BXBX NOVEL Chapter 537: father and daughter showdown
Mrs. Pei did not give Xiao Junji a chance to follow Pei Yi all the time. She left Xiao Junji to talk after the two juniors entered the house.
Pei Yi went to the study to find her father.
In the past few days, Princess Yan Luoyu first came to her to discuss marriage matters, and then the third prince Huo Yuan came to test her and revealed his words to her.
Thinking about it, the old emperor should want to do it very much and will soon attack her, otherwise Yan Luoyu and Huo Yuan wouldn't be so impatient.
It was based on this understanding that Pei Yi came to discuss matters with her father in such a hurry.
In the study.
Pei Shu is painting, his movements are extremely leisurely.
The tip of the pen is dipped in thick black ink, showing different lines and depths with different angles of brushing.
After a few strokes, a horse jumped out of the paper.
Pei Yi stood silently watching her father's painting. Although she had plans in her heart, she didn't say anything.
She didn't speak, and neither did her father.
Pei Shu continued to paint quietly, his movements became more and more leisurely, as if there was nothing important at the moment.
Pei Yi also held her breath, and without saying a word, she just stood quietly by the side and continued to watch her father paint, as if she had nothing to worry about at the moment.
After a while, the painting is coming to an end.
A few more strokes should have been added to the horseshoe, but Pei Shu put the brush in his hand on the delicate pen mount, as if he had no intention of finishing the painting.
Pei Yi then asked: "Father, don't you plan to continue painting?"
Pei Shupili Yang Qiu gave a soft laugh, turned his face to look at her, and teased: "Are you willing to speak?"
Pei Yi smiled narrowly, but did not answer.
Pei Shu snorted lightly, secretly thinking that his daughter is quite calm now.
He smiled and said, "Tell me, what 'bad thing' did you do again."
Pei Yi smiled wickedly and said, "I haven't done anything bad, but some bad things may happen soon."
"So, I will report a letter to Dad when I come back, so that Dad and the brothers can make preparations in advance."
Pei Shu sat down behind the desk, teasingly said, "Are you fooling me?"
"Don't dare." Pei Yi joked and said coquettishly with a smile, "Be lenient when you confess, and strict when you resist. Let me tell you honestly, our Holy Majesty will probably do something to me soon. When the time comes, my daughter's body will be exposed, and the family will Don't be implicated by me."
Pei Shu sat majestically on the top chair, his slender fingers with well-defined knuckles tapped lightly on the armrest one after another.
He smiled meaningfully: "Are you going to cover up your daughter?"
Pei Yi clasped her hands together and hung them down in front of her body, looking like she was waiting to be scolded, she responded with a low "hmm" slyly.
Pei Shu raised his finger and pointed at his daughter, and said with a smile: "It's such a big thing, you come back to inform me when it's over."
"Father is caught off guard by you now, what can you do to prepare in advance?"
The exposure of the daughter's body is no small matter.
Once it is confirmed that Pei Yi is a woman, not only Pei Yi is guilty of deceiving the emperor, but the entire Pei family is also guilty of deceiving the emperor.
Such life-and-death matters should be fully prepared in advance.
Like what Pei Yi is doing now, she suddenly notifies her that she has decided to expose her daughter's body when the situation is critical.
but-
"Didn't Dad make preparations early?" Pei Yi retorted with a submissive and obedient face, "I informed Dad early in the morning."
As soon as the words fell, there was a knock on the door of the study.
It was her elder brother Pei Xuanzong and second brother Pei Xuanting who came—they had just returned to the house, and as soon as they heard that Pei Yi was coming to the house today, they rushed over immediately.
Otherwise, with the usual style of the two brothers, they can usually hide as far as they can from their own father.
"Come in." Pei Shu's tone became obviously disgusted, completely different from the tone he had just spoken to his daughter.
The two brothers got the approval of their father, and then pushed the door open.
Although the whole family is working for officials in Beijing, they seldom meet each other.
Now that the two brothers saw their sister, they were very emotional.
"Fanyin, have you grown taller again?" Pei Xuanting walked up to his sister, stretched out his hand and gestured on the top of her head.
Pei Yi tiptoed in surprise, then her heels quickly fell back to the ground, and asked happily: "Have I really grown taller? I don't feel anything, and my clothes don't seem to get smaller..."
Pei Xuan looks at his sister, how satisfied he is.
He nodded with a chuckle and said, "It's a little taller."
If in other official families, the girl's parents are too high, it will only cause the parents to worry.
Parents will worry that such a tall daughter is "not good-looking" and it is difficult to find a son-in-law.
