong's instructions, he framed the Scripture of Filial Piety and sent it to the Empress Dowager.
The Empress Dowager glanced at it and directly bestowed the Scripture of Filial Piety to Consort Rou. That night, news came that Li Ming had grounded Changle and made her copy the scripture a hundred times.
Li Rong was soaking his feet when he heard the news. He heard Jing Mei's vivid description. "When His Majesty entered and saw the Scripture of Filial Piety on the wall, his expression was quite good. Later, when he saw that it was Her Highness Changle, he immediately became angry. He scolded her, saying, 'You all don't learn well. You don't even know how to copy a scripture and still need someone else to do it for you.' Her Highness Changle was scolded to tears on the spot. "
"It's not a big deal." Jing Lan listened from the side and sighed. "Her Highness Changle is too delicate."
"Isn't that so?" Jing Mei spoke without thinking. "She's used to being spoiled."
As soon as she finished speaking, the two immediately glanced at Li Rong. They saw Li Rong propping his head up and humming a song with satisfaction.
Seeing that Li Rong wasn't unhappy, the two felt relieved.
Li Rong felt very carefree after cleaning up the mess in one day. He ate well and slept soundly every day. Pei Wenxuan, on the other hand, felt somewhat uncomfortable.
It was fine when he worked during the day, but when it was late at night, his thoughts became somewhat scattered.
For two consecutive nights, he would dream of his previous life. He dreamed that he had heard the news that Li Rong had been punished and hurriedly ran over. Every time, he ran very fast. In the dream, he didn't know what had happened, but he knew that he had to run faster. However, every time he ran over frantically, he would see two people, one kneeling and the other standing.
The two of them stood together, and there seemed to be no one around them.
He was like a lonely ghost wandering around them. Half of his life passed in a flash.
Sometimes, he would see them drinking wine in the corridor. Sometimes, he would see them playing chess. Sometimes, he would see Su Yongqing holding an umbrella in the heavy rain. Li Rong would jog over, squeeze to his side, and raise his hand to hold his arm.
The dreams weren't long, so he would always wake up at night. When he woke up, he would see an empty room with the moonlight shining in. It was exactly the same as the countless nights in his previous life.
He would feel afraid and ashamed in this kind of loneliness. As the wedding date approached, this shame became more and more obvious.
He vaguely knew what he was concerned about, but he didn't want to face it.
He felt like a thief, as if he had stolen something.
In his previous life, Li Rong was actually different from him.
The more he lived, the more narrow-minded he became. It wasn't until he was reborn that he saw the clouds and the sparrows, heard the breeze of a young man, and chased in a dream in the Tuoba Residence that he suddenly realized that he was on the wrong path.
However, in his previous life, Li Rong's state of mind was much more open than his.
Except for the moment before his death, the rest of Li Rong's life was more or less blissful.
He had seen Su Yongqing take care of Li Rong, and he had seen them fall in love.
Li Rong said that she would never be with Su Yongqing in this life because she was old. She couldn't like a twenty-year-old Su Yongqing.
However, Pei Wenxuan knew that in the depths of Li Rong's heart, there might be a kind of fear that was ingrained in her bones.
She was afraid of repeating the same mistakes. In her imagination, Su Yongqing was so calm that he didn't know how to feel.
However, Pei Wenxuan knew that this kind of prejudice was just Li Rong's extreme self-protection.
Su Yongqing, who could be disturbed by a letter, was not the cold-blooded tool that Li Rong thought he was, who had nothing except for his family?
Su Yongqing was very good.
He was better than Li Rong imagined.
However, Li Rong didn't dare to think about it. Pei Wenxuan just happened to take advantage of this loophole and received a marriage decree. His marriage was in exchange for Li Rong's misfortune.
How could he fall asleep peacefully and turn a blind eye to Li Rong's misfortune?
Pei Wenxuan became more and more awake at night. During the day, he forced himself to go to work. Everyone congratulated him when they saw him. Pei Wenxuan's expression didn't change. He smiled and accepted everyone's congratulations. According to Da Xia's custom, he gave money to everyone who came to congratulate him.
However, he didn't expect to see Su Yongqing at the end of the day.
When he saw Su Yongqing, he couldn't help but be stunned. Su Yongqing smiled and spread his hands. "Lord Pei, don't tell me you don't want to give me money for the wedding?"
"What?" Pei Wenxuan quickly recovered and hurriedly said, "I just didn't expect Lord Su to be here. Isn't Lord Su in the office?"
"I was passing by and saw everyone here, so I wanted to join in the fun."
Pei Wenxuan listened and handed the money to Su Yongqing. Su Yongqing looked at the money in his hand and said seriously, "May you be together for a hundred years."
