Rebirth of the High Gate Mistress

Chapter 577: Be honest with you

After Pingyang entered the palace, Li Xiang took Sister Mei out.

Today is Jiao Xing’s birthday. Every year at this time, Li Xiang would take Sister Mei to pay homage.

Although Jiao Xing was Li Xiang's concubine, she gave birth to an heir for the Li family, so the tablet can naturally be entered into the public temple.

Li Xiang brought Sister Mei to the ancestral hall. Li Xiang put a stick of incense on Jiao Xing and began to chant.

"Our daughter is already six years old. She is now much stronger than before. Pingyang treats her very well. It is Pingyang's credit that our daughter can grow up healthily. Jiao Xing, if you are alive in heaven, you don't have to I’m thinking about the child, she’s doing well, and I’m doing well too.”

Li Xiang kept talking non-stop. Sister Mei who was standing by her could bear her temper at first, but after a while, she couldn't stand it any longer.

She held her father's clothes. Before Li Xiang could finish speaking, he was suddenly interrupted by his daughter. He turned to look at her and asked, "What's wrong?"

Sister Mei said with a bitter face: "Dad, I want to go home."

Li Xiang coaxed her and said, "I'm here to see your mother today. Let's stay with your mother for a while."

 For a five or six-year-old child who has never met his biological mother, facing such a cold memorial tablet, the child really cannot get close to her.

 In her mind, her mother is Pingyang.

That beautiful woman who always wears gorgeous clothes, she will smile at her and give her good food and fun.

Sister Mei patiently listened to her father's nagging again, but after a while the child couldn't stand it any longer. She interrupted her father who was nagging him endlessly and said with a grimace: "Father, I want to go home. .”

Li Xiang turned his head again and asked, "Why is Sister Mei so anxious to go home?"

The little girl innocently blinked her big eyes and replied: "Before my mother entered the palace today, she said she would bring me fun things when she came back. I want to go back and have a look."

Before Pingyang and Xu Wanning took Sister Qing into the palace this morning, the two ignorant little kids, Sister Mei and Brother Heng, kept clamoring to follow them. In order to coax them, Pingyang said this.

 It’s just coaxing children.

Sister Mei took it to heart.

Li Xiang looked at his daughter and smiled, then stood up and picked her up. After saying goodbye to Jiao Xing, he finally left the family temple.

As soon as the father and daughter arrived at the gate of the palace, they happened to meet Pingyang and others who had returned from the palace.

Sister Mei got out of the car, threw herself into Pingyang's arms, raised her little face and asked, "Mom, have you brought me anything good? Where is it?"

It was just a matter of coaxing the children early in the morning, and Pingyang had already forgotten about it.

She lowered her eyes and looked at the innocent look of the little girl, cleared her throat and added: "Mom has bought you a lot of good things, including food and things to play with. There are too many things and I can't take them back. I'll let the little girl know later." The boys rode to retrieve it."

After saying that, he winked at Yuzhu on the side. Yuzhu understood and hurriedly left the house, rushing to buy something.

 The child did not doubt that he was there, and happily followed Li Xiang and Ping Yang back.

As soon as he stepped into the yard, Brother Heng ran out. When he saw Pingyang, he opened his little hands and asked, "Mother, what good things have you brought us?"

 Pingyang stuck out his tongue subconsciously, and told Brother Heng what he had just said to fool Sister Mei. The two little ones were very easy to deceive. They followed the adults back to the house chattering, holding the window open waiting for the gift they were about to get back.

Li Xiang took off his cloak and said to Pingyang: "I took Sister Mei to the family temple to worship her mother today."

Li Xiang would take Sister Mei to pay homage to Jiao Xing every time at this time. In the past, every time he heard this, Pingyang couldn't help but feel a little annoyed, but now it's not like that anymore.

She said "hmm" and said nothing else. She just started busying herself with her own things.

Li Xiang walked up to his wife, held her busy hand, looked at Pingyang and said: "Pingyang, I know you are not happy about me doing this, but I don't want to hide it from you. From that incident, I swore, I will never deceive you again in this life.”

Pingyang looked at Li Xiang and replied: "I'm not unhappy, but I'm happy that you can be honest with me."

Li Xiang looked at his wife, with a smile in his eyes, and said: "I told Jiao Xing today that Sister Mei is very good. It's you who took good care of her. Pingyang, I have to thank you."

Pingyang smiled and said: "I treat this child kindly, but I just think she is innocent and pitiful. I do this out of my heart. I never thought of asking you to express my gratitude, and you don't have to express my gratitude. "

After saying that, she withdrew her hand and went about her business again.

After a while, Yuzhu came in with a lot of things and called to the two little ones: "Come quickly, there are delicious food and toys. Brother Heng and Sister Mei, you two come here quickly." .”

The two children happily surrounded Yuzhu, holding out the gifts they brought back with their little hands, their little faces flushed with excitement.

 Brother Heng and Sister Mei picked out their favorite snacks. The two little guys ran to Pingyang one after another, holding the snacks high in their little hands and chattering.

 “Mother, please try it.”

 “Mother, you eat mine first.”

A smile appeared on Pingyang's face. She tasted the snacks that the children handed to her mouth one by one, then touched their heads and said: "It's delicious, but don't eat too much. Be careful to accumulate food."

Li Xiang strolled over, smiled and said to his youngest son and daughter: "Let's go play, father and mother have something to talk about."

After the two little ones ran away chattering, Li Xiang sat down across from Pingyang and said to her: "Your Majesty has recovered from her illness. The emperor is happy, and specifically told me that the Lantern Festival will be more lively this year. I asked someone to stay at the gate tower." We have arranged a location, and when the time comes, I will take you and the children to see it."

Hearing this, Pingyang suddenly remembered that Pei Yunqian also mentioned this today. Just as she was about to blurt out the words, she remembered that Li Xiang had always been biased against Pei Yunqian, so she swallowed back her unspoken words.

During dinner, Sister Qing happily talked to Sister Wan at the dining table: "Today I met my cousin in the palace. My cousin said that this year's Lantern Festival was more lively than in previous years. He asked someone to leave some food for us on the tower. Make sure you have a good seat, and we will go with mother when the time comes."

As soon as Li Xiang heard this, he immediately put down his chopsticks and asked Pingyang, "Do you know about this?"

Pingyang was speechless for a moment, but said calmly: "I was by Sister Qing's side at the time, so I naturally knew about it."

Li Xiang's face couldn't help but darken. She glanced at Pingyang, then turned to Sister Qing and said, "Father has already reserved a seat. Father will accompany you when the time comes."

Sister Qing said: "But my cousin said that he had asked someone to reserve a place for him."

Li Xiang said in a deep voice: "What he left behind can be given to others. The one my father chose for you is the best position."

 (End of this chapter)