Lamp Flower Smile

Yin Zheng, the imaginary prince of Zhaoning, was currently practicing riding and archery in the martial arts field.

At the foot of Wangchun Mountain, all sides are covered with poplar forests. It is spring, the grass is short and the animals are fat, flags are flying on the mountain, the long wind blows away the floating clouds, and the sun shines all over the long terrace.

In the vast and empty martial arts arena, a silver horse galloped like the wind.

Immediately, the young man has his hair tied up with a golden crown and black python arrow sleeves. He is handsome and dazzling. He held a carved bow on his back, his horse was galloping, and when he came closer from a distance, he pulled out a few long arrows from his back, leaned over to set up the bow, and pointed at the grass target in front of the martial arts field in the distance. The clusters sounded, and the grass target hit the target.

Some young people cheered and clapped: "Okay!"

Duan Xiaoyan looked at Pei Yunying with eyes full of admiration.

Pei Yunying, the eldest son of Duke Zhaoning, was born with wealth and honor. Mr. Pei assisted the late emperor in founding the country. In memory of his meritorious service, the late emperor personally granted him a title. In the generation of Duke Zhaoning, the Pei family became more and more prosperous. After the death of Duke Zhaoning's wife, Duke Zhaoning asked the fourteen-year-old Pei Yunying to be named his heir apparent.

Pei Yunying has a distinguished status, and the late wife has only one legitimate son. If he really wants to become an official, Duke Zhaoning will pave a smooth path for him. However, this young prince was rebellious by nature. After his wife passed away, he quietly left home and when he reappeared, he had become the imperial guard in front of the palace.

People say that Prince Pei became the commander-in-chief of the palace at a young age because of his father's influence. His promotion was too fast. Duan Xiaoyan didn't think so. Pei Yunying's skills were among the best in Shengjing. Moreover, on the night of the royal banquet four years ago, His Majesty was attacked, and Pei Yunying, who was still a guard, protected him and almost lost his life. If this can be regarded as thanks to the family's support, Duke Zhaoning's heart is really admirable.

The horse is as fast as the wind, traveling along the clouds. The young man's expression remained motionless. He once again drew a long arrow from his back and placed it on the bowstring. Just as he was about to shoot, he suddenly saw a section of arrow feathers flying across and hitting the bull's-eye.

Duan Xiaoyan was startled and subconsciously turned around to look in the direction where the arrow was flying.

A young man wearing a dark green brocade robe came from a distance. He was tall and handsome, with eyebrows as cold as ice. This man was holding a long bow, and it was he who shot the arrow just now.

Duan Xiaoyan shouted: "Brother Zhufeng!"

The man in green is Xiao Zhufeng, the deputy commander of the Right Army in front of the palace. He happened to be taking a break a few days ago and stopped by a neighboring county to check on the formation and repair of the new army. I should have returned to Beijing a few days ago, but it was delayed for a few more days.

On the other side, Pei Yunying also turned around and reined in his horse. When he saw Xiao Zhufeng, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly.

He got off his horse and walked towards Xiao Zhufeng. As he walked, he asked, "When did you come back?"

Xiao Zhufeng tightened his cuffs and replied: "Last night."

Pei Yunying walked under the tree and handed the quiver to Xiao Zhufeng. There were still some unused arrows in the quiver. He looked at Xiao Zhufeng with a smile and joked: "I heard that you were waiting for the plums to ripen. I deliberately stayed in the neighboring county for a few more days, which was really well-intentioned."

Xiao Zhufeng was unmoved and said calmly: "I heard that you confronted the Bingma Si Lei Yuan downstairs in Baoxiang and offended the right prime minister."

Pei Yunying sighed: "The news is so fast."

"Lu Dashan is also dead."

"I know," Pei Yunying lowered her head and took off her wrist guards, saying in a nonchalant tone, "You are really brave to dare to do something in the Prison Department."

"The Military and Horse Prison case is of great importance. If you get involved in this matter rashly, I'm afraid the Right Prime Minister will find you in trouble. It's best to be careful recently." Xiao Zhufeng reminded expressionlessly, "Why don't you take a bath and hide away for a few days? Hide, or visit Taishi Qi’s house for a while.”

