After being a widow, the empress dowager was favored by the powerful ministers

Chapter 52

Sheng Baoling asked, looking at Pei Ci, she held the candied haws tightly in her hand, and those who didn't know thought she was afraid of being snatched away.

Even when Jian Jia watched, she felt this way, the empress seemed to be guarding against Mrs. Pei in front of her, what was she guarding against?
Guard against Mr. Pei snatching candied haws?
Jian Jia: "..." But a person like Mr. Pei should not be able to do such a thing.

However, both she and Niangniang were wearing only hats, how did Mr. Pei recognize that it was Niangniang?
Pei Ci pondered for a moment, but there was nothing he couldn't say, "Weichen forgot to bring money, Ziyang paid in advance."

Sheng Baoling nodded thoughtfully, but always felt something was wrong. According to his elder brother's temperament, he was not the kind of person who would yell at Pei Ci after paying a few coins in advance, but looking at Pei Ci, it really didn't look like he was telling a lie.

Pei Ci's expression was calm, his eyes were so upright when seen by others.

Sheng Baoling took a bite of the candied haws and thought, probably because his brother has been short of money recently and is short of money.

As soon as she took a bite, she found that Pei Ci seemed to be looking at the things in her hand intentionally or unintentionally, she couldn't help frowning, looked at Jian Jia, and said in a low voice, "Jian Jia, go and buy a bunch for Master Pei. "

People like Pei Ci probably didn't have the chance to eat these things, maybe they wanted to taste them.

"Ah?" Jian Jia froze for a moment, subconsciously looked at Mr. Pei, what should I buy for Mr. Pei?
Candied haws?
This thing... Will Mr. Pei eat it?
Pei Ci obviously heard it, but when Jian Jia was waiting to hear his last refusal, he said to Sheng Baoling in front of him, "Thank you, Empress Dowager."

Jian Jia's heart instantly rose to her throat.

Sheng Baoling almost choked on a mouthful of candied haws, and quickly looked around. Seeing that no one was looking at him, he was relieved. Didn't Pei Ci usually lower his voice when he spoke?

Fortunately, no one heard it. After thinking about it, she couldn't help but said, "Pei Ci, why don't you shout like that when you're outside?"

In fact, sometimes when she heard Pei Ci yelling like that, there was always a little weirdness in her heart.

It seemed that he shouldn't have yelled like that.

Jian Jia wanted to say something, but she knew in her heart that where she had the role of being a servant, what the master wanted to do and what to say were all the master's business.

Thinking of this, she sighed slightly, turned around, and bought another bunch of candied haws with the candied haws vendor.

Through the silk cloth, Pei Ci couldn't see Sheng Baoling's appearance clearly under the hat, "What's the name?"

Sheng Baoling was silent for a moment, before he could think of it, he heard a low, almost inaudible voice in his ears...

"Surther?"

Sheng Baoling was startled, and looked at Pei Ci in surprise.

The yell just now was a little unreal, so that when she looked at Pei Ci, she had a weird expression, wondering whether he yelled that one, or that one, was actually her hallucination.

The gaze that met Pei Ci was so magnanimous, and for a moment, Sheng Baoling was sure that it was his own illusion.

How could Pei Ci know her fine print?

Even if he knew, how could he say it.

At this moment, Pei Ci looked at Sheng Baoling and asked tentatively, "Miss Sheng?"

Sheng Baoling smiled and nodded, "Yes."

Isn't this shouting more audible than the empress dowager?
It was to embarrass Pei Ci.

From an angle that Sheng Baoling couldn't see, the corners of Pei Ci's mouth curled up slightly, but soon sank down.

Jian Jia first gave the candied haws to Sheng Baoling, and then Sheng Baoling passed the candied haws to Pei Ci, "Here."

She thought to herself: eat, don't look at the one in my hand anymore.

Is Pei's mansion that poor?
What did Pei Ci say, he was also the left chancellor of the court, so with the salary of more than a year, could he not even be able to afford a meal in a restaurant, or a bunch of candied haws?

However, she quickly put the idea behind her.

"Thank you." Pei Ci reached out to take the candied haws.

The slightly cool fingertips gently brushed the edge of Sheng Baoling's fingertips, and the coolness covered it. Sheng Baoling's heart jumped hard, and his face was slightly hot.

She quickly let go of her hand and let it hang by her side. Pei Ci's hand was obviously cold, but when she accidentally touched it, she inexplicably felt that her hand was a little hot.

Pei Ci's eyes stayed on his hand holding the candied haws for a moment, and his eyes focused on the fingertips that touched her fingers just now. The light in his eyes was softer than before.

It seems to contain thousands of spring flavors, and at the end of winter, it seems to be warmer.

The eyes of Jian Jia on the side almost stared straight, Master Pei stretched out his hand, he was more careful just now, obviously he would not touch the empress.

Is Master Pei such a careless person?

I don't know if it's an illusion, but when she looked at Pei Ci, she somehow felt that he was smiling.

But it was clear that his face was serious, his thin lips were pursed, and he didn't even smile at all.

That pair of eyes seemed to be filled with thousands of alienated coldness.

That's right, if Mr. Pei did it on purpose, the coffin boards that the late emperor just buried would have to be overturned, right?
What is surprising but not so surprising is that, walking along the road, Pei Ci never took a bite of the candied haws in his hand, and just walked by Sheng Baoling's side, giving Jian Jia the feeling that he was like a guard. Protect the safety of the empress.

Sheng Baoling's feelings were not as rich as Jian Jia's, and he just asked curiously, "Is there nothing else for Mr. Pei?"

The implication is that you are too free to gossip with yourself in this market?
When she said it, Jian Jia also looked at Pei Ci curiously, yes, the dignified prime minister, could it be that he is so leisurely.

Even through the silk cloth of the only hat, Pei Ci still felt the two gazes. After a while, he said, "There are too many people in the market, so it's not safe."

Sheng Baoling didn't know what it meant at first when he heard the endless sentence, but then he remembered that when he mentioned that it was not safe to leave the palace without guards, Pei Ci seemed to have said that he would protect himself in the future.

Looking at Pei Ci's cold face, there was no unnecessary expression, as if he was born to be so dull, but Sheng Baoling's face was a little hot.

A heart beat a little flustered.

Although she herself didn't understand where this panic came from.

She just pretended to be Pei Ci and said that before, but she didn't expect that at this moment, he really did this and followed beside her.

Seeing that the two of them stopped talking, Jian Jia on the side blinked and looked at Pei Ci's pale and weak face, as if the wind would fall over if it blows...

Mr. Pei is just a scholar who has no power to restrain a chicken. If there is a real danger along the way, who will protect whom, I'm afraid it's uncertain.

And this scene fell into the eyes of the servants of the Pei residence who followed Pei Ci, and they immediately returned to the residence and told Pei Wan about it.

His lord, at this moment, is shopping in the market with two girls who appeared out of nowhere, with a bunch of candied haws that the girls like in their hands!

Pei Wan got up from the reclining chair in shock, her eyes were amazed...

(End of this chapter)