After being dressed as the second male, she was bent by the female lead

On the day of the poetry meeting, Pei Yanfeng changed his usual low-key style and held the event in the backyard of Pei's family.

It was probably because there were flowers, rockery, and a large pond. The scenery was quite beautiful, which fit the theme of the poetry fair, so Pei Yanfeng held the banquet in the backyard where the flower tasting conference was held.

When Lian Yi and Shu Qing came here in the evening, the door of Pei's house was bustling, almost full of people.

Pei Yanfeng can already walk normally, and his spirit is not bad. From a distance, he looks the same, but if he looks carefully, there is some sickness in his eyes that has not recovered, but it does not affect his bright and open temperament.

In obvious contrast to him was Pei Yanyi, who was also standing beside him to greet the guests, and was also smiling, but there was no smile in his eyes, carefully distinguishing, it was cold, a bit like a superficial smile.

However, Pei Yanfeng didn't seem to notice it, he just came up to greet everyone he saw, as if he had always been the head of the Pei family.

This weird picture is the same as last year's Flower Appreciation Conference, after careful consideration, it is full of weirdness everywhere.

The two sat down, Shu Qingwan was deserted because of Shu Qingyan's murder, and few people greeted her along the way.

Jumpsuits are the exact opposite.

Because at the end of the year, the Ruan family paid tribute to another batch of winter brocade, and the response in the imperial city was very good, and the business of the Ruan family also boomed.

So Lianyi was surrounded by several people from beginning to end, and even if she left, there would be new ones squeezing over to greet her.

Of course, there is someone who is more popular than Lianyi, and that is Pei Qingsong who just took the exam well.

He, Liang Sansan and Liang Sansan's second brother were the last to arrive, but as soon as they entered, they were surrounded by visitors from inside the house, and they couldn't even see what color Liang Sansan was wearing.

However, Pei Qingsong is worthy of this platoon.

On the opening day, Lian Yi only sent someone to the Liang Mansion to deliver congratulatory gifts, but he didn't go to see it himself.

But it is said that Pei Qingsong passed the No. 2 first-class exam, that is to say, if there is no accident, after the palace exam, he will be the second place in the new subject, second only to the number one scholar.

Of course, if he performed super long in the palace examination, he might become the champion.

There were too many people besieging them, Lian Yi and Shu Qingwan didn't want to squeeze in, so they nodded to Pei Qingsong and Liang Sansan through the crowd, and then returned to their seats.

They were not in a hurry to curry favor with Pei Qingsong, not to mention that the congratulatory gifts had already been delivered, and it would be too late to save the words of congratulations for later, so they didn't have to get together with a bunch of people, just to talk to Pei Qingsong as soon as possible.

On the way back to his seat, Mr. Feng from the aristocratic family sighed: "This Mr. Pei from Yuanzhen is really amazing, and he really lives up to his reputation."

"Yeah, brother Qingsong is a first-class talent, and it makes sense in high school." Lian Yi echoed, and then casually confirmed, "I heard that brother Qingsong is the first-class No.2, right? Or me My memory is wrong, it is No.1 in the first class."

"Brother Ruan, he is the second in the first class." Mr. Feng's eyes showed envy, and he stretched out his fingers to make a comparison with the mysterious Lianyi, "But the second is not worse than the first!"

"If he only gets second place in the imperial examination tomorrow, his prestige will not be lower than that of the new champion."

Seeing doubts on Lian Yi's face, Mr. Feng explained: "Brother Ruan, you don't know. In fact, there is no difference between this year's exam and last year's exam for this Mr. Pei."

"Oh?" Lian Yi glanced at Shu Qingwan, and continued to ask Mr. Feng, "How do you say that?"

Mr. Feng continued to explain, with an expression as if he was Pei Qingsong himself: "Mr. Pei was the candidate for the exam the year before last. He was supposed to take the exam last year, but the exam was canceled last year because of disaster relief."

Lian Yi replied: "I know, the river flooded last year, so the test was canceled, then what?"

Mr. Feng answered: "Then? Then Mr. Pei married the Liang family. After only one month of marriage, the Liang family recommended Mr. Pei to the palace."

Before Lian Yi answered, Mr. Feng couldn't wait to continue: "Don't you understand? Let me put it this way, even if Mr. Pei didn't have the test last year, he could still be an official in the court last year."

Lian Yi had already heard Mr. Tan mention the letter of recommendation, but when he said it from Mr. Feng again, she felt that a certain piece of information that she had missed before became more obvious.

