After wearing a book, he became the emperor's rival in love

Pei Siyuan took Yu Zhou back to his residence.

Yu Zhou didn't feel very uncomfortable at the moment, but he felt that he had messed up the meal just now, and now he hung his head in frustration, like a child who has done something wrong.

"Are you still suffering?" Pei Siyuan asked.

"It's not uncomfortable anymore." Yu Zhou opened his mouth and wanted to say sorry again, but he held back when he remembered how Pei Siyuan lost his temper just now.

He wasn't sure where Pei Siyuan was unhappy, and he was afraid of affecting the other party's mood, so he didn't dare to ask.

When Pei Siyuan saw his at a loss, he smiled and said, "You didn't eat enough for a meal, and you feel wronged again?"

"No..." Yu Zhou thought for a while and said, "If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have come with you."

"If you don't want to stay here, let's leave tomorrow morning." Pei Siyuan said.

"That's not what I mean." Yu Zhou hurriedly said, "I'm..."

Pei Siyuan raised his hand to touch his forehead, and said, "I know what you mean, I'm not as stupid as you, I want to go back myself."

"Then...won't you go back after celebrating Lord Hou's birthday?" Yu Zhou asked.

"He doesn't need me to celebrate his birthday, besides, hasn't your gift already been delivered?" Pei Siyuan laughed.

When Yu Zhou thought of the pair of broken vases, he immediately looked embarrassed.

Today, he followed Pei Siyuan to look at Pingxihou's collection, and he knew that there must be a lot of treasures in the other's house, and his two broken vases would probably take up space in the Hou's warehouse.

"Or, let's wait until Lord Hou's birthday is over before leaving." Yu Zhou suggested cautiously.

Seeing his appearance, Pei Si raised his eyebrows and asked, "Why?"

"It's not easy for you uncle and nephew to meet each other. If we leave like this, I think you will be unhappy." Yu Zhou said.

Although Yu Zhou didn't know much about the relationship between Pei Siyuan and his uncle, he thought that blood was thicker than water after all. If Pei Siyuan really didn't care about each other at all, there was no need to make this trip at this time.

"So you want to persuade me to stay because you are afraid that I will be unhappy?" Pei Siyuan said, "Do you love me?"

Yu Zhou's ears warmed up when he heard the words, and he avoided his gaze and said, "I didn't say anything."

"I'm still sorry." Pei Siyuan said with a smile in his eyes.

While the two were talking, the voice of the butler of the Hou Mansion suddenly came from outside.

The smile in Pei Siyuan's eyes narrowed, he walked over and opened the door, and saw Ping Xihou standing at the door, with the butler standing beside him carrying a food box.

Seeing that it was Marquis Pingxi who came, Yu Zhou hurriedly got up and went over to salute.

"I thought Yu Sheren didn't have enough to eat tonight, so I asked the kitchen to bring some light side dishes over." Ping Xihou said with a smile.

After he finished speaking, the butler at the side brought the food box into the room and put it on the table.

Pei Siyuan said lightly, "Uncle, I'm sorry."

Seeing this, Yu Zhou hurriedly thanked him.

"Brother Yu Xian, wait for me in the room for a while, and I will have a few words with my uncle." Pei Siyuan said, turning around to help Yu Zhou straighten his clothes, and the index finger of his right hand tapped Yu Zhou's lips when no one was paying attention. , that means tell him not to eat first.

Yu Zhou's ears turned red, and he hurriedly responded.

Pei Siyuan smiled helplessly before going out, but he didn't close the door.

The butler left the small courtyard after putting down his things.

Pei Siyuan followed Ping Xihou to the courtyard, and stopped at a position where he could see the situation inside the house.

"Unhappy today?" Ping Xihou asked.

"What does that fish mean?" Pei Siyuan asked straight to the point.

Ping Xihou was not surprised when he saw him puncture it, and said with a smile: "You really care about this Yu Sheren."

"If uncle is curious about something, just ask me directly, why bother to play tricks on him with a fish?" Pei Siyuan said.

