Peasant Girl Bookseller

Chapter 206 Apologize
Mai Xiang was not surprised to see Wan Chengyao seeing her and his party, obviously she was waiting for them on a special trip.Just as he was trying to figure out his intentions, he saw a man in his 40s walking a few steps away, stopped a few steps away from Yong En, bowed his knees and beat him a thousand times, and said, "Your Majesty greets Prince Li."

Wan Chengyao followed closely behind and hurriedly greeted Yong En. He still remembered how Yong En made a fool of the Wan family in order to stand up for Mai Xiang in the Ye family. Yong En was only a county at that time. Wang, now Yong En is the prince, and he can't afford to offend him.

"Just now I heard that the king's sister and brother-in-law offended Mr. Pei, and asked the king's brother-in-law to go and make amends. The king wondered who Mr. Pei was. It turned out to be Mr. Pei from the Metropolitan Procuratorate. No wonder there is such a strong tone. In this case, Mr. Pei, although this king's younger sister and this king's Fujin are not real sisters, they are better than real sisters. If this king's younger sister makes an apology, it is no different from my king's Fujin apologizing. This king's Fujin's apology is equivalent to this king's apology, I wonder if Mr. Pei wants this king to personally make amends to Mr. Pei?"

"I don't dare, Prince Li is joking. I don't dare, Prince Li misunderstood. No one offended me. It was just that Master Wan wanted to introduce his young master to Xiaguan, and there was a little misunderstanding during the period." Pei Ge hurriedly lowered his head and bowed to admit his mistake.

"Misunderstanding? I obviously heard the shopkeeper say that it seems that he didn't want to lose money because of some dishes. Mr. Pei may not be clear about it. The tableware and tea set in this private room are the opening gifts from the king to my sister and husband. A set of tea sets costs 30 yuan. Two taels of silver, a set of tableware is 80 taels of silver, didn’t Mr. Pei see it? This is a newly researched porcelain, called bone china, even the emperor doesn’t like it, and asked me to exchange some for the palace.”

"This is the fault of the lower official. Naturally, the damage should be compensated. The lower official will guarantee the compensation. I came out in a hurry today. I didn't bring enough money with me. I will definitely give it another day."

"Your official has it. I will put it on for Mr. Pei first. This meal is a treat for me, so I should pay for it." Wan Chengyao said hastily.

"Master Pei is wrong. This king didn't mean to ask Mr. Pei to pay compensation. This king is admitting his mistake to Mr. Pei on behalf of my sister and brother-in-law. I hope Mr. Pei will see this king's shame and spare this little one." Small restaurant."

When Mr. Pei heard that Yong En was holding on to this restaurant, it was probably because Wan Chengyao said something wrong in front of his son, which made Prince Li relentless. Mr. Pei hated Wan Chengyao so much, where did he go? If you don't eat well, you must have some kind of good luck. This is not good luck, but bad luck is almost the same.

Mr. Pei lowered his head and slandered, but still admitted his mistake respectfully on the surface.

Seeing Huai Ci looking at Mr. Pei, Mai Xiang's eyes were about to burst into flames, and in a flash, Mai Xiang guessed who this person was.

"Master Pei, it's better for the little girl to accompany you in person. I beg Mr. Pei not to remember the fault of a villain, and to spare the little girl's small restaurant. Of course, I also need to ask Mr. Pei to spare the little girl's unmarried husband." The little girl doesn't want any accidents to happen before the marriage, this marriage was personally ordered by the emperor, presumably Mr. Pei should have heard of it too?" After Mai Xiang finished speaking, she really bowed to the other party formally. .

"I don't dare, I don't dare." After hearing Mai Xiang's words, Master Pei looked at Mai Xiang in astonishment.

"Huh? Master Pei, who is this?" Yong En was unhappy seeing the other party staring blankly at Mai Xiang.

Mr. Pei was warned by Yong En, he came back to his senses, and hurriedly returned the salute to Mai Xiang, only for a while, his clothes were all wet, and at this time, he scolded Wan Chengyao and his wife a hundred times from the bottom of his heart .

Of course he understood the meaning of Mai Xiang's words, what shocked him was that Mai Xiang actually knew about his scandal, if it got to Prince Li's ears, his official career would come to an end.

Yongen and Uladomin were a little puzzled after hearing Mai Xiang's words, sensitively feeling that there might be some trouble between this Huaici and this Mr. Pei.But a majestic fourth-rank court official and a young man who has not yet grown up. What kind of festival can there be between these two people?

Mai Xiang didn't want to say too much, the people here are all human beings, it would be bad if they knew the truth, after all, for Huai Ci, it was not only a scandal, but also a lifetime of shame, so Mai Xiang beat Master Pei a few words Finally, he smiled and said to Yong En: "Brother-in-law, I have already made this apology, and it is getting late, and all the adults are very busy, so let's not waste their time."

"No, I'm afraid your sister is already tired, we should go back, tomorrow I will wash up your second brother-in-law in the palace, and I will send someone to pick you up." Yong En changed into a friendly smile.

"Okay." Mai Xiang also responded with a smile.

