The Fugitive White Moonlight of a Powerful Minister

  Chapter 80 What is true about her treatment of him?

  The prince finally returned to Beijing after traveling for more than a month. The Duke's Mansion started preparations early in the morning, and at night, it was almost decorated with lanterns and festoons, comparable to the New Year's Eve.

  Princess Ronghua originally called two theater troupes, intending to watch a few plays with Shizi after dinner, but later, considering that Shizi was exhausted all the way and had to rest earlier, she told them to leave.

  Xishen's banquet also increased and decreased, and finally only the dishes that the prince has always loved were left.

  But the son probably had a hard journey, so he didn't eat much food, but drank a few more glasses of wine than usual. Halfway through the meal, he told the eldest princess and Pei Guoan to leave.

  As soon as he left, Pei Guogong also left the table with his chopsticks.

  The eldest princess was not displeased, she just asked Cui Madam beside her: "Didn't you say that the Jiangnan business went quite smoothly?"

  Nurse Cui respectfully said: "The son entered the palace to see His Majesty before returning home, could it be that... His Majesty mentioned the marriage with Princess Showa, and the son was not satisfied?"

  The crown prince always had a calm expression, which made it hard to tell whether he was happy or angry, but tonight he could indeed see that he was quite absent-minded, his face was slightly gloomy, and he spoke very little.

  Ronghua narrowed his eyes slightly, pondered for a moment, and said: "Let Zhaohe walk with him more, he has a dull personality, and he always needs to be covered to warm up."

  As soon as the words fell, someone hurried up to her and whispered: "Eldest princess, my son... has gone to the Ministry of Industry."

  Hurrying all the way back to Beijing, Gu Fei thought he could finally get a good night's sleep tonight, but he didn't want the family dinner to be less than half an hour, so Pei You stepped out and went straight out of the mansion.

  It's so late at night, and I'm going to the Ministry of Industry.

  Although I have been away from Beijing for a long time, the Ministry of Industry has accumulated a lot of official duties, but...

  Gu Fei wanted to persuade him, but when he saw the expression on his eldest son's face, he didn't dare to say anything.

  It turned out to be more cold and cold than before entering the palace.

  With a beating in his heart, he rode the horse all the way to the Ministry of Industry, and went in first to light the candle lamp. Seeing Pei You striding to the desk and starting to deal with official duties, he wiped the thin sweat from his forehead and retreated outside the door.

   On the first day Pei You returned to Beijing, Tu Bai was sure to come and report.

   It's just that Pei You was in the Ministry of Industry tonight, which already surprised him, and what surprised him even more was that before he came in to report, Gu Fei actually kicked him.

   "Don't blame me for not reminding you." He said in a very low breath, "Be cautious. Especially about that...Miss Wen..."

  When it came to "Miss Wen", Gu Fei lost his breath, and replaced it with his mouth silently.

  Tu Bai glanced at him inexplicably, then stepped in.

  Gu Fei snorted lightly, don't listen to the old man's words, just wait for the loss in front of your eyes!

  He didn't do other things these few hours, he just wondered why the son was in such an abnormal mood these days.

  There was no trace of him on the way back to Beijing. After all, he had no way of knowing what was reported in Tu Bai's secret letter.

  Can today...

  The prince was so angry that he even knocked over the tea set in the carriage.

   After thinking about it, wasn't it after meeting that girl from the Wen family?

  At that time, the girl was holding a little son in her arms, and a big son was accompanying her. She was a talented and happy-looking girl. I didn't know it, but I thought it was a neat and tidy family.

so…

  Although it is extremely unbelievable and extremely unwilling to admit it, Gu Fei still feels that his family's heir...seems, as if...

   Are you jealous?

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   Tu Bai certainly doesn't think so.

  Although he was raised as a secret guard since he was a child, he is slightly less sophisticated than ordinary people, but he is good at observing words and demeanor.

  Before, he also felt that Pei You might be different to Wen Ning, so when he handed out the secret letter of "Miss Wen discussing marriage", he hesitated a few times about what color to use.

  But in the end, Pei You's reply to him was all he needed was to find out the source of the Wenfu Winery's money.

