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Chapter 17: Encountering Li Yuan on the Road

Chapter 17 Meet Li Yuan on the Road [please recommend votes!]

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In the lobby of the inner house, two female officials from the palace were teaching Pei Minqiu's etiquette. This was not just to meet the queen, but to Pei Minqiu's transformation from a newly married young woman to a wife in the officialdom.

The female official taught her a complete set of official etiquette, including appearance, makeup, clothing, headdresses, steps, language, and even meals. Each link has very complicated details, and they have to be learned within three days.

Pei Minqiu is very smart, and with her hard work, she has mastered 90% of the etiquette. Although it is not perfect, it has already made the two etiquette female officials praise her.

"Yes! Take one and a half steps forward, and you can't take one step at the end. You need to take two and a half steps. Just salute, your arms should be slightly downward to prevent the sleeves from sliding down and exposing your arms."

The two female officials taught Pei Minqiu meticulously, and Pei Minqiu also learned very seriously. Yang Yuanqing stood outside the window, and he didn't want to disturb his wife. He knew that this kind of etiquette learning is very important.

Women should pay more attention to details than men. For example, when he met the emperor, he sometimes saluted and bowed. As for his steps, he would walk casually. As long as it was roughly the same, Yang Guang would not care whether the details were in place, but women could not do it. They would not talk about military and national affairs, but they would pay attention to the details of etiquette. If they made a slight mistake, they would be ridiculed.

‘She took a little more step when she met the queen’, and the whole circle of ladies would talk about this, which was very hard to raise my head.

Seeing his wife walking with all his attention, Yang Yuanqing turned around quietly, walked down the steps, and sat down in the yard. When he returned home, he saw his wife. The fatigue after the war and the tension in his face in Yang Yuanqing's heart disappeared completely. He felt very comfortable inside, just as if a long sailing ship returned to the peaceful hometown harbor. The feeling of home was so beautiful.

"You're back!"

A surprised woman's voice suddenly came from behind her. Yang Yuanqing was stunned for a moment. The voice did not look like Min Qiu's voice. When he turned around, he saw a young woman wearing a female skirt behind her. It turned out to be Pei You. She had light makeup on, but Yang Yuanqing always felt something was wrong on her face, but she couldn't say it. (")

He quickly got up and saluted, "So it's the eldest sister!"

In fact, Pei You is one year younger than him. The yell of "Big Sister!" made Pei You's face a little hot, and his heart was pounding, but he didn't know what to say to him. After a long time, she whimpered: "Minqiu and I live together. I don't know that you are back today, I'm so sorry!"

Yang Yuanqing laughed, "What does this matter? I still want to be with Minqiu."

Yang Yuanqing's eyes fell on her eyebrows. He suddenly realized that something was wrong with Pei You. Her eyebrows that were slightly thicker had been shaved off and she used a fine brush to transform them. Although they were more beautiful than before, the carefree feeling in the past was gone, which made Yang Yuanqing feel a little regretful.

Pei You saw Yang Yuanqing notice his eyebrows and suddenly turned red. He hurriedly explained: "I learned makeup with Minqiu yesterday and wanted to shave off my eyebrows. I don't know you are going back... No! No! This has nothing to do with you, I mean......"

Pei You was in a panic and spoke incoherently. In the end, she couldn't support her. She turned around and ran to the inner courtyard in a panic. She wanted to find a hole in the ground to crawl in.

Yang Yuanqing couldn't help laughing, "Sister, I'm not interested!"

Pei You became even more panicked. He stepped on his skirt and almost fell. The orderly etiquette he learned in the past two days had already been lost.

"Husband!"

Pei Minqiu's surprise shout came from the steps. She heard the sound of her husband talking outside the yard. She didn't care about learning etiquette, so she turned around and ran out. She saw her husband who had been separated for half a year, and she was surprised and intertwined.

Yang Yuanqing smiled and opened his arms to her. Pei Minqiu could no longer control her inner excitement. She ran down the steps with her long skirt, threw herself into her husband's arms, and cried out in a lost voice. She could not bear the joys and anger she learned and she had forgotten them completely.

Yang Yuanqing hugged her soft and charming body, stroked her smooth hair, and smelled the faint fragrance coming from her body. A small separation was better than a newlywed, and the joy in his heart also made him unable to suppress himself.

The two female officials walked out of the inner hall and saw that the couple had been together for a long time. They looked at each other and smiled with great pleasure. The etiquette they taught was only external, and there was no need to be so particular about their husbands. (")

Pei You hid behind the courtyard gate and saw them hugging each other happily, but she was alone and no one cared about her. She couldn't help but feel sad and turned around and left with sadness.

Seeing two female officials standing at the door, Yang Yuanqing helped Minqiu up and laughed in a low voice: "You go and learn the etiquette first, and we will talk after learning the etiquette."

Pei Minqiu nodded, took out his handkerchief and wiped away his tears, and smiled and said, "So too, don't say it first when you come back. I'm not prepared at all, yes! Your men have arranged the room without any arrangement, so don't let others stand stupidly outside."

This is a problem. His subordinates were still waiting outside in the living room. Yang Yuanqing quickly smiled and said, "You continue to learn! I'll make arrangements."

"You don't need to consider this kind of thing. I guess you will have arranged it a long time ago if you come back in the past two days."

"Auntie Wang!" Min Qiu shouted outside the yard, and saw a woman in her forties walking in quickly, looking quite capable. She stepped forward and bowed, "Master, madam, please give me instructions!"

Seeing that she looked familiar, she seemed to be a housekeeper in Yang Lihua's mansion. Min Qiu smiled and told her: "People who came back with the master will take them to the East Courtyard. The rooms we packed out were for them two days ago. Check the number of people. If the bedding is not enough, go to get a few new beds, and ask the kitchen to prepare meals quickly."

