She is different from the empress in the history books

When the words came to his lips, Pei Peng swallowed them back.

She would not be so easily influenced by others, but Xu Qing, the relationship between husband and wife was gone, but they still had a daughter in common, and Pei Peng still regarded her as one of his own.

But the closer she was to her family, the more uncontrollable her disappointment became.

Pei Peng thought to herself, should she continue to keep this father by her side when he didn't even care about his only daughter?
Especially the fact that he still misses the Xu family's things so much is a knot in his mind that he has been unable to untie after so many years.

It's too easy to be taken advantage of.

Too easy to betray.He might not even feel it was a betrayal when he did it, he just wanted to be the head of the family and he didn't see anything wrong with it.

Although Pei Peng has figured it out, she can't comply with Mrs. Xu's wishes now. It's not out of anger or to manipulate anyone. In fact, it's because Pei Peng has already made up her mind that Xu Peng should not have children, nor will she. Have a child.

After Xu Qing was sent away, Pei Peng had time to ask the people around him:

"Is Ashu okay?"

Although Pei Peng had already broken up with Xu Shu and explained the reasons for doing so, and things were progressing smoothly according to her ideas, logically speaking, this was something to be happy about.

But Pei Peng wasn't sure how her daughter was feeling. Yes, rationally she could understand that this was to get rid of the endless marriage introductions, but emotionally, Xu Shu was just a teenage girl after all.

Pei Peng also came from this age. It would be a lie to say that she recognized men when she was a teenager. When she was young, even if she had some other calculations, she still wanted to have a happy family. .

Therefore, she didn't think that after the matter was settled, Xu Shu would really accept it without any hesitation, and accept that while her peers were talking about marriage, she had to wear a female crown in a Taoist temple to pray for the country.

Although it is impossible for Pei Peng to really let his daughter stay in the Taoist temple for a long time, it is just a pretense and then return to normal life, but it may be a certainty that there will be no talk of marriage in the next few years.

Can she accept it?
The person behind her had a strange expression, but Pei Peng didn't see it, so she just heard the other person's hesitant reply:

"Your Highness, you must be in a good mood..."

"If it's good, it's good. If it's not, it's bad. Why are you hesitating?"

Pei Peng put his hands on the table and wanted to stand up, but after using up half of his strength, he gave up. Forget it, he had to give the child some time to think clearly. Anyway, Xu Shu was always followed by guards and maids practicing martial arts. , she won’t get hurt, she can do whatever she wants.

In fact, Pei Peng's guess about Xu Shu was pretty much the same. Xu Shu knew rationally that this was the best way at the moment, but she felt a little aggrieved. Whether she wanted to consider marriage was one thing, but whether she could consider it was another. Something happened.Moreover, she knew that someone had lobbied her emperor uncle, who almost arranged her marriage, and now asked her to be the female crown. Although this was the plan of their mother and daughter, it also made Xu Shu realize deeply again. , how being an emperor means deciding the fate of others at will.

Thinking like this, she felt that the huge princess palace seemed depressing. Xu Shu sent someone to deliver a message to her mother-in-law, and took them to a suburb - the place where her mother-in-law chose to build a Taoist temple for her. .

This place was also picked out by Pei Peng after all the hard work.

It's not far from the city. The people who checked the site visited it and said that it only takes an hour to walk straight from here to the city gate. However, there are not many villages nearby, and the official road does not pass here. The caravan Teams on business or even those who have some savings and can afford tolls will not go this way. That is to say, villagers from further villages will pass by sporadically in order to enter the city-this means that there are people in the Taoist temple. Any movement is not easy to be noticed.

Xu Shu looked at the map and found that the closest village was actually Xiaoli Village. This was one of the reasons why they chose people from Xiaoli Village to build the Taoist temple. Another reason was that Xiaoli Village had received favor from the Princess Mansion and was considered a member of Chengyang County. Among these villages, Xiaoli Village has the most contact with Xu Shu. There are some old things and old relationships that are separated by barriers. It is difficult for the villagers to work together to do anything. This is what makes Pei Peng feel relieved. Let them give Xu Shu In the Taoist temple, it is very convenient to select some down-to-earth and loyal people to help with chores in the future, or to have them patrol the area and pay attention to strangers coming and going, etc.

Another reason why Pei Peng finally decided on the address of this Taoist temple was that this place was surrounded by flat grassland on three sides and a beach on one side. If someone was wandering around to inquire about information, there would be nowhere to hide.

Although the water in the beach is not as much as in rivers, lakes and seas, it is enough for use, and because it does not flow, it is not easy to affect the water source.

In fact, considering this, it is obvious that this Taoist temple is not just a pretense for Xu Shu to come over to recite sutras for a few days during the holidays, but also to house some Taoist priests and slaves who originally worked at Chen Song's place.

The reason why I say it is partly because although the defense here will be strengthened under the banner of the princess becoming a female crown, it cannot stop people from doing what they want to do with real swords and guns.

Therefore, some less important research, or non-critical steps in making gunpowder or fireworks, can be carried out here.

Chen Song, as well as the several talented Taoist priests he selected, as well as the good face he discovered intermittently during this period, and Xu Ying, had other plans.

This is divided into two parts. Once something happens, unimportant characters can be thrown out to protect the key characters.

But no matter what, this is still a place built for Xu Shu. Even if she only lives here for a few days or a few months, priority must be given to ensuring that she lives here comfortably.

Out of unspeakable guilt towards his daughter, Pei Peng gave this place to her and asked her to come and see it from time to time.

Xu Shu didn't take it very seriously. She didn't think the supervisor would treat her perfunctorily.But since she had nothing to do today, and she felt a little depressed staying at the princess mansion, she came to take a look.

To be honest, Xu Shu still liked chatting with the people in Xiaoli Village.

(End of this chapter)