Rebirth of the High Gate Mistress

Pingyang raised her eyes, with a pair of watery almond eyes with a hint of red. She looked at Pei Yunqian eagerly and replied: "But cousin, cousin from the Li family said that he has someone he likes."

Pei Yunqian asked: "Did he come over and tell you this in person that day?"

Pingyang nodded vaguely. Seeing that she was unhappy because of this, Pei Yunqian felt like a ball of cotton was stuck in his heart.

No wonder Li Xiang was able to restrain his thoughts when facing such a cute Pingyang that day at the Princess Mansion. It turned out that he already had a sweetheart.

Although Pei Yunqian had a bad impression of Li Xiang, considering that this marriage was both favored by Concubine Lan and Princess Yongqin, she couldn't go wrong.

But I never thought that something went wrong.

Pei Yunqian was confused. He frowned and asked, "Have you told the concubine and the princess about this?"

Pingyang shook her head, raised her eyes to look at Pei's cousin, and replied like a mosquito: "I don't want others to know about this." Then, with a sad face, she looked up at Pei Yunqian and said, "Cousin, You said that everyone already has a sweetheart, and I intervened again, isn't it not good?"

Pei Yunqian asked: "Did he tell you who that person was?"

Pingyang frowned and replied truthfully: "He said she was a girl who served him. According to the government's family rules, unmarried men are not allowed to have intercourse, so he sent her to Zhuangzi."

She was silent for a while, and then said to herself: "My father and my brother at home also have wives and concubines. When he told me about this that day, I didn't take it to heart at first, but I don't know these days. Why, the more I think about it, the more I feel like I can’t get over it.”

Pei Yunqian looked at Pingyang and said firmly: "There is nothing you can't handle. If you care about this, just go and explain to the concubine and ask her to come forward for you and let the government deal with the girl. You are Li Xiang's legitimate wife. You have the right to deal with his concubine."

"How can that be done?" Pingyang said in surprise when he heard this: "Everyone has confessed to me, but I use my identity to threaten others. Then who have I become?"

She said firmly: "No, I can't do this."

 “Pingyang-——”

Pei Yunqian called her loudly and said with great sincerity: "In the back house of a high-ranking family, there are many cases of pampering concubines and destroying wives. If you marry into the palace in the future, you will no longer be protected by your father, brothers and elders like you were in the boudoir. You can't You are always kind-hearted and soft-hearted. If you are like this, you will suffer hardship in the future."

Pingyang pouted and replied unconvinced: "I'm good to him, but I don't believe he would treat me like this."

Pei Yunqian looked at Pingyang's back as he walked away angrily, and he sighed heavily.

 She is too kind, but she doesn’t understand the complexity of the human heart.

After the imperial edict granting marriage came down, Concubine Lan and Concubine Yongqin stayed in the capital to prepare for Pingyang's marriage. The wedding of the two was very grand, and the banquet at the Zhenguo Palace was held for three whole days.

What Concubine Lan and Princess Yong said is true. The female relatives in the back house of the palace are all very nice people to get along with. The old lady is transparent and tolerant and never makes things difficult for the younger generation. Her cousin-in-law, Mrs. Xu, is straightforward and generous, and her sister-in-law, Mrs. Shen. The house is kind-hearted, and the sisters-in-law respect and love each other. There is no scheming between the sisters-in-law in other high-ranking families. There is also the lively and simple sister-in-law, who has the same simple temperament as Pingyang.

 What’s more important is her husband Li Xiang, who treats her with gentle courtesy and is very considerate and considerate.

Pingyang, who first entered the government, was very satisfied and happy.

When they returned from Sanchao, Concubine Lan and Princess Yongqin saw that Pingyang looked very good. Naturally, both mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were overjoyed. As the prince of the vassal, Prince Yong could not leave the fief at will. Zhao Xuan brought several adult brothers to marry his sister in the capital. Pingyang met her grandmother, mother and brothers. She tried hard to find her eyes in the crowd, but she was alone. Only the cousin of the Pei family was missing.

Pingyang asked his eldest brother Zhao Xuan in confusion: "I came home today. Is it possible that cousin Pei is not at home?"

Zhao Xuan smiled and replied: "We brothers have come out, and our father is short of manpower, so cousin Pei went back to Yizhou first." After that, he looked at his sister and brother-in-law, and said with a smile: "Cousin Let me wish you and your wife a happy marriage."

Hearing that his dowry cousin was not here, Pingyang felt depressed unconsciously.

Perhaps it was the dependence she had developed since she was a child. She always liked to talk to her cousin from the Pei family whenever she had something to do. Now that she was married, she naturally had many things to say to him, but he left.

Zhao Xuan saw what was on Pingyang's mind. He smiled and teased his sister: "Now that you have a husband, if there is any trouble in the future, you can only find your husband. You can no longer pester us brothers. Haha, now You just got married, so you may not be used to it yet, but you will get better slowly."

As he spoke, he looked at Li Xiang again and said with a smile: "We only have one little sister in our family. She is spoiled and very difficult. Brother-in-law, you must be prepared."

"I am not what you said." Pingyang scolded his brother, but secretly glanced at the newlywed husband from the corner of his eyes, his cheeks also filled with shyness.

Li Xiang smiled faintly and replied to Zhao Xuan: "Pingyang has been very docile and sensible in the past few days since she was married. The whole family likes her very much."

"That's good, that's good." Zhao Xuan smiled, but there were tears in his eyes: "It shows that my little sister has grown up after getting married."

The newlyweds returned to their parents' home for the first time, and Prince Yong's Mansion was very lively in order to entertain their daughter and son-in-law.

The palace not only held a grand banquet, but also invited several opera troupes to sing in the hall.

Pingyang had always liked liveliness, and had been pretending to be an adult at her husband's house for several days. Now that she was back at home, she could finally relax and listen to the play with her grandmother and mother. After the play was over, she turned back to talk to Li Xiang, But I found that he had left the table at some point.

Pingyang asked the serving girls, and Yuzhu replied that Li Xiang left after listening to half of the story, saying he wanted to take a walk around the house.

Pingyang said goodbye to her grandmother and mother for a while and took her maid to look for them. From a distance, she saw Li Xiang admiring flowers alone in the garden.

It was midsummer, and the garden of the palace was full of flowers. Li Xiang stood in the colorful garden wearing a red brocade dress. The man who looked like a jade tree in the wind looked very conspicuous.

Pingyang quietly walked forward, and when Li Xiang wasn't prepared, she scared him from behind like a prank. Li Xiang suddenly turned around, with a slightly stunned look on his face, and looked at Pingyang with unfamiliar eyes.

The joking Pingyang was slightly startled, and she hurriedly said: "I'm joking with you, my husband must be annoyed with me."

It wasn't until Pingyang spoke that Li Xiang's expression softened. He returned to his gentle look, smiled faintly at Pingyang, and replied, "How could I blame you?"

Pingyang had no doubt that he was there. She stood next to Li Xiang and looked in the direction where he had been concentrating just now. When she saw a few plum trees, she raised her head and smiled brightly at Li Xiang and said nonchalantly: "I saw it from a long way away." When you stare blankly at the plum tree, you never thought that your husband actually likes plum trees so much. I saw that there are many plum trees planted in our yard. They must have been planted by the craftsmen according to my husband's preferences, right?"

Li Xiang looked into the distance and murmured: "The plum trees in the courtyard were planted by me myself."