Lian Yi thought about it for a moment, and suddenly grabbed a clue that flashed by: "Hey Brother Feng, you said just now that the Liang family recommended him to the palace after the wedding was only a month old?"

"Yes." Mr. Feng didn't understand why.

"Then..." Lian Yi considered the words, "How long will it take for the recommendation letter to get a reply?"

Mr. Feng was even more confused, but he still answered honestly: "It's usually less than half a month."

Lian Yi suddenly figured out a certain joint, but she controlled her expression in time, pretending to be puzzled and asked: "Then why didn't brother Qingsong go later?"

Seeing that Lian Yi asked the question back, Mr. Feng did not suspect him: "It is said that Mr. Pei declined. He said that he wanted to rely on his own talents to become an official. I didn't expect that he really did so well in the exam."

Lian Yi pretended to be envious: "Brother Qingsong is really amazing, with the Liang family, he will be even more successful in the future."

"No, that's why he is no less popular than the number one scholar." Mr. Feng answered, his voice still full of emotion, "When the palace examination is passed tomorrow, the Pei family in the urban area will share wealth and honor. In the future, the Pei family may not I'll wait until I can climb it."

For some reason, this sentence was already true, but for some reason, it suddenly shocked Lian Yi's heart.

That's right, why didn't she think that if Pei Qingsong became an official, then Pei Yanfeng would more or less benefit?

Why did she always feel that Pei Qingsong was Pei Qingsong, Pei Yanfeng was Pei Yanfeng, and Pei Qingsong had no part in Pei Yanfeng's dirty affairs?

Pei Qingsong's surname is also Pei, so for the sake of Pei's honor, wouldn't he be involved with Pei Yanfeng?

Thinking of this, Lian Yi immediately panicked.

She hurriedly evaded a few words to Mr. Feng, then pulled Shu Qingwan to a corner, and immediately whispered in her ear, asking Shu Qingwan to go to Pei Yanyi to inquire about Pei Yanfeng's recent actions.

I went back to my seat and continued chatting with others, pretending nothing happened.

The waiting time was always too long, and Lian Yi absent-mindedly attended the first round of poetry gathering with Shu Qingwan.

After half the meal, someone booed and asked Pei Qingsong, the future No. [-] star, to perform a talent show for everyone to look up to.

After discussing with Liang Sansan, the young couple decided to cooperate to perform a show for everyone. When the two went backstage to prepare, the person sent by Shu Qingwan finally returned.

The man leaned over and whispered something to Shu Qingwan.

Shu Qingwan's complexion changed slightly, and she wanted to get up quietly and head towards Lianyi, but as soon as she stood up, Liang Sansan and Pei Qingsong came out hand in hand.

The show was ready to start. In front of everyone, Shu Qingwan had no choice but to sit down again in order not to draw attention. dignified.

Shu Qingwan and Lian Yi exchanged glances, then calmly began to restrain their expressions, and followed the others to boisterously.

Liang Sansan changed into dance clothes and made a good posture in front, while Pei Qingsong adjusted his sitting posture in the back. When Pei Qingsong raised his hand and the first sound of the piano pierced the air and reached the auditorium, Lian Yi's heart sank, knowing that she He and Shu Qingwan fell into the trick.

Yes, Pei Qingsong is playing the piano, and he can play the piano.

It's not that Lian Yi hadn't thought of this, but she had been reminded by the leader of the assassins, and she suddenly knew it at this time, but it made her disturbed.

Lian Yi was still in the mood to appreciate the sound of the piano and the dance, she followed Pei Qingsong's movement of playing the piano, and vaguely figured out many things that she and Shu Qingwan hadn't figured out all along.

Even though Lian Yi was already on pins and needles, she still forced herself to remain calm and dragged it off until the last moment of the poetry meeting before leaving with everyone.

During the period, they also forced to congratulate Pei Qingsong on the nomination of the gold list alone calmly, and pretended to care about Pei Yanfeng's body, but the two of them were calm and calm, no different from their usual warmth and kindness.

Lian Yi didn't understand the reason for the calm on the surface before, and Shanneng chatted and laughed happily with them, but now she already knew that this was the calm before the storm, and she couldn't help but feel a chill in her heart.

Before leaving, Pei Yanfeng sent the two of them to the door, with a kind smile on his face from the beginning to the end, as if he had been old friends with them for many years.

