Mi Xiayao hesitated for a moment, and then asked the driver to follow him.
The gorgeous carriage took Mi Xiayao to the door of a simple house.
She got off the carriage and wanted to see who would get off the carriage.
Unexpectedly, the coachman drove the carriage away without hesitation. At the same moment, the door of the simple house was pushed open.
The old housekeeper, who was nearly fifty years old, looked at Mi Xiayao with a kind face and motioned for her to enter.
"My master has been waiting for the girl for a long time."
There are not many people in the capital who can call her girl.
It must be a stranger to her.
For a stranger to take the initiative to find her, this is not something that happened to her in her previous life.
She felt unusually nervous, and finally followed the housekeeper into the mansion.
Passing through a long corridor, bypassing the front hall, and going straight to a back courtyard, the architectural style here is completely opposite to the simple style outside.
The luxurious furnishings show off the wealth of the owner of the house.
Walking into the house, a beaded curtain hid her honor on the main seat.
"Are you the girl from the Mi family?"
"Mi Xiayao, a civilian woman." She announced her name calmly.
The woman on the throne smiled softly, "My spies told me that you have recently been investigating many of the heirs of the royal family in Beijing, the third prince, the prince and me, and you have tried to understand them.
"Little girl, you are quite courageous. You dare to do such a thing under the emperor's nose."
Having said this, if Mi Xiayao still can't guess the identity of the other party, then her life will be in vain.
"A common girl has met Princess Yongning."
Princess Yongning, the sister of the old emperor, has a high status in the capital. She has lived in the princess mansion all year round and has never met anyone.
It was such a seemingly low-key eldest princess. When the prince and the third prince were fighting to the death, she found the son of the little imperial concubine somewhere and personally supported the little prince to ascend the throne and become the eldest princess of Yongning.
He once dominated the imperial court.
The reason why Mi Xiayao dared to investigate her in the capital was to deliberately lure Princess Yongning to notice her.
"The daughter of the common people is the granddaughter of Mr. Mi, the great scholar of Wenhua Palace. Her grandfather is in prison. As her son, she should do everything possible to save her grandfather from misfortune."
She spoke her mind without reservation and confessed what she had done.
Such a magnanimous look actually made Princess Yongning feel a little interesting.
The woman behind the bead curtain stood up, stared at the other person silently for a long time, and then said with a smile: "Master Mi is a rare loyal minister, and he is also the most educated elder. It is good to have a junior like you who can try his best to come up with tricks.
"
When Mi Xiayao heard this, she simply knelt down on her knees, sincerely, and raised her voice and begged: "The daughter of the people begs the eldest princess, for the sake of my grandfather being loyal to Qi for half his life, please save my grandfather."
"I have no ability to save Master Mi." Princess Yongning chuckled.
It seems that she has no sympathy or empathy for the miserable lives of others.
Mi Xiayao buried her head deeper, "Please, princess!"
"Tsk." Princess Yongning tskted softly, seeming a little at a loss for such a stubborn junior.
She quickly raised her voice and said to the person in the side room: "Ayuan, this is the granddaughter of your mentor. People have asked me to do this, so you don't have any mercy?"
As soon as Princess Yongning finished speaking, the bead curtains collided, and then Mi Xiayao felt a gust of wind above her head.
When she raised her head, she saw a tall, slender man in blue brocade clothes, standing in front of her with one hand behind his back.
It's Pei Xingyuan.
She quickly frowned.
Remembering what those uncles said when they first returned to Mi Mansion to attack this white-eyed wolf, Mi Xiayao suddenly became wary.
She stopped kneeling on the ground and stood up to look at the woman behind the bead curtain.
"What do you mean, Your Highness? You invited me here just to see the white-eyed wolf raised by the Mi family?"
Her cold and calm voice revealed the faint anger in her heart.
The woman behind the bead curtain groaned, "Ayuan, it seems there is some misunderstanding between you two."
Mi Xiayao heard "misunderstanding" twice today. She was really disgusted with this word.
When Pei Xingyuan heard what she said, he raised his hands and bowed in confusion.
"I originally thought that I would talk to her after a while and wait until Master's matter is resolved. I didn't expect that you would bring her here today."
Mi Xiayao: "..." What a trap.
Princess Yongning snorted softly, "If I don't bring her here today, she will be able to touch my princess mansion tomorrow."
When Pei Xingyuan heard this, he turned his head and looked at Mi Xiayao beside him with some surprise.
The person involved subconsciously clenched the handkerchief in his hand.
What she said was true. Mi Xiayao was indeed planning to come to see Princess Yongning with generous gifts tomorrow.
The two of them had not communicated much since they parted ways in Tangzhou. This was half a month later when Pei Xingyuan saw Mi Xiayao again.
The woman has been running back and forth for Master Mi for the past half month, and also to clean up all kinds of difficult eyeliner on the cloth shop, and she can see the tiredness at the end of her busy eyes.
He sees it in his eyes and remembers it in his heart.
"Okay, I'm just a matchmaker," Princess Yongning knew how to distinguish the atmosphere, "Miss Mi, I really can't help you now. The person who can help you is standing in front of you.
"Come on, I won't delay the discussion between you two."
After that, Princess Yongning left the room sideways.
This time, they were the only two people left in the house.
Pei Xingyuan raised his hand, clenched his fist and coughed lightly, trying to attract Mi Xiayao to look at him.
But the other party was still immersed in the anger of the white-eyed wolf and didn't want to pay attention to him at all.
As a last resort, Pei Xingyuan could only speak frankly.
"I recognized you when I saw you in Jingzhou City. Well... I thought you also remembered me..."
The man stammered and said something.
He is famous for being domineering and arrogant outside. How could he be so at a loss now?
If his subordinates were at the scene, their jaws would probably drop.
Mi Xiayao didn't want to hear these irrelevant contents, so she decisively interrupted what the other party was saying.
"Back then, my grandfather devoted all his life's experience to teaching you. Is this how you repay my grandfather?" She went straight to the point and hit the other party's pain point.
Pei Xingyuan choked on the spot.
He coughed dryly, "I didn't expect you would still be so choking after not seeing me for a few days."
"Answer me honestly, you joined the princeling party and put my grandfather in the wrong place. What qualifications do you have to call my grandfather master?"
"I joined the princeling party for my own reasons. When I joined the princeling party, I reported it to my master in advance.
"Master was imprisoned when I was on my way from the capital to Jingzhou City. I had no time to protect him before it happened.
"Shouldn't I rush back to the capital in a hurry and find a way to save my master?"
Pei Xingyuan saw that she had misunderstood and told her the reasons.