"You brought people to celebrate your birthday, but you gave me such a pair of carefully selected vases, is that considered polite?" Ping Xihou laughed.

"Why is uncle picking and choosing gifts for his birthday?" Pei Siyuan said, "Are you expecting me to collect some rare treasures to please you like them? Shall I help out a little?"

Hearing this, Ping Xihou looked at Pei Siyuan helplessly for a while, then sighed.

"Si Yuan, you are my nephew, I treat you like my own son." Ping Xihou said: "Why do you have to have such a relationship with me?"

"You just want someone you can manipulate, not a son." Pei Siyuan said.

"Uncle just wants to give you the best, is there something wrong?" Ping Xihou said.

"The good things in your eyes are not worth mentioning to me." Pei Siyuan said: "And you don't like the good things in my eyes. Just like the pair of vases... I think the lotus in the pond is Open it, although the vase is rough in workmanship, but the green color of the bottle fits the color of the lotus. But you will only think that what I sent is not original enough, it is not polite, and you are using it to humiliate my friend. "

Ping Xihou was startled when he heard the words, and then smiled wryly: "I didn't humiliate him."

Pei Siyuan's eyes fell on the inside of the room, seeing Yu Zhou sitting obediently on the chair. Although he looked at the food box several times, he refrained from eating, and glanced at him from time to time, as if looking forward to him Like going back.

"Uncle, it's getting late, go back and rest." Pei Siyuan said.

"Are you unhappy today, just because of that fish?" Ping Xihou asked.

Pei Siyuan glanced at him, and said with a smile: "Do you think I will take care of the private matters of the Marquis's Mansion?"

"What did you see?" Ping Xihou looked at him and asked.

"Your building never allows outsiders to enter. Now that there is a big living person, why do you want me not to see anything?" Pei Siyuan said sarcastically, "When Yu Xiandi mentioned the luthier..."

Pei Siyuan recalled Ping Xihou's eyes when Yu Zhou mentioned the luthier at the dinner table, and his mood was very complicated.

That kind of look is very straightforward, with unconcealable joy, and even a little complacency, as if he couldn't help but want to show off to others.

Even though Pei Siyuan didn't think that his uncle had found a young male favorite in his middle age, so there was nothing to be proud of.

When he thought of Yu Zhou talking about the luthier with Ping Xihou with a simple face at the dinner table, Pei Siyuan felt a little unhappy.

"Since you can see it, why don't you ask me?" Ping Xihou said.

"Why, uncle wants to introduce me to him formally?" Pei Siyuan sneered.

"Yes." Ping Xihou said, glanced at the direction of Yu Zhou in the room, then turned and left.

Looking at his back, Pei Siyuan always felt that an idea flashed through his mind, but he couldn't grasp it.

Inside the house, Yu Zhou had already grown impatient, and when he saw Pei Siyuan enter the door, he hurriedly looked at him expectantly.

"Why are you so greedy?" Pei Siyuan smiled and poked him on the cheek, then went to the table to open the food box, and took a look at the food inside.

Yu Zhou saw that he picked up the chopsticks and tasted the food one by one, as if he was testing poison, he was puzzled, "Isn't this rice sent by Master Hou? What's the problem?"

"It's okay, you must be cautious. Have you forgotten what I said? Except for me, everyone else has to be careful." Pei Siyuan tasted all the meals before handing over the chopsticks To him, said: "Eat."

Yu Zhou took the chopsticks and asked again: "Is there something you are hiding from me?"

Pei Siyuan thought for a while, and said, "Stop talking, it's meaningless."

"Ah?" Hearing what he said, Yu Zhou became more and more curious, "What's the matter?"

Pei Siyuan casually squeezed a piece of snack and put it in his mouth. He didn't intend to say this to Yu Zhou, but he felt a little awkward when he thought of how Yu Zhou was talking to the luthier with his heart open.