   Didn't mention anything about Wen Ning's marriage proposal.

  So after that, he stopped reporting more about the Wen family's family affairs, and only reported some important matters in Beijing.

   This time he reported back and forth, let alone mention those trivial matters, so there is no need for Gu Fei to remind him to "be more cautious".

  Pei You has been promoted to be a servant, and he has an independent office cubicle in the Ministry of Industry. In addition, it is late at night, and he is the only one in the entire Ministry of Industry.

  The first to bear the brunt is naturally the turmoil between the court and China brought about by the Jiangnan case, and the movements of the Governor of Liangjiang.

   Next, I reported Li Wen's movements, and the news of Yichunyuan that I checked these days.

  Even after Pei You left Beijing, some developments of the Ministry of Industry also picked up what seemed necessary and reported a few words.

Pei You's desk was full of official documents, he didn't seem to feel tired, his face was handsome under the candlelight, his thin lips were lightly pursed, and he said "hmm" in vain, and asked a few more questions when he encountered doubts, which was no different from usual. different.

   After the report was over, Tu Bai waited for Pei You's next order as usual, but there was no movement from that side.

   Tu Bai raised his head, and saw his dark eyes looking at him.

  His heart trembled, and he quickly lowered his eyes: "What else can you order, young master?"

  Pei You seemed to smile: "What is the task I gave you before I left Beijing?"

  Tu Bai inexplicably felt that he was... laughed at by himself?

Sweat broke out on his rare back, and he hurriedly said: "My lord, Tu Bai has already found out about the Wen family winery. A girl contributed. It’s just the source of her money. Because it’s been a long time, it’s only been found out that she used to be a lot of jewelry, and it may be related to an underground gambling house, but it’s not clear yet, so I haven’t reported it to the young master. Please also Young master give Tu Bai a few more days, and Tu Bai will definitely find out the whole story!"

"anything else?"

   Blinking in vain, and...

  He suddenly thought of Gu Fei's silent three words just now, and his heart suddenly became clear.

"My son, since Miss Wen was choosing her husband, she has considered three sons. One is Mr. Zeng from the Cheng family of Dali Temple, who is also Zeng Xu, the doctor of the Tuntian Division, and the other is Qin Yu, the nephew of Qin Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials. Another one is Yan Li, a wealthy businessman in central Beijing, who is also the owner of several restaurants such as Yun Ting Lou. Among them, he met Mr. Zeng and Mr. Yan. Mr. Zeng was invited by Mr. Wen to meet at the mansion, and there is no further information; Mr. Yan, meet outside the mansion, met once at Yun Tinglou, and meet again today at Tianshan Lake."

  Reporting things in vain, always concise and to the point, not reporting the process, only reporting the results. This is the first time that things have been explained in such detail.

  I just felt that Pei You's mood before the desk was getting weaker and weaker, so weak that he couldn't realize whether the content he reported was what he wanted to hear.

   But this is the end of the conversation, so he bit the bullet and finished the last sentence: "The Wen family will discuss tonight, and five days later, Yan Li will come to propose marriage."

  Gu Fei hadn’t had a good rest for several days, and was extremely tired. Hearing the voices that stopped and started, of course, he couldn’t listen carefully to what was being said, but it was just like this, which made people feel sleepy.

  In the end, I really started to fight in a daze.

   Hearing the creaking door all the time, seeing Tu Baihei coming out with a face, he stood up in a jerk.

   Without waiting for him to ask a few words, Tu Bai sprinted forward and left.

   Listen to the room again.

quiet.

   Deadly still.

   For a long time, it was so long that Gu Fei almost fell asleep leaning against the door again, when a voice suddenly came from inside: "Gu Fei, go to the ice mirror."

  Ice mirror?

  He rubbed his arm that was a little cold from the night wind. It's only May, and he went to the ice mirror?

   What's more, this is in the Ministry of Industry, not the Duke's Mansion, so where can I get the ice mirror?

  Pei You seemed to realize this problem very quickly, opened the door, and walked away.

   This is the second time today, Mr. Pei, who is impeccable and strategizing, gave instructions that seemed to be completely mindless.

