Concubine Pei looked at him with a calm expression: "You brought her into the Imperial City, do you still expect to hide it from others?"
Seeing that he was silent, Concubine Pei waved her hand, and the palace attendants withdrew one by one, leaving only the two of them.
Concubine Pei said: "When you are older, my aunt will not pry into your life, but there are some things that you have to ask about."
Yang Shu lowered his head, and the thorns on his body slowly softened.
"Aunt, we talked about this topic three years ago." He said softly, "You said fate is a fool's talk, but for those who live in it, this is real bad luck. What's more, I don't
It’s no one’s business to know how to face the family after marrying a wife.”
"My aunt originally thought so too." Concubine Pei looked at him, "But after that girl appeared, you changed a lot."
"..."
Concubine Pei gently held his hand: "Shur, now that changes have occurred, do you still want to live your life with the same ideas as before?"
Such tenderness made Yang Shu unable to get angry.
But when asked to obey, he was completely unwilling.
After a long time, he said: "Auntie made these portraits today, not for me to look at, but to say this?"
Concubine Pei chuckled: "These ladies are for the prince to choose his concubines. My aunt just borrowed them for her own use."
Yang Shu frowned: "Why are you doing this?"
"It's not that you are too stubborn." Concubine Pei said, "If my aunt directly asks about that girl, I'm afraid you won't even look good to others."
When Yang Shu heard this, he raised his head uncomfortably.
Concubine Pei patted his hand: "Okay, don't think too much. What my aunt wants to tell you is, don't think too much. If you like that girl, just come and beg her. Your wife, nothing else, it doesn't matter.
As long as you like it."
Yang Shu whispered: "What did you say? She is engaged."
"If you have an engagement, you can break it off. It doesn't matter if you have a bad reputation. If I can get you married, it doesn't matter if my aunt bullies you. Anyway, my reputation will never get better."
The last sentence was said with a hint of ridicule.
Yang Shu's heart trembled.
Although Concubine Pei was the most favored concubine in the Sixth Palace, she was completely different from the arrogant and indulgent concubine in the eyes of the world. Her only hobby was painting, and she would stay out of Lingding Pavilion all day if she had nothing to do. After the queen passed away, she became
Even though he is the head of the harem, he rarely uses palace affairs to establish his authority, so he just does whatever he wants.
But she still doesn't have a good reputation despite being so quiet.
Just because she is a beloved concubine and has a shady background.
"Look at you, you haven't had a good rest for several days, haven't you? Don't act recklessly because you are young, you will suffer in the future. Stay for lunch. The imperial kitchen happened to kill a live deer and asked them to roast the deer meat..."
…
After sending away the eunuch who delivered the order, everyone in the Ji family was still in a daze.
Just half an hour ago, everyone in the Ji family came back from school, and suddenly they were greeted by the eunuch who was delivering the order.
The Ji family has been in decline for so long, and they no longer know how to welcome the imperial decree.
Aunt Tong had met her at Ming's house in the early years and was busy setting it up.
Then the eunuch announced the decree, conferring the fifth rank of Prince Ji Wei to the eighth rank of Minister of Service.
Everyone in the Ji family was stunned.
After becoming a high-ranking official, it is not difficult for his children to become unofficial officials. However, the Ji family has no foundation now, so why did they inexplicably reward Ji Xiaowu as a minister?
Although he is only of the eighth rank, he is still an official!
Mrs. Dong was puzzled and poked Ji Ling: "Hey, my uncle actually became an official earlier than you."
Ji Ling was brought back to consciousness by her and looked at Ji Xiaowu.
This boy didn't feel any joy at being awarded the official title, and his whole body shrank.
He looked at Master Ji and Mrs. Ji again.
Mrs. Ji still looked like she was in a state of confusion, while Mr. Ji's face sank and he shouted: "Ji Xiaowu!"
Ji Xiaowu shivered and almost knelt down, crying and saying: "Dad..."
Mr. Ji was furious: "Tell me, what did you do?"
"I, I didn't do anything..." He sighed.
"The Holy Emperor will grant you an official position if you haven't done anything? Why go deep into the den of thieves...don't you tell me?!"
Ji Xiaowu mentally scolded the person who asked for the order so badly that he didn't dare to show any trace of his face. He lowered his head deeply and had no courage to speak.
Mr. Ji was so angry that he wanted to ask for help: "It's really amazing! If I don't give you a beating, it seems you won't say anything anymore!"
"Master!" Mrs. Ji saw something bad and stopped her in time, "You can't do it! Xiaowu has just been commended by the Holy Father, so why don't you just beat him up? How can this be heard?"
Master Ji was stunned for a moment, then became even more angry: "That's awesome! Your father can't control you anymore!"
When Ji Ling saw this, he could only comfort him: "Dad, don't worry, I'll tell him."
He picked up Ji Xiaowu and asked, "Do you want to piss dad off to death? Since the Holy One has rewarded you for your birth, it shows that what you have done is a good thing, what can't you say? Dad is scolding you because he is just worried that you will do something wrong.
If you didn’t do anything wrong, if you say it properly, wouldn’t dad understand?”
Ji Xiaowu was frightened: "No, don't hit me?"
"Are you still afraid of being beaten?" Ji Ling laughed at him, "Come on, hurry up and say it. You have won the official position, which means you are promising. What are you doing hiding behind it? It's a joke that my elder brother is much older than you, and he is still white.
Did I tell you to get ahead?"
"No, of course not."
"If not, just tell me! My parents worry about you so much. They are afraid that you won't be able to be a civilized or military person in the future, and you won't even be able to support your wife and children. Now that you are proud and proud, you will also make them happy!"
During the interrogation of the three halls, Ji Xiaowu saw that he could not escape, so he had to carefully tell the story, how he sneaked into the Beggar Clan and worked as an internal agent for the Imperial City Division...
"That's it!" After listening to this, Mr. Ji tasted the food and suddenly became furious, "So you and your husband lied to you, saying that you were going on a study tour, but you were actually going to do it?"
Ji Xiaowu realized something was wrong and shouted: "Dad, it wasn't me who did this, it was my cousin! My cousin conspired with others to deceive me. It was only when my husband came home that I found out what she told me about the study tour..."
Mr. Ji was furious and grabbed the feather duster to beat him: "How dare you slander your cousin!"
"I didn't slander you!" Ji Xiaowu scurried away, "She really pushed me to the top. Dad, you believe me!"
The screams spread outside, and Mingwei sat on the roof next door and cracked melon seeds.
"Did you do this?" She glanced at Yang Shu who was peeling melon seeds opposite.
Yang Shu had no expression on his face: "I originally wanted to summon him to the Imperial City Division and give him an identity token to get rid of the problem. Who knew he didn't know a good person's heart, so I had to report the truth. After all, I can't take credit for other people's work.
I won’t do it.”
Mingwei sneered: "You are really petty. Didn't you just reject you once? This is how to retaliate against him. Now that my uncle and the others know about it, even if my cousin still wants to stay out of the matter, they will most likely force them to help you work.
Killing two birds with one stone, a good strategy."
Yang Shu corrected himself in his mind: Killing three birds with one stone.