The Moon Over Tang Dynasty

Chapter 107 The secret of the secret bracelet of family destruction

At the door of Pei Xingjian's house in Xinchangfang, a carriage was rushed over. When the courtyard door opened, Ah Cheng and another healthy servant walked out slowly while supporting Pei Xingjian, who had a red face, and sent him directly to the house. in the car.

At the door of the inner courtyard, Liuli apologized to Mrs. Zheng, "It's really rude to keep the promise today. I'll come to the door another day to apologize."

Mrs. Zheng forced a smile on her face and said, "In any case, your uncle was a little too happy, but he made Shou Yue drink like that. Ordinarily, you should have been allowed to rest for a while, but since Shou Yue refused, this It’s not easy to force the season, so please take care of it on the way.”

Liuli hurriedly bowed her head in response, and said goodbye to Mrs. Xiao, whose face was so gloomy that her face could drip with tears, and then walked quickly out of the courtyard. Seeing that there was no one around, A Ni, who was beside him, burst into laughter, "I don't know that A Lang is actually a drinker. One of them drank with three of them, but two of them drank under the table."

Liuli glared at her, but when she thought of the wonderful expressions on the Zheng family's faces after the servant girl who rushed to the inner courtyard to report the news, she couldn't help but laugh. She was worried about Pei Xingjian's condition in her heart, so she couldn't help but walk faster and faster. When she got outside the courtyard, she saw Ah Cheng already guarding the carriage. When Liuli came out, she said, "Don't worry, Madam, A Lang has already rested in the carriage. The carriage is going slowly." It shouldn’t be a big deal.”

Ani said hurriedly, "My maid will follow behind the car. If Madam has any instructions, I will call my maid again."

Liuli nodded, got into the car and opened the curtain. She saw Pei Xingjian leaning against the back wall of the car, resting quietly with his eyes closed. There was a slight blush on his fair cheeks. She couldn't help but reach out and touch his face. , I felt that it was not hot, and I felt relieved. I turned around and said, "You can go, walk slowly and steadily."

The curtain fell, but the voice did not stop. Liuli only felt her hands tighten. When she looked back, she saw that Pei Xingjian had opened his eyes. He smiled and took Liuli's hand, kissed her lips, and smiled softly, "Don't worry, I Not drunk, just lazy to deal with them.”

Liuli saw that his eyes were a little brighter than usual. Thinking of the father and son, only one of them could still sit down, but they were singing one song after another. She couldn't help but feel angry and funny, and she also depressed. The voice said, "You are too frivolous! Is it possible that you are scheming like this when you drink?"

Pei Xingjian had a look of disdain on his face, "Why would I drink with them on weekdays? Besides, they are plotting against me today!"

 Looking at his face that rarely showed such emotion, Liuli couldn't help but laugh to herself—this guy had drunk too much after all! This opportunity was rare, so he quickly asked, "What are they plotting against you today?"

Pei Xingjian stretched out his hand and pulled Liuli into his arms, and whispered, "It's nothing. It's just that even though I have made the Chang'an order, the Holy Emperor often announces me to the inner court, and also asks me what I think of a few young talents. I don't know why. This word has spread, and there are only some opinions from outside. "

Liuli was a little confused: Pei Anshi was not young anymore. Could it be that he wanted Pei Xingjian to say good things to his two sons in front of the emperor? This was impossible.

Pei Xingjian saw Liuli frowning and thinking hard, and couldn't help laughing, "My clan uncle has been waiting for two years since his term as Wuling Order expired. Although the two cousins ​​have their own jobs, Although I have a background, there is no real difference. Since such rumors have come out, they are naturally afraid that I will join the civil service in the future and retaliate in kind, and they will never want to go further! "

Liuli's eyes lit up. Pei Xingjian was bound to join the civil service department sooner or later. This was easy to do! But Pei Xingjian continued, "They underestimate me too much!"

