novelones Chapter 164 Outsiders
Chapter 164 Outsiders
When they arrived at the Song Mansion, Song Hexing and Shen Jiao were horrified when they learned that Song Anning was almost kidnapped by thieves.
Song Xingzhi and Song Helan quickly comforted him.
"Father and mother, don't worry. It's fine now. Thanks to Mr. Pei's heroic rescue, my little sister is safe."
The two elders quickly looked at Pei Qingyan.
"It turns out that this is Mr. Pei. I heard Ning'er talk about what happened in Jizhou earlier. Thanks to Mr. Pei's care, if it weren't for Mr. Pei, my little girl would have suffered a lot."
Pei Qingyan said: "You two are so polite. It was just a little effort. Moreover, my life was saved by Miss Song. It is a courtesy to help each other."
He behaved in a gentle and humble manner, which surprised Song Hexing.
When he was out doing business, he also heard the name of the Commander of the Embroidery Department.
Knowing the great power he held in his hands, he was already a popular figure in front of the emperor at a young age. He was inferior to one person and superior to ten thousand people. Even the prime minister of the dynasty wanted to give him five points.
I thought he would be a very official person, but I didn't expect him to be so approachable.
Pei Qingyan was sitting on a chair with the gentlest and most harmless smile in his life. He said to Song Hexing: "These two thieves were transformed by spies from the Southern Tang Dynasty. The reason why they attacked Miss Song is Just because Lin Feng had contact with Miss Song before his death."
After a pause, he explained, "Lin Feng is the former crown prince of Prince Yong's Palace, and he was executed by the court for rebellion."
Song Anning was afraid of worrying her parents, so she didn't tell them about the time when she went to the mountain to redeem people. Therefore, Song Hexing didn't know that Song Anning had been in contact with King Yong's rebellious party.
Hearing this, he nodded and asked blankly: "So?"
Pei Qingyan said: "So, they suspected that Miss Song had taken something from Lin Feng. In fact, I found this thing and gave it to the emperor. This was a misunderstanding. I will let people make this known to the world later. Nan Tang received the news and knew that Miss Song was innocent, so naturally he would not harass her again."
"Oh I got it."
Song Hexing was completely relieved.
Although Song Anning was curious about what Lin Feng was carrying, she also knew that since it was something that could be presented to the emperor, it must be something very important and might be related to court secrets, so she didn't ask any more questions.
The group sat for a while longer.
Mainly, the Song family expressed their gratitude to Pei Qingyan, who responded politely.
They continued chatting until the night got darker. Song Hexing was afraid of disturbing Pei Qingyan and the others' rest, so he personally took a group of people to stay in the wing.
Song Anning returned to the backyard.
Dongqing followed her and complained in a low voice: "I used to see that Mr. Pei was not serious, but today he is serious. Not to mention this New Year guy, how could he suddenly come to Qingzhou and say that he fell from the sky to save me?" That scene with the young lady is really handsome, young lady, don’t you think this Master Pei is really interested in you?”
Song Anning scolded: "Don't talk nonsense! The reason why he appeared in Qingzhou must be to follow the two Southern Tang spies. Mr. Pei is selfless. Let alone me, any ordinary citizen would be kidnapped by the Southern Tang spies." , he will save me, it doesn’t make any difference whether it’s me or someone else.”
Holly stuck out her tongue.
"Okay, if the lady says this, I will believe it for the time being."
As the two said, they entered the room.
Song Anning asked someone to fetch bath water and take a bath.
She was not used to having others waiting on her while taking a bath, so she sent them out. But when she was soaking alone in the tub, she inexplicably remembered the scene where the man dressed in white rescued her, and her heart beat a little faster. .
Is she really no different from others?
Song Anning didn't know.
She could only close her eyes and force herself not to think too much.
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Qingzhou is located in the north, but it has not yet reached the true north, so the rules on New Year's Eve are a bit mixed between north and south.
Tonight we will not only have glutinous rice balls, but also dumplings.
After Song Anning took a shower, when she came out, Shen Jiao asked her to go out to the hall to watch the New Year's Eve.
She saw Pei Qingyan again in the hall, sitting there drinking tea and playing chess with Song Hexing. When she saw Song Anning coming out, Song Hexing smiled and said: "This conversational skill is really not within the scope of my expertise, but Ning'er is better than me. Much more skilled.”
Pei Qingyan pondered.
"Oh? Really? I wonder if Miss Song can reward me and have a talk with me?"
Song Anning: "..."
If you make the steps so obvious, can she refuse to agree?
She forced a smile.
"I remembered something else, so I went back to my room first."
When you're done, turn around and leave.
However, Shen Jiao rushed to stop him.
"Hey, tonight is New Year's Eve, and everyone has to keep up the New Year's Eve. What can happen to you? Mr. Pei finally came to our house as a guest, and he helped you just now. What's wrong with you talking with others? Hurry up, come here Come on, there are no outsiders here anyway, and no one will tell anyone about your fun."
Song Anning: "???"
The people from the Embroidery Department are no longer outsiders, right?
She didn't know when Pei Qingyan had such a good relationship with her parents, she just found it incredible.
Pei Qingyan looked at her with a smile.
He stretched out his hand in a gesture of invitation.
In desperation, Song Anning had no choice but to sit down, pick up the chess pieces and play with him.
"It's not like you don't know my chess skills. No matter how many pieces you give me, I can't win. Just for this reason, you still believe my parents' bragging."
Pei Qingyan smiled and said, "It's just to kill time. It doesn't matter if we win or lose."
Song Anning had no choice but to obey the words and get up.
She loves to play chess, but she has few rivals these days. One of her brothers is busy with medical skills and the other is busy with business, so they have no time to accompany her.
My father has been busy away from home all year round and doesn't have much time to stay in Qingzhou, let alone my mother.
Even her close friends are not good at this. Therefore, Song Anning has actually lived very lonely these years. Her hands are really itchy, so she can only pull Dongqing down, but Dongqing is a person with well-developed limbs and a simple mind. Even if she gave her twenty pieces, Dongqing couldn't win. It would be pointless to play with them, so Song Anning rarely played with them.
On the contrary, after getting to know Pei Qingyan, she played several games with him. Although she was always defeated and lost, Song Anning found the joy of playing chess, which was rare.
Pei Qingyan occasionally gave in to her, but never too harshly.
After all, he understood that Song Anning was not the kind of flower grown in a greenhouse and needed a man's blind accommodation and tolerance. What she needed more, perhaps, was guidance.
After about a quarter of an hour.
Song Anning said helplessly: "I lost."
Pei Qingyan pushed the chessboard.
"Come again."
"Ah."
The two rearranged their layout and started descending again.
This is what Shen Jiao saw when she came in with glutinous rice balls.