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   For several days in a row, Gu Fei had a deep understanding of what it means to be in dire straits.

  Of course, Wang Qinsheng is the same.

  He has served for more than ten years, and he has never seen such a son.

  Go out before dawn, and never see anyone until late at night. After I came back, I started calling Bingjian.

  When people are in the study room, they go to the study room, and when they are in the bedroom, they go to the bedroom.

  It was less than June, and he wanted to turn his house into an igloo. Every time he went in, he was shivering from the cold. He didn't seem to realize that he had enough ice to sit down quietly.

  Everyone felt that something was wrong with Pei You, but no one could tell why.

  The eldest princess also called Gu Fei and Wang Qinsheng to ask for a call.

  Gu Fei had some speculations in his heart, but how dare he speak nonsense in front of the Eldest Princess, and only said with a sad face that he didn't know what happened to the prince.

  Wang Qinsheng, based on his experience, feels that his young master seems to be holding back a fire, and this fire has been ignited since before he returned to Beijing, and at this moment it has the potential to start a prairie fire.

   But why did the fire start and why did it ignite? He knew very little about Pei You's affairs after entering the Duke's mansion, so how could he know?

   Until the fifth day, the long-simmering fire overturned unexpectedly.

  It was a seemingly ordinary morning.

  Gu Fei waited outside the palace for Pei You to come down as usual, and when he saw him, he said: "My lord, Tu Bai is waiting for you in the carriage."

  Tu Bai was supposed to go to Qinghui Hall to report every night as usual, but he got the news early in the morning, and finally found out the ins and outs of the money from Wen's Winery.

  Remembering that Pei You cared a lot about this matter that day, he reported it immediately without waiting for the evening.

"My lord, that sum of money, it turned out that Miss Wen obtained five hundred taels of jewelry as jewelry. After that, before Chunwei released the rankings, she went to the underground gambling house to place a bet on Liu Ye's second-class Jinshi. The odds of losing ten per one won five thousand." Two. Initially invested 1,000 taels when opening the distillery, and added 500 taels later. But the distillery was struggling to operate, and after Duan Rushuang joined, Miss Wen invested another 2,000 taels, which made Fu Shengzui shine."

  As soon as Pei You got into the carriage, Tu Bai immediately reported back.

  At the time of summer, there is already a lot of light in the sky, and even the sun has a little warmth.

  But when it fell on Pei You's face, he didn't have much color, and was even a little cold by the expression on his face.

  He heard that there were not many disturbances, took off his official hat, and asked: "When did she place the bet, and when did she take the betting money?"

  Tu Bai's heart that was still determined just now suddenly dropped.

  He...hadn't checked it so carefully.

"Young master!" Because of his background, Pei You told him not to kneel in front of him, but Tu Bai knelt down without hesitation at this moment, and said in shame, "Tu Bai was careless and didn't ask, please punish me, sir! "

  Pei You did not say anything as if he had expected it, but just lowered his head and stroked his sleeves: "Take me to the gambling house."

  At midnight, Chang'an Avenue has begun to glow with vitality for a day, and people come and go, and it is getting more and more lively.

  Tu Bai had made unannounced visits before, and had never had direct contact with the shopkeeper of the gambling house. Therefore, when a group of people arrived at the gambling shop and escorted the shopkeeper to question him, the shopkeeper You looked blank, not knowing what happened.

It's just that his gambling shop is an underground business, and people who come here think they are officials. Of course, they can't tell the truth. Qianliang.

On weekdays, Pei You might still deal with him, but these days he is not only so bored that he needs to be chilled, but also has no patience at all, and sits calmly on the grand teacher's chair: "Since the root has grown, it will only grow." A lying tongue, this tongue, don't mind."

   Wave your hands.

  Gu Fei immediately stepped forward and dragged him out.

  The shopkeeper dared to operate an underground gambling shop, and he also had connections in the capital.

   This man dared to speak perfunctory only after seeing the face.

   But the other party was so arrogant that he dared to use lynching when he came up, so he quickly took a serious look.

  Looking at it, he almost fell to the ground.