But Lian Yi had already seen the chilling calculation behind that humble and gentle smile.

Yes, she and Shu Qingwan were tricked by Pei Yanfeng.

To be more precise, it was Pei Yanfeng and Pei Qingsong who played a big game of chess and worked together to trick them.

The introduction that made her connect everything was the episode when she met Pei Qingsong on the road when she went to Yuanxi Town last year.

As for this matter, out of guilt towards the Pei brothers in Yuanzhen, she slackly did not include it in their game with Pei Yanfeng from the beginning to the end, thus ignoring too many things.

Until Mr. Tan and Mr. Feng mentioned the recommendation one after another, a certain seed was vaguely planted in her heart, and with the sound of Pei Qingsong's piano, the seed suddenly broke through the ground, connecting all the incomprehensible coincidences together. Together.

Mr. Feng said that within a month of Pei Qingsong and Liang Sansan's marriage, the Liang family established a relationship and recommended Pei Qingsong.

The recommendation result does not take half a month.

In other words, when Lian Yi met Pei Qingsong and Liang Sansan on the way to Yuanxi Town, the information that the recommendation might have been successful had already come down.

Then try to extrapolate forward.

The leader of the assassins said that the big assassination was planned by Pei Yanfeng and Li Shaoheng together, but Pei Yanfeng called to stop halfway, and it should be when they suddenly investigated Lianyi's true identity, and then suddenly knew that the Liang family was going to kill him. Recommended for Pei Qingsong.

This makes it straightforward to guess why they stopped.

Because they have such a big handle on the identity of the woman in jumpsuit, how can they take the risk of assassinating again and make themselves feel bad?

As long as Pei Qingsong has official power, he can use the crime of deceiving the emperor to easily wipe out the Ruan family in one fell swoop.

Therefore, they shelved their plan, and Pei Yanfeng pretended to win over Shu Qingwan, and made a false agreement to appease her, trying to delay the matter until Pei Qingsong became an official.

What happened next is easy to guess.

Judging from Li Shaoheng's later performance, Pei Yanfeng was probably afraid of Li Shaoheng's bad deeds, not only did he not tell Li Shaoheng about Lianyi, but he also didn't tell Li Shaoheng that another person with the surname Pei was Pei Qingsong, so Naturally, they didn't say anything, they were waiting for the result of Pei Qingsong's recommendation.

But Li Shaoheng had already been forced by Lian Yi and Shu Qingwan at that time. Seeing that the Ruan Mansion was getting more and more popular, and Lian Yi still had something to do with him, how could he still wait for death?

So he had a conflict with Pei Yanfeng, arbitrarily claiming to inform the assassination serial plan to continue.

That's why Guanshi Luo will carry out the poisoning as scheduled, and Jia's family accepts the move in the dark, but because Pei Qingsong met Lian Yi, he guessed that Li Shaoheng was determined to go his own way, so he hurriedly informed Jia's family to withdraw the move.

It's just that the assassination of the trio was under Li Shaoheng's name, and Pei Yanfeng didn't have time to notify them, so the assassination will proceed as scheduled.

So there's everything that follows.

I just don't know why Pei Yanfeng didn't think of a way to save Li Shaoheng after Li Shaoheng entered the prison, and finally gave up his trust and killed him directly.

But having said that, according to the above conjectures, then when Pei Qingsong accompanied Liang Sansan to the urban area, he should have returned to the urban area to confirm the success of the recommendation, and told Pei Yanfeng the news so that he could plan the next thing.

With Pei Qingsong's official authority as his backing, Pei Yanfeng dared to announce his illness on the second day.

So it wasn't just because he had the support of the Shu family again that he dared to tell about his illness, but also because he knew that Pei Qingsong could enter the officialdom, and even if Pei Yanyi divided power, he couldn't really take away all his rights.

And he candidly announced his illness, and on the other hand, he was able to perfunctory Shu Qingwan, misleading Shu Qingwan to think that he really agreed to cooperate and would let the Ruan family go, thus temporarily letting go of his vigilance.

It's just that this game was messed up by Li Shaoheng. When Shu Qingwan was so excited that he lost consciousness, he directly raised his sword and fought him to the death.

But in the end, why Pei Qingsong suddenly gave up on the recommendation, and why Pei Yanfeng didn't reveal the Ruan family's crime of deceiving the emperor until now, Lian Yi and Shu Qingwan still can't guess why.

