Chapter 17 Looking forward to marrying into the Pei family?

The team walked farther and farther away until it disappeared.

The crowd dispersed while talking, revealing a carriage parked behind.

Xu looked out the window and saw Pei Ji still staring at the end of the street. She muttered, "There's no one around, and you're still looking. Foxy charms are really harmful."

Chen Zhirou said, "It's a good thing he's gone. My cousin was sick for so long, I think he's figured it out. Otherwise, he wouldn't have packed up the things that Second Miss Luo sent him the next day despite his illness. Now he's come to see the eldest lady. This is just a little regret in his heart."

Xu moved her body to get off the carriage: "Okay, now that everyone has left, it's time to get down to business."

Shen Zhirou and Zhou hurriedly helped her out of the carriage, and the three of them walked to Pei Ji's side.

Ever since Pei Ji coughed up blood last time, Xu was really scared. She only dared to say a few words about Luo Fu behind his back and didn't dare to mention a word in front of Pei Ji.

At this time, he just stood aside and winked at Chen Zhirou.

Chen Zhirou understood, walked forward, raised her hand and placed it on Pei Ji's arm, and said softly, "Cousin, we should go to the Luo Mansion and meet the eldest lady."

Pei Ji slowly withdrew his gaze, stroked the snow-green sword tassel in his hand, looked at the lintel of the Luo Mansion in front of him, and walked over.

Chen Zhirou looked at the sword tassel in Pei Ji's hand. Although she felt sad, she was more happy.

The cousin vomited blood for Miss Naluo, and specially kept a sword tassel she gave him with him. It can be seen that although the cousin accepted the marriage exchange, he still loved Miss Naluo in his heart.

But even if he loved her again.

Miss Luo Er has also left now.

I'm afraid I will never appear in front of him again in this life.

Her only opponent was Miss Luo.

But if it weren't for Miss Luo and her parents, how could my cousin be separated from the person he loved most?

It's easy to imagine what kind of situation Miss Luo will be in after entering the mansion.

Miss Luo's life is not easy, so her life will be easier!

The good day she had been waiting for for so long was finally coming!

Luo Zhen was still lying on the bed at this time.

She gets up at three quarters past noon every day.

But today I couldn't wake him up no matter what I did.

The maids called Cui over, and Cui took a look but was not in a hurry.

She knew that her daughter was probably haunted by the predictable nightmare again.

After sending off the inner court envoy, he came over and stood guard aside.

Luo Zhen was indeed dreaming again.

This time, there was no her in the dream. It was all about Love... and another woman.

The woman looked weak and vulnerable.

She knelt in front of Luo Fu and told her every detail of her and Pei Ji, begging Luo Fu to tolerate her and let Pei Ji keep her.

But Love was unmoved, and her expression remained indifferent. She just had someone hand a large bag of valuables to the woman, then turned and left.

Follow what the dream said.

The woman was Pei Ji's cousin. She had been with Pei Ji for many years and had a history with Pei Ji. She was not easy to deal with. Now that she had been sent away, Luo Fu did not look happy at all.

Luo Zhen was sneering even in her dream.

Isn't it just that you feel that there is a woman beside your husband who has always doted on you?

This is unbearable.

The palace is a thousand times more dangerous than this.

I'm afraid this fool will be torn apart and eaten by women before he even sees the tyrant!

Humph, she's waiting to see how she dies!

Luo Zhen woke up with this thought in mind.

Cui was standing by her bed. As soon as she woke up, she noticed her and stroked her hair and asked, "Zhen'er, are you dreaming again?"

Luo Zhen calmed down, sat up and nodded.

Cui asked hurriedly, "What did you dream about this time?"

Luo Zhen then told what she saw in her dream.

After hearing this, Cui smiled while twisting her Buddhist beads.

"She's just a woman in the harem who seduced the master, and that little bitch is going to be humiliated. She was just lucky to have met Pei Ji. Any other man would have been impatient with her long ago."

But now she has truly changed her man, a man with three thousand beauties in his harem, let's see how she can handle it."

Luo Zhen also laughed: "My daughter thinks so too."

The mother and daughter were talking when a maid came in and said happily, "Madam, Miss, our wife and son-in-law have come to visit us and are waiting in the front hall."

Luo Zhen was stunned for a moment, then said with some displeasure, "There's been no news for over a month, and now it's just when that idiot was taken away. I don't know if he came to see me, or to see that idiot for the last time!"

Cui patted her hands and said, "These are all empty words. Just remember that what you want is the position of empress."

Luo Zhen immediately calmed down when she heard this: "My daughter will remember this."

Cui nodded in satisfaction, turned around and said, "Everyone come in and help the girl wash and put on makeup."