Yong En glanced at those officials, lowered his head respectfully, and said, "This meal today will be recorded on my king's account. From now on, you are welcome to visit us often, but there is one thing, If you break something, remember to take the initiative to pay for it.”

"Yes Yes Yes."

After Yong En finished speaking, he personally helped Uladomin go downstairs.

Mai Xiang and Huai Ci stood at the gate, after seeing off the guests, Mai Xiang also wanted to go home, at this moment, Wan Chengyao suddenly stopped Huai Ci.

"I'll go back with you to see where you live." Wan Chengyao said.

"Father, haven't you seen the place where I live?" Huaici didn't want Wan Chengyao to come in.

"Father wants to go to his son's house to see what reason is there?" Wan Chengyao became a little angry when he heard this. He felt more and more headaches for his son. When Ci communicated, Huai Ci always had a repulsive expression, and it was difficult for him not to get angry.

Mai Xiang guessed that Wan Chengyao had something to say to Huaici, and he didn't really want to see the place where Huaici lived. If he had cared about Huaici earlier, Huaici would not have had the twists and turns and hardships in the middle.

"Huaici, Wanda wants to care about you." Mai Xiang tugged at Huaici's clothes and said intentionally.

"Let's go." Huai Ci didn't get into Wan Chengyao's carriage, he still got into Mai Xiang's carriage.

Wan Chengyao glanced at the two, a look of surprise flashed across his face, he didn't expect that Mai Xiang and his son would be so unavoidable before they got married, does Mai Xiang understand or not?

"Hmph, what kind of etiquette, righteousness, and shame can a country girl know? I don't know what this girl is capable of. She can actually impress Prince Shangli, Jin Baylor, and the Zhang Jia family."

Wan Chengyao was thinking in his heart, thinking that Mai Xiang had these backgrounds, he hated his teeth, because these backgrounds not only did not help Wan Chengyao, but instead became a resistance to his climbing up.

Back in Xisi Hutong, Mai Xiang said goodbye to Wan Chengyao, went back to her home, went out for a long time, she missed her warm kang very much.

Huai Ci came to look for Mai Xiang after an hour, saw Mai Xiang leaning on the kang by herself, she also came over and hugged Mai Xiang.

"gone?"

"Let's go. Guess why he asked me?"

Seeing the disappointment on Huaici's face, Mai Xiang smiled and said, "I blame you for not handling today's matter well?"

Huaici nodded, arched her head towards Mai Xiang's shoulder, and said, "My wife is so smart."

It turned out that Wan Cheng was so dazzling that when it was time for the performance appraisal at the end of the year, he asked a circle of connections and found Pei Lin who helped him last time.

Originally, the guest and the host had a good chat, but because of a dish, so many things happened later, Wan Chengyao blamed Huaici for not helping, and he insisted on dragging his father's hind legs, which made him feel uncomfortable up.

"You don't want to ask something?" Huai Ci looked at Mai Xiang after finishing speaking.

"What is there to ask, don't I already know?" Mai Xiang knew that he was talking about Pei Lin.

"Daughter-in-law, you are so kind."

"Go, I'm not your wife." Mai Xiang pushed his head away.

"Yes, although I haven't been through the door yet, I've already identified you in my heart. My wife is so kind, my wife." Huai Ci didn't expect Mai Xiang to be so tolerant and considerate, unable to express her gratitude, she could only hug Mai Xiang tightly.

"How did you plan?" Mai Xiang stretched out her hand, smoothing his knotted brows again and again.

"I just want to study hard now, and I can only talk about other things when I have the ability." Although there is still a trace of unwillingness in Huai Ci's eyes, but with people around him, his heart is no longer riddled with holes up.

"Daughter-in-law, don't worry, my daughter-in-law is the most important thing to me now. I will not do anything else until I am fully sure." Huai Ci understood the pain and worry in Mai Xiang's eyes , kissed Mai Xiang's forehead superficially.

"By the way, daughter-in-law, I have a month to go on vacation. When will father-in-law and the others move in?"

"My nanny is not in good health, so I don't dare to torment her. There will be nothing to do in a few days. I plan to go home. What about you, what are your plans when you are on vacation?"

"Me? I will go wherever you go."

"It's the end of the year, there are so many things going on in the shop, can you go away? Also, you can study here with peace of mind. After going to my house, I have so many family members and it's a mess. Can you calm down?" Mai Xiang didn't want him to go back and forth. Running around, it's freezing cold, and the road is not safe.

"Speaking of this, daughter-in-law, I think that Mr. Ji is really talented. I have visited him twice. I think his exposition of the scriptures is quite incisive, with independent views and original ideas. I am also quite familiar with him, this person is really a talent, my wife really found me a good husband."

"That is, you don't know that my luck has always been good? If you get in touch with him more and let him give you some pointers, it will definitely benefit you." Mai Xiang remembered that Ji Xiaolan had been the chief examiner of the provincial and general examinations many times later, so she probably was right What kind of questions the emperor wants to ask, there is also a certain degree of conjecture.

Mai Xiang had a conversation with Huai Ci, seeing Huai Ci's mood improved, she pushed him back, because Mai Xiang knew that he would go back to the academy early the next morning.

(End of this chapter)