But the Pei family has no worries about this at all.
Their niece/sister is right no matter how long she is - even if she is tall, it is totally fine, even if the Sanskrit is taller than the average man, there is no problem.
Pei Shu stared sourly at the two sons and the daughter who were chatting passionately, and suddenly hated himself for not realizing that the daughter had grown taller.
Have you really grown taller?
Why didn't he see it just now?
Is it because the daughter itself is not too tall?
These two sons of **** must be exaggerating their words, look at how they coaxed his daughter into joy.
Pei Shu silently spurned the actions of his two sons in his heart.
"Fanyin, what were you talking about with Dad just now?" Pei Xuanting asked carelessly.
Pei Yi smiled awkwardly, and said with a little guilty conscience: "I just came to tell Dad that His Majesty may soon expose my daughter."
Pei Xuanzong's expression froze suddenly.
The second child, Pei Xuanting, also changed his complexion suddenly. As if facing a formidable enemy, he said indignantly, "Fanyin, don't worry, we will definitely not let your daughter's body be exposed."
Pei Yi looked at the second brother who was full of "righteousness", and suddenly felt that she had done something very unkind.
She smiled a little embarrassedly: "Second brother, actually... I plan to push the boat along the way, just let my daughter's body be exposed."
Pei Xuanzong's expression changed suddenly, and his gaze towards his sister became complicated.
Pei Xuanting was puzzled by Monk Zhang Er.
He asked very confused: "Why do you want to expose it? How dangerous it is. If your daughter's body is exposed, can the old emperor let our Pei family go?"
Pei Yi smiled awkwardly, but didn't explain much.
Because there is really nothing to explain about this matter, as long as the other party can understand, then they will naturally understand, and everything is said.
But if the other party didn't realize it, then Pei Yi really didn't want to put it on the surface, so she just smiled awkwardly and said nothing.
Pei Xuanzong glanced at his sister meaningfully, and said with a light smile, "Have you made any plans for Sanskrit?"
Pei Yi nodded solemnly.
Pei Xuan took a step forward, getting closer to his sister.
He whispered: "This matter is no small matter. You came to inform us now that it is almost happening. Will we have time to deploy?"
Pei Xuanting was stupefied at first.
But when he heard the elder brother's question, Pei Xuanting reacted immediately.
He suddenly opened his eyes wide, looked at his sister in amazement, and said inexplicably, "Fanyin, do you want to..." proclaim the emperor.
Pei Xuanting didn't say the last two words, but everyone present could understand it.
"That's right." Pei Yi nodded and admitted directly, the main reason is that she has already reached this level, and there is nothing wrong with admitting this ambition.
"Ah, you..." Pei Xuanting scratched the back of his head, suddenly feeling that this matter was a bit too bizarre.
Of course he has no objection to his sister doing what she likes.
He just couldn't figure it out, how could his sister who had no ambitions suddenly make such an ambition?
Apa has always warned them to be loyal to Da Zhou, and repeatedly told them not to give birth to a rebellious heart.
Therefore, although Pei Xuanting looked down on the royal family, he never had the desire to replace them.
He believed that his eldest brother didn't have any rebellious heart.
Therefore, Pei Xuanting is really shocked and depressed now.
He couldn't quite understand his sister's ambition.
"I've already thought about it." Pei Yi saw through his second brother's confusion at a glance.
His second elder brother is like a cup of shallow clear cool white water, and the bottom can be seen at a glance.
An outsider can easily understand what his second brother is thinking, let alone a close relative like Pei Yi.
"Oh..." Pei Xuanting nodded stupidly. At this point, he has no choice but to support his own sister.
Compared to Pei Xuanting's shock and bewilderment, Pei Xuanzong was much calmer.
The eldest son of the prime minister's mansion is very concerned about certain issues. He said again: "Fanyin, have you considered what I asked just now? What you plan to do is very important, but did you notify too late?"
Pei Yi smiled rather treacherously: "I have already notified."
The second child, Pei Xuan, was as if falling into the clouds and rain, and asked blankly, "When did you notify me?"
Pei Xuanzong had the same confusion as his younger brother.
But soon, he reacted by himself.
As early as a few months ago, rumors were suddenly flying in the sky in Kyoto.
And that rumor is quite weird.
Originally, the general gossip was about the short stories of some parents, and most of them were sexual incidents.
For example, who and so and so and so secretly kept an outhouse outside behind their wife's back, and whose wife secretly hooked up with so and so and so and so behind her husband's back.