 What does this mean? Liuli glanced at Pei Xingjian in confusion, "Is there ever going to be a day when you won't be like this?"

Pei Xingjian smiled faintly and said, "It's me, Pei Xingjian, who wants to avenge personal vengeance."

The expression on the face in front of him was still gentle, but the pride hidden under the gentleness finally leaked out from his eyes. Liuli suddenly felt a little weak, buried her head in his chest, and said dullly, "Then you How are you going to take revenge privately?”

Pei Xingjian was startled for a moment, stretched out his hand to stroke Liuli's hair, and sighed longly, "Something..." "Something" again? Liuli looked up at him, but he never said a word again.

There was only one car between Xinchangfang and Yongningfang. Although the carriage moved slowly, it didn't take long to arrive. Pei Xingjian got out of the car with a normal expression, but Ah Cheng looked unsurprised, but A Ni was surprised. He jumped, glanced quietly several times, shook his head, and could not help but show admiration on his face.

Back in the upper room, Liuli first asked Xiaotan to bring hot water and a towel, and then asked Ani to go to the kitchen to prepare some sobering soup, and then make a bowl of thin soup cakes. Pei Xingjian smiled and said, "Just sobering soup, soup cakes." It would be better if I cooked more, but I didn’t eat much at all.”

Liuli ignored him, turned around and said to Ani, "Make the sobering soup thicker, and there is no need to add oil to the soup cakes." She winked at Xiaotan who was twisting the kudzu scarf, and Xiaotan turned around and went out, guarding the bottom of the steps. .

Pei Xingjian covered his face with a hot towel and felt much refreshed. As soon as he put down the towel, another cup of hot water was handed to his hand. Pei Xingjian took two sips of hot water and held the warm cup. He felt warm in his heart. He turned around and wanted to say a few words to Liuli, but saw her standing in front of the half-open window, looking a little depressed. He couldn't help but soften, put down the water glass, walked over and held her in his arms from behind, and whispered, "What did the eldest princess tell you today? Did she praise you so much that you are in the sky and not in the earth?"

Liuli knew he was interrupting, so she could only say calmly, "I didn't say anything."

Pei Xingjian sighed, "I know I've worried you today. In fact, I have a very good drinking capacity. How can I get drunk easily? At worst, I won't pretend anymore in the future, so don't be angry, okay?"

Liuli was silent for a while, then whispered, "How could I be angry with you? Just thinking about how you developed your drinking capacity makes me extremely sad. I also know that the world is like this, and you can never tear yourself apart from your clan members. It’s embarrassing, but I don’t understand why you never thought of teaching them a lesson. Maybe it has something to do with what you said. You also said you would tell me in the future, but when will it be in the future? "

Pei Xingjian was silent. Liuli looked at the empty yard outside the window and suddenly felt empty in her heart. Just when she thought he wouldn't speak, she heard him whisper, "My mother once told me that when my father contacted Emperor Gaozu, He and his old subordinates plotted to kill Wang Shichong, saying that he was preparing to re-revere Yang Tong, the deposed son of Emperor Yang, as emperor, but in fact, in fact, what he wanted to do was..."

There was a rare hardness in Pei Xingjian's tone, and he seemed to be unable to speak any more, but Liuli suddenly understood - in fact, his father Pei Renji wanted to establish himself as king! In that era when the world was in chaos and all heroes were rising together, Pei Renji had the deep foundation left by the Pei family's management for generations and the wealth of the enemy country. He also had a son like Pei Xingyan, a fierce general who was invincible. He could do what Li Yuan and Wang Shichong could do. Why can't it be done?

 In troubled times, who is nobler than whom? It's just four words: success, king and defeat.

But in Pei Xingjian's view, this was probably an ambition that a minister should not have, but it ended up ruining the lives of countless Pei clan members in Luoyang. As for the posthumous title granted to his father and brother by the Tang Dynasty, the property returned by the emperor also became his A heavy burden on my body. No wonder that with his mental skills, he would tolerate his clan members again and again, and no wonder he would be so disgusted with that property. In the final analysis, it was just that he had too much guilt in his heart, because he was Pei Renji's son, because He got something he shouldn't have...