After all, he didn't want Yu Zhou to be kept in the dark, so he said in a muffled voice, "Today I still boast to you that my uncle is dedicated, and I asked him to tear down my desk before the end of the day."

"What do you mean?" Yu Zhou asked.

"The luthier you met today is someone he raised." Pei Siyuan said.

"Oh..." Yu Zhou hurriedly said: "A luthier who has been around for a year? You can only play for him, not for others, right?"

Pei Siyuan was immediately amused by him when he heard the words, "You spent all your cleverness on eating?"

Seeing that Yu Zhou was puzzled, he said again: "I don't know if it's a yearly subscription or not, but it must not only play the piano for him, but also do something else with him."

Seeing Pei Siyuan's meaningful expression, Yu Zhou was immediately blessed, and now he finally understood, and couldn't help but blush.

Ping Xihou looked forty or fifty, right?

The luthier is only in his twenties...

Yu Zhou thought to himself, he didn't expect that his uncle Pei Siyuan, who had been a widower for so many years, would now play the trick of old cows eating tender grass.

"But my temperament does not follow him." Pei Siyuan hurriedly said: "My temperament still follows my father. My father has only my mother by his side so far, and he is dedicated."

Yu Zhou buried his head in his food, and responded perfunctorily when he heard the words.

Seeing that he was eating deliciously, Pei Siyuan couldn't help picking up a piece of snack and put it in his mouth, looking very complicated.

"After we go back, I'll take you to my house." Pei Siyuan said suddenly.

While eating, Yu Zhou looked up at him and asked, "Which family?"

"The one you haven't been to." Pei Siyuan said.

Yu Zhou thought for a while, nodded and said, "Okay."

"After going to my house, I will give you some benefits." Pei Siyuan said again.

"What's the benefit?" Yu Zhou asked, and immediately remembered the time when Pei Siyuan wanted to give him a favor a long time ago.

At that time, Pei Siyuan decided that Yu Zhou liked him, and he got him out of the cell of Dali Temple by chanting Yu Zhou's "powerful refutation of all officials", so his head became hot, and he insisted on giving Yu Zhou some favors.

Yu Zhou himself didn't know how to explain the misunderstanding to Pei Siyuan, so he could only acquiesce in Pei Siyuan's guess.

Fortunately, he was quick-witted and prevaricated with the reason of "not being a mistress".

But now, Yu Zhou already knew that Pei Siyuan and Lu Zhinan had no such relationship.

If Pei Siyuan wanted to favor him, how could he refuse?

When Pei Siyuan saw Yu Zhou's blushing face, he knew what he was thinking.

So he suppressed a smile and said to Yu Zhou: "Let you try my skills."

As soon as Yu Zhou heard him talk about craftsmanship, he thought about what the "benefits" referred to last time, and immediately thought wrongly.

"I..." Yu Zhou blushed as if bleeding, and whispered, "I don't want it, we haven't...not reached that point yet, it's too soon, I'm not ready yet."

"Not ready? What else is there to prepare for?" Pei Siyuan was puzzled.

"Of course we have to prepare!" Yu Zhou said.

"Aren't you the best at this? Why do you have to prepare when you come to my place?" Pei Siyuan said.

"When did I get good at it? You're talking nonsense!" Yu Zhou retorted with a blushing face.

"Don't you like food the most?" Pei Siyuan said, "I have learned a few unique skills from our cook, are you sure you don't want to try?"

Yu Zhou: ...

It turned out to be this craft.

Pei Siyuan didn't know much about the things that Yu Zhou misunderstood, and he didn't understand the reason behind Yu Zhou's blushing.After Yu Zhou came to his senses, he wished he could find a crack in the ground and sneak in. Luckily, Pei Siyuan didn't know much about it.

The next day, the weather in the outskirts of Beijing was not good, and it began to rain early in the morning.

Pei Siyuan was afraid that it would be troublesome to travel in rainy days, so he gave up his plan to return to Beijing, and wanted to follow Yu Zhou's wishes and forcefully wait until Marquis Pingxi passed his birthday before leaving.

