Snowy Chang'an Road

Chapter 10 Emergency Report from Yanmen
  While Wei Yuan was interrogating the dead man, Pei Ying looked back and forth with his eyes, but after looking around, he couldn't see anything strange.

The dead man didn't say a word, but he wanted to bite his tongue and commit suicide. Wei Shao stopped him again. Pei Ying noticed that the dead man's eyes were full of curses.

"Since you are so stubborn, I will be thrown into the sky prison and served well."

"My son, I would like to thank my father."

"Today's family dinner will be followed by music and dancing."

Deng Shou glanced at his son, then slowly stood up and came to Wei Yuan's side, toasting him with a drink. Seeing this, Wei Shao motioned for Pei Ying to come forward with her.

After returning to her seat, Pei Ying took a sip of wine and said, "Your Majesty is too cruel."

"Don't make mistakes."

"What I said is true. Regardless of the fact that I, the daughter-in-law, am an outsider, you are also his son after all. So many people besieged you last night, and he only asked a few symbolic questions and examined you a few times. I’m not worried about you.”

"Your Majesty knows my martial arts."

Hearing this, Pei Ying suddenly felt a little miserable for him.

"I discovered that you are a double-skinned person. You are your father in front of everyone, but you always call him your majesty in private."

"He is the king and I am the minister. Only after the king and his ministers can we talk about father and son."

"What is asked is not what is answered."

Wei Shao picked up the food in front of him and put it into his mouth one after another. Pei Ying just sat quietly next to him and watched him eat.

"Why don't you eat?"

"no appetite."

Looking at the food in front of her, Pei Ying really had no appetite. She had eaten too much, and she really couldn't swallow the food.

"You just asked me to observe who has a ghost. Could it be that you suspect that the mastermind of your assassination is in this hall."

"Ah."

"But the dead man who kidnapped me didn't say that they were from King Guangyang."

"King Guangyang was punished by nine clans and all his subordinates were killed."

Pei Ying took a breath. For the first time, she felt the idiom "killing like hemp" concretely. Then she looked up at this happy scene. It was really royal and not a place for ordinary people to stay.

"What if that dead soldier is never recruited?"

"He won't live to see that."

"how do I say this?"

Wei Shao raised his eyebrows, turned to look at her, and said seriously: "Have you seen Wei Qian? He will not let this dead soldier have a chance to speak."

"How did you know it was him?"

"Don't move, someone is watching us."

Wei Shao stretched out his fingers and gently helped Pei Ying tidy up the broken hair on her forehead.

"Wei Shao, your hands are quite rough."

This unexpected sentence almost broke Wei Shao's guard. He quickly retracted his fingers, took a deep breath, and adjusted his expression.

Every move of the two people was watched by many people, especially Pei Sheng. Her nails were deeply embedded in her flesh, bleeding.

The family banquet reached its climax amidst the rhythmic drumbeats of Pangu. When Emperor Wu of Wei saw that he was getting excited, Kuai Tong trotted all the way to his side.

"Your Majesty, there is an urgent report at Yanmen Pass."

Your Majesty personally declares:

I, King Gaojun of Jinyang, was summoned by the Xiongnu. Shanyu led 200,000 elite troops and was trapped in Mayi. I led my soldiers to guard the border of Wei Dynasty. I asked your majesty to send troops to reinforce me quickly to break the siege of Mayi.

Kuai Tong stopped singing and dancing and glanced at Ban Miao.

Ban Miao stood up immediately: "Your Majesty has something important to do. I, my concubine, will leave first."

"Wait a minute, the Crown Prince and the King of Peking are staying."

After leaving the hall, Pei Sheng walked up to Pei Ying, glared at her and said, "The King of Peiping can actually smile at you with that dead face. You are really good at it." Listening to her unscrupulous words, Pei Ying was not used to it, and replied: "I have been in the palace for a day, and my sister still can't learn to be conceited and submissive. I'm really worried about you. When you die in the future, you won't know who killed you."

"Bold, I am the Crown Princess, how dare you be rude to me."

Just as Pei Sheng wanted to raise his hand, he was pushed down by the maid. Then a more luxuriously dressed maid came up. Pei Ying remembered that she was the person serving the queen.

"Princess, the Queen invites you to go to the palace."

Pei Sheng quickly agreed, and before leaving, he didn't forget to look back and glare at Pei Ying.

"It seems that you sisters don't have a good relationship."

"I've met Mrs. Deng."

Deng Shou supported her and said gently: "Since you are Shao'er's bride, from now on you will let him call me mother and concubine."

"Yes."

"Their monarchs and ministers are discussing matters. Can you come back to the palace with me?"

Pei Ying nodded obediently. She didn't think it was good. This was her real mother-in-law. Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have been natural enemies since ancient times. Her heart was beating very fast, up and down.

In the Yueyang Palace, Pei Ying was sitting on pins and needles. After all, it was a strange environment and an antagonistic relationship. She lowered her head and said nothing.

"I see you didn't eat anything just now. Is the food in the palace not to your liking?"

"Back to my concubine, I ate too much for breakfast and am not hungry."

"A few days ago, I ordered people to pick some persimmons. They are very sweet. You can try them."

Pei Ying picked up the persimmon, gently peeled off the skin, and took a bite.

Seeing that she finally opened her mouth to eat, Deng Shou continued to persuade her, "If you like it, eat a few more bites."

"Thank you, concubine."

"Yesterday was your wedding, and something like this happened, which frightened you. I will make amends for you on Shao'er's behalf."

"My mother and concubine have betrayed my sons and ministers. Those people are all going after the prince. As long as the prince is fine, the life and death of my sons and ministers is a trivial matter."

"You are a good boy. Shao'er worked hard and now we have a family. I see the deep love between you and your husband, and I can let go of my worries."

"Mother and concubine, I have something that I don't understand."

"You said."

"Forty people assassinated one of the princes last night. How come you and your father don't look worried about the prince at all?"

Deng Shou was stunned for a moment, and then said with a wry smile: "I am a mother, how can I not worry about my children? However, Shao'er's martial arts is unfathomable. Even if there are forty more dead soldiers, it may not be enough." His opponent."

"Is he that powerful?"

"He once fought one against a hundred on the battlefield, and he fought out of a heap of dead people. A mere forty people, of course not to mention."

"But no matter how powerful the tiger is, it will still take a nap."

"He won't. You should know that he holds his sword while sleeping, right?"

Pei Ying nodded.

"That is the heirloom of my Nanyang Deng family. The burden on this child's heart is too heavy, and the burden he has placed on his shoulders is also too heavy. I have tried to enlighten him, but he doesn't listen, so let him go. It's been a long time. You get to know him, and it’s hard to change his character.”

Pei Ying didn't understand what she said, and the two of them chatted like this until Wei Shao came back.

Wei Shao sat down, not even bothering to drink water, and said: "The Huns called Nan Chanyu to lead his troops south and besieged King Jinyang in Mayi. King Jinyang asked your Majesty to send troops to help quickly."

"Your Majesty, are you sure?"

"That's right."

"Who leads the troops?"

"Not decided yet."

　Princess and prince please read the book
  　　
  　
  (End of this chapter)