novelones Chapter 210
Chapter 210
Princess Danyang rolled her eyes.
"Is there a difference?"
"Of course there are differences."
If it belongs to Uncle Guo, then if he wants it, he can just send someone to ask Uncle Guo for it.
Although Uncle Guo has a distinguished status, he is a confidant of the emperor and the son of the late eldest princess. It is not difficult to get a horse from Uncle Guo.
But if it belongs to Princess Danyang, it will be difficult to handle.
If the other party is willing to sell it, it's okay. If the other party is not willing to sell it, he can't force a little girl to ask for a horse.
Princess Danyang seemed to understand the key.
He snorted coldly and said displeasedly: "My father bought this horse from a foreigner a few days ago. He originally planned to tame it and give it to me as a birthday gift, but this horse doesn't fit in with me. I have already tamed it according to the rules." The master has been teaching it to tame it for more than half a month. Not only did it refuse to surrender to me, it almost threw me off the horse several times. I don’t want it anymore. If you like it, I can give it to you."
Pei Qingyan frowned slightly and did not accept the gift from Princess Danyang.
He took out a wad of silver notes from his arms. Even at a rough glance, he estimated that it was about a thousand taels.
Putting the banknote into the hands of the attendant beside Princess Danyang, he said solemnly: "Since the princess doesn't want it anymore, then sell it to me. This horse is very aggressive and is really not suitable for you. If you need it, come back." I'll ask the people from the Embroidery Department to pick a docile Central Plains horse for you from the stable, which will be suitable for you to ride."
Princess Danyang's eyes lit up, "Really? It's settled. You must send it to my house later. I'll be waiting."
"Ah."
Pei Qingyan didn't say much, just took the horse and left.
At this time, Princess Danyang came around again and followed him.
"Pei Qingyan, are you injured? I see blood on your shoulder."
Pei Qingyan glanced down and said expressionlessly, "It's a small injury, it doesn't matter."
Princess Danyang's eyes rolled, "You have been helping the emperor outside, isn't it dangerous? Last time I heard from my father that you were assassinated in Jizhou and almost died. I was so worried about it. , although you are not very good to me, we have known each other since childhood. Apart from a few prince cousins, the one I miss the most is you. Hey, don’t leave so fast. We finally met. Do you want to find me? Let’s sit in a restaurant. At worst, I’ll call the prince’s cousin and Qi Wang’s cousin over. Aren’t you the best with the prince’s cousin? Let’s all get together.”
Pei Qingyan made a move.
He turned around and looked at her helplessly, "Princess, men and women are not allowed to be intimate with each other. Even if they are cousins, at your age, it is best not to drink with others casually. Be careful of being tarnished by others, which will affect your whole life. .”
Princess Danyang curled her lips in disdain, "If you don't want to drink, then you don't want to drink. You put it so grandly."
As she said this, Pei Qingyan paused slightly.
For some reason, he suddenly remembered the two times he drank with Song Anning in Jizhou and Qingzhou.
Yes, from a legal point of view, adult men and women are not allowed to drink together alone. Even cousins must avoid suspicion, let alone men and women who meet by chance.
But why didn't he stop it then?
Maybe it's because of my state of mind, maybe it's because the atmosphere has reached that point, or even more...
It was his selfishness. He just wanted to be different from Song Anning. He just wanted to do all the things with her that she and others couldn't do. He just wanted to possess more of her... time, space, and everything.
Pei Qingyan closed his eyes and shook his head.
Try very hard to get rid of all the chaos in your mind.
Princess Danyang noticed his movements and thought he was feeling uncomfortable, so she hurriedly asked: "What's wrong with you?"
Pei Qingyan said: "I'm fine."
Princess Danyang didn't believe it.
"Look at your pale face, how can you be okay? Let's do this. I, the princess, don't care about the faults of others. Although you never give me face, I still care about our friendship. I will send someone to see you off. Go back, you need a good rest, and you have this injury. You need to take good care of it. Don’t take your body for granted. It doesn’t matter if you die. If the emperor has no useful people around him, it will delay important things. I understand. ?"
Pei Qingyan said with a smile, "Thank you so much for the princess' kindness."
Princess Danyang said with a smile: "You're welcome."
In the end, Pei Qingyan still refused.
Let the servant beside Princess Danyang lead the horse and take him back to the house.
Although Pei Qingyan does not have a title, because of his noble status and the special position he holds now, he has his own residence in Beijing.
There is only the simple word Pei Zhai on his mansion.
Next to Pei's house is the embroidery department office, which is convenient for him to come and go for work.
But no one knows that there is a very close passage at the back door of Pei's house. There is a small river in the middle of the passage. After crossing the small river, you can reach the opposite side. Opposite is the eldest princess's mansion, which is the mansion of his late biological mother.
At the beginning, his father was just a fifth-rank minister outside the Yuan Dynasty. Although he was the son of the Imperial Tutor, he was still a youngest son. He had not followed the ancestral precepts since he was a child and did not seek an official career. The small official position of a minister outside the Yuanwai was just a mere one. I got a sinecure with the blessing of my father and brother.
Just because he had a beautiful hibiscus face, he was spotted by the eldest princess and became her consort. From then on, they both lived in the eldest princess's mansion. Because of their good relationship, it became a legend in the capital.
But on the day of the palace change, the sky was dark, the capital was filled with blood, the eldest princess died, and his father became crazy. Not long after, he became a monk and became a monk. From then on, he became anonymous and disappeared from the world.
He didn't know what happened.
He also asked the emperor's uncle, but the emperor refused to tell him. The entire palace seemed to be keeping this matter secret, so that for many years he had been looking for the result, but could not find it.
Pei Qingyan did not go to see the eldest princess' mansion.
He went straight into his mansion and was greeted by an old butler, "Master, do you want to take a bath and rest?"
Pei Qingyan recalled what Song Anning had said to him before and shook his head.
"Go get the file on my case and put it in the first cabinet on the left side of my bedroom."
"Oh well."
The old housekeeper went immediately.
Pei Qingyan went to the study.
He sat in front of the desk and thought carefully, if what Song Anning said was true, then what could have caused him to have such a quarrel with the emperor's uncle.
It would make the emperor's uncle hate him so much that he would be skinned and boned, and cut into pieces with a thousand cuts to vent his hatred.
Pei Qingyan closed his eyes and thought again and again.
In the end, I couldn't come up with any results.
Not long after, the old housekeeper came over with the file.
Pei Qingyan asked him to go out, turned on the lamp alone in the study, then opened the file and looked at it carefully.