On the day of Pingxi Hou's birthday, guests began to visit the Hou Mansion just after dawn.

Pei Siyuan didn't really want to socialize, so he stayed in the room with Yu Zhou for a long time and didn't show up.

"You really don't need to go and see?" Yu Zhou asked.

"No." Pei Siyuan said, "Unless you accompany me."

"Forget it." Yu Zhou was also unwilling to meet people, he didn't know who were the people who came to Pingxi Hou to celebrate his birthday, and he was afraid of meeting people who had sinned in the palace before.After all, the last time he "struggled to refute the officials" for Pei Siyuan in the imperial study room, he offended many people.

"When does the birthday banquet start?" Yu Zhou asked.

"Before noon, guests should be arranged to go to the small building to see his baby first." Pei Siyuan said.

"Then shall we go together?" Yu Zhou asked.

"Go." Pei Siyuan didn't know what to think of, and said: "I came here, originally I wanted to see who would come, and now it happens to be full, so let's take a look and go back, not to eat with them. "

Yu Zhou was nervous at the thought of having dinner with so many nobles, but he was relieved when he heard what Pei Siyuan said.

"Did you go to see them because you have something to do?" Yu Zhou asked.

"No." Pei Siyuan said: "Nowadays, everyone in the court should know that I am investigating Gui Yulou's case. If the people involved suddenly see me, they may show their feet."

Pei Siyuan's idea was purely luck, and he didn't expect to gain anything.

But Marquis Pingxi's birthday is a rare opportunity to gather all the nobles together except for the early dynasty.

He thought that there would be no loss if he came anyway, so he came up with this idea.

When it was about the same time, Ping Xihou specially sent the steward of the mansion to call Pei Siyuan and Yu Zhou, as if he was afraid that they would not go.

Pei Siyuan took Yu Zhou to the small building together, and saw that it was very lively from a distance.

Yu Zhou followed behind him, looking a little nervous, Pei Siyuan reached out and squeezed his wrist when he saw this.

"Uncomfortable?" Pei Siyuan asked.

"I had a dream last night, this wooden bridge..." Yu Zhou's words came to his lips, and he swallowed them again feeling unlucky.

Pei Siyuan laughed and said, "Dreamed that the bridge collapsed?"

Yu Zhou nodded and said, "Dreams must be reversed."

"I hope so." Pei Siyuan hesitated for a moment before reaching out to hold Yu Zhou's hand.

His hand was a circle bigger than Yu Zhou's, with thin calluses on the palm and fingers, and a slight itchiness when covering the back of Yu Zhou's hand, which made Yu Zhou subconsciously want to pull back his hand.

"I'll hold you so that you won't fall into the water if the bridge collapses." Pei Siyuan leaned into his ear and said.

The constant heat coming from the back of Yu Zhou's hand made him a little uncomfortable, but the other party's words gave him a sense of security.

"It's not good to be seen by others?" Yu Zhou looked around.

Pei Siyuan moved closer to him, and the sleeves of the two became entangled, covering their clenched hands in the sleeves.

"If you get closer to me, others won't be able to see it." Pei Siyuan laughed.

Yu Zhou didn't have any doubts about his words, and rushed to his side when he heard the words.

Pei Siyuan led him across the wooden bridge to the small building.

When the guests saw Pei Siyuan, they had different reactions, some greeted with a smile, while others were very surprised, as if they didn't expect him to come.

"Is this place different from the day before yesterday?" Yu Zhou asked in a low voice.

"There is an extra high platform." Pei Siyuan said, "He plans to let that luthier play the piano here."

Yu Zhou looked at the high platform, and said: "It seems that Lord Hou really cares about that piano. In order to show off the piano that he worked so hard to get, not only did someone build a special high platform, but also let his... Let the violinist Play it yourself."

Pei Siyuan was startled when he heard the words, his eyes fell on the high platform, and a sharp flash of light flashed in his eyes.

