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

Chapter 97 Pei Ci, what are you always looking at me for?
Sheng Gong has always felt that Sheng Baodai's reluctance to enter the palace, coupled with her temperament, is indeed not suitable for staying in the palace, and she has indeed not entered the palace now, so no matter how you say it, it can be regarded as a no-brainer thing.

I never knew what my father and my second uncle and aunt would think of it.

In addition, Sheng Baoling is his direct sister, what she does and decides, he, the eldest brother, naturally supports and agrees.

Therefore, I didn't think much about it.

It will be Sheng Baoling's birthday in two days. When she returns to the residence today, she will naturally regard the Sheng residence as her only home. Celebrating her birthday with her family is the most important thing.

That's why he hurried out this morning to pick up the birthday gift he had set earlier, in order to deliver it to his younger sister before Sheng Baoling returned to the palace.

Just didn't expect it to be like this.

Sheng Gong's face turned a little ugly, and he cupped his hands towards Pei Ci, "Please take care of me as an elder brother, go to the restaurant where we used to eat, etc. I have something to do temporarily, so I will go back when I go."

As he spoke, he quickened his pace and hurriedly chased in the direction that Mr. Sheng had left just now.

My father is really ignorant, for the prosperity of the so-called Sheng family, an innocuous matter, now he wants to separate from his own daughter, and now he wants to chill Baoling's heart when her birthday is approaching.

Sheng Gong felt really bad in his heart, thinking that Sheng Baoling didn't eat much just now, he felt sorry for this younger sister.

Worrying about this and that for the Sheng family, now alone in the palace, and pretending to be a mother and child with the little emperor who is not of one mind at all, but in the end he was still treated like this when he returned home.

As an elder brother, he felt ashamed to see this younger sister.

After Sheng Gong left, Pei Ci walked back in the direction just now, and met Sheng Baoling head-on, "Ziyang said something happened, let me take care of you."

When Jian Jia saw Pei Ci, her eyes couldn't help turning back and forth between Pei Ci and Sheng Baoling, as if she wanted to see if there was something tricky between the two of them. Look, now Mr. Pei doesn't even call the queen mother.

I even said things like taking care of it, regardless of whether it is suitable or not, there must be no tricks.

Sheng Baoling didn't think as much as Jian Jia thought, but he was curious when he heard Pei Ci say that his elder brother asked him to take care of him, "Take care?"

How to take care of it?

He was an unmarried man, and he was a widow.

Elder brother asked him to take care of one or two, where to take care of them?

Could it be that he was confused.

Pei Ci didn't look strange at all, his expression remained the same, and he spoke as usual, "Ziyang said that there is a restaurant nearby, do you want to wait there?"

With a gentle tone and a soft voice, like a feather, it tickles Sheng Baoling's heart, and he can't help being bewitched by it.

The thumbtip of her right hand pressed the pulp of her index finger, as if hesitating, thinking, is this right?
After a long while, before she could say anything, she heard a few footsteps, and a little far away, she could faintly hear conversations. It was the second and third bedrooms, who were talking about today's lunch.

What is inside and outside the words are all pretended gestures.

The affairs of the back house have always been complicated.

On weekdays, she could still call her second aunt, third aunt, and sister a few times, but today she is really not in a good mood, and she is not in the mood to pretend to be affectionate with them.

Guessing that Sheng Baoling didn't want to stay here any longer, Pei Ci took the lead and walked back. The direction over there was the back door of Sheng's mansion.

Sheng Baoling hesitated for a moment, took Jian Jia, walked lightly, and left over there.

Jian Jia's heart was pounding, and she couldn't help being nervous when she saw the two figures in front of her, one in front of the other, walking lightly, as if they were sneaking around.

Why do you look at it, it looks like a private meeting?

But not only did she not feel that something was wrong in her heart, but she also felt a little irritated?

Jian Jia was startled by the subconscious reaction in her heart.

Sheng Baoling in front obviously also noticed that this was inappropriate. If the servants in the mansion saw it, she didn't know what to say. Thinking of this, she deliberately straightened her back to make herself look magnanimous. No selfishness.

But the distance from Pei Ci in front has not changed at all.

Leaving through the back door, Pei Ci took two veiled hats from the guards who had already been waiting at the back door, and handed them to Sheng Baoling and Jian Jia who were next to him.

Sheng Baoling looked at the things in his hand, looked at Pei Ci in surprise, and then glanced at the guard. The elder brother clearly said that he met Pei Ci on the road and saw that he was not feeling well, so he invited him to the mansion for a short rest, but from here he was well prepared, From the perspective of the guards who had been waiting for a long time at the back door of the Sheng Mansion, it seemed that it had been premeditated!
Jian Jia's eyes widened, this was not a temporary idea, it was a private meeting that had been planned for a long time, look, the masks are all prepared, and the empress is still pretending not to know!
Jian Jia's heart was suddenly sour, the master now doesn't talk to her, even such a big private meeting, she doesn't talk to herself.

But after thinking about it, the master brought himself to private meetings, which shows that he is the most trustworthy person around the master.

For some reason, Sheng Baoling had a vague feeling that if he didn't put on the veil, Pei Ci in front of him would do it for him.

She put it on right away, and when she tied the rope, she always had some subtleties in her heart, why does it look like a private meeting?

Just when Pei Ci led the two of them to the carriage parked in the alley, Sheng Baoling's mind buzzed, and a voice yelled beside her ear: It's so inappropriate!
Out of order!

Being supported by Pei Ci to get into the carriage, when the carriage moved, the expression on Sheng Baoling's face froze...

Right now, it's still like... Elopement.

At this time, Pei Ci clenched his hands under his sleeves slightly, and he was still holding something in his arms. He looked at Sheng Baoling from the corner of his eye, as if he was always paying attention to Sheng Baoling's every move, and wanted to judge her emotional changes by this move .

At this time, although the veil was taken off, she didn't have any expression on her face, she just looked outside from time to time.

The carriage suddenly passed by a bumpy place, and the bodies of several people shook for a while. Sheng Baoling subconsciously supported Jian Jia next to him, but a hand was placed on the other shoulder. The palm was broad, and it was Pei Ci.

Fearing that Sheng Baoling would fall, Pei Ci subconsciously stretched out his hand to protect her, and when the carriage stabilized, he immediately took it back.

Because of this, Sheng Baoling realized that Pei Ci had been staring at her, and couldn't help asking, "Pei Ci, what are you always looking at me for?"

Pei Ci was taken aback for a moment, not expecting to be noticed by Sheng Baoling.

For a while, I was speechless.

Sheng Baoling's eyes fell on Pei Ci, and he didn't intend to move away for a long time, as if he wanted to see something from Pei Ci's face.

But as for what he could see, he was actually not sure himself.

On the other hand, Jian Jia on the side pricked up her ears at this moment, thinking again in her heart: Is this something I can hear?

(End of this chapter)