Liuli turned around and hugged him tightly, "I understand."

Pei Xingjian breathed out softly, and suddenly felt a lot more relaxed. More than ten years ago, when he was young and vigorous, he heard that the Pei people in Zhongjuan were disrespectful to his mother and insisted on retaliating in kind. However, his mother told him this with tears. It seems that he has never really relaxed since that day - it turns out that he is not an orphan of a hero, but just a rebellious official. It turns out that he has no bloodline to be proud of, only property that he does not deserve at all, and sins that he is born to bear. !

It wasn't until his wife relayed Liuli's words about him not owing anything to those two families that he suddenly discovered that the matter could be thought of from another perspective. However, she was actually like him back then, and she had to retaliate directly, so he had no choice but to Like his mother back then, he told her this thing that he thought would be buried in his heart forever... But she was indeed the most unique woman in the world. After hearing this, her reaction was to hug herself tightly!

With uncontrollable tenderness surging in his heart, Pei Xingjian lowered his head and kissed Liuli's forehead, "It's okay to forget those things. You don't have to worry about them. I will never abuse myself again." How could his little wife not be able to account for these things? Worrying about old accounts? He just wanted her to live happily and freely.

Liuli sighed in his heart. After all, he still couldn't really let go of the burden in his heart, right? That's why I chose to put down all the grudges and forget them. She couldn't do it, but she couldn't convince him to do the same. She couldn't tell him that it was wrong to want to be the emperor? Loyalty or disloyalty is just a cloud...

After thinking for a long time, she still raised her head and smiled, "I won't mention the past things. However, I will treat you and me the same way in the future, and you can't stop me anymore!"

Pei Xingjian had a wry smile on his face. Seeing what he wanted to say, Liuli changed her mind and hurriedly said, "You will be back to the Yamen in two days. Why don't you accompany me to Guining tomorrow?"

Pei Xingjian was startled for a moment and nodded. Tomorrow is the sixth day after the wedding, and it is indeed the day of Guining. Speaking of which, except Kudi Yanzhong, he has never met anyone else in the Liuli family. Although there is no difference between a person who wants to send her to a family and a family who doesn't, the etiquette must be observed, just like today he has to visit the two elders of the clan where he once lived.

Outside the window, footsteps came closer and closer, and then Xiaotan's laughter sounded, "Why did the sobering soup take so long?" Ani seemed to sigh, "Don't we still need to make soup cakes?"

Liuli smiled and let go of her hand, and walked to the dining table in the outer room. Seeing A Ni and Xiao Tan have walked in, she rolled up her sleeves and began to place the dishes and chopsticks. She saw the cook filling a white porcelain bowl with slightly colored food. Red hangover soup, and a celadon bowl filled with snow-white thin soup cakes.

Pei Xingjian sat down and said with a smile, "The color matches the color and it's very pleasing to the eyes."

Liuli handed the chopsticks to his hand, "Why don't you eat quickly?"

Pei Xingjian took the bamboo stick with a smile, but his hand suddenly trembled, and his smile froze slightly. After a full breath, he lowered his eyes and started eating in silence.

Liuli was very surprised. She glanced at the case and didn't see anything weird. She was wondering. When she lowered her head again, she suddenly saw the extra bracelet on her wrist. As soon as her thoughts changed, she suddenly understood something. , turned around and walked quickly to the back room, took off the bracelet and threw it into a box under the suitcase, but couldn't help but stayed there for a while, feeling a little puzzled, a little annoyed that he had been fooled, and a sore feeling. Growing outward.

Finally suppressing those distracting thoughts, Liuli slowly walked back to the second room, but was shocked to find that Pei Xingjian had already left.

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