Pei Yunying looked at him and said leisurely: "Why do I listen to you and feel a little gloating about your misfortune?" He threw the wrist guard he took off to Xiao Zhufeng, "You practice, I will take the first step."

Duan Xiaoyan was confused: "Hey, why don't you practice a few more laps?"

Pei Yunying raised her chin: "Deputy Envoy Xiao is back, let me relax for two days." After that, he turned and left.

"Wait." Xiao Zhufeng stopped him.

"what happened again?"

"I left the plums at the door of the Siwei Office. Remember to take them away."

Pei Yunying paused, then smiled and patted his shoulder: "Thank you."

…

The spring breeze blows not only through the poplar trees in Wangchun Mountain, but also through the Bai family's mansion in Changxingfang.

In the Bai Mansion, there is a pot of tea on the nanmu cloud-legged and thin-toothed table.

The tea set is made of purple sand and plum blossoms. The complete set is placed on the table, which is quite interesting. There were some snacks such as sesame sugar, black dates, etc. on the tea tray.

In the past, Bai Shouyi loved to sit in front of the courtyard of the mansion in the evening, brew a pot of fragrant tea and enjoy the scenery in the courtyard. But I have lost my mood recently.

There is no other reason. Since the last time someone caused trouble at the entrance of Xinglin Hall, Xinglin Hall has not been open for seven or eight days.

The reputation of the medical center was at stake, so Bai Shouyi couldn't act rashly. He only asked someone to send some money to the officials in the medical clinic, and begged that the matter would not make a bigger fuss.

However, the medical clinic suppressed the situation, but the turmoil on West Street did not subside.

Just as he was upset, someone opened the felt curtain in front of the door, and a woman walked out.

This woman has a slightly plump figure, a slightly broad face, big eyes and a broad nose. She wears an apricot-yellow plain jacket and has her long hair pulled into a bun.

This is Bai Shouyi's wife, Tong Shi.

Mrs. Tong walked to Bai Shouyi and saw that Bai Shouyi's eyebrows were still gloomy. She said with relief, "Master, are you still worried about things in the shop?"

"Can you not be bothered?" Bai Shouyi's face was extremely ugly, "Wenyou went to Xinglin Hall this morning, and there were baskets of rotten vegetable leaves thrown at the door. If this keeps up, when will the doors reopen? I haven't bought a penny these days. !”

Tong was about to speak but stopped.

Seeing her like this, Bai Shouyi frowned and asked, "What are your ideas?"

Before Mrs. Tong married Bai Shouyi, her family was also in business. If something happened to the Bai family on weekdays, Bai Shouyi was willing to listen to her decision.

Mrs. Tong sighed: "Master, Xinglintang made a mistake in this matter. Now, blindly denying it will only waste time and damage the reputation of the Bai family. The top priority is to open the business as soon as possible and apologize to those ordinary people. Put the blame on Zhou Ji On the body."

"Zhou Ji?"

Mrs. Tong said slowly: "Let's just say that Zhou Ji was not good at studying and made mistakes when making medicine, and was used by people with ulterior motives to blackmail the legend in the market. In this way, the Bai family could only make an oversight error at most. But... "

Bai Shouyi asked, "But what?"

"However, in order to appease the anger of those ordinary people, money is indispensable. The money earned in the past few days must be given away. Not only that, but more compensation must be made to silence the mouths of those untouchables!"

Bai Shouyi was shocked and angry, and subconsciously said, "That's a lot of money!"

"Of course I know. But, there is no better way now."

Bai Shouyi looked gloomy.

He, Xinglintang, had suffered a lot and had to vomit out everything he had eaten, but he had used it as a signboard for Renxin Medical Center. Why are you so unwilling?

But Tong's statement is also correct.

The future and the future cannot be ruined for the sake of small profits in the present. Xinglintang must not collapse here. Only by apologizing and paying money can we restore some reputation.

He gritted his teeth and said, "I'll do as you say."