(The words "wife" and "husband" existed in the Tang Dynasty, and they are not special words used by people today)
Or maybe some widow from the village had a secret relationship with some guy.
Which Gaoliang boy is jealous and fighting with someone again.
In short, the gimmick is enough, enough to make people relish.
However, the rumors that suddenly spread rapidly a few months ago were somewhat different.
The purpose of those rumors is particularly clear, and almost every rumor has its foothold—a woman will be enthroned as emperor in this world.
When Pei Xuanzong heard these rumors, he didn't think much about them.
In fact, he scoffed.
He didn't take this kind of rumor that was ridiculous at first sight.
But until now, Pei Xuanzong suddenly realized that he had misjudged the situation too much.
Moreover, he didn't know much about this sister—he didn't understand Sanskrit's ambition at all, and he didn't believe that his sister had such ambitions before.
Although Pei Xuanzong had already figured all this out, his second brother Pei Xuanting was still at a loss.
The second brother is still asking his sister: "Fanyin, when did you notify us? You must have only notified Dad, right?"
Pei Xuanzong secretly shook his head, thinking how could he have such a silly brother.
The head of the family, Pei Shu, snorted when he heard this, and complained in disgust: "You can't carve rotten wood."
Pei Xuan felt aggrieved.
He turned his head to look at the handsome old man sitting behind the desk, and wanted to say: I just don’t understand. What kind of charades are you playing with me? Can't you just say it directly?
However, Pei Xuanting only dared to think about these words, but never dared to say them.
Because his father is too majestic, he doesn't have the courage to criticize his father.
How could Pei Yi see her second brother being wronged so much?
However, even if only one family is present, she can't say it so bluntly, so she can only remind slightly: "Second brother, think about the recent rumors in Kyoto."
"I have given you the notice that should be given to you a long time ago."
"Father must have already made arrangements."
Although this was only Pei Yi's guess, she was indeed right.
As early as the rumors of "the heroine dominates the world" suddenly appeared in Kyoto, Pei Shu was concerned about this matter.
At that time, he suspected that his daughter might have the intention of aspiring to become the world leader.
Later, the folk song of "the woman in scarlet clothes sits in the court" became popular again in Kyoto.
In this way, everything is obvious.
Pei Shu was very sure in his heart that his daughter had just been fascinated by the throne.
Therefore, Pei Shu had already started to make plans for the layout, and he was not afraid of Pei Yi's sudden notification today that she was going to expose her daughter's body.
Moreover, Pei Shu had already expected Pei Yi's plan to expose her daughter's body, so although she was still a little surprised today, everything was reasonable, and Pei Shu was not too surprised.
Pei Xuanting seemed to be the only one who was so surprised that his jaw almost dropped to the ground.
Although compared to his elder brother and younger sister, Pei Xuanting's reaction always seems to be half a beat or even a beat slower.
However, this does not mean that he is a fool.
After his sister reminded him in a relatively tactful way, Pei Xuanting thought about the recent rumors in Kyoto, and soon understood what his sister meant.
"Fanyin, your hint is still too subtle." Pei Xuanting felt that he was deeply hurt by it, and said with a little aggrieved, "You don't even say what you want, how can my elder brother and I guess what you are really interested in. Besides, your hints are so subtle that my brother and I didn't even realize it was a hint..."
Without waiting for him to continue, Pei Shu, who was silently acting as the background wall, finally choked out unbearably: "If you don't know how to row a boat, blame the river bend."
Pei Xuanting received a knowing blow from his father, and instantly lost the mind to argue with his sister, and could only lower his head in aggrieved manner, not daring to say a word.
Pei Shu stared at his three children.
His gaze is very sharp, like a goshawk hovering in the sky.
After a while, Pei Shucai suddenly ordered: "Da Lang, Er Lang, you all go down."
Pei Xuanzong and Pei Xuanting agreed in unison, and then quickly walked out of the study room, and closed the door softly.
But just because the person is gone, it doesn’t mean that the mind is also gone.
Pei Xuanting stood outside the room with his ears pressed against the wall—he really wanted to know what father and sister were plotting.
Suddenly someone patted on the shoulder, Pei Xuanting was so startled that his shoulders trembled, only to find that the person who took the pat turned out to be his usually serious elder brother.
"Don't eavesdrop." His elder brother taught.
Although Pei Xuanting knew that what the elder brother said was right and in line with moral standards, the problem was that he was full of curiosity and confusion in his heart.
He was eager to know what his sister was playing with his father.
"Even if you overheard it, you might not understand it." Pei Xuanzong persuaded.