  I didn't recognize him just now, and the other party was too low-key, and he hasn't appeared on the streets of Chang'an for a long time.

  Isn’t this... Pei You, the well-known No. 1 Scholar of Liuyuan and the First Prize a year ago, the eldest son of the Duke’s Mansion, and now the minister of the Ministry of Industry for the Third Grade?

  The official robes under the cloak and the upper court have not been taken off yet! Damn it!

   "Master Pei! Little trick! Little one knows!" He immediately ignored any casino or not, and if he offended this one, he would die as well!

   Pei You gave Gu Fei a look, and Gu Fei stopped.

The shopkeeper immediately kowtowed and said: "Master Pei, it happened more than a year ago, I really can't remember when that man bet with five hundred taels of silver! But I remember the day when he exchanged the silver." It's very clear that it was the day when you won the number one prize and paraded through the streets! Not long after the ranking was released, he brought the servant to cash the bank note!"

  Pei You was upright, the air pressure around his body sank, his black eyes stared at him: "What does that man look like, do you remember?"

"It looks... red lips and white teeth, thin and small..." Fortunately, the bet was enough and the luck was enough to impress him. The shopkeeper said without hesitation, "I also brought a servant, who also has red lips and white teeth, Thin skin and tender meat."

  The shopkeeper once heard that the prince of the Duke's Mansion is beautiful and warm like water, but for some reason, when he looked at it, his eyes were cold and cold, and he was definitely not a good friend.

  At this moment, he obviously told the truth according to his intentions, but his face added a gloomy face, and he pressed straight down on him, making him tremble with fear, almost unable to kneel.

   "My lord is clear! What the little one said is absolutely true! On that day, Lord Wen of Jingzhao Mansion led troops to search and search. Those two escaped when they saw the opportunity, and many people present saw it!"

  A gambler with red lips and white teeth.

   A servant with thin skin and tender meat.

  The day the list was released.

  Jingzhao Mansion came to search, and the two escaped.

  Pei You stared at the shopkeeper's mouth opening and closing with silent eyes, and suddenly let out a low laugh.

OK.

OK.

  So it is!

  He stood up abruptly and strode out.

  The inside of the gambling house was deserted, and as soon as he went out, the smoke and fire rushed to his face, but it didn't dispel the condensation around the visitors.

  Tu Bai and Gu Fei followed closely behind, and couldn't help but look at each other.

  Both of them knew from Pei You's expression that he was overwhelmed by the shopkeeper's few words just now.

  But what exactly broke, they...have no idea at all.

  Seeing the fast-moving Pei You suddenly paused, he turned his head and asked Tu Bai, "You are in the Wen residence these days, watching Wen Ning and her maid Linglan, what is the relationship?"

  Tu Bai was stunned for a moment, not understanding why Pei You asked this question, but he still replied: "I love my sister."

   Then Pei You sneered.

   Twice.

   Another sound.

   Laughed three times in a row.

   What a joke.

   What a big joke!

  She went to Yichunyuan not to block him, but to have an unknown plot.

   I just happened to meet him, and I just took advantage of the situation to play a show.

  She disguised herself as a man on the day when the results were released, and came to this underground gambling house to exchange money, but was caught by the Jingzhao Mansion, fled in a hurry, and hid under the bamboo basket in a panic, but was caught by him.

  She never really planned to catch her son-in-law, and even pretended to be guarding him outside the door after being hit by him.

  Even when they first met in Yuntinglou, the slap she slapped the personal maid was just for him to see!

  It is false to be vitriolic, it is false to catch a son-in-law under the list, it is false to be infatuated with love.

  What is true about her treatment of him?

  The fire that had been suppressed in Pei You's body for more than ten days suddenly sprang up from the roots like a sudden gust of wind, and burned the reason and restraint he had maintained for twenty-two years without hesitation.

   But Gu Fei and Tu Bai who were following behind him felt that the prince in front of him was falling like a huge snow, and his whole body was filled with a chill, and they almost gritted their teeth: "Go and get Wen Ning here!"

   Today's chapter is quite fat, but I want to say that if I ask for leave tomorrow, you will definitely hit me...so forget it QAQ

  (end of this chapter)