"Thank you."
"After you get married," Su Yongqing said half-jokingly, "you have to draw a line with other girls. Don't offend the princess."
Pei Wenxuan was stunned. He stared blankly at Su Yongqing. Su Yongqing saw that he was stunned and hurriedly said, "I'm just joking. Don't take it seriously."
It was a joke, but it was indeed the beginning of his break with Li Rong.
Su Yongqing bowed and turned to leave the crowd. Pei Wenxuan suddenly called Su Yongqing, "Lord Su."
Su Yongqing turned around and heard Pei Wenxuan say seriously, "If your wife has a conflict with your family, what will you do?"
Su Yongqing didn't expect Pei Wenxuan to suddenly ask this question. The people next to him hurriedly said, "Lord Pei isn't seeking scriptures, right? If the princess has a conflict with her family, it's better to bear with it. "
After being interrupted like this, Pei Wenxuan's question was not strange. Pei Wenxuan looked at Su Yongqing. Su Yongqing thought for a while and finally said, "I'll stand on the side of whoever is right."
"Don't you value your family more?" Pei Wenxuan asked anxiously.
"Isn't the wife family?"
Su Yongqing asked back.
Pei Wenxuan didn't say anything. Su Yongqing smiled and bowed, then walked out.
"Lord Pei." The people next to Pei Wenxuan pushed him. "Hurry up and have a son."
Pei Wenxuan smiled helplessly and began to distribute the money again.
After the money was distributed, it was almost night. Pei Wenxuan came out of the official residence and saw the princess's residence's Zhan Shi standing at the door. Pei Wenxuan's heart skipped a beat when he saw the princess's Zhan Shi.
He didn't usually feel anything when he saw him, but today, he felt a little panicked.
But he forced himself to be calm, walked forward, and bowed to the other party. "What brings you here?"
"You're going to marry the princess tomorrow. I thought that it would be inconvenient for you to go to the princess's residence because you're busy today, so I came here."
The other party smiled. "The princess has a message for you."
With that, the other party handed a letter to Pei Wenxuan.
In the letter was Li Rong's admonition. The general idea was that she was a little annoyed because she had nothing to do at the wedding tomorrow. She hoped that he would perform well at the wedding tomorrow and not embarrass her. Otherwise, she wouldn't just let him jump into the lake, she would directly drown him.
Pei Wenxuan looked at Li Rong's letter and smiled unconsciously.
The princess's Zhan Shi stood aside and watched. He couldn't help but ask, "Did Her Highness say something good again?"
"No." Pei Wenxuan put away the letter and said directly, "She scolded me."
"Her Highness has always been like this." The other party was very understanding. "She only scolds people she likes, and ignores people she doesn't like."
"Then I have to thank Her Highness for her appreciation."
"Her Highness is a very good girl." For some reason, the other party suddenly changed the topic. As if he was an elder, he said in a gentle voice, "Although she is a princess, Her Highness is not arrogant and rude. Even if she is not a princess, she is still an excellent wife. Although it seems like he's scolding Lord Pei, His Highness often tells us that Lord Pei's stomach isn't good, and he wants us to make more soft food. The tea you drank when you came was also ordered by His Highness. He said it was your favorite tea. "
Pei Wenxuan quietly listened to these trivial matters. After a while, he laughed softly. "She always scolds me. I thought she hated me."
"Lord Pei is joking." The other party shook his head. "Her Highness said before that you are good to her now. She also hopes that you will live a good life."
Pei Wenxuan didn't say anything. He listened to the words "live a good life". For ordinary people, it might be a casual sentence.
However, Pei Wenxuan clearly knew that when Li Rong said these words, she really hoped that he would live a good life.
In their previous lives, neither of them had a happy life. Especially him, he was all alone and lonely.
Li Rong was a person who would become stronger when faced with a strong opponent. If you didn't treat her well, she would fight back.
However, if you treated her slightly better, she would soften her heart.
Pei Wenxuan felt a little uncomfortable. He felt as if something was stuck in his chest. He couldn't spit it out or swallow it down. After a long time, he said in a low voice, "Me too."
"I hope that Her Highness can live a good life."
"If you all think so," Zhan Shi chuckled. "Then I am relieved."
As he spoke, he looked up at the sky. Then, he said, "If there is nothing else, Your Excellency can go back and make preparations."
"Your Excellency," Pei Wenxuan called out. "Can I trouble you to pass a message to Her Highness?"
"Hmm?"
"Just say," Pei Wenxuan smiled. "I have a gift that she has been looking forward to for a long time. I will give it to her tomorrow. When she sees it, "Pei Wenxuan's voice was gentle." Tell her not to be too grateful to me. "
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