The two met Pei Qingsong in Lianyi at the inn, and broke things down in general terms.

After they came out of Pei's mansion, Lian Yi found a remote inn before they had time to go back to their respective mansions, and then asked the guards and Shucheng to keep the room airtight, and then eagerly shared with Shu Qing the things she had missed. It's too late.

Shu Qingwan dismissed the results of his analysis, pondered for a moment and thought of another matter, frowned and said: "Lian'er, from this point of view, the Jia family should belong to Pei Qingsong."

That's right, how could they have never thought that Jia's family was related to Pei Yanfeng, but Pei Qingsong's surname is also Pei, so Jia's family should also be inextricably related to Pei Qingsong.

Before they found out about this matter, they had been focusing on Pei Yanfeng, but they ignored that Pei Qingsong could also order the Jia family to do things.

Otherwise, why would Pei Qingsong, who lives in Yuan Township in the east of the city, suddenly appear in the west of the city when something happened in Fushouxing?

After Lian Yi met him halfway, why did the Jia family, who had been entangled endlessly, die down?

"So Pei Qingsong will appear on the way from Yuanxi Town to the city. It may be..." Lian Yi thought for a moment, and his heart became even colder. "It may be an excuse to go to his aunt's house. Wait for the result of the recommendation, if the recommendation is unsuccessful, he will notify the assassination to continue?"

Shu Qingwan continued to add: "Well, and he may have been sitting in Yuanxi Town since then, preparing to supervise the assassination for Pei Yanfeng."

It's just that they didn't expect the Liang family's relationship to be so strong, and it didn't take long for the news of the successful recommendation to come. Pei Qingsong took Liang Sansan back to the city to discuss the next thing with Pei Yanfeng, but he didn't know that Li Shaoheng had already operated in secret.

However, with Pei Qingsong's ingenuity, they still don't know how Li Shaoheng avoided his sight and carried out all this secretly.

But this is not important anymore, the important thing is that they figured it out, which means that Pei Qingsong really cooperated with Pei Yanfeng, and really condoned them to kill her.

Thinking of such a stern thought hidden under that gentle and refined smile, Lian Yi felt mixed feelings.

Lian Yi remembered that she had seen Pei Qingsong many times, and even when she met him for the first time, she felt that there was a trace of toughness in his brows and eyes, which was somewhat similar to Pei Yanfeng upon closer inspection.

Only now did I realize that it was not only their looks that were similar, but their hearts were also the same, which is simply embarrassing.

The ancients said that love is born from the heart, which probably means this.

Thinking of the scene with the Pei family brothers in Yuanzhen, Lian Yi felt extremely sad, but in a flash, as if she was awakened by someone, she suddenly thought about another thing.

Pei Yanfeng and Shu Qingwan have known each other for five years. Before that, why hadn't Shu Qingwan ever wondered whether the person Shu Qingwan cared about was Ruan Lianyi or Ruan Linyi, but when he was plotting with Pei Qingsong and Li Shaoheng to assassinate him, he remembered to investigate Her identity?

"Wait a minute!" Lianyi grabbed Shu Qingwan's arm and brought Shu Qingwan back to his senses, "Wanwan! Did you say last time that the brother who was kidnapped by Pei Yanfeng was outside the Jingsi Hall?" Sweeping the floor?"

Seeing the frightened expression in Lian Yi's eyes, Shu Qingwan nodded in confusion.

"I know how my identity was exposed, because Pei Qingsong met Senior Brother Jie." Lian Yi's eyes dimmed, and he hesitated to tell the past.

Yes, Lian Yi belatedly remembered that Pei Qingsong had met Jie, and the address was Dongyun Temple.

At that time, in order to win over Pei Qingsong and Liang Sansan, she took the Pei brothers from Yuanzhen to Dongyun Temple, and they met Hui afterwards.

Later, after waiting for Shu Qingwan and Liang Sansan to arrive for a long time, she asked Hui to get a room for them to rest, and it was Jie Jie who took them there.

Lian Yi has been mischievous since she was a child, and she often goes to Dongyun Temple, and naturally it is not uncommon to see her after quitting.

When he was with the Yuanzhen brothers, Liao Jie must have recognized her to some extent, so when he took them to the wing room, Zeng couldn't help but look at her a few more times.

She also jokingly asked at the time that she used to go to Dongyun Temple to worship Buddha, did he know herself.