The maids and old women came in one after another, and soon they dressed up Luo Zhen and escorted her to the front hall.

Xu had been craning her neck to look outside since the morning. Seeing the crowd approaching, she quickly stood up and went out to greet them with a smile, saying in a loud voice, "Ah, my dear wife, I haven't seen you for a few days. You look even more radiant than before."

This was the way of greeting in the marketplace. Even though Cui had endured it again and again for the sake of her daughter's position as queen, she couldn't save face in front of so many servants. A trace of disgust inevitably flashed in her eyes, and she could only force a smile and nod.

Without noticing, Xu looked at Luo Zhen beside her, reached out and pulled her hand into her bosom, and said affectionately, "This is the eldest lady, right? She is truly a fairy-like figure. I like her the moment I see her."

Luo Zhen's face almost turned pale, and she subconsciously pulled her hand back with disgust.

The smile on Xu's face froze.

The atmosphere suddenly became tense.

However, a maidservant beside Cui was quick to react and smoothed things over, saying with a smile, "Look at our girl. She's so shy and nervous about meeting her future mother-in-law that she can't even speak."

Cui knew that if she didn't say something, it would be difficult to end the situation. She could only swallow her disgust, patted Luo Zhen's arm, and said with a smile: "Why don't you greet your mother-in-law quickly?"

Luo Zhen had adjusted her expression and bowed respectfully: "Zhen'er greets mother-in-law."

She had just met her husband and had already called her mother-in-law. If it were the same as before, Xu would have been very happy.

But Luo Zhen's reaction just now made her feel embarrassed, and the joy in her heart faded. She just smiled politely, nodded, and said, "Okay."

Pei Ji could see it clearly from behind.

This mother and daughter clearly looked down on their mother, and naturally looked down on him as well. Why on earth did they go to so much trouble to forge letters, ruin his marriage with Fu'er, and insist on marrying her to him instead?

He couldn't figure it out.

But since they insisted on doing so, he naturally had to fulfill their wish.

Otherwise, who will bear the wrath he feels when he loses Fu'er?

"Aunt Cui, big girl."

Pei Ji bowed and said.

He didn't call her mother-in-law, which made Cui unhappy, but she was afraid that the atmosphere would become tense again, so she had to endure it, nodded with a smile, and praised him a few words.

Luo Zhen was about to bow in return, but when her eyes glanced at Shen Zhirou beside Pei Ji, she paused.

Cui smiled and pushed her: "You little girl, Erlang is so powerful, how can you be so stunned?"

Luo Zhen came back to his senses, turned his gaze away from Shen Zhirou, and bowed to Pei Jifu in return: "Master Pei."

After the two of them exchanged greetings, they had nothing more to say.

Cui invited everyone to the inner hall, and she and the maidservants around her talked to Xu one after another. Xu felt Cui's slight flattery, and the knot in her heart eased a little. She talked more and the atmosphere became warmer.

Finally, they agreed on a day for fortune-telling and set the wedding date on the sixth day of the next month.

There is only half a month left, so it’s quite rushed.

But no one objected.

After seeing Pei Ji and his group off, Cui took Luo Zhen into the bedroom and asked, "Just now I noticed that you looked unhappy, and you kept looking at the woman beside Pei Ji. Could she be the one you dreamed of?"

Luo Zhen nodded with a grim expression. "Mother, Pei Ji is simply too much. He came to see me and brought his lover with him! I am at least the legitimate daughter of a third-rank provincial governor, and he dares to treat me like this. If I weren't... a mere thousand-householder, how could I possibly be interested in him?"

Cui's face turned pale. After a moment's thought, she said, "They're probably not lovers. Otherwise, in your dream, she wouldn't have gone to Luo Fu instead of Pei Ji. Besides, from what she said, it was only because she had served Pei Ji for many years and had done a great job. I didn't see Pei Ji treat her any differently. There are always a few women like this in the harem who try to seduce their master. Wasn't Luo Fu's mother the same? You know what happened to her in the end."

Mother is telling you, this woman is most likely to die during childbirth when she's pregnant. After you marry her, you can handle it if you can. If it's really difficult, wait until she's pregnant."

Luo Zhen's eyes were cold and vicious: "My daughter knows."

Cui said again: "This woman is a small matter. Your mother-in-law is more of a concern. She comes from a commoner background and is very vulgar. You will definitely need to get used to her when you marry her. When you do this, don't be like today. If you show too much dislike to her, she will be unhappy and your life will be difficult.

But they are easy to deal with. People like them are very superficial. If you really don't want to please them, just give them some money. Mother gave you a generous dowry, so don't worry about it."

Luo Zhen felt relieved after hearing this.

I'm even looking forward to the day when I can marry into the Pei family.