Pei Xuanting suddenly felt that he had been hit knowingly again.
He was so angry that he decided not to eavesdrop on the spot.
However, I was still a little unwilling in my heart, so Pei Xuanting just walked out of the corridor, and quietly sat down at the small stone table in the patio—in order to be able to learn about the news of the study at the first time.
Pei Xuanzong saw all the actions of his second brother, and couldn't help but find it funny.
This little brother of his is so well protected by his father and mother, yet he still looks like a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy at an early age. He is so sincere and straightforward.
Another compartment.
In the study.
Pei Shu had already stood up from his chair.
He looked down at the horse he hadn't finished drawing just now, and fell into a strange silence.
Pei Yi was also silent.
She wasn't pretending to be deep, but she really didn't know what to say now that her father didn't speak.
After all, her father's attitude was a little too ambiguous, so that she couldn't understand what her father's attitude was.
But now, his father has sent away the eldest and second brothers, presumably planning to have a good talk about her "ambition" to become emperor.
The room is so quiet that you can even hear the sound of a needle falling to the ground.
Pei Shu lowered his head and admired his paintings, as if he had already forgotten that he had a daughter by his side.
Pei Yi didn't remind her father, she just watched the paintings with her father seriously.
Although the system has improved Pei Yi's poetry and song skills earlier, Pei Yi is still lacking in painting.
In fact, she doesn't have much artistic talent, just like now, she won't appreciate this Chinese painting.
Relying on simple feelings, she thinks that the painting in front of her is not bad—after all, the horse is quite vivid, not abstract at all.
Pei Yi can't appreciate those paintings that are too abstract.
"Why…"
After a long time, she suddenly heard his father sigh deeply.
Pei Yi's heart skipped a beat, and she suddenly became nervous.
She originally thought that her father would definitely support her to proclaim herself emperor, but her father's current attitude seems to be different.
"Sanskrit, as a father, you are a subject of Dazhou." Pei Shu said suddenly and slowly, "The reward of eating the emperor is the thing of being loyal to the emperor. As a father, you can't do things that make you feel sorry for Dazhou."
Pei Yi knew it in her heart.
Honestly speaking, Pei Yi was not surprised to hear what his father said.
On the contrary, if her father directly and unreservedly supported her proclaiming the emperor 100% without reservation, that would surprise her.
Pei Yi naturally has her own experience with what her father said.
Of course she won't be as naive as before, thinking that her father is really an honest and loyal Da Zhou.
She would not foolishly think that his father is a foolish and loyal minister.
She understands too well.
What Dad said about being loyal to the minister today was just to prevent others from finding a reason to attack him.
His family's father has power over the ruling and opposition parties, and has long been equated with a second-generation emperor, or equivalent to a regent, to the point where he can abolish the emperor.
But his dad never did.
Because his father has to consider the reputation impact.
People in this day and age have their own reputation to consider—even if they become emperor, it would be extremely inappropriate if their reputation is ruined.
The biggest disadvantage of his father is that he is the founding hero of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
His father not only has a close relationship with the current Holy Majesty, but also has a close relationship with the deceased General Yan Chongdao.
So, no matter what, his father can't rebel.
However, his father will not object to his descendants having other thoughts.
"Sanskrit, as a father, you are a subject of Dazhou." Pei Shu said suddenly and slowly, "The reward of eating the emperor is the thing of being loyal to the emperor. As a father, you can't do things that make you feel sorry for Dazhou."
Pei Yi knew it in her heart.
Honestly speaking, Pei Yi was not surprised to hear what his father said.
On the contrary, if her father directly and unreservedly supported her proclaiming the emperor 100% without reservation, that would surprise her.
Pei Yi naturally has her own experience with what her father said.
Of course she won't be as naive as before, thinking that her father is really an honest and loyal Da Zhou.
She would not foolishly think that his father is a foolish and loyal minister.
She understands too well.
What Dad said about being loyal to the minister today was just to prevent others from finding a reason to attack him.
His family's father has power over the ruling and opposition parties, and has long been equated with a second-generation emperor, or equivalent to a regent, to the point where he can abolish the emperor.
But his dad never did.
Because his father has to consider the reputation impact.
People in this day and age have their own reputation to consider—even if they become emperor, it would be extremely inappropriate if their reputation is ruined.
The biggest disadvantage of his father is that he is the founding hero of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
His father not only has a close relationship with the current Holy Majesty, but also has a close relationship with the deceased General Yan Chongdao.
So, no matter what, his father can't rebel.
However, his father will not object to his descendants having other thoughts.
(end of this chapter)