"Are you okay?" Yu Zhou felt that Pei Siyuan's hand holding his was suddenly tightened, making it a little painful to pinch his hand.

Pei Siyuan looked at Yu Zhou, with undisguised emotions in his eyes.

"What's wrong?" Yu Zhou asked nervously.

Pei Siyuan didn't bother to answer him, and glanced in the hall, walking towards the amber that Yu Zhou had seen yesterday.

But for some reason, the glass box that originally held the amber was gone, replaced by the pair of vases brought by Yu Zhou, with a few newly picked lotus flowers in them.

"This..." Seeing that the broken vase he gave to Ping Xihou was placed in the most important position, Yu Zhou blushed with embarrassment, and whispered to Pei Siyuan, "Why did your uncle put this pair of vases in the place?" here?"

Pei Siyuan looked at the pair of vases, his eyes fell on the newly picked lotus flowers, his eyes looked a little sharper than before.

"Where are you guys here?" Ping Xihou's voice came from behind the two of them.

Yu Zhou was startled by his voice, subconsciously wanted to withdraw the hand held by Pei Siyuan, but for some reason, Pei Siyuan held his hand even tighter.

"How is it? Do you like it?" Ping Xihou looked at Pei Siyuan and said with a smile: "After what you said that day, I asked someone to fold a few lotus flowers, and I found it really suited this vase. You are right , This is indeed a very heartfelt gift, I shouldn't have misunderstood you like that before."

Pei Siyuan frowned and looked at Ping Xihou, his expression was full of guard and scrutiny.

But Ping Xihou didn't seem to notice his strangeness, he still said with a pleasant face: "Relax Si Yuan, Uncle has prepared good things for you today."

After finishing speaking, he looked at Yu Zhou and said with a smile, "Oh, by the way, didn't you say you like that amber? I got someone to wrap it up and put it in your room. Don't forget to take it with you when you leave."

Yu Zhou was about to refuse, but Ping Xihou didn't say anything more. He smiled and gave Pei Siyuan a glance and left.

"He..." Yu Zhou was about to speak when he saw Pei Siyuan's face was extremely ugly.

"Are you okay?" Yu Zhou pinched his hand with his backhand and asked.

Pei Siyuan restrained the emotion in his eyes a little, and said in a hoarse voice, "Let's go."

"Shall we leave now?" Yu Zhou asked.

Before he finished speaking, Pei Siyuan took his hand and strode out.

However, at this moment, there was a clear and crisp piano sound from behind.

"Luther master?" Yu Zhou whispered.

Pei Siyuan paused, turned his head to look at the high platform, and indeed saw the luthier in white sitting on the platform, stroking the violin.

His slender fingertips kept pressing and fiddled with the body of the piano, and the sound of the piano came out like flowing water.

This song seems to be the same as the one Yu Zhou listened to that night, but for some reason, Yu Zhou no longer has the same mood when he listens to it now.

The sound of the piano that day gave people a sense of openness and freedom, but today it was inexplicably sonorous, even if Yu Zhou didn't know the rhythm, he could hear the difference.

Pei Siyuan looked at the luthier on the stage, a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes.

Yu Zhou didn't know why, so he just felt a little uneasy in his heart, so he subconsciously moved closer to Pei Siyuan's side, almost touching his body.

"it is good!"

Not long after, when the sound of the piano on the stage stopped, all the guests couldn't help cheering in unison.

Immediately, someone began to praise Ping Xihou's piano.

Ping Xihou walked up to the high platform and walked up to the luthier.

With a bit of a smile in his eyes, he said: "Do you all think that this Qin is the treasure I have spent all my efforts to collect?"

As soon as his words fell, everyone couldn't help but startled, and then they all looked puzzled.

In the eyes of everyone, Ping Xihou stretched out a hand towards the luthier, with an undisguised smile in his eyes.

The luthier hesitated for a moment, and handed his hand to Ping Xihou's.

At this moment, everyone suddenly realized that they started to thank Ping Xihou one after another.

There are quite a few people in Dayuan who are good men. Marquis Pingxi has lost his wife for many years, but now he has changed his temper and got a male favourite. Although everyone is surprised, they are not surprised. At most, he will tease behind his back after returning , Naturally, we still have to talk about the scene in person.

Yu Zhou looked at Pei Siyuan, and didn't know what to say, but felt that the scene was a little awkward and weird.

"Let's go?" Yu Zhou asked.

Pei Siyuan frowned, but didn't make a sound, but kept his eyes on the luthier.

The luthier is still similar to yesterday, wearing a simple white shirt. The white shirt is a wide-sleeved robe, which fits him loosely, but it is not ugly, and it fits his temperament quite well.

In fact, if you look closely, this luthier's appearance can only be considered above average, not ugly, but definitely not a beauty either.

Ping Xihou took the luthier by the hand and said something to the crowd, but Yu Zhou was so upset that he didn't listen at all.

Just when he turned his head to look at Pei Siyuan, his pupils shrank suddenly, as if he saw something unbelievable.

At the same time, there was only a "bang", as if something heavy fell from the high platform.

Yu Zhou turned his head to look, and found that Ping Xihou on the stage was gone, only the luthier was still standing there.

At this time, the white shirt on his body was stained with red blood, but the blood was obviously not his.

Yu Zhou looked down the stage, only to realize that Ping Xihou was surrounded by a group of people, and the blood must belong to him.

"Call the doctor!" Someone shouted.

Then someone ran out in a hurry.

The luthier stood on the stage, holding a bloody dagger in his hand.

Probably because it happened so suddenly, the guards of the Hou Mansion were a little at a loss, and for a while, they didn't know whether to go forward and stab the person directly, or to take it down first.

"He..." Yu Zhou stared blankly at the luthier.

Then he saw the other party take off the blood-stained white robe slowly, revealing the close-fitting undergarment and the raised belly.

Probably because the impact of this scene was too great, or maybe because he didn't see the process of Ping Xihou's injury, Yu Zhou didn't care about fear at this time.

"It's him..." Yu Zhou murmured, "That person is him?"

The master has successfully tested the medicine and is more than six months pregnant. She is a luthier.

Isn't that master... Marquis Pingxi?

Yu Zhou finally understood where Pei Siyuan's anomaly came from.

He is so smart, he must have discovered the clue just now.

Yu Zhou felt a little bored in his heart, and couldn't help holding Pei Siyuan's hand backhand.

The guests present also saw the luthier's swollen belly at this moment, and they didn't know whether to continue to pay attention to Ping Xihou's injury, or to find out what happened to the man with the protruding belly on the high platform.

The luthier stood on the high platform, looking at Yu Zhou from a distance, with a hint of emotion that Yu Zhou could not see clearly in his eyes.

At that moment, Yu Zhou suddenly remembered the song he played yesterday.

No wonder the emotion of that song sounded so free and easy at that time, presumably the other party had already thought about what to do today at that time.Yu Zhou didn't know how long it took him to gain the trust of Marquis Ping Xi, making the other party mistakenly think that he had completely accepted all this.

And Ping Xihou was probably too conceited, or maybe he was eager to show his "achievements" to others, so he picked such a good day.I just didn't expect that the luthier lay dormant for several months, waiting for this moment...

He wanted to make an end when Ping Xihou was at his happiest.

"He wants to..." Yu Zhou caught a glimpse of the luthier's hand holding the dagger slightly, and shouted: "Wait a minute!"

Probably because his roar was so earth-shattering, the luthier on the high platform was really shocked by him, staring at him in a daze and forgot what he was going to do for a moment.

All eyes were on Yu Zhou, but Yu Zhou was too nervous to pay attention.

He only stared at the luthier's hand holding the dagger, fearing that the other party would stab him to death immediately.

"It's a shame you're dead now!" Yu Zhou said.

He has always been stupid with his mouth, but now he is nervous and anxious, and he can't even speak.

"What if I meet him again down here...how unlucky!" Yu Zhou said.

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