The housekeeper agreed, turned around and hurried away. Minqiu then apologized to Yang Yuanqing and said, "There are more than 60 servants in the mansion now. A few of them were brought from Pei's mansion. The others were arranged by Princess Leping, so I really can't refuse."

Yang Yuanqing smiled, "Just decide on the matter of the inner husband. Don't ask me, go and practice the etiquette!"

Minqiu smiled and turned around and entered the inner hall. The rules in the palace were very strict and they had to be taught within three days. Although the two female officials knew that it was not appropriate to teach again at this time, there was no way. When Pei Minqiu met the queen, they had to take responsibility. They did not dare to be careless at all.

The inner hall started to practice etiquette again. It was still afternoon and it was still early. Yang Yuanqing was worried about his subordinates, so he hurried to the East Courtyard.















In the evening, more than 20 soldiers guarded a carriage and drove out of Chongyefang and towards Pei's mansion. The carriage was also one of Yang Lihua's three chariots. She gave it to Pei Minqiu. The carriage was very wide, like a moving house, and it was more than enough to sit six people at the same time.

The interior layout of the car is in line with Yang Lihua's style, advocating natural elegance. The walls of the car are covered with high-quality camphor wood. The wood is thick and finely made. The two small tables by the window are also made of red sandalwood. They are not painted and completely retain the woody color. There are no luxurious decorations in the whole car. The only thing that shows the identity is that the floor is covered with soft and thick Persian carpets. Minqiu also prepared a soft cushion, which is very comfortable to sit on.

Yang Yuanqing sat alone on one side, and Minqiu and Pei You sat opposite each other. Pei You felt very uncomfortable. She felt indescribable embarrassment between the couple. If she was going elsewhere, she would not follow her, but she was going to Pei's mansion. Pei You sighed in her heart, hoping that time would pass quickly.

Minqiu understood Pei You's embarrassment in her heart. She tried not to be cold-hearted and deliberately found something to say to her. The two of them whispered about etiquette.

Yang Yuanqing sat on the other side, staring out of the window in a daze, thinking about the children's songs in his mind, "Jing Xiangyang, born on the New Year, traveled to the Western Regions and became king!"

To put it seriously, this is a prophecy. The prophecy is easy and simple. Find some children and take some favors to promote it quickly. Because prophecy is easy to make, ordinary people will not easily believe it. Generally, warlocks like Zhang Qiu Taiyi need to be used to confirm the fortune. Once the sorcerer confirms that it is true, the superior will attach great importance to this prophecy.

In history, Li Yuan was almost killed because of a prophecy, while Li Hun and Li Min were killed because of a prophecy. The famous prophecy in history was confirmed to be true through Zhang Qiu Taiyi's divination.

Judging from Yang Guang's attitude towards him today, he already knew this prophecy, and Yang Guang was suspicious by nature. He must have confirmed to Zhang Qiu Taiyi, but the result should have failed, otherwise he would not have left the imperial study so easily.

Thinking of this, Yang Yuanqing felt a little relieved. He didn't have to worry too much about the prophecy, but who did the prophecy compiled? The most likely it was Yuanshou. Yang Yuanqing knew that he would do it to him sooner or later.

At this moment, Yang Yuanqing suddenly saw a carriage parked not far from the window. It seemed that the wheels were a little broken. Two people were surrounding the wheels to check the situation. One of them had a very familiar back.

"Envoy Li!"

Yang Yuanqing shouted, and the two people in front of the carriage turned around together. It was Li Yuan and his eldest son Li Jiancheng. There was something wrong with their carriage wheels, and the coachman was nervously repairing them.

Yang Yuanqing's carriage also stopped. Yang Yuanqing ordered, he got off the carriage, walked quickly towards Li Yuan, bowed and smiled, "Envoy Li, it's been a long time since I saw you."

Li Yuan didn't expect to meet Yang Yuanqing here, and a ridiculous feeling surged in his heart. He had just come out of Yuanshou Mansion and was participating in the discussion on dealing with Yang Yuanqing. He didn't expect to meet Yang Yuanqing halfway.

A hint of undetectable uneasiness flashed in his eyes. He thought of Yang Yuanqing's ruthlessness. If he had let him know that he was plotting against him behind his back, how would he deal with his family?

But Li Yuan's uneasiness was not revealed in his face. He smiled and said, "General Yang, when will he come back?"

"I just came back today. Why did the wheels have a problem?" Yang Yuanqing glanced at the busy coachman, nodded to Li Jiancheng, saying hello.

"No problem, it's just that the wheels are a little loose, just tighten them. Where is General Yang going?"

"I'm going to my father-in-law and mother-in-law's house. Since I'm back, I always have to go and see you."

Yang Yuanqing smiled again and said, "I heard that Envoy Li has been promoted to the junior supervisor of the palace, congratulations!"

"Hey! It's thanks to General Yang laid the foundation in Fenyang Palace that I was able to successfully complete the construction of the palace. But the emperor put the credit on me alone, and I feel ashamed!"

Having said this, Li Yuan looked left and right and whispered: "Do you know that there is a prophecy that is not conducive to you recently?"

"If you hear something, I don't know who emits it?"

Yang Yuanqing said coldly: "If I find out, I will never forgive this person."

A hint of nervousness flashed in Li Jiancheng's eyes. He turned his head and pretended to watch the car repair. Li Yuan snorted coldly, "I also heard this prophecy, and I was really angry in my heart. The court should strictly investigate the rumor-mongers!"

Li Yuan lowered his voice again and said, "There is a rumor in the court. I don't know whether it is true or false. It is rumored that this prophecy was made by Yuanshou."

















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