Pei Jinting walked quickly towards the queen's bedroom.
He tried his best to avoid the place where the female relatives were, not wanting to encounter two female relatives blocking his way when he deliberately bypassed the main road and took the narrow path.
A restlessness spread inexplicably in Pei Jinting's heart.
It's no good that he has the reputation of wandering among flowers. Today, he saw too many of these noble ladies.
Compared with the noble ladies who passed by from time to time on the road outside, Pei Jinting felt that it was easier to deal with the two in front of him.
He bowed slightly towards the two of them, his phoenix eyes did not fall on them, and the half-smiling expression on his face was restrained.
"Pei has something to do, so I borrowed it."
After he finished speaking, his eyes fell into the distance, wondering if the Queen would embarrass Yuanyuan.
With her temperament of swallowing her anger, she might not even be able to refute.
The more Pei Jinting thought about it, the more irritated he became. He just wanted to find Gu Qingyuan quickly.
While I was thinking about it, one of the girls in front of me who needed to borrow money suddenly shouted.
"Ah! Snake!"
Her loud shout even frightened the girl who was traveling with her.
The two of them ran forward in a panic. Perhaps the girl's skirt was too long, so they stumbled and rushed forward one after another.
He bumped into Pei Jinting.
Pei Jinting put his hands behind his back and ducked out of the way.
The two ladies did not bump into him, but fell at his feet.
"Master Pei, there is a snake crawling among the trees!"
A noble lady looked panic-stricken. She got up in embarrassment, shrank to his side, and hugged his arm...
Pei Jinting didn't wait for her to hold her arms tightly, and immediately stepped back and looked at the two women in front of him with a half-smile.
"I don't know which family the two noble ladies are from. When they meet my husband, they don't avoid it. Instead, they come forward and do something..."
"Pei's backyard is too small to accommodate two girls as concubines."
His eyes were full of ridicule.
If he had thought before that the female official led the wrong way to give the queen time to embarrass Gu Qingyuan.
At this moment, Pei Jinting truly knew why the queen was hosting these noble ladies today.
He never imagined that the queen would have such a plan.
The two ladies were stunned on the spot.
I received the Queen's invitations from various families, and then contacted the matter about the fake girl from Zhenguogong's palace that caused a lot of commotion in Beijing.
Everyone in the family knew that the queen wanted to choose a new wife for Third Young Master Pei.
If it weren't for Pei Jinting's really bad reputation, the threshold of the Pei family would have been breached long ago.
Who wouldn't want to marry such a family?
Ever since Pei Jinting robbed the girl from the Gu family and returned home, he has done less ridiculous things.
Sure enough, men still need to get married before they can be sensible.
Therefore, people who had previously disdained Pei Jinting were now willing to let out all their good girls to attend the Queen's lotus appreciation banquet.
Of course, such things are not uncommon in the banquets of high-ranking nobles, and the original emphasis is on being half-covered.
Unexpectedly, Pei Jinting directly put the two of them on top of his concubine without saying anything else. Both girls turned pale and embarrassed.
If today's incident were to spread, these two girls would no longer be able to marry into a good family.
Who would want two unruly daughters-in-law?
The girl with pear blossoms and spring rain was a little quick-witted and wanted to save her image.
Unexpectedly, Pei Jinting walked away with a wave of his sleeves and ordered the attendants who came over,
"Go and catch some more snakes to keep company with the ones in the bushes..."
The two girls' cheeks suddenly started to hurt.
They know whether there are snakes in the bushes, but they can catch more snakes...
This is clearly putting their faces on the ground and trampling them.
Pei Jinting was full of anger, clenched his hands, walked faster and faster, and soon reached the queen's bedroom where she rested.
He ignored the obstruction from the palace people in front of the palace gate and directly pushed the door open and entered.
Gu Qingyuan was not seen in the room, only the queen was slowly sipping tea.
When she saw Pei Jinting, she scolded,
"How old are you? How come you don't have any rules?"
Pei Jinting gave a hasty salute and asked directly,
"Where's Ayuan? What do you mean, aunt? Is this lotus appreciation banquet prepared for my nephew today?"
Now that the truth has been exposed, the queen no longer hides it and nods calmly,
"Now that you've seen it, I don't have to beat around the bush with you."
She slowly put down the tea cup, sat upright on the phoenix couch, looked at Pei Jinting,
"I did not approve of your stolen marriage from the very beginning."
"Not to mention that she is now an orphan of unknown origin. Who knows what kind of dirty blood she has in her body."
"You are the third son of Duke Cheng'en, a child raised by me and His Majesty. You should not have a wife of such a status by your side."
Pei Jinting looked at the queen's serious look and raised her eyebrows casually.
"Oh?" He smiled and asked, "Aunt, what kind of person do you think is standing next to your nephew?"
Speaking in general terms, Pei Jinting glanced at the queen in an understatement, his voice neither salty nor bland,
"Who has a nephew with my dirty blood?"
Pei Jinting felt that everything was ridiculous to the extreme.
He finally managed to get Ayuan to bump into him.
The queen actually wanted to let her leave her, stop her and marry again?
After hearing what he said, the queen was furious and said, "Pei Jingheng, shut up."
"I am planning to hold a banquet today and select a suitable woman for you to meet. It just so happens that you and Mrs. Gu have both entered the palace."
"Just now, I have spoken to Mrs. Gu. I have also prepared fertile land, a shop, a palace, and even the title of county head to compensate her."
"How can I let her suffer?"
Pei Jinting always thought that the queen's attempt to embarrass Gu Qingyuan was just to make her learn the rules and punish her by copying scriptures.
After all, the rules taught by the old nanny in the boudoir are more difficult than the ten tortures.
But he didn't expect that the queen told Gu Qingyuan that she wanted him to stop his wife and remarry.
Under the thickening clouds on the horizon, a bolt of lightning, accompanied by a rumble, exploded on the roof.
"Aunt..." Pei Jinting roared angrily.
At this moment, his heart had never been more panicked.
I was even more panicked than when I heard that the Lu family was going to the Gu family to propose marriage.
Fertile fields, shops, royal estates, prestigious positions...
Ha. He is really valuable in the eyes of the queen.
Pei Jinting calmed down after being furious.
He asked, "What did Gu Yuanyuan want?"
He looked at the queen closely, what would he do if Gu Yuanyuan wanted those things?
Thinking of Gu Qingyuan rejecting the emperor's reward in Chongming Palace, she only wanted to find out about Duke Zhen.
Pei Jinting felt relieved.
The queen pursed her lips, thinking of the conversation she had just had with Gu Qingyuan.
Gu Qingyuan's voice is tough yet soft,
"Your Majesty, you don't need to make up for me. Although I am an orphan, I don't want such a thing."
"It is my duty to be able to get together and part ways with Mr. Pei well."
After saying that, she said no more, but bowed and left.
The queen pinched her eyebrows and answered Pei Jinting,
"No. She didn't ask for those things."
After the thunder and lightning, the rain finally fell.
Pei Jinting knew that a person like Gu Yuanyuan would not care about this.