Presumably it was because of her male voice at that time, after hearing her voice, Liao Jie didn't dare to recognize her, so he shook his head and said "Sorry, I offended the benefactor".

Now it seems that it should be at that time that Liaojie caught Pei Qingsong's attention.

After Pei Qingsong and Pei Yanfeng cooperated, Pei Yanfeng would naturally know about the Dongyun Temple.

In addition to the matter of "Brother Shu", Pei Yanfeng later kidnapped Jie and tortured Lian and Shu.

Although they believed that Pei Qingyuan did not tell Pei Qingsong about their relationship, but in order to make Pei Qingsong believe in Lianyi, Pei Qingyuan must have mentioned the character "Brother Shu" more or less.

With Pei Qingsong's intelligence, he must have found out that the matter of Dongyun Temple was the design of Lianyi, so he naturally knew that "Brother Shu" had been to Yuanzhen.

Pei Qingsong cooperated with Pei Yanfeng, and naturally dragged out Lianyi and everything about them to Pei Yanfeng. Pei Yanfeng must have been surprised that Shu Qingwan and Lianyi had already had such a close relationship so early on, so he began to investigate.

Then this secret was known to Pei Yanfeng following Ruan Linyi's opening of the coffin.

In this way, it turns out that Pei Qingsong, like Pei Yanfeng, knew that Lian Yi and Shu Qingwan were both women.

No wonder when they met on the way to Yuanxi Town, Liang Sansan said he wanted to talk to Lian Yi, Pei Qingsong's expression was very calm.

And Lian Yi told Pei Qingsong at the entrance of the Gongyuan that when Shu Qingwan was a woman, Pei Qingsong's expression was also very calm, it turned out that it was because he already knew everything in his heart.

Over the past half a year, Pei Qingsong and Pei Yanfeng kept their minds under control and hid their edge. They watched Li Shaoheng go to prison, then died in exile, and watched Lian Yi repeatedly provoke them, but they were patient and indifferent.

Pei Yanfeng even lowered his posture at the poetry meeting, and actively expressed his willingness to make friends with Lianyi.

Lian Yi guessed that even if they didn't notice the trick today, and used Pei Yanfeng's cards to negotiate with Pei Yanfeng, Pei Yanfeng would probably acquiesce to all their conditions.

Because all the forbearance and calmness is to stabilize them, let them take off their guard, and wait for the unprecedented storm to suddenly hit and completely crush the Ruan family.

When things got to this point, Lian Yi felt a chill in her heart. She remembered what happened at the poetry meeting and she hadn't asked yet: "Wanwan, what did Pei Yanyi say?"

Shu Qingwan replied truthfully: "Pei Yanyi said that these past few days, Pei Yanfeng has been secretly trying to win over the former directors of the Pei family, in an attempt to regain the power of the family."

"Just in the past few days, a large number of directors have quietly defected."

They guessed right, as expected.

Just a few days ago when Pei Qingsong's red list came out, a large number of directors sniffed the signs and approached Pei Yanfeng. As expected, Pei Yanfeng had already relied on Pei Qingsong's power to start seizing power.

It seemed that Pei Yanfeng couldn't wait to start acting.

so close!It was only one day away, and they were almost doomed.

Fortunately, they were the first to react at the poetry meeting, otherwise, after the palace examination tomorrow, Pei Qingyuan's official position will be officially released, and the Ruan family will have no chance to stand up again.

As the sun faded, the two didn't dare to delay for too long. After discussing the rough countermeasures, they returned to the mansion.

The night fell as promised, and as the night grew thicker, the surroundings became more and more quiet.

The watchman had just struck the gong of the fourth watch, and the people were sleeping soundly. Suddenly, the west courtyard of Ruan Mansion in the urban area burst into flames, burning a large area red.

When the family servants found out, the small half of the house in the west courtyard was already burned and it was hard to get close to it. For some reason, the fire became more and more intense.

The urban fire inspection team discovered the fire in Nguyen Mansion through the watchtower, and when they rushed to put out the fire with the patrol battalion, they only had time to extinguish the affected rooms.

And the room of Ruan Linyi, the son of the Ruan family, has been burned to the ground, leaving only a shelf, and there is no point of saving it.

After the fire was completely extinguished, a charred corpse lay impressively in that room.

When the people from the patrol battalion left, they saw a young girl sitting kneeling in the courtyard of the west courtyard. She was only wearing an inner garment and a robe covered by a servant girl. moving.

